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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes, let's look at the conditions inside Russia. The economy is growing faster than the G7, and Russia is outproducing the west 3x in terms of stuff like artillery shells. Meanwhile, there is zero evidence that Ukrainian attacks on refineries have actually achieved anything. Last I checked Russian oil exports are still going strong.

There's also zero actual evidence for the claims of meatwave tactics, this is just the racist asiatic hordes narrative westerners keep clinging to.

And not sure how Russian border guards repelling attacks at the border is misuse of border guards in your mind.

Maybe read and try to learn from what people with a clue have to say, as explained by an actual professional in the article I linked instead of clinging to your delusional fantasies.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ah, yes, Vershinin, the first "first director of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library, from 2009 until 2018". Solid source.

Imagine being so lost.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, Lt Col (Retd) Alex Vershinin has 10 years of frontline experience in Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan. For the last decade before his retirement, he worked as a modelling and simulations officer in concept development and experimentation for NATO and the US Army.

Imagine being so lost indeed.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not questioning his experience but rather his objectivity. Something you should try every once in a while looking at the trash you comment here.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If you're questioning the objectivity of a former NATO officer with a ton of experience then you're just grasping at straws.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Care to provide sources? So far you only quoted RUSI and what he says about himself....

Oh wait, nevermind, I just realized I don't really care

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Provide sources for what exactly? Are you questioning his credentials? Do you even know what RUSI is?