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series_hybrid t1_j9l02k1 wrote

Reply to comment by Jacob_MacAbre in Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union’s green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU’s climate czar said Tuesday. by MrGuttFeeling

An analyst on youtube pointed out a lot of data on how screwed Russia is now. Many people who have skills and resources have left Russia.

This leaves the country with the people who could not leave. There has been a brain-drain of skilled workers and engineers.

Many of the high-tech weapons in the Russian military were made in Ukraine, back when it was a part of Russia. After the missile-cruiser "Moskva" was sunk, how will Russia build a new one?

They had one aircraft carrier and its non-functional. Why didn't Russia have air superiority over Ukraine at any time? They absolutely cannot afford to lose one more functional jet, or one more experienced pilot.

Shoulder-launched missiles and drones have decimated the Russ tanks, and draftees have been surrendering or defecting.

Many high ranking officers have been killed, and the officer Corp is unable to promote enough experienced officers to fill command gap.

Civilian contractors have been deeply corrupt for the last decade, especially after the annexation of Crimea and Georgia were so easy.

Russia has been exposed as a paper bear, and every month they continue, they get weaker.

The damage of the ruble means an entire population has seen their meager savings flushed down the toilet. If Russia even had enough money to buy more weapons, the factories have lost their best workers.

Who will run the machines? Illiterate farm boys?

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Jacob_MacAbre t1_j9lpyeo wrote

And that's yet another thing Russia has lost: Their future. You've laid out perfectly how they've royally fucked themselves and I'd like to add another factor to the problem. The Russians who were tricked into fighting were the demographic that was meant to provide the next generation. There'll be a MASSIVE gap in their demographics to the point it could tank their already failing system. It's tragic that so many people are going to suffer because of one mans egocentric and maniac need to rebuild the USSR before he's either killed, dies or is removed from power.

As I said in my comment, there's silver linings in this war but this metaphorical dark cloud is tragically massive.

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