Maybe this is what they mean by air superiority. Have to assert dominance somehow.

Self-Dominance then

Pard microcosm is a good indicator of how this war will lose steam. Not by some heroic victory by Ukraine taking back the Donbass and Crimea, but simply by another conflict taking center stage while this one fades.

The regional instability in ME is actually positive for Russia, both because it will thin out US aid to Ukraine but the other huge factor is oil. Depending on who enters and how wide the Gaza war is, so much of the global oil that comes from ME could be in jeopardy.

Whatever it takes to stop loss of white lives.

Iran best friend.




This post was edited by Meanwhile on Oct 9 2023 11:28am

Watching videos coming from gaze from both sides shows you what it means to actually kill civilians.

1500+ civilians killed in like 48 hours.

This post was edited by ownyaah on Oct 9 2023 01:10pm

Once the initial invasion was repelled the options were only ever a full support and push back to the border, or a slow war of attrition that results in Russia's victory.

From the US perspective, honestly, both are pretty great. Russia has a dwindling working population and the longer Putin sends working age men into the meat grinder the worse their long term prospects get.

Yes, but the lives of Israelis is worth more.

https://i.poastcdn.org/08fe44c3f5ab2d84a8569e5c615a8884ce55eab2cdef2c1286f951173b6f22c6.mp4

Between Crimea, Donbass and other regions, Russia gained anywhere between 5 to 7 million people. Lets say their losses are 200k, could be less could be more. That represents less than 5% of the lower range of the population they actually gained. So much for dwindling work population

The working age population in the occupied regions has plummeted from both combat and flight.

A ton of working age people who were capable of leaving Russia, did so.

That Russia has a pretty big demographics crisis on the horizon that's being only exascerbated this conflict isn't exactly controversial lol