Even with 500.000 Russian soldiers dead, their population is 143 million people. I'm quite sure that they still have some spare Blyats lying around.

[–] kiagam@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

not even if they were facing complete destruction would they conscript even 1% of the population.

Wars end when people get pissed or you run out of money. We are getting closer to that every day for both sides. if ukraine can at least keep getting more money, they eventually win. Ukrainians are the defenders, so their population is willing to fight for longer

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Don't look up the amount of Russian casualties in WW2.

Ukranians are getting forced into military draft too. I'm quite sure a large part of the Ukranians aren't willing to risk their lives for their country either. But you seem to have no problem sacrificing them as if they are funny peons you can throw at Russians.

Wonder how much you would support this if you were the one that was forced to go to the front line. You can volunteer to go to Ukraine and fight against the Russians yourself by the way.

[–] kiagam@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Exactly, when Russia was being invaded, they lost a ton of people to defend their land. Doesn't mean they died willingly (people were drafted against their will, in every war in history that happens), but the pressure to surrender didn't mount up on the government. In a defensive war, people are more willing to die and to let their fellow citizens die. There are always people clamoring for an agreement or a surrender to avoid loss of life, but those voices are few compared to the ones who want to defend their land (or want others to go do it).

In a war of aggression however, every death come with a "why the fuck are we attacking them anyway? why did my son/brother/cousin have to die?". USA lost in vietnam that way. More kills, more money, won basically every engagement and still lost the war. If the population is against a war of aggression, it will end.

Very few wars end in complete domination of the enemy. Most end in an agreement of some sort or a retreat. I believe that, if Ukraine keeps getting money to stay in the fight, they will outlast Russia in political willingness to fight and will recover their land.