Comments by "Freedom Crusader" (@freedomfighter22222) on "Russia's war economy is unsustainable" video.

  1. I have stopped being surprised by how out of touch people that have been following this war for a long time can be, The average journalist or average person has no clue what is going on. That Russia is spending far more money than it can afford long term has been clear since very early in the war, yet people keep talking about Russia being able to afford it indefinitely. Keeps being painful to hear for sure, but it is not surprising anymore.
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  2.  @michaelstiller2282  Nobody believed that 200k men stood around the Ukrainian border for an exercise, Some people thought it was to invade Ukraine, others thought it was a bluff to pressure Ukraine and/or the West for concessions, but nobody thought it was an exercise.
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  3. The European economy? what about it? things have generally been working out fine for decades now, it is pretty chill actually, no huge economic depressions like Russia had in the 90's either.
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  4. When are you going to stop claiming that the Ukrainian military is broken and next week Russia will take Kyiv?
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  5. Yeah, it has been extremely bad and getting worse since 2022, sadly the western press is busy talking about how Russia can keep this up forever to actually fact check any politician's or Russian state media claim.
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  6. The Russian population isn't under any pressure, the Russian government is blowing through the Russian reserves right now, in 2025/26 the Russian people will start feeling it as not only are all the reserves gone but the Russian government will have maxed out all the loans it could get. By the time it gets to the point the Russian population is feeling it, it will be far too late, be felt stronger than it got in the 90's and be irreversible. Putin is literally torching all the progress that was made in the past 30 years right in front of the Russian people's eyes and they are all pretending they can't see it, but in a couple years it will be impossible to pretend it isn't happening just by closing their eyes as it will be felt instead.
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  7. Whether Trump wins isn't relevant to the outcome of the war, at best the influence he has is how fast the determined outcome happens, By the time he might enter office next year regardless what he does he can't stop Ukraine from winning, Europe was and remains the most important supplier to Ukraine and at this point is capable of carrying Ukraine the rest of the way without the US. Not that I think US aid would stop flowing under a Trump administration, that would make Trump seem weak and irrelevant as the war continues anyway, he has no option but double down on aid so he can claim he shows more strength than Biden and so he can take credit when the war is won.
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  8. Russia has less money from that export than it is using, far less. It has been and continues to burn reserves at a high and unsustainable pace at the same time as it is taking up loans at ridiculous interest rates.
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  9. Not without Western aid, of course, western aid is still arriving so the Ukrainian economy is irrelevant in the equation.
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  10. Disaster? Here? Nice shitposting attempt, Russian bot.
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  11. What objectives? Asking so I can come back and laugh in 2 years :)
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  12. 1. NATO isn't even trying yet, it hasn't shifted its economies focuses 2. yes, the current economy of NATO is very sustainable long term
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  13. And you will keep hearing it until it bites Russia's ass
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  14. Ukraine would be in a far worse spot, wasn't it for the Western economy supporting it. The money necessary to keep Ukraine afloat indefinitely is a rounding error in the Western economy, due to that whether the Ukrainian economy can keep itself afloat becomes irrelevant, it doesn't need to. Nobody is pretending the Ukrainian economy isn't doing poorly, the rest of us just see that Europe alone can sustain the entire Ukrainian economy indefinitely, while Russia just can't sustain itself and isn't being propped up by anyone else.
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  15. What do you mean "emerged"? The US already was the largest economy with a gdp more than twice as high as the Soviet Union(2nd place) in 1938. The US didn't get a larger economy due to spending a lot on defence, it already had a large economy and despite spending far more than long term sustainable on its military it remained the largest one because most of its competitors got their economies blown to pieces.
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  16. Yes? that's the point? the West can sustain Ukraine, it doesn't need to sustain itself. The whole idea here is that Ukraine's economy is irrelevant since it is a rounding error in the Western economy, while Russia has to carry itself and it can't do that at this pace indefinitely.
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  17. Per IMF Russia is nr.11...
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  18. Inflation at the normal rate? 2-3%? just like most economies aim for???
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  19. China has no interest in sacrificing its own economy to prop up a failed Russian one. As China has made clear for years now, Crime is a part of Ukraine and the Western economy is China's only serious customer, sure it would like Russia to keep existing, but it isn't going to commit suicide just to help Russia hold on a bit longer.
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  20. He specifically notes that western aid is the question in the last part of the video. And IF this backing end Ukraine would be in a worse situation. Allow me though to do say what you claim Anders said, the West will maintain necessary backing for Ukraine indefinitely.
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  21. At this rate, by the beginning of 1942 the Soviets will have lost enough territory to start thinking about signing a peace treaty. And other good jokes desperate people tell themselves when it is clear they have failed to win the war and will now spend the next couple years getting ever more delusional as they drag the rest of their country down with them.
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  22. Ukraine has several million more people eligible for military service, Neither Ukraine nor Russia is going to run out of people within the next few decades, both their militaries are far larger now than they were 2 years ago and have both not only continuously grown since then but does so now as well. Manpower is a desperate talking point for the pro Russian community because population is the only thing they can definitely point to and say Russia has more, but that is irrelevant because both sides have millions more than they can train and equip.
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