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  • Russia's war effort is under growing pressure, with mounting military losses, relentless Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries, and attacks damaging nearly 43% of Russia's refining capacity
  • The U.S. and EU are preparing tougher sanctions, targeting Russia's oil exports, shadow fleet, and major buyers such as China and India, with tariffs and stricter enforcement aimed at squeezing Moscow's energy revenues.
  • Economic strains are intensifying, as Russia faces stagnating growth, shrinking sovereign reserves, a worsening fuel crisis, and the prospect of broader conscription after September elections.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Any insights into why Russians are not giving a shit about their kids dying in Ukraine?

[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I genuinely think that Stalin's purges back in the day led to a genetic shift towards compliance, as most that stuck their head out got shot.

Even now, if you look at a population graph of Russia, you see waves of lower population ages due to the soldiers that died in WWII not going on to start families. Why not a similar effect from the purges?

Edit: also, previous conscription waves targeted ethnic minorities and poor folks. As with everywhere else, nobody gives a fuck about poor people.

[–] djmikeale@feddit.dk 1 points 4 hours ago

The 90s were apparently a pretty horrible time to grow up in Russia, and although they might not like Putin they liked the chaos of the 90s even more and fear the chaos that would arise if Putin disappears would be similar to the 90s and prefers the shitty life under Putin or something

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 6 hours ago

They will get a bunch of new soldiers, throw them into the meat-grinder, maybe gain a few sqkm and then the battle front will freeze again. I just hope they fail before winter. Ukraine had a hard winter and they shouldn't be forced to have another.

Suck it pootles.