I just don't buy it. If Russia could win the war sooner, they would have already. If they could have taken Kiev in the early days of the war, they would have. That would have wrapped everything up in just a few weeks. I've seen some around here try to justify it by saying that never wanted to take Kiev, but accomplished some minor goal and then pulled out, but it seems like just an excuse.
Don't get me wrong, Russia is still a major powerhouse. They do have a lot of equipment and weapons, but much of it is from the Soviet era. Russia has some advanced weapons like the T-14 Armata Tank and SU-57 Fighter Jet, but we're not seeing them being used. Maybe they're waiting to pull them out, but the longer this fight goes on, the less it favors Russia.
I'm not dooming here, just trying to be a realist.
From day1 Putin has said his goal was to stop the bullying and genocide in the Donbass,. &.to guarantee Russias,.Security, he said his goal was not to try and take back the Ukraine but to Demilitarise and denazify,.it, that has always been their goal,Putin has modernised his millitary to a point where very few of the older Soviet era equipment remain,.I see theyre still using a few,of the older, t-64 & t-72 Tanks ,though,. The newer t-90 have started to be delivered to the NVO zone,.As i stated earlier,Russia has said that as of now they only have about 35% or Less of their total millitary strenghth in Ukraine,If they had designs on taking Ukraine im sure they would have had way more Troops and Equipment in their,..Russia has no need to use ,.their Fighter Aircraft,, The Cost of a Calibre Cruise missile is about a $1,000,000 as apposed to a SU 35 maybe $25,000,000 plus the 2 pilots if they are killed,.Russian cruise missiles can cover the whole of Ukraine,.so rUssia sees no point in using therir Aircraft unless they really had to,.
I just don't buy it. If Russia could win the war sooner, they would have already. If they could have taken Kiev in the early days of the war, they would have. That would have wrapped everything up in just a few weeks. I've seen some around here try to justify it by saying that never wanted to take Kiev, but accomplished some minor goal and then pulled out, but it seems like just an excuse.
Don't get me wrong, Russia is still a major powerhouse. They do have a lot of equipment and weapons, but much of it is from the Soviet era. Russia has some advanced weapons like the T-14 Armata Tank and SU-57 Fighter Jet, but we're not seeing them being used. Maybe they're waiting to pull them out, but the longer this fight goes on, the less it favors Russia.
I'm not dooming here, just trying to be a realist.
From day1 Putin has said his goal was to stop the bullying and genocide in the Donbass,. &.to guarantee Russias,.Security, he said his goal was not to try and take back the Ukraine but to Demilitarise and denazify,.it, that has always been their goal,Putin has modernised his millitary to a point where very few of the older Soviet era equipment remain,.I see theyre still using a few,of the older, t-64 & t-72 Tanks ,though,. The newer t-90 have started to be delivered to the NVO zone,.As i stated earlier,Russia has said that as of now they only have about 35% or Less of their total millitary strenghth in Ukraine,If they had designs on taking Ukraine im sure they would have had way more Troops and Equipment in their,..Russia has no need to use ,.their Fighter Aircraft,, The Cost of a Calibre Cruise missile is about a $1,000,000 as apposed to a SU 35 maybe $25,000,000 plus the 2 pilots if they are killed,.Russian cruise missiles can cover the whole of Ukraine,.so rUssia sees no point in using therir Aircraft unless they really had to,.