“People think, increasingly it appears, that we shouldn’t be doing this. Well, let me start by saying we haven’t lost a single American in this war,” McConnell said. “Most of the money that we spend related to Ukraine is actually spent in the US, replenishing weapons, more modern weapons. So it’s actually employing people here and improving our own military for what may lie ahead.”

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4085063

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[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yes yes the mighty Russians and their 3 day war...

We're not living in history but in reality. The reality is that although Ukraine have less troops, they are battle hardened. Russia uses cannon fodder and officers who blow up if they don't fall out of a window.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah - Russia has and always had one tactic - "nas mnogo" aka "there's many of us". While it might have worked in the past where the amount of troops basically decided who will win, it doesn't work with modern weapons.

[–] PosadistInevitablity@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The Ukrainians vastly outnumbered the Russian forces in Ukraine at the beginning of this conflict. Easily 5 to 1.

That’s easily researchable and provable, spare me the sass.

Now it is roughly 1 to 1. You can see how that’s played out, with the Ukranian counter offensive accomplishing much less than expected.

Russias army started weak and is continuing to grow in strength, as they have in nearly every conflict they’ve been in over the last five centuries.

[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

5 to 1 you say? Since Russia is commonly acknowledged having encircled Ukraine with more than 100,000 troops before their invasion, that would mean little old Ukraine put 500,000 troops in the field. There are very few places that can put half a million troops in the field. China of course, if pressed. And of course NATO

Take your BS to someone foolish enough to believe it

[–] PosadistInevitablity@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1296573/russia-ukraine-military-comparison/

Five seconds of googling you are a tiring sassy person

[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

Sigh....putting up with your nonsense

What I see here is Russia with 830,900 active soldiers, which seems about right. Ukraine, on the other hand, shows 200,000, which is a bit of a high number as I've seen half that. Putin didn't send his whole army at the outset thinking it would be a lot easier than it was. He has now. Ukraine didn't have the equipment for all of its army at the outset but they are closer now. No 5 to 1, sorry.

[–] ToxicDivinity@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

We're not living in history but in reality.

Is history not real?