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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
This also speaks to a complete lack of planning, I suspect the decision to invade was a last minute thing, my guess is up until last week the Generals weren't thinking they were going in, they seem to have no maps, no comm' units, no real planning.
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In the Russian military tradition, it's not that unusual to treat the soldiers like cannon fodder mushrooms. It's a big reason why they couldn't take Finland in the fourties despite overwhelming numbers, the Russian soldiers were poorly informed, poorly motivated and poorly prepared. It's not enough that the generals have folders full of plans, someone needs to execute those plans.
Considering the huge problems Russians have had in keeping their plans and troop movements obfuscated from US intelligence (and thus Ukrainian military intelligence), I can very easily imagine the Russian military leadership feeling like they just have to keep the troops in the dark as much as possible.
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We could actually be watching the end of Putin
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We can certainly hope.