Why is Russia offering to free prisoners?

Walt said:
Putin is executing huge numbers of his top supporters, because he realizes many of them are considering killing him. This is not winning.
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That doesn't surprise me. Kill or be killed in a Soviet shit hole.
 
Walt said:
Putin said at the beginning he wanted the first capital of the Rus, which is Kiev.

They do not control Odesa. The Russians have been pushed back to the Western bank of the Dnipro River, retreated from Snake Island, and completely lost Kherson. They are far enough away from Odesa that they can no longer shell it, and there is no direct way they can attack it. At the beginning it looked like they could capture Odesa, but that was 9 months ago. Today, they have no hope of taking Odesa.

As for control of the Black Sea, Turkey still controls access to the Black Sea. Ukraine can destroy any ship that sails far out in the water in the Black Sea. Russia's remaining Black Sea navy (minus its biggest ship) hides in its ports.
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No, he didn't.
 
Walt said:
Russia has one 55,000-tonne STOBAR carrier that was built in 1985, named the Kuznetsov. It is currently being refitted, and so probably can not be put into operation.

India has two carriers, 45,400 tonnes STOBAR Vikramaditya, built in 2012 by the Russians, and the 45,000 tonnes STOBAR Vikrant, built in 2022 within India. Both are fully operational right now.

So India has twice as many carriers, of similar size and capabilities to the one Russian carrier, but India's carriers are newer and actually working.

In other words, India can project their military power globally, and Russia found it impossible to project their military 60 miles from the border.
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India has jack shit.
 
Walt said:
Which is exactly my point. If India, which is "jack shit" is double Russia in economy, aircraft carriers, etc., what does that make Russia? Half "jack shit"? Not even a complete "jack shit"?
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Actually, that's not your point. Look at your next sentence. You have to be smarter than that to talk to me Salty.
 
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Bigdog said:
Ukrainian cities see massive destruction - The Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com › world › interactive
Mar 14, 2022 — City centers full of shoppers have been reduced to rubble. Hospitals meant to provide care and sanctuary have become scenes of destruction.

How Putin has turned Ukraine's cities to rubble - Daily Mailhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk › news › article-10568737
Mar 2, 2022 — Extraordinary images from Ukraine show before and after Russian forces indiscriminately bombarded and obliterated populated areas. Advertisement.
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Hey dickhead, you know you made a point about confronting the NSDAP? They're here now. Are you confronting them now asswipe?

I am, are you?
 
Guille said:
Actually, that's not your point. Look at your next sentence. You have to be smarter than that to talk to me Salty.
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The point is that Russia is no longer a global superpower; in many ways it is less powerful than India. You say India is "jack shit"; well, in many ways Russia is then less than "jack shit."

Russia is more a regional power, much like India.

On a side note, it is getting harder to argue that India should not have a permanent Security Council seat given that it will soon have a bigger population than China. It has more than double the economy of Russia. It is growing faster than China in both population and economy.
 
Walt said:
I could understand if Ukraine was offering to free prisoners who volunteered to fight the Russians. It is a much smaller country without a military tradition that is fighting a world power. Of course they are not making any such offer to prisoners, but in the hypothetical situation they were making such an offer, I would understand.

What I am having trouble understanding is why is Russia offering violent criminals freedom to fight in a war Putin refuses to even allow to be called a war? Right now if you are in prison for a crime in Russia, you can get out for a year of fighting in Ukraine. And these are some terrible criminals... Who will be free as they want to be... If they can survive.

I still am having trouble understanding how they can be given tin helmets, or worse yet airsoft ballistic vests. Both are basically toys that looks kind of real to the uneducated eye. I am not saying figuratively toys, but literally toys of absolutely no use in real combat. Or why they were using Chinese tires for their heavy artillery, even though the tires would burst under the pressure. The Chinese do not take Rubles, so they had to come up with real payments.

There is a readjustment we all need to make about the power of Russia. Ukraine is a plucky country with lots of innovation... But still, a lot of it is Russia is so much more pathetic than any of us could imagine.
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For the same reason that news of Brandon having classified documents stashed in an office comes AFTER the midterms even though it was known BEFORE the midterms. Just like the hunter Biden laptop story was "Russian misinformation" until after the 2020 election when it was admitted it's a story.
 
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