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The opinion piece in Newsweek seems to laud the prowess of Russia’s armed forces:This opinion piece from Newsweek reads like some russian propaganda
https://apple.news/AEOhYiz3dSeK9yg0OCccvpQ
The authors make a lot of predictions that seem at odds with what most other people
I agree with you, you are correct.
However, if ukrainian drones are accurate enough to strike an airfield, are they accurate enough to target the Kremlin buildings? Its a very tempting thought even though it would be the wrong thing to do.
“Russia has now put its economy on a war footing, called up the reserves, and assembled hundreds of thousands of troops, including both conscripts and volunteers. This army is equipped with Russia's most sophisticated weapons, and contrary to much Western reporting, is far from demoralized”.
Yet in reality, “the world’s second most powerful military” failed to capture Kyiv and bring down its democratically elected government and instead has suffered casualties in the high tens of thousands, leaving Ukraine littered with thousands of burned out tanks and other assets. The draft has backfired with news reaching families in Russia that many of their sons met their deaths within days of being press ganged. File under contrarian.