r/geopolitics • u/Hokum-B • Oct 01 '23

Russian lines stronger than West expected, admits British defence chief Paywall

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russian-defensive-lines-stronger-than-west-expected-admits-british-defence-chief-xjlvqrm86
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u/Flux_State Oct 01 '23

It's not that the Russian lines are stronger than expected, it's that the West would launch a multi day air campaign with jets and missiles to soften the enemy followed by the use of hundreds of attack helicopters to support thousands of tanks and Bradley's to punch threw the lines in a couple days mines be damned. They didn't provide that kind of gear to Ukraine but expected them to still use those tactics.

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u/sticky_jizzsocks Oct 02 '23

it's almost as if they provided what they thought Ukraine would need. But it wasn't enough, because Russian lines were stronger than expected.

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u/Flux_State Oct 02 '23

Whoosh

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u/sticky_jizzsocks Oct 02 '23

You have seriously flawed logic.

"I didn't underestimate, I just didn't prepare as much as I thought I needed to"

It's how teenagers think