Ukrainian economy has been completely destroyed, the military is entirely dependent on US, while Russia controls much of the mineral wealth, industrial capacity, and considerable agricultural land. - eviltoast
  • pgtl_10@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 年前

    This happened in the Iraq invasion too. First media reported what the US government wanted everyone to hear but over time, it becomes harder to not admit things went awry.

    • Magos_Galactose@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 年前

      They also hype up the capability of things like A-10 so much that they have to atribute every single air-to-ground tank kill to A-10 during the war. It’s not until decades after the SECOND war, during the Afghan campaign, that it’s revealed how inflated those number were.

      (what is it with all fascists regimes that they have tendencies to overinflate military equipments performance.)