The actual whole Ukraine picture:

[Tomconroy]

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[uponit7771]

1. Lt Col on MJ this morning is correct; the Russia battle doctrine was never meant for attack and the

... theatres of war were they do good or even is where people are fighting on the back of pick up trucks.

When faced with a conventional army with less than half the overall material they have their battle doctrine fails on just logistics alone.

[Tomconroy]

2. They don't train for combined arms operations. (Tanks,

Infantry, helicopters). They train for firing cannons.

[uponit7771]

3. +1, one can see more coordination from WWII forces. This is something RA can't change on a dime

... either unless they're level of discipline goes to adequately professional.

I don't see that in the next 6 months

[Kaleva]

4. Putin spent billions on a military not designed to fight a war with Ukraine

A very sizeable portion of the RU military budget goes to nuclear weapons, strategic forces, the navy, internal security forces and R&D.

[uponit7771]

6. +1, don't forget the Russian mafia and generals making side deals. I'm now more afraid that Russia

... has nukes and will blow themselves up with them.

China too, I don't see autocracies having enough self correction to be effective in wars these days.

[Kaleva]

7. Corruption is rampant in the RU and Chinses militaries.

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. I'm afraid that if rumors of Putinterminal cancer are true

he won't have any problem with hitting the nukes button.

[uponit7771]

11. True, Putrid might be suicidal but not the people around him though. I agree with US assessment ...

... that they're losing in their objectives so they're panicking and being petulant.

[Xolodno]

10. Exactly. They sell armaments around the world not for offense, but defense.

They have never been good at going on the offensive. It's always been like the US civil war, a war of attrition, which is what we are seeing now. We want to see results NOW!...but in Moscow, they are willing to wait for the results.

[Lovie777]

5. Russians are still bombing Ukrainian cities . . .

I hope they find a way to stop it.

[PortTack]

8. Saw a report yesterday russia has used almost 70% of heir missile supply

Can’t reproduce due to needed parts they can’t get due to sanctions

[uponit7771]

12. +1, I think the sanctions are the underreported story in this whole affair. The west has isolated ..

... Russia in the vein of NK and there were some immediate affects and there will be long term .. like in a year ... that can't be reversed as fast as they were put into place.

Putrid has put Russia in a bad way

[PortTack]

13. And ain't that just too bad!