Some heads are exploding over a report by General Christopher Cavoli, ranking leader in EUCOM, confirming that Russian ground forces are now larger than at the start of the SMO.
Apparently the US objective of pumping $70 billion in weapons into Ukraine and using Ukrainian troops to attrit and weaken Russia…hasn’t shown results
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Russian ground forces ‘bigger today’ than at start of the war in Ukraine, US general says
CNN
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While Russia has suffered thousands of losses in its war against Ukraine, a senior US military commander in Europe told lawmakers Wednesday that they have plenty more firepower left in their arsenal.
“[T]he Russian ground force has been degenerated somewhat by this conflict, although it is bigger today than it was at the beginning of the conflict,” Gen. Christopher Cavoli, the commander of US European Command, told the House Armed Services Committee.
“The Air Force has lost very little, they’ve lost 80 planes. They have another 1,000 fighters and fighter bombers,” he said. “The Navy has lost one ship.“
I love it when NATO's commanding general confirms my takes two days after I put them out.
That's right, folks – even according to General Cavoli, head of EUCOM and SACEUR, Russia now has a larger army than when it kicked off the SMO and has suffered no real attrition elsewhere. pic.twitter.com/iHxKAyWTK3
— Armchair Warlord (@ArmchairW) April 28, 2023
h/t Dodger007