Prediction Thread: When Will Ukraine Conquer Russia

[giblets]

Oh, only 300 thousand people thrown into the meat grinder, great.

[PLATO]

Ukraine has a much smaller Fit for Service than Russia. The difference is about 31 million. Maybe that is what Serb is talking about:

[PLATO]

You are noting, but an idiot, really!

Russia has drafted only 300 000 people (having a mobilisation potential over 31 million people). The people who have been drafted are former military personnel, preferably with a combat experience.
If people like you really believe Russia needs disabled people now, than you are nothing but disabled (mentally disabled) himself!

Actually, it is a little higher than 31 million...according to Global Firepower anyway:

[Serb]

Now, even Serb can serve. Perhaps the translation is incorrect, but:

"The decree notes that Russian citizens serving in the annexed territories will instead be assessed by a military medical examination conducted in absentia, which will determine whether they are fit to serve."

medical exams in absentia???

You are noting, but an idiot, really!

Russia has drafted only 300 000 people (having a mobilisation potential over 31 million people). The people who have been drafted are former military personnel, preferably with a combat experience.
If people like you really believe Russia needs disabled people now, than you are nothing but disabled (mentally disabled) himself!

[Geronimo]

Before that they took his daughter away and placed her into a state run institution. Doesn't seem to leave much room for doubting the accounts of 30,000 Ukrainian children kidnapped from their parents.

[BeBMan]

Speaking of absentia, the Russian evildoer who is guilty of having a minor daughter who painted this...



... was tried in absentia and sentenced to 2 yrs for saying something wrong.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65102392

[Uncle Sparky]

Didn't Absentia used to be part of the Georgia Republic?

[BeBMan]

Only in absentia everone's fit to serve

[pchang]

Now, even Serb can serve. Perhaps the translation is incorrect, but:

"The decree notes that Russian citizens serving in the annexed territories will instead be assessed by a military medical examination conducted in absentia, which will determine whether they are fit to serve."

medical exams in absentia???

[PLATO]

Geronimo has it right. Nor do i support removing Democrats from Alabama or Republicans from New York. What a wonky question

[BeBMan]

Russia probably could have negotiated Crimea away from Ukraine with some heavy incentives before they took it.

If he played it smarter in the early 2000s I think so, yes. Edit: back then they probably also thought in Russia that neighbouring ex-Soviet states will always remain under Russian influence anyway.

But that's not who he is, and a peaceful settlement would not have been benefitial to his strongman image as much, which he's relying on domestically.

Now with full scale war he has shot himself in the foot, and Ukrainian bravery and Western santions/help will shoot him in the other.

[Geronimo]

Has anyone been removed anywhere at all in Ukraine? Oh that's right, Putin removed 30,000 children from their parents that must be the removal you mean. No I daresay Plato doesn't want Putin removing the children from Crimea.

[Berzerker]

The people in those regions didn't support the coup, so will you support their removal?

[Jon Miller]

At this point it would be hard to say that any area should be ruled by Putin.

Including Russia.

JM

[Uncle Sparky]

I think the NHL's Winnipeg Jets (my hometeam) should hire Putin as a center. Every time Putin plays hockey, he scores 7 to 10 goals, and the Jets are in a bit of a slump. Also I suspect many of the non-Russian players, may accidentally check him rather hard, or accidentally hit him in the head with slapshots. I mean it's been almost 20 years since the Bertuzzi incident - time for a Putin incident?