Budanov emphasised that mobilisation in the Russian Federation has not stopped. Last autumn, they conscripted about 350,000 Russians. But covert mobilisation continues all the time, and currently 20,000 to 22,000 people are called up every month.
“In itself, this leads to the next question: why such a number if the losses are, as they say, negligible? Well, you will see that the truth is somewhere in the middle,” Budanov explained.
Imagine them hitting the streets of Moscow instead of going to genocidal war…
In ruzzia, life counts for nothing. Who wants to live in such a country ?
When a losing gambler doubles down…
When Russia considers losses negligible they don’t mean that they’re minor, they mean that they do not care about the losses. Putin’s government cares little for human life.
Russians would rather die in a meat grinder than stand up to their tyrannical government.
155mm answers this is no a problem.
That won’t make much a difference. An untrained rabble of barely more than civilians wearing, if they are lucky, plastic helmets and armed with rusty old AK74s with small handfuls of ammunition – is not a threat. And that’s all the Mobiks are. It’s, at best, only the VDV or something that gets supplied properly. If there are actually are 450,000 people in Russia about to be conscripted, then they’ll just become bullets sponges because that’s how Russia uses them.
This should be popular.
I hope Ukraine have enough supply of body bags
Sheep to the slaughter.
Ukraine can maintaine boundaries with this but for true land reclamation needs more support and soldiers.
I really think Ukraine should promote volunteers from abroad encourage with ease of visas
Personal choice not a political issue.
A lot of angry qualified people in the world.
*Lemmings
Sounds like they’re trying to do a full mobilization, but are hoping the Russian people won’t notice if they just do it in stages without actually calling it a mobilization.
Another 450 k bites the dust.
Probably need them to push old tanks cross the border.
Ukraine will have a good steelindustry after this war😃
Could this be a positive for Ukraine? It’ll cost more to maintain a larger force. It’ll increase influence of some factions while decreasing the influence of other factions. That could cause strain that harms Russia’s longevity.
In turn, if these numbers would realise and result in more manpower on the front, it would definitely be a negative for Ukraine in terms of reclaiming territory. Even if these troops wouldn’t be very adept, they could still stall if they are given basic training and are placed to defend strongly fortified positions.
We could also consider the scope beyond Ukraine. Does Russia need these troops for Ukraine or is the society being militarised for some other end? Belarus? Kazakhstan? Destabilising Europe by attacking the Baltics. All increasingly loony things to do, but so was attacking Ukraine.
Dealing a loss to Russia would be a win for all people who have something to gain from peace and stability. It’d stop Russia from conjuring any too grand a vision of itself—and other authoritarian nations to boot.
Ill give Putin credit for stamina. Not sure russians feel the same way
Russia doesn’t have enough weapons to arm 450 000 people
theyll feed them ukrainian sunflowers and grass and weaponize them with sharp sticks and kitchen knives
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Budanov emphasised that mobilisation in the Russian Federation has not stopped. Last autumn, they conscripted about 350,000 Russians. But covert mobilisation continues all the time, and currently 20,000 to 22,000 people are called up every month.
“In itself, this leads to the next question: why such a number if the losses are, as they say, negligible? Well, you will see that the truth is somewhere in the middle,” Budanov explained.
Imagine them hitting the streets of Moscow instead of going to genocidal war…
In ruzzia, life counts for nothing. Who wants to live in such a country ?
When a losing gambler doubles down…
When Russia considers losses negligible they don’t mean that they’re minor, they mean that they do not care about the losses. Putin’s government cares little for human life.
Russians would rather die in a meat grinder than stand up to their tyrannical government.
155mm answers this is no a problem.
That won’t make much a difference. An untrained rabble of barely more than civilians wearing, if they are lucky, plastic helmets and armed with rusty old AK74s with small handfuls of ammunition – is not a threat. And that’s all the Mobiks are. It’s, at best, only the VDV or something that gets supplied properly. If there are actually are 450,000 people in Russia about to be conscripted, then they’ll just become bullets sponges because that’s how Russia uses them.
This should be popular.
I hope Ukraine have enough supply of body bags
Sheep to the slaughter.
Ukraine can maintaine boundaries with this but for true land reclamation needs more support and soldiers.
I really think Ukraine should promote volunteers from abroad encourage with ease of visas
Personal choice not a political issue.
A lot of angry qualified people in the world.
*Lemmings
Sounds like they’re trying to do a full mobilization, but are hoping the Russian people won’t notice if they just do it in stages without actually calling it a mobilization.
Another 450 k bites the dust.
Probably need them to push old tanks cross the border.
Ukraine will have a good steelindustry after this war😃
Could this be a positive for Ukraine? It’ll cost more to maintain a larger force. It’ll increase influence of some factions while decreasing the influence of other factions. That could cause strain that harms Russia’s longevity.
In turn, if these numbers would realise and result in more manpower on the front, it would definitely be a negative for Ukraine in terms of reclaiming territory. Even if these troops wouldn’t be very adept, they could still stall if they are given basic training and are placed to defend strongly fortified positions.
We could also consider the scope beyond Ukraine. Does Russia need these troops for Ukraine or is the society being militarised for some other end? Belarus? Kazakhstan? Destabilising Europe by attacking the Baltics. All increasingly loony things to do, but so was attacking Ukraine.
Dealing a loss to Russia would be a win for all people who have something to gain from peace and stability. It’d stop Russia from conjuring any too grand a vision of itself—and other authoritarian nations to boot.
Ill give Putin credit for stamina. Not sure russians feel the same way
Russia doesn’t have enough weapons to arm 450 000 people
theyll feed them ukrainian sunflowers and grass and weaponize them with sharp sticks and kitchen knives