alt Hacker NewsLet me remind you of three things: 1) This weaker neighbor is aided and funded by a block of countries with a total population of 1b, 6 times that of Russia. 2) The same block is doing all it can to crash the Russian economy. 3) Nevertheless, this union of a weak neighbor + 1b block is steadily loosing land.
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Gaining land slower than the Germans were towards the end of ww1. Significantly slower.
I wish they were aided and funded properly - this war would have been over in 3 days had they been so, and not in Putin's favor.
> Nevertheless, this union of a weak neighbor + 1b block is steadily loosing land.
Last I saw (this weekend), the union of Ukraine+friends, was losing land at about 50-75 metres a day. As well as bopping off 35,000 enemy combatants a month off the 2026 Christmas party list. And russia can't (or haven't) matched those losses with recruitment.
a single soldier, perhaps two, sent 20km into opposing territory (the advance, the territory gained) doesn't mean actually controlling the ground. Just ask Vlad.
> This weaker neighbor is aided and funded by a block of countries with a total population of 1b, 6 times that of Russia.
'Aided and funded' literally a fractional percent of their economies over five years.
> The same block is doing all it can to crash the Russian economy
I severely doubt about "all it can" part.
> Nevertheless, this union of a weak neighbor + 1b block is steadily loosing land.
Less than percent a year since 2023. This is a shockingly bad performance for a country to that considered themselves rival to China/Europe/US.
As to "+ 1b block" it's like that joke goes: "Russia v NATO war. Russian status: 1 mil casualties. NATO status: hasn't arrived yet."