▲ 795 ▼ Top general says Ukrainian forces have captured almost as much Russian territory in the last week as Russia has land in Ukraine this year (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 105 comments fedilink hide all child comments Ukrainian forces launched a surprise offensive into Russia's Kursk region last Tuesday. They have captured around 1,000 square kilometers of Russian land so far, Kyiv's top general said. That figure is almost as much territory as Russia has seized in Ukraine this year.
[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (1 child) And having competent generals. Even as we speak, one of the few good and well respected Russian generals who dared speak out at the poor leadership of the general staff, had been arrested for supposed fraud. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-arrested-general-ivan-popov-fraud-d8c4d6a7d447ff801b3f15bc540f77b6 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BatrickPateman@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) I approve. The more idiots are in charge wasting what little offensive capabilities Russia has left the better for Ukraine. Is there a list of more competent people, I mean fraudsters? Russian authorities can sure need some anonymous tips, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago I used to think Putin is Stalin-lite, but he is actually more in line with an incompetent tsar. There is stark resemblance with the Putin's army and the post-Napoleonic tsarist Russian army. Both bathed themselves in past military glories from defeating Napoleon and Nazi Germany respectively. They paraded themselves with flashy uniforms and spectacles of new technological weaponry. But in the subsequent years and generations after that, tsarist Russia got mauled by the Ottomans, French and British alliance and Japanese. And post-WWII Russia got their assets handed by the Afghans and now Ukrainians. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BatrickPateman@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) I approve. The more idiots are in charge wasting what little offensive capabilities Russia has left the better for Ukraine. Is there a list of more competent people, I mean fraudsters? Russian authorities can sure need some anonymous tips, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago I used to think Putin is Stalin-lite, but he is actually more in line with an incompetent tsar. There is stark resemblance with the Putin's army and the post-Napoleonic tsarist Russian army. Both bathed themselves in past military glories from defeating Napoleon and Nazi Germany respectively. They paraded themselves with flashy uniforms and spectacles of new technological weaponry. But in the subsequent years and generations after that, tsarist Russia got mauled by the Ottomans, French and British alliance and Japanese. And post-WWII Russia got their assets handed by the Afghans and now Ukrainians. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago I used to think Putin is Stalin-lite, but he is actually more in line with an incompetent tsar. There is stark resemblance with the Putin's army and the post-Napoleonic tsarist Russian army. Both bathed themselves in past military glories from defeating Napoleon and Nazi Germany respectively. They paraded themselves with flashy uniforms and spectacles of new technological weaponry. But in the subsequent years and generations after that, tsarist Russia got mauled by the Ottomans, French and British alliance and Japanese. And post-WWII Russia got their assets handed by the Afghans and now Ukrainians. permalink fedilink source parent