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Ukrainan drone. Its origin isn’t exactly important here. What’s more interesting is how fantastically reckless the Russians are with their equipment and troops
by alkonaut 5y ago
Ukrainan drone. Its origin isn’t exactly important here.
What’s more interesting is how fantastically reckless the Russians are with their equipment and troops, and how poor their logistics and communications appear. Those vehicles driving bumper to bumper indicates they are confident there is zero risk of attack. Yet they don’t have control over the airspace? Several days into the invasion?
Something doesn’t add up.
- bilbo0s 5y agoThat's why you normally attempt to ascertain whether or not obvious tactical and strategic oversights are deliberate prior to taking advantage of them. Time will tell whether the Ukrainians actually did any homework, or simply rushed in headlong to a target of opportunity and 'damn the torpedoes'.
- saiya-jin 5y agoNo, it sounds exactly like Russians. They haven't changed. Heavy drinking, fuck-it-all attitude, laziness, gross incompetence, nepotism, utter disregard for any human life including Russian (ie they adopted flak/bulletproof vests in the army much later than west) and so on. When they attack small nations like Georgia in limited scale, maybe they look strong. But here all failures are in the spotlight and combine, you can't escape them or bullshit it away. That's why Putin is getting desperate and waving with nuclear arms. Big question is how west will see it - I call it desperate bluffing, but that tiny little chance has dire consequences...
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago> that tiny little chance has dire consequences... I recently heard the joke: "What's the shittiest job now?" "Putin's poison tester." As a consolation, the people who are actually responsible for pushing the big red button have proved to be reasonable cold-blooded types not so eager to engage in genocide, especially Stanislav Petrov and Vasily Arkhipov.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y agoNothing in this war adds up. Either Putin has an ace up his sleeve or he grossly overestimated the chances of success. Maybe the people who surround him are too afraid to tell him the truth about the actual condition of Russian army. It looks pathetic.
- tyleo 5y agoI feel similarly. As another comment mentioned yesterday some videos of the conflict are just surreal. Russian soldiers speaking collegiality with Ukrainians, multiple videos of abandoned equipment, poorly supplied troops, tanks with no infantry support. This is in contrast with absolutely awe inspiring communication from Ukrainian leadership. Comments like "The fight is here. I need ammo, not a ride," among them. I can't imagine there is an "ace up his sleeve" at this point. If it was there from the start, why wait till now once so much of the world has already turned against you. From my (quite uninformed!) perspective it seems that plan A (Take Ukraine Quickly) may have already failed and the cost of a slow drawn out war is meeting much more international response and resistance from Ukraine than anticipated.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y agoWell, maybe Putin's plan B at this point is to tell Ukrainians either give up Donbas and Crimea or he will proceed with carpet bombing the whole country. A month ago this wouldn't be an option for Zelensky but being responsible for the lives of millions gives you a different perspective, especially if you can end the war and the suffering of your people instantly with just one difficult decision. Tough spot. Especially when you know you can't believe in any word Putin says.
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