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The sheer amount of cope in the comments. Apparently Ukraine has already beat Russia. (old.reddit.com)
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[–] 420stalin69@hexbear.net 84 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Russia won’t pull out, Putin has to appear powerful. It doesn’t matter if it ruins Russia economically, he won’t ever stop.

Russia is the fastest growing economy in Europe.

They have a birth rate well below replacement and are bordering on demographic collapse. They can't afford to lose millions of men like they could in WW2.

Once about 32 million Russians die (probably early 2025) then the door will be locked in and the whole rotten edifice will fall down.

What I hate is most people don't seem to realise it's not only about Ukraine. Letting Russia win opens a whole other can of worms. Do we really want authoritarian powers with imperialistic ambitions around the world to think they can just invade what they want and wait until the West gets tired?

The west is the vanguard of anti-imperialism.

Meanwhile, Russia has had to sell oil at loses, has had assets frozen, has suffered heavy sanctions meaning lack of materials and equipment/technology, and has had to switch to a war time economy. Meanwhile, it has barely made a dent in the wests finances.

Russia the fastest growing economy in Europe.

[–] copylefty@hexbear.net 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Russia is the fastest growing economy in Europe.

Source? I couldn't find anything that backs this up

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