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Ukraine attacking Russia would be akin to Finland attacking the USSR during the Winter War. It's like a mouse attacking a cat. The mouse might get lucky and s
by pmoriarty 5y ago
Ukraine attacking Russia would be akin to Finland attacking the USSR during the Winter War.
It's like a mouse attacking a cat. The mouse might get lucky and survive an attack by a cat, but it has no chance of killing the cat.
Ukraine is also likely to lose all Western support if it attacked Russia.
If they survive at all (which is still very doubtful), they'll likely lick their wounds and try to rebuild their shattered country rather than go on the offensive in Russia proper.
- dekhn 5y agoExcept the cat is a paper tiger in this case. And my point was about mercenaries, not the Ukrainian military.
- euroderf 5y agoFinland did not "attack" Russia proper as such, but there were long-range ski patrols trying to cut the Murmansk railway. Also, Mannerheim kept Finnish troops out of the assault on Leningrad; the troops' remit was only to reclaim land taken in 1940. This was a wise move.