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DetroitLegalBeagle

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5. These are protecting Russian cities

Reply to Samrob (Original post)

Tue Mar 1, 2022, 10:47 AM

Mar 2022

Besides, Russia has 900k-1million active duty and another 2 million in reserve total. Last estimate I saw was up to 200k troops in or around Ukraine currently. Putin could double that and they would still have half a million active duty troops stationed elsewhere throughout Russia

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All that military on the road to Ukraine...whose protecting the Russian cities? nt [View all] Samrob Mar 2022 OP

It doesn't matter OLDMDDEM Mar 2022 #1

The Russian army is large. They have 900k troops. 12,500 tanks and around 30k armored vehicles. CentralMass Mar 2022 #2

Protecting them from what? dumbcat Mar 2022 #3

Or the Siberian oil fields? lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #4

These are protecting Russian cities DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 2022 #5

Do Russian cities sarisataka Mar 2022 #6