Russian army morale is too low for mobilisation to help Putin's military strategy

[@lordpetrolhead477]

A friend in Moscow’s brother was conscripted on the street about a month ago. He was shocked at the complete lack of equipment, no medical equipment at all and a total lack of officer comprehension and understanding of how to fight in any manner at all. He is half Ukrainian so all shots were deliberately aimed at nothing and so during the withdrawal of Russian troops at Izyum, he and four friends hid in a hastily dug trench and when they heard the Ukrainian soldiers above they started singing the Ukrainian National Anthem. Needless to say they were discovered, all were given food and water and now they’re in the Ukrainian army logistics unit.

[@persianman4857]

I have uploaded on Iranian drones in action in Ukraine

[@magicbulletdancers]

Heya thank you for sharing this 👍 It points to the human side of an invasion that begins and ends w pootin. He orchestrated ( tried to ) the demise of 🇺🇦 peoples. The world sees him destroying his own.

[@mechanicom]

What an excellent story! ❤

[@goatmealcookies7421]

Awesome

[@gandalfstormcrow2486]

Awesome! Thank you for a great story!

[@hybridarmyoffreeworld]

Send Ukrainians everything they need to reclaim BEFORE 2014 borders. Slava Ukraine ! with Love From Sweden

[@Mark-Haddow]

You Swedes have really come around since forming an alliance with the UK. Not that that's a bad thing.

[@willymac5036]

Oh Ukraine is definitely getting what they need. Right now they are in the process of getting all the cold weather uniforms, and cold weather kits for their vehicles, everything they will need to maintain their momentum throughout the winter. Russia can’t even FEED their soldiers.

[@rockforester7908]

And love you right back! 🇺🇸

[@stamfordmeetup]

I agree

[@persianman4857]

I have uploaded on Iranian drones in action in Ukraine

[@KesselRunner606]

If Russia's professional army couldn't break Ukraine, what worth is an amateur army going to be?

[@youuuuuuuuuuutube]

They will be used as cannon fodder and to spot where the Ukrainians are located, and then the real army will attack those locations.

[@Lonsome1223]

Just wait until Putins pensioners arrive waving those Zimmer frames.

[@patmccall1818]

Prolong the bloodshed. Increase the casualties. Hurt already strained Russian logistics. Create a reason to flee the country and also remove men from the economy.

[@magicbulletdancers]

I read that the Wagner guys will or have used convicts as human shields There'll be conscripts given that same task I should think. Just an opinion.

[@rockitrockit8517]

@@youuuuuuuuuuutube they don't have a real army where have you been??

[@amazingreviews876]

RIP YOUNG MEN ON BOTH SIDES!

[@barbaraniedenthal6814]

So true

[@janetdepiazzi1833]

It’s a devastating loss of young lives 😔

[@hybridarmyoffreeworld]

in Muscovy It goes like this... MOD order 1,5 mil uniforms. But minister pocket the money for 1mil and only order 0.5 mil. Than manufacturer do 50k uniforms and bribe warehouse to sign he delivered 0.5mil. Than staff in warehouse sell 50k uniforms to farmers and hunters....

[@sonichedgehog8723]

Hilariously true, rusians.

[@hulkhulk5141]

😳

[@keegan773]

Even worse the order is for winter uniforms but summer uniforms are manufactured as they are cheaper.

[@stamfordmeetup]

very true. Russia is the world's most corrupt country. 10% of russo-narzi gdp is spent on the 'military'. Only 2% actually goes to military, the rest goes to Putin, the general and the oligarchs.

[@Cowboy-in-a-Pink-Stetson]

It was just the same in Ukraine .... until 2014. That (Crimea) was a massive wake up call against that kind of corruption. Then came 'Maidan'. Ukraine turned to the west for help and under guidance built up a very formidable Army and security forces. I got pulled over in Texas near the Mexican border for a routine police check. The officer told me he was about to be deployed to Ukraine for training exercises with their police force. That was back in 2016.

[@antonleimbach648]

Ukraine is reminding the world of what defending freedom looks like. We in the West need to take this lesson to heart. Defending freedom means you are willing to die for it.

[@shafts2447]

That Azov Battalion are some freedom fighters huh? Lololol! The world has gone mad with propaganda

[@davidb6576]

Or more importantly, THINK for it! If we don't put fascists in positions of power, we won't have to fight for them - either overseas, or at the Capitol...

[@donbrech7822]

It’s a lesson that Taiwan needs to learn too.

[@wendelloreilly8676]

Actually, the lesson is you need to make the other guys trying to take your freedom die in masses.

[@KosherPorky]

Not defending Russia, but Ukraine is still a very corrupt state politically. Individual rights are heavily restricted with the government having a firm grasp on power. Essentially the typical deal with post soviet countries

[@seanlander9321]

Low morale is to be expected when Russian conscripts are equipped with plastic helmets, trucks made in Detroit in 1943, rifles made in 1947 and food packed in 1987, whilst being given a Summer uniform and told to bring your own first aid kit and sleeping bag.

[@brianpreval5602]

don't forget armour and boots, they are being told to bring them as well!

[@Graybeard_]

Winter will be devastating to Russian soldiers. I hope Ukraine can continue to push even in winter.

[@alexcioban4415]

Once the rainy season ends, and the earth freezes, yes. Otherwise, mud is going to be an obstacle for everybody.

[@entropy8634]

@@alexcioban4415 mainly obstacle for those doing offensives, which currently is Ukraine

[@reidtanner5978]

I'm still holding for a surprise counterattack in the winter by the Ukrainians.

[@rockforester7908]

Incalculable misery for them. 🇺🇸

[@persianman4857]

I have uploaded on Iranian drones in action in Ukraine

[@Paul-ms2fz]

Great news, Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 Love from Ireland 🇮🇪 🇮🇪.

[@Villain1874]

It’s absolutely beautiful to see the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroy - humiliate and push back the Russian military 🙂 Best wishes to Ukraine her Armed Forces and People 🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@hybridarmyoffreeworld]

"We lost nothing." "Also, I declare mobilisation." -Vladolf Poofler

[@robitmcclain6107]

LONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - As President Vladimir Putin completed paperwork for the annexation of four regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, the Kremlin said there was no contradiction between Russian retreats and Putin's vow that they would always be part of Russia.

[@spendor9377]

We lost nothing……apart from 55,000 Russian men. People are nothing to Putin.

[@Mockthenerd]

In Putin's mind he is correct. They have lost no Russian territory and all those soldiers who are dying are nothing to him.

[@jaykellett2327]

'Everything is going according to plan." "The check is in the mail too."

[@persianman4857]

I have uploaded on Iranian drones in action in Ukraine

[@closetpicker]

It's not how many men you have in the fight, but how much fight you have in the men. THAT, is why morale means everything.

[@persianman4857]

I have uploaded on Iranian drones in action in Ukraine

[@Namtov]

Morale ? Not in Russian doctrine. Russia today has the same doctrine as Communist Soviet.....People means nothing. Just pour some more men into the War and drown the enemy in blood. Even your own peoples blood. Thats how they defeated the Nazis. We will see it again when Russia start deploying barrier troops.

[@FreaksSpeaks]

Not about dog in the fight, it's about right in the dog.

[@nickisnyder3450]

Nope, it's what weapons you have. Do you think the native Americans didn't love their home? Guns just worked better than a spears

[@FreaksSpeaks]

@@nickisnyder3450 what do you mean, Ukraine has better a ammunition tham Russia?

[@onebridge7231]

Ukraine needs to press the fight through winter. Good winterized training and cold weather kit makes a huge difference.

[@goatmealcookies7421]

Slava Ukraini! Heroyam slava! My respect for the Ukrainian people continues to grow. 🙏🇺🇦

[@PsilocybinCocktail]

I am the very definition of an armchair general, but let me point out that the weather and terrain in Ukraine does not go from Balmy Summer to Iron-Hard Winter. There is Autumn in between where the off-road landscape turns to porridge three feet deep.

[@stuartschaffner9744]

I would imagine that at least parts of Ukraine have a mud season in early spring as well.

[@Justmekpc]

@@stuartschaffner9744 that’s when Russia was forced to stay on the roads and lost a lot of equipment when the war first started.

[@brianpreval5602]

there will be a pause, that's for sure.

[@kuzint3808]

I am something of an armchair general myself. I think that Ukraine only has about a month left before they have to stop. I think that in the north they are going to stop after taking Svatove. To me, just looking at a map and not knowing the area, it looks like a good place to set up a defensive line. Marsh, a river, forests and I think some hills. A good place to stop until winter comes and then boom get on the move again by late December and start to move on Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk. In the south, they do not have a really good position that they can stop and dig in from what I can see. They do have a river just east of Kherson, but they have a lot of ground to cover before Autumn starts to ramp up, from what other people have said, it's not as bad in the south, so they may be able to do it. Slava Ukraine!!

[@tripleh327]

hearing these description make me ask myself as an italian used to the near mystical mild and gentle season and climate of my country why people want to live there? the answer is it is their homeland, to them it is the most beautiful place on earth

[@homewithemma42]

Not low enough Russian morale to stop torturing old villagers and murdering children? It is extraordinary that this cruelty hasn't changed one iota since the dawning of human life? 😢

[@hybridarmyoffreeworld]

"Live by the sword, die by the sword"

[@leeii337]

with a blunt sword ?

[@johnsmith-xv5gy]

Imagine NATO v Russia in a conventional war. Goodnight Vlad.

[@Mr.Monta77]

Russia air force can not achieve air superiority in Ukraine after more than 7 months, even against Ukraines old soviet fighter jets some from the 1980s. I expect NATO, with hundreds of F35s and F16s in action would achieve air superiority in hours. Putin is possibly the stupidest man in history. It will be Saddam Hussein all over again.

[@dieterrosswag933]

If there was no nukes the war would be over by NATO

[@xiputjingtin9069]

imagine if we're able to fly attack drones in Ukraine from our rooms, prosecuting russian armours.

[@maxcorder2211]

Imagine the US Air Force against the Russians. Maybe 5 days.

[@rodneydecormier1504]

@@maxcorder2211 only if the Russians don’t fly. 😏

[@forge20]

Love how the British guy still manages to throw in a dig against the French. 🤣

[@michellebrown4903]

It wasn't a " dig against the French " . Any General worth his salt , is steeped in military history. At one point in WW1 , the morale of the French army collapsed because the French generals had used the army in an unbelievably callous manner of disregard to the huge losses the army had suffered . They repeatedly ordered massed attacks into the teeth of massed machine guns and artillery , that would have made a Banzai charge , look like a stroll in the park . Putin ,and his Generals have treated their army with a similar disdain . At least the French high command , ensured that their troops were relatively well equipped and fed . Before they ordered them forward to be slaughtered.

[@magicbulletdancers]

@@michellebrown4903 thanks for this info

[@thelmaviaduct]

Has to be done 👍🏿

[@ukoutdoors3022]

Wouldn't be British otherwise, would he.

[@baobo67]

@@michellebrown4903 Well said.

[@Michigan1985]

I'm subscribed to a Russian youtuber who fled to Turkey a week ago. He said there's several telegram groups formed by mostly Russian women who are related to mobilized men. They're raising money for basic supplies that the military isn't giving them. He said they were trying to help them get "meds, clothes, mattresses, sleeping bags, food, and even sponges". I have a feeling this winter is going to be much harder on the Russian military than Ukraine.

[@rjbrown6942]

Russian troops are even asked to bring there own plate carrier and plates. Who knows what kind of quality there getting

[@miguelretamal6783]

Nikki preshin??

[@K1lostream]

I'm not there so I don't claim this as fact, but I've heard tales of self-equipped conscripts having their kit confiscated by corrupt 'superiors' and then being sold on.

[@petetimbrell3527]

Sending troops forward with zero expectation of success and likely to die in their thousands, is because Putin wants to justify using a small nuke at high altitude over Ukraine, as a warning of what might follow. That's Stalinist thinking, which Putin admires.

[@bev8200]

Whose going to give them the supplies? I know we can send it via himars rocket!!

[@jasontye3307]

Nothing but respect to all Ukrainians!! Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦 ✨️ 🙏 💙💛

[@gijbuis]

Why not send the 'courageous' Kadyrov to the front to support failing Russian army morale?

[@trevorroberts9584]

Why not tie Kadyrov to the top of a tank turret and send it forward to try and attack Ukranian infantry. :)

[@TrineDaely]

He who says "use low grade nukes" but also "I'm going to send my underage sons to the front to see real combat." That dude has some screws loose.

[@razor1uk610]

..didn't Kadyrov retreat back to his country and say he left power/office... ?! ..perhaps he has will be found in a hole underground like Saddam Hussain was, but by who, Orcish Kremlin agents of Putin, the people of his nation, or Daesh/ISIS from Iran/Turkey ??

[@oneshothunter9877]

Putin should be in front. He used to fight bears, ride horses bare chested, win judo fights against young men - ain't he supposed to a kind of a Superman? Lol 😂😂😂😂

[@tfp0052]

Kadyrov isn't going, but he's sending his sons. He must not like those sons!

[@forgotten_world]

More than to do not help, the mobilization is a complete disaster: the formal military, already in a dire situation, get hopeless when they see the conscripts, that are arriving without any training, minimal weapons, and even uniforms, end dying for nothing.

[@SeattlePioneer]

That is why reorganizing and resupplying is so important. The veterans of the conflict so far should be the noncoms leading and training those conscripts, and officers who are veterans should be promoted. Your veterans are a priceless asset upon which to rebuild your army. The Ukrainian army should be encouraged to do that too, and for the same reason. Just grinding away until all your veterans are dead is a waste.

[@johnhouchins3156]

And they're eating their fighting forces' food. All it does is to hamper ther logistics efforts.

[@markanthony3275]

With a new update , experts have estimated that Putin will have over 400,000 men to mobilize against Ukraine.

[@unworthy42]

Of course their morale is low...they live in Russia. : )

[@rc198028]

This is a man who really knows what he is talking about!

[@nichollswilliam5029]

as Churchill said to the Germans, " u do your worst, we'll do our best".

[@martindice5424]

Russia’s military failure is not ‘bewildering’ It’s armed forces are run on the cheap. You cannot run the 2nd largest army in the world with an economy the size of Australia’s. Oh. And you have run a huge strategic nuclear deterrent , an airforce and a navy too. Everything - EVERYTHING - else stems from this economic weakness.

[@christinemcclymont269]

And rampart corruption

[@Desrtfox71]

Except it's the great degree of corruption that has really destroyed Russia, not the trying to run a large army with little money. It's trying to run a large army with little money while much (most?) of that money is being pocketed by the various people along the way.

[@ianhollands1641]

There is evidence that the Russian economy will collapse in the near future. I suspect that if Putin , in desperation , were to try to use nukes , his generals would stage a coup

[@luiul1]

i think a word you are looking for is "potemkin".

[@dekippiesip]

An economy the size of Spain puts it more into perspective as Australia is a massive country(though with a small population) too.

[@terrencekane8203]

Russian Election: Option 1: Putin Option 2: Gulag Option 3: Death

[@tripleh327]

i appreciate the possibility of a choice i imagined somtheing like Option 1:putin that's all

[@Shazza2024]

I chatted with a Russian dentist i had met on Tinder before the start of the war. She seemed rational and anti war but as soon as it started she became ultra nationalist and started spouting all that garbage about Ukraine being full of nazis thieves and criminals and it being Russian land. When they were beaten back from Kiev she called it a provocation and doubted any Russian casualties then blocked me. Was scary change. And she is educated woman- Im Australian

[@Valmontst]

Ukraine needs to be very cautious of backing Putin up against a wall or else Putin might just send in his most devastating weapon yet, and I’m not talking about tactical nukes: I am talking about Steven Seagal!! 😂

[@sjaaktrekhaak253]

Putin has backed Ukraine against the wall, not the other way around. Also, by doing so he has backed himself against a wall. Him and Russia will reap what they sowed.

[@chartliuna]

Lol😂

[@michelero4297]

Oh no! Anything but not Seagal!

[@SarahRenz59]

Have you seen Steven Seagal lately? I think he could be bought off with a bag of Doritos.

[@allanfifield8256]

Isn't he a Russian citizen now? Tovarish Stevenchenka, To the front!

[@j.dunlop8295]

I've seen dozens of pictures of Ukrain's citizen soldiers, smiling and laughing on Front lines, high moral, amazing!

[@pareshpadhi2454]

and hopefully they will actually be happy in a few months. and safe. once the borders are actually captured, there is no way ukrainians will let them invade again

[@comeonthegreens]

Bye Bye Putin!

[@mortenjohansen5781]

True winter is comming, and this will affect both sides but Russia has much further to travel than the Ukraine. The Germans found themselves stuck in the winter because they had such a long supply line to support, the Russians didn't have nearly as far to go to defend against the Germans. This time Russia has a rather long supply line to support and they have a very poor fighting force and winter is likely to be their enemy.

[@atchafalaya2835]

Stalingrad in reverse.

[@christinemcclymont269]

The tiny army of the Finns with no help from the West taught the massive onslaught of the Russian army a lesson or two in the 1930s invasion.

[@francoistombe]

And the Russian supply line is vulnerable to himars rocketry.

[@robsengahay5614]

I am sure it is happening but let’s hope that it is more than simply weapons and ammunition being supplied to the Ukrainian forces. Suitable clothing and food to cope with the coming cold will be vital.

[@petertoner3160]

Few weeks after Russian soldiers were looting for u derware,and socks,winter is coming,Can you imagine how cold they are going to be without correct clothing.Ukraine will make them remember this winter,if they live through it

[@WarrenPostma]

The russians are done.

[@pulaskicondoassociation6799]

Putin’s done let’s hope

[@ronnieskirving9492]

God speed Ukraine 🇺🇦 warriors.

[@duncanstewart6381]

Thanks for the update from the Revolutionary Guard Corps..it appears that the Marine's Melitopol drive, was put instead into northern Kherson. 25 miles of advances in places. The Dnipro River basin is in a word FLAT. A natural river estuary and deadly ground. Well done Army of Ukraine 🇺🇦. Slava heroes Immortal. No nukes are possible. Treaty demands no first strike and would violate the law in either nation.

[@michaelbee2165]

The war itself was not possible and was illegal. You don't trust Putin to stick to any treaty or agreement do you? He's been lying since BEFORE the war.

[@KarenL810]

When has Putin ever cared about international laws or treaties? In a word - NEVER.

[@persianman4857]

I have uploaded on Iranian drones in action in Ukraine

[@brianpreval5602]

the cost to russia would be too great - nato has warned him.

[@Liendoelcm]

That is the stuff....On military matters, ask a soldier, not a reporter what will likely happen. Case in point is that Putin was never a soldier and yet he is calling the shots in a lot of cases, making a bloody mess of things

[@misterx6276]

Same as his hero, Adolf. That's why his name is Vladolf. Neither should have been making the big military strategy decisions, nor had the formal training or experience at it. They're both going to go down in history for massive failures and as monstrous creatures.

[@bridudrum]

So that will be Adolf, Donald and Vlad.

[@patverum9051]

Putler was an intelligence gatherer in the KGB, liaison with the STASI. Now he's proven to be incompetent at that too...his FSB is lying to him..

[@bev8200]

Putin can either gracefully bow out take the L and fix his country, or he could tank Russia entirely.

[@jtkrpm1]

If this continues the entire world will be on fire. It’s all NATO and the US.

[@michaeldunham3385]

He doesn't do gracefully

[@AUmarcus]

His ego will do the second option.

[@bad_writer]

If Putin just backs off and admits the whole thing was a mistake he is done for. It's not an option for him. He will hold on for dear life until the bitter end, which hopefully is soon

[@pmtoner9852]

I am reminded of the end of all quiet on the western front when discussing the ineffectiveness of raw recruits without proper training and equipment

[@multidimensional_holographer]

mr. putin's 'scholarly' war is technically a splattered egg at this point

[@paladro]

they say he's a grand chess master when it comes to strategy, so far it appears he's barely capable of keeping up with a child in a game of hungry, hungry hippo.

[@markdalbey]

Capture territory to put them in a better position if and when there is a negotiation? I am in the United States. If somebody invaded the United States with the intention of taking it, there would be no negotiation. Either we or they would win on the battlefield. Russia has invaded Ukraine with the intention of taking it. If anybody thinks that Ukraine is going to negotiate with Russia, they are a fool. Would you want the leadership of your country to negotiate with someone that invaded your country. Should you give part of your country away. Anybody that wants North Dakota or any other part of my country has to take it. Any president that negotiates to give part of my country away is a traitor. I am pretty sure this is how all Ukrainians see it.

[@rideon6140]

Well said, but we might consider a trade for North Dakota, some tropical paradise? lol

[@kentg529]

I've been to North Dakota and would not be willing to die to keep it. Lol

[@jim2376]

Slava Ukraini! Best wishes for victory from Costa Rica.

[@anabelpineda9976]

How about these people leaving because they planning to do something terrible in there I do not trust them😢💔

[@stephennewton2777]

Sorry comrade, you’re leaving because you’re getting smashed by Ukraine. You’re leaving because you’re sending in poorly equipped civilians to stop bullets. Your leaving because you made a huge mistake in invading.

[@magicbulletdancers]

I hearya. There's always one whose carrying the banner of hatred and humiliation. He will strike out at anyone Ukraine.

[@omidpourhossein]

Wow, so many patriotic Russians in the celebration event! The Russian government should set up military mobilization stations at the exits and see how many of these patriots would sign up to go to the frontline.

[@michelero4297]

When do they start signing up the women?

[@tylerjackson2314]

Morale could actually get worse by bringing in this many untrained, misequiped men. 1: with not being provisioned correctly they could actually be a burden on units already there. 2: throwing more men into the mix that are very lightly trained means that more of them will die. If I'm a Russian soldier on the front lines I'm expecting well trained, equipped men with high morale to help reinforce me. Not some weekend warrior with less than 3 months training, carrying a bunch of tampons and a rusted out rifle that could get me killed.

[@telebubba5527]

It'll become mayhem when those troops arrive. They'll be all over the place and in each others way. It will probably look like a scene from Monty Python.🤣

[@gc2696]

Morale would improve for those pulled off the frontlines for a few days of R & R ..... shower, hot meal & a drag show ? 😹😘

[@redbovine]

Ukraine will be getting well train well equipped replacements when they get the ones training in other countries. Moral will also be high because of the successes.

[@swaghauler8334]

@@gc2696 Russia WON"T pull them out. Putler doesn't have enough men to hold the line now, with many units actually BELOW 50%. If he pulls the experienced troops out, the front will collapse.

[@procopiusaugustus6231]

They’ll learn very quickly or die - mostly die.

[@wadewilson524]

Another point on Russian use of nuclear and other WMD being unlikely is that the prevailing winds in the area are primarily west to east…. Fallout would head straight to Russia.

[@DaylightFactory]

It depends on the yield. For a larger nuclear weapon, fallout will circle the earth. Stratospheric fallout, made up of extremely fine particles in the stratosphere (above the troposphere), may continue years after the explosion, and the distribution is nearly worldwide.

[@wadewilson524]

@@DaylightFactory Fallout from a tactical nuclear weapon, the type Russia would use in Ukraine, would fall almost entirely on western and central Russia..

[@scorpiontail2561]

Exactly,only a fool sh**s on his own doorstep.

[@riverbum]

I think by next year the new recruits will be ready to go to the front line first they have to go through alcohol rehab that'll take about 6 to 8 months depending if they don't have a relapse 😂🤣

[@SN-sz7kw]

Decades of corruption & brutality in the Russian ranks have taken their toll. In truth it was always there, but under the Soviet system and before they could always force endless numbers of captive citizens into the meat grinder. Post Soviet reliance on volunteer conscripts without professionalizing the force is a disaster.

[@hybridarmyoffreeworld]

Moscow horde´s war record :- 1856 defeated by Britain and France 1905 defeated by Japan 1917 defeated by Germany 1920 defeated by Poland, Finland, Estonia and all Baltic states 1939 defeated by Finland 1969 defeated by China 1989 defeated by Afghanistan 1989 defeated in the Cold War. 1996 defeated by Chechnya 2022 defeated by Ukraine WW2 won USA/Britain , meanwhile Stalin's officers were shot or sent to the Gulags. Millions went to the Gulags, including Solzhenitsyn Moscow's only victories come from invading smaller countries :- a) Hungary 1956 b) Czechoslovakia 1968 c) Moldova 1992 d) Georgia 2008

[@Mark-Haddow]

They won in 1939, but lost over 100,000 troops, for only a fraction of Finnish territory. France led the Crimean war, with 3 times the strength of the UK. I point this out because it suggests it was a UK led alliance, including the Ottomans. You are right to point out how terrible their military record is though, just slightly worse than the American one.

[@Iamkcs2c]

@@Mark-Haddow covering the same-ish time period 1848 - Mexican-American war, won 1898 - Spanish American, won 1918 - Great War (hard to say we "won", more like we were the straw with a very timely entrance) 1945 - WWII, won 1953 - Korea, draw 1973 - Vietnam lost 1991 - Iraq 1, won 2008 - Iraq 2 , draw ( left, the old guys did not regain power) 2021 - Afghanistan, lost (left, old guys *did* regain power) I do not think the various "Indian Wars", Banana Wars, 1916 invasion of Mexico, all the times we invaded Haiti, Grenada, Beirut, Panama, Somalia, Serbia (twice), Syria were big enough to count. I think the greatest wins were that both Japan and Germany developed into stable, prosperous democracies instead of embittered, impoverished lands dreaming of vengeance.

[@Mark-Haddow]

@@Iamkcs2c Yeah, you left out quite a few events there. Like 1812, when they believed they could annex British Canada, and remove the Royal Navy from controlling the North American maritime territory. Only to lose several of their states, their capital and the worst humiliation possible, a surrender of hostilities on their own territory. To the British reserve, as the first team were busy liberating Portugal, defeating Spain (ruled by Napoleon's brother) and giving Bonaparte his Waterloo.

[@joz6683]

In the war of 1812 the Duke of Wellington refused to be sent to North America to fight in the war.

[@abrakadavra3193]

And yet the US ise a vast world imperium and Russia is the largest country in the world. These anectotal battles and wars mean nothing.

[@LewisSkeeter]

Winter will be cruel to those Russian conscripts.

[@gherkamum]

Glory to Ukraine.🇺🇦 Love from the free world 🇬🇧

[@tfp0052]

The Ukranians are fighting for their country, their people, their families, and ultimately for themselves. They are highly motivated! On the other hand, the Russians are fighting for Putin. And Putin isn't so much of a much!

[@larrysfarris]

Yep(!)… BOTH bombs dropped on Japan were well within the defined yield range of a “tactical” nuc. People (especially, Putin and news reporters) need to STOP being so cavalier about using the term “tactical nuc”. Commonly accepted upper yield limits for a “tactical nuc” is 50 kilotons - the Hiroshima bomb was 15 kilotons and the Nagasaki bomb was 20 kilotons. These so-called battlefield nucs can destroy a city❗️💥💥

[@charlesdyer5348]

The talking heads go on about "small nukes"🙄

[@missano3856]

The real trick is making nukes small but still efficient.

[@gsomethingsomething2658]

@@missano3856 I prefer the rabbit from the hat one.

[@larrysfarris]

@@missano3856 No real trick there (at least for the U.S.). The M109A3 was capable of firing the W48 nuclear shell. That's a self-propelled field artillery howitzer. It was a fairly low yield nuc.

[@KB4QAA]

LF: Putin has never used the terms tactical nuke.

[@janetdepiazzi1833]

This awful decision by Putin has caused so much suffering and loss of life. It’s completely heartbreaking and utterly indefensible 🥺

[@pabloc88886]

Perhaps China should be encouraged at some point soon to offer Putin a safe exit out of office.. before he reaches for his last option...

[@gc2696]

Putin & XJP should exit gracefully & spend the rest of their days fishing in Cuba. It won't happen....they are dictators & dictators don't leave office alive.

[@trevorroberts9584]

If the Chinese took back Vladivostok etc. the Russians would probably 'end Putin's troubles' themselves.

[@SeattlePioneer]

Interesting idea.

[@massimookissed1023]

_"Build your enemy a golden bridge to retreat across."_ ~ Sun Tzu

[@SeattlePioneer]

@@massimookissed1023

[@jannibal9273]

If the "morale problem" is bad now, just how bad do you think it would get when untrained and ill-equipped conscripts who were forced into the military mostly against their will and shipped out to the deadly front lines with little to no training are going to feel...

[@marshallmintz7564]

You mean when they are covered in a foot of snow with the only heat coming from exploding shells? I see a Russian revolt coming up. I think that Russia will follow its own history. The Russians silently follow their duncy leaders until they don't and then they rip them limb to limb and turn the page. The problem has always been they are scared of democracy. A tool of the "evil west".

[@rockforester7908]

Very good. Thank you. 🇺🇸

[@Zaaxun]

If Russia started the war with 200k troops And has easily lost 100k both killed and wounded. So if they add 300k that's a total of 400k. But Ukraine mobilized in February and has been training soldiers for seven months, all their armed forces together is said to be 800+k. So even if Russia brings in 300k they will still be vastly outnumbered in infantry and tanks. It might delay the inevitable for a month but nothing can save Putin at this point.

[@Pesmog]

With Ukraine demonstrating some success on the battlefield, it will also be easier for them to recruit than Russia.

[@brookestephen]

Soon, Russia will sell nukes for food.

[@oreoandoz7723]

This is what happens when the leader steals an entire country's wealth to line the walls of his palace with gold.

[@joz6683]

I think it is quantity over quality. I feel they are try to overwhelming the Ukrainian Forces by sheer number's. We need to increase our aid so that they can counter the increased volume of soldiers.

[@samanthav8728]

So good! Major General Tim Cross really broke it down as to why Ukraine will have the Victory by stating: "Three Aspects to Moral Component/Power; 1-Leadership 2-The will to Win and 3-The preparedness to die on the battlefield in order to achieve what it is you are there to achieve."

[@Channel--Ai]

Russia dude said he was called up on Sept 17 and on the lines Sept 24. He surrendered.

[@1960aragorn]

Slava Ukraini and Glory to the Heroes 🦾💙💛!

[@martincicchino1228]

Another good analysis! Thank you!

[@hybridarmyoffreeworld]

"We lost nothing." "Also, I declare mobilisation." -Vladolf Pootler -Ваня, пора на войну -А с кем воюем? -С фашистами 🇷🇺. -А против кого?

[@bigblue6917]

Our troops are not retreating. They are just redeploying. Also, and totally unrelated, we are deploying troops to Vladivostok.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Another "Frankly, We Did Win" moment brought to you by Nutty Leaders­™

[@TheSandkastenverbot]

😆

[@persianman4857]

I have uploaded on Iranian drones in action in Ukraine

[@gandalfstormcrow2486]

@@bigblue6917 running away without your equipment is redeploying?😂😂😂😂😂 Russia won't exist a year from now.

[@OnkelTotto]

Winter comes for everybody and i hope the ukrainians are prepared for that.

[@Valmontst]

Believe me, with the support of the USA and all the NATO countries the Ukrainians will be much better equipped for the winter then the poor Russian soldiers who don’t even currently have enough food to eat!! 😂

[@sylvianorah1367]

Silly puppets always talking about negotiations. Zelensky has signed a decree of not negotiating with Russia. So qhi are you to come here and talk about negotiations.

[@raywhitehead730]

The Will to fight Has crumbled in the Russian military.

[@paulwilliam7231]

Good news for Ukraine people 🇺🇦✊🏻👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@eternalfizzer]

Good analysis. (but not 'moral component' - 'MORALE component'.)

[@faodail3913]

Both!

[@erichvonmolder9310]

Would a nuclear weapons set off on the border of Russia and Ukraine make the morale of Russian soldiers become better? If I was a Russian soldier I would be even more concerned, especially if they want me to walk through a field of radioactivity, while still shooting off my guns. If I were Putin I would get the best Peace I could get and be done with it. Then he will be out of a job, but better than losing his head. He can retire in North Korea will all his crypto currency.

[@francoistombe]

The Russians seized Chernobyl and then abandoned it when they found their troops were getting radiation burns from the ground they were camped upon.

[@erichvonmolder9310]

@@francoistombe , Also, any device that close to people can cause damage to Ukraine and Russia, and other countries. The whole idea of using a nuke doesn't make sense at all. I believe he is negotiation, but he is negotiating from weakness - not a good place to be. If I were him, I would take the money and run .

[@lisamitchell1355]

Zelensky won’t slow down, he’s going to conquer Russia

[@mrtizer6672]

Moral is low because they didn't want to be there or want this war in the first place, he talks about defending Russia then uses his own as cannon fodder, you ain't fighting if it's not in you for a cause you don't believe in, they know there being used and without a choice 😔

[@luiul1]

it's the russian way. been like that since oleg & rosnik a millennia ago.

[@frankhakimian6622]

God bless Ukrainians

[@alansmith4595]

Good God ! If the Ukraine army can push around the Russian army so easily. What hope would they have had against the US MARINES!

[@chrisnorthall8317]

Either a tiny head or massive headphones. . .

[@jbaby215]

I’m so sick of this “winter is coming”, if the Russian Troops are not prepared in the rain season, what makes you think they’ll be warm in the winter? They don’t have the resources to survive the winter

[@veritaspk]

I am not an expert ... but it seems to me that sending a mass of untrained people to the front will only deepen the problems with logistics ( food and ammunition) and will not improve the combat capability of the Russian army. These people will need to be trained, and I read somewhere that Russia sent to the war with Ukraine battalions intended for this purpose ... to train reservists in the event of mobilization.Many of these people are now dead, wounded, or in captivity.

[@bg1616]

And even if trained, in the real battle it will be like a baby being thrown onto an already-moving treadmill so that it can learn to walk. The momentum is not on their side.

[@francoistombe]

Russian plans to overwhelm Ukrainian logistics by flooding it with POWs.

[@flynnrider4354]

The only way to deescalate is show Pootin 💩 strength as showing weakness is what encourages him to invade

[@bertjilk3456]

Russia is deploying exactly the same tactics as they tried 40 years ago in Afghanistan. It didn't work then, and (surprise surprise) it isn't working now. Last time around, it caused the collapse of the Soviet Union. This time we're witnessing the beginning of the end for the Russian Federation. Keep the support and weapons flowing to Ukraine. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺 🇺🇦

[@vita6910]

What’s the tactic exactly?

[@bertjilk3456]

@@vita6910 destroying villages and other civilian infrastructure, with the aim of scaring the population. Rather than scare them, however, it just makes them more angry and determined to fight back.

[@intergalacticspacecanoe4659]

@@vita6910 dying

[@raywhitehead730]

Also, the main force of Russian Army, was its tanks.they were decimated, by western weapons and Ukraine soldiers bravery.

[@leeedsonetwo]

I feel that winter will be much worst for Russia. The west is already sending winter clothing and eqiupment and the Russians will lack it as we have seen with other equipment. They will also be much easier to spot from space.

[@Pesmog]

You can be sure Ukraine will be getting modern winter bedding, clothing & boots for its troops. Russian soldiers will feel lucky if they get a 1943 pattern winter jacket that has sat in store for 70 years.

[@luvsonel2]

100 years from now... little Suzy is sitting in Ms. Ginny's 4th grade class..... Ms. Ginny begins the lesson of how a war pig russian who attacked his peaceful Ukrainian neighbors... and was defeated.... Little Suzy interrupts the lesson and asks..."WHATS A RUSSIAN"???

[@laurentTru7450]

Russia's morale is even lower that UK's or Germany's morale. I'm sure of it. Russia will be sorry to have started this was, but Europe will not. No way. Slavia Ukrainia.

[@tripleh327]

and you know WINTER IS COMING loved it

[@deborawilliams6390]

I only hope that the Russian people are able to stop Vladimir Putin about using nuclear weapons because his army is losing the war in Ucrania

[@twoking10]

When Germany invaded Stalingrad in summer '42 they thought it would be over quick. It wasn't. When winter hit, the German army was caught in their summer uniforms. Weapons are important. So is food and the right clothing. Cut off Russian supply lines. You think Russian Army morale is low now? Wait until winter hits them.

[@alansmith4595]

Forced to fight for Russia? Snag A tank hang A white sheet on it and head west with the guns posted east. Ukraine will love you.

[@davidroux7987]

A 7.62 to the poo tin would save many lives

[@OnkelTotto]

9mm is also enough. But i dont think that this will happen.

[@bigdada018]

Blessings, peace and luck from California to Ukraine 🙏✌🍀💙💛

[@andrewbrass5476]

Socrates : "A disorderly mob is no more an army than a heap of bricks is a house". Seems like Putin didn't learn much in the last 2400 years or so.

[@MrJackWorse]

every expert everywhere has the same asessment: by conventional means russia is already beaten. Those 300k+ new conscripts can't make a difference. If you think about it they will only make things worse for the russian army. There is just one option for putin, if he wants to stay alive. Let's hope there are links in the chain of command who are as levelheaded as they were in the past.

[@mrsam0496]

i think this is just the beginning of this war and if nato doesnt go into ukraine directly, things will get really messed up fast

[@stephennewton2777]

Russia lost the political war when it expanded NATO. It’s economy is a basket case kept alive by cooking the books, which can only go on for a limited time so the economic war is a forgone conclusion too, as it always was. The military war will last until the massive casualty rate produced by sending these poorly equipped, trained and lead civilians begins to mount along with the realisation back in Russia of what’s really happening. Use of WMDs would not impact any of this and could mean that the international community really takes the gloves off.

[@michaeldunham3385]

@@stephennewton2777 The expansion of NATO isn't a done deal, you've got Turkey threatening to block it and now Hungary has done a deal with Putin for gas and oil so they may block it

[@aland6752]

Cut off from supply? What supply do you speak of? The russian army is eating each other to survive at this point. The good news is winter is coming and the battlefield meat supply will last a bit longer .

[@thrummer1953]

Putin Popsicles.

[@Valmontst]

😂😂😂😂

[@northeastlower]

Keep on pushing Ukraine. Victory will ultimately be yours ✌🏻🇺🇦

[@steveanquetil501]

Russia's military strategy has always been 'throw numbers at it' and hope for the best.

[@davidtoulman4259]

The Russian Military have used "Human Wave " tactics in the past. They sent battalions of troops over the top regardless of casualties. I suspect that they are usaing them now to judge by the casualty numbers quoted in the media.

[@infoscholar5221]

Putin being backed into a corner, might very well turn out to mean that the world is also backed into a corner. We sail into uncharted waters, I fear.

[@whyno713]

Kremlin won't let him do the unthinkable. The cornered bear scenario is overplayed and has never occurred politically/globally/statewide on the largest scales.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Putin holding the world hostage--until what? We all capitulate to him?

[@delbass6723]

Unfortunately Putin leaves the West no option. Sitting by and simply rewarding his criminal behavior by making further concessions to him is only going to reinforce his notion that he can WMD his way out of a corner. There needs to be a clear red line here and if the line is crossed, there need to be dire consequences for Russia and specifically Puty-tang.

[@redbovine]

We can only hope for a coup with someone who has some sort of sense. A Kadyrov would be worse.

[@magicbulletdancers]

@@RideAcrossTheRiver ikr. Where IS that red line of pootins ? The one that US and others are not wanting to cross. The one that doesn't exit bc pootin just cruises along doing whatever he wants anyway.

[@MrKorton]

Use a nuclear weapon and you will get nuclear rain in Russia as well because of prevailing westerly winds.

[@TBFI_Botswana]

3:40 the General must have meant the French in the Second World War surely? The French fought bravely and with distinction during the first.