[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Itse

No. This is a misconception that's really common n America and UK. I guess it's because you're not really familiar with the conscription system?

Ukraine has very significant troop reserves, hundreds of thousands of men who have had some level of recentish military training, and a notable number of them have actual combat experience from the years long conflict on their eastern border. That plus all the volunteers (meaning both foreign soldiers and local civilians who are picking up unarmed duties that would normally need to be handled by the military) actually means the Ukrainian forces are likely growing and will eventually outnumber Russian troops if they don't already. (And if Russia doesn't send in significant reinforcements, which is non-trivial for Russia, but still a thing that likely will happen.)

Equipment is a problem, and the quality of incoming troops is debatable sure, but those are also both issues for Russians. We've already seen how poorly maintained the equipment of their regular troops is, so the supposedly massive reserves they have in their warehouses are very likely mostly unusable garbage. Legacy tanks are also basically just target practice for modern anti-weaponry. Russian professional units have also taken quite heavy casualties with some being effectively wiped out, and Russians are no more capable of replacing their best troops than the Ukrainians are.

The longer version of what I just said is also in these videos, some of which are already posted. They're long so I get why people don't watch them, but I would really highly recommend them if you want to understand how the Russian and Ukrainian forces match up.

In short, it's a lot less lopsided than what a lot of media has been reporting.

Czechia has also sent in some tanks in the past few days.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...ts-2022-04-05/