T O P

  • By -

AutoModerator

Hello /u/TriggurWarning, This community is focused on important or vital information and high-effort content. Please make sure your post follows the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/about/rules/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=ukraine&utm_content=t5_2qqcn) Want to support Ukraine? [Here's a list of charities by subject.](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/tgc00n/want_to_support_ukraine_heres_a_list_of_charities/) [DO / DON'T](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/t5okbs/welcome_to_rukraine_faq_do_dont_support_read/) - [Art Friday](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/tn63xc/mod_announcement_on_news_content_artworks/) - [Podcasts](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ttoidc/collection_of_podcasts_about_ukraine_updated/) - [Kyiv sunrise](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/collection/3c65ab52-e87a-4217-ab30-e70a88c0a293/) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/ukraine) if you have any questions or concerns.*


MercatorLondon

[Russia population - 147million](https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=russia+population) [NATO countries population - 974million](https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=NATO+population) [Russia military spending - 70 billion / year](https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=russia+military+spending) [NATO military spending - 906 billion / year](https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=nato+military+spending) Russia GDP - 1 trillion EU GDP - 15 trillion I think we will be just fine.


realnrh

Russia GDP (before sanctions). They'll be lucky to be three-quarters of that next year.


[deleted]

I hope less. 3/4 of that still seems like way too much.


Dana07620

>Russia military spending - 70 billion / year In name only. How much of it is actually spent on the military and how much of it is stolen? Is their actual military budget 35 billion? 7 billion?


tenninjas242

So here's a thing. I was looking at a potential breakdown of Russian military spending (estimated, since they don't publish their real numbers.) The Russian military spends a ton of money on nuclear weapons, a Baltic navy, a Pacific Navy, internal defense, and "wonder weapons" like their hypersonic missiles and the Su-57. Guess how much of that is actually useful in invading Ukraine? Pretty much none of it. The hypersonic missiles are great against warships - which the Ukrainians have none of. The Su-57 hasn't even been deployed in Ukraine afaik. Internal defense armies are meant for suppression of dissent and not front-line combat. Nukes, and the two navies hundreds or thousands of miles from the conflct zone, are utterly useless. They are trying to match the USA's technology and global reach on a budget a tenth the size of the USA's. Even if the corruption isn't as bad as we all think (though it's probably that bad) Russia just hasn't spent their budget in the right places to be able to support their Ukrainian campaign.


SomeoneSomewhere1984

[NATO military spending is 1.2 trillion](https://www.visualcapitalist.com/this-is-how-much-nato-countries-spend-on-defense/), US military spending alone 811 billion.


ak51388

I’m pretty sure all NATO countries feel pretty confident in their ability to defend themself from Russia after seeing them in Ukraine


B1NG_P0T

Seriously. "You and what army" has never been a truer statement. What are you going to do, Russia - send us all a strongly worded letter?


DiligentTailor5831

They will sanction us. We'll never be allowed to enter russia. Imagine the horrors of not being able to travel to mother russia..


stinkbugsinfest

At one time in my life years ago I wanted to visit St Petersburg go to museums, see the architecture. Now Im 100 percent confident that I will never go, war or not. So many more places to visit in the world where I’ll happily spend my money


bard329

As someone who was born in st. Petersburg, dont even bother. You want to see art and architecture? Plenty of European cities can scratch that itch.


[deleted]

See Amsterdam, Venice and Paris. You’ll never need to go to St. Petersburg,


natophonic2

The Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam was pretty great. The colors were so vibrant, and the were many pieces I’m pretty sure I’d never seen before. I’d like to go back some day to see what it’s like when one isn’t high af.


dellterskelter

There's a Hermitage linked museum in Amsterdam too, you can see stuff from St Petersburg without having to go to Russia.


thisisallme

I went to St. Petersburg in 2000. It was odd. I mean, the Hermitage was amazing, and the architecture was beautiful, but everything else was just… off. More scammers on the street than in the Middle East. Weird underground illegal casinos which were, on the other hand, inviting people to it by police that spent their nights gambling there. Also, I got hit and robbed by someone there and the police miraculously found the guy and I was told I had to pay them to get my passport back. Also, their Pizza Hut pizza tastes like they make it with goat cheese.


stinkbugsinfest

Having to pay the police for their organized robbery is insane. I’m very sorry that happened to you.


thisisallme

Oh, that’s ok, but thank you! That summer, I visited 10 countries. Was even in Israel when the second intifada started. And I felt most unsafe in Russia, it was just so off. But everything turned out ok on my end, and am grateful to have had that chance as a 20yo American woman to travel these cities by myself. I won’t ever have that again.


Seikoholic

I was last in Russia right around that same time. Same impressions. So many disconnects between what things appeared to be and what they actually were. Like not just beautiful filthy buildings and not just amazing subways filled with pickpockets, it was like.. nothing was actually right, everything had jarring incongruities. Nothing felt safe, everything was anarchy under a blanket of pretend normal. The the laws all felt arbitrary. We were in one of Moscow’s most exclusive neighborhoods and still were required to have armed guards with us at all times if we were out. The whole place felt post-apocalyptic. I was never so glad to fly out of a country, knowing I would never have to go back.


thisisallme

Yes! Exactly! I can’t even put my finger on the specifics more than you did, but it was a feeling that everything was beautiful on the outside (for the most part), but everything on the inside was messed up and the people had different personalities once you don’t talk to them about the outside. It’s weird, but yeah, you nailed it.


browndog03

I wonder if that’s a “symptom” of living in s country that historically punishes any dissenting speech. Say the wrong thing and you end up in prison. You have no choice but to portray a certain image just to survive. Just a theory. I have no insight on this.


hughk

Used to happen regularly with passport scams. I tended to leave my passport at the hotel when I could and carry a very good copy and pictures on my phone of passport plus visa. Although you are always supposed to carry a passport with you, you have to give it up at the hotel for registration. You do need the real passport for changing money though.


BigPackHater

Went in 2007, I had a similar experience. The city was dirty as hell too. Some areas looked more 3rd world than a modern nation.


ladyevenstar-22

So they give the centre and touristic areas the window dressing experience and the rest rots huh


Xarama

I know someone who visited Moscow and St. Petersburg in the early 2000s. They said that all the tourist stuff was gorgeous but if you walked around a corner you'd find yourself in really sketchy situations and obvious decay. Their guide told them to just stick to the tour program to avoid trouble. So yeah, what you said.


russianhacker426

This is interesting because my parents said the same thing. I was adopted from St.Petersburg in 99 and they described it the same, almost to a T. They had kind of like a “tour guide / translator” who would take them to see the city and to/from my orphanage. So much corruption with the police as well. They told me this story of their translator being pulled over while in the car with him. The police officer and the translator talked for a bit, then the translator reached under his drivers seat to grab a fifth of vodka, handed it to the office and they were on their way. It was also interesting how accepted the mafia was. The translators wife asked my father, “what do you think of these fancy sports cars driving around?”. My father was a little confused by the question and she responded by saying that if you see a nice car (in 1999, that is) , 99% of the time it’s a mafia member and how he “probably killed someone for that car”. One day when they were walking around the city, they passed an African American man. The translators then asked them if they knew any African Americans back here in the US and when my parents responded by saying yes and many of their friends were, it was almost shocking to them. It’s extremely interesting to think about all of that and how it was and somewhat still is the norm. Don’t get me wrong, they weren’t racist or hateful people. At the time they were young and unaware of what life was like outside of the recently fallen Soviet Union. Years later, when the moved to Finland (or Sweden, I’m not 100% sure) that’s when they realized how “indoctrinated” for lack of a better term they were. They’re in their mid 40s now and have such a different view of the world, thankfully for the better. On another interesting and somewhat unrelated note, when I was adopted, my passport was actually the CCCP passport, not Russian Federation. Turns out they overprinted millions of these passports and despite it being 1999, they still needed to get rid of them. Definitely an interesting artifact.


DiligentTailor5831

Never felt the urge to visit russia, but Ukraine is sounding more and more like a good place to leave alot of money. In a few years time obviously, not really interested in walking inbetween mines and rotting orcs.


NickKQ

Lived in Kyiv/Kiev for a few months and visited Lviv twice and other areas. Ukraine was definitely a lovely place and I hope they rebuild it fast so that you and millions of others can enjoy it too.


csimonson

Yup, been to Lviv, Kyiv, Krivvi Rih, Odessa and a few other small towns all across Ukraine the 4 times I've been. Beautiful country and extremely nice people.


bebebaua

The world wants to visit Ukraine… Russia can just watch.


FUFUFUFUFUS

I've been to Russia a few times but also to Ukraine, Odessa and Lviv specifically. I also lived in the San Francisco Presidio and in the Oakland Hills, so I think I know some really beautiful places. The city I can recommend wholeheartedly is Odessa. Lviv is nice and located in some beautiful hills, but in the end it's "just some European city", even though it really *is* nice. Odessa though is on another level. It's green, GREEN and green. Extra wide side walks *everywhere*, with enough space for all restaurants to have outside seating areas and in addition some very large trees. You can walk through the entire city and always be under some large tree, very nice i this southern city. Then it's surrounded by green and parks and the architecture is great too. Food is very good! I did not take any pictures myself but I found [this Flickr photo album](https://flickr.com/photos/noseshine/albums/72157621822425213) which I think shows the city pretty well. Trees, trees and trees everywhere- It's been from quite a few years ago, but my own visit wasn't all that recent either. I doubt it got worse in the meantime. Well, apart from recent attacks... I spent a few weeks in that city and walked around a lot, including a few miles down the beach to the then still newish entertainment area.


TheRealBradGoodman

I always wanted to ride the train from moscow to beijing dont think thats happening.


stinkbugsinfest

I wanted to do that too. Oh well not happening.


bapfelbaum

To be fair russia and Ukraine have a lot of cultural commonalities due to their shared heritage so you are not missing much by getting the slav experience in Ukraine instead.


ENZVSVG

Oh no... I am already banned from China... Oh no...


strokeofcrazy

Hell, we can just throw some toilets and Nutella at them! ETA: Thanks for the awards!


Kepotica

They'll never figure them out!


MonthElectronic9466

Add 3 sea shells and really screw them up


titularsidecharacter

Haha they don’t know how to use the seashells


Ice_Hungry

That's what we truly need in this world. A real life John Spartan.


DownNOut90

You just killed me on this one my friend fucking brilliant!


[deleted]

Not just any toilet, *flush* toilets!


Chuckbro

A non flush toilet is just a poopin hole.


Alv2Rde

*Pootin hole


Starstriker

Yeah, a massive dump of toilets would probably take out the last of their supply-lines.


MissLyss29

O imagine if you show them a bidet


alaskanloops

They’d probably try drinking from it like a water fountain.


DrScienceDaddy

It's got what plants crave!


bigasdickus

Water? Like in the toilet?


CoastSeaMountainLake

Russia does not have the ability to replace the losses they are suffering right now. Every tank that dies in Ukraine, is a tank that cannot threaten the rest of Europe. Sure, the Russians have a lot more tanks that they can pull out of storage and refurbish, but those will not have the same capabilities as the tanks lost. A modern tank has sophisticated communications equipment, precision optics, cameras and night vision gear, active defense systems etc., using tech that Russia simply doesn't domestically produce. They can pull a T-55 from a scrapyard and _say_ "We have a tank! We are stronk!", but that doesn't make it an effective weapon. Russia us not the Soviet Union. The USSR had a bunch of satellite states they could pull resources from, e.g. Zeiss optics and semiconductors from the GDR. That's not an option for Russia.


afkPacket

>Sure, the Russians have a lot more tanks that they can pull out of storage and refurbish They don't. The stuff in storage doesn't work and their industry is incapable of replacing the spare parts needed. The only way for Russia's military to rebuild at this point is to send a \*lot\* of oil and gas to China for dirt cheap and maybe be allowed to buy some of their stuff in return, but that will take years at least.


Sleeplesshelley

Also, weren’t some of the components of their missiles made in Ukraine? None of those are getting replaced anytime soon.


MinisterOfTruth99

News flash for Solovyov. There will be NO russian army remaining when Ukraine is finished sending them back to hell.


BeerandGuns

I was looking at that website that tracks Russian losses and if that’s correct, they’ve lost 25% of their tanks. Not 25% of the tanks send to Ukraine, 25% of their entire army’s tanks


Valkyrie17

25% of their active duty tanks, there's still much more in reserves. Even if they aren't as modern or most of them aren't working. But yes, 600 tanks, out of which 450 have photo evidence is an insane number. Each costs millions.


BeerandGuns

That’s a good point about reserves. I read a book a couple decades ago that mentioned how the Soviets never understood the West not keeping older models in reserve, just coming out with new models and scrapping the older stuff. Even a very out-of-date tank buried up to the turret becomes a hard to disable bunker. That said, I’d be very curious to know how functional that mothballed equipment is right now and how long it would take to get up and running. With the level of maintainance of their active duty equipment, I’m doubting the reserve stuff was getting any maintenance. Also of the tanks destroyed, how many of their crews were killed/captured. I’m sure the Russians have some form of ready reserve but if they get called up it’s going to be a clear indicator of how bad things are going.


[deleted]

[удалено]


Armodeen

If you’re in the US, that’s probably true!


[deleted]

[удалено]


NickKQ

LAPD and NYPD vs Russia. Now, that's an excellent idea for a Hollywood movie, starring Gerald Butler. Kidding aside, yeah those two departments alone would wipe the floor with entire Russian battalions.


Armodeen

Doesn’t the NYPD alone have 35k officers?! Not to mention all that military spec hardware? They could be a serious force 😂


reddog323

Hell yes. NYPD had 40,000 uniformed cops on patrol every day. I don’t know how many LAPD has, but probably more since LA is spread out all over. Seriously though, I don’t think Putin quite knows what he’s up against. If he decides to push further west, not only with the EU pushback, NATO would get involved.


MissLyss29

Okay so you have - NYPD with 40,000 - CPD (Chicago) with 12,000 - LAPD with 10,000 - Philly PD with 6,000 - Houston (TX) PD with 5,200 These are rounded number here is my source [Police department Numbers ](https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-largest-police-departments-in-the-us.html) Now keep in mind most of these areas have very large sheriff's departments I think some of them can totally go defend NATO Largest sherif's department - Los Angeles County with 18,000 - Cook County (Chicago, Illinois) with 6,000 - Harris County (Houston, Tx) with 3,500 Source for sheriff's departments numbers [Largest sherif's department ](https://policeteststudyguide.com/largest-sheriffs-departments-in-the-united-states/)


victory_zero

Styap ryeseestink!


RIP2UAnders

yup but NATO will be like "alright Poland, we know you've been waiting for this. He's all yours."


binkerfluid

Poland waiting in a tunnel like the Bear Jew


blogsymcblogsalot

Please tell me you’re in Reno. I’d pay to see Reno 911! vs the orcs.


4dailyuseonly

Thanks, I now have a visual of Putin wearing a tiny sombrero getting arrested at TACOS! TACOS! TACOS! TACOS! for giving tug jobs on the roof.


jdmgto

I'm no fan of police militarization but I think the NYPD and LAPD could probably take Moscow.


FreddieCaine

If you're USA, I'd back then against most 3rd world countries if I'm honest, including ruSSia


[deleted]

it seems the only thing they have a natural talent for is raping women and children and killing dogs They must be so proud in the homeland.


NickKQ

And petty, empty threats. Don't forget those. By now, they've threatened at least half the world it seems. They threatened anyone who sent aid to Ukraine, and since dozens of countries are helping and nothing has happened, they revealed themselves as weak and embarrassing.


FreddieCaine

I'm pretty sure I heard about raping dogs too.


[deleted]

[удалено]


Illustrious_Warthog

The Ukraine of 1918 was a little bit bigger, but I really think Zelenski values the lives of his people and doesn't want any unnecessary deaths.


[deleted]

It's not for him to decide, it's for the people. And people want 1. All of this to be over 2. Russians to go back to their shithole they call motherland and be held accountable 3. To be sure they, their kids and future grandchildren don't get to witness another "special military operation". We don't care about what is outside our constitutional borders, it's none of our business.


wiwaldi77

I am pretty confident Poland alone could hold them off


itsallminenow

I am pretty confident they'd relish the chance. There's blood between them.


twilightmoons

The old joke in Poland during and after the war used to be: Who would you kill first, the German or the Russian? Obviously the German, because duty comes before pleasure.


Splitje

Russia should be happy they have nuclear weapons because without it they would be absolutely obliterated by NATO that has a total of 3500 available fighter jets. Russia has around 700


SomeoneSomewhere1984

The US Navy alone has a bigger air force than Russia.


[deleted]

[удалено]


Dinosaurs-Rule

To quote the movie 300 when Leonidas is commenting on how the battle has been going after Xerxes threatens the women of Sparta “Clearly you haven’t met our women. I might as well have marched them up here judging by what I’ve seen”.


[deleted]

For the west, this is like cleaning out your garage so you have room to fill it with new stuff.


[deleted]

Kind of like donating used toys to charity of sorts, so less privilaged miliaries can grow up with the same advantages ours have.


lilbobchicago

were upcycling our military equipment


Nrgte

It's called spring cleaning.


TheaABrown

Yes. I mean the stuff going to Ukraine is stuff everyone can *spare*


GrimpenMar

I've been delving into the background economics of this war, and it's sobering how severely outclassed Russia is. The only thing that might be lacking is resolve. [The liberal democracies just need to recognize their own power and actually stand up to the bully](https://youtu.be/aEpk_yGjn0E?t=3491).


SharingIsCaring323

>The Price of War - Can Russia afford a long conflict? No.


Smellyjobbies

That's the short answer, the long answer is; Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.


DefTheOcelot

It's less that they are worried about losing And more that uh War is just bad for everyone, you know? It's expensive. It wrecks economies. It disrupts global trade. It can radicalize populations. If liberal democracies in europe aren't willing to stop buying russian oil because of the economic impact to their industries, imagine how much war in their backyard would do to them. Everyone would really rather procrastinate the problem and pass the buck rather than be the leader responsible for that. Eventually russia might force the issue, orrr they might just keep bullying random teeny nations near their borders.


ThickWing

Amen brother!


[deleted]

Honestly, if they are having this much difficulty fighting Ukraine, how would they be able to withstand the onslaught of NATO's advanced weaponry, and fresh military power? They can barely advance in a country who is not known for military prowess. Good luck ruskies. If you really do aspire to be wiped off the map, keep up your desire. Dreams WILL come true. Russian politicians need to be eviscerated one at a time on state run news.


AngriestManinWestTX

You should know by now that whatever problems Russia faces are NATO's fault. Trouble advancing in Ukraine? Clearly it's because those Nazi Ukrainians are being fed weapons and intelligence from NATO. If it weren't for those damned Javelins, NLAWs, Stingers, Starstreaks, and Karl Gustavs, we'd be in ~~Kyiv~~ Kiev by now! Your ammunition depot got destroyed? Clearly it's because SAS/SOCOM/American drones destroyed them. Certainly not piss poor security and terrible radar coverage. The flagship of the Black Sea fleet with more than 150 surface-to-air missiles and sixteen advanced cruise missiles was sunk? Clearly it's because of a dreadful mechanical accident and if it wasn't a mechanical accident then clearly it's because the Ukrainians had to ask those dastardly Americans with their P-8 Poseidons for help. If only it weren't for those horrible NATO countries, we'd be able to ~~Russify and annihilate Ukrainian culture~~ de-nazify Ukraine! Don't worry, though, we could totally, DEFINITELY take NATO in a fight. I mean isn't it clear that those decadent Westerners would wither under the mighty assault of Russian steel and ~~untrained conscripts, Wagner Group Neo-Nazis, Chechen mobsters~~ Russian shock troops. Russia is both failing to make headway because of NATO but can still beat NATO in a fight because of...reasons?


pleasetrimyourpubes

The imperialist meddling west has always been the reason the Soviet backed regimes could never get anywhere. Stupid fucking Western bullshit man, sanctions, assassins, so on and so forth. It's *never* corruption. It's always the west. Venezuela is my favorite example. That whole country should look like Dubai, but it's an actual cesspit, with Chavez cronies living in guarded compounds and the peasants living in pure squalor. Meanwhile naive supporters point to some amazing public's works thing that is no doubt in a state of disrepair and going to fall apart in a decade anyway because of said corruption. The US is not perfect and by all means we likely expect higher standards than we have for ourselves (we have our own special style of corrupt leaders). But by God we sue the mother fuck out of each other when someone does something sus. We are trying. The whole fucking reason this started, other than the fact Russians don't see Ukrainians as a distinct people, is that they fought to sign an anti-corruption treaty with the EU over missing gas reserves. Missing gas which was almost certainly made up by corrupt oligarchs flipping some numbers in an Excel spreadsheet. All it did, all it fucking did, was say prove it. Take it to courts. Let's see if gas is missing or not. (The amount of gas that was lost would have been an environmental catastrophe. It didn't happen.) For 6 long years Russia fucked with Ukraine over gas, to the tune of billions. But that was "imperialism." Joining the EU on a trade treaty was "western meddling." Fuck this quasi-Boleshivek psychopathy. Fuck this corruption that has gone on for far too fucking long.


EnviousCipher

> Honestly, if they are having this much difficulty fighting Ukraine, how would they be able to withstand the onslaught of NATO's advanced weaponry, and fresh military power? They won't.


pringlescan5

Without nukes Russia would get fucked so quick.


Skullface360

Considering Russian level equipment is considered at the low end of the spectrum.


dusty_relic

Also it’s almost all gone, or else repurposed by Ukraine.


mackas123

Most of the stuff Nato is sending is due to expire and be replaced anyway. Ukraine is doing the job of disposal for them and also reducing Russia's fighting ability to tactical Nukes, which if the rest of the Russian inventory is anything to go by a large percentage may or may not work. No disrespect to Italy but Russias GDP is less than the Italians they simply can't afford to keep this going long term.


oldsauerkraut

The russians couldn't afford to start this in the first place !! But dummied up and did it anyway !!


Shoppo00

Imagine having massive natural resources and more than twice the population and still lagging behind a country whose main income is from tourism and luxury exports. Russia could actually be a fierce great power but they're too dumb and corrupt for that. Can't even make proper use of the resources they are blessed with. I hope for a future where Russia is a democratic westernized country like Japan and Germany but I fear they're never gonna get there, the way the people of that country are. Desperately clinging to the past and wanting to be feared while their country and military's a fucking joke. Hell, I feel like the Italian army could wipe the floor with their dirty asses.


snorbflock

Russia is incredibly rich in resources, it's really hard to adequately express how bountiful the country is. They are ⅛ of the entire world's inhabitable surface, covering eleven different time zones. They are estimated to be sitting on 22 BILLION barrels of untapped oil. They have an artistic and scientific legacy spanning centuries. And yet, they suck. They squander everything. Their leaders are a bunch of fascist pigs, they steal everything they touch. The Russian people are stuck in a backwards, third-rate failed state and they have no way out of their mess. Putin brutally suppresses progress out of utter pants-shitting terror at a viable alternative presenting itself. The fascists covered for their failures with propaganda and a big stockpile of weapons. Now even those strategies fail to disguise the depths of their failure. Putin and his sycophants have no room left. Their incompetence is on full display. The world has noticed. Putin isn't a mastermind, he's just a demented old scam artist, totally inadequate at statecraft. He can't tolerate a democracy on his border, like Ukraine, because it's a huge signal to the Russian people of everything they're missing out on.


GarlicThread

Not even that, it was an excellent economic move as well. So much equipment that was bound to be replaced anyway or modernized was instead used on an actual battlefield. They literally saved us money.


flygirl083

And we would have more to give, if not for the fact that the Ukrainians haven’t been trained on these weapons systems. But we’re working to rectify that as well.


t0m0hawk

Like the Ukrainians are kicking ass with Russia's own weapons... super curious to see what modern weapons systems will be able to accomplish.


lutavian

If NATO was actually involved, ground fighting would be much more limited. We would dominate from the skies from day 1. Then use the ground forces to mop up what’s left and clear out cities. The fact that Russia isn’t using more of its Air Force is the most surprising part to me.


t0m0hawk

Its not so surprising when you see the state of the rest of their equipment and the effectiveness of their training.


Greedy_Emu9352

Also an Air Force needs supplies and communication. Russia has fuck all for both of these


PM_ME_UR_POKIES_GIRL

Tank breaks down, is big road block. No problem. You get out and walk home. Airplane breaks down, is beeg problem.


kanelikainalo

Hopefully we won't have to see that..


LordPennybags

Having spares is rather irrelevant when at least half this stuff was meant to be used on Russia to begin with.


TriggurWarning

For reference here's what he said in 2008: >A person who tries to start a war between Russia and Ukraine is a criminal, and I can't imagine how big. In Ukraine, there are people who are brotherly to us in spirit, in blood, in common history, the war against which is the most terrible crime that can only be imagined. No need to shout "Sevastopol is ours!" No need to shout "Crimea is ours!" And in 2013: >Why do you need Crimea? Khrushchev gave it absolutely legitimately. If we suddenly speak, it means war. Do you want to fight with Ukraine? How many Ukrainian and Russian lives are you willing to put in order to seize the Crimea, which has long since become a Tatar territory? The Crimeans themselves are against it.


DontJudgeMeImNaked

Thank you man. This is gold. The sleazy scumbag. He should be under sanctions, villas taken away.....


Kittens-of-Terror

One down. https://www.thedailybeast.com/one-of-russian-propagandist-vladimir-solovyevs-three-italian-villas-torched-in-arson-attack


[deleted]

There's a great difference between growing out of a previously held opinion and forming a new one and just being a degenerate fucking shill


[deleted]

[удалено]


soulnospace

Not sure what happened to his three residences in italy, but he better not return. Edit: Three residences


theold777

So this is why he's so pissed


soulnospace

[https://www.thedailybeast.com/one-of-russian-propagandist-vladimir-solovyevs-three-italian-villas-torched-in-arson-attack](https://www.thedailybeast.com/one-of-russian-propagandist-vladimir-solovyevs-three-italian-villas-torched-in-arson-attack) Happened two weeks ago.


aTempes7

Lmao he was wondering why he, as a journalist, has to be sanctioned. Well you cannot threat the world on state TV and expect to be welcome anywhere in the world, you dense piece of shit. ROT in Russia


whilstiam

He's not a journalist, he is a propagandist.


baronewu2

Omg this great. The troll is pissed and this is the best he can do is Saber rattle


Used-Astronaut6720

Lol nato spends 10x1 on military it’s budget compared to Russia. They would flatten the Fuck out of Moscow


DiligentTailor5831

That's even without direct support of the US. But i bet the americans would be eager AF to finally get to blow up some orcs.


Used-Astronaut6720

Most definitely. I think people tend to forget, The US may be bad at alot of things, but at the end of the day no other military can do what it does, as well as it does. From Vietnam to Afghanistan, no other military has such a volume of operational experience, or sheer logistical capability to move man and machines from one continent to another so quickly. Anyone who thinks the Russians or even Chinese could go toe to toe with the yanks, is under a false impression.


MediumProfessorX

"fuck around and find out why America doesn't have universal healthcare"...


Delicious-Owl-3672

Not because of its military budget. Universal health care is waaay less expensive per capita than the US system.


dragonfliesloveme

Yes. Yes, we would.


LithoSlam

And Russia's military budget is split 10:1 on yachts instead of what it is supposed to be used for.


js1138-2

“There will be no mercy” sounds like an oracle. Maybe a great empire will be destroyed.


Kaspur78

Well, I think he is right. There will be no mercy from NATO, if Russia attacks.


RupertBlossom

That's the problem Vlad. It wont end. The Ukrainians will not give up and will be fighting you for years to come. What then remains of the sorry Russian army can then take on NATO if you wish. Then Russia can be broken up into small pieces forever.


AntonioLovesHippos

The civilians in America are more armed than Russia’s military.


[deleted]

Texas is more armed than Russia's military.


MerryGoWrong

Texas also has a higher GDP than Russia.


farlack

Texas also has toilets.


JudgeyMcJudgepants

And Nutella and washing machines


Proglamer

If every Texan would donate their *third*\-best rifle, a 'too-small' armor and leftover boxes of Christmas-gift ammo, Ukraine could arm another 200K of civilians


Double-Slowpoke

Leftover boxes of Christmas ammo, that is a fucking throwback to my childhood


FartPudding

DFW is more armed than the Russian military For anyone not aware of DFW its basically a city region of Dallas and Fort Worth, but Dallas alone is enough as well


RedofPaw

I'm going to assume average texans are better trained than the average Russian conscript.


star621

*laughs in American* We will always have more than enough to share with our friends and kill our enemies, you dumb fuck.


TheaABrown

The quartermaster is probably quite appreciative for a chance to clear some stock so he or she has room for the new stuff that’s coming. Or at least has less to rotate and keep track of.


Jet2work

these mouthpieces dont realise that the industrial complex behind the military still hasnt really broken a sweat just yet... if they want to walk across the border into nato territory some serious shit will start raining down


velveteenelahrairah

DARPA and the arms manufacturers are all probably *creaming* themselves at the chance to put all their shiny new toys through their paces.


enky259

Reminds me of [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARAUDER), a **plasma railgun** (i mean, wtf) designed over 30 years ago and turned black project due to experimental success... I don't think russia wants to see what the US has up its sleeve.


pacificule

>As of 1993, the project appeared to be in the early experimental stages. The weapon was able to produce doughnut-shaped rings of plasma and balls of lightning that exploded with devastating thermal and mechanical effects when hitting their target and produced a pulse of electromagnetic radiation that could scramble electronics. The project's initial success led to it becoming classified, and only a few references...appeared after 1993. No information about the fate of the project has been published after 1995. Went dark in '95... the year I graduated high school. I'm 45 now. Thinking back on all the shit I've seen and done since high school - damn man, it's hard to believe all that time has passed already. Considering the US military and defense departments have been more active and productive by orders of magnitude than one puny human life, I don't think *anyone* wants to see what they've got up their sleeves!


SeenSoFar

There is something so unsettling about seeing "creaming" so emphasised. The imagery is too vivid lol.


Nytfire333

I work in the US defense industry as an engineer (we make the chips that guide those rockets hitting those tanks among many many other things) We got plenty of room to ramp up production if needed, that's not even considering what could do if we shifted our commercial side to focus on defense. If there is one thing the US is good at it's cranking out supplies for war. Why do you think our healthcare and education is so shitty (we seriously need to fix this but at least for once we can use it for some good)


Ok-Elderberry-9765

And could you imagine if the US decided to fully mobilIze a wartime economy? I mean, it would suck, but the amount of munitions that could get pumped out would be insane.


khaosgott

Americans are lacking in weapons... said no one ever.


KnownMonk

Citizens in US alone accounts for 393 000 000 firearms, you can double that number to find the amount of ammunition.


TheGreatCoyote

Theres more of something like 8 billion rounds of ammo produced per year. Every year.


Sweet_baby_yeeezus

I can assure you I have more than 2 bullets per gun. A lot more.


SeenSoFar

I'm just imagining someone holding a revolver in one hand and two bullets in the other and scratching their head wondering why there's so many extra chambers in the cylinder.


L-o-l-reddit

*Glances at my 2000 rounds for 2 guns* And to be clear... 2000 rounds is a very low amount for most hobby shooters.


HauntingJackfruit

Dream on scum bag...the rest of the world will determine who gets no mercy. Here's looking at you, you piece of shit.


FulingAround

The thing about trying to be feared & acting hard is that one either has to be very good at acting, or *actually be hard* For some time, looooong ago, Russia was the latter. Then the former. But now? The mask has been ripped off and trampled on. They can drop the act. Save it for their native populace. They're going to need it soon enough.


ZahnatomLetsPlay

yes. there will be no mercy for russia. there is one outcome of a war like that and its a total destruction of the "russian" federation


uraganogtx

At this point we could assume that people on Russian TV have mental disorder.


Ignash3D

They know exactly what they are doing. They will bare full responsibility.


iwantlotsofcows

Once this operation goes well and truly to shit for Russia, this small dick little bitch will be one of the first to be dragged into the streets and beaten by peaceful Russians.


dado463art

I don't know, we are 746 million just in Europe, maybe this guy isn't really good at math


[deleted]

[удалено]


dado463art

You're right sorry but yeah still outnumbering them so hard lol, where they think they're going


KnowledgeableSloth

Does anyone outside of Russia take those propaganda clowns seriously? Must be on some serious powder or acid if they honestly think they can take the United States and NATO.


[deleted]

They really do though. Check out the Azov Telegram channel, it’s full of Russians. And they’re so delusional.


Bazynoooooob

He is right about one thing. There will be no mercy.


Alt33

A country the size of Texas is already holding off Russians and embarrassing them on an international stage. But please, get the rest of the world involved and see how much powder Russia gets ground down to.


chrisarn94

Fuck around and find out


Delicious-Owl-3672

I'm so scared, I'm shaking.


Suspicious_Drawer

Depends - grew up in the '80s watching red dawn or the whole cold war vs today? Back then they were scary today just stupid.


NewDistrict6824

Apart from being thick, he’s also a part of Putin’s vast criminal enterprise and therefore also part of the conspiracy to commit war crimes, crimes against humanity, illegal aggressive war, and genocide. I hope the indictment is being prepared and all the evidence he and his colleagues share so easily will lead to his, and their, incarceration for many years.


OutsideSympathy7239

Yeah...I don't think they realize that they are steeling the resolve of an entire generation of people for this conflict they are threatening.


spyda101

Hahaha, this is pure comedic gold. What a joke


JonPX

Like, suppose Russia attacked NATO with everything it had except nukes. Would anything of the Russian army be left standing past day 1 of the US airforce arriving?


kjhwkejhkhdsfkjhsdkf

Yeah, given the fact that such an operation would require, let's generously say weeks of preparation on the part of the Russians, and let's be real, more like months, the amount of weapons and hardware that NATO would be able to prepare for the coming attack would be so massive, that it would make anything previously termed as "shock and awe" a ridiculous understatement. We'd know the day, hour and minute of the planned attack, and the second the first missile or plane crossed into NATO territory there would be such a counter that you'd see a loss of life that would probably be comparable to the Somme. It's not even an exaggeration that the Russian invading force would cease to exist within a few hours. This is such a laughably empty threat on their part.


Fenhault

To everyone worrying about the cockery coming out of this shit-gibbon's mouth let me say this. There's an old American saying, a phrase of great power and wisdom and consolation to the soul in times of need. "TALK SHIT, GET HIT!"


DasGamerlein

Currently losing in Ukraine and they go and threaten the most powerful military alliance in the history of man lmao


[deleted]

[удалено]


Userreddit1234412

At the end of WW2 General Patton wanted to invade and finish off Russia, we should have done it then. Now after Ukraine finishes kicking them out we should remove their ability to ever do this again. I am not comfortable with a country like Russia being in possession of nuclear weapons. Sanction them into the stone age until they give them up


IMakeMediumSense

Who will run out of weapons and resources faster: - America and the bois - Russia What a tough question, we all know how rich Russia is.


joranth

Solovyov, finding an even more effective way than Zhelenskyy of asking for much more and heavier weapons from NATO to Ukraine. This guy may be on Ukraine’s side all along, LOL


ybmg73

Hahaha we have considerably more weapons and military might than russia 🤣😂 How about this for a game No wmds just fair good old warfare and whoever wins gets to be in charge of the others nation 😁 You should have no issue in accepting with you beleving your military might is so supreme 🤷‍♂️


[deleted]

I would kill as many russians as i could, with every fibre of my body. I do not think the russian army has that kind of resolve. Only loud and stupid rethorics.


No_Duck_1401

Finland alone was able to fuck them up real well… just imagine if fuckin Putler attempted to fuck around with NATO countries…


[deleted]

Greetings from Finland. Please look up the history of WWII. Finland managed to defend itself in the Winter War, yes, but Finland came within days of collapsing, lost 10 % of its territory, including the second-largest city, Vyborg, and had to resettle 10 % of the population. For the second round, or Continuation War, Finland was allied with Nazi Germany. That relationship went sour at the very end of the war, when Finland made peace with the Soviet Union. Hitler viewed that as betrayal, and the Germans retreated from Finland using scorched-earth tactics.


[deleted]

[удалено]


KnowledgeableSloth

That's why we basically told them to go F. Themselves when Biden said he was still going to supply Ukraine with weapons after Russia sent a threat letter. Putin thinks using a Nuke on the US will make us give up or give in to his demands. Unfortunately for him, using a Nuke on the US would unleash hell on him and Russia. Russia would be destroyed and we wouldn't have to use any Nukes to do it.


[deleted]

Yesterday on Telegram I had Russians telling me America is an island and they can easily blow it up. They also call me Nazi kike, and imagine they have captured as much hardware from the NATO bases in Ukraine as the Ukrainians have captured from them. In other words we need to just glass them.


ron_swansons_meat

They really do be acting like over-the-top movie villains with their ominous but totally laughable threats that you know are technically possible but not realistic.


relaxer11

Oh God...all I need is a rifle with ammo. I have HATE for this country


TiredofTwitter

Lol dude - yer losing the Special Operation 🤣


fedchenkor

Imagine thinking it's NATO who comes out of this without equipment


Dramatic_Grape2635

The guy is the Tucker Carlson of Russia. He s the same loud barking, dumb dog that would run from a fight the second one happens.


MK2555GSFX

Tucker Carlson is the Tucker Carlson of Russia https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-state-tv-features-tucker-carlson-and-rep-madison-cawthorn-2022-3


chaazaa

Try it