Who cares? 200k Russian troops should have rolled over Ukraine and here they are still dicking around.
[Who cares? 200k Russian troops should have rolled over Ukraine and here they are still dicking around.]
Obviously you care. The Russians need to step up their game.
Doesn’t sound like they intend to “roll over” Ukraine.....they have targets and thus far appear to be doing that. I doubt Russia wants to destroy their cities or they could have done so already. Even our Military leaders have said Putins not using his full potential in Ukraine.
The Russians so far are having supply chaoin problems. Some armoured olumns have run out of fuel.And when they stop they are vulnerable.
The Ukrainians have been blowing up vridges, and when the Russians are stalled the Ukranians are attacking their flanks, blocking the columnes by exploding both ends and then picking the rest off bit by bit.
The Russians have lost 3400 dead according to the Ukrainian charge d’affairs in Ottawa. Thats more than Russia lost during their whole Afghanistan campaign, and in just 4 days.
No, if Russia wants Ukraine they will have to bring in the heavy artillery and go scorched earth.They will have to kill women and children as well as civilian fighters in mass genocide reminiscent of what the Nazis did to Ukraine in 1939. The Ukrainians are not going to give up.
The Russians can win this, But it would be a phyric victory. There would be next to nothing left.
Well, how long has it been since Soviet troops were really in true combat? The 1980s with the Afghanistan war? Troops that are poorly trained and have not actually been in or even near combat may not perform well. The muzzies have been in combat and beat the Russians pretty good. We though have been in constant combat basically since the first gulf war back in the 1990s. Our people are used up, tired, wounded, and we run through them like bullets through a machine gun. I have seen many of the local NG troops around here and they are tired. They are always out doing something. The men and women who come to Fort McClellan, AL to train have been to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Israel, Syria areas, etc., for years. Some of the senior NCOs I have spoken with have spent practically more time on active duty than they have at their civilian jobs over the past 20+ years.
Baghdad took 3 weeks. It’s been 3 days. Kabul didn’t fall in 3 days. That being said, we don’t even know the objective. It’s all spin, fake news and propaganda right now. This forum has learned nothing about the media over the past 2 years.