Putin should be announcing his run for reelection in 10 days. I bet this insanity will continue for at least that long.
Then we will have to see if it continues after that.
I really hope that this insane tactic will come back to bite him in the near future. There's no way these losses can be sustainable.
I agree, and I think it will. It's not just the losses, personel in particular, Putin is really crazy, and is planning to mobilize 170000 extra, because of the "aggression" from Nato. And Russia has made a budget for 2024 with increased spending on the war by 70%! https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-approves-big-military-spending-hikes-russias-budget-2023-11-27/
That means Russia will spend 40% of their entire national budget on "security" in 2024, and that's made possible by an insane projection of 22% increased tax/oil revenue from a smaller economy?! That alone could break the Russian economy.
These numbers... Russian are being slaughtered. At this pace they won't have any army left in a year. Fingers crossed!
Putin should be announcing his run for reelection in 10 days. I bet this insanity will continue for at least that long.
Then we will have to see if it continues after that.
I really hope that this insane tactic will come back to bite him in the near future. There's no way these losses can be sustainable.
I agree, and I think it will. It's not just the losses, personel in particular, Putin is really crazy, and is planning to mobilize 170000 extra, because of the "aggression" from Nato. And Russia has made a budget for 2024 with increased spending on the war by 70%!
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-approves-big-military-spending-hikes-russias-budget-2023-11-27/
That means Russia will spend 40% of their entire national budget on "security" in 2024, and that's made possible by an insane projection of 22% increased tax/oil revenue from a smaller economy?! That alone could break the Russian economy.