took Americans 6 weeks to take Baghdad against Iraq. the force quality imbalance there was even higher, abrams and apaches vs t-72s. dont buy into the memes that this should have been over in 2 days.
If Russia was fucking up as bad as they say, wouldnt Ukraine need to arm every male 18-60, foreign fighters, "situation desperate" and etc.
Russia may also be trying to be careful about destroying civilian stuff. There has been a huge effort to paint it otherwise but if you consider there is a narrative that Ukraine has armed all its civilians to attack and then is complaining if Russia fights civilians and considering that stray bombs will hit buildings in any war, there has not been a lot of legit looking damage to civilian areas. In fact much of the early propaganda about bombs hitting Kiev seems to have been all fake.
We are making an assumption that Putin really wanted to 'take' all of Ukraine. If the country does not want you, occupation is expensive and possibly not worth it, USSR found that out and maybe Putin learned that lesson. Maybe he just wanted Donbas and Crimea and to bitch slap all the Ukrainian militia on the border with an attempt to end the 8 years of shelling that have been going on at the border.
The Germans knew they were losing the war because their victories kept getting closer and closer to Berlin.
Russia is getting "curbstomped by Ukraine" but they keep taking territory and towns
took Americans 6 weeks to take Baghdad against Iraq. the force quality imbalance there was even higher, abrams and apaches vs t-72s. dont buy into the memes that this should have been over in 2 days.
If Russia was fucking up as bad as they say, wouldnt Ukraine need to arm every male 18-60, foreign fighters, "situation desperate" and etc.
Russia may also be trying to be careful about destroying civilian stuff. There has been a huge effort to paint it otherwise but if you consider there is a narrative that Ukraine has armed all its civilians to attack and then is complaining if Russia fights civilians and considering that stray bombs will hit buildings in any war, there has not been a lot of legit looking damage to civilian areas. In fact much of the early propaganda about bombs hitting Kiev seems to have been all fake.
i think that was the intent, with the original invasion plan. longer this goes on the more Kiev will look like Grozny
yeah they are looking at an Iran or North Korea like future.
i hope you realize they aren't even using a quarter of their military potential right? o.O
We are making an assumption that Putin really wanted to 'take' all of Ukraine. If the country does not want you, occupation is expensive and possibly not worth it, USSR found that out and maybe Putin learned that lesson. Maybe he just wanted Donbas and Crimea and to bitch slap all the Ukrainian militia on the border with an attempt to end the 8 years of shelling that have been going on at the border.