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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIllia Ponomarenko. Ukrainian journalist tweets:
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Russia has had a hard time ensuring logistics and supplies for over 150k in Ukraine.
They barely scratched some 10k 50-year-old loan debtors with the 3rd Army Corps in summer.
Now they want +300k mobilized and deployed during winter time?
Well, good luck with that.
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Illia Ponomarenko🇺🇦
@IAPonomarenko
A couple of thoughts:
- The situation with the Russian military in Ukraine is even more dire than we expected, since the Kremlin adhered to such a risky and frantic move
- It will take many months to get 300k drafted - otherwise, there will be nothing but useless crowd
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Illia Ponomarenko🇺🇦
@IAPonomarenko
With those shit show referenda in occupied Ukrainian regions, Russia admits it cant win.
It has run out of offensive capability, and its current position is dead end at best.
The mobilization will only give it some barely trained cannon fodder in several months.
catbyte
(34,333 posts)And even then, my dad signed up for the US Marines on December 9 and wasn't on a transport to the Pacific until April 1942. Somebody needs to slip that monster a polonium cocktail.
TheBlackAdder
(28,167 posts).
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Otto_Harper
(507 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,074 posts)I'm thinking Putin gets tossed out a window before any of them see the battlefield.
littlemissmartypants
(22,572 posts)❤️
Ray Bruns
(4,074 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,324 posts)Javaman
(62,500 posts)they are going for the "many bodies" into the fight concept. All to try and overwhelm Ukraine's army.
that worked in WW2 because the winter did most of the work on the nazis ability to fight.
this time, not so much and will result in horrible amounts of useless killing of russian poor fucks strong armed into serving.
I predict sometime in the spring after one failed russian offensive after another, russia collapses.
And from the point of view of a Ukrainian soldier; it will be just has horrible having to mow down untrained and an unwilling enemy.
Wounded Bear
(58,598 posts)we're backing the other horse this time around.
Javaman
(62,500 posts)for additional munitions. Not a good sign for them.
Walleye
(30,978 posts)James48
(4,427 posts)For the whole world.
Tadpole Raisin
(972 posts)Retreat or say you won and withdraw.
Nuclear option of some kind (can this be scaled down?)
Increased assassination risk if he advances further by whatever means.
How much more can his high ranking officials take while he destroys their country? Backed in a corner, both sociopaths Putin and TFG are proving how dangerous they are and how violence will be employed to destroy their enemies and their people.
BComplex
(8,017 posts)Lonestarblue
(9,958 posts)And if none of them came back, too bad.
BComplex
(8,017 posts)(hopefully their own) will likely sober them up a tad. They want what trump and russia are selling? Let them go have a taste!
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)If actually Russian, I understand, but ID10Ts, gtfo with your civil unrest in the name of Orange Jesus!
I hear an army needs some quality martyrs!
localroger
(3,622 posts)niyad
(113,055 posts)KS Toronado
(17,147 posts)Is Russia headed in that direction.....Putler Youth?
mjvpi
(1,387 posts)Trump gave him a plan to supply food for his new conscripts through the winter.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Ukrainian Nazis so job done.
lpbk2713
(42,736 posts)They will be extended out in the field. Russian logistics won't be able
to replenish food and ammo. The Ukrainian winter will do Putin in.