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It's not 1941, Putin can't throw away the lives of a hundred thousand soldiers the way Stalin did. The public and the generals won't wear it, especially as Russia isn't exactly facing an existential threat. The USSR chose a humiliating retreat from Afghanistan because they'd lost a mere 15,000 soldiers. And if Russian oil sales stop there'll be no money for new weapons. Ukraine gets new, better weapons given to it every day.