We are now beginning to enter the stage of the war where Russia is unable to sustain a general offensive all the way up and down the frontline and must resort to terrorism to project fear and the illusion of unstoppable, corrupted power.

Expect more and more of this crap as Russia is less and less able to credibly fight a ground war.

Remember, acts of terrorism definitionally rely on propaganda creating mass panic for their power as if the perpetrators of the terrorism possessed true power they would have resorted to actual coordinated military action such as fighting on the frontline or taking territory.

In otherwords if Russia chooses to attempt something like this, it is by definition a sign of extreme weakness on their part as was the lazy attempt to claim Ukraine tried to assassinate Putin.

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[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They really don't have a giant supply of labor to send the the front lines. The problem is that every man you draft for the front lines is another man that isn't working in the munitions factories, the farms, or any of the innumerable industries needed to keep a war effort going. Or the man they draft is working a non-defense job but paying the taxes needed to pay for all this.

Yes, they could send ten million naked men to the front armed with nothing but pointy sticks, but that would not win them the war.

[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We are talking about Russia - they will definitely force a million men in civilian clothing, saucepans on their heads and 1 rusty AK-47 per 2 people onto the frontline. Even if it will not help win a war even a little, they will do it anyway since human lifes for them are nothing.