Western countries are practicing scenarios for a naval blockade and seizure of the Kaliningrad region during exercises of the Joint Expeditionary Force, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said in an interview with Sputnik.
RU is burning its demographic future for marginal territorial gains. It is spending lives and capital faster than it can regenerate them.
Its economy becomes more and more war-dependent, which means peace itself becomes destabilizing.
The brain drain Putins war causes is not a temporary inconvenience, but a strategic wound. They really traded long-term modernization for short-term militarization.
It has pushed Europe into rearmament and made the continent stronger, not weaker. And it is losing access to Western technology faster than it can replace it.
It is becoming China’s junior partner, not an independent great power.
Every year of war raises the cost of any political exit.
They may very well survive the war, but the path they chose consumed the foundations of their own power.
Maybe stop guzzling propaganda there and try engaging with reality. It’s absolutely incredible how after 4 years people are still not able to realize they’re being lied to.
Who is doing the lying in this scenario? Is it the Russian people who have been told that they have been winning for 4+ years while the frontline barely moves.
Both sides are being fed delicious propaganda buddy, don’t act like your shit don’t stink.
Truth is Russia has bitten off more than they can chew here, there is no obvious route to Russian victory and it’s looking worse and worse for your boys as each day passes.
Which side has been reduced to kidnapping terrified teenagers and 50 year olds into predator vans and shoving them into the front lines with a gun in their backs? Winning armies don’t need to do Volksturm or man infantry positions with robots.
Ukraine has not yet started conscripting those under 24, Russia is not killing enough Ukrainian soldiers for this to be necessary and at current attrition rates it is unlikely.
shoving them into the front lines with a gun in their backs
Loving the projection here, Russia does this daily. Good old Soviet doctrine!
man infantry positions with robots.
I’d rather a robot blow up than a Ukrainian hero. The robots are also doing a better job than the untrained, toothless Russian meat being fed to the grinder.
Overall in 2026 it is the Ukrainians who have taken the most ground. It is starting to look like it is Russia who has the manpower problem.
Lol you got everything you think you know about Russia from watching Enemy at the Gates and you think you know more about it’s military tactics than the people studying them.
I’d rather a robot blow up than a Ukrainian hero
I’d rather have the manpower to actually hold positions rather than having to leave robots laying around to be easily jammed, flanked and captured but that’s just me.
untrained, toothless Russian meat being fed to the grinder.
Nevermind, you clearly got your delusions straight from Joseph Goebbels. Hey remember when you guys were swearing up and down that Russian troops were fighting with shovels and had never seen washing machines, paved roads or toilets? Remember when you guys were calling them orcs? Remember then ten different times when Russia was totally, definitely about to run out of ammo and collapse? Good times, it sure was fun watching you guys learn nothing.
Overall in 2026 it is the Ukrainians who have taken the most ground. It is starting to look like it is Russia who has the manpower problem.
Uh huh, and what color is the sky in your realty? How many videos are there of the Russian military kidnapping struggling uncs to be used as cannon fodder for a nazi government that’s banned elections? Can you find even one?
I refer you again to:
Winning armies don’t need to do Volksturm or man infantry positions with robots.
Let’s make this fun: You save my username, and I’ll save yours. If Russia loses, I’ll write a big mea culpa post in the community of your choice admitting I was wrong. If Ukraine loses, you’ll do the same. How bout it?
This is such a lame excuse, the heaviest attrition I have seen so far (other than the attrition to Russian soldiers teeth) is to Russian tanks, APC stocks, Russian warm water navy, ammo dumps and oil depots.
Imagine if 4 and a half years ago someone told you Russia was about to get into a stalemate war of attrition near current borders that would last over 4 years. The whole situation is an embarrassment for Russia at this stage.
I find it so funny how a couch political actor thinks he understands politics better than a man who took a broken russia and made it capable of fighting all of nato alone
“Fighting all of NATO” - as a German, I did not know that I was at war with Russia right now. Am I?
I get your anger towards the US. And probably towards the EU. Towards NATO as a whole. Our history is stained with imperialism, and we should all be working against that. Dont falsely assume that I am on the side of the empire.
But this does not necessarily make Russia (or China) some sort of safe haven. Some days ago, I had to argue with US nazis that the US and Russia are the only working democracies left in this world, and Europe is a “autocratic dictatoraship” - which is obviously BS. Our system is FAR from perfect, and we experience propaganda - as does nearly every other state. But Russia, China, and the US are definitly broken systems, and ALL of them are imperialistic. So are you telling me that you are against evil NATO empire, therefore you are rooting for the evil Russian empire?
But Russia, China, and the US are definitly broken systems, and ALL of them are imperialistic.
Please define imperialism, explain how your definition has any analytical value, and how it applies to Russia, China, and the US but not the European bloc.
Ah, you’re not on the side of the usa empire. You see that it’s falling and instead make the new euro empire! With the same colonialist values, but without military power! What could go wrong?!
But Russia, China, and the US are definitly broken systems, and ALL of them are imperialistic.
I can see the argument for Russia to an extent, but how is China imperialistic? From what I understand they’ve helped lift up nations in the global south (and not in a “do this or else we will overthrow your government” kind of way). I don’t think they’ve invaded another country for quite some time either.
No.
Yes, it is.
RU is burning its demographic future for marginal territorial gains. It is spending lives and capital faster than it can regenerate them.
Its economy becomes more and more war-dependent, which means peace itself becomes destabilizing.
The brain drain Putins war causes is not a temporary inconvenience, but a strategic wound. They really traded long-term modernization for short-term militarization.
It has pushed Europe into rearmament and made the continent stronger, not weaker. And it is losing access to Western technology faster than it can replace it.
It is becoming China’s junior partner, not an independent great power.
Every year of war raises the cost of any political exit.
They may very well survive the war, but the path they chose consumed the foundations of their own power.
Maybe stop guzzling propaganda there and try engaging with reality. It’s absolutely incredible how after 4 years people are still not able to realize they’re being lied to.
Who is doing the lying in this scenario? Is it the Russian people who have been told that they have been winning for 4+ years while the frontline barely moves.
Both sides are being fed delicious propaganda buddy, don’t act like your shit don’t stink.
Truth is Russia has bitten off more than they can chew here, there is no obvious route to Russian victory and it’s looking worse and worse for your boys as each day passes.
Which side has been reduced to kidnapping terrified teenagers and 50 year olds into predator vans and shoving them into the front lines with a gun in their backs? Winning armies don’t need to do Volksturm or man infantry positions with robots.
Ukraine has not yet started conscripting those under 24, Russia is not killing enough Ukrainian soldiers for this to be necessary and at current attrition rates it is unlikely.
Loving the projection here, Russia does this daily. Good old Soviet doctrine!
I’d rather a robot blow up than a Ukrainian hero. The robots are also doing a better job than the untrained, toothless Russian meat being fed to the grinder.
Overall in 2026 it is the Ukrainians who have taken the most ground. It is starting to look like it is Russia who has the manpower problem.
Lol you got everything you think you know about Russia from watching Enemy at the Gates and you think you know more about it’s military tactics than the people studying them.
I’d rather have the manpower to actually hold positions rather than having to leave robots laying around to be easily jammed, flanked and captured but that’s just me.
Nevermind, you clearly got your delusions straight from Joseph Goebbels. Hey remember when you guys were swearing up and down that Russian troops were fighting with shovels and had never seen washing machines, paved roads or toilets? Remember when you guys were calling them orcs? Remember then ten different times when Russia was totally, definitely about to run out of ammo and collapse? Good times, it sure was fun watching you guys learn nothing.
Uh huh, and what color is the sky in your realty? How many videos are there of the Russian military kidnapping struggling uncs to be used as cannon fodder for a nazi government that’s banned elections? Can you find even one?
I refer you again to:
Let’s make this fun: You save my username, and I’ll save yours. If Russia loses, I’ll write a big mea culpa post in the community of your choice admitting I was wrong. If Ukraine loses, you’ll do the same. How bout it?
There’s more to attrition than just military casualties
It is possible to be against modern Russia without invoking Goebbels
By the way, these robots they’re using don’t have arms. They can’t reload themselves.
If the robots can’t reload themselves, and they’re the only units there, what does that tell you about the expectations of the people using them?
It tells you that they do not expect to hold the position long enough for reloading to become an issue.
When you definitely understand how wars of attrition work.
This is such a lame excuse, the heaviest attrition I have seen so far (other than the attrition to Russian soldiers teeth) is to Russian tanks, APC stocks, Russian warm water navy, ammo dumps and oil depots.
Imagine if 4 and a half years ago someone told you Russia was about to get into a stalemate war of attrition near current borders that would last over 4 years. The whole situation is an embarrassment for Russia at this stage.
“The fact that we’re not losing as fast as we expected is actually a victory”
I find it so funny how a couch political actor thinks he understands politics better than a man who took a broken russia and made it capable of fighting all of nato alone
love how military aid by the west means “all of NATO” but military aid by Iran and North Korea means “alone”.
“ICH HABE GANZ ALLEIN EUROPA EROBERT, WÄHREND MIR DIE GENERALITÄT NUR IN DEN RÜCKEN GEFALLEN IST”
One part of you message i dont understand because its written in german, and the other part i dont understand bc its written in removed
Your strawman somehow talks in german, making it even strawier
Are you talking about me?
“Fighting all of NATO” - as a German, I did not know that I was at war with Russia right now. Am I?
I get your anger towards the US. And probably towards the EU. Towards NATO as a whole. Our history is stained with imperialism, and we should all be working against that. Dont falsely assume that I am on the side of the empire.
But this does not necessarily make Russia (or China) some sort of safe haven. Some days ago, I had to argue with US nazis that the US and Russia are the only working democracies left in this world, and Europe is a “autocratic dictatoraship” - which is obviously BS. Our system is FAR from perfect, and we experience propaganda - as does nearly every other state. But Russia, China, and the US are definitly broken systems, and ALL of them are imperialistic. So are you telling me that you are against evil NATO empire, therefore you are rooting for the evil Russian empire?
Russia and China are imperialist countries as much as a car is an animal
Yup, you’re right. Sorry to have bothered you.
Please define imperialism, explain how your definition has any analytical value, and how it applies to Russia, China, and the US but not the European bloc.
Ah, you’re not on the side of the usa empire. You see that it’s falling and instead make the new euro empire! With the same colonialist values, but without military power! What could go wrong?!
God people doesn’t hate Europeans enough.
And the glorious Europeans countries are not imperialistic???
Imagine living in a shithole like Germany and thinking that China has a broken system. 🤣
I can see the argument for Russia to an extent, but how is China imperialistic? From what I understand they’ve helped lift up nations in the global south (and not in a “do this or else we will overthrow your government” kind of way). I don’t think they’ve invaded another country for quite some time either.
No, it isn’t. And putting your wishful thinking as justifications is not how reality works.