Trevor Goodchild:pondering_orb: on Nostr: Knowing a great deal about the conflict I was actually amazed at how badly Russia ...

Knowing a great deal about the conflict I was actually amazed at how badly Russia fumbled in the early stages (I expected a quick curbstomp like Georgia or the Crimean liberation) but that's completely on me, eight years of time to fortify and plan plus endless ratlines of Western money and materiel actually did count for something back then

Not anymore