Its instigator is an absolute moron, and therefore unable to offer any explanation for his madness; none actually exists, except in his piggy bank.
He destroyed Russia, as such, long before 2022. The Rubicon has been crossed and there is no turning back. It's likely that this reckless operation, launched with a "cigarette butt," could culminate in World War III. Time will tell. But the funeral of the Russian terrorist state has already begun and will last as shortly as the funeral of the USSR. The Kremlin itself confirms the funeral, with its recently concocted disinformation about the alleged transfer of nuclear weapons from Great Britain and France to Ukraine. Over its three-hundred-year history, the "Russians" have become adept at concocting absurd, illogical propaganda that only useful idiots, both inside and outside Russia, believe.
So what's happening today?
The furnace of Putin's war is burning hundreds of thousands of soldiers, contract soldiers, deceived volunteers, and misled citizens of other countries. The total number of those incinerated is already approaching two million.
The most astonishing thing is that those sent to be slaughtered by Putin and sent to Ukraine are, most likely, unable, due to the state of their brains, to calculate the arithmetic of the lives remaining at their disposal.
Some time ago, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addressed the foolish people who have fallen under the influence of the degenerate Putin:
If you want to live, run; if you want to live, surrender; if you want to live, fight, fight for your freedom. Everything has been taken from you anyway, or do any of you have oil rigs, palaces, vineyards, or maybe yachts, or some kind of bank? What are you even fighting for? All you have are loans, something to eat in the evening, and now mobilization. Fight for your own! Don't interfere with our land, our soul, and our culture!
Vladimir Putin is creating the conditions for the resumption of forced partial conscription of reservists, write experts at the American Institute for the Study of War.
The influx of contract soldiers has ceased to cover frontline losses, analysts claim. According to data cited by Bloomberg, in January 2026, 9,000 fewer new contract soldiers signed up for the Russian armed forces than the Russian army lost at the front.
Another sign of the manpower shortage is the actions of the Russian authorities. On February 18, the State Duma passed in its first reading a bill that will strengthen preventive measures against "distortion of historical truth" and "evasion of the duty to defend the Fatherland." According to analysts, the document is likely aimed at giving the Kremlin a legal basis for prosecuting Russians who criticize the conscription of reservists. Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War also note that Telegram's slowdown in Russia may indicate that the authorities are attempting to establish control over the information space and limit criticism of the Russian government or military operations.
At the same time, active student recruitment is underway. Since February, St. Petersburg students have been offered contracts with the Ministry of Defense. Students are promised unusual and privileged conditions: supposedly, by serving, they can avoid expulsion, and the contracts are only for a year, according to the publication "Bumaga."
Promotion of participation in the war with Ukraine has also been observed at Moscow State University, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, and RUDN University. The Higher School of Economics is offering underperforming students contracts with the Ministry of Defense instead of expulsion, and at Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, class monitors have been instructed to recruit students for unmanned forces, according to lawyer Artem Klyga.
Russia's underdog is actively seeking cannon fodder in African countries, but this will help him. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been tasked with destroying the Russian army's manpower at an accelerated pace. This is a realistic goal. And events on the Ukrainian frontlines clearly demonstrate that the mission is achievable!
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