Ukraine warns that Russia aims to expand war beyond its borders - DW News

[TexasTowelie]

[2naSalit]

1. K&R

[Sherman A1]

2. Russia wants to do a lot of things

Russia is incapable of most of what it would like to accomplish.

[GB_RN]

3. Doesn't Mean Vlad The Impaler Isn't Delusional Enough...

To try it, though. He thought he could pull this off in a few days and be welcomed as a hero, after all. 🤷?♂️😂

[Sherman A1]

4. Vladimir is certainly delusional or so it seems

But anything beyond the mess he has already created is beyond his means. He can certainly still create a great deal of mischief and strike outside of Russia with a variety of weapons, including cyber and misinformation along with missiles, but to occupy a piece of real estate requires boots on the ground of which he is coming up very short.

[GB_RN]

5. Currently, Yes...

But he can always start drafting above the normal conscription. Not that that would help the quality of his troops, or solve the problems with morale, either.

[Sherman A1]

6. More warm bodies won't solve the problem

The issues are very deep seated in leadership, operational doctrine and the corruption within the state.

[GB_RN]

7. I Didn't Mean To Imply A Draft Would Solve His Issues...

Just that he could solve a "numbers problem". Shitty equipment, corruption, morale, and logistics issues are the biggest issues facing the Russian military and there is definitely no near-to-medium term fix for those. Probably not even a fix that could happen in less than a decade, and that's assuming that sanctions ended tomorrow.