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Old 22nd September 2022, 15:14     #323
Nich
 
But yet you leave out that:
-Conscripts won't be sent to Ukraine frontline (they can be as dejected as they like driving their trucks, and packing winter equipment)
-Russia just mobilized 1% of it's army capacity. 1%... that's the big news.
-Russian central bank just lowered interest rates. Everyone can keep up with mortgage repayments unlike Australia, for instance.
-Bank of Russia, and CNN confirm sanctions caused a .... 2-4 percent contraction in Russian economy. Compared to what % contraction across Europe?
-Supermarkets are full and prices are reasonable (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ups7Dmzk3E) . can anywhere in Europe, US, Australia make such a mundane, yet provocative video?

Russian tanks CAN out-range, out-manoeuvre dudes running around with javelins (javelins aren't some magic missile)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukrain...rces-1.6443048
Quote:
Wali, a fellow Van Doo and sniper with combat experience in Afghanistan, was manoeuvring around to get a clean shot at one of the Russian iron monsters with an American-made Javelin anti-armour missile.

The tank had been tantalizingly out of reach before it turned on them and struck.

Russian artillery targets undisciplined "cannon fodder" as soon as they take a rest, turn on their phone and call home, or light a smoke.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...e-7244535.html
Quote:
"When we turn on mobile phones or radio, they can recognize our presence immediately," said Denys. "And then the shooting starts."

The Ukrainian international legion is a spun up army (not a standing army), and the non-nazi's hate the nazi's. There is no harmony, not every fighting soldier gets a rifle, and they have bugger all ammo.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...ion-in-ukraine
Quote:
Hrulf told them to train on Ukrainian weapons, but among almost 30 soldiers there were just seven or eight AK-47 assault rifles and a paltry 30-60 bullets per person, says John, the B.C. man.
...
At one point they discovered that Hrulf had a tattoo on his hand of a “black sun,” (https://presearch.com/images?q=chris...%20black%20sun) a symbol used by the SS in Nazi Germany and sometimes by the Neo-fascist movement, Paul and John recalled.

“My friend James who was there literally spat on the ground in front of him … and said ‘this is everything our grandfathers fought against in the Second World War.’”


For how many centuries have Russian military been studying and running drills on this territory? Do you really expect a under-resourced, unsupported, spun-up army of non-nazi + nazi foreign fighters can get their shit together on Russia's home turf?
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Last edited by Nich : 22nd September 2022 at 15:19.
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