• ours@lemmy.film
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    1 year ago

    And Russia expected their little venture to be done in days.

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      1 year ago

      It was never supposed to turn into a real war. They wanted to assassinate Zelenskyy put some Russian plant in as president, annex some more land and call it a night. Obviously Zelenskyy survived and the rest is history.

    • ClopClopMcFuckwad@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      They’re just taking a page from the US playbook of Shock and Awe, Gulf War 2:WMD Boogaloo, capturing Baghdad was supposed to be done in under 72hrs if I’m not mistaken.