(December 18, 2025 at 7:06 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote:(December 17, 2025 at 6:41 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Also, Ukraine is not some feeble country that you can say "they couldn't even conquer Ukraine". Ukraine has the largest army in Europe if we discount Russia.
Now, yes, but they had no real military whatsoever at the start of the conflict- and it was that situation which Russia believed they could exploit.
... and of course the Russians overlooked the issue of motivation.


