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It was 30 years of rot, neglect, theft and corruption that did the majority of the damage to Russia's post-USSR military. The army they have today in Ukraine is
by joe_mamba 10mo ago
It was 30 years of rot, neglect, theft and corruption that did the majority of the damage to Russia's post-USSR military. The army they have today in Ukraine is only a fraction of what they were capable of in the 1980s.
- mikkupikku 10mo agoDon't forget, they choked on Afghanistan too.
- machomaster 10mo agoNo they didn't. Militarily is was a clear and easy win. Politically it made no sense after a while and USSR decided to leave. Militarily they could have continued staying there for the eternity. The same situation as with the American/Nato forces, with the difference of Soviets controlling significantly more of the country than Nato (only major urban centers, a small part of the country).
- SanjayMehta 10mo agoWrong. They did a planned and phased withdrawal over a period of several months. Unlike Biden's Saigon 2.0 shambolic exit.
- defrost 10mo agoThat was indeed a US shitshow, begun in the prior US administration: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/timeline-of-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/ https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/timeline-of-u-s-withdrawal... Biden followed through on a poisoned chalice.
- skeeter2020 10mo ago30 years from today? The army they had in the 80's was such a shadow of post WWII the country was essentially bankrupt, and why Gorbachev let the USSR satellites leave. They had no problem crushing change until they ran out of money. Russia today is much stronger than when the wall came down.