Der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin vergleicht den Ukraine-Krieg oft mit dem, was Russland den Großen Vaterländischen Krieg nennt, und verherrlicht dabei die Führung der sowjetischen Generäle und Offiziere auf dem Schlachtfeld, die die Deutschen vertrieben haben.
Im Jahr 2026 ist Moskau nicht nur der Eindringling – der Ukraine –, sondern es kämpft auch darum, auf dem Schlachtfeld den Sieg zu erringen. Anstatt weite Gebiete zu durchqueren, dringen die russischen Streitkräfte im Schneckentempo vor. Mehr wie der Erste als der Zweite Weltkrieg.
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This is the longest 3 day military operation ever.
Longer does not equal more intense.
Lesser sons of greater sires
Very little relevance between the 2 wars tbh… not worthwhile post
All that effort, billions wasted, million men dead or maimed in the meat grinder, and they didn’t even achieve full occupation of Donetsk oblast. And their only tactic for progressing – fully destroying the city or village to the ground, so it becomes a stupid game of coloring one more dot for a no-longer livable place on the map.
Their war in Afghanistan was far longer than WW2 as well.
Proxy war is longer than a World War, who’d have thought.
Well, by and large, these territories, thanks to the help of the allies, made the USSR much stronger than modern Russia.
And only 25% as long as the US war in Vietnam.
Cherry-picked comparisons with utterly different conflicts are just cheap propaganda.
The Russians will win this war. Time is on their side. They are minimizing their own casualties while maximizing Ukrainian ones. This is a war of attrition. When the time is right, the Russians will deploy their reserve armies (hundreds of thousands of troops), and finish the war.
Its nearly 12 years since Russia illegally annexed Crimea, that’s over 4,300 days.
Skill issue
Your post gives them to much credit they are quite literally going slower than a snail
The US Lend-Lease for Ukraine has already exceeded the US Lend-Lease for the USSR in World War II.
>A total of $50.1 billion (equivalent to $690 billion in 2024) was involved, or 17% of the total war expenditures of the U.S. Most, $31.4 billion ($433 billion), went to Britain and its empire. Other recipients were led by **$11.3 billion ($156 billion) to the Soviet Union**, $3.2 billion ($44.1 billion) to France, $1.6 billion ($22 billion) to China, and the remaining $2.6 billion to the other Allies
And that’s without counting the takeover of Crimea.
The map is sadly bit erronous as it shows the illegal occupation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and the annexation of Karelia from Finland, as „retaken Soviet lands“ instead of captured territory.
and european govs tell its citizens „prepare for war“…
They cannot take Povrosk. The front has not moved for years while Russias global influence is collapsing. Shameful.
„struggling to achieve victory on the battlefield.“
Depends who you ask.
If the goals are conquering all of Ukraine, then yes, Russia is very far from its objectives.
If the goals are to conquer the 4 oblasts and make Ukraine NATO neutral — **which are the official Russian demands** — then Russia is far closer to their goals than most think. They already control 98% of Luhansk, 75-78% of each Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson.
Once they reach their territorial goals, then NATO neutrality will be more of a diplomatic war. Along with a seemingly endless bombardment of Kiev and Lviv, until Ukraine diplomats finally break.
The point is the objectives we are told Russia has are far greater than Russia’s actual objectives, in order to discredit their progress.
Technology makes a massive difference, constant satellite and drone surveillance means nobody can group up to make concentrated breakthroughs and when units do reveal themselves they are quickly hit with so many drones it’s like being sniped from all directions. Even without drones every blade of grass is booby trapped so you have to stop constantly and advanced carefully. Death is around every corner. On top of that neither side of this conflict is at risk of running out of resources (Ukrainian manpower aside) where as Germany [began running] out of oil long before the war ended and even at the peak of their 1942 territory they were so horribly over stretched that they started starving at Stalingrad months before getting encircled. Just a different environment.
Unsurprising since Russia is effectively fighting NATO.
Wasn’t most of that territory, I mean Crimea and part of of
Donbass, under the de-facto control of Russia BEFORE the 2022 war even started?
Russian ineptitude is just staggering.
I’m imagining if Reddit existed in 1917 there would be a Frenchman posting about how Germany was taking longer to invade France this time than it took them in 1870/1 in the Franco Prussian War.
If you support Ukraine, does it really make you feel better to think „we’re holding out longer than the Nazis did“? Great job! It doesn’t change any of the facts on the ground, doesn’t change the trajectory, doesn’t change the fact that houses are being destroyed and life is being extinguished. You’re proud you’re not losing as fast as the Nazis. Pathetic
left: russian military under communism
right: russian military under capitalism