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Ukraine tells critics of slow counteroffensive to 'shut up' (www.reuters.com)
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[–] 38 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Judging by the number of western vehicles lost to mines in the last few weeks alone they do not perform the same fighting a peer military with access to large amounts of modern equipment vs ill equipped militias fighting an insurgency

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You expect those vehicles will not be damaged by mines huh.

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

    No, but they haven't faced massive minefields, helicopter gunships, artillery, electronic countermeasures, airstrikes, etc when occupying Iraq or Afghanistan. Fighting guerrillas and fighting a peer army are two entirely different beasts, and we see the proof in more western tanks being lost in 2 months than USA lost in 2 decades in Iraq or Afghanistan

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