Submitted by MrGuttFeeling t3_118j8pk in UpliftingNews
I do find it wonderfully ironic that the things Putin/ Russia feared, such as the loss of the fossil fuel market, the irrelevancy of Russia on the international stage and the 'advance' of NATO, all came to pass FASTER because he foolishly invaded Ukraine.
Now he's got a re-militarising NATO (which now has even more member states), those same nations abandoning Fossil Fuels as fast as they can practically do so and Russia is pretty much a pariah state at this point... AND a staggering loss of war materiel, international prestige and, most tragic of all, something like a few tens of thousands dead Russians.
As thin as it is when it comes to this war, there is some silver linings here. I just hope that, once Ukraine has repulsed Russia, they can join NATO, the EU and get help rebuilding their nation.
Not just any dead Russians.
It's their young healthy men, in a nation that's already undergoing a demographic shortage of them. Plus many have fled the country. It'll impact them for decades to come.
An analyst on youtube pointed out a lot of data on how screwed Russia is now. Many people who have skills and resources have left Russia.
This leaves the country with the people who could not leave. There has been a brain-drain of skilled workers and engineers.
Many of the high-tech weapons in the Russian military were made in Ukraine, back when it was a part of Russia. After the missile-cruiser "Moskva" was sunk, how will Russia build a new one?
They had one aircraft carrier and its non-functional. Why didn't Russia have air superiority over Ukraine at any time? They absolutely cannot afford to lose one more functional jet, or one more experienced pilot.
Shoulder-launched missiles and drones have decimated the Russ tanks, and draftees have been surrendering or defecting.
Many high ranking officers have been killed, and the officer Corp is unable to promote enough experienced officers to fill command gap.
Civilian contractors have been deeply corrupt for the last decade, especially after the annexation of Crimea and Georgia were so easy.
Russia has been exposed as a paper bear, and every month they continue, they get weaker.
The damage of the ruble means an entire population has seen their meager savings flushed down the toilet. If Russia even had enough money to buy more weapons, the factories have lost their best workers.
Who will run the machines? Illiterate farm boys?
And that's yet another thing Russia has lost: Their future. You've laid out perfectly how they've royally fucked themselves and I'd like to add another factor to the problem. The Russians who were tricked into fighting were the demographic that was meant to provide the next generation. There'll be a MASSIVE gap in their demographics to the point it could tank their already failing system. It's tragic that so many people are going to suffer because of one mans egocentric and maniac need to rebuild the USSR before he's either killed, dies or is removed from power.
As I said in my comment, there's silver linings in this war but this metaphorical dark cloud is tragically massive.
Over a hundred thousands dead Russians*
There's that many casualties, but not that many dead. A lot of those are injuries as well. The deaths are somewhere around 60k depending on source, which is still tragic and staggering.
Ukraine's numbers might be high (145 k dead russians) but I don't think they are that far off. The battlefield is filled with dead russians and they are being sent in wave after wave wothout protection and proper equipment.
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