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they claimed to be 2nd best army in the world then, having invaded a minor military power in a surprise attack , they had been rolled back almost to their star
by saargrin 4y ago
they claimed to be 2nd best army in the world
then, having invaded a minor military power in a surprise attack , they had been rolled back almost to their starting point while losing 10% of their TOTAL combat troops and large percentage of their effective armor , their black fleet flagship and 8 generals, and all that before their adversary even had the time to call up reserves
so having achieved nothing,and committed heinous war crimes in the process,they are back to trying to keep DNR/LNR
i would say thats quite a significant rot
thats like if US was beaten by Iraqi army during Desert Storm
- DeathArrow 4y agoThey suffered huge losses in the war with Finland. But they still took a part of Finland. They suffered big losses in the war with the Axis, but they still won. They beat French Empire. They beat the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Empire.
- saargrin 4y agorussian empire and its successors are really good at picking at cadavers they rolled up the Ottomans when they were already the Sick Man of Europe they rolled up Habsburgs after the empire was bled in Izonzo and elsewhere they rolled up Bukhara and Samarkand when those were rotten, same as Caucasus They had many very close calls and their demographics + distances saved them But they no longer have favorable demographics and distances are much much shorter nowdays
- jhgb 4y ago> and 8 generals Isn't it 11 generals now? After the command center strike that apparently killed two instantly and injured a third one sufficiently for him to later die in a hospital.