Russia will build up forces at its western borders following Finland's accession to the U.S.-led NATO alliance, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told the governing board of the ministry on Wednesday.
  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
    161·
    1 年前

    You can do quite a bit of fuckery when you keep a population ignorant and misinformed.

    US Republicans furiously taking notes

    • JohnBrownsDream [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      109·
      1 年前

      What I mean is that Ukraine still fighting Russia with so much money being thrown at their defense doesn’t seem to jive with a narrative of a foundering Russian military

      • Dreyns@lemmy.ml
        101·
        1 年前

        What russia lacks in gear it makes up with cannon fodder and blood. This is how you last a year and a half.

        • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          131·
          1 年前

          Like every article and interview with Ukranians about the conditions on the battlefield make mention of the RF consistently having an exponential (sometimes 10 to 1) artillery advantage, which also doesn’t gel with the narrative of an unsupplied army on the brink of collapse

      • jscummy
        81·
        1 年前

        They may not have many effective pieces of equipment or soldiers, but they sure as hell have a lot of ineffective ones