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by s1artibartfast
1532 days ago
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>"In fact if you really want to wreck Russia, what you should do is encourage it to try and conquer Ukraine. Putin again is much too smart to do that." I think there is still a ton of time for these intentions to play out, and I think they the quote is still accurate. Russia can not conquer all of Ukraine, and never attempted to do so. If they invasion went better than their wildest dreams, they might have taken what is east of the Dnieper, but would be unlikely to hold on to that. The invasion did and still lines up with the intentions of regime change, and taking some boarder regions. |
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Russia did absolutely attempt to do exactly that. This invasion was modelled after Operation Danube, intended to:
- Cut off all major airstrips by landing planes in friendship and then unloading paratroopers to capture them.
- Quickly enter the major cities and capture the "illegitimate" government.
- Crush the pockets of resistance among the mostly pro-Russian populace.
- Install a Russia-friendly government.
- Execute the old government as a warning against other countries.
Of course, none of it went according to plan. The upper government was misinformed about their own military strength and preparedness, the supposedly already "pro-Russian" Ukrainians who would just stand by and let this happen, and the world response. Also, the Ukrainian military was forewarned, so the airstrip captures ... didn't exactly go according to plan :P
And since this was expected to take half a week tops, nobody bothered to set up proper supply lines or airforce + ground + artillery coordination. After all, why bother with all of that on a milk run?