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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6063676" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Russia is up against it demographically.  They have one of the oldest populations and can ill afford to lose more young men.  It's something Putin has to take into account.  When they were the Soviet Union they had 375 million people and could afford to throw men into battle.  They're about 140 million now and have low life expectancy for men but at the same time are aging out.  So the longer this war goes the more pressure Putin is going to feel to end it.  Whether y'all like it or not Russia's ability to wage war has been greatly diminished by this war.</p></blockquote><p></p>