They talk about the massive use of drones by Russians. “The danger from drones is huge, they see everything and usually immediately open fire,” says a military man named Andrey.

“The enemy sees all our movements. Usually we can only move at night. We need night vision goggles and armored vehicles are also very necessary. The enemy is chasing us with helicopters, planes, anti-tank weapons,” he says.

Both in the south and in the east “the Russian defense is strong”, which causes high losses.

“Anyone who visits Ukrainian hospitals these days can see the price soldiers are paying: countless fighters have lost arms, legs and feet. NATO sources say there have been tens of thousands of them since the start of the war,” the article says.

Ukrainian servicewoman Margarita believes that “the situation is very difficult” and the quick liberation of the territories is “impossible.”

“The situation has always been difficult, and now even more difficult. Behind every centimeter of the liberated territory are the lives of many fighters. There are casualties, heavy fighting. The Russian army does not degrade and fights primitively, some parts fight very effectively and improve, use drones. Their army itself seems weak, but they are improving and trying to keep up with technology,” she says.

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, that’s a good perspective on the big picture here. Russia basically hasn’t started much of anything yet, and the west is clearly not able to keep up even with that. Another important aspect is that Russia used the past year to secure economic relations with friendly countries. This puts Russia in a much stronger position going forward while weakening the position of the west. Europe now has significantly higher energy prices, and has lost access to a lot of important commodities from Russia. This affects things such as steel production which directly affect combat effectiveness of NATO. This also puts further strain on US economically as it has to take on further burden to prop up NATO.

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      I find that I am still incredibly anxious about my ignorance around the North Atlantic’s progress in increasing munitions manufacturing output. Part of my fear is that the US used this conflict for a wide array of objectives, with one of them being a multi-year ramp up of manufacturing in advance of their anticipated war with China. In essence, that this is an appetizer for the hegemon and its vassals.