Re:Military gap between Russia and Ukraine
by rich_sasha on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:54AM
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It’s worth bringing up the case of the Chechen war, where Russia eventually prevailed, but at enormous human cost of to all sides and, as usual, civilians.
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Re:Military gap between Russia and Ukraine
by XorNot on Saturday February 26, 2022 @08:01AM
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Of course a country without infrastructure or cities is pretty much as valuable as not having conquered it at all.
Though literally nothing about this war makes a lick of strategic sense for Russia.
Re:Military gap between Russia and Ukraine
by DyslexicAtheist on Saturday February 26, 2022 @10:14AM
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> Though literally nothing about this war makes a lick of strategic sense for Russia.
see "Natural gas transmission system of Ukraine" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_transmission_syste...
the discussion about Norstream2 and to a lesser extent NATO membership: Since Russia is an oligarchy its "sense" is defined by Putin's ego such as "reuniting Russia" again as it was and ruling it as its Tsar.
Re:Military gap between Russia and Ukraine
by rosndo on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:55AM
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“prevailed”