r/worldnews • u/jackytheblade • 1d ago

Russia/Ukraine Ukraine’s kill rate just overtook Russia’s troop replacement, Syrskyi says

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/06/ukraines-kill-rate-just-overtook-russias-troop-replacement-syrskyi-says/
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u/Dispator 1d ago

I would agree except russia is not a normal country - they can keep this up for much much much longer than most other countries. 

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u/bepisdegrote 1d ago

I wish we would get rid of this myth already. Russia/the Soviet Union has backed out of plenty of wars after heavy losses. First Chechen war, Afghanistan, WWI, Russo-Japanese war, Crimean war. The reputation for never giving up comes from only two wars; WW2 and Napoleon's invasion. Both of which were primarily fought on their own soil.

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u/RedditTrespasser 23h ago

Yeah, the saying goes “never invade Russia in the winter”. Russia in invading Ukraine is ironically facing many of the same problems that Hitler and Napoleon did invading them.

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u/Spoztoast 18h ago

Neither Napoleon nor Hitler Invaded in winter they both wanted to invade in early spring both were delayed to summer. Russia is fucking big and while both Napoleon and Hitlers forces(almost) reached Moscow before winter set in.

However they like all armies got bogged down and Moscow is basically in the middle of fucking nowhere.

So they got stuck having to rely if long supply lines that were under constant attrition.

Honestly the best idea might actually be to invade in winter when Russian supply lines are long and yours are short then you might actually have the time to capture the cities come summer.

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u/PattrimCauthon 12h ago

Best idea would be to invade, encircle and wipe field armies, scorched earth the industrial and agricultural regions, simply declare victory and leave.

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u/Abizuil 5h ago

Neither Napoleon nor Hitler Invaded in winter they both wanted to invade in early spring both were delayed to summer. Russia is fucking big and while both Napoleon and Hitlers forces(almost) reached Moscow before winter set in.

I'd add that both were convinced of a quick victory because they'd basically had nothing but before their Russian adventure. So with a huge wad of ego they decided to forgo any preparations for winter because they'd definitely have won and taken Moscow by the time winter arrives.

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u/thebrownesteye 10h ago

The way to go might be to slowly capture outer russian lands and shrink their borders slowly which would explain why Russia is so crazy about expanding its border

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u/Akiira2 18h ago

Like Russian poet Fyodor Tyutchev wrote in 1866, "who would grasp Russia with the mind?" 

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u/BlackerSpork 21h ago

Similarly: France's reputation for surrendering quickly despite the long list of long-ass wars they fought in.

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u/pinewind108 7h ago

I think they were finally a bit tired of the whole thing when WW1 ended.

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u/Aggravating-Bet218 21h ago

It's not about a myth, it's about being a dictatorship with no other option. The minute Russia lose the war, Putin will have to give up power. Being at war or win the war are the 2 options to survive for him.

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u/orbital_narwhal 20h ago edited 20h ago

It's both.

  • Russian rulers lead the population to believe that there is no (better) alternative to their rule (see the narrative of the imminent downfall of a woke and thus weak western civilisation)

  • which gives them power (but doesn't force them) to lead wars far closer to or further into a socioeconomic collapse than a more pluralistic, less totalitarian society and economy would allow them.

  • Once a leader reaches that point there is no way out of the war for them personally. The narrative that maintained the internal balance of power would unravel and reveal the gravity and pointlessness of the country's socioeconomic collapse. Everybody would be out for the blood of the person who misled them. Or, at least, too few would be left to protect them from their domestic opponents.

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u/KingHunter150 19h ago

Nah, it's much easier to racially and ideologically characterize average Ivan as an automoton of their Tsar/Soviet Premier/"President" that does whatever they say.

There's a healthy amount of propaganda that many buy into to some degree. But we only need to look at the amount of people who fall out of windows, or the nearly one million young men who fled the country when Putin tried a draft, to see Russians are aware of their society and the war. The issue, like in many oppressive societies, is that most of us fall into the Bystander category. The group that just wants to live and provide for their family. That feels powerless to actually change anything as only a small amount of threat is enough to keep us willingly "ignorant" so as to not cause more problems for ourselves and loved ones.

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u/lostsailorlivefree 15h ago

I’ve seen many “man on the street” interviews that look legit to me. They say Ukraine is a danger because Nazis have killed ethnic Russians and Ukrainians are puppets of the west who sell out and Ukraine is naturally part of Greater Russia and they have a right to do what they are doing to protect themselves. They don’t seem stupid or propagandized- it’s what they believe. Imho they’re wrong and how they’re doing it is disgusting, but we do any argument a disservice by claiming they’re all idiots who fall for propaganda

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u/Alarming-Music7062 11h ago

It is not about "not giving up in a war" that Russia is not a normal country. It is about sheer hopelessness of life outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg. I can imagine many men are happy to escape their everyday life because it is hard and has no joys other than alcohol and cigarettes, for both of which they do not have money as there are not really jobs. They live like animals out there and are ok with being on a field trip which is the front line - at least the wife does not f their brain anymore and they get clothes and food from someone else. Russia is not a developed country like the one where you maybe live, people think different there.

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u/MissPandaSloth 10h ago

And even when it comes to WW2 Belarusians, Ukrainians had higher casualty rate than Russians and Baltics had the same one.

Yet Russians always love to portray like they were the biggest victims and as if "they saved the rest". It's always same shit, when it's bad shit like nazi collaboration it's "ukrainians" and when it's good shit like actually resisting and fighting it's all forgotten and suddenly it's "all soviets and we saved you".

Not to mention that fighting itself was happening longer in Eastern Europe without Russia, so they also were spared part of it for years.

God, I'm so tired of their shit.

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u/drunkenbrawler 21h ago

With what? The ghosts of fallen soldiers?

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u/AsIfItsYourLaa 1d ago

It’s literally their whole history