Quit smoking crack.
There are points where there is room for disagreement, such as the real nature of the Russian army's miles long convoys and fuel shortages.
The big picture presented on the corruption and incompetence matches what the Russian army has demonstrated.
"Today, it is the second most powerful military inside Ukraine."
Its pretty bad when a bunch of YouTube animators understand warfare better than a real army.
I’m not sure they’ve been number two for quite some time.
A lot of nukes but they don’t have much of a reputation beyond ruthlessness.
Sub zero morale ...I could have saved putin a lot of trouble he will never win this war even with nukes.
Russia: Always horrible at offense and at defense, but at least willing to throw millions of conscripts if it’s defense.
Years of corruption.
How do we know the stories reported are true?
I have the impression that they expected Ukraine to quickly surrender or at least agree that Russia could have some of their territory. The problems with their logistics and troops that are not motivated would have never have been revealed. They were not prepared for a protracted conflict. In a way it was an intelligence failure.
I am a firm believer that Putin did not send his best soldiers and equipment into the fight. They may have sewed some insignia of such on their uniforms, but they are not trained operators and have old crap for equipment.
Paranoia about the US and NATO made the decision to hold back easy on Putin’s part
The Ghost of Keev broke them in the first week.
Nope, they never were. It's becoming increasingly obvious this was a lie spread by the Military Industrial Complex to enrich themselves by stealing from the American taxpayer. Just look at how they lied to Congress, over and over again, about the preparedness of the Afghan army, where billions (and billions) of dollars literally produced nothing.
Since Desert Storm many of us have said Russian-made military equipment is third-world at best. You simply cannot have a military comparable to that of the U.S. with a budget smaller than the state of California. It's just not possible, and the same goes for China.
They had two desires that conflicted on one hand they wanted their military to take over the world, on the other they wanted to stay in power themselves. Most of the world the military is the "reset" button. When things go very bad the military steps in and puts things back on track. Sure you may have a guy in a funny uniform running things but they are generally not interested in starving you to death to try to advance some cockamamie theory about the New Soviet Man.
So they built up their military in public but in private they made sure the State Security kept a close eye on the military especially the upper level officers.
You may be the General but your political officer could over rule your orders and may just shoot you out of hand.
Since they had conscription they did not need to attract people to join the military, they did so at gun point, stayed in at gun point and sold everything out of the back of their trucks just to stay fed and clothed.
The closest the Russian military was to being fully supplied was when the US was doing it during WWII. In retrospect that probably was a mistake.
Quit smoking crack.
Good video. Putin has absolute power. Everyone underneath him lied. They thought that they weren’t going to fight in a major war. So they took advantage and stole from the Russian military. It worked fine until it didn’t.
This is the result when your entire society has been indoctrinated to lie about everything for generations. In a system like theirs you can achieve great things only by focusing tremendous attention. This is why the USSR could build nukes and satellites but the tractors coming out of the factories were worth less than the raw materials that went in.
I'm thrilled with this video, it makes everyone killed by the Russians less dead.
Extrapolating, if the Russian Thermonuclear Weapons do not perform to the standard that the Russians have claimed, we will have won a great victory and the hundred of millions those weapons do kill will be MUCH less dead.
The Ukrainian army has replaced their destroyed diesel fuel depots with REALLY BIG rubber bands and giant hamster wheels powering their mechanized columns.
I think drones have changed the way wars are fought from now on. I hope we are paying attention.
Modern ground warfare will have to undergo substantial change in the next twenty years. Wheeled and tracked vehicles are now sitting ducks. The same can be said of ships at sea. Planes do not need human crews. Thus, the next twenty years must see a move to enhanced robotics.
I feel certain that Taiwan is studying closely the war in Ukraine. As each day passes its invasion seems less likely.
Shoulder-launched munitions and drones are the new player in war. Armored columns and vehicles are sitting ducks.
The law of cheetahs and antelopes.
Serious question, not sarcasm: When was the last time the Russians won a war by themselves - without any allies? Napolean maybe?