No but plenty to annex Eastern Ukraine . Check back in in January and we will see what has happened.
Are you saying that every Internet fact based company , politician, gov agency, Google, Wikipedia, the media are all wrong about Russian military numbers but you are right.
Google and see yourself. I think you don't know your data
Your whole argument based off what's claimed on paper and what is actually reality,
The reality is Russia doesn't have an unlimited supply of trained, well equipped and professional motivated soldiers ,they have lost a sizeable number of their airforce and helicopters in Ukraine against a smaller and mainly volunteer force
So are you saying Russia has a lot of spare military equipment elsewhere in the country, which they can send to Ukraine any time they want, and conquer the whole country?
Why did that ex Paratrooper who quit active duty in Ukraine due to the logistical and training fiasco that is the RuSSian army, say it's more like 100000? No weapons, equipment, food... Link was posted here earlier tiday
They work perfectly, but the buttons and computers to launch them have been pilfered and sold off through the back door for cash , and there’s old Nintendo buttons in place for the stock take .
Ramp up numbers
Where are these numbers going to come from
Putin would probably love to know too
You really need to understand this
Russia has already given everything it has in troops, now its just sucking up the dregs and sending that
All there cards have been played and its still NO
Its widely known that ruskies are full of ****. Their super duper missiles are piece of crap. Everything looks good on paper, but in real like doesn't work. I wouldnt be surprised if they only have 5 working nuclear rockets, which is still 5 too many
That's what iv been saying! It was a terrible decision based on bad military intelligence. He thought the Ukrainians would roll over and sold it to the Russian public as a "special operation" rather than declaring war.
It's a land grab of Eastern Ukraine similar to Crimea . Now that its a stalemate he will ramp up numbers and occupy Eastern Ukraine this winter.
What happens then? Will the West keep sending money to Ukraine? Will the west be able to endure continued and increased inflation? We all have heard how.much energy is expected to cost this winter.
He could still annex Eastern Ukraine
So why is the great Russian empire reduced to recruiting from Russian prison's and kidnapping people of the street to serve
Do the real 400,000 soldiers need a break or something
Creating atrocities probably takes it out of you
Wait I know this one. The second wave pick up the gun of the soldiers in the first wave who were shot down.
What about guns? Will they bring knives to the gunfight?
It doesn’t make sense. Even if they just used 100 thousand of these at a part of Ukraine will low numbers of defenders they could take a lot of territory. If what you are saying is true they are intentionally performing poorly. What would be the point?
But that's simply untrue
It's widely known and accepted that Russian numbers are much higher.
A military of 200,000 (the invading forcesize) would only be equivalent to a much much smaller country. You yourself know Russias military history , its aggressive nature and its size.
Disagree with me if you want but don't argue something so obviously untrue.
Just google worlds largest military lists and see form yourself where every single website puts them .
Let me know what you find
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Ok think about this, they don't have any more troops, there kidnaping fathers picking up there their kids from nursery to force into there army
There recruiting from prison's
What cant you understand from this
Nobody wants to die for them, they all know the game is up
There is no super army waiting in the wings to save them, what they have is what they have
All the more reason for Putin to act fast. His only advantage is numbers he will use them. The West will send even more support and putin will turn off the gas to Germany and Europe for winter.
You would imagine behind the scenes different countries intelligence services are working non stop to try and rise a coup and dissent in Russia but Putin has such a grip its hard to see anything happen from inside Russia.
According to Wikipedia, Russian Ground Forces (active duty) number 280,000
This is true maybe not. Estimates vary wildy and I don't think anyone should believe what Russia says either!
Most reports I saw recently said the war is at stalemate so its inevitable that the invading force changes tactics. Ukraine can only continue to defend but if Russia increases soldier and therefore equipment numbers then you would imagine something happening
All on paper but in reality.
They had a modern vanguard of about 70,000 troops they could mobilese in about a week,for years the experts had said that it would take 5 or so days from Russian troops to go from Moscow to Berlin,
Meanwhile 175 days later in Ukraine Russian forces have lost all Advantages and are slowly getting cut off from supplies and supports ,all while Ukraine is getting stronger and pushing harder against the orcs
That was definitely the case up to this point a full Russian mobilisation and declaration of war would mean the end of Ukraine. But something has changed in the last few weeks. It’s like the Ukrainians no longer have that concern.
Ok so the Russians have the troops to win the war but they cant use them because they might hurt the feelings of the Russian public if they declared open war
Have you ever spoken to a real Russian in all your life
I doubt it
Multiple posters have offered explanations to your question. You just keep repeating the question. Bizarre?
Would they ?
They have numbers on paper, do the other soldiers have equipment, basic food supplies, basic training, basic sobriety.
Bizarre my arse, you know exactly what I meant.
Putin would need to declare war on Ukraine.
Currently it is only some horseshite "special operation " .
It's propaganda to stop Russian citizens turning against an illegal,immoral and unjust invasion of its neighbour.
If Russia declared war and sent everything and everyone from special forces to reservists they would overwhelm Ukraine's defence by sheer numbers
200,000 troops involved in the initial invasion.
Over 1 million are available not including reservists.
A small percentage
As for the rest of your bizarre comment. - ok?
Ukraine have been very careful since this war started not to strike too deep into Russia. How often has it been commented on this thread about Ukrainian restraint at not hitting out even in anger at targets deeper inside Russia. The risk of triggering a full Russian mobilisation is probably something they did not want to contemplate. I wonder has that changed now with these crimea attacks. Has Ukraine/the west deemed that a full Russian mobilisation is no longer something to be feared and will hasten the end of the war? That bringing wartime hardship to Moscow and st Petersburg etc is the only way to bring about the end.
With that amount of personnel they should be winning this war
Why are they recruiting in prison's
What, in God's green land, does "very small percentage" even mean ???
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