Putin is just sending meat to the grinder until Ukraine runs out of ammo. It doesn't matter how broken Russia's war machine is, as long as there's enough people to be sacrificed.
Eh, i dont think thats any news at all, let alone breaking. Scooter attacks were a thing for at least several months, and thats not even close to being the stupidest tactical move out there. Theres a lot of talk about manpower and equipment issues in the Russian army, but it doesnt seem that those issues are significant enough. Maybe we will see sudden changes at some point, but we're not there yet.
lol it was fucking broken from the start. these fucking morons rolled in on flat tires, zero logistics and a 50 year old packed lunch for a grand total of a days ration per soldier. their best shit is older than their oldest general and they only had that because the rats and rot prevented it from being either stole or sold on the black market.
It is basically a old thing at this point that everyone from a private to a general there has a "if they do it, why dont i do it" mindset to corruption.
While I think this is mostly true I guess I do have to wonder how much is propaganda - if all their shit was wrecked from day 1 how is the war still going on. Again, I do think it's mostly true
Because they've been throwing garbage at Ukraine from the start. Garbage equipment, garbage people (for the most part anyway. Kudos to those who surrendered instead of looting kitchen appliances from bombed homes.) So everyone thought wow, they're already down to garbage. Can't have much left then. But russia has a lot of garbage to throw. The entire country is one huge pile.
Russia is rapidly approaching a total loss of 1 million men in Ukraine. As of 2025, Russia's military has approximately 1.32 million active-duty personnel and nearly 2 million reservists, out of a total pool of about 10 million men who are fit for duty. There have been many reports of frontline Russian soldiers being very poorly trained and poorly equipped. Ukraine is killing about 6 Russians for every single Ukrainian fatality. Russia is not broken, but certainly battered and bleeding.
They started the war mainly with refurbished soviet gear. They have been burning through that with careless abandon and now they are running out of soviet gear to refurbish.
I think that the US siding with Russia in this was a godsent for Putin. By all estimates, Russia is/was running out of hardware and personnel nearly as fast as Ukraine. And it makes sense, the fact being that a three day special military operation was extended to three years and counting.
It's been a staple of Russian military doctrine to just throw as many bodies at a problem as possible. The Gremlin in the Kremlin is reportedly conscripting another 160,000 people.
It's a horrendous approach, but it allows the war machine to run for way longer than it should, even though it moves like a broken down junk pile.
President Vladimir Putin has called up 160,000 men aged 18-30, Russia's highest number of conscripts since 2011, as the country moves to expand the size of its military. The spring call-up for a year's military service came several months after Putin said Russia should increase the overall size of its military to almost 2.39 million and its number of active servicemen to 1.5 million. That is a rise of 180,000 over the coming three years. — https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36718p52eyo
Joecoin2
Artillery is what wins wars such as this one. Russia has 10 times as much artillery as Ukraine.
MarkoffChaney
Putin is just sending meat to the grinder until Ukraine runs out of ammo. It doesn't matter how broken Russia's war machine is, as long as there's enough people to be sacrificed.
TwoBitGreaser
amp99
I hope they charge them indoors so the batteries catch fire and the ammunition splodes.
captapathy
Look like pretty good scooters for that terrain. Russian scooter technology is far beyond ours.
StSob
Eh, i dont think thats any news at all, let alone breaking. Scooter attacks were a thing for at least several months, and thats not even close to being the stupidest tactical move out there. Theres a lot of talk about manpower and equipment issues in the Russian army, but it doesnt seem that those issues are significant enough. Maybe we will see sudden changes at some point, but we're not there yet.
Redyls
lol it was fucking broken from the start. these fucking morons rolled in on flat tires, zero logistics and a 50 year old packed lunch for a grand total of a days ration per soldier. their best shit is older than their oldest general and they only had that because the rats and rot prevented it from being either stole or sold on the black market.
swedeonamoose
It is basically a old thing at this point that everyone from a private to a general there has a "if they do it, why dont i do it" mindset to corruption.
Samja192
While I think this is mostly true I guess I do have to wonder how much is propaganda - if all their shit was wrecked from day 1 how is the war still going on. Again, I do think it's mostly true
EmanNiemThcin
Sadly it's not, and that's not me saying but german military intelligence. https://www-tagesschau-de.translate.goog/investigativ/ndr-wdr/russland-bedrohung-nato-100.html?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en Summary: Russia is rearming and faster than they are losing material. They are essentially using this war to clean out the old stuff that needed replacing anyway, ignoring the cost in lives it incures.
swedeonamoose
I feel like we have heard that for years now that Russias war machine is breaking.
FiftyShadesOfArugula
Because they've been throwing garbage at Ukraine from the start. Garbage equipment, garbage people (for the most part anyway. Kudos to those who surrendered instead of looting kitchen appliances from bombed homes.) So everyone thought wow, they're already down to garbage. Can't have much left then. But russia has a lot of garbage to throw. The entire country is one huge pile.
TheobromineAddict
Russia is rapidly approaching a total loss of 1 million men in Ukraine. As of 2025, Russia's military has approximately 1.32 million active-duty personnel and nearly 2 million reservists, out of a total pool of about 10 million men who are fit for duty. There have been many reports of frontline Russian soldiers being very poorly trained and poorly equipped.
Ukraine is killing about 6 Russians for every single Ukrainian fatality.
Russia is not broken, but certainly battered and bleeding.
RhinoNaut
They started the war mainly with refurbished soviet gear. They have been burning through that with careless abandon and now they are running out of soviet gear to refurbish.
PigsWeGetWhatPigsDeserve
I think that the US siding with Russia in this was a godsent for Putin. By all estimates, Russia is/was running out of hardware and personnel nearly as fast as Ukraine. And it makes sense, the fact being that a three day special military operation was extended to three years and counting.
Mirrormancer
It's been a staple of Russian military doctrine to just throw as many bodies at a problem as possible. The Gremlin in the Kremlin is reportedly conscripting another 160,000 people.
It's a horrendous approach, but it allows the war machine to run for way longer than it should, even though it moves like a broken down junk pile.
bdennis3222000
Ive heard 460,000 myself.
ExTechOp
President Vladimir Putin has called up 160,000 men aged 18-30, Russia's highest number of conscripts since 2011, as the country moves to expand the size of its military.
The spring call-up for a year's military service came several months after Putin said Russia should increase the overall size of its military to almost 2.39 million and its number of active servicemen to 1.5 million.
That is a rise of 180,000 over the coming three years.
— https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36718p52eyo
swedeonamoose
I guess dont change a tactic that aint broken, numbers is basically how Russia have survived for as long as it has.
Redyls
they are already telling the women there to make more kids