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[–] kindred@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 1 day ago (44 children)

“The message was basically — you are losing,” one of the sources said, “and you need to accept the deal.”

Are they losing?

For the past three years, the news from Russia has been about young men leaving the country because Putin keeps updating the laws around the draft/conscription to feed his war machine.

I'm sure Ukraine is in a similar position, but it doesn't sound like a clearcut win for Russia, either.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (38 children)

They are very obviously losing right now. Ukraine is suffering from a critical manpower shortage, the west is not able to provide them with weapons, the economic situation in Ukraine is unravelling, and there's a huge political scandal.

Meanwhile, the news from Russia for the past three years has absolutely not been that. Even Ukrainian media admits that https://kyivindependent.com/bloomberg-thousands-of-russians-return-home-boosting-war-economy

I guess UK regime propaganda is still trying to pretend otherwise though. Given that Russia isn't gang pressing people into service it's not clear what basis the Brits have for their bombastic claims.

The reality is that Russian economy is stable and growing, it's able to outproduce the west militarily, and its trade is now oriented towards BRICS. Given the stark difference between Russia and Ukraine in terms of available manpower, resources, and economy, it's pretty clear to anybody who can do grade school math that Russia is going to win the war.

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