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Having to put them down utilizing war-hardened Chechens or private mercinaries will likely also be unpopular.arming dis-illusioned youth might be counter-productive and revolution inducing.
Surrendering and handing over all weapons and logistics might be a better ideaHaving to put them down utilizing war-hardened Chechens or private mercinaries will likely also be unpopular.
I like that Putin is trying to work this thru legal channels rather than simply doing what he pleases. Today feels like an out of the blue tactical nuke isn't going to happen at any point.
It mostly looks to me like the only restraint on Putin is the fear of the people finally getting upset en masse. The legality stuff is Kabuki theater and post-hoc justifications.The Kremlin rushed the passage of a new law through the State Duma on September 20, circumventing normal parliamentary procedures.[3] This law codifies dramatically increased penalties for desertion, refusing conscription orders, and insubordination. It also criminalizes voluntary surrender and makes surrender a crime punishable by ten years in prison.
Thought they meant more in a demographics way. No place in northern or eastern Europe had weather like Florida - all a bit too far from the equatorThere was a discussion about Crimea being Russia's Florida. It's warm by Russian standards but the monthly temperature profile is closer to Seattle or Vancouver, BC than anywhere in Florida, though it's drier overall
Sevastopol Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Ukraine) - Weather Spark
Seattle Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Washington, United States) - Weather Spark
Vancouver Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Canada) - Weather Spark
Only work in one story buildings, is my motto
He talks about the 300k mobilization, that it will be badly trained conscripts with low morale and the logistics aspect is also questionable how they will be equipped and transported to the front.
Another topic in the video is the Russian money ($300 billion?) currently frozen in US that maybe transferred to Ukraine. He is against that proposal, because he believes the corruption in Ukraine would swallow most of that money and it would never achieve the proper purpose. He advocates to use it to build weapons / ammunition and send that to Ukraine rather than cash.
Sorry can't go, I have a broken arm. Come on, it's more than a bone spur.
And it wasn't even a hospital. Putler is branching out.
I like that Putin is trying to work this thru legal channels rather than simply doing what he pleases. Today feels like an out of the blue tactical nuke isn't going to happen at any point.
Having to put them down utilizing war-hardened Chechens or private mercinaries will likely also be unpopular.
It looks to me like the Duma is so much in Putin's pocket that there is no real difference between 'legal channels' and 'what Vlad wants'.
From Institute for the Study of War yesterday:
It mostly looks to me like the only restraint on Putin is the fear of the people finally getting upset en masse. The legality stuff is Kabuki theater and post-hoc justifications.
I love the "criminalize surrender" - sure Vlad, that will fix your loss of Kharkiv. I'm a Russian soldier, no food, low on ammo, everyone around me fleeing or wounded, dodged shells the last 6 months, and I am more worried about a prison sentence (should I ever get back home) vs. laying down my gun and being alive tonight? Will the Russian soldiers in Ukraine even hear about this law before they are surrounded?
Thought they meant more in a demographics way. No place in northern or eastern Europe had weather like Florida - all a bit too far from the equator
He talks about the 300k mobilization, that it will be badly trained conscripts with low morale and the logistics aspect is also questionable how they will be equipped and transported to the front.
Another topic in the video is the Russian money ($300 billion?) currently frozen in US that maybe transferred to Ukraine. He is against that proposal, because he believes the corruption in Ukraine would swallow most of that money and it would never achieve the proper purpose. He advocates to use it to build weapons / ammunition and send that to Ukraine rather than cash.
I wonder what Putin would give us not to send him Trump.
Maybe a case of “enemy of my enemy is my friend” helped push them off the fence, but good to hear either way.