• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    Russia is going to run out of troops.

    IDK when, but they’re basically feeding their population into a meat grinder trying to take Ukraine.

    That’s not too say the Ukraine isn’t taking losses… I’ve just, seen some numbers that indicate that Russia is going to run out of people to send to their deaths before Ukraine will.

    Putin needs to give this up before he doesn’t have a military anymore.

    • Rinox@feddit.it
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      4 days ago

      It’s not that they will run out of people. They have people, but to keep recruitment levels so high and equipment manufacturing so high they are overcharging their economy. Right now in Russia there are three types of jobs if you want to make money afaik, work in the military complex (arms manufacturing), in the gas extraction industry or directly in the military.

      It’s Dutch disease x100, if the state at some point stops being able to fund the war machine, their economy collapses.

      • Camelbeard@lemmy.world
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        4 days ago

        To add to this, Putin can recruit from the poorest regions for a while, but at some point he needs to get men from the larger cities. The last thing he wants is protests from Moskou etc. The average person from Moskou hadn’t had that much negative effects from the war yet. But if you, your son or father is forced to the battlefield it’s a different story.