somejiggyjiggy

somejiggyjiggy t1_ja2uglp wrote

It doesn’t matter you voted or not, EU/US sanction the country and the persons who are responsible. your country’s actions effect lives of millions of people. Millions of Ukrainians has forced to leave their country, cities houses and their futures are ruined, thousands of people lost their lives, you are worried that sanctions will effect you because you didn’t vote for him:) Lol. According to cia factbook before the war russia had 850,000 active duty troops (300,00) ground troups, 40,000 airborne troops, right now its believed 300,000 troops in Ukraine, so Russia doesn’t say how many died and how many injured I dont want to make any estimations but according western official around 200,00 casulties, but if you consider Russia needed to go for mobilization and even the guy I know that who were just a conscript a few years ago now in Kupyansk after few weeks of training, we can guess that Russia uses most of military power in Ukraine. Troops are not deciding factor in war, Russians can collect 10 millions of troops but most soldiers die by artillery, if this would achieve something they would mobilize more soldiers but they dont have enough equipment. Having more people doesnt change anything if Ukraine will get much superior weapons. After we saw what happened in Bucha and other cities, I wouldn’t care less if Russians are going to have a hard time finding a bread. Russia should lose in Ukraine and forced to leave, doesnt matter what costs to Russians.

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somejiggyjiggy t1_ja2nlxt wrote

What you say is sounds like average Russian who says “I am not into politics” and dont want to be affected by its countries actions, it doesn’t mean Russia hasnt affected by sanctions just because that some retail products are still availability for the public. Sanctions are heavily affected ability of Russia to wage war and ability to continue it, while Russia is using the stocks of weapons that they produced, they can’t replace them easily as before. Yes, there will be less tanks, less cruise missiles. you are greatly mistaken if you think Russian will manufacture same or more tanks or cruise missiles, while he is already begging ammunition’s from Iran, North Korea and China. EU/US countries didnt sanctions retail companies selling things in Russia, those companies left on their own, most of the sanctions were on military sectors, banking and energy. Nobody can know level of effect that Russia felt because Russia stopped sharing real economical stats. Most of Russian economy comes from energy sectors and if you know that half of the sales came from Europe, you can understand what awaits Russia in the close future. Before saying India and China, I want to remember you the natural gas. And Russia did introduce most of their troops, so this is also false. So, here you can read average apolitical Russian, where he still believes mighty of Russia, but he still doesn’t want to be affected by sanctions and thinks they are not working while Russia the military power can’t push a small village hundreds meter a day. We will see how Russia economy is effected if we will see any real stats soon. It doesn’t mean that you personally not affected yet, others are not or wont be.

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