Just like in the 2020 Azerbaijan-Armenia war... If these start flying, anti-radiation missiles will be launched, followed by a large air campaign. Let's see if they start using them today.
Russian companies are evading sanctions via Armenia. West can't sanction Armenia due to the Armenian diaspora. It seems like sanctions will fail.
We will see it depends on the willpower of resistance.
It is said that the supply of Russian troops prepared for the siege of Kiev has been completed. Therefore, this scenario may not hold up that well.
A much more pointed way of putting it - yes, of course, you are right, they will lose their capability to supply/re-supply troops in the field due to increasingly stretched logistics.run out of assets, unlikely, run out of logistics, yes, it could be
we've haven't seen them showing their full force yet
plus, considering all the asset that they have, by now they are not savage enough when they doing their action
In shor Ukrain could possible archieve greater victory by offering hot meal a mug of booze in return for the condcripts dropping their arms along with guarentee of being sent home unharmed.This is an armchair based reply: please discount suitably.
The backbone of any conscript system is the NCO. New recruits come on board, and are licked into shape over anywhere between one month and three. The conscript service in Russia is currently 12 months.
The missing element is the contract soldier, neither full flag-service of 18 years, nor 12-month conscript, but something in between. These are the ones causing problems.
A short look at Wikipedia, obviously not the most reliable guide to anything at all under the Sun, shows two ominous features - at least HALF-A-DOZEN reform attempts since the fall of the Soviet Union, and repeated confusion over the war-fighting structures and processes of the new Russian Army, or Russian Ground Forces.
Special Forces are different from the regular 'grunts'.
IF there is any interest, I can summarise in an hour or two the situation currently prevailing, just before the invasion. It is impossible to see them gaining in any possible way whatever number they put in the field. This was not assessed earlier, but is apparent on a more detailed reading.
It sounds funny, but is very close to the truth.In shor Ukrain could possible archieve greater victory by offering hot meal a mug of booze in return for the condcripts dropping their arms along with guarentee of being sent home unharmed.