It takes manpower (not womanpower or transexualpower) to win wars, and Russia’s got a lot more than Ukraine. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
Ukraine’s “victory plan”, presented this week to NATO officials and both candidates (Trump and Harris) for the 2024 US presidential election, has been widely criticized as a non-starter specifically because it does not address the key obstacle facing their ability to stop Russia’s steady strategic advance. That key obstacle is manpower, which Ukraine does not have.
The problem is not blatantly admitted, but implied by numerous officials with inside knowledge of the war. US politicians (Democrats and Neocons) have been pressuring Ukraine to lower the conscription age to 18-24 year old men, a move which the nation has tried to avoid. Why? Because the Ukrainians worry that if they do there will be no viable men left to start families and replenish the population after the war is over.
That’s not a very optimistic appraisal of the situation on the front lines.
The height of Ukraine’s successful push-back against Russian forces in 2022 just happened to coincide with the height of the foreign mercenary presence in the region, with tens-of-thousands of highly experienced contract soldiers from the US and Europe helping the Ukrainians counter the maneuver warfare tactics of the Russians. However, when the Russian tactics changed to attrition, the mercenary pipeline suddenly slowed to a trickle.
This just in from Lil’ Kim of the land of the Norks:
I see what you did there, fresh troops incoming.
Will they be as good as Ivan’s hardened veterans?
No, but they can learn.
Oh my what big allies you have RF and they could all send troops?
Uke 404 is the start of WWIII which began when Joe Slovo Brandon was (s)elected.
The WAR genie laughs and says try to stuff me back in the bottle I dare ya with a Robert Conrad as Pappy Boyington battery on the shoulder.
The Dogs of WAR are roaming and they are hungry as wolves.
Courtesy of various war pigs who have a wet dream of conquering Russia without leaving the boat and going all the way.
Orban and his cabinet have come out and said that the Clown Zelensky victory plan is the fastest way to WWIII going hot for multiple nations.
A feature to the pigs at the trough who only see shekels and cash registers no matter what the KIA count is.
This just in from Cradle Of Filth:
An Enemy Led The Tempest