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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5771002" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Heard tonight that Russia has lost 150,000 men to Ukraine's 70,000(which includes Ukrainian civilians).  Peter Zeihan said the other day that Russia has been cut off from selling oil and gas in Europe so is transporting them to China via Siberia as well as to the eastern Russian ports for transport elsewhere.  They're using 4 of 5 rail lines in Siberia to do this and one got bombed the other day.  So we know Ukrainians are in Russia committing sabotage.  Would about be impossible to guard those lines their full length so likely to be more of this.  Also heard that 650,000 men have fled Russia rather than serve.  Even if the U.S. doesn't fully back Ukraine I doubt they're going to give up easily.  The biggest concern imo is if Russia is about to outright lose what would Putin do to win?</p></blockquote><p></p>