Russia's unjustifiable war of aggression in Ukraine

They are talking about prices, Silky. PRICES. Do try to pay attention.

well in fact he is wrong on two layers ;)

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despite having a lot of land, russia's main import is food and having a lot of land did not stop them from having multiple famines and food crisises in the past. Sorry for the source but it is a known fact:

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edit: I am not sure if you remember "the apple crisis" when russia thought they will "punish" Poland, one of the largest in the world apple producer, with embargo for supporting Georgia. It was the won-goal, as apparently the embargo was painful only short term as approx 70% of export was going to russia. After a short time the export was changed away from russia and since apples are actually a luxury commodity in russia (dessert apples especially).
 
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well in fact he is wrong on two layers ;)

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despite having a lot of land, russia's main import is food and having a lot of land did not stop them from having multiple famines and food crisises in the past. Sorry for the source but it is a known fact:

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edit: I am not sure if you remember "the apple crisis" when russia thought they will "punish" Poland, one of the largest in the world apple producer, with embargo for supporting Georgia. It was the won-goal, as apparently the embargo was painful only short term as approx 70% of export was going to russia. After a short time the export was changed away from russia and since apples are actually a luxury commodity in russia (dessert apples especially).
The Allies were able to blockade Germany during the First World War but you can't with Russia, they have trade relations with China, India & Turkiye. You can bully small countries like Cuba or larger ones like Venezeuela but Russia is a whole different ball game NATO is not going to be able to impose a sanction regime on the biggest country in the world oh and an other thing no country is food independent we live in an interdependent world I go to a shop plenty of what is in there are inports. We in Ireland have a big farming sector but even we rely on getting foodstuff in from abroad. The Russians won't be scared of Western sanctions.
 
What active airforce does Russia have now, between fighters and bombers?

No one knows for certain how many they have left, but what we know is:

- they are lacking pilots (training takes approx 4 years, edit: not only pilots, but all the ground service, technicians, supply etc.!)
- they are unable to produce the new machines to replace the ones lost and have not spares to extend the life of the ones they use
- most of the engines for helis and jets were produced in Ukraine
- they have lost ability to build some models since the collapse of USSR and they have lost the know-how (people who knew how to make them are dead or really old already), this is the case for Tu-22 for example
- they have lost a lot of ammo for them (used and destroyed), they are unable to produce them in the numbers able to replace the losses (vide: developing FAB bombs)
- UA have damaged beyond repair or destroyed many of their machines in recent months while those were taxi at the airports
- UA attacks with missiles and drones forced ru to move their bases further from the front
- In recent months ru lost a huge number of the radar systems providing info and cover to the ru air force, the rest is limited or moved away from the front
- UA has more (still too little) modern AA systems and now getting F16 which are causing russia to panic.
- They cannot move all equipment to Ukraine as they need those to be deployed in their vast territory too
 
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That's an interesting take on things. I'm surprised that the Ukrainians haven't destroyed more Russian bridges
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not a railway bridge, but as if they were listening to you ;) UA would try to get some destroyed to help defending their positions. Below is a freesh photo of the one on Seym river:


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it was this one:

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