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Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop defections

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Re: Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop defections

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Post by gbil »

codedokode wrote: post #33
traveler01 wrote: post #28

Clearly they're winning the war /s

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Do we still depend on raw manpower to 1. increase productions of specialized hardware which anyhow depends on specialized technology, and 2. win wars by sending 'infinite' amount of soldiers to the front ?

At the same time, the assumption is that there will be no backlash inside the country if 'infinite' amount of soldiers die ?

Re: Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop defections

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Post by ragnarel »

MoSattler wrote: post #38
codedokode wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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You are completely leaving out social factors. Are Russian citizens willing to support the invasion no matter the cost? Are they willing to dedicate their lives to it? Or is there a point where they would decide it's just not worth it? Without the support of the populace, the government wouldn't be able to pursue this for long.

In Ukraine there are citizens being forced to go to the front lines also. The war will finish by Ukraine depletion, it is a matter of maths, sadly.

Re: Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop defections

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Post by codedokode »

gbil wrote: post #42
codedokode wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Do we still depend on raw manpower to 1. increase productions of specialized hardware which anyhow depends on specialized technology, and 2. win wars by sending 'infinite' amount of soldiers to the front ? At the same time, the assumption is that there will be no backlash inside the country if 'infinite' amount of soldiers die ?

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Re: Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop defections

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Post by RA_Fisher »

raverbashing wrote: post #39
codedokode wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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> has many thousands of high-quality Soviet tanks You men the ones that go extra-boom whenever something hits them? (just to be clear I mean having the auto-loader under the turret make things extra-spicy when hit even by a grenade or something)

That wishful thinking stood out to me, too. “High-quality Soviet …”

Re: Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop defections

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Post by codedokode »

elif wrote: post #47
codedokode wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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What of the fact that multi-million dollar tanks are being taken out by $500 drones?

If you talk about kamikadze drones then a simple fishing net can protect against them. Also, are Western tanks immune to $500 drones?

Re: Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop defections

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Post by MoSattler »

ragnarel wrote: post #43
MoSattler wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You are completely leaving out social factors. Are Russian citizens willing to support the invasion no matter the cost? Are they willing to dedicate their lives to it? Or is there a point where they would decide it's just not worth it? Without the support of the populace, the government wouldn't be able to pursue this for long.

In Ukraine there are citizens being forced to go to the front lines also. The war will finish by Ukraine depletion, it is a matter of maths, sadly.

I am not making any claims about that whatsoever. I am simply saying that judging a conflict solely based on the mentioned numbers while completely ignoring social aspects is an oversimplification.
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