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Originally Posted by MaDef
Question: If the "Russian professional army" is having this much trouble in Ukraine, what does Putin expect to accomplish with conscripted troops who will have little training and no motivation to fight? It's my understanding that the Russian people aren't exactly clamoring to enlist in the army right now.
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Indeed, one might think that the military now realizes that this battle is hopeless. It isn't. On the contrary, there are signals that the Russian army feel humiliated and are bent on revenge, and that we see daily by the strikes on civilians.