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In this context, by UK do you mean Ukraine? Because I can't see how the United Kingdom would make sense. Anyway, assuming it was Ukraine, then, yes, the wester
by credit_guy 3y ago
In this context, by UK do you mean Ukraine? Because I can't see how the United Kingdom would make sense.
Anyway, assuming it was Ukraine, then, yes, the western equipment made a lot of difference. In the first months of the war it was the Javelins, and the NLAWs. Then it was the HIMARS. Then the anti-air defenses, like the Patriot. All these things absolutely made a difference.
The problem is that there was not more of those. But that was by design. You could say that not in a thousand years would Putin actually use nukes. But I bet you said he would not invade Ukraine until the day he did.
Right now Ukraine is still standing, and Putin did not use nukes. It could be better, but it could be worse, much worse.
- leashless 3y agoLet us not forget: before this war, Russians went on holiday in Odesa. Ukrainians went on holiday in St. Petersburg. It's not a genocidal war of annihilation. It's not WW2 redux. It's not Holodomor 2.0. I do not think everybody realises how low the stakes of this conflict really are.
- credit_guy 3y agoThat’s a very cavalier way of looking at things. Tens if not hundreds of thousands of people have died already, and millions of people live now as refugees. What does it take to make something high stakes in your view?
- leashless 3y agoMost of the people who have died in this conflict are Russian soldiers aren't they?
- credit_guy 3y agoThe point being?