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Russia to build up forces in west to counter NATO threat - Shoigu (www.reuters.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1253052

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What russia lacks in gear it makes up with cannon fodder and blood. This is how you last a year and a half.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Like every article and interview with Ukranians about the conditions on the battlefield make mention of the RF consistently having an exponential (sometimes 10 to 1) artillery advantage, which also doesn't gel with the narrative of an unsupplied army on the brink of collapse

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's not the Russians sending waves of recruits into minefields but ok

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Because you think they didn't do it when they attacked a few month ago ?