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[-] Visstix@lemmy.world 54 points 7 months ago

And how well is the country doing? So many men dead for nothing. Probably not good in the long term. Even if they "win" the war. What will they have actually gained?

[-] anlumo@lemmy.world 55 points 7 months ago

The breadbasket of Eastern Europe.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 42 points 7 months ago

And less people to feed. Russia used this war as a way to eliminate it's poor and it's prison population

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee -5 points 7 months ago

Was Russia running low on bread?

[-] bradinutah@thelemmy.club 21 points 7 months ago

Putin's vanity for the history books. Russian blood for Mr. "Look at me! I'm better than you!" A disgusting monster.

[-] realitista@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

They will then be close to closing one of the defensive gaps that requires them to have a military which will soon be too big to maintain with their future demographic collapse.

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