>Doesn't buy enough trucks to supply its troops.
>The trucks it does buy have the cheapest tires one can get on Alibaba that break down a few dozen km into the battlefield.
>No forklifts and no pallets.
>No optics for 99.99% of soldiers.
>Reduced to using AK-74s and AK-47s.
>No modern tanks or tank optics.
>Only 6(!!!!) fifth generation fighters.
>Fake ERA.
>Fake body armor.
>Fake tourniquets.
>No medical supplies.
>Not enough precision ammunition.
>Precision ammunition you do have is used up less than a year into the war.
>Unecrypted Baofeng radios.
>Bandages produced in 1974.
>Doesn't repair the radar on their flagship meaning it can only be used on one side, thirty minutes at a time.
>Can't afford proper anti-drone equipment.
>Can only afford shitty Iranian drones made out of some garbage pile components.
>Mfw I can't Kyiv
What's this from, and did the handle come off from the door??
I don't know what it's from but I've seen the webm and yes. They're trying to get the door open and it just won't open, they end up accidentally ripping off the handle and having to reach inside the car to get the door open IIRC
here you go.
gerasimov looks way more like a monkey than putin.
>his hope and optimism, gone
For me it's the paintball masks. Why even buy anything at all?
>"Oy, Vlad, get some face shields, here's a 50mil"
>"Da comrade"
>Pockets 70%
They're not using AK-47s but AKMs, fricking nogun tourist.
I've seen 74s too.
Ok let me explain the joke.They had to give old guns to conscripts.
Autist
No one cares homosexual.
>spend 200 billion
>lose to a prison internment camp
what did natotroons mean by this?
>still unable to read the map
nu/k/
>we won using human waves!
>ha take that nato tro-ACK!
>that's actually 33k-98k guys on the Russian side, and it just looks like less because they're all grouped together rather than spread out like the defenders
>Wagner has a 20k-60k man Mongol horde grouped together for human wave operations
>Ukrainian forces just look like more because they're spread out
Now I'm starting to wonder if the seemingly over the top death numbers for Russia that put them closer to 100k dead are true.
I sincerely don’t get this argument. If Wagner somehow tied so many troops there, why isn’t the russians doing shit elsewhere, as the ukrainian defenses would be presumably undermanned?
Ground is not frozen hard enough for mechanized assault. That's why this latest push is all infantry. Ukraine will have to break probably multiple defensive lines to seize their next group of targets about 40 miles back from the LOD. So infantry is not really an option and they have to wait another week or so if they want to do another armored counterattack
>Still haven't taken Bakhmut
What exactly has been lost here, pidorashka?
A significant supply route to an insignificant town is somehow a major victory for vatniks.
here's the real non-propaganda version
as you can see 7 brave russian true men prisoners (parking violation sentences) are defending against endless zerg waves of one gorrilion nato trannies with ease
>no size definer on 90%+ of those blue symbols
So those are all fake formations with no actual men then.
Money actually spent on preparing for war is money missing from the yacht budget.
> January 2023
> There are people on /k/ who still believe russia prepared a large-scale invasion and not a Czechoslovakia 1968-like special operation.
Czechoslovakia 1968 involved almost 700k troops. To take a country with less than a third of the population and less than a quarter of the area.
Yeah, politburo was much more professional back then.
Back then, they still remembered WW2, and afterwards putting down whoever rose up against them. Current Russian leadership is quite unmoored from reality.
Yeah no one is saying it was a good idea anon.
How much of that was already paid for? Most of the spending on cold war weapons was for weapons to kill russians. For many of these weapons, they are fulfilling a purpose they were explicitly paid for. The missile doesn't really mind the particulars of whether they are Soviet commie russians or modern oligarchy mafia russians.
>don't you guys get it?? the russians didn't plan poorly, they just planned poorly! jeez, it's so simple!
Except they forgot the key thing of sending plain clothes KGB/FSB in with pistols on civilian flights as the first wave.
>Russia isn't weak
>Russia is moronic
Impressive.
>russian sheeple have abandoned internal politics for good
>no one cares about corruption any more
>no one cares about elections and election fraud any more
>no one cares that putin will stay in power for the rest of his life any more
>no one cares about mobilization
>no one cares about the war in general
>no one cares that convicts are being released from prisons without a court order
>no one cares about anything
>no one cares that the experiment to create an ideal population for an authoritarian regime was a total success
>no one cares about anything at all
i think the war has paid off
>muh ukraine, muh novorosya, muh eight years of bombings, muh nukes, muh multipolar world
who cares lmao
underrated post right here
I don't know what has held them back more over the years: Russian apathy, or Russian stupidity.
Anyone who is worth a shit leaves Russia. Everyone left either has no sense of self worth or is hooked up into the state apparatus and benefiting in some way. This is what 30 years of brain drain looks like. A feudal state.
The UAE has shown that you don't need citizens to extract resources. Russia needs maybe 1m real Russians to sustain their ruling class, but Putin would be better off if everyone else died.
They never cared.
He spent so much time making sure army won't turn on him, that it won't turn on anyone.
Most of that money went to the navy, not the ground forces
Alright /k/, your job is to weaponize it.
Russian experimental stealth warships are pretty advance though, I mean look at this one; for 600 million dollars it uses windpower so as not to use the engine.
it has working radar though so its the most powerful ship in the russian navy
I don't know shit about navy’s but could you make a good disguise for sigint ships by using these massive russian yachts?
Q ships are a thing. They aren't exactly the same but it's basically bait
b***h Black person, do you even know HOW FRICKING MUCH it cost to keep 17 yachts up and running? Not to mention paying for kaviar, AIDS-free prostitutes, the teak deck being oiled every fricking quarter etc etc.
Have some fricking respect
Yet we could all buy Russian material for dirt cheap on ebay before the war.
>no forklifts/pallets
This is the most astounding one and cannot be handwaved with claims of corruption. It's simply mind boggling and shows a larger issue.
>This is the most astounding one and cannot be handwaved with claims of corruption. It's simply mind boggling and shows a larger issue.
They used pallets and forklifts in Soviet Union, just not the army. Actual industries that had to deal with some economic realities even during communist era. Soviet army and Russian army after it didn't need forklifts and pallets. They had endless supply of conscripts to menial work like loading and unloading trains and trucks by hand.
>If Wagner somehow tied so many troops there, why isn’t the russians doing shit elsewhere, as the ukrainian defenses would be presumably undermanned?
It is Potemkin's diversion.
You can still unload boxes that were on pallets by hand. Also serves to elevate them so they're not sitting on the ground as they like to do.
We had some footage of a ammo depot that was originally Ukrainian, captured by Russians and taken back by Ukrainians in spring or summer, they had something that wasn't exactly pallets to separate ammo crates from floors and humidity. Basically foot long pair of planks separated by two or three inches pieces of wood at each end that were effectively... non pallets.
They were probably using dunnage to separate crates, it's cheaper
It is a case of both "the emperor has no clothes" and buying into your own propagandist narrative pur forth over a decade and a half.
Well, optimistically like 60% of that money gets embezzled and spent on other shit before the military ever sees it. But the optics is literally just one general who thinks troops need to use irons. They have optics in storage but fricking Bubba Vatnik insists they make troops worse so they can't use them.
I'm sure that is a sincere belief and, if one were to ever look into storage, all those optics would definitely still be there.
Te numbers are actually in the ~70%
>I believe shitty government propaganda
Literally none of these are true and ukrainian military is collapsing at this very moment
Proof?
>at this very moment
Wait, has it been two weeks already?
Finally!
>I believe shitty government propaganda
Yeah, r*ssian government propaganda is unbelievably shitty
You absolute fricking retsrd do you have any idea how much money the united states has pumped and washed in ukraine? How about the entire european union or nato? Lmfao motherfrick you you ignorant stupid loser.
I am utterly demoralised, Sweden oblast has of very hard troubles with heating and gaz, also can not buy food for starving children.
If only we had listened to Putin and appeased to his demands.
I really don't have any idea.
I think that's because I don't visit /misc/, /leftypol/, /x/ and other schizo echo chambers.
How much of that was actual money, and not decades-old military equipment that would have otherwise been eventually scrapped having never fulfiled its intended purpose of killing Russians?
>do you have any idea how much money
The vast majority of the aid is weapons that were paid for long ago and would just come to the end of their usable life in storage otherwise.
> and washed in ukraine?
I don't think you know what money laundering is, nor can explain the mechanism of how this supposed laundering is happening.
As a rule, American tax dollars are spent on Black folk.
Spending it on killing vatBlack folk is a welcome and exciting change.
twenty trillion to kill sand Black folk too, funny because all we got out of it was millions of refugees. good thing the us now operates at over 100 % gdp to debt permanently.
wrong dumb mutt
every cent is spent to protect Israel, ever since 1939
If that were the case, there would be far fewer blacks in America as they wouldn't have any money from welfare
the more blacks in America, the better the Noachide project is doing, dumb mutt
who do you think shipped the slaves to America ?
>retsrd
no u are retsrd
ESL at it's best
I think we were somewhere south of $200 billion, last time I checked
A bargain in any currency
Less than 4% of it's yearly military budget. That's all it takes to btfo Russia
>do you have any idea how much money the united states has pumped and washed in ukraine?
Around 10% or so of what we typically spend in a year just on upkeep for ourselves? It's also assuming all the money is spent directly on making brand new items and not just shipping out stuff of that value that we had laying around ready to expire in a few years.
Bloody b***h basterd
'50 billion' in mostly leased equipment we'll get interest returned or a frree military base out of?
Very little lmao.
>washed
1. For what purpose?
2. Not what money laundering actually is, moron.
>You absolute fricking retsrd do you have any idea how much money the united states has pumped and washed in ukraine? How about the entire european union or nato? Lmfao motherfrick you you ignorant stupid loser.
>Fake tourniquets.
>Doesn't repair the radar on their flagship
they know longer have anyone who understands how the radar works
>And still despite that somehow winning vs superior numbers with NATO equipment and training
>vs superior numbers
Gay Black person.
Are you moronic? Ukraine has superior numbers overall in the whole conflict. Russia only has 200k + 300k and 110k of them are dead
Where are you getting these numbers from?
The Russian army had almost 1 million volunteers before the conflict even started, 2 million reservists, Rosgvardia has 350,000 people, Wagner has 50 000. Despite that they needed to conscript 500 000 and another 500 000 conscription is coming.
Plus an unknown number of troops from donbabwe and luganda.
Why would a million man volunteer army need conscripts?
Casualties
Why indeed
No where did YOU get those numbers from? Wtf are you talking about. Are you sure you are not looking at whole Russian army stats instead of those who actually were deployed? Because Russia isnt invading with 100% of its possible army, no one does that.
190k estimate for example:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/18/world/russia-ukraine-biden-putin
>Estimate from Feb 18, 2022
You can't be serious. That 190k wasn't enough (evidently) and they've since vastly increased it.
>where did YOU get those numbers from?
Their own news agency? Aligns with the glowie numbers as well.
They also have larger amounts of force multipliers in the way of equipment and ammunition.
>Russia isnt invading with 100% of its possible army
are we really expected to believe theyre still holding back and about the send the wunderwaffen and real russian army any day now?
Russia is invading with all they CAN. Arguably MORE than they can effectively, given the absolute state of russian logistics in Ukraine.
How much of that 1.4 trillion went to the pockets of the oligarchs?
>No forklifts and no pallets.
Magic isn't real, anon.
To be fair there was a lot of infrastructure that needed maintenance as well.
Why?
How many luxury yachts though?
frick the cishet patriarchy. long live NATO
If you're making up numbers, just say 1.4 centillion.
>1.4 trillion dollars Russia spent
worth every cent
now it's the brown/gay/lesbian/black/trans/israeli team vs the hapa team
>1.4 trillion dollars
This cope number again.
Consider the following:
>Russia spent 8 years preparing
>Russia routinely underreports their military expenditures
>Russia is expending collosal ammounts of stocks created by the USSR, not by Russia
1.4t is a tiny fraction of what they have invested in this war.
>1.4t is a tiny fraction of what they have invested in this war.
Then their current show is even more embarrassing.
Now you're starting to get it.
>biggest country in the world
>has the most natural resources in the world
>fifth largest military in the world
>loosely allied with China and India (combined population: 2.84 billion)
>in the position to blackmail Europe with essential energy exports
>can't beat an impoverished neighboring country which is 28 times smaller, flat-terrained and run by a crossdressing comedian
>can't beat NATO's homosexual feminist pronoun army supplying said country with arms and advice on a sliver of their yearly expenditure
>can't even conquer one fifth of said country's territory via conventional warfare
>can't motivate own citizens to mobilize
>top generals siphon the military budget to buy yachts and Harvard gender studies classes for their kids
>tries to cheat by proclaiming parts of said country as Russian, nobody cares
>threatens the West with nuclear weapons, turns out it was a bluff
>ends up expanding NATO
>ends up strengthening the West's solidarity
>ends up bolstering Ukrainian national identity
>ends up pointlessly sacrificing men for the war, worsening the demographic decline
>Russia may end up balkanized by the West through separatist color revolutions while China, Japan and Central Asian countries gobble up its clay
This guy had 22 years to fix Russia and turn it into a veritable superpower, yet all he did with his absolute power was give away money to his friends and oligarchs, set up a police state, antagonize a country that had a 98% approval view of Russia in 2009 and start the most embarrassing war fiasco in human history under the pretext of "RACIST TRANSGENDER ANGLO-SAXON NAZIS WHO PLUNDERED AFRICA WANT TO TURN RUSSIANS INTO homosexualS AND CANCEL US LIKE JK ROWLING".
This is, quite simply, the worst humiliation of all time.
Just imagine if he had decided to do nothing a year ago. He might have won, just by keeping the status quo.
>This is, quite simply, the worst humiliation of all time.
yes, winning against the entire western world combined plus japan and south korea (half of the world's GDP) and expanding your territory by 150000km2 is the worst humiliation of all time
(You)
On point as usual rebbe.
Thnx!
Well said.
He got ballsy, thought that because Russian influence operations were having minor successes, he could spin an actual invasion any way he wanted and the world would eat it up.
He was wrong.
After the US pullout of Afghanistan, the MIC needed to be fed somehow. Pulling a blatantly unjustified invasion of a close NATO alley was like writing a blank check for every company even remotely connected to NATO procurement.
It's because being a liberal degenerate is stronger than faux strongman shit. lmao.
Keep the door open for Team Rocket.
nooooo Putin you're endangering King Dodongo!
And despite all that Russia is winning against the entirety of NATO.
Does this do any good glow Black person?
I mean seriously, my tax dollars pay for this weak shit....
Why does NATO want me to know all of this information that has nothing to do with or impact my day to day life?
>that has nothing to do with or impact my day to day life?
Let me guess, you're brown?
let me guess, you are trans ?
I'm an american who doesn't care about Ukraine as it is not my problem. Take this shit thread leave or PrepHole
nice try prieto
is this homosexual shithole country gonna collapse or what
>Mr Putin, I'm FSB.
>He wasn't alone.
>Uh, you don't get to bring logistics.
>They are not my logistics.
>Don't worry. No charge for them.
>And why would I want them?
>They were trying to grab your airfield. They work for the paratrooper. The beretta man.
>VEH DEH VEH?
>*nods*
>Get em on board, I'll call it in.
>The invasion plan I just filed with the chiefs of staff lists me, my men, Mr. Putin here but only one of you! First one to talk gets to jump from my aircraft!
>Who paid you to post Monkey Putin? *bang* He didn't land so good!
>Tell me about Veh Deh Veh! Why does he wear the beret? A lot of loyalty for a fresh conscript!
>Or perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man before sending them to Hostomel Airfield?
>At least you can talk. Who are you?
>It doesn't matter who we are. What matters are our losses. No one cared who I was until I put on the beret.
>If I drop you off at the airfield will you die?
>It would be extremely painful.
>You're an elite unit.
>For us.
>Is getting surrounded part of your plan?
>Of course! Mr Putin refused sane plans in favor of deploying us. We had to find out what fire support he sent us.
>Nothing! I sent nothing!
>well congratulations! You've got yourself sortied! Now what's the next step of your assault plan?
>Opposed combat drop. WITH NO SURVIVORS!
>NO! They expect one of us in the BMD, brother.
>Have we started the blunder?
>Yes! The blunder unfolds.
>Calm down President! Now is not the time for economic collapse. That comes later.
well aaandd *click* thread reported
would
>Announcing a sage or report.
Hollow Force.
The US is right there as well. The next fight America is involved in will be slightly less embarrassing than this has been.
easy on the copium there bud.
>tfw I didnt save the "our military sucks in certain ways" image
Russia is proof that modern militaries are dog shit after years of trying to float bloated budgets for literally nothing.
That's like saying parachutes are useless after someone died falling out of a plane because their parachute have been replaced by an umbrella. Russian army isn't shit because it's 'modern' or big, it's shit because corruption means their gear is shit, their people are shit (everyone who is not a dumbass bribes out of conscription and people can buy promotions, conscripts are used as slave labour in construction), and conscripts have low moral, relying on a rotation of conscripts means you don't have career professionals like volunteer armies.
Holy shit, watching Global News National Jan 13th, they removed a live grenade that was lodged in a Ukrainian soldier's chest! 15:38