• hottari@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Dramatic shift from “Russia’s military is weak.” “They are using tanks from WWII!” among other fables the West gathered to tell themselves.

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      1 year ago

      Russia’s military is just big and dumb. They had and have huge corruption and modernization issues, but they have enough bodies that they’re willing to throw into the meat grinder to make up for most of that.