RE: Russia and Ukraine
December 23, 2022 at 12:39 pm
(This post was last modified: December 23, 2022 at 12:51 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
As many observers have noted, up to and including Zelenskyy..with respect to some fever dream of ww3, Putin is a not a man that seems eager to end this world. To some extent, he continues his war in ukraine because he isn't certain that (or hasn't quite figured out how) he would survive losing it (politically and/or physically - we all know how dangerous windows in russia can be). Apparently, they had no real plan for what happened, as opposed to the three day weekend fantasy they went in with. As for nukes, specifically, as another poster on these boards once opined...they're most useful when you're holding them, not when you're using them.
The trouble for russia, was that their armed forces were simply not designed for this fight. Their tactics were not suited to this fight. Their organizational structure was not adequate for this fight. Their equipment is not capable of winning these engagements. None of it was ever even intended to be. They imagined themselves fighting a war against a technologically superior invading force that leaned overwhelmingly on air power...fighting off the rail lines. Ukraine knew this, because they were once an integral part of the russian war plan. So, they knew exactly how to exploit it - before..and even without, any western assistance. The combination of the ukranian will, insider info, and select western tech, is something that russian planners must be furiosly looking for a workaround to - their initial thought being that the workaround could be global isolation through nuclear brinksmanship...and that failed. Plan b, insomuch as it existed, appears to be terror attacks....and that's not working - worse, it's making their situation even more dire by the day.
The trouble for russia, was that their armed forces were simply not designed for this fight. Their tactics were not suited to this fight. Their organizational structure was not adequate for this fight. Their equipment is not capable of winning these engagements. None of it was ever even intended to be. They imagined themselves fighting a war against a technologically superior invading force that leaned overwhelmingly on air power...fighting off the rail lines. Ukraine knew this, because they were once an integral part of the russian war plan. So, they knew exactly how to exploit it - before..and even without, any western assistance. The combination of the ukranian will, insider info, and select western tech, is something that russian planners must be furiosly looking for a workaround to - their initial thought being that the workaround could be global isolation through nuclear brinksmanship...and that failed. Plan b, insomuch as it existed, appears to be terror attacks....and that's not working - worse, it's making their situation even more dire by the day.
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