Prediction Thread: When Will Ukraine Conquer Russia

[Serb]

Nope. The Russian chips are not so fast yet, but we are rapidly moving to catch up.

[PLATO]

p.s. And worry about my CPU load, I have a real beast

Russian chip?

[Egbert]

i'm afraid the BBC has lost her credibility and her reputation some years ago.

[BeBMan]

Thx Dunno what the heck went wrong with the link in my post.

[Dauphin]

Maybe not insider trading, but there is against match fixing. Oops, candidate is dead, no? How unfortunate for man who fell out of window, da?

[Uncle Sparky]

See below...

[Uncle Sparky]

[pchang]

Especially when you consider there really is no prohibition against "insider trading" for these markets.

[Dauphin]

I'm mostly intrigued that betting markets only give Putin a 60% chance of being in power by the end of 2024 (using the election results due that year as the formal market). Historically odds have been substantially closer to 100% as you may imagine.

[giblets]

Buying weapons from North Korea? Things aren't looking too good for them.

[PLATO]

Latest reports from Ukraine are that approximately 320,000 Russian Troops are in Ukraine. Western Officials also state that Russia has created a reserve of between 150,000 and 250,000 soldiers (some of which may still be in training). Jens Stoltenberg said about Russia, "They are actively acquiring new weapons, more ammunition, ramping up their own production, but also acquiring more weapons from other authoritarian states like Iran and North Korea." Andriy Yosov from Ukraine's Defense ministry said "We are on the eve of a very active phase. Both February and March will be intensive."

Looks like the real bloodbath is about to begin. If Ukraine can hold against that onslaught will there be any options left for Russia? If they can't, will there be any options left for Ukraine? And...what about the Ukrainian offensive? We may be approaching the decisive moments of this war.

[Dauphin]

BBC is a state propaganda fake news media outlet. Can't be trusted. Didn't you know?

[Geronimo]

It's great we all agree the BBC is a credible source of news. Look what else I found there:

Russian army officer admits: 'Our troops tortured Ukrainians'

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64470092

Site blocked? That makes no sense.

Sadly for almost a year now, the credible reports and forensic evidence of torture have been so appalling that it would take some immensely heinous new crime to make my opinion of the Russian expeditionary forces human rights records any worse than it is.

[BeBMan]

It's great we all agree the BBC is a credible source of news. Look what else I found there:

Russian army officer admits: 'Our troops tortured Ukrainians'

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64470092

[PLATO]

Ukrainian success has always been more about Russian incompetence than Ukrainian proficiency.

Hmmmm....not sure I agree with that, I think it is more a combination of both Russian incompetence and Ukrainian proficiency that has led to Ukrainian success.

I do totally agree on your "boil the frog" point though. At this point it is idiotic not to give Ukraine what it needs to win. If Russia escalates, then they have far more to lose in the end...and they know it.