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The article's conclusion is that Russia's slowdown and high casualties are due to its poor economy and military power. However, another interpretation is that d
by pu_pe 9mo ago
The article's conclusion is that Russia's slowdown and high casualties are due to its poor economy and military power. However, another interpretation is that drones have changed war greatly, and have essentially brought back the trench warfare of WW1 with heavy casualties for little territorial gain. Time will tell if this situation is unique to the Ukrainian war or not.
- Arnt 9mo agoDuring WW1 the front moved rapidly from west of Ukraine's western end to east of its eastern. There's a fine map at the top of https://www.britannica.com/event/Eastern-Front-World-War-I-history https://www.britannica.com/event/Eastern-Front-World-War-I-h... That trench warfare was a feature of one front of the war, a rather special case. It wasn't even unique to WW1.