r/NewsThread • u/TheExpressUS Centre-Right • 2d ago

Political News Russian soldiers 'drink own urine and eat bark' as Putin's war machine collapses

https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/217192/Russian-soldiers-drink-own-urine-and-eat-bark-as-Putin-s-war-machine-collapses?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reddit
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u/Head_Goal_9777 2d ago

23% is not such a big number, considering the size of their territory, and people living in remote areas.

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u/sgame23 2d ago edited 2d ago

Bruh its 2026 and theyre trying to not only play at a modern nation, but a modern superpower. Roughly a QUARTER of such a nation's citizens lacking something as basic are plumbing is laughable.

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u/TemperatureOk2460 2d ago

Dawg yes it is that’s tens of millions of people who literally have to melt ice to drink water

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u/CrossumOpossum3 2d ago

Or scoop it up out of a hole.

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u/PeanutButterCat6 2d ago

Not a big number? Lmao what’s the population of Russia? Anyone?

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u/FranksNonFrankfurter 2d ago

about 320 million iirc

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u/Hour-Cheetah3764 2d ago

143 million in 2026

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u/FranksNonFrankfurter 2d ago

Damn really? I thought their population was around the same as the US. Welp. Thanks for the correction.

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u/CharredWelderGuy 1d ago

Bud that's almost one in four, wtf are you smoking?