Rossticus said:
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Well, duh. This further goes to show the incompetence of the Russian military. Within 24 hours Russia should have blasted every railroad, road and bridge leading into Ukraine from western Europe and also disabled all airports in western Ukraine. That does not mean arms and supplies could not get through but it would take a much more hurculean effort and be much more difficult. In the past 2-3 weeks alone new APs, artillery, MANPAD and anti-tank weapons have arrived in Ukraine via air and rail. That just shows a stunning level of incompetence and amateurism by the Russian army. As well, within 24 hours Kyiv should have been completely without power and functioning utilities.
Any efforts to aid or re-supply Ukraine should have been controlled and Russia have the ability to destroy those weapons and supplies as soon as they entered Ukraine via air, road, or rail. Now granted Russia cannot control and patrol thousands of miles of open country forest and fields of the Ukraine border, but it would be very difficult to resupply that way.
Without their nukes Russia is not even a paper tiger, they are a clown show military with a few good looking planes but a terrible air force and a plodding army that can't coordinate anything. NATO would wipe them out in 7 days in a conventional war IMHO depending on how many Russians volunteered to show up and get wiped out to reduce NATO ammunition supply....
