“1. The Bear doesn’t utilize combined arms or battle space management very well.
2. American military would have had Kyiv, Odessa and Mariupol in a week. What happened to Ivan?
3. Putin may have terminal cancer and czar delusions?”
Maybe this is true. But I have a different theory.
The troops Russia is using are apparently very green and were drafted shortly before the invasion. Putin has held his best troops back.
This war is designed to suck the West into a land war in eastern and far-eastern Europe. Russia has always won those - eventually - so they aren’t particularly worried.
The CCP is behind this, so the exhausted West won’t interfere with its later efforts in Asia. Putin is doing this for Xi. Biden is doing what he’s doing for Xi, too. The Wuhanic Plague didn’t work (apparently), so time for alternative approaches.
Sounds like a spy novel. Fits too well, though.
Hi.
I was speaking tactical not strategic. I wouldn’t discount your theory. Plausible.
Because of all the uncertainty, I figure anything can happen.
You know the old Chinese curse, “may you jive in interesting times.”
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They committed most of their VDV (airborne) troops very early. I think every VDV major unit has been identified as having been in the line by now. Thats the best, not the worst.