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fujiyamasan

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18. Russia has been historically good at cranking out manpower and machinery

Reply to 303squadron (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 4, 2026, 09:44 PM

2 hrs ago

Neither has proven to be very impressive.

But I think this thing will continue to grind. Their gains have been slowing down recently with the drone assaults, but Putin’s ego won’t allow him to stop this.

But if their oil reserves are hit significantly and with oil prices possibly falling farther, Ukraine may start clawing some land back.

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Ukraine is turning things around. SamuelAdams 17 hrs ago #1

History is not helpful on that question 303squadron 16 hrs ago #2

Is a point ever going to be reached where internal displacedvermoter 16 hrs ago #3

Good point. The 90's all over again. paleotn 15 hrs ago #6

Not the same thing. Those nations were on a war footing, with Britain, and to an extent North Vietnam,.... paleotn 15 hrs ago #5

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Sounds nice, but not true! 303squadron 5 hrs ago #15

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Will Ukraine attack mining operations too? 303squadron 5 hrs ago #14

Mother Bear does have a history of eating her own children. ananda 6 hrs ago #13

Russia has been historically good at cranking out manpower and machinery fujiyamasan 2 hrs ago #18

".... stretches into its fifth year." Dr. T 15 hrs ago #4

Good question PatSeg 13 hrs ago #11

i just hope that in the coming decades mopinko 15 hrs ago #8

Start picking off Putin's many personal homes..... Bayard 14 hrs ago #10

The collapse of Russian agriculture began last spring Warpy 10 hrs ago #12

Looks like Putin 's got a tiger by the tail. oasis 5 hrs ago #17