• Batmorous@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          Oh I wasn’t saying that Zelensky will sacrifice them. I’m saying the ratio is much smaller than what others think. Ukraine is 1/4 the population of Russia. Also, each Ukrainian is worth 100,000 Russians

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      5 months ago

      Enemy at the gates is not a documentary, and that scene is very much not historically accurate. The actual history is significantly more complicated.

      I don’t think the comparison to the soviets is needed at all. I think the incompetence of the Russian army stands by itself. And unless this new offensive somehow turns things around, I think that Russia’s forces will continue to get fucked for the foreseeable future.

      • panthera_@lemmy.todayOP
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        5 months ago

        The scene might be fictional, but Russia did use human wave assaults in World War II. These were effective in the latter part of the war. Whether it will result in the gains Putin wants in Ukraine remains to be seen.