We have to give Ukrainians some credit. This isn't 2014 anymore. With western help, they've used 8 years to train their military for the next war.
The Russians stole from their military rather than modernizing it like they were supposed to.
Exactly. The Ukies abandoned the failed school of Russian tactics that got the Iraqi Republican Guards annihilated by NATO forces.
Russia did not learn from Iraq and instead kept doing the same stupid nonsense they’ve done since the Tsars.
Which I suppose is good for everyone else or the bloody Russians would have conquered Europe a long time ago.
Some credit ? They are national heroes. Compare the Ukrainians to the Afghan military. We spent countless dollars training and equipping them for decades but when the Taliban came, they dropped their weapons and ran. The Ukrainians could have done the same. Their leader was also offered a safe exit. Yet they all chose to stay and fight to the end to defend their homeland from barbarians. Heroes is what they are.