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Could be attributable to corruption inthe military. It all looks good on paper, so they went with it. They also failed to account for the spirit of the milita
by starkd 4y ago
Could be attributable to corruption inthe military. It all looks good on paper, so they went with it. They also failed to account for the spirit of the military, and the leaders seem to believe in some romanticized notion of greatness. Detached from real world.
- rossdavidh 4y agoThe rumor is, the FSB (previously known as KGB) had been given funding after 2014 to bribe Ukrainian military officers to insure little resistance. Then, the FSB (thinking there was no way an invasion of Ukraine would actually happen) pocketed the money intended for bribes, and told Putin the bribes had been accepted. Thinking the Ukrainian top officers were all corrupt, he told the military there would be little resistance. A long line of tanks on a road is a nice show of strength if all you expect is unorganized and ill-equipped civilian resistance. Of course, we have no way of knowing if this rumor is true, at least not for now. It would also explain the many arrests of FSB agents so far this year.