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Post by justme on May 21, 2024 16:36:25 GMT
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Post by glennkoks on May 21, 2024 20:58:15 GMT
More bad news for the Russian economy. Gazprom is going broke...
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Post by justme on May 23, 2024 12:21:54 GMT
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Post by acidohm on May 23, 2024 19:40:00 GMT
Putin is following his predecessors down the paranoid route, so perhaps we can draw conclusions on where this will end up?
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Post by glennkoks on May 23, 2024 20:10:09 GMT
Putin fights for his life as his failure in Ukraine threatens his future as Russian President.
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Post by acidohm on May 24, 2024 6:39:36 GMT
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Post by gridley on May 24, 2024 10:06:40 GMT
Putin is following his predecessors down the paranoid route, so perhaps we can draw conclusions on where this will end up? I'd rather not do that - Stalin lasted for over a decade after the Great Purge. :-(
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Post by acidohm on May 24, 2024 14:16:57 GMT
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Post by duwayne on May 24, 2024 18:50:32 GMT
Putin is following his predecessors down the paranoid route, so perhaps we can draw conclusions on where this will end up? What is the prediction?
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Post by acidohm on May 24, 2024 19:24:09 GMT
Open question really Duwayne.
If Putins purging extended to the general population (perhaps it has via conscription?). How long considering modern social media until general unrest ensues?
Not really suggesting once a Russian Premier chooses an anti-coup route that the future is predetermined, however it is interesting to see, perhaps, history repeating itself to some extent.
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Post by missouriboy on May 26, 2024 4:27:45 GMT
You suppose this has anything to do with the seemingly sudden increase in Putin calls for "a freeze in place"?
A Russian version of this?
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Post by glennkoks on May 28, 2024 23:26:05 GMT
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Post by acidohm on Jun 1, 2024 5:24:59 GMT
Analysis of artilliary storage facilities in Russia using recent satellite imagery. In short, this particular site is now empty. Just to re-iterate, barrel usage results in wear requiring replacement or attention at factory that interrupts new barrel manufacture. Russia has no doubt been using its arty alot, and likely is at/near the bottom of its stored quantities. It really doesn't matter how many shells Russia has/produces, without the guns to fire them. x.com/waffentraeger/status/1796196022609149988?t=dNsWkh-TLKpb5h5zQsbvuA&s=19
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Post by nonentropic on Jun 1, 2024 21:47:28 GMT
Ultimately its a GDP thing.
Interestingly the German GDP at the end of WW2 was at its highest so the economists see money but I suspect the people see what is produced as being important also, as patriotic as the German people were they were sick of it and the Russian people will become weary also.
It is much easier to fight a war with people taking your land to maintain drive but foreign land, even if its close is a little different.
Any Russian will begin to realize that occupying the Ukraine which was initially assumed to be simply a matter of "reunification" will not be that much fun. The land is very productive but as happened under Stalin the Ukraine soon becomes a "peace time" grave yard.
All that holds Putin there is pride and the realization that he faces a box in the teeth of withdrawal.
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Post by glennkoks on Jun 1, 2024 22:24:16 GMT
From the Institute For The Study Of War:
"US and German officials confirmed that the United States and Germany have changed their policies to allow Ukraine to use US- and German-provided weapons to strike Russian territory with some restrictions but did not offer precise details about these restrictions."
Risky business because it may lead to an expansion of the war but it's one thing to fight a war in a foreign land. Another when bombs start crashing down on your population. Personally I think we have learned there is only one way to fight a war, to win. These half measures and rules of engagement are a recipe for disaster. If you are going to spend billions in U.S. tax dollars supporting Ukraine let them take the gloves off...
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