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MineralMan

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15. Russia Is Not the Huge Military Power It Claims to Be.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 01:43 PM

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Hasn't been for a long time. It still has nukes, but fails at real warfare where people and machines have to face each other.

It can't cope with drones coming from Ukraine. No defenses at all against that.

It tried to invade Ukraine. All it got was a bunch of dead soldiers and not much progress.

It's running out of supplies, ammo, and transportation.

Ukraine is winning. Slava Ukraina!

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Russia better negotiate with Ukraine. Ukraine is not kidding anymore. [View all] applegrove Monday OP

Ukraine hitting legitimate targets hard both in Russia and Crimea. They are showing us how it's done Deuxcents Monday #1

He's in strategic zugzwang Ponietz Monday #2

Unlike chess, whatever move he chooses will have real-life consequences. niyad Tuesday #4

When was Ukraine kidding? niyad Tuesday #3

I just mean that they have excelled at targetting applegrove Tuesday #5

They have been doing an excellent job since at least Operation niyad Tuesday #7

But now they have bootstrapped new resources. Igel Tuesday #10

Thank you for those disturbing links. niyad Tuesday #12

For every Putin...there is a window. GenThePerservering Tuesday #6

Or a nice cup of polonium tea? Less of a mess to clean up. niyad Tuesday #8

Ya man, he LANDED on those 2 bullets that were in his head. Volaris Tuesday #16

At the current stand of things, it will be a short negotiation. DFW Tuesday #9

I do believe you have the right of it. niyad Tuesday #11

That is what I fear as well. DFW Tuesday #13

Russia is also not kidding. maxsolomon Tuesday #14

Suddenly regretting my username moonscape Tuesday #21

Russia Is Not the Huge Military Power It Claims to Be. MineralMan Tuesday #15

In Anna From Ukraine's daily vlog, she has remarked that ruzzia is not niyad Tuesday #17

I'd be amazed if they even maintained their nuclear stockpile NickB79 Tuesday #18

Well, we really don't know about that, I suppose. MineralMan Tuesday #19

We DO know that they did not maintain their tanks, etc. There were niyad Tuesday #22

On the front line, Russia is slowly making a gain muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #20