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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I remain very surprised at how well Ukraine has managed to maintain the positions that it has for so long. I am equally surprised that Russia hasn't been totally crippled in terms of its ability to maintain the war spend, infrastructure supporting its troops and equipment yet.
A lot of the information that was presented by experts early on in the conflict has proved to be erroneous.
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Anyone who was saying that Russia's weapons supply was going to be crippled in the matter of a few months was out to lunch. Even with their ineptitude and the heavy damage that Ukraine has inflicted on them, they still have a vast number of weapons at their disposal. And now that they're not trying to take huge parts of Ukrainian territory, they can more easily supply their forces.
Sanctions will hopefully limit their ability to replenish their arsenal, but they still have an insane amount of artillery sitting in reserve. Skilled troops might be a less abundant resource, but that hasn't really stopped Russia before. Long term, it's a quagmire that they'll probably struggle to ever recover from. But in the short to medium term, I expect they'll be willing to continue to throw resources at the war even if by any objective measure it's a terrible idea.