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The problem is that a) it's not true and b) even if it was, there is not anything to buy for that money.
Russia is running out of hardware, what are they going to do, throw rubles at the Ukrainian defenses?
They still have lots of T34 that they haven't used.
Russia not only has a massive sabotage-and-disinfo campaign, they also have semi-allies running the US now.
They have NK meat, but that's running out too.
I was hearing about how Russia was out of ammo and fighting with sticks and rocks two and a half years ago.
I was hearing the same about Ukraine but I just keep seeing videos of dead Russians weird.
Well then you were badly informed.
2.5 years ago all the propaganda was : "sanctions doesn't work!!" (Please remove them)
I didn't say I believed it, just that "Russia is about to run out of ammo!" Has been the cope for a long time now.
I have sincerely not heard that they'd run out like 2 years ago. We all knew they had enormous stockpiles of soviet gear, how can you not know that? Or if you did, discarded the crazy talk?
Today is another matter, they are running out, and relies on North Korea for shells and more.
Well I absolutely heard it, as early as mid 2022.
Yes, I've heard the cycle of "well obviously it's wasn't true then, but this time they really are running out of ammo" quite a few times over the years.
Lol ok
I mean, this is from May 2022, from a guy known to be fairly pro-Ukraine:
[Translation via DeepL]
Well nobody not living under a rock knew that wasn't correct. The error 3 years ago was quite the opposite, we thought the russkies had a great army!
I look forward to hearing it again next year
You can hear it right away:
Lol ok