Russia started this operation with the army it had not with the army it wished to have or knew it was necessary to defend the well manned, well trained and well armed Ukrainian army.
Now it has the motivation and the support of the population to build that army. Let's see what will happen in the next few months.
Russia started this operation with the army it had not with the army it wished to have or knew it was necessary to defend the well manned, well trained and well armed Ukrainian army.
Now it has the motivation and the support of the population to build that army. Let's see what will happen in the next few months.
I think the view from Kremlin wasn't that they were really itching for the operation, but that they really, really had to do it, bring cornered, and with Ukraine stepping up the activity to take Donbas (legislation passed in March 2021, troop concentration, increased shelling of Donbas in the first weeks of February 2022).
Russia started this operation with the army it had not with the army it wished to have or knew it was necessary to defend the well manned, well trained and well armed Ukrainian army.
Now it has the motivation and the support of the population to build that army. Let's see what will happen in the next few months.
Circular argument. If you want to start an op, you make sure you start with the army you need.
I think the view from Kremlin wasn't that they were really itching for the operation, but that they really, really had to do it, bring cornered, and with Ukraine stepping up the activity to take Donbas (legislation passed in March 2021, troop concentration, increased shelling of Donbas in the first weeks of February 2022).
So no, not a circular argument.
Of course, nobody was saying that in February.
What Russia needed and needs was not a different army, but numbers and will to drive to victory m