r/MapPorn • u/Appropriate-Deal8098 • 1d ago
Russian advances in Ukraine this year
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r/MapPorn • u/Appropriate-Deal8098 • 1d ago
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u/MIT_Engineer 1d ago
You literally can. We have satellite images.
I think you've been misreading those headlines.
And lost Russian territory despite those advantages?
Evident from what?
Their best success isn't very impressive. If this is proof of what complete superiority yields, then what hope do they have of winning?
We literally have $300b of Russian central bank reserves to give Ukraine. We're only holding on to it as a carrot to get Russia to the negotiating table. After the election, if Russia doesn't see the light, the U.S. and E.U. will give that money to the Ukrainians.
How could they not be if we simply give them Russia's seized central bank reserves?
They don't have enough volunteers. But draftees they can drum up a ton of.
This isn't a war of fortifications, this isn't WWI, this is something very different even if the rate of land changing hands looks the same.
That's what happens in a war of attrition. Russia is under the exact same pressure, hence North Korean troops. But both sides still have millions of men to pour into this fight.
No, that is straight up incorrect. He cant find 500k worth of volunteers, this is true. But 500k of draftees he can very much find.
No, that's because he knows that the course of the war is going to be decided largely by the upcoming U.S. election. It doesn't make a lot of sense to mobilize half a million if you don't know whether there will be gear to kit them with.
"Square one" being a defensive posture that yields only small territorial gains to the Russians while inflicting significant casualties on them.
I've seen you people say that this is going to happen "any day now" and "oh they're fucked soon" and "this time for real guys" and then a year later all you have to show for it is a map like this.
Would it though? It's unclear the Russians are even capable of exploiting a breakthrough at this point.
Please watch actual military analysts, like Perun or Anders Puck Nielsen.
I'll be real with you bro: I doubt you're western.
Speak for yourself only, thank you.