Perhaps the most important lesson for Putin is the realization that he cannot rely on the military’s assessments of its readiness, forcing him to take a more direct role in overseeing strategic operations. Ultimately, the combination of strategic lessons and a battle-hardened force will make Russia more lethal on future battlefields.
  • CommCat [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Russia is facing a US-NATO backed army while Murica has been doing nothing but picking on nations with much weaker armies for decades. Lots of US-miliary mercs fighting in Ukraine were shocked that it wasn’t another cake walk.

  • Zvyozdochka [she/her, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netEnglish
    17·
    2 months ago

    Not even just battle hardened, they basically invented a new kind of warfare. I bet in a few years we’ll start seeing drones be used in other conflicts just like how Russia and Ukraine have been using them, flying cheap drones directly into armor and chasing people down.

      • hotspurEnglish
        11·
        2 months ago

        Because so many Russian men will be “battle-hardened” I think. They won’t need dick pills anymore, because they can just think back to rotting in some dugout trying not to get hit with artillery or a fpv suicide drone, and they’ll instantly get rock hard.