“What Vlad miscalculated is that”
This may get lot’s of interesting replies, but what Vlad miscalculated was the response of Ukraine, it’s people, it’s government and the Western governments. I think Vlad thought that with an initial large invasion the Ukraine government would flee to Poland et al, the country would collapse and he could take what portions he wanted and install a puppet government for the rest of the country. That did not happen (reasons why for a later post), now we have a fairly “hot” war in Eastern Europe. This has some bad similarities to WWI.
Right. Kiev and Zelensky government did not cave or run. Matter of fact they wasted all Russian invading forces. I was shocked. I was sucked into the propaganda of how mighty Putin’s Russian army is. (was)
So the Russians ran like rats and abandoned the Kiev front. Now the war is in the Eastern Ukraine with artillery and rockets back and forth. Precise targeting info/intel from America is making the difference, and so are the multi-launch systems we are sending. Germany (Gazprom addicts) is slacking off but we are making Poland into a military superpower.
...bad similarities to WWI.
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You mean the Ukrainian Maginot Line tactic, right?