Man, China must be watching this shitshow, looking at Outer Manchuria and wondering what exactly Russia could do about it at this point if they decided to reverse the Treaty of Aigun...
95We'll let them take Palin as a snack if they're still hungry after annexing Green Ukraine
60Is there anything between the Urals and Alaska that would slow down an invading army? Other than the lack of infrastructure.
46Just like everything. Forests, swamps, rivers, extreme weather. There's a reason people don't live in that part of the world
61I'd slightly categorize that under "lack of infrastructure". Taiga covers 12% of Earth's land area and is difficult to travel in. 25% of Earth's land area is mountainous, 33% desert, 7% rainforest...
14Well that, and the politics.
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Vast marshes that are impassable for vehicles when they're not frozen, I think?
38Winter
28Well there's the Bering Sea.
24No, just look in to history they have lost control of it 1918-1920.
As my friend says "I will join army only if I can ride trains through Siberia and shoot ruzzians, as my grandfather."
16Mud, forest, rivers, lack of roads.
Plus an absolute shit ton of skeeters
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https://sh.itjust.works/u/LearnedDonkey@kbin.earth permanently banned, not for being a tankie, but for weird ass, bot-like responses. If you see a suspected bot, don't feed it, [like I did], just report it. TIA morons
31Thank you for your work 💚
11👍 Chuck Norris-style, weary thumbs-up
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4what a moron that dude
3They were posting similar bait in other communities and have been site-banned on SJW.
Then again, I'm sure in their head that's still their idea of winning somehow.3Loneliness is a hell of a drug.
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Hope their spy agency set up a colab government or they will have to actually push that far.
31Do people in this community actually think Ukraine is winning?
-58Lol, do you actually think Russia is?
36I don't think Russia is winning. I think Russia, for all intents and purposes, already won..at a cost of course.
But I tend to filter my news by reality and sources by factuality. Most people tend to filter by wishes. So it's normal that some would think otherwise. The other side filtering by wishes may also be thinking that the win came at a much smaller cost than reality.
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Until very recently, I'd have called it a stalemate. I don't think any side can be described as "winning" right now.
29Although the mass surrendering of Russian Soldiers is tipping things in Ukraine's favor fast.
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You definitely aren't winning, how does Putin's cock taste?
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It's hard to know..
But don't forget that Russia thought they'd seize Ukraine quickly. They haven't. Even if they "win", it will be a shit show and they won't be able to keep it
I also have a Russian coworker who joined the Company after the war and he was embarrassed about Russia. I seriously doubt most of their soldiers are motivated to fight
21Does Russia have the funds to sustain this war and for how long? There's a reason why Belousov is the head of the MoD
6Good question.
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Don’t listen to them.
political propaganda is extremely effective and it’s impossible to make out the from the noise.
Near as I can tell Ukraine was losing fairly badly and the invasion was a last ditch effort that nobody wanted, although they are still backed by NATO and they won’t lose until they let them but Russia has an almost endless supply of Troops and equipment so they will lose eventually unless the war gets too embarrassing or it risks going Nuclear.
-10As a US SSBN submariner - bring it. Give me one good reason to set 1SQ and let these birds fly. I dare you.
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