Russian Artillery today, russian air defense yesterday, who's left for the meat grinder?

Honest question, what's left of their conventional forces if they're sending specialists into meatwaves.

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Do you think Russia is low on troops?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    I dunno... you tell me:

    The mobilized have little or no leave, they are required to stay in the fight years after their enlistment.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/26/despite-huge-manpower-losses-how-is-russia-replenishing-its-military

    they're sending their best tho

    https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/11/13/desperate-for-new-army-recruits-russian-authorities-resort-to-planting-drugs-and-posting-fake-job-ads

    https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/world-news/desperate-russia-is-recruiting-civilians-in-occupied-ukraine-suffering-from-hiv-and-infectious-diseases-to-fill-ranks-report/

    well maybe some uh, help from abroad!

    https://warontherocks.com/2024/09/strangers-in-the-motherland-the-dynamics-of-russias-foreign-recruitment/

    yeah only the finest

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-desperately-recruits-criminals-homeless-and-football-thugs-for-expendable-army/ar-AA1IZz9m

    meanwhile the mobilization is hurting their entire economy.

    https://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-conscription-casualties-russia-ukraine-mobilization-recruitment-1966148

    which is really just built on resource extraction (that Ukraine has beaten the absolute shit out of recently) and arms sales (no one is looking at Russia's war in Ukraine as a testament to Russian arms superiority lol).

    Do I think Russia is low on troops? Yeah, yeah I do. It's taken years but yes.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Thank you for compiling those articles. MSN Newsweek nypost aljazera are high quality outlets to be taken extremely seriously.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    sigh.... do you think they'd drag north korean self propelled arty across the entire continent, just to lose them to drones too, if they had any fucking choice?

    https://bsky.app/profile/specialkhersoncat.bsky.social/post/3m22txhlyzk2o

    there's no argument that will sway you, no evidence that will give you pause to reconsider.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Lmao you're an idiot. How can you reach these conclusions. You only provided evidence of arty being destroyed from a good source thats it the rest you made up.

    No I dont think they were forced to drag artillery all the way over from north Korea. Russia has ties with NK and it was a opportunity for NK troops to get experience and foster closer ties with Russia. This was a chance for russia to push boundaries and escalate to test NATOs.

    Its rough losing that gear no doubt and russia has been forced to becomr more cautious with assets than in the beginning of the war. Do you think they would reject a ceasefire that allows them to keep all captured territory if they were low on troops and being forced to bring in low skill NK troops?

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    No I dont think they were forced to drag artillery all the way over from north Korea.

    ah the north korean self propelled artillery flew on fairy wings from NK.

    roger that.

    Or you don't think it's NK at all? pfft.

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