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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by tokai on Monday April 03, 2023 @08:05AM (#35422078)
Its a classic russian strategy for coping. They will state that they are choosing to loose and that they could win if they wanted. It's unclear what exactly this helps, other than making them seem incompetent and willing to let people die when it could have been avoided.
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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by foverzar on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:48AM (#35424546)
> It's unclear what exactly this helps, other than making them seem incompetent and willing to let people die when it could have been avoided.

How exactly is the massive deployment of mobile artillery supposed to result in less deaths?

In any case, the end of the war would obviously not be the end of the world. Isn't the whole point of the aid for Ukraine that it is supposed to contain Russia and deplete its military and economic capabilities?

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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by smcl on Monday April 03, 2023 @12:00PM (#35426089)
The point of the aid is to assist Ukraine in its defence. Whether Putin chooses to continue to exhaust Russian military stockpiles and crater the Russian economy in pursuit of a war that looks increasingly unwinnable is his choice.
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Re:Russia confiscates passports of senior officials to stop ... by foverzar on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:14AM (#35434968)
> Whether Putin chooses to continue to exhaust Russian military stockpiles and crater the Russian economy in pursuit of a war that looks increasingly unwinnable is his choice.

So yeah, my point to parent asking why Russia might not be throwing everything at once.

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