until you zoom out

    • Jabril [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      Bad gamble on basic math, Russia has enough arms and troops to maintain the current line of contact, stop this push, and keep healthy reserves.

    • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      If anything won’t this allow Russia to mobilize more troops now that Russian territory is being attacked? I’m just a random dumbass so take this with a grain of salt but to me it seems like this incursion will be short term gains at the cost of medium-long term losses for the Ukrainians.

      • zed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        3 months ago

        Russia isn’t mobilizing more troops but they are utilizing reserves they would otherwise not have used in the war such as counter-terrorist forces, national guard, conscripts, local police, etc.

        Most of Kursk will be cleaned up by irregulars like this after the Russian airforce destroys all the heavy equipment

    • zed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      3 months ago

      well that was a stupid gamble because Russia hasn’t done that and has much vaster reserves than Ukraine and can match them all day long while still overwhelming them in Donbas