Dead men also don't receive disability benefits or rebel against an evil dictator who destroyed their country. It's why they aren't allowed to go home and they force cripples to "charge" machine gun nests on crutches.
I don't know current Russia has been completely neutered. "it's not the Tsar, it's the middle management" "I don't have any opinions on that" "I don't follow politics"
I was totally wondering why Russia’s spending so much on growing the military, when the citizens in most of the federation live in poverty. It’s terrible.
@@drewmalesky9869 Yeah I think as General Ben Hodges, russians have been breed into submission(everyone with any rebellious dna have been killed for hundreds of years). So just like dogs russians have been breed to have curtain "qualities"
The callousness people have towards Russian soldiers too is disturbing. They are people too and they don't see themselves as the 'bad guys' as much as people like to pretend. Thousands and thousands dead on both sides but people only care about Ukrainians like Russian soldiers voted to go to war.
Interesting comment - the Russians are equal-opportunity savage, as savage to each other as to foreigners. What a culture - with any luck, its collapse is in sight now.
The birth rate was about 1.5 million men per year but that's been declining for the last 5 to 10 years. But they've been trying to avoid using descendants of the muscovite tribe who are concentrated in St Petersburg and Moscow in the military.
If they get rushed within days then it might not even be enough to overwhelm Ukrainian forces in which case the casualties might be even heavier than that every day. Also 1000 soldiers per day is the equivalent of losing a Regiment every single day. Let that sink in.
I live in America, and work with the public. And have seen dozens and dozens of Russians (men, men plus families) coming through here. Also dozens and dozens of Ukrainians. All here because it is far away from the war.
Ukraine seems to demilitarize about 30k per month, Russia claims, and a lot of indicators seem to confirm that, that they generate >30k cannon fodder per month. So their military is indeed increasing, at a very low rate, true, but increasing. The last few months they seem to struggle keeping up these generation numbers, so, maybe the tide starts to turn.
Losses on the battlefield according to the Pentagon is 70,000 . And they are increasing the size of their army by hundreds of thousands . So that is growth
Most of these ”oligarchs” are just simple thieves. Like roman ”chupadiesel” abramovich who stole entire train tanks with diesel before he became an ”oligarch”. They just don’t have any power. There’s nothing they can do without fsb knowing.
If there's one that would remove Putin if he thought he and his family would get out of it alive, is that sniveling little background weasel, Medvedev.
Kinda like how we are asking, when will people stop being too weak minded to question what the mainstream media tells them to think and believe. and think for themselves
I'd agree Putin is authortarian, but I've never understood the American tendency to use the term oligarchs in reference to Russia rather than America. The US is one of the most economically unequal countries in the world, far more so than Russia (see Gini index rankings). So what makes rich Russians oligarchs but not Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerburg, Larry Elison, Elon Musk, and sundry other American billionaires that interfere in Amercian polics to further their interests at the expense of average Americans?
Then, will be another 180k Russians. Russians wont act against Putin because they don't care about other people life. It's extreme selfishness state of mind.
i didnt watch the vid, but im assuming hes drafting 180k russians. but i do know hes using conscripts and convicts on the frontlines now. the rate at which they surrender before even fighting is astronomical. 6 months is generous.
I suspect that they are saying that they are increasing the size of the army because saying that they need to replace all the dead ones wouldn't go down too well.
well yeah they lost 600 thousand 180 is the least they need to get some men back on the field which is why saying oh our military is now 1.5 million large as long as they are counting the dead in the military as well that math works🤣🤣 because America only counts the living in their military size
You nailed it! The only reason why they are coming up with this is because they cannot publicly disclose their losses. Every time they do this they are essentially giving us a pretty reasonable idea of the size of their casualties.
@@raven4k998 Can you point me in the direction of your sources? The internet is filled with misinformation these days and I'm struggling to find reliable sources.
@@MrHowardMoon UK MoD. ISW. Mediazona. BBC Russian Service. Pick one. Some journalists have been using publicly available obituary data to statistically estimate total losses across Russia. Which is an underestimate as many of the deceased come from small rural villages. It's all we can do when Russia won't release info and claims it's only 6,000 KIA.
There have been reports of the new conscripts including wounded and mentally disturbed ex-servicemen, the disabled (mentally and physically), old men and young boys. Of course, none of these include relatives of the siloviki or oligarchs.
But they are not volunteers. No man or teen can leave Ukraine. And police obeying non-Ukrainian orders hunt for them in police vans to send to the front line where they are being massacred , being so few
Russians are losing worse than 3 to 1, and their equipment is being rapidly depleted to the point where they will run out of multiple artillery and other systems by end of 2025.
@@cws8914 Difference is, if the Russian army stood down and went home, Ukraine wouldn't follow them to Moscow. Ukraine can not be quite so certain that there aren't a bunch of little green tourists in Kiev if the Ukrainian army stands down.
@@MrCobalt no it wasn't. what are you even talking about. Russia is a great place to live and still is. Don't talk about things you have no idea about, saves you from emberrasment
I fear that many bodies left in the field are 'recycled' by foxes, bears, dogs, mice, rats, worms & insects. Relatively few will see a final place in a recognised cemetery.
@@naponroy you know what is happening in the minds of every russian? there is desperation and millions have left, and soon a million russians will have died in a neighboring country, but there is zero panic you say.
They are tired of this, honestly. Everyone just wants to ignore everything and live like there's nothing happening. Information about this war is absolutely everything. People just want to be left on their own. This is a psychological defense of the brain that allows you to avoid apathy and depression. It's just human nature and it is sad.
@@khodis2002 Theire country WAS left on it's own before it brutaly invaded a soveign european neighbourcountry and the majority of the russian population thought that was a brillant idea ... 😏
Most of Russia just seems to be getting on with things without problems. the economy is doing well and they just announced the purchase of 1.9 billion in gold bullion so money to spare
The contract is endless. You sign a contract in which you give up your entire remaining life. There is no point in money, except to give your child a chance to get at least some education in the poor provinces. There is no more point imho
Yes, that's what western ppl struggle to understand: the Russians are not new to this. They can go on for decades and so their Government, which is a clear expression of the majority of Russian people, not just a dictatorship.
They do not understand the economic system and do not care. The older people in Russia are used to communism where you are given a job and an income and did not need to think about saving money or interest rates.
Russia as 4 times the population of Ukraine. In a war of attrition Ukraine is far worse off. The real reason for this conflict is American government trying to use Ukranians is as a proxy against Russia. Had it been concern for the lives of Ukrainians or democracy, the US wouldn't have backed the violent overthrow of a democratically elected pro Russian governmnent during Europmaiden which is what triggered this contlict. Nor would they use that coup as a stepping stone to try to put abms and nukes on Russia's doorstep (see US reaction to Soviets trying to setup shop in Cuba)
You do realise that this is utter nonsense. The total soldiers lost (according to the EU and NATO is approx. 130,000 Russian forces, and the losses for Ukrainian forces is in excess of 600,000. This channel is simply misinforming people.
Early in the war, the number of Russian men in the age span 20 - 30 years, was 7 mio. Killed, severíly wounded and fleeing the country, by now must close in on 1½ mio as minimum. The armed forced are 2,3 mio. This has the implication than about half of the young men is not in the production and development sector. This is a death spiral for Russia.
All he needs to do, is take the phone, call Zylinsky and tell him "we f@cked up, this war is pointless! Make peace?" and all of this could be over in a heart beat . . .
True, but in reality as long as the elite in Ukraine are raking in cash from the war, that's not going to happen. Also, there is ZERO will in Congress to end the war for the same reason.
Zylinsky would answer: “That’s cool bro, now pay up for damage you’ve done” “That will be… literally everything you got” Member’ Germany after WWI? That’s Russia after a “peace” deal. For Russia, there is no difference between “peace” deal and total defeat.
@@3rdHalf1 Ofc there were other reasons as well, but unfortunately the Treaty of Versailles and the resentment in the German population to pay a ridiculous amount of money ended up empowering Hitler's rise to power. Especially if you manage to sell these reparations as unfairly placed upon you.
@@Jay.Kellett yes, and in the next 15 days I will face it. New military conscription starts in 15 days. I honestly don't want to go their training. I don't even talk about the fact that I hate war, it's also the fact that the trainee program is the fullest bs it can possibly be. People clean toilets, carve out cubes out of snow, picking at grass curbs with a building nail and then go to the borders. That's insane... And if I don't go there, I will have huge consequences. There's so little things I can do to avoid it...
Think of the opportunities they are getting. Might get an opportunity to ride a 100cc bike into the battlefield, which is pretty cool. Or even get to loot a toilet or two, and a 10 year old washing machine.
'suicidal mentality' of the Japanese AKIRA IRIYE: Some people trace it back all the way to the feudal ethos. I think it seems to be a combination of two things. One is belief in Japanese national uniqueness, again this is an insular mentality, summed up in the sense that Japan is a unique country unlike any other country that can do things that no other country can do, and things like that. And this sense of uniqueness is combined with the Emperor worship. Again this is rather a recent origin: in the 1870s and 1880s the government decided to rally national opinion around the image of the Sacred Emperor, because this Emperor system seemed to be a long living line of Emperors; that is the longevity of the imperial line. Japan was unique and you died for your country but in fact you died for your Emperor, everything was in the name of the Emperor. In war, in battle, [soldiers] fought for the sake of honouring the Emperor, that kind of thing. That is one, mental attitude. And the second reason is a more material kind of reason. That is that the Japanese army is much more poorly equipped. So the Japanese say, well, maybe we’re not as good in producing so many weapons as the Americans, but we have this spiritual aspect to it, that we can fight not simply with guns, but we can fight with our spirit. That spirit is the spirit of our selflessness and this is nothing that is part of your fighting. You know this famous exhortation not to be taken prisoner of war because they say to be taken prisoner of war is a shameful thing. Why? Because it shows that you have not fought till the very end. To fight to the very end is to honour the Emperor and to show that you can compensate for meagre weapons by using yourself, perhaps as a human shield, or in a suicide attack. For these reasons I think even as early as the Russian/Japanese War you get lots of Japanese casualties because they believe in it, that death in battle is an honourable thing. I would think that there were so few Japanese prisoners of war taken by the Russians because they either committed suicide or they just fought to the very end before the Russians could capture them. The same is true in the 1930’s as well. I think you brought dishonour to your family and to your parents if you were caught prisoner during the war, so for these reasons I think there is a sense that the war is never finished until the last man dies. And the last man dies because that’s what they’re supposed to do.
Huh. Because the UK has ensured that 75% of all new jobs in UK over the past decade don’t go to native UK citizens; but to the migrants. Then your government actively protects the migrants preying on British children. Sounds pretty self-destructive to me.
What would you call the UK ensuring that 75% of all new UK jobs don’t go to UK citizens; but to migrants. How’s that UK birth rate? How about the migrants? You’ve been self-destructing for about 10 years now.
@@bryguy306 i'd call it an increase of new jobs that need to be filled. Let's google 'enemployment rates' for the UK...and what the h***, let's also search the USA unemployment rate.. Looking at the figures.. I can conclude xenophobia.
Russia isn't paying all these soldiers, though. They just declare many of them "missing" and thus they avoid having to pay. Many of those that do get paid, get paid much less than what they signed up for. Corruption of course also plays its part. One can pretty much assume that many of the foreign fighters that decide to fight for Russia will lose their lives and never get paid.
Ukrainian regime wants to give its country to the aggressor (nato) for free, supporting and participating in aggression makes Ukraine the same as if it were an aggressor, so that Russia does not break any law
That country only presented a "threat to Russia" after the president booted all the Russian Oligarchs that were actually running the country like a mafia from the Inside, Ukraine was never truly independent, only on paper. once the Billionaires bleeding the country were kicked out, all of a sudden Ukraine is a threat. yeah right.
Joe, one of the things I learned way back in the day, as a history major at the University of Texas, is that one reason for the Allie’s’ military success against Germany was manufacturing prowess. We built a lot of planes and tanks. Putin’s biggest legacy will be his weakness. With his authoritarianism, corruption, incompetence and unnecessary war/genocide against Ukraine, Putin gutted Russian trade; Western investment in Russia; scientific, intellectual and cultural exchange; etc. Also, Russia’s economy is going to shrink even further as their best and the brightest continue leave. And, in Putin’s stagnant economy, young people won’t have kids. Also, culturally, after WWs I and II, Americans of German descent Anglicized their names, forgot German holidays and traditions and even stopped cooking German food. Same thing is happening with Russian expats. We just had a Russian expat couple stay at our inn. They hid their Russian heritage. The US stayed in Afghanistan for twenty years because every American leader until Biden was too cowardly to admit defeat. Putin, as a dictator, has an even stronger impetus to remain in Ukraine until the bitter end. But Russia is too weak to control its current borders, much less take over Ukraine, Georgia, Poland, Finland, etc. And, I haven’t even touched on the economic and social costs of tens of thousands of injured soldiers coming home. Tsar Putin needs a title. Let’s call him “Putin the Inept.” Ok, something catchier. An insulting title needs to get back to Russians.
The US was not defeated in Afghanistan, despite the many deficiences of the Afghan leadership. In fact, we never lost a battle there. We kept the Taliban holed up in caves, mostly in Pakistan. There was relative piece in most populated parts of the country, and girls were able to get an education. Things fell apart when Biden withdrew US forces precipitously, without consulting other nations who had contributed to the Alliance, and with no thought for the peril that the withdrawal would visit on the Afghans who had cooperated with us. Pompeo/Trump had laid out 13 preconditions for a US withdrawal. The Taliban were in compliance with NONE of them, but Biden pulled out anyway, leaving an immense amount of top-line military equipment at Baghram AFB for the Taliban to enjoy.
Attention Russians!! I am hearing an alarming amount of reports that Russian women in Belgorod are wearing shirts which say “Handsome Ukraine Man Invade Here!!” or “My borders are not deffended” and have an arrow pointing in various, innapropriate directions. This sort of behavior is not appreciated by the heroic liberators of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Please be respectful of their boundaries, and do not grab, spank, or propose marriage to soldiers. Thank you.
A lot of the Russians that make it back to Russia, won't close the employment gap either. Many of them will be injured, disabled, traumatized, and considering what one hears about the situation in Russia, they wont receive the help they need. They may be able to find people for unskilled labor, but the kind of workforce you need for a modern economy is gone, dead, or in "silent emigration". Russia is already ruined, inertia keeps it going.
As the son of an accountant: You have to look at the balance sheet. You draft another 100k people, but already have sent 200k soldiers („successfully“) to the meat grinder, you don’t expanded, but you reduced your army by 100k. From my country‘s history books: it doesn’t make any sense to invade other countries. Your need to be a mentally disturbed leader to think otherwise.
@@Jakob_DK The problem is that Putin is incompetent. His economy was weak before he even started his war, and now it's nearing collapse. When the Russian economy collapses, the FSB won't look kindly on Putin.
There's a big difference between signing a decree increasing the number of bodies, and actually finding the bodies to fill the decree. Sadly, that still means there will be a lot more bodies left behind when they inevitably retreat.
Then let NATO troops come in and help Ukraine! After all, the propagandists already claim they are fighting against NATO, so let's make that lie a reality and help the greatly outnumbered Ukrainians, who are losing their finest citizens.
Then you go. Go and join the foreign legion if you want to fight so badly, what's stopping you? Oh, you mean you want other people to fight your wars for you?
What in the world would make people in Russia sign up for the military? Russia has a serious man power issue for workers in the Civilian world. If you really need a job, you'd take one of those.
@@dalegg66 They get a lot to sign up. It’s a lot for them. And then there are those that have spent too much and now can’t pay. And there are wives that encourage their drunkard husbands to join.
Issuing a decree increasing the size of the military by 180,000 is a long way from actually getting those bodies. They still have not recruited the last target of 150,000 and in the meantime they are losing a1000 plus a day killed and wounded. No wonder they are suddenly so keen on prisoner swaps and also no wonder that the Russian soldiers being exchanged don't look too happy about it. There were no videos of them getting off the buses and joyfully kissing the Russian flag as the Ukrainians did.
Did you see that busload of russian soldiers being traded with ukraine? All Kursk kids and all of them were teenagers....they all surrendered...as will russias newest conscripts.
While Russia presently seems to be able to continue prosecuting the war, it may be instructive to remember the Wehrmacht was able to mount the Battle of the Bulge offensive just a few months before they collapsed spectacularly. Sometimes the collapse occurs without warning. Maybe a petrol-filled ditch awaits Poot like it did Hitler and his poke.
But that was understrength divisions and the very last reserves. They had no reserves left they left vehicles as there was no fuel to move them. The whole thing was ill conceived and they didn't have the strength to push forward it lasted only few days.
@@barrymayson2492 So your point is? That Russia is any stronger than the Wehrmacht was in December, 1944? They're trying to raise another 180k men RN, and probably won't be able to field half that number of newly trained, remotely competent soldiers NEXT YEAR, if at all.
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@@Tommykey07Hitler only forgot to factor in one possibility,(Russian winter) . Don't know how Putin thought he could get the job done ,especially considering there are massive outside help . Even if by some miracle they manage to take Ukraine , Russia will have a massive drop in finance and workforce .
From a cold-business perspective: this war has been a catastrophe for the Russians bottom line, there is no way they have or will profit from this. Not to mention the immense suffering you can add as additional costs, the people involved in this war will be impacted by it mentally decades from now, causing more cost. Imperialism in the modern times doesn’t workout. Industrialised countries are very resilient to invasions.
The latest armed forces ads in Russia put across the point, "Join the SMO or you're a homosexual!" and implying being gay is a bad thing. But reality says that if they join the SMO they will help grow sunflowers in the spring. 😢
I'm still surprised (I shouldn't be) that the Russian military hasn't had a widescale mutiny (Not counting Wagner at all that wasn't from the army) and rebelled against Putin. I've seen a lot of articles saying by 2026 Russia's economy will really start to hurt.
You underestimate the harsh top-down control the Russian military exerts. Western culture embraces ingenuity and adaptiveness on the battlefield, such things are not only discouraged but earns you "discipline" in the Russian army, so you keep your head down and do as you are told, no matter how dumb or dangerous it is. Because "better men" than you have decided that is the best strategy. I would be surprised at any large scale mutiny. And don't forget, Putin has at least once deployed "barrier troops" to keep frontline soldiers fighting.
There is a lot of political maneuvering involved with the way military leadership is handled. The Russians do their best to not allow any blocs of leadership to gather too much power (Prighozin was an exception, and look what happened). They also force their commands to compete for resources and virtually decimate their ranks when they see commanders doing too well.
wow, all you global northerners are so ignorant... This was all started by NATO, Russia is in a corner, you'd know this if you started paying attention in the mid 90's instead of 2 years ago. What else to expect? Most of NATO's economy depends on things like laundering cartel/mafia money, tax heavens, neocolonialism through financial institutions and transnationals, and most importantly: creating new markets to sell their weapons. THIS is why most of the global south has been more on the side of Russia this time, because we are sick of NATO's hypocrisy. YOU create these situations whilst acting morally superior? it is outrageous. why is there no mutiny? because for most russians this is an existential threat and the harshness is worth it.
Putin is their idea of a "Gets things done in the manliest way possible" leader. They can't fathom this level of failure from super powerful Russia. TL;DR - Denial.
Conservatives usually enjoy rigid hierarchies and strict leaders. Russia meets these expectations quite well. What fulfills the expectations so well is praised by them at every opportunity. Cons and drawbacks are deliberately concealed.
Because they are conservative in the places they get news from. If they only watch grifters on the kremlin payroll then it makes sense they'd feel that way.
because they have nuclear weapons so we cant just blow them up like we could a non nuclear power, it has to be done by other means. I'm curious why liberals seem to have a sick fascination with russia too, they seem to talk about putin and russia far more often than any conservative I've heard.
people conscripted won't get the signup bonus nor the enhanced service pay - you could see it as a way to reduce costs. It will cause political problems though.
Quick Addendum from Bali: There are triple-digit thousands of new Russians here (the smartest ones probably) that came over before the first mobilization. It's not a safe assumption that they vanished from the workforce. A very good chunk of them, if not a majority, are working remotely.
Yo Joe, Well said and well done here. Just one small point though, for at least the past two years ANY of the New Volunteers to Mother Ruzzias' fighting force are made to purchase ALL their own gear as it seems Ruzzia has not been able to AFFORD to Clothe them. So no matter IF the Incoming Soldier received one of these Bonuses or not, they HAVE to go 'Out Of Pocket' for the Camouflage Shirts, Jackets, and Pants, (let alone ANY 'EXTRAS' such as bullet proof vests). This information is now Common Knowledge inside Ruzzia to the point where many 'Fresh Troops' that arrive on the Front Line wearing these items are summarily beaten for them and then pointed to the front line to start their 'Service' for the Motherland. One hell of a way to run a Rail Road. Thanks for the Post!
Joe thanks so much for these videos. They’re so informative. Can you discuss the BRICS hopefully in the next videos. Would like to see how that will affect the western world.
@@stephenmuir5030 Strange. I noticed that a comment I made elsewhere was lost. When I hit the button to add my comment, something happened so I hit it again. I thought youtube algorithms would detect this and discard the second comment
Russia can only increase the army in bodies, but not in equipment, and without equipment a soldier is useless in todays wars. So this increase is totally useless! They lose more equipment each day than they can produce!
In terms of active personnel size, the US is just third (1.3 million), but 99% of which are highly trained and well equipped. On paper Russia has a larger army in terms of personnel, but 80% of them are poorly trained and poorly equipped. China is somewhere in the middle: First in numbers, mostly poorly trained, medium in equipment, zero combat experience and 95% of them don't know how to swim - a skill they would need if they face the US Navy in Taiwan.
It’s an economic decision as much as political. Protecting sea lanes etc. and keeping goods flowing around is very important for global trade. It’s not altruism, and could easily change if a more isolationist regime takes power.
The US was the only effective counter to the threat posed by the Soviets at the end of WW2. If the Soviets had had a more congenial political system, America might have subsided into what we might think of as a "normal" nation.
Pretty sure it's profitable in one way or another. Otherwise they would have gone to save Yemen from terorism for example. Or any other hellhole no value country.
@@dipi71 You wont find it easily . The establishment doesn’t want it known . But the number is accurate. You have to go back to2014 and include those Ukrainians who fled to Russia ( millions
@@TrevorCrook-c1s I asked you for a source. You provided none. »That what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.« -- Christopher Hitchens
actually nowadays its more like £45-47k or $55k-55k per year, and it gets paid to them every 4 weeks assuming they check in alive still with their commander
@@SHERMA. lots of videos say otherwise, they all complain they DONT get what they where promised,, they cant even send money back,, the family back home has to send THEM money
Russia drafts a bunch of conscripts every year. It sounds like a bit more are going each year but 100k was normal before the war. Hopefully the Russian people will overthrow Putin and get a sane leader.
Dead men don't cash their cheques
The generals and colonels cash out this money from ATM, so wifes and kids dont get it. This country is pure evil.
Dead men don't tell any tales.
Their commanders DO 😂😂
I think someone higher up will cash the money.
Dead men also don't receive disability benefits or rebel against an evil dictator who destroyed their country. It's why they aren't allowed to go home and they force cripples to "charge" machine gun nests on crutches.
Until there will be famine in Russia, most people will consider things "not that bad". Really.
That or Ukraine invades Moscow and puts its flag in the centre of the town.
I don't know current Russia has been completely neutered.
"it's not the Tsar, it's the middle management"
"I don't have any opinions on that"
"I don't follow politics"
When famine will begin in Russia, most people will say "Well at least we don't need to fight in trenches while starving"
I was totally wondering why Russia’s spending so much on growing the military, when the citizens in most of the federation live in poverty. It’s terrible.
@@drewmalesky9869 Yeah I think as General Ben Hodges, russians have been breed into submission(everyone with any rebellious dna have been killed for hundreds of years). So just like dogs russians have been breed to have curtain "qualities"
The cruelty that Russian soldier's exhibit towards their own people and their wounded comrades is disturbing
What is equally or perhaps more disturbing is that we have been trading with these people for decades, thus effectively sponsoring them.
The callousness people have towards Russian soldiers too is disturbing. They are people too and they don't see themselves as the 'bad guys' as much as people like to pretend. Thousands and thousands dead on both sides but people only care about Ukrainians like Russian soldiers voted to go to war.
@@cpk313 it’s an abuse spiral. Hurt people hurt people. Sad really.
It's Russia...
Interesting comment - the Russians are equal-opportunity savage, as savage to each other as to foreigners. What a culture - with any luck, its collapse is in sight now.
With a burn rate of ~1,100 per day, 180,000 new recruits would last them only about 5.5 months!
😂 I was going to say that
"INCOMING!".........That exact moment you realize you made a terrible career choice.
The birth rate was about 1.5 million men per year but that's been declining for the last 5 to 10 years.
But they've been trying to avoid using descendants of the muscovite tribe who are concentrated in St Petersburg and Moscow in the military.
Winter is coming so less
If they get rushed within days then it might not even be enough to overwhelm Ukrainian forces in which case the casualties might be even heavier than that every day.
Also 1000 soldiers per day is the equivalent of losing a Regiment every single day. Let that sink in.
I live in America, and work with the public. And have seen dozens and dozens of Russians (men, men plus families) coming through here. Also dozens and dozens of Ukrainians. All here because it is far away from the war.
did you hear the MAGA lunatics claiming that serving the people isn't REAL work? Only "private sector" is real employment according to them
If tRUMP gets into power in November he will send them all back to help his boyfriend Pootler.
Like USA citizen running to Canada during Vietnam?
130,000 Ukraine people sheltering here
@@RUSGPol-pk7psare you not running too?
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Technically Russian military isn't really growing when you factor in their losses on the battlefield.
Ukraine seems to demilitarize about 30k per month, Russia claims, and a lot of indicators seem to confirm that, that they generate >30k cannon fodder per month. So their military is indeed increasing, at a very low rate, true, but increasing.
The last few months they seem to struggle keeping up these generation numbers, so, maybe the tide starts to turn.
That was my first though...wonder how many have deserted or surrendered.
Losses on the battlefield according to the Pentagon is 70,000 . And they are increasing the size of their army by hundreds of thousands . So that is growth
@@bobgarner9228You need to move on to a second thought
Russia expanded their population when they took over donbas etc. They now can expand their military
As Putin doubles down, the oligarchs must be asking, "If not now, when..."
Most of these ”oligarchs” are just simple thieves. Like roman ”chupadiesel” abramovich who stole entire train tanks with diesel before he became an ”oligarch”. They just don’t have any power. There’s nothing they can do without fsb knowing.
If there's one that would remove Putin if he thought he and his family would get out of it alive, is that sniveling little background weasel, Medvedev.
Kinda like how we are asking, when will people stop being too weak minded to question what the mainstream media tells them to think and believe. and think for themselves
Nah. External conflict keeps'em safe from internal turmoil.
I'd agree Putin is authortarian, but I've never understood the American tendency to use the term oligarchs in reference to Russia rather than America. The US is one of the most economically unequal countries in the world, far more so than Russia (see Gini index rankings). So what makes rich Russians oligarchs but not Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerburg, Larry Elison, Elon Musk, and sundry other American billionaires that interfere in Amercian polics to further their interests at the expense of average Americans?
Hmmm, 180.000 ? That's about 6 months of life extension for Putin.
Then, will be another 180k Russians. Russians wont act against Putin because they don't care about other people life. It's extreme selfishness state of mind.
This made me laugh way too uncomfortably hard. What a waste of human life for this old loser.
if he could fill them and pay them....LOL
i didnt watch the vid, but im assuming hes drafting 180k russians. but i do know hes using conscripts and convicts on the frontlines now. the rate at which they surrender before even fighting is astronomical. 6 months is generous.
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Russia, you better get that fool outa office!!!! Its going to end very badly for you if not.
Oh we didn’t know that. Thanks we’ll tell Putin jacenow2035 says leave or else. 😅
@@rudebuddha4895 yeah good point, russians lack courage, bravery and integrity. I doubt they will ever do anything about it.
@@rudebuddha4895 there you go.
You do not understand how Russia works.
It s impossible Russia is like big North Korea, i know that.
I suspect that they are saying that they are increasing the size of the army because saying that they need to replace all the dead ones wouldn't go down too well.
well yeah they lost 600 thousand 180 is the least they need to get some men back on the field which is why saying oh our military is now 1.5 million large as long as they are counting the dead in the military as well that math works🤣🤣
because America only counts the living in their military size
Yup.
You nailed it! The only reason why they are coming up with this is because they cannot publicly disclose their losses. Every time they do this they are essentially giving us a pretty reasonable idea of the size of their casualties.
@@raven4k998 Can you point me in the direction of your sources? The internet is filled with misinformation these days and I'm struggling to find reliable sources.
@@MrHowardMoon UK MoD. ISW. Mediazona. BBC Russian Service. Pick one. Some journalists have been using publicly available obituary data to statistically estimate total losses across Russia. Which is an underestimate as many of the deceased come from small rural villages. It's all we can do when Russia won't release info and claims it's only 6,000 KIA.
put in to perspective that Russia all ready lost 600k soldiers little more little less.
Stop listening to the BBC
give or take, you are correct.
It's to little no
And yet they’re still winning in Ukraine despite being against the entirety of NATO.
@@r.w.emersonii3501 Cope, orc
Conscripts and recent volunteers = cannon fodder.
There have been reports of the new conscripts including wounded and mentally disturbed ex-servicemen, the disabled (mentally and physically), old men and young boys. Of course, none of these include relatives of the siloviki or oligarchs.
But they are not volunteers. No man or teen can leave Ukraine. And police obeying non-Ukrainian orders hunt for them in police vans to send to the front line where they are being massacred , being so few
Anyone in any army = fodder. $$$vs.
@@RoyCousins Babooshka is next.
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When you've lost around 700,000 and have no empathy you don't have any other option...
Ukraine has lost just as many. Do not be fooled.
@@cws8914 Yeah. People don't want to see the reality. Both sides have lost a lot of people. Some of them have ran away.
Russians are losing worse than 3 to 1, and their equipment is being rapidly depleted to the point where they will run out of multiple artillery and other systems by end of 2025.
@@cws8914 Difference is, if the Russian army stood down and went home, Ukraine wouldn't follow them to Moscow. Ukraine can not be quite so certain that there aren't a bunch of little green tourists in Kiev if the Ukrainian army stands down.
No other options.
New "recruits", not new soldiers. More like civilians with guns.
Except they don't get guns, the guns get stolen and sold in the lack market-- often hidden in the packaging of Russian corpses.
And what percentage of those civilians are likely to have experience with hunting or target shooting?
The thing is deer doesn't shoot back.
Few @@ak5659
At the first taste of combat and seeing there Conrad's killed around them the civilians with guns are going to throw up the white flag and surrender
What is the cost to Russian society with the dead,, wounded, permanently injured and disabled.
Not high enought..
Putin sends his country to hell
It was already hell. He's just moving it a little deeper.
@MrCobalt
I mean, he’s probably got about six more circles to go.
@@MrCobalt no it wasn't. what are you even talking about. Russia is a great place to live and still is. Don't talk about things you have no idea about, saves you from emberrasment
@@engliterra355 This joke is on you!
@@196Stefan2 your denying reality does not change it. you can hide your head in the sand all you want
Les seuls conquêtes de zone des russes sont les cimetières qu'ils agrandissent 😉🇺🇦👍🇨🇵
That was profound.
I fear that many bodies left in the field are 'recycled' by foxes, bears, dogs, mice, rats, worms & insects. Relatively few will see a final place in a recognised cemetery.
Most of the Russian soldiers are being left on the battlefield. Without a body, no compensation or pensions to the families of servicemen.
🖥"Certainement qui est en droit de vous rendre absurde, est en droit de vous rendre injuste"(Voltaire) Mort aux dictateurs! SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS
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its about time they panic
That will only happen when Vodka is no longer available/
The Russian people revolted at the beginning of the war but they were quickly arrested and given lengthy sentences in prison😢
@@billyjoesmo8251 Some fairly small groups protested, no revolt.
No one is. Deperate maybe, but there's no panic.
@@naponroy you know what is happening in the minds of every russian? there is desperation and millions have left, and soon a million russians will have died in a neighboring country, but there is zero panic you say.
It's interesting to think of any Russian as panicking. They seem to me to be detached and without empathy.....sad.
They are tired of this, honestly. Everyone just wants to ignore everything and live like there's nothing happening. Information about this war is absolutely everything. People just want to be left on their own. This is a psychological defense of the brain that allows you to avoid apathy and depression. It's just human nature and it is sad.
@@khodis2002 Theire country WAS left on it's own before it brutaly invaded a soveign european neighbourcountry and the majority of the russian population thought that was a brillant idea ... 😏
Most of Russia just seems to be getting on with things without problems. the economy is doing well and they just announced the purchase of 1.9 billion in gold bullion so money to spare
They say things like 'you get your bonus after first month's service'. Then they get put in a meatwave. No money needed.
The "fine print" in contracts will get you every time!
@@Jay.Kellett oh hell yeah.
The contract is endless. You sign a contract in which you give up your entire remaining life. There is no point in money, except to give your child a chance to get at least some education in the poor provinces. There is no more point imho
Putin's spinning up the meatgrinder. They're going to need a lot more Chinese golf carts.
❤Ukrainians ❤
SLAVA UKRAINE!
Putin khuylo!
Russia lived like this for many years. Inflation and economy collapse is nothing special for them.
Moscow control over some occupied nation fallen in 1991. Nothing special, like in 1918.
This is why people call them orcs 😅
Yes, that's what western ppl struggle to understand: the Russians are not new to this. They can go on for decades and so their Government, which is a clear expression of the majority of Russian people, not just a dictatorship.
Yes, Russians suffer well. It's their lot in life. Nothing to see here....move along. Apathy is in their blood and DNA.
They do not understand the economic system and do not care. The older people in Russia are used to communism where you are given a job and an income and did not need to think about saving money or interest rates.
I hope russians clean putin and stop this war
Thanks m8. i do feel you
Never.
How, exactly?
Excellent video, as always!!! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦!!!!
Putin has been losing more than 30,000 men per month for the past year and so I can see why he desperately needs to recruit more.
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Russia as 4 times the population of Ukraine. In a war of attrition Ukraine is far worse off. The real reason for this conflict is American government trying to use Ukranians is as a proxy against Russia. Had it been concern for the lives of Ukrainians or democracy, the US wouldn't have backed the violent overthrow of a democratically elected pro Russian governmnent during Europmaiden which is what triggered this contlict. Nor would they use that coup as a stepping stone to try to put abms and nukes on Russia's doorstep (see US reaction to Soviets trying to setup shop in Cuba)
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You do realise that this is utter nonsense. The total soldiers lost (according to the EU and NATO is approx. 130,000 Russian forces, and the losses for Ukrainian forces is in excess of 600,000.
This channel is simply misinforming people.
they are not losing 1,000 soldiers per day. more like 100, and ukraine is not that far behind
Many of the russian troops are complaining they are NOT getting paid if we are to believe several youtube videos.
Putin: Why would I pay soon to be dead men?
they are fighting with shovles and ran out of missiles two years ago
Where, I've looked?
Smart Russians have already left... only fools remain
Fools, poors and evils.
Many russians are really poor and would find it difficult to pay for a train ticket to get to neighbour country.
Rich is the word.
That’s not fair, some of the fools left too.
You mean those with money.
Early in the war, the number of Russian men in the age span 20 - 30 years, was 7 mio. Killed, severíly wounded and fleeing the country, by now must close in on 1½ mio as minimum. The armed forced are 2,3 mio. This has the implication than about half of the young men is not in the production and development sector. This is a death spiral for Russia.
All he needs to do, is take the phone, call Zylinsky and tell him "we f@cked up, this war is pointless! Make peace?" and all of this could be over in a heart beat . . .
True, but in reality as long as the elite in Ukraine are raking in cash from the war, that's not going to happen. Also, there is ZERO will in Congress to end the war for the same reason.
There's the little matter of Russian troops getting the hell out of Ukraine...
You don't really get it.
Zylinsky would answer: “That’s cool bro, now pay up for damage you’ve done” “That will be… literally everything you got” Member’ Germany after WWI? That’s Russia after a “peace” deal. For Russia, there is no difference between “peace” deal and total defeat.
@@3rdHalf1 Ofc there were other reasons as well, but unfortunately the Treaty of Versailles and the resentment in the German population to pay a ridiculous amount of money ended up empowering Hitler's rise to power. Especially if you manage to sell these reparations as unfairly placed upon you.
Putin’s army will increase, ok, but the level of incompetence remains the same 😮
Actually I think the incompetence will continue rising! The best Russia ever had is already long dead and gone.
acutally it gets worse. all the professionals are dead already.
Whereas the clever Ukrainians have perfected the art of leaving their fortresses and moving backwads
When will these troops figure out that there is a much easier target target up north?
@@marioformosa4259
Out of curiosity...
Quick IQ test:
Solve: 4, 5, 14, 185, ...
Russia has a PLAN to enlarge its army - but implementing the plan is another matter
At least they have a plan, and not a concept for a plan 😉
AND, all the military trainers have been sent to the front.
@@Andreas_42 and everything is absolutely going according to that plan 😉
@@Jay.Kellett yes, and in the next 15 days I will face it. New military conscription starts in 15 days. I honestly don't want to go their training. I don't even talk about the fact that I hate war, it's also the fact that the trainee program is the fullest bs it can possibly be. People clean toilets, carve out cubes out of snow, picking at grass curbs with a building nail and then go to the borders. That's insane...
And if I don't go there, I will have huge consequences. There's so little things I can do to avoid it...
Pretty sure Shoigu announced the exact same 1.5M number in 2022.
Fight for Putin's ego and stupidity? No thanks! LOL
With them knock off tyres on them because of all the corruption.
Think of the opportunities they are getting. Might get an opportunity to ride a 100cc bike into the battlefield, which is pretty cool.
Or even get to loot a toilet or two, and a 10 year old washing machine.
Panic on the streets of Moscow, panic on the streets of Belgorod, ...I wonder to myself.. :)
The Smiths. 😊 I like toying with lyrics too. 😉
@@georgejackson3570 Congrats! You win a thumbs up from me. :)
Panic may be too strong a word.
Watching this situation is as tragic as it is fascinating….. Never have we seen a country press the self destruct button…🇬🇧
... and hold the button down for two and a half years.
Is that a UK flag? Maybe we have seen it before... eight or nine years ago.
'suicidal mentality' of the Japanese
AKIRA IRIYE: Some people trace it back all the way to the feudal ethos. I think it seems to be a combination of two things. One is belief in Japanese national uniqueness, again this is an insular mentality, summed up in the sense that Japan is a unique country unlike any other country that can do things that no other country can do, and things like that. And this sense of uniqueness is combined with the Emperor worship. Again this is rather a recent origin: in the 1870s and 1880s the government decided to rally national opinion around the image of the Sacred Emperor, because this Emperor system seemed to be a long living line of Emperors; that is the longevity of the imperial line. Japan was unique and you died for your country but in fact you died for your Emperor, everything was in the name of the Emperor. In war, in battle, [soldiers] fought for the sake of honouring the Emperor, that kind of thing. That is one, mental attitude.
And the second reason is a more material kind of reason. That is that the Japanese army is much more poorly equipped. So the Japanese say, well, maybe we’re not as good in producing so many weapons as the Americans, but we have this spiritual aspect to it, that we can fight not simply with guns, but we can fight with our spirit. That spirit is the spirit of our selflessness and this is nothing that is part of your fighting. You know this famous exhortation not to be taken prisoner of war because they say to be taken prisoner of war is a shameful thing. Why? Because it shows that you have not fought till the very end. To fight to the very end is to honour the Emperor and to show that you can compensate for meagre weapons by using yourself, perhaps as a human shield, or in a suicide attack.
For these reasons I think even as early as the Russian/Japanese War you get lots of Japanese casualties because they believe in it, that death in battle is an honourable thing. I would think that there were so few Japanese prisoners of war taken by the Russians because they either committed suicide or they just fought to the very end before the Russians could capture them. The same is true in the 1930’s as well. I think you brought dishonour to your family and to your parents if you were caught prisoner during the war, so for these reasons I think there is a sense that the war is never finished until the last man dies. And the last man dies because that’s what they’re supposed to do.
Huh. Because the UK has ensured that 75% of all new jobs in UK over the past decade don’t go to native UK citizens; but to the migrants.
Then your government actively protects the migrants preying on British children.
Sounds pretty self-destructive to me.
What would you call the UK ensuring that 75% of all new UK jobs don’t go to UK citizens; but to migrants.
How’s that UK birth rate? How about the migrants?
You’ve been self-destructing for about 10 years now.
@@bryguy306 i'd call it an increase of new jobs that need to be filled.
Let's google 'enemployment rates' for the UK...and what the h***, let's also search the USA unemployment rate..
Looking at the figures.. I can conclude xenophobia.
From the beginning it was said that it is a war fueled on misery.
Russia isn't paying all these soldiers, though. They just declare many of them "missing" and thus they avoid having to pay. Many of those that do get paid, get paid much less than what they signed up for. Corruption of course also plays its part.
One can pretty much assume that many of the foreign fighters that decide to fight for Russia will lose their lives and never get paid.
They also make them buy a bunch of their own equipment, thereby effectively reducing the sign up bonus.
they get paid alright. Info from the first hand
That's the reality.
They can pay to stay off a meat wave attack for a week. Then pay again the following week until they are broke. Then they go MIA.
No surprise here! It will just continue until they turn on the authorities sending them to their own deaths.
Correction: Russia is not spending on *defence* It is spending on warfare against a country that presented no threat to it.
Ukrainian regime wants to give its country to the aggressor (nato) for free, supporting and participating in aggression makes Ukraine the same as if it were an aggressor, so that Russia does not break any law
That country only presented a "threat to Russia" after the president booted all the Russian Oligarchs that were actually running the country like a mafia from the Inside, Ukraine was never truly independent, only on paper. once the Billionaires bleeding the country were kicked out, all of a sudden Ukraine is a threat. yeah right.
Well said👏
Exactly! Russia created the threat to itself by invading a country which refused to give up the fight to resist them.
Ukraine is no threat but nato is would be the Russian view .
Blessings, peace and luck from California to Ukraine. 🙏🙏☮🍀💛💙
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Joe, one of the things I learned way back in the day, as a history major at the University of Texas, is that one reason for the Allie’s’ military success against Germany was manufacturing prowess. We built a lot of planes and tanks.
Putin’s biggest legacy will be his weakness. With his authoritarianism, corruption, incompetence and unnecessary war/genocide against Ukraine, Putin gutted Russian trade; Western investment in Russia; scientific, intellectual and cultural exchange; etc.
Also, Russia’s economy is going to shrink even further as their best and the brightest continue leave. And, in Putin’s stagnant economy, young people won’t have kids.
Also, culturally, after WWs I and II, Americans of German descent Anglicized their names, forgot German holidays and traditions and even stopped cooking German food.
Same thing is happening with Russian expats. We just had a Russian expat couple stay at our inn. They hid their Russian heritage.
The US stayed in Afghanistan for twenty years because every American leader until Biden was too cowardly to admit defeat. Putin, as a dictator, has an even stronger impetus to remain in Ukraine until the bitter end. But Russia is too weak to control its current borders, much less take over Ukraine, Georgia, Poland, Finland, etc.
And, I haven’t even touched on the economic and social costs of tens of thousands of injured soldiers coming home. Tsar Putin needs a title. Let’s call him “Putin the Inept.” Ok, something catchier. An insulting title needs to get back to Russians.
The US was not defeated in Afghanistan, despite the many deficiences of the Afghan leadership. In fact, we never lost a battle there. We kept the Taliban holed up in caves, mostly in Pakistan. There was relative piece in most populated parts of the country, and girls were able to get an education.
Things fell apart when Biden withdrew US forces precipitously, without consulting other nations who had contributed to the Alliance, and with no thought for the peril that the withdrawal would visit on the Afghans who had cooperated with us. Pompeo/Trump had laid out 13 preconditions for a US withdrawal. The Taliban were in compliance with NONE of them, but Biden pulled out anyway, leaving an immense amount of top-line military equipment at Baghram AFB for the Taliban to enjoy.
Mobilization just days away.. this decree is testing the waters.
It's date is for early December, so dunno, maybe testing the waters but it's not days away.
One little man with a silly walk has caused all this chaos.....
Go away Vlad
@@SteAsh Turn the reverb off.
@@SteAsh What are you? 10 years old? There are adults talking here.
Research Victoria Nuland in 2014.
Don't be a moron.
Attention Russians!! I am hearing an alarming amount of reports that Russian women in Belgorod are wearing shirts which say “Handsome Ukraine Man Invade Here!!” or “My borders are not deffended” and have an arrow pointing in various, innapropriate directions. This sort of behavior is not appreciated by the heroic liberators of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Please be respectful of their boundaries, and do not grab, spank, or propose marriage to soldiers. Thank you.
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😂 I will get your coat.
A lot of the Russians that make it back to Russia, won't close the employment gap either. Many of them will be injured, disabled, traumatized, and considering what one hears about the situation in Russia, they wont receive the help they need. They may be able to find people for unskilled labor, but the kind of workforce you need for a modern economy is gone, dead, or in "silent emigration". Russia is already ruined, inertia keeps it going.
As the son of an accountant:
You have to look at the balance sheet. You draft another 100k people, but already have sent 200k soldiers („successfully“) to the meat grinder, you don’t expanded, but you reduced your army by 100k.
From my country‘s history books: it doesn’t make any sense to invade other countries. Your need to be a mentally disturbed leader to think otherwise.
It can make sense to create a state of war or emergency to a dictator. To stay in power or alive
@@Jakob_DK The problem is that Putin is incompetent. His economy was weak before he even started his war, and now it's nearing collapse. When the Russian economy collapses, the FSB won't look kindly on Putin.
@@Jakob_DKthis. Keep in power. Shared by Kim Jung IL and xi
Americans invade and destroy entire nations all the time. How does it make sense for them? I guess that explains part of the 35 trillion in debt.
And they are constantly increasing the central bank key interest rate. They must have a blast!
There's a big difference between signing a decree increasing the number of bodies, and actually finding the bodies to fill the decree. Sadly, that still means there will be a lot more bodies left behind when they inevitably retreat.
Then let NATO troops come in and help Ukraine! After all, the propagandists already claim they are fighting against NATO, so let's make that lie a reality and help the greatly outnumbered Ukrainians, who are losing their finest citizens.
100%
BAD idea. Very bad.
The solution is to immediately negotiate a peace treaty.
@@robv1257 you're obviously Russian. Why don't you overthrow your awful government? All Russia needs to do is get out of Ukraine
Then you go. Go and join the foreign legion if you want to fight so badly, what's stopping you? Oh, you mean you want other people to fight your wars for you?
Always people with no skin in the game with the loudest, absurd opinions about forced conscription and sending others to war.
Who wouldn't want to spend the winter in a dirt hovel trench?
Thanks Joe for the update❤❤
“Getting their skates on and leave Russia “ 😂
And the population? After he had stripped the schools and homeless, where next?
Russia will conscript women. And then children.
Everything is optional in Russia as long as Putin and his select few thrive everyone else is optional.
He already emptied the prisons.
New ones age in every day...except Russians haven't been having kids.
Taking residents from care homes for the elderly?
Why is Putin still consuming oxygen ?
What in the world would make people in Russia sign up for the military? Russia has a serious man power issue for workers in the Civilian world. If you really need a job, you'd take one of those.
@@dalegg66 They get a lot to sign up. It’s a lot for them. And then there are those that have spent too much and now can’t pay. And there are wives that encourage their drunkard husbands to join.
Issuing a decree increasing the size of the military by 180,000 is a long way from actually getting those bodies. They still have not recruited the last target of 150,000 and in the meantime they are losing a1000 plus a day killed and wounded. No wonder they are suddenly so keen on prisoner swaps and also no wonder that the Russian soldiers being exchanged don't look too happy about it. There were no videos of them getting off the buses and joyfully kissing the Russian flag as the Ukrainians did.
They bussed them right back to the front lines for surrendering!
Did you see that busload of russian soldiers being traded with ukraine? All Kursk kids and all of them were teenagers....they all surrendered...as will russias newest conscripts.
I can see why. It's not like anybody's actually attacking Russia. They know it's a sham.
While Russia presently seems to be able to continue prosecuting the war, it may be instructive to remember the Wehrmacht was able to mount the Battle of the Bulge offensive just a few months before they collapsed spectacularly. Sometimes the collapse occurs without warning. Maybe a petrol-filled ditch awaits Poot like it did Hitler and his poke.
But that was understrength divisions and the very last reserves. They had no reserves left they left vehicles as there was no fuel to move them. The whole thing was ill conceived and they didn't have the strength to push forward it lasted only few days.
@@barrymayson2492 So your point is? That Russia is any stronger than the Wehrmacht was in December, 1944? They're trying to raise another 180k men RN, and probably won't be able to field half that number of newly trained, remotely competent soldiers NEXT YEAR, if at all.
That is happening right now, Putin's push into Ukraine in response to Kursk being taken.
@@barrymayson2492 if I have to keep increasing my army size to fight a smaller country that's not looking good.
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Wouldn't it be hilarious if Snowden got conscripted?
And Steven Segal hopefully.
@@zacklewis342 What job could he be fit for? 🤔
And Mr Segal.
@@anjafarkThe same job that Russia gave their missileers - frontline infantry.
Economics gone backwards, Putin invaded yet never gave a thought about this , what a guy !!!
what do you expect he has no brain, stupidity at best 😅
He absolutely gave thought to it. Unfortunately, the original plan was that they would get the whole job done in 2 to 3 weeks. ... Whoops!
Putin and his generals believed their own propaganda and assumed they would take Ukraine in a few weeks 😂
It was similar to Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. No consideration of the possibility that the best case scenario won't happen.
@@Tommykey07Hitler only forgot to factor in one possibility,(Russian winter) . Don't know how Putin thought he could get the job done ,especially considering there are massive outside help . Even if by some miracle they manage to take Ukraine , Russia will have a massive drop in finance and workforce .
Implying the soldiers are getting paid lmao
They are not, or it's far from the promised money.
I bet pootin regrets invading Ukraine...
ONLY if he is smart, and has a conscience, and that is not a certainty!
Bet he would never admit it...
He will never admit it this what happened when God wants to punish someone he first blocks your capacity to think right
You should never start what you cannot finish….
Nah, he still thinks that its just a „special military operation“ that wont last long lol
From a cold-business perspective: this war has been a catastrophe for the Russians bottom line, there is no way they have or will profit from this. Not to mention the immense suffering you can add as additional costs, the people involved in this war will be impacted by it mentally decades from now, causing more cost.
Imperialism in the modern times doesn’t workout. Industrialised countries are very resilient to invasions.
Tell it Xi..
The latest armed forces ads in Russia put across the point, "Join the SMO or you're a homosexual!" and implying being gay is a bad thing. But reality says that if they join the SMO they will help grow sunflowers in the spring. 😢
Poor people, the majority, can't leave. They are stuck.
Orcs are not people.
They love there smart little leader who knows all and cares for everyone
Nobody is stuck, people can leave anytime. Funny they don't want to, hah?
Same here. Any of our young with half a brain are leaving the gammon to stew in their own juices.
@@engliterra355Of course, everyone has money to move, a profession that will allow them to work in other countries and excellent language skills
One way trip to Ukraine.
I'm still surprised (I shouldn't be) that the Russian military hasn't had a widescale mutiny (Not counting Wagner at all that wasn't from the army) and rebelled against Putin. I've seen a lot of articles saying by 2026 Russia's economy will really start to hurt.
You underestimate the harsh top-down control the Russian military exerts. Western culture embraces ingenuity and adaptiveness on the battlefield, such things are not only discouraged but earns you "discipline" in the Russian army, so you keep your head down and do as you are told, no matter how dumb or dangerous it is. Because "better men" than you have decided that is the best strategy. I would be surprised at any large scale mutiny. And don't forget, Putin has at least once deployed "barrier troops" to keep frontline soldiers fighting.
you seem to believe things are going bad for Russia, what gives you that idea?
There is a lot of political maneuvering involved with the way military leadership is handled. The Russians do their best to not allow any blocs of leadership to gather too much power (Prighozin was an exception, and look what happened). They also force their commands to compete for resources and virtually decimate their ranks when they see commanders doing too well.
wow, all you global northerners are so ignorant... This was all started by NATO, Russia is in a corner, you'd know this if you started paying attention in the mid 90's instead of 2 years ago. What else to expect? Most of NATO's economy depends on things like laundering cartel/mafia money, tax heavens, neocolonialism through financial institutions and transnationals, and most importantly: creating new markets to sell their weapons. THIS is why most of the global south has been more on the side of Russia this time, because we are sick of NATO's hypocrisy. YOU create these situations whilst acting morally superior? it is outrageous.
why is there no mutiny? because for most russians this is an existential threat and the harshness is worth it.
@@fergus247 hmm maybe because the two week "special military operation" did not succeed ?
Today I signed a decree that increased my armed forces to 9999 billion men, so you know, thats cool.
Isn't that in violation of the tenants of the codex?
Something I’m curious about, is why conservative individuals think that Russia is exponentially more powerful than it is
They don't. They just associate Ukraine with "leftists"
Putin is their idea of a "Gets things done in the manliest way possible" leader. They can't fathom this level of failure from super powerful Russia. TL;DR - Denial.
Conservatives usually enjoy rigid hierarchies and strict leaders. Russia meets these expectations quite well. What fulfills the expectations so well is praised by them at every opportunity. Cons and drawbacks are deliberately concealed.
Because they are conservative in the places they get news from. If they only watch grifters on the kremlin payroll then it makes sense they'd feel that way.
because they have nuclear weapons so we cant just blow them up like we could a non nuclear power, it has to be done by other means. I'm curious why liberals seem to have a sick fascination with russia too, they seem to talk about putin and russia far more often than any conservative I've heard.
When Joe drops a video. I get my skates on and watch it.
Why do you wear skates when watching his videos?
@@stephenmuir5030 It was an expression Joe used a couple of times in the video.
people conscripted won't get the signup bonus nor the enhanced service pay - you could see it as a way to reduce costs. It will cause political problems though.
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Philip Ittner & Jessica Berlin interview
such a shame...russia could be experiencing a new golden age if not for this ruinous war.
Not really. The nomenklatura have been absorbing all the funds, no golden age for the rest
Quick Addendum from Bali: There are triple-digit thousands of new Russians here (the smartest ones probably) that came over before the first mobilization. It's not a safe assumption that they vanished from the workforce. A very good chunk of them, if not a majority, are working remotely.
Thank you for the analysis.
so not only does he has to replace the losses but find another additional 180K... good luck with that, Vlad.
Easy, just one TV advertising spot and the sheeps will come.
@@catarmy6927 these advertising spots are absolutely everywhere already. It's not enough at all. People don't want to go to war.
@@khodis2002 30K people per month are signing. More than enough for now.
Yo Joe, Well said and well done here. Just one small point though, for at least the past two years ANY of the New Volunteers to Mother Ruzzias' fighting force are made to purchase ALL their own gear as it seems Ruzzia has not been able to AFFORD to Clothe them. So no matter IF the Incoming Soldier received one of these Bonuses or not, they HAVE to go 'Out Of Pocket' for the Camouflage Shirts, Jackets, and Pants, (let alone ANY 'EXTRAS' such as bullet proof vests). This information is now Common Knowledge inside Ruzzia to the point where many 'Fresh Troops' that arrive on the Front Line wearing these items are summarily beaten for them and then pointed to the front line to start their 'Service' for the Motherland. One hell of a way to run a Rail Road. Thanks for the Post!
the rich and connected have already left, same for China.
Dying for Putin is no way of living! 🙄
Joe thanks so much for these videos. They’re so informative. Can you discuss the BRICS hopefully in the next videos. Would like to see how that will affect the western world.
That's a five second video: it won't. But Joe will still waffle on for 15-20min anyway.
Really appreciate your rational approach to this issue, Joe. Russia acting more Soviet as time passes. We saw how that turned out.
Many don't get the opportunity to cash the first check. The check is in the mail, most likely not funny to many.
The generals and colonels cash out this money from ATM, so wifes and kids dont get it. This country is pure evil.
Actually, they will cash that check because it’s for signing up. It’s check #2 that’s problematic, I think
Actually, they will cash that check because it’s for signing up. It’s check #2 that’s problematic, I think
@@TheFrewah Ah, I see what you did there by putting your comment in the post twice!
@@stephenmuir5030 Strange. I noticed that a comment I made elsewhere was lost. When I hit the button to add my comment, something happened so I hit it again. I thought youtube algorithms would detect this and discard the second comment
Russia can only increase the army in bodies, but not in equipment, and without equipment a soldier is useless in todays wars. So this increase is totally useless! They lose more equipment each day than they can produce!
In terms of active personnel size, the US is just third (1.3 million), but 99% of which are highly trained and well equipped. On paper Russia has a larger army in terms of personnel, but 80% of them are poorly trained and poorly equipped. China is somewhere in the middle: First in numbers, mostly poorly trained, medium in equipment, zero combat experience and 95% of them don't know how to swim - a skill they would need if they face the US Navy in Taiwan.
I saw the DEI recruits... are you shure they are trained? They even dishonored West Point..
@@AS-np3yq No such thing. It's a 100% volunteer force.
Good morning, Joe. ☕️
I wonder how many of those “active” only exit on paper.
Perhaps their commanders will pocket their wages. This will also mean that the numbers of front line troops will be over estimated.
The USA not only defends itself but is in the unenviable position of defending the world.
It’s an economic decision as much as political. Protecting sea lanes etc. and keeping goods flowing around is very important for global trade. It’s not altruism, and could easily change if a more isolationist regime takes power.
We don’t defend ourselves 😅 can’t even protect our borders 🤣
The US was the only effective counter to the threat posed by the Soviets at the end of WW2. If the Soviets had had a more congenial political system, America might have subsided into what we might think of as a "normal" nation.
Pretty sure it's profitable in one way or another. Otherwise they would have gone to save Yemen from terorism for example. Or any other hellhole no value country.
And RU is sending covert soldiers into US. China too.
Thanks!
The population of Ukraine has gone from 41 million prewar to 19 million now . Surely that is a bigger problem ?
I can't find any source for your claim - from 41 to 19 million? Really?
@@dipi71 You wont find it easily . The establishment doesn’t want it known . But the number is accurate. You have to go back to2014 and include those Ukrainians who fled to Russia ( millions
@@TrevorCrook-c1s - How do you know that »the number is accurate?«
Which number? Which year?
Again: What's your source for your claims?
@@dipi71 Millions have also gone to Russia . The exodus started after the 2014 coup
@@TrevorCrook-c1s I asked you for a source. You provided none. »That what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.« -- Christopher Hitchens
Brilliant reporting 👏
Это все строго по плану!
It’s a really bad plan ! 😂
yeah bad plan, think it backfired 😂
Life is cheap in Russia.
😢 poor Russia people their suffering just like Ukrainian innocent people.
Lets not forget that Ukraine keeps blowing the "business opportunities" Russia are trying to build in Ukraine as well.
Heres your $20k - we'll keep it safe for you until you get back from the front.
That dam "fine print" in a contract will get you every time!
actually nowadays its more like £45-47k or $55k-55k per year, and it gets paid to them every 4 weeks assuming they check in alive still with their commander
@@SHERMA. They could make the same money just working a simple job in the USA like working in car repair, same $
@@SHERMA. lots of videos say otherwise, they all complain they DONT get what they where promised,, they cant even send money back,, the family back home has to send THEM money
@@SHERMA. 🤣 The orcs say a lot of sh!t
Again great work, Thanks Joe👌🙏
‘Everything going to plan’ Putler the dreamer
Russia drafts a bunch of conscripts every year. It sounds like a bit more are going each year but 100k was normal before the war. Hopefully the Russian people will overthrow Putin and get a sane leader.
How could Putin feed these ordinary people going to war when there are no manpower to make the farm working.
For centuries Russia raided Poland and Ukraine for food.
Putin’s “Special Invitation to Join the Russian Army”.