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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by markus_zhang on Monday March 07, 2022 @10:53AM (#30589226)
This is a large scale ground operation with errornous objectives at the beginning. With a fortified city you probably don't have many ways except to shell your way in. I doubt the other major powers can fare better.
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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by nemo44x on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:14AM (#30589537)
They can’t even keep their supply lines moving on open highway. It’s pathetic. They have units that are totally of course and on their own.

Not saying they can’t improve but their best case is starting to look like a many years struggle where they bankrupt their country and lose hundreds of thousands of people and end up worse than when this started.

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Re:Latvia wants permanent U.S. troops, foreign minister tell... by markus_zhang on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:45AM (#30590031)
From what I see on Liveuamap they are proceeding steadily. Ukrainians for sure might hit them here and there but that's not going to stop them. The Russians do not really have the man power to support a full scale war so that was what I said in the post that their initial objectives are errornous. They underestimated the resources needed.
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