A contrarian view from @iwelsh : The Ukraine war may be going pretty well for Russia. Russia went in with a 1:3 troop disadvantage, suggesting they never meant to occupy and hold the country. https://t.co/Wdo9BlmMxC
— this IS my inside voice (@MitchWagner) March 28, 2022
This is absolute bullshit. If there were a way to be any more wrong, I’m not sure what it could be. Ian Welsh is a total fucking idiot who just knows not the first thing about this. What Russia intended to do was to move in quickly, decapitate the government, take Kyiv in a couple of weeks at most and then most of the larger cities. If they had done that, they would’ve controlled Ukraine.
They failed. It was an ambitious plan they could not execute and that’s just the way it is in war sometimes. Ukraine’s supposed 600K troops is irrelevant and not even really correct (except on paper).
I wonder how it feels, mindlessly repeating Russian propaganda? And not even being paid for it. If I’m gonna be spouting Russian talking points, some $$ (not fucking rubles) better be appearing in my bank account.