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There is zero evidence that invasion is poorly planned. Russian forces are around 250-270k (including Donjeck forces of around 70k), while Ukrainian forces are

There is zero evidence that invasion is poorly planned. Russian forces are around 250-270k (including Donjeck forces of around 70k), while Ukrainian forces are around 600k strong. Russians are effectively in complete control of the battlefield, while outnumbered 2 to 1. Here's a nice summary of what's going on in Ukraine. https://mobile.twitter.com/realscottritter/status/1508813631311466496 https://mobile.twitter.com/realscottritter/status/1508813631...

akvadrako 5y ago
Normally the invasion force should bring about 5 times the troops of the defence.
tim333 5y ago
It's hard to prove it's poorly planned because it's quite a job figuring what on earth Putin wanted to achieve but if he wanted to decimate his own army and have the whole world hate Russia he's doing pretty well. (Update - I was curious about the source of those tweets and it turns out "Scott Ritter currently writes op-eds for Russia-state-controlled media, Russia Today RT" so maybe not the most unbiased source.)
FrenchAmerican 5y ago
If the planning was not poor, then the current situation underlines how poorly the Russian soldiers have been fighting for the last five weeks. I admire the fortitude of the Ukrainians fighting back against this unprovoked invasion. The decision to shell to the ground whole towns and cities where many civilians still live display to the world the cowardice of Russian soldiers, who are much better equipped than the Ukrainians. Russia is a tiger of paper with nuclear claws. Nobody knows where the front line will be when a treaty is signed - but Russia has lost for a century its rank among the leading nations in the world. Just another despotic state with a second-class army and an economy surviving through the exportation of natural resources. I hope that western countries will welcome all the Russian political refugees: they are the elite of this nation and having them working in our economies will be a big plus. Already 70,000 IT workers have left Russia - and this is only the beginning of this escape from despotism and generalized corruption, a "kleptocracy".

akvadrako 5y ago

Normally the invasion force should bring about 5 times the troops of the defence.

tim333 5y ago

It's hard to prove it's poorly planned because it's quite a job figuring what on earth Putin wanted to achieve but if he wanted to decimate his own army and have the whole world hate Russia he's doing pretty well. (Update - I was curious about the source of those tweets and it turns out "Scott Ritter currently writes op-eds for Russia-state-controlled media, Russia Today RT" so maybe not the most unbiased source.)

FrenchAmerican 5y ago

If the planning was not poor, then the current situation underlines how poorly the Russian soldiers have been fighting for the last five weeks. I admire the fortitude of the Ukrainians fighting back against this unprovoked invasion. The decision to shell to the ground whole towns and cities where many civilians still live display to the world the cowardice of Russian soldiers, who are much better equipped than the Ukrainians. Russia is a tiger of paper with nuclear claws. Nobody knows where the front line will be when a treaty is signed - but Russia has lost for a century its rank among the leading nations in the world. Just another despotic state with a second-class army and an economy surviving through the exportation of natural resources. I hope that western countries will welcome all the Russian political refugees: they are the elite of this nation and having them working in our economies will be a big plus. Already 70,000 IT workers have left Russia - and this is only the beginning of this escape from despotism and generalized corruption, a "kleptocracy".