- cross-posted to:
- worldnews@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- worldnews@lemmy.ml
- Russia’s army has grown bigger despite sustaining losses when it invaded Ukraine, says a US general.
- US Army Gen. Christopher Cavoli said the Russian army “is actually now larger — by 15 percent.”
- “Russia is on track to command the largest military on the continent,” Cavoli said.
To Putin? Absolutely.
This has been their MO since before the soviets. When they failed the lightning raid on Kyiv, they went back to their old tactics- relying on attrition and simply assuming tbhat any losses can be replaced - which is far from true if Ukraine.