How long will it be before Putin launches a nuke at the Ukraine?
Bloodier than Stalingrad: Number of casualties in Russia’s war on Ukraine reaches 2 million
Russia’s decision to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine has now cost the country some 450,000 lives, according to a new study that estimates the war’s total casualty numbers to have surpassed 2 million.
The research by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) estimates Russia has suffered 1.4 million casualties, including killed, wounded and missing soldiers – a stunning number that amounts to roughly 1% of the country’s population.
The losses are not spread evenly across Russia, with poorer areas and ethnic minorities suffering significantly higher casualty rates. Stories of male populations of small remote villages being virtually wiped out are becoming more common in Russian opposition media. And according to the study, Russia is currently unable to recruit new troops at the same rate as it is losing them.
CNN
No Democracy would ever tolerate casualties at this rate. A Government would get kicked out of office for doing this.
Russia is no Democracy.
Putin believed he could overwhelm the Ukraine with outdated Soviet Military, the next generation weaponry given to the Ukrainians by the West has managed against the odds to halt the Russian meat grinder and Putin’s gamble has become an abysmal failure.
Russia’s weakness is out dated Russian weaponry in a new tech heavy battleground.
Russia’s ‘strength’ is mutually assured destruction from their Nuclear stockpile.
That strength is meaningless against a non-nuclear state who is beating you on the conventional battlefield, which then begs the question, how long will it be before Putin launches a nuke at the Ukraine?
The Ukrainian’s are not just holding the line thanks to drones, they are also crippling Russia deep inside their own territory.
So how long before Putin launches a nuke?
Does Putin risk internal disruption by declaring a State of war and draft Russian men from the urbane cities?
To date Putin has relied on mass conscription in the poorest and furthest parts of Russia alongside criminals, mercenaries and North Koreans for an Army.
Does he risk a full conscription?
How desperate does Putin need to get to launch a nuke directly to kill Zelenski?
Either way, something dark is brewing…
Russia planning attack on Poland to test Nato resolve, US warns
Critical infrastructure could be targeted by missiles and drones, with soldiers potentially crossing the border from Kaliningrad or Belarus
The Telegraph
…Putin is worth a staggering $200billion, wealth created after breaking the backs of the Oligarchs and demanding 51% of their annual takings as a protection racket for the Russian Oligarchy.
Putin is ruthless. Ask the 2million casualties of his needless war.
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Martyn, I respect your work greatly and concur with many of your views.
Sadly you are misinformed, badly, on this war. Please look at independent reporting and commentary that is not under the influence of western intelligence and corporate interests.
AO is bang-on with his comments.
No Western country would stomach (sizeable) losses, hence why we orchestrated Ukraine into doing our bidding. Neighboring or nearby, non-Western states are also being geared up to do our dirty work against Russia.
Fantastic isn’t it, we provide the funding, the arms, the intel, the political and media cover, and then we let our proxies loose on whomever we need to control. We never stopped colonizing the world, we simply modernized the process. Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran to come, Venezuela, China on the horizon…our proxies, Ukraine, ISIS/Al-Qaeda, Israel, and a host of countries, spearheaded by the Philippines, lining up to take on China…..they all do our bidding while we sit back, watch and orchestrate from a far.
We are indeed ruthless, little old Putin has nothing on us. And we are the Left, the people side of politics. Fuck knows what they are saying on Rightie sites.
Absolutely spot on.