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Related: About this forumIt Happened! Putin Drastically Reduced War Budget. Invasion is Not Sustainable - The Russian Dude
Recently Putin started to quietly recognize the problems of the ongoing war. He does not acknowledge them publicly, but there are obvious signs. One of such is that Putin drastically reduced war budget, cutting the payments to soldiers as much as by 30 times. The revised compensation for soldiers does not look attractive anymore. Then there is also new financial accountability for soldiers as well. They are personally responsible for damaged, destroyed, or lost military equipment. The future of Russian military is uncertain, as the invasion is no longer sustainable.
0:00 What's up!
1:17 Quiet recognition of problems
4:57 Revised payments to soldiers
8:44 Financial accountability for soldiers
11:56 The future of Russian military
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It Happened! Putin Drastically Reduced War Budget. Invasion is Not Sustainable - The Russian Dude (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Dec 3
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Meadowoak
(6,293 posts)1. not to worry, Trump will have the US military fighting for Russia/Putin.
surfered
(3,726 posts)2. The money for signing up was a prime motivator of recruitment.
Irish_Dem
(59,696 posts)3. Putin only has to hang on for a few months.
Trump will make all his problems go away.
Of course the Russian economy has crashed, no easy way out of that.
JoseBalow
(5,630 posts)4. Checkmate again?