Head of Ukraine’s national foreign intelligence service – “We have studied…the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy. We are aware of Russia’s long-term plans…at least until 2030.”
The Russians don’t do this. The Americans didn’t do this back during Vietnam.
I’m pretty sure the Russians did in their last existential war. During Vietnam, Wikipedia says 3,250 were jailed for draft violations.
Jailing involves someone being taken by force to a place they don’t want to be, and if they don’t go voluntarily the police definitely will interrupt a family outing. I got detained when out with family once.
When military strategy is controlled by the generals, they will prioritize manpower over political goals.
All war has political goals (there’s a famous Clausewitz quote about that) and involves loss of manpower.
Part of the reason they’re having such a hard time is again, the recklessness with which they have, at certain points of this war, treated human life.
By both official figures and anecdote, multiple Russians die for every Ukrainian. You don’t achieve that with recklessness. Given that Ukraine has a quarter of the population but better supplies and training, it’s just good strategy to be as cautious as possible with personnel anyway.
I’m pretty sure the Russians did in their last existential war. During Vietnam, Wikipedia says 3,250 were jailed for draft violations.
Jailing involves someone being taken by force to a place they don’t want to be, and if they don’t go voluntarily the police definitely will interrupt a family outing. I got detained when out with family once.
All war has political goals (there’s a famous Clausewitz quote about that) and involves loss of manpower.
By both official figures and anecdote, multiple Russians die for every Ukrainian. You don’t achieve that with recklessness. Given that Ukraine has a quarter of the population but better supplies and training, it’s just good strategy to be as cautious as possible with personnel anyway.