RE: Russia and Ukraine
January 15, 2024 at 2:09 pm
(This post was last modified: January 15, 2024 at 2:11 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
@ShinyCrystals
Nah, don't feel bad for me. It was a good job. 3 squares, my own c hut....ac. I'd have found a way to fuck myself up at home anyway. The ukrainians have it far worse than I ever did..and the russians..even worse than them. If you wander over to russian telegram you'll see why they're still fighting. They're promised more money than they can make back home, and not by a little. Now...they apparently have trouble getting paid...and the russian fascination with leaving the dead lie makes it difficult for survivors back home to get death benefits. Not that russia could afford to pay out those benefits if they -did- recover bodies and wanted to pay.
The idea that the russian fed can in any sense win an attritive war is a fantasy. They're already losing it. The territory they hold has only shrunk since their full scale invasion, and the casualty numbers keep getting worse.
Nah, don't feel bad for me. It was a good job. 3 squares, my own c hut....ac. I'd have found a way to fuck myself up at home anyway. The ukrainians have it far worse than I ever did..and the russians..even worse than them. If you wander over to russian telegram you'll see why they're still fighting. They're promised more money than they can make back home, and not by a little. Now...they apparently have trouble getting paid...and the russian fascination with leaving the dead lie makes it difficult for survivors back home to get death benefits. Not that russia could afford to pay out those benefits if they -did- recover bodies and wanted to pay.
The idea that the russian fed can in any sense win an attritive war is a fantasy. They're already losing it. The territory they hold has only shrunk since their full scale invasion, and the casualty numbers keep getting worse.
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