Yeah but how much of that population is off limits to make it appear that Putin has it all under control? When he starts drafting the Russians he's claiming to protect the ethnicity of, he's a political dead duck.

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♲ Infoseepage #StopGazaGenocide - 2024-05-15 21:23:54 GMT

The problem is that Russia has 3.8x the population of Ukraine. Unless Ukraine's losses are vastly, vastly disproportionately less, Russia can afford to bleed at a high rate longer. They also have a huge weight of old metal behind them and have ramped up their shell manufacturing such that they're able to shell Ukraine at 8-10 to 1. Last estimate I saw based on Satellite data is that Russia doesn't run out of tanks for another 2-2.5 years.