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Are they finally running out of tubes?
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Shocking how delusional some people are. None of what im saying is controversial.
shocking how some people assert they understand everything without providing an ounce of evidence to support their premise.
do you have evidence that the RU petroleum system is doing fine lol?
Do you think I'm lying or wrong? Ive posted analysis that supports my claim. What do you think the troop counts are if I'm so wrong?
you're wrong. literally the links you use to support your argument undermine your premise.
https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-force-generation-and-technological-adaptations-update-september-24-2025/
"Belousov claimed that 97 percent of wounded Russian servicemen currently return to the battlefield and attributed this trend to new medical technologies and the employment of medical professionals on the battlefield. Russian military commanders, however, have been steadily committing wounded personnel into assault operations without proper prior medical treatment and neglecting to evacuate wounded personnel in time."
how do you maintain forces in the field by sending wounded soldiers into meat wave assaults?
do you think they have battalions of fresh infantry just waiting in the hinterlands for the REAL conflict to start?
news flash sparky: shit didn't get this bad in a vacuum. they've wrecked one of the largest armies in the world. it took years, but they're sending ivan's red legs as fucking ground pounder meatwaves. artillery, ada, fucking sailors - you don't waste valuably trained assets like this as infantry unless you're out of resources elsewhere.
now they're out of diesel, not just unleaded. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-plans-partially-ban-diesel-exports-until-end-2025-ifx-reports-2025-09-25/
My only question is are you a paid shill or do you get off shitting on the obvious because it makes you cranky?
The war isn't going to end tomorrow, but all of these developments - russia's wastefulness, it's desperation for human bodies, it's crumbling SINGLE MAIN EXPORT INDUSTRY THAT LITERALLY SUPPORTS MOST OF THE ECONOMY, it's secondary export economy - mercenaries and arms is no longer booming either lol....
Whatever. You do you.
I hate the internet. So you know you're completely wrong and you intentionally pretended to be an idiot to waste both of our time. You should have put that at the top I had already wasted time typing out my response.
Good job dude you got me. I fell for the bait.
I can see why. It's gotta be frustrating to ignore all those salient facts and keep pushing that boulder of ignorance up the hill.
I don't think anything I've stated above is wrong - and provide ample evidence that russia is hurting, and desperate. the fact that you can see all these different sources and still come with the conclusion "russia's fine" is simply delusional, to the point that you're not a credible individual.
Lash out, be petulant, stick your guns, ignore the evidence. Whatever.
No you made plenty of claims that are wrong and your evidence is poor. You make the mistake of falling for feel good propaganda, little battlefield stories that make you think
The only claim I care about making is that Russia's troop count is still fine. They have enough supply in Ukraine to outnumber Ukrainians in most areas theyre contesting and to continue conducting offensive operations with little care for loss of life. Its delusional to think they're running out of manpower on the brink or collapse. Manpower is their strongest asset and one of the few things russia has going for it.
Its heading into winter so things are going to stagnate. Russia halting fuel exports shows that ukraines attacks have been having an impact but russia has reserves so we're unlikely to see the impact in the short term. Russia is increasing their training pipeline "incase NATO attacks" but in reality its probably for another big sping offensive.
still waiting for any shred of evidence that supports your argument. tick tock.
oh so the artillery and petroleum stuff doesn't count, lol.
if you count gimpy ivan on crutches trying to ride an ebike into the assault, sure, it's 'enough'.
if russia had reserves enough to matter they wouldn't have miles of ivans waiting for fuel. if you can't supply your civilian economy - especially diesel - AT HARVEST NO LESS - what good is any of it?
There's an entire economy running into the ground but you think everything's A-OK.
You arent waiting for evidence. Ive already linked two good resources that report on the troop counts and neither of them mention or speculate a lack of manpower or foresee any Russian manpower issues.
Youre acting like I'm pro Russian for giving a realistic take on the state of the conflict. The rest of your comments are rambling schizo garbage.
tick tock...
I already explained how your two sources aren't really supporting your argument. you ignored that response once, I'm sure you'll ignore it again, but for anyone else who'd like to judge for themselves:
this is Fizz's idea of 'russia doesn't have a manpower problem':
https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-force-generation-and-technological-adaptations-update-september-24-2025/
“Belousov claimed that 97 percent of wounded Russian servicemen currently return to the battlefield and attributed this trend to new medical technologies and the employment of medical professionals on the battlefield. Russian military commanders, however, have been steadily committing wounded personnel into assault operations without proper prior medical treatment and neglecting to evacuate wounded personnel in time.”
how do you maintain forces in the field by sending wounded soldiers into meat wave assaults?
"Russia still has a ~~healthy~~ supply of infantry on the front and cycled off."
for tens of thousands of mobilized, they have never been cycled off. that's a gross fucking lie, they just keep getting jammed into the meatgrinder. if they fall out the side only partially ground up, they get picked up and put right back in.
not only is it a shitty, self defeating strategy, once your comrades in the shit see that behavior, everything else falls apart. the only motivation a russian soldier has is the squads who will execute them if they don't press forward.
so fizz, I don't think you're a credible source in this discussion, I think you're a child. Get out of your bedroom, hump a ruck some, gain some perspective. Ukraine is getting battered, badly, but russia still hasn't won after years of pouring resources into this shit storm. wake the fuck up, or shut the fuck up.
If you think 97% of wounded returning to combat is so crazy what do you think that number is for Ukraine? I couldn't find anything but if I had to guess it would be above 80%. This should go without saying but clearly not in your case, that is an observation and alone doesnt disprove any of my claims. Russia can send wounded back to the front and abandon people on the front and send people carelessly into the meat grinder and what I said can still be correct. Healthy supply of troops means they have enough troops on the front to hold/push, they have troops in reserve and they have potential people to conscript. All of those are true. Even if we are purely talking about the physical health of thr troops they're still healthy enough to push and defend.
Here is another article reporting on thr Ukrainian commander Chiefs analysis. Because you can't read he says russia has the capacity to mobilise 5million trained troops and full mobilisation capacity of 20 million.
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-has-capacity-to-mobilize-5-million-trained-troops-syrskyi-says/
Russia has 150 million people. Russia treats its troops like dogshit. Ukraine is 1/3 the size and they have been open about their manpower issues but still can they field 880,000 active troops. Thats enough to defend their entire border.
Only you and slop outlets that dont follow the conflict have this idea that russia is running out of people.
The sources you cite are MSN and CNN the source I cite are military intel institutions and the commander in chief of Ukraine. We are not the same.
You come off as trying to intentionally undermine the situation in Ukraine by suggesting theyre doing fine and on the verge of winning. They aren't and they need support. People shouldn't be lulled into a delusional state of things are fine. Ukraine is at a huge disadvantage and have done well inspite of everything.
tick tock tick tock
you dolt you posted the link
every source you post is bonafide, but every news source is fake news - wow you really are a delusional child. Of course you've never served, I imagine whatever shithole you live in either doesn't conscript teens or has some kind of standards.
yes, this is apparent. really, I'm thankful. that shit you call a brain has to smell.
In all these silly text ejaculations this is the only thing you've written touching on reality.
i never said your sources were fake news. you don't even understand why what you posted is useless. when you want to make a wide claim like russia is running out of troops you cant just post a 2 or 3 sources of isolated incidents. a wide claim requires a evidence that encompasses a wide view of the battlefield. nothing you posted is even close to supporting anything you say.