What we are seeing in Ukraine was a shock to the entire world and to Putin himself, Putin and the world believed that the Russian army had been modernizing, solving its problems, and becoming more sophisticated, and westernized for the last 20 years or so.
People who watch military matters and try and keep up with them are still stunned and puzzled by what we are witnessing.
People who watch military matters and try and keep up with them are still stunned and puzzled by what we are witnessing.
I concur and regardless of the nasty sniping on these threads or how or when the conflict ends, it is obvious that the Russian military has major systemic problems from top to bottom.
Not so puzzled as they study the Russians and find out that they still fight wars from a central planning ideal with the mid and lower level officers and NCOs relying on instructions from above. The Ukrainians have been training more on US models where an objective is given and then it’s up to the field officers and NCOs to figure out how to do it.