“Russia’s stocks of operational weapons reserves were vastly overrated”
Just because you believe everything you are told by “Fox and Friends” doesn’t make it true. Soon, refugees will be flooding Europe from the US backed former state of Ukraine.
There, they can all think about who staged the coup in Maidan. They can think about who interfered with Minsk II and they can think about who it was that destroyed the gas pipelines.
And they can think about who has been sitting on the opposite side of the planet, slouched over on their sofas, watching “Fox and Friends” cheering on another war that benefits no one.
My source is not Fox and Friends. My source is my own years of military experience and knowing what it takes to properly maintain equipment, coupled with the Russians own statements about the size and organization of their military. The numbers simply don't add up to anyone who knows anything about supply, logistics, and maintenance.
I have no idea if Fox and Friends, or anyone on FoxNew period, has ever made that point because I don't have cable and don't watch FoxNews. But I do have a fairly extensive network of friends with military and intelligence experience who look at the numbers and reach the same conclusions.
There our actual photos, posted by the Russians themselves, of tanks and APC's that were supposed supposedly in reserve. They were being stored outside for years on end. I know from personal experience what happens to that kind of equipment when treated in that manner.
In contrast, I was once detailed to an inspection team to look at storage of the tanks, artillery, and other equipment we keep prepositioned in Europe. That equipment was kept in climate controlled buildings - we even looked at the temperature logs - and routinely maintained both by staff and by visiting units. Because if you don't do that, the shit goes bad fast. Batteries leak, tires dry rot, rust pops up everywhere....
The Russians don't do any of that, and that's not even mentioning the massive theft and crappy spare parts pipeline.
So believe whatever you want in whatever pro-Russian journals you read. I know that the reality of how much of that old Soviet-era equipment still actually works is very, very different.