They have been trying for years to finish off Ukraine and can’t do the job. What makes them think they could occupy anything larger than a Walmart?
they only know how to perform diplomacy through sabre rattling. they think they’ll get more in peace talks for their current war if they make threats of future wars
I dunno. Shadow fleets, radiation poisoning, nerve agents. He does sabre rattle but he also likes to send a message. It’s like having a Soprano put in charge.
oh absolutely. i’m not trying to say this sadistic fuck’s threats are strictly empty. just that appeasement will never stop him.
In 1400 days, Russia has overtaken ~25% of Ukraine. So far, in tangible goods, this has cost them roughly:
- Tanks — 11433
- Armored fighting vehicle — 23769
- Artillery systems — 35287
- MLRS — 1575
- Anti-aircraft warfare — 1263
- Planes — 432
- Helicopters — 347
- UAV — 92488
- Cruise missiles — 4073
- Ships (boats) — 28
- Submarines — 2
- Cars and cisterns — 70721
- Special equipment — 4028
- Military personnel — aprx. [1195610] ^ https://index.minfin.com.ua/en/russian-invading/casualties/ ^
At this rate, they would be lucky to occupy Russia should they spread themselves thinner.
well you see china already has been occupying parts of siberia for natural resources, they maybe able to reclaim “outer manchuria” eventually.
Comments here are underestimating the probability. We also said of Ukraine that Putin wouldn’t, that it would be too difficult, that he isn’t stupid. Yet here we are
I think a lot of the comments here are discounting an inconvenient fact. The Baltic states are much smaller than Ukraine. The size of that country is in itself part of its defense, the Baltic states don’t have that luxury. They have to take this seriously.
With what army exactly?
with the millions of orcs they still have?
The mighty Russian armed forces, who after tens of thousands of casualties and thousands of irreplaceable pieces of equipment and 5 weeks of brutal effort have finally shifted the frontline past Pokrovsk, a town of 6 million people.
Sorry, I meant 60 thousand. And 5 months.
I read the other day, if a snail had crossed the eastern border on the day of the invasion, it would have been out the western border into Poland by now
I really want someone to tell me this is true lol
Well, now I’m curious too.
So according to Wildlife Informer, snails move roughly 1ft/hr, which is around 51.2 meters per week. I got some driving directions from a grocery store on the northern part of Ukraine’s east border (Продуктовый магазин «Смак», Bachivs’k, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, 41411) to a crossing on the west border (Starovoitove Yahodyn Customs, Volyns’ka oblast, Ukraine) and that trip by road is about 850km. Because snails don’t follow roads, this introduces unspecified error. With those assumptions and numbers, that means it would take a snail around 16,602 weeks to cross Ukraine, or ~45.5 years.
So yeah, it was a hyperbolic joke.
That seems extremely slow, even for a snail. According to Encyclopedia Britannica it’s 8cm per minute, or at least 14 times faster.
With the same maths, that takes it 3.25 years to cross ukraine by road. Which is in fact less time than the 3.8 years that Russia has been trying to do the same.
With different assumptions, it would be possible. And 30 cm per hour is really too slow.
Ukraine trying get more support through fear?
