• krimson@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Ukraine playing it smart and understanding how modern warfare is done. Russia only throwing in more and more soldiers.

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      In Russia’s defence, who could have possibly have thought that invading Ukraine in the winter wasn’t going to be a simple 3 day weekend kind of thing?

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          3 days ago

          That feels like a big contingency that they failed to adequately plan for

          Plus wouldn’t the armed forces still fight?

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            3 days ago

            They would have fought, but they would have been demoralized.

            They also would have likely been replaced by a Russian sympathizer or asset and the US/West would be very wary to send all sorts of expensive weapon systems to Ukraine.

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      4 days ago

      It works though, that’s why they keep doing it. It’s slow as hell and inhumane, but they can afford it for many more years I’d wager. Their capabilities of data gathering/transmission are much better these days as well. Also don’t forget they set up wired drone production (in serious numbers at least) first, they can be smart at times.

      Underestimating them irl is pointless.