Five@slrpnk.net to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 8 months agoRussia likely suffered 355,000 caualties in Ukraine: UK MoDwww.euronews.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down11
arrow-up1140arrow-down1external-linkRussia likely suffered 355,000 caualties in Ukraine: UK MoDwww.euronews.comFive@slrpnk.net to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squarehanekam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·8 months agoThis is bordering on the conspiratorial. The Russians believed they would defeat Ukraine very quickly. They never expected to be in this situation
minus-squareColin from Edinburgh, Oklahoma@mastodon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months ago@hanekam They told the Russian population that they could defeat Ukraine very quickly.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoYeah, they thought they could at the onset because every officer in the Russian army routinely lies up the chain of command so they believed they had far more capability than they actually did.
This is bordering on the conspiratorial. The Russians believed they would defeat Ukraine very quickly. They never expected to be in this situation
@hanekam
They told the Russian population that they could defeat Ukraine very quickly.
Yeah, they thought they could at the onset because every officer in the Russian army routinely lies up the chain of command so they believed they had far more capability than they actually did.