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2023-07-25 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia outplays Ukraine in the battle of reserves: Ukrainian Forces are defeated and lose motivation

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Posted by badanov 2023-07-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 If the Ukrainians can export grain without the port by rail why cannot they import important military equipment by rail without the port?

Posted by Wheresing de Medici3077 2023-07-25 06:03|| 2023-07-25 06:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Russian troops withdraw from the area of Andriivka near Bakhmut under pressure by Ukrainian Defence forces

Yep, so defeated and unmotivated.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-07-25 09:39|| 2023-07-25 09:39|| Front Page Top

#3 If the Ukrainians can export grain without the port by rail why cannot they import important military equipment by rail without the port?

Matter of scale. Ukrainian rails use the same gauge as the Russian ones, which are different than the European ones. They can ship some grain via rail, but it then has to be unloaded in Poland or Romania and loaded on the other trains that use the European gauge. Slow and expensive. Plus those countries use that for their own grain and it drives their food costs up.

Turn it around the other way and all is true for importing military stuff. Most of it is trucked in for that reason.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-07-25 09:42|| 2023-07-25 09:42|| Front Page Top

#4 The Russians deviated from 'standard gauge' before the revolution. To make an invasion more difficult.

Posted by Bobby 2023-07-25 10:12|| 2023-07-25 10:12|| Front Page Top

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