• magnetosphere @beehaw.org
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      Russia has been conducting this war for over a year, and they’ve still only managed to capture “1/4” of the country. Keep in mind that Ukraine is a much smaller neighbor that’s right on their border. Russia’s ineptitude is pathetic.

      “Every counterattack failing”? Thousands of Russian soldiers would disagree… if they weren’t too dead to talk.

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        Yep, and what more is that Russians had a year to dig in with anti-tank defenses, but once those are gone or penetrated, then Russian are very well and truly screwed. They’re not well trained, they lacked resources, they are running on old technologies, and there are 3 or more warlords having contentions with each others. Soldiers that could have racked up experience in the fighting wouldn’t be given the choice to fight another day, because of the barrier troop that would shoot them if they retreat.

        I think once the defensive lines are gone, we’ll see something similar to a Thunder Run by America during the battle of Iraq.

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      Funny to think one day supporters of 2nd best army of the world is so proud that they are not losing “yet” for a 3 days “operation” that lasted one and a half year.