What a great way to show the inefficiency of sanctions! /s

He’s too busy begging these three for help.

But he does, he just discovered a new supply for the meat grinder.

So it’s just one step before the Ankh-Morpork mode with legalized crime guilds?

Ah yes, two nations famous for their appreciation of individual human life /s

Civilian disobedience can take many forms, not all of them involve an active confrontation with the government or police.

Unfortunately, from what it looks like, all everyday russians are living their normal everyday lives.

Unfortunately this means that the majority of the population either supports the war (especially as long as they’re winning) or are zombified enough not to care.

In either case, those are people that will be fine with being conscripted and sent to the front. As long as they’re not getting hurt, themselves, of course.

By all means, I’m not advocating russian style of bombing obviously civilian targets, but those russians are far from poor and powerless.

They do nothing because it’s uncomfortable.

How do you know a ruzzian is lying? Sound is coming out if their mouth.

Poor, poor ruzzian general. Let’s send him out oh-no’s and anyways.

This difficulty to believe it’s actually quite fundamental to what’s happening.

If you like, I invite you to imagine what would be the explanation if these numbers were true. (Even adjusted for being dead and wounded)