@Terry @Jonny @Turkleton @reallyangry I have 4 friend that had to jump the border, 2 of those lost their friends due to mobilization.

Russia is a fucking big place mate and moscow is generally mostly spared from the meat grinder because thats putins "city" where the majority of his "voters" and "z-tards" are so if your friends live there then thats prolly the case but i am not gonna make an assumption on where they live.

Just look at all the numbers, look at the videos of the russian soldiers complaining to their leaders about being sent to death with almost no ammo.

Look at the documentaries, look at independent reporters, Volunteers, Content creators going there to show their perspectives.

You have a ungodly amount of sources to compare with each other and also a massive amount of OSINT available to you.

Broaden your scope mate, I have been following this war day one and russia has been a joke, their only saving grace is their numbers, Support of NK and china(Even though china is getting sick of their shit because it could impact their trade, china is really dependant on their trade because their agri is shit)