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dwayneb

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5. Next steps - bringing in foreign fighters; help from China?

Reply to Buckeyeblue (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 6, 2022, 08:50 AM

Apr 2022

Russia’s army has 280,000 personnel and its armed forces have 900,000 overall, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, with 190,000 in Ukraine. About 210,000 are in Ukraine’s armed forces. So Putin still has a significant force at his disposal.

Even so his next step will be to bring in foreign fighters, like the Syrians.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/03/10/does-russia-have-enough-troops-to-take-ukraine-heres-where-its-manpower-stands---and-why-its-recruiting-foreign-soldiers/?sh=7c97ad1d4d82

And China has certainly not said "no" to Putin's request for military aid.

Would Putin resort to using WMDs? I would not put it past him. Someone as insane as Putin might risk using those weapons. He has an enormous arsenal at his disposal, chemical, biological and nuclear.

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Best insight into Putin yet - Fareed Zakharai interview with Russian ex-oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsk [View all] dwayneb Apr 2022 OP

This is not the only such reading of Putin. I've been seeing.. . TreasonousBastard Apr 2022 #1

Yes that's true dwayneb Apr 2022 #3

I wonder what plan B is since plan A hasn't worked Buckeyeblue Apr 2022 #2

When your Plan A is a three day Sherman A1 Apr 2022 #4

Next steps - bringing in foreign fighters; help from China? dwayneb Apr 2022 #5

That Doesn't Seem To Be Going So Well smb Apr 2022 #13

Exactly. Putin miscalculated big time and overestimated his... brush Apr 2022 #6

Putin has the great equalizer dwayneb Apr 2022 #8

I agree that he's a bit cray-cray. Biden/NATO has called his bluff though. brush Apr 2022 #9

+1, attack Ukraine from West Russia ... Bout it uponit7771 Apr 2022 #7

Plan B is "keep throwing troops into the meat grinder" and try to use numbers... JHB Apr 2022 #11

A response of hit and leave. The Jungle 1 Apr 2022 #10

If the Ukraine situation has shown anything, it is that additional attempts by wanda4rafi Apr 2022 #12

Another person with insight into Putin Chautauquas Apr 2022 #14