Yes, of course one of the largest countries on the face of the earth fighting a country right next door to them is not the same kind of opponent as an impoverished nation being bullied by imperialists.
There was so much talk about Russia's economy being smaller than Italy's when this started. I guess when your country still builds stuff it changes the math a bit.
There's quite a lot to be said about how investment banking doesn't translate to food, bullets, and replacement equipment that the west is quickly having to come to terms with.
It is just a shadow of former RSFSR capabilities, but Ukraine had been even more deindustrialized to the point where they barely even have repair capabilities.
Yes, of course one of the largest countries on the face of the earth fighting a country right next door to them is not the same kind of opponent as an impoverished nation being bullied by imperialists.
There was so much talk about Russia's economy being smaller than Italy's when this started. I guess when your country still builds stuff it changes the math a bit.
There's quite a lot to be said about how investment banking doesn't translate to food, bullets, and replacement equipment that the west is quickly having to come to terms with.
Russia had significant deindustrialization since 1991, tho.
Point. Don't they still have a significant arms manufacture sector?
It is just a shadow of former RSFSR capabilities, but Ukraine had been even more deindustrialized to the point where they barely even have repair capabilities.