![]() ![]() No wonder the Russians are constantly getting beat when they engage in firefights. They often have weapons that can easily knock out any Russian vehicles (and even, sometimes, Russian aircraft), more body armor, more night-vision goggles. ![]() Ukraine’s individual troops are by far better equipped and supplied. ![]() ![]() So Russia is trying to carry out an offensive against what is actually a numerically superior force. There is no shortage of Ukrainians willing to fight for Ukraine at some points, there have been more volunteers than Ukraine has been able to accommodate, and large numbers of Ukrainians living abroad have been returning home to fight. Versus their Russian foes, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in a much better overall position and of a much higher quality even though Russia has more and heavier weapons platforms such as tanks, artillery, planes, helicopters, and naval ships (I have explained away that last one already). The Ukrainian Military’s Clear Advantages Over the Russian Military Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS Javelin anti-tank missiles, as he attends tactical military exercises held by the country’s armed forces at a training ground in the Rivne Region, Ukraine February 16, 2022, before Russia’s wider invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky examines NATO-supplied weapons, including UK NLAW and U.S. ( Russian/Русский перевод) By Brian E. Frydenborg, Ap( Twitter LinkedIn, Facebook) excerpted from Brian’s other recent April 24 article, How Ukraine Can Take Back Crimea from Putin’s Reeling Russian Military, itself discussed in an SOF News update for April 25 a different version with a bit more content published by Small Wars Journal on April 26, titled Why and How Russian-Occupied Crimea Can Fall to Ukraine see Brian’s related article from April 10, Ukraine Will Easily Destroy or Sideline Russia’s Navy with Game-Changing Anti-Ship Missiles, and all of Brian’s coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine here. A quick-and-dirty brief on why Zelensky ’s Ukraine is winning so handily and Putin ’s Russia losing so badly on the battlefield ![]()
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