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oldaliumfarmer t1_j10jx2z wrote

With what Army. Has Putin managed to bring back the dead?

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Lance-Harper t1_j10qvs2 wrote

Putin pulling an Aragorn

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Ehldas t1_j113ow2 wrote

Reverse Aragorn... start with an army of live soldiers and finish up with dead ones.

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Prevailing_Power t1_j115owe wrote

Russian population is 140M+, and supposedly the male population is ~60m.

If they've been training people ever since their major blunder, and are able to keep it under wraps, that army.

It looks like this:

  1. Shore up the line with prisoners and other "undesirables".
  2. Start training new men.
  3. Send them in.

Still, do they have the equipment? Sending meat waves - even if they're trained - isn't doing shit if they don't have the kit.

Don't make the mistake of thinking this is over. Far from it, as long as Putin in safe.

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Oldalliumfarmer t1_j116ndg wrote

I am not questioning your thoughts.

Do you think they held back the kit they need? Shipped in from N. Korea?

Iran? He does not care how many he kills. He is not rational or sane. Can you hide training an army that large?

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porncrank t1_j123i2k wrote

If you only care about your control of resources, there’s no reason to worry about killing hundreds of thousands of people. They’re like dollars spent to acquire something you want. You don’t mourn them. You are more excited about your score. From his perspective it’s perfectly rational and sane. I’d call it pure evil, but he doesn’t think that’s a thing.

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Prevailing_Power t1_j117zyk wrote

Honestly, I have no idea if you can hide the training. A few million people divided up amongst all their training places might not even be noticeable. Again, no idea on the kit.

One things for sure, they know what they're dealing with and there won't be surprises like last time. If they truly do have a secret army they're training, this could go pretty badly.

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Akiasakias t1_j11wgf9 wrote

They have not yet fully mobilized. The Russian army will be larger when the spring mud dries, but Ukrainian deferred maintenance on all the captured equipment will also be done then.

May might be decisive either way.

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