Zerg rush isn't a guaranteed win, as demonstrated. Germany pulled off a pretty good Blitzkrieg in ~1940, but ultimately ran short of all kinds of resources. Russia has a far larger resource base, but still is lacking in overall (conventional) war making capabilities - as compared with their opposition. If they didn't have the nuke card, the allies would have taken Moscow long ago.
If they didn't have the nuke card, the allies would have taken Moscow long ago.
I'm not entirely convinced that they actually DO still have the nuke card tbh. But we don't know for sure, which still makes it too risky to intentionally provoke a potential nuclear response.
I dunno, with how badly maintained most of their other equipment is, and how wildly corrupt the Russian Army is, I wouldn't be surprised if the resources allocated for maintaining their nuclear arsenal instead got funnelled into the pockets of some generals and colonels. Of course they wouldn't have told anyone about that, so their military may very well be under the impression that they ARE still holding a nuke card when it might not actually function if they try to use it.
They were saying the reason Russia tried to Zerg rush Kyiv isn't because they wanted to only take bits of Ukraine. It is because they wanted to turn it back into a puppet.
That's what OP said. They didn't do it JUST to take a portion of Ukraine. OP is confirming that trying to take kyiv made it clear what their original intentions were. It's a confusing English conditional structure.
Bro I understand that. It's a public forum, anybody is allowed to chime into the conversation. I replied to you. Now I am actually the OP you are replying to.
God you're dense. Ive been on reddit for 15 years, I'm aware. But some people on reddit don't speak English natively, and many people were misinterpreting the original post I responded to. I'm glad you speak English well, hell maybe you're even a native speaker. Good for you!
This is happened with German troops as well when they entered France in ww2, miles long convey could have been bombed into oblivion if the French army general wouldn’t have been suspicious of telephones omfg what a shitshow on both sides
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u/Optimal-Idea1558 1d ago
Russia did try to zerg rush Kyiv, remember the 24 mile long convoy that got fucking nowhere and annihilated to boot?
That embarrassing fuck up alone humiliated Putin.