Military leaders and senior tsarist officials agreed before the war that Russia was a much stronger nation and had little to fear from the Empire of Japan. The fanatical zeal of the Japanese infantrymen astonished the Russians, who were dismayed by the apathy, backwardness, and defeatism of their own soldiers.[79] The defeats of the Army and Navy shook Russian confidence. Throughout 1905, the Imperial Russian government was rocked by revolution. The population was against escalation of the war. The empire was certainly capable of sending more troops but this would make little difference in the outcome due to the poor state of the economy, the embarrassing defeats of the Russian Army and Navy by the Japanese, and the relative unimportance to Russia of the disputed land made the war extremely unpopular.[80] Tsar Nicholas II elected to negotiate peace so he could concentrate on internal matters after the disaster of Bloody Sunday on 9 January 1905.
If Putin feels his reign to be threatened by internal rivals - including from his subordinates, he will likely withdraw to deal with them, one way or another, as Nicholas II did, successfully, until he was undone by the unanticipated disaster of WWI, where 2m Russian troops were killed.
I think Ukranians are getting help that is not being talked about. Their successes are too out-sized for the size of their military.
Putin screwed up so badly.
MMM... can you say fragging boys and girls? Sure you can 🤣
The media lies about Biden.
The media lies about COVID.
The media lies about Ukraine.
The media lies about Russia.
What sort of person chooses to believe the lies?
Just so everyone know the source:
This publication is Bill Kristol’s International Neocon Central.
The Institute for the Study of War is a front.
Nothing they say should be believed under any and all circumstances.
My prediction, there’s gonna be a war soon in the United States.
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goodski!
it is one less russian to waste good ammo for!!
For what it’s worth, a military report from a different source than Bill Krystal…
https://t.me/AussieCossack/2062
And I’m not vouching for your article or this one…
But some interesting comparison to Germany’s advance.
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English subtitles with satire slanted to Ukraine!
Everyone should realize who the “Instituted for the Study of War” is
The director’s sister-in-law is Victoria Nuland, architect of the 2014 Maidan Coup. Her husband and brother in law are brothers Frederick and Robert Kagan - flag-bearers of DC neocon ideology
They are funded by Brookings Institute and major US defense contractors. Their board also includes people like William Kristol
So read all their information with that in mind.