The west loves to make fun of Russia now but they're basically running a massive live fire exercise on NATO equipment and tactics in Ukraine right now. It's a lot like the Winter War imo. Even if it doesn't end in a decisive victory, Russia can't really lose against Ukraine, and like the Winter War they are going to learn a lot of lessons and adjust their doctrines for future conflicts accordingly.
Meanwhile it seems we didn't seem to learn anything from getting humiliated in Afghanistan a couple years ago and instead opted to just memory hole it on a national level.
The west loves to make fun of Russia now but they're basically running a massive live fire exercise on NATO equipment and tactics in Ukraine right now. It's a lot like the Winter War imo. Even if it doesn't end in a decisive victory, Russia can't really lose against Ukraine, and like the Winter War they are going to learn a lot of lessons and adjust their doctrines for future conflicts accordingly.
Meanwhile it seems we didn't seem to learn anything from getting humiliated in Afghanistan a couple years ago and instead opted to just memory hole it on a national level.