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[–] 92 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Was there actually anything stopping them before, other than some traffic cops with a grenade launcher, and some excavator operators frantically digging up the motorway?

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  • [–] 122 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    No, but they chickened out and now Putin has had a month to set up defenses

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  • [–] 79 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Military equipment in Russia protecting Putin is military equipment that can't be used to attack Ukraine, so this is still a win.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It was a bad idea to begin with. Putin would and did flee to his bunker and then have to endure a siege on Moscow after that... There is no way they win a siege against the Russian army, in Moscow.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Wagner group doesn't have any air assets, the Air Force probably could annihilate them on the way to Moscow. Not much cover in Russia

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The Russian Air Force sucks absolute balls at CAS. Apart from their general systemic issues, they don’t train for CAS, and it shows in Ukraine. Also, when Wagner tried to bum-rush Moscow the first time, pilots who actually attempted CAS missions didn’t do so well - there are several videos of them trying to airstrike Wagner positions and columns where the Russian pilots are not even close to putting munitions on-target effectively.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Wagner did manage to take down quite a few Russian air units in a short period of time before.

    Whether that was due to lack of organization and command among the Russian military because of the surprise of Wagner's actions is up for debate, but I guess we might get to see how that turns out this time around.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You forget that Russia had some garbage trucks lined up as well 🧱

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