Russo-Ukrainian War - 2022 Edition - Part 8

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Tun@ said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1633868426786504815
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From the tweet
WP: The US will need 15 years to replenish its main weapons systems
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WP article
Earlier research done by the Washington think tank illustrates a more pervasive problem: The slow pace of U.S. production means it would take as long as 15 years at peacetime production levels, and more than eight years at a wartime tempo, to replace the stocks of major weapons systems such as guided missiles, piloted aircraft and armed drones if they were destroyed in battle or donated to allies.
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I'm confused.
 
Unhappy438 said:

The Battle of Bakhmut has come at immense cost to both sides​


www.smh.com.au

The Battle of Bakhmut has come at immense cost to both sides

Should Ukraine withdraw from Bakhmut, Putin will laud this as a Russian victory. But the reality is that his battered troops have captured only rubble.
www.smh.com.au www.smh.com.au

Opinion article but interesting nonetheless.
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Good article.

What is true is that yes, the Russians have suffered huge casualties, far more than the casualties suffered by Ukraine, however Russia was losing convicts and Ukraine was losing their soldiers.

It may dampen Ukraine's plans for a counter offensive. I am not sure. I am still uncertain as to what the outcome of Bakhmut will be.
 
buka001 said:
Good article.

What is true is that yes, the Russians have suffered huge casualties, far more than the casualties suffered by Ukraine, however Russia was losing convicts and Ukraine was losing their soldiers.

It may dampen Ukraine's plans for a counter offensive. I am not sure. I am still uncertain as to what the outcome of Bakhmut will be.
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You praising Wagner. Interesting.
 
rietrot said:
You praising Wagner. Interesting.
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There is apparently two Wagners operating. The human conscript wave version and a highly kitted ex special forces version. So which one do you want to face? The version that you hope you have enough ammo for or the one you may not see coming.
 
buka001 said:
Good article.

What is true is that yes, the Russians have suffered huge casualties, far more than the casualties suffered by Ukraine, however Russia was losing convicts and Ukraine was losing their soldiers.

It may dampen Ukraine's plans for a counter offensive. I am not sure. I am still uncertain as to what the outcome of Bakhmut will be.
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I think there is a long term impact to Russia that will only become evident in a generation or two.

Yes, they're throwing convicts and recently mobilised so totally untrained, but a number of those recently mobilised will be their younger men so they're creating a huge hole in their population and workforce.
 
Blu82 said:
There is apparently two Wagners operating. The human conscript wave version and a highly kitted ex special forces version. So which one do you want to face? The version that you hope you have enough ammo for or the one you may not see coming.
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Why would I face them?
 
greg0205 said:
LOGoddamnL! Must have been MyBB's vatnik trolls on-shift at the troll farm:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1633894777652428803
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I must say, I'm quite disgusted. The fact that Ukraine is using these weapons is really screwed up...

They think they have power but they're just a bunch of tools.

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Russia is sooo much more screwed up economically than I could imagine.

It's a long video, but the guy is using Russian stats, which probably are over optimistic. They they lost something like 75%? of their national wealth fund (oil and gas $) in less than a year. 1.5 mill of the most active work force gone, 1mill IT workers deficit by 2024, 400 000 deficit of skilled workers shortage in the defence production.

And in the other industries workers are switched to temp or they let people go on indefinite unpaid leave to hind unemployment.

Real inflation on Russian products is around 30-40 % like pasta which is made in Russia with their bumper crop year , and on imports is 45-50% inflation. Income increased by 1%.



www.reuters.com

Russia rainy day fund shrinks by $38 bln as government plugs deficit

Russia's National Wealth Fund shrank to $148.4 billion as of Jan. 1, down $38.1 billion in a month, as the government took out cash to plug its budget deficit, data showed on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com
 
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