"A strong response" means... more sanctions? How many rounds of those we have already had? (Sorry, I lost count). Putin is laughing at those "strong measures". The only effective response is to send more weapons (and I would say - soldiers as well).
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The recent shadow fleet sanctions are biting pretty hard. Russia is being forced to ship more & more of its oil through ships complying with Western sanctions, including the price cap.
may 13, 2025, 6:21 am • 1 0 • view
🇷🇺 has proven many times that it can bypass any sanctions inflicted by the West. It's economy, despite all the hardship, is doing quite well, and with the active help of 🇨🇳 , it is quite protected. Sanctions have limited effect and they are uses by the West as a fig-leaf to hide its impotence.
may 13, 2025, 7:08 am • 0 0 • view
Believe what you want, Putin-sucking piece of shit. 🇷🇺's economy is far smaller than California's & its shadow fleet revenues are disappearing right now. Without the shadow fleet,🇷🇺can't avoid the minimum price, which can be lowered.🇨🇳doesn't sell🇷🇺 weapons or give it anything for free.
may 13, 2025, 8:23 am • 1 0 • view
The West is "impotent" to the tune of NATO members' $43T of GDP. What you imagine as Russia's might amounts to $2T of GDP. What is Russia good at? Building Iranian drones with engines the Italians stole from a 1980s German design? What a fucking shithole. Stupid vatnik muted.
may 13, 2025, 8:23 am • 0 0 • view
I thought Bluesky was better than X... obviously, ignorant idiots are everywhere. Read last week's article about Russia's weapon industry machine in The Economist. Quite scary. You are probably a good man, just ignorant.
may 14, 2025, 8:38 pm • 0 0 • view
Weird you know so much more from one Economist article than I've learned by listening to or reading every article in it for the last 30 years. Apparently, I could learn a lot from you. I hope my sarcasm wasn't too subtle, you stupid twat. Maybe you should go back to Xitter-morons are popular there
may 15, 2025, 4:30 am • 0 0 • view
The 1500 tanks/year attributed to Gen. Cavoli is likely based on Shoigu's 2023 claim. Almost all were refurbished old tanks from storage. 🇷🇺's production of new tanks is about ~10% of that,similar to🇺🇸's production rate. And refurbishment has dropped about 50% as the easily restored tanks are gone.
may 15, 2025, 5:22 pm • 0 0 • view
Even with refurbishment, Russia has lost tanks faster than it can replace them. As refurbishment winds up, its losses will be much faster than new tank manufacture. I've seen less info. on APCs & IFVs. I think, but don't know, the situation is similar.
may 15, 2025, 5:22 pm • 0 0 • view
Russia HAS produced remarkable numbers of relatively ineffective Shahed suicide UAVs & impressive numbers of more sophisticated cruise missiles & ballistic missiles. It has also used very many glide bombs & is likely producing them just as fast, like using old bombs with new guidance & wing kits.
may 15, 2025, 5:22 pm • 0 0 • view
The West can also make JDAM/SDB/HAMMER guided bombs at high rates in the same way, but it does not make strike missiles at the same rates. In fact, while France does make some new SCALP missiles,🇬🇧&🇩🇪 have ordered exactly zero Storm Shadow & Taurus missiles in the last 20 years.
may 15, 2025, 5:22 pm • 0 0 • view