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Llord_Wright Mar 22, 2026 +107

Man, do these men know when to quit?

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Tyranicross Mar 22, 2026 +54

Russia is pretty famous for not giving up on wars win or lose, its what let beat the nazis but also what brought the ussr to financial ruin by staying in Afghanistan too long.

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koi-lotus-water-pond Mar 22, 2026 +45

Ukraine, as part of the USSR, also beat the Nazis. And lost 12% of its population in doing so.

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ArtificialBrownie Mar 22, 2026 +6

> Russia is pretty famous for not giving up on wars win or lose. Hard to say. They started last century with a quick embarrassment with Japan and premature pullout from WW1, then some more embarrassing campaigns in Finland, and Poland. There were some proxy wars using "little green man" of which only few were successful. After WW2, more embarrassment. I have no idea where the myth of Russians not giving up comes from. They won WW2 twice, first as Hitler's allies and then as enemies. But overwhelming majority of attrition was in Ukraine and Belarus, and those nations were overrepresented on the Soviet side. If anything, their history shows that they don't do well outside of Russia unless a part of coalition.

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Any-Monk-9395 Mar 23, 2026 +1

They also won against Napoleon who had a very impressive army.

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MixtureSpecial8951 Mar 23, 2026 -2

That is missing a lot of history. 1. The Russians are notoriously brutal. In 1775, the Russians defeated the Cossacks who ah shelled them win the recent war against the Turks. Surrounded, the Zaporozhian Sich debated what to do. In the end, memory of what happened at Baturyn (a major massacre) convinced them to surrender. 2. Even though they lost the Winter War, Moscow still expanded its territory. 3. Russia fought to take - and keep - Crimea from Turkey beginning in the 16th century through the 20th. Even when they lost they just kept coming back. 4. The Russians also have conscripted a historically high percentage of its male population. To keep the empire together they needed bodies to impose control. This has led to the illusion of the vast and endless pool of manpower. Problem was, nearly all available manpower was already conscripted. (Here i lose the power of formatting) So, vast army split between a leadership of nobility and the bulk consisting of serfs and commoners little better. The men were seen as little better than cordwood to be stacked, burned and consumed as needed. Leaders would waste their men in frontal assaults but were shocked when there were no reserves. But the Russians just kept coming. Year after year. Decade after decade. Generation after generation. There is a reason a little shitty principality has expanded to be what it is. They just won’t give up. The will of their leadership to feed the commoners into the furnace cannot be broken. It is really messed up. All they care about is expansion. The cost doesn’t matter.

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Lovely_kenzie Mar 23, 2026 +4

Their comment might have been missing history, but yours is just making it up as you please.

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MixtureSpecial8951 Mar 23, 2026 +4

Sigh. 1. Sack of Baturyn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Baturyn. 9,000-15,000 people were killed by Russian troops. 2. Winter War: while Finland fought like heroes against the Soviets, the end result was the cession of the Gulf of Finland islands, Karelian Isthmus, Ladoga Karelia, Salla, Rybachy Peninsula and lease of Hanko to the Soviet Union 3. Russo Turkish Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Turkish_wars Russia long desired warm water ports that would grant them year round access to the Black Sea. This would then open up the possibility of seizing Constantinople and access to the Mediterranean. In the end, they managed to seize Crimea but a coalition of allied powers kept Constantinople Turkish. 4. Russian Imperial Army: I was, it seems, incorrect regarding a high per capita conscription rate. However, Imperial Russia *did* maintain an absolutely massively army; over a million men in arms after the Napoleonic Wars, increasing to 1.7 million during the Crimean War. The reforms of Peter the Great saw the introduction of reforms; officers were drawn from noble and common sources; commoners could gain no LE status but this practice was ended by Catherine the Great. Peter also instituted conscription in 1699. The term of conscription being *for life.* In 1793 this was reduced to 25 years. In 1834 it was reduced to 20 years plus five years in reserve. By 1855 this was further reduced to 12 years a five plus three reserve. 5. As for casualties, simply look up the figures from the various wars and battles. The courage of the individual Russian soldier is rarely in doubt. But the cost they are forced to endure… in WWII Stalin and Stabla were content to feed soldiers into battle with no training, precious few weapons and with little thought to preserving any of it. 6. As for how individuals are valued as people, we can look at the tradition of “Dedovshchina.” As for my conclusion, that Russian leadership has shown its willingness to pour out the blood of the soldiers, even a cursory review of history shows this to be the truth. The passivity of the common Russian that we see today is new; it is a longstanding tradition. And it is one the rulers I. Moscow depend upon. Another interesting article: https://www.usafa.edu/app/uploads/Harmon29.pdf

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julkopki Mar 23, 2026 +1

What let them beat the nazis was Allies pouring massive resources and funds into their war effort. The reason for their loss in Afghanistan was the economy also. Of course it's not the only reason.

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Jono_vision Mar 23, 2026 +2

Joseph Stalin said at the 1943 Tehran Conference that World War II would be won with “British brains, American steel, and Soviet blood.”

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TheGreatGamer1389 Mar 22, 2026 +61

Russia or Ukraine? Cause for Ukraine surrender is death.

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xynith116 Mar 22, 2026 -19

US and Israel too

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khoawala Mar 22, 2026 -89

Or you know..... Making sure Ukraine won't put US military bases near Russia so they don't end up like Iran.

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TheGreatGamer1389 Mar 22, 2026 +45

Or maby US didn't tell Ukraine to give up their nukes so they would have never been invaded?

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Minimum_Holiday_5611 Mar 22, 2026 -50

This BS about Ukraine giving up their nukes needs to die already. Those were never Ukrainian nukes. They were Russian nukes. They were pulled back to Russia because obviously SSSR ended.

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Apprehensive-Tea999 Mar 23, 2026 +7

“Possession is 9/10s of the law” is a saying for a reason.

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Boomdidlidoo Mar 22, 2026 +10

Explain why would these nukes belong to Russia in the 1st place? Nevermind... I don't feel like arguing with someone who doesn't know anything about USSR and how it came about.

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Minimum_Holiday_5611 Mar 23, 2026 -3

They didnt have launch codes for those nukes they where in Moscow so they couldn't even used them so they RETURNED them to Russia. If USA stores nukes in South Korea does that mean that it's South Korea's nukes? No.

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Rude_Literature_2860 Mar 23, 2026 +2

If the USA dissolved then yes. Which independent US state would they go to?

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TheWalrus_15 Mar 23, 2026 +1

A nuke in the hand is worth six in the bush

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olrg Mar 22, 2026 +21

Traditionally neutral Finland and Sweden joined NATO immediately after the invasion, don’t see Russia getting upset about that. Maybe it wasn’t about the NATO bases all along, but rather a case of irredentism and Putin’s inability to admit that Russian empire and the USSR are long gone.

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TheGreatGamer1389 Mar 22, 2026 +6

Putin was upset, they just didn't do shit about it cause they couldn't do shit about it.

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MixtureSpecial8951 Mar 23, 2026 +1

Russian leadership never quits. Ever. Russo Turkish wars: 1568-1918, 12 wars. Their will to win doesn’t break. They are willing to send as many serfs to die as needed because they simply don’t matter. The human cost isn’t a cost that matters.

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notreal088 Mar 23, 2026 -3

The last time Russia won was during the Russo-Japanese war. This was duringthe Russia empire prior to the USSR under the rule of the old Tsar. This is one of the things that led to the revolution that ended both the Royal control and blood line as they were all assassinated to prevent anyone from getting in the way of the revolution So yes they knew how to lose, it’s just they were reprogrammed to forget how to.

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CMDR_omnicognate Mar 22, 2026 +104

“Begin offensive” did they ever end their offensives? Or is this just yet another 100,000 casualties per km gained situation?

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SawedOffLaser Mar 22, 2026 +50

Russia has been slowly pushing on all fronts. This is likely a larger, more concentrated offensive.

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CMDR_omnicognate Mar 22, 2026 +6

slowly being the optimal word there, they've barely moved in the last 2 years now

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Borne2Run Mar 23, 2026 -1

They lost 500km sq over the last month in Zaporhizhia.

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cammcken Mar 23, 2026 +3

When Starlink switched to whitelist, Ukraine had a week or two of battlefield advantage, and went on a modest counteroffensive. Looks like Russia has readjusted their communication strategies. [Source](https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/ukraine-is-suddenly-on-the-offensive-with-help-from-elon-musk-ea6ee661). If I misconstrued anything, refer to that for more reliable version.

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Brusion Mar 22, 2026 +9

The russians own numbers are actually slightly higher than what the west, ISW and Ukraine report. What are you talking about?

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Brusion Mar 22, 2026 +7

Yes, there public number is at 1.31 million, and most other sources are at 1.28 million.

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olrg Mar 22, 2026 +17

Estimates done by intelligence agencies around the world pretty consistently come with the same numbers - 1-1.2 million dead and wounded.

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olrg Mar 22, 2026 +18

None of this has anything to do with the casualties Russia is taking. Even Russian milbloggers are pretty much in consensus that their losses have surpassed 1m.

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olrg Mar 22, 2026 +17

So, everyone, even very pro-war Russian milbloggers, are in agreement that Russian casualties have surpassed a million people, but that’s all a lie and Russia is actually doing great, despite not having any significant territorial gains in the last 3 or so years. Additionally, their army is the same size as in 2024, despite having a declared 30 thousand recruits a month over the last 2 years. No, you’re right, totally makes sense.

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olrg Mar 22, 2026 +14

Feel free to use Google to find them. Not sure if you speak Russian, but it’d be much easier for you to find them if you did. Funny thing is that you use War on the Rocks as a source, yet they report the same 1.2 million losses as everyone else. Care to comment? This is a different warfare from WW1 lol, it’s a drone war and these comparisons are useless. But we get your idea - everyone is lying and it’s only you enlightened enough to see the truth. Good on ya, pal.

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CptVague Mar 22, 2026 +7

You know they speak Russian, heh.

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dontrike Mar 23, 2026 +4

So apparently everyone lies except Russia? You know Putin will never notice you, right?

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dontrike Mar 23, 2026 +3

Oh I noticed the deflection, weird how you didn't say "Russia lies." Whataboutism isn't an argument, which is why you'll never be employee of the month at the bot farm and get the good vodka like the A ranked trolls.

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Forgettheredrabbit Mar 23, 2026 +1

Their opinion is that everyone is lying. Which, like, sure, but in THIS particular case nobody really has a reason to lie, and the “lies” they’re telling don’t have any reason to align, which they do. So it’s natural to conclude that there’s some truth to this, and even if there isn’t we have no other valid way to calculate the actual death tally…the “think tanks” they cited elsewhere are hardly a valid alternative to the actual intelligence community. But whatever. They seem disinterested in reconsidering their viewpoint so gotta let them be I guess.

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Dopplegangr1 Mar 23, 2026 +1

Everything is a conspiracy

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inventingalex Mar 22, 2026 +9

so intelligence agencies around the world are all wrong and lying but you are the one person with accurate info? that you gain from, let me see, your tumblr fanzine?

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inventingalex Mar 23, 2026 +4

genuinely surprised that you didn't answer the question.

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inventingalex Mar 23, 2026 +1

why should we trust you and your opinions?

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Forgettheredrabbit Mar 23, 2026

In another comment you cite the opinion of “think tanks” as evidence but now the various organizations which the think tanks rely on to generate their analysis is somehow not a valid source? I promise you whatever “think tanks” you’re looking at are using the same numbers generated by the intelligence communities.

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msr42day Mar 22, 2026 +16

The Russians have agent nations supplying the ground forces fodder, e.g. N. Korea. Russia can want the Ukraine forever, but one has to wonder what is really happening in the Republic to its citizenry.

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chillichampion Mar 23, 2026 +1

What’s stopping nato nations from sending ground fodder themselves?

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zezera_08 Mar 22, 2026 +9

Lmaooo wow

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dontrike Mar 23, 2026 +6

This is some heavy propaganda, and no one believes that.

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dontrike Mar 23, 2026 +3

"Nothing is happening to Russians" is easily the fakest thing next to "the moon doesn't exist." This "3 day operation" has been going on for more than 4 years and nothing has happened to any Russian? Your manager needs to sit you down for better training so you can be more subtle about your propaganda.

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Herkfixer Mar 23, 2026 +2

Russia has been press-ganging since the first 6 months. What are you talking about.

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endeend8 Mar 22, 2026 -52

Russia produces 10x more artillery and rockets, about same or more drones and has an 8:1 infantry advantage but the western media would have you believe Russia is losing 100 men for every Ukrainian. It’s literally defying kindergarten logic how bad and lying western media is at this point but people are drinking it up.

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LorderNile Mar 22, 2026 +16

Keep in mind: 1. Defense is always easier than offense. 2. Russia depended on thousands of missiles costing millions of dollars to fight Ukraine's millions of duct tape drones for a fairly long time. Russia only recently got their drone manufacturing up to speed while Ukraine spent that extra time perfecting theirs. We're seeing the exact situation play out in Iran. 3. Ukraine has an army and its own people fighting Russia because it's their homeland, russian soldiers are getting picked up off the street and given guns to leave their homeland. Drastically affects troop morale and effectiveness. 4. Western media isn't trustworthy, but russian state media always finds a way to be less so. If the west says a hundred russian soldiers died in combat, while russia says 12, the truth tends to lie between sixty and seventy. Russia's f****** it up, but not because Ukraine's soldiers are brilliant. It's because the military industry spent so long convincing us "giant billion dollar weapons are the future", people forgot you could make an rpg with a sling, some gasoline, and vodka.

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dontrike Mar 23, 2026 +1

Sure, if you ignore how Russian soldiers were being sent out, the condition of their equipment and themselves, and the meat wave tactics they've been using since day damn one. This is a country who fucked over its entire military because Putin and other leaders didn't want the military to have a chance of doing a coup and taking over. Of course they lost over a million people with shit like that and it's f****** stupid to ignore such context and history when looking at it.

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-bassassin- Mar 22, 2026 +13

Yeah, let's just give the toothless bully what he wants, we don't want to upset the drunk orcs. D*** head.

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-bassassin- Mar 22, 2026 +4

I have no idea who 'us' is, but I'll assume you're a MAGA American. About as much as it helps 'us' to sink billions into a war with Iran for Israel's sake or in a potential war with China for Taiwan's sake.

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dontrike Mar 23, 2026 +2

They're a Russia troll bot, you can tell based on the script they're using.

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-bassassin- Mar 22, 2026 +3

If you think Europe needs Russia besides c**** gas, you're a little soft in the head. Russia is already hacking and sabotaging all over Europe anyway. If Europe ended up under their heel like it was for a good part of the 20th century, you're in for a grand time. Just ask any former soviet bloc country how well off they were and how much they love Ruski Mir.

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dontrike Mar 23, 2026 +1

Ukraine has been winning on and off for a while. Russia has been real close to economic collapse, but Trump just threw Putin a bone with attacking Iran. How does Russia really win here? Their entire economy is something like 20% inflation, it's entirely war based meaning shifting to a non war based one would cost them and collapse their economy, an entire generation of men are gone, and what do they get? A stretch of land they can't use in the least bit. Wow! Such victory!

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Shandd Mar 22, 2026 +7

If I tried to take your house at gunpoint would you just eventually give in?

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Shandd Mar 23, 2026 +1

I apologize, I tried to simplify it in a way you could understand. What do we gain for this? We uphold our duty to them as promised when they gave up their nukes.

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olrg Mar 22, 2026 +17

The point of Europe supporting Ukraine is weakening the aggressive neighbor who’s made it clear that the Baltic states are next. I’m not entirely sure what Russia is getting out of this war though.

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olrg Mar 22, 2026 +4

Russian state TV talking heads have made it clear, yes. The thing about Russian state TV that only official party line is being translated. If Ukraine joining NATO was such an issue, how come they’re so quiet about Finland doing the same? Not a f****** word about it, despite the fact that Finland is much closer to a major urban centre. So, in your words, Russia can get to decide what a sovereign nation can and cannot do? Interesting, since that’s exactly the argument they used when supporting Donbas separatists- that nations have agency and can make their own decisions. Hmm…

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olrg Mar 22, 2026 +6

You don’t have to care, doesn’t change the reality - Russian state media channels what the country leadership tells them to. I’ve looked at the map, Finland has a 1300 km long border with Russia, mainly in sparsely populated region and a straight shot away from St. Petersburg. Furthermore, Putin could make the same claim for the Finnish lands, seeing how most of them used to be a part of the Russian Empire. Yet, he didn’t. I’m sure you’re going to try to rationalize why that’s not a big deal. Russia could have used soft power and swayed Ukraine into their orbit, but instead, they chose to invade and make enemies with a country of 40 million people. Not the best way to grow your influence.

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anotherserf Mar 23, 2026 +3

\> has been *very* clear since 1991 that this is a firm red line Since 1991, no. Only since Putin's noises at the Munich conference in 2008. But even so that 'red line' was never violated.

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anotherserf Mar 23, 2026 +1

\> That is what they're getting out of this. A Ukraine that cannot join Western pacts that are explicitly aimed at Russia. If that's all they're getting, then that showcases how fundamentally stupid decision Putin's decision to launch the invasion was. Ukraine had already declared neutrality, and an end to NATO ambitions in 2010. If Putin wanted to extract some kind of contractual agreement from the West on top of that that it would never seek to change Ukraine's position, he could have easily done so given the considerable economic leverage he had in the region. For about 1/100th the cost of a full-scale invasion.

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anotherserf Mar 23, 2026 +1

\> They know what it means when Duh, it means Ukraine got invaded by Russia, and of course it was perfectly free to obtain help from wherever it needed after that point.

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AyiHutha Mar 22, 2026 +37

Europe should be investing more resources into its own defences and support Ukraine.

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Bicentennial_Douche Mar 22, 2026 +15

[I have good news for you](https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/defence-numbers/)

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3_50 Mar 22, 2026 -17

That's actually f****** depressing. Imagine if we coulda just like..spent that on schools or food banks or ITER...

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Karthak_Maz_Urzak Mar 22, 2026 +18

Yeah, but unfortunately we have lunatic Russians with a conqueror complex to the east.

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cannot_walk_barefoot Mar 22, 2026 +28

Didn't Putin have cancer? Did it not progress?

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Kruse Mar 22, 2026 +76

Pretty sure that was nonsense since day one. A lot of rumors were spread during the early days of the conflict.

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brnccnt7 Mar 22, 2026 +15

Yup, they've been saying Putin is sick and dying for years now lol, anyone who believes that is stupid

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RespectedPath Mar 22, 2026 +41

Anything you see like that is just hope core, probably being perpetuated by the Russians, or those that support them, trying to convince you not to do anything because the problem is taking care of itself.

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cannot_walk_barefoot Mar 22, 2026 +7

I just want a positive headline for once man. Desperation I guess

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Slypenslyde Mar 22, 2026 +3

Sometimes I think about how in the midst of the pandemic, John Krasinski started a show called "Some Good News" to focus on the good things that were happening in the world. Then immediately sold the concept to CBS, who never did anything with it. It's like they were afraid of competition from good news, or just wanted to get it off the air.

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CheckMateFluff Mar 23, 2026 +1

Be one and vote for better people in local elections.

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koi-lotus-water-pond Mar 22, 2026 +4

Quite a while ago, he seemed to have a puffier looking face which led some to speculate he was on steroids for a serious illness which led to cancer talk. It's like the bruises on Trump's hands that, if you know an elderly person, can be explained by thinning skin and blood thinners and people are taking it to mean he is in his last months...for months now.

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hiddencamela Mar 23, 2026 +1

Having the top tier health care for the country on hand at all hours will probably extend those estimates as well.

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Rev-Dr-Slimeass Mar 22, 2026 +8

I have found that if you assume every piece of good news from this war you hear is fake, or exaggerated, then reality matches the situation on the ground pretty closely.

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Intrepid-Oil-898 Mar 22, 2026 +3

Who’s writing these headlines, Zelenskyy have all right to worry about Iran conflict, it directly impacts Ukraine… this is crazy

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grey_hat_uk Mar 22, 2026 +2

He's 73 years old and lived as a KGB agent. He has no proper hand over of power set up(bits and pieces are dine), so anything is a worry. I would be surprised to they hadn't found the odd benign tumor or worrying growth, since they'll be looking so closely. A rumour like that will spread around the world and give people jope and fear, but it only takes one of those to be cancerous before it's time up. Will it be today? No, even tomorrow seems highly unlikely. We still have plenty of days though... ... and then the cycle begins again with the next c***.

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Any-Monk-9395 Mar 22, 2026 +1

People with cancer can live for decades which shocked me.

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Creepy_Arm_1174 Mar 27, 2026 +1

Russia also claimed to have some kind of cure for cancer. So who knows. Can’t trust anything related to them.

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MixtureSpecial8951 Mar 23, 2026 +7

I saw three videos today where Russian soldiers committed suicide and/or killed their buddies and then themselves. What in the hell is happening over there?

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Starbreaker99 Mar 23, 2026 +2

No way

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RHouse94 Mar 23, 2026 +2

Videos of Russian soldiers shooting themselves is a daily occurrence. Usually badly injured or part of one of the infamous meat wave assaults and offing themselves quicker than being blow to pieces and potentially surviving to feel the pain of dying slowly. Most of the ones I’ve seen are rifles under the chin to varying degrees of success. Some even shoot themselves again if they messed it up the first time. Others stick grenades in there vest or hold it near there head.

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TheCryingGrizzlies Mar 23, 2026 -1

Pics or it didnt happen Edit: Jesus f****** christ

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IronicCard Mar 23, 2026 +4

I'd rather not look for it again but it absolutely did happen and I remember it being shown to me by someone, a soldier laying on the floor and putting his rifle to his chin and shoots but it doesn't kill him so he shoots again. r/CombatFootage plenty of NSFL stuff here so if you're sensitive to this kind of stuff I'd recommend not looking.

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MixtureSpecial8951 Mar 23, 2026 +3

Yeah man, check out r/combatfootage. It is unsettling how a y choose to check themselves out than to face capture.

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relayrider Mar 23, 2026

it absolutely did. and not the first time. pretty common

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SlinkySlekker Mar 22, 2026 +14

Yep. The Iran war is just what they needed. Trump set U.S. up. Netanyahu & Putin are fathoms more intelligent than Trump, but theirs is the darkest kind of INTJ intellect. Because they’re sadistic sociopaths bent on World Domination, no matter the consequence. They played Trump like a fiddle. But as manipulative and controlling of OUR fate as those two ghouls are, they FAILED to consider what a malignant narcissist will do, when he can no longer delude himself that he’s a “high IQ stable genius.” His global humiliation & exposure as a legit DUMMY who got played, while playing US, creates a Narcissistic Injury. Narcissistic Injury is fatal to the malignant type’s ego, and our mad stupid king has our nuclear codes. He’s dying, he’s hated by the world, and nobody can stop him if he decides to use our nukes to prove to himself that he’s strong. And republicans won’t do d*** to stop Trump. He fails, they go to jail for their corruption & treason. So they’re just going to make U.S. ride it out, full well knowing it could be catastrophic for us, and humanity. That’s why you don’t elect the corrupt and lawless. Trump voters ignored obvious reality, to our peril. May heaven protect our Troops, and our ONE WORLD.

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tulip-quartz Mar 23, 2026 +1

INTJ intellect ?? Come on

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UrbanSolace13 Mar 22, 2026 +38

Fresh oil money from Trump rolling back sanctions.

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fleranon Mar 22, 2026 +3

I read estimates that the oil money from the lifted sanctions and high prices could amount to 250 billion that can finance a whole bunch of offensives unfortunately

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UrbanSolace13 Mar 22, 2026 +4

That's the wonderful thing about a sham democracy. Everyone is a soldier if you kidnap them and put them in a uniform.

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chillichampion Mar 22, 2026 -12

Ukraine is doing the kidnapping here.

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WeAreElectricity Mar 22, 2026

Can confirm currently am kidnapped

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Intrepid-Oil-898 Mar 22, 2026 +4

Sanctions, Russia have more money to funnel into the war

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8ackwoods Mar 22, 2026 +30

Russia makes them now

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jebei Mar 22, 2026 +3

Russia is doing the assembly and some manufacturing but I think Iran insisted some of the components be made in their country. Not sure if the reason was financial or technical but I'm sure Russia is working as fast as they can to address that.

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Any-Monk-9395 Mar 22, 2026 +8

They get most parts from China then assemble them in Russia.

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Any-Monk-9395 Mar 22, 2026 +11

Russia makes all shahed drones locally now, they go by the name Geran 2.

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Brusion Mar 22, 2026 +2

5000 casualties in 3 days, with zero gains. A good russian offensive.

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dontrike Mar 23, 2026 +3

It's empowered Putin so far, considering Trump is helping them with oil sales right now.

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TheJohn_Doe69 Mar 22, 2026 -7

Probably not, but it will likely allow China to have an excuse to invade Taiwan, citing the same reasons as Trump, and that will limit drone warfare a bit as the chip output slows down, while Russia can just buy from China

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JangoDarkSaber Mar 22, 2026 +7

China doesn’t need an excuse. They never did

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TheJohn_Doe69 Mar 22, 2026 -2

Then they would of attacked already. They've been waiting for an instance like this to avoid embargos and tarrifs and contract cancellations. With Trump, they can invade and have an actual reason for it, and can invade with no political issues

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JangoDarkSaber Mar 22, 2026 +2

They’ll be embargoed and tariffed anyway. Iran doesn’t change the equation. The only thing that’s stopping them is that they believe their military isn’t capable of pulling off such a complex operation yet. Whatever reason they spout in the world stage is all political theater. Republican or Democrat in office doesn’t matter. They fully understand that invading Taiwan will mean war with the United States and they’re preparing for it.

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yzerman88 Mar 22, 2026

Get ready to kiss some 🇺🇦 FPVs

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CertifiedLunacy Mar 22, 2026

Where to go to scream into the void

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3p2p Mar 22, 2026 -6

Russian has been obliterated already in their summer offensive in Ukraine . Russia is too busy trying to help Iran with intelligence to target US forces. Donald is complicit in allowing Russia to kill US forces without consequence.

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brnccnt7 Mar 22, 2026 +1

You know we do the same to the Russians right, give Ukraine targeting info to kill Russians Its been a proxy war for awhile now, and both the US and Russia are playing chess with Ukraine and Iran as pieces

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Brusion Mar 22, 2026

I think you're getting downvoted by russian bots.

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tensor-ricci Mar 22, 2026 -4

Dawg Ukraine is just gonna have to take the fat L on this.

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Any-Monk-9395 Mar 22, 2026 -1

Im shocked they’re attacking again despite being cut off from starlink which really hampered their communications

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CyberSmith31337 Mar 23, 2026 -3

Russia’s entire game has been depleting NATO arsenals via proxy mercenary deployments. It’s working, too. They didn’t just deplete US missiles, but also Polish tanks, helicopters, munitions, etc. all the while they have been domesticating factories to produce modern drones, and adopting warfare strategies deployed by the Ukrainian forces with money funneled into them by NATO. Their purpose was never to win quickly; it was to slow-bleed western munitions, and willpower. And now with Iran, western munitions are being exhausted even faster because all the purchasing by middle eastern nations is resulting in our stockpiles into backlogs, which are even further hampered by our lack of access to critical REM’s owned by China. Add in that the removal of sanctions on both Iranian oil and Russian gas is essentially refilling their coffers.. well, you get the picture. It’s 4D chess while the west keeps pointing and laughing, not realizing that this is a siege, not a blitzkrieg. Yet the west is in absolute shambles, and alienating the entire world in their stupid Iranian theater.

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opinelmavric Mar 22, 2026 -20

# [https://english.nv.ua/russian-war/zelenskyy-says-russia-s-spring-offensive-has-already-failed-50591872.html](https://english.nv.ua/russian-war/zelenskyy-says-russia-s-spring-offensive-has-already-failed-50591872.html) don't worry, a few days ago he wrote that Russias spring offensive in that started in the winter has already collapsed

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Quietdusk Mar 22, 2026 +10

If you actually read the CNN article, it states that the russian assaults were "thwarted on all fronts" and the ISW assesses that while Russia might make some small tactical gains this year, it's unlikely they'll actually break through Ukranian fortifications. The article seems to mainly be noting that Russia has massively intensified their efforts at a time when millitary aid is being threatened by the war in Iran.

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Deadhated Mar 23, 2026 -2

As much as I don't like russia right now , they do NOT back down it's about winning at any cost and that's scary...

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Russian forces begin offensive in Ukraine as Zelensky worries about impact of Iran conflict | CNN

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