▶Latest >The US pledges to support its NATO allies if they put troops in Ukraine, but rules out troop deployments >"Russian campaign to seize Ukraine’s capital & major cities & force regime change has failed, - >War will likely descend into phase of bloody stalemate that could last for months." ISW say >Andrey Paliy, Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, killed by Ukrainian forces in Mariupol >Russia claims to have used a Kinzhal hypersonic missile >Russian forces gain ground around Mariupol, as fighting reaches the city centre >Commander of the Russian 8th Combined Army, Lt General Andrey Mordvichev KIA at Kherson Airport >This is the 5th Russian General KIA (worst loss of senior command since ww2) >Ukraine conducts successful counterattack around Mykolaiv in the past several days - ISW >Dozens killed in missile strike on Ukrainian forces barracks near Mykolaiv >Ukrainian forces repel Russian operations around Kharkiv & reported killing regimental commander >Sources claim deputy chief of Russia's National guard arrested by FSB >Azov battalion kill Mjr General Oleg Mityaev, commander of the 150th motor rifle div, in Mariupol >150th Motor Rifle Division is Russia’s principal maneuver unit in Donbas, a major blow >Attack on Kherson airport (15/03) destroys dozens of Russian helicopters & vehicles.
I'd say it's got less to do with cost and more to do with pride. Putin unironically faps to the idea of the Soviet Union to the point he considered the breakup a bigger geopolitical catastrophe than both world wars.
Besides that, he's used to power. So like most dictators. He hates when someone else has power over him. It would be easier to kill him than it would be for him to swallow his pride and accept defeat.
Not really. They're seeking ways to pump more men through the grinder. Youth corps analogous to ROTC. Vocational school students. Riot cops. Mercenaries. Syrians. They don't see a sunk cost, they see a temporary shortage of meat.
Zachary Rogers
So are people in russia freaking out yet? I mean, the majority have to know whats going on at this point right?
They might suspect the government isn't saying everything, but they rejoice at the thought of Russian boots going through Ukrainian Nazi skulls. They're still working under the impression all forces that oppose the Russian incursion are "ultra-nationalist partisans."
Joshua Fisher
Where are you? Somewhere away from the front I hope.
Hunter Sullivan
Most of them don't care for it or mildly support it. Even the sanctions haven't affected them that much or so they claim youtube.com/watch?v=3yKJFysG2i0
Nathan Thomas
Ukraine already declined the offer. If they were going to do anything they have no reason to not just be doing it now.
Zachary Rivera
It depends, but unless you're near Mariupol or Lviv, they probably aren't focused on you right now. Trying to get a Media Moment "win" out of the former, and "softening" training and supply facilities in the latter.
