Russia will build up forces at its western borders following Finland's accession to the U.S.-led NATO alliance, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told the governing board of the ministry on Wednesday.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1253052

Archived version: https://archive.ph/HGfpH
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230809191901/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-build-up-forces-west-counter-nato-threat-shoigu-2023-08-09/

  • JohnBrownsDream [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    What I mean is that Ukraine still fighting Russia with so much money being thrown at their defense doesn't seem to jive with a narrative of a foundering Russian military

    • Dreyns@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      What russia lacks in gear it makes up with cannon fodder and blood. This is how you last a year and a half.

      • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Like every article and interview with Ukranians about the conditions on the battlefield make mention of the RF consistently having an exponential (sometimes 10 to 1) artillery advantage, which also doesn't gel with the narrative of an unsupplied army on the brink of collapse

      • Flaps [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        It's not the Russians sending waves of recruits into minefields but ok