Israel showed how effective AirPower can be, something Russia has not experienced since Germany in WW2.
Even now Russia is being destroyed bit by bit, by well placed drones and missiles. Imagine B-1s, B-52s, B-2s, F-35s, F-22s, F-15s swarming Russian skys
Air defenses gone, MIC gone, money gone and no Soviet legacy left
I wouldn’t say Russia is being destroyed, but Putin certainly has subjected them to internal damage that should have been unthinkable for a nuclear superpower.
Invaded by their own mercenary army. Even Moscow attacked. Invaded by Ukraine. Losing strategic assets like bombers. Drone attacks all over the place.
Idiotic. That’s why you don’t start a border war if you can’t achieve your objectives and end it quickly.
Now they’re slugging it out for three plus years against a country they didn’t think could last more than a month.