Putin is "radically rational"

[g5000]

Are we seeing the beginning of the end of Putinism?​

Wartime leaders change generals when they’re losing, not winning. On Jan. 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff, was to replace Sergei Surovikin, who was appointed just a few months earlier in October, as his new overall commander of Russian military forces in Ukraine. The only reasonable conclusion: Putin understands that Russia is losing in Ukraine.

[snip]

Third, Putin’s societal support is soft and declining. Public opinion polls show he still enjoys popular support. But these polls in Russia have high refusal rates, which should not be surprising in a country where you can go to jail for 15 years for “public dissemination of deliberate false information about the use of Russian Armed Forces.” The minority responding to these polls supports the regime, but the majority who choose not to respond likely do not.

[snip]

Likewise, a paranoid Putin felt compelled to shut down many independent media channels — including TV Rain and Echo of Moscow radio — and ban Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Yet viewership of Russian state-controlled media outlets is declining while audiences increasingly consume independent media operating from exile. Viewership of Navalny’s YouTube channels, operated by his team in exile, jumped dramatically in 2022, especially after Putin announced a new draft in September. (Only a week after the order was issued, as many men or more fled Russia than enlisted.)


Even Putin's propagandists know the cause is lost:


"The USA was the main winner of 2022. Especially Biden."

 

[g5000]

Make peace, you fools!

Putin made war. He will have to leave Ukraine for there to be peace.

 

[g5000]

Name two ,TommyTummy
Bit unfair. So name one .
Oh dear, you could not do it Mr Fake News .

Unlike your usual source of Fake News ---THE GUARDIAN -- funded by Pill Hates and edited by MI5.
You Communists are such hypocrites

BTW Is a Wetern a half drowned sea bird ? Definitely not a parrot.

Tucker Carlson.

MTG.

 

[Mac1958]

To those who think we should negotiate:

Exactly what should Z be willing to give Putin as a reward for destroying Ukraine?

Lay it out for us.

 

[g5000]

The U.S. and Europe are running out of weapons to send to Ukraine

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg held a special meeting of the alliance's arms directors to discuss ways to refill member nations' weapons stockpiles.

www.google.com

"The Javelin, produced by Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, has gained an iconic role in Ukraine — the shoulder-fired, precision-guided anti-tank missile has been indispensable in combating Russian tanks. But production in the U.S. is low at a rate of around 800 per year, and Washington has now sent some 8,500 to Ukraine, according to the CSIS — more than a decades' worth of production."
"The Pentagon has ordered hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of new Javelins, but ramping up takes time — the numerous suppliers that provide the chemicals and computer chips for each missile can't all be sufficiently sped up.
It could take between one and four years for the U.S. to boost overall weapons production significantly, Cancian said."
What this means for Ukrainian forces is that some of their most crucial battlefield equipment – like the 155 mm howitzer – is having to be replaced with older and less optimum weaponry like the 105 mm howitzer, which has a smaller payload and a shorter range. Some of the weapons that are running low are no longer being produced, and highly skilled labor and experience are required for their production — things that have been in short supply across the U.S. manufacturing sector for years.

All wasted on a lost cause.

Russia To Run Out Of Ammunition By 2023; Relying On 'Degraded' Soviet-Era Weapons With High Failure Rate -- Pentagon

After more than nine months of full-fledged conflict in Ukraine, Russia is increasingly relying on deteriorated artillery and rocket shells, some of which were manufactured more than four decades ago, the pentagon announced.

eurasiantimes.com

After more than nine months of the war in Ukraine, Russia increasingly relies on deteriorated artillery and rocket shells, some of which were manufactured more than four decades ago, the Pentagon announced.

A senior US military official predicted that Russia would deplete its fully-serviceable ammunition stockpiles by early 2023. However, the official noted that those stocks are rapidly depleting, likely pushing them to utilize ammunition in what one would term “degraded conditions.”

This pushes Russian forces to decide what risks they are prepared to take in terms of higher failure rates, uncertain performance, and whether or not these degraded weapons would need any kind of refurbishing.

Russia is already drawing on ammunition supplies from the Soviet era, some more than 40 years old. Defense officials claimed that this ammunition has a high failure rate and frequently either doesn’t fire or detonate when it hits its target.

 

[g5000]

There are many good reasons for the West to support Ukraine's fight against imperialist Russia.

First, it's the right thing to do.

Second, the Ukraine is a major food source for the world. We cannot allow a mass murdering genocidal dictator to control the world's food supply.

Third, this enables the West to see the military capabilities, tactics, and logistics of Russia. This is an invaluable strategic opportunity.


The more we hurt Putin, the less saber rattling he will do in the future. He is a paper tiger and now the whole world knows it.

 

[Vastator]

Russia To Run Out Of Ammunition By 2023; Relying On 'Degraded' Soviet-Era Weapons With High Failure Rate -- Pentagon

After more than nine months of full-fledged conflict in Ukraine, Russia is increasingly relying on deteriorated artillery and rocket shells, some of which were manufactured more than four decades ago, the pentagon announced.

eurasiantimes.com

After more than nine months of the war in Ukraine, Russia increasingly relies on deteriorated artillery and rocket shells, some of which were manufactured more than four decades ago, the Pentagon announced.

A senior US military official predicted that Russia would deplete its fully-serviceable ammunition stockpiles by early 2023. However, the official noted that those stocks are rapidly depleting, likely pushing them to utilize ammunition in what one would term “degraded conditions.”

This pushes Russian forces to decide what risks they are prepared to take in terms of higher failure rates, uncertain performance, and whether or not these degraded weapons would need any kind of refurbishing.

Russia is already drawing on ammunition supplies from the Soviet era, some more than 40 years old. Defense officials claimed that this ammunition has a high failure rate and frequently either doesn’t fire or detonate when it hits its target.

The Pentagon announced… lol…

 

[Vastator]

The Pentagon announced… lol…

Yup. They’re practically spent. That’s exactly why we need to increases the scope, scale, and sophistication of our “aid” to Ukraine…

 

[Vastator]

Because standard battle tactics, dictate that you up armor your defense, and beg for tools that lend themselves to mass suppression of reality…

 

[JoeB131]

You said the quiet part out loud.
Caught with your pants down.

This is definitely OUR war JoeBlow.

Nope, it really isn't. I know you Putin-suckers are really upset he is getting his ass handed to him.

And quite the bargain as well. Unlike the Trillions Bush pissed away in Iraq and Afghanistan, they are defeating Putin for only a few hundred million.

 

[gipper]

JoeB131

Nope, it really isn't. I know you Putin-suckers are really upset he is getting his ass handed to him.

And quite the bargain as well. Unlike the Trillions Bush pissed away in Iraq and Afghanistan, they are defeating Putin for only a few hundred million.

Damn Joe that’s even more delusional than your usual posts.