Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-23 and Invasion

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I've already seen clips of Russians building filtration systems, badly, to get some water.

Can't wait for large scale dysentery breaking out and wrecking Russian units. Sooner the better

[crazy canuck]

NYTimes is reporting that the Russians are pulling units out of the front in Ukraine to defend in Russia.

[Zoupa]

NYTimes is reporting that the Russians are pulling units out of the front in Ukraine to defend in Russia.

[Josquius]

I'm not sure the analogy works. This wasn't highly publicised at all. Or is this the second offensive? So what was the first?
Certainly seems to be some trickery though.
 Big fingers crossed. Seems a really dodgy situation for Ukraine where once false move could be dire.

[Tamas]

With those supposedly massive manpower reserves, Russia sure seems to be having some German 1945 age distributions in Kursk:

[DGuller]

The conscripts by definition have a very narrow age range during peace time.  As far as conscription is concerned, Russia is still at peacetime.

[Tamas]

The conscripts by definition have a very narrow age range during peace time.  As far as conscription is concerned, Russia is still at peacetime.

Still I don't think parents are aware that their kids receiving basic training are used to shore up the defenses of border regions.

[DGuller]

The conscripts by definition have a very narrow age range during peace time.  As far as conscription is concerned, Russia is still at peacetime.

Still I don't think parents are aware that their kids receiving basic training are used to shore up the defenses of border regions.

Who gives a shit what parents are aware of, this is government business.  If parents didn't want this, they should have worked harder so that they could afford to have their sons be medically ineligible for service.

[Tamas]

The conscripts by definition have a very narrow age range during peace time.  As far as conscription is concerned, Russia is still at peacetime.

Still I don't think parents are aware that their kids receiving basic training are used to shore up the defenses of border regions.

Who gives a shit what parents are aware of, this is government business.  If parents didn't want this, they should have worked harder so that they could afford to have their sons be medically ineligible for service.

It can matter politically, if Ukraine can keep sharing material about the teenage POWs they have. The illusion that the war is some thing happening outside of Russian people's daily lives must be shattered and this, along with the offensive as a whole, can be good for that.

[jimmy olsen]

With those supposedly massive manpower reserves, Russia sure seems to be having some German 1945 age distributions in Kursk:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-13/ukraine-kursk-incursion-exposes-russia-troop-shortage

[Josquius]

The conscripts by definition have a very narrow age range during peace time.  As far as conscription is concerned, Russia is still at peacetime.

Still I don't think parents are aware that their kids receiving basic training are used to shore up the defenses of border regions.

I think the point is that Russia didn't expect Ukraine to attack. They thought having these conscript kids sitting in Kursk was fine and it would free up the volunteer soldiers to be fed into the mincer.

I've heard this is a key part of Ukraine's aims or at least a big positive side effect for them of this offensive. They aren't just blowing up poor sods from Siberia, its kids from Moscow and the other cities that the Russian regime has to actually care about.

Must be noted though...aren't there Geneva convention issues with sharing these photos clearly showing their faces?

[crazy canuck]

All is fine in the Hunger Games until the kids from District 1 start dying.

[grumbler]

Must be noted though...aren't there Geneva convention issues with sharing these photos clearly showing their faces?

Yes, if it is the Ukrainian government doing it, as opposed to some Ukrainian soldier posting on social media.

[Admiral Yi]

At 40 seconds there's a map of Ukrainian occupied Russian territory.

[Tamas]

Interesting analysis by random Russian-born philosopher guy on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/2jFuV1UxaCE?si=MQx2KW_zrHWf3Hzl