Why Russia is so weak in the Ukraine War??

Originally posted by tangs: ↑

1.India has camcelled all weapons deals with russia and said they will now make their own (using WESTERN components

2. India has signalled while attempting to maintain good relations with russia , a distancing based on russian ties to China (the enemy of India) - started obeying sanction rules and also cut back on buying of russ oil .

3.Nordstream 1 and 2 are finished and western European countries are sourcing gas from Norwayt etc - definitely permanent impairment of western trade

4. NATO article 5 ---- now Sweden and Finland are REQUIRED to go the defence of a NATO neighbour - that IS a big difference

5. stategic significance of Sweden and Finland joining
a) Baltic Sea now a NATO lake impairing russian naval traffic
b) Suwalki gap just lost it's significance with NATO members north of it and potential to cut off the 3 Baltic states from NATO has disappeared

you are posting for russia .......and against common sense and well established facts !

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Jeebez tangs. I thought you were a calculous genius. Why can't you add the 2 and 2 together?
Russia is in a war. Obviously it needs all the weapons it produces and is unable to fulfil most (if not all) of it's mil tech contracts.
That does not mean that "India is distancing itself away".

"...started obeying sanction rules and also cut back on buying of russ oil..."
Directly. cut back on buying directly. Doesn't mean India is distancing itself away from Russia.

"...definitely permanent impairment of western trade..."
EU was the number one importer of Russian pipeline gas as well as LNG in 2023. Sure, the sales are dropping. But they will pick back up after the war is over. It's simple business mathematics.

"....that IS a big difference..."
A piece of paper that recognizes their official membership means nothing in reality. Finland and Sweden have been hosting NATO troops and military exercises for years. Your "strategic importance" claim is false.

"... Baltic Sea now a NATO lake impairing russian naval traffic..."
NATO conducted exercises in the Baltic sea since 1971. Hasn't really impaired anything. If you believe NATO presence in the Baltic Sea impairs Russian naval traffic - please do present your evidence.

"...Suwalki gap just lost it's significance with NATO members north of it and potential to cut off the 3 Baltic states from NATO has disappeared..."
Irrelevant. For reasons mentioned above.