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Originally Posted by Catfish
Russia having far greater numbers than Ukraine, yes. But against the rest of the world (ok sans China and Africa, but still) ?
Russia has lost almost a third of its overall military hardware. Much more when it comes to modern systems.
Russia will not stop with Ukraine, me and others told you so before.
Up to now Ukraine is fighting the war for Europe and the west, and if we do not stop them now this will develop into a world-wide war.
I wonder why anyone here thinks that things will get back to normal "when the war is over". The war will not be over with Ukraine, stop dreaming. And there is not enough engagement now to end this war, by the west. Nothing will get "back to normal".
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They have the intention to continue beyond Ukraine, yes - but do they have the ability, after losses of the scale you describe....? They can take the baltic states probably, surprising Nato. Europeans, on the other hand, have not focussed their forces on the eastern frontline, but scattered all across Europe, away from the eastern borders. Even that force of 300 thousand is planned to be stationed not in the endangered territories, but mostly in its individual national homebases, far away. And ammo stocks are unexcusably low.
The Russians may have second and thjrd grade equipment only, but it nevertheless shoots. Ammo for that they have plenty, it looks like.