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Divert military resources away from nato countries so another invasion could begin with a split focus... china -> taiwan?

• bcrosby95 5y ago
  Lol. So Russia is a sacrificial offering so China can take Taiwan? Putin got the shit end of that deal.
  • afro88 5y ago
    Not at all. Where did I say that? Edit: to give you more of an idea where I'm coming from. It doesn't exactly look like Putin sent in the A team does it.
    • JumpCrisscross 5y ago
      > doesn't exactly look like Putin sent in the A team does it He sent in his Siberia team. They suck. They appear to have been lied to about what they were doing. There is no military rationale for using them. It was poor planning and/or poor impulse control. The troops invading from the south are more competent, but by the time they reach the action Kiev will have their new Javelins and Stingers. More of these seasoned troops will be lost as a result. Putin is sensibly holding back Russia's modern kit (fighters, advanced electronic warfare equipment) Doing so helps maintain the narrative of a limited incursion in the east. It also prevents NATO from getting great intelligence on them. What is clear is he overrode his military advisors, or never had good contact with them in the first place. Best case scenario, he winds up with an insurgency to manage and a ruined economy increasingly taking instructions from Beijing.