nostr:npub1cf7vv3sqsm9978zpqc0rys8sl6w726wj2sjmzj87zcxnzl8mfjaslwkcss if I was Russia and I'd really contemplate a war with NATO, I'd probably start by trying to somehow adres the fact that Russia, even being the largest country on the planet and all, has the economy smaller than half of that of California.
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nostr:npub16rsfuhv9vvn39cmrdg9s9qcq20lfqp4u8w35f8svm30dny345d7qhc2zfj The Russians consider NATO bases in the Ukraine an existential threat and they are willing to fight NATO, with nuclear weapons if necessary. If not for that U.S. troops would already be in the Ukraine.
The Russians have many good reasons to believe they could prevail.
nostr:npub16rsfuhv9vvn39cmrdg9s9qcq20lfqp4u8w35f8svm30dny345d7qhc2zfj The Russian economy is the largest in Europe but only 1/20 the combined economies of both the U.E. and U.S. However, their nuclear weapons are the ultimate equalizer, the Europeans have been neglecting the NATO alliance since the fall of the Soviet Union, the German army is a farce, the French are too weak to even confront Niger, and NATO ammo stockpiles are depleted. The Ukrainians right now are using more artillery ammo in a day than the alliance can produce in a month.