It may just be a matter of communicational demagogy, but the truth is that in multiple international news portals it has been mentioned that the war deployment of Russian forces is revealing a deficit of military potential that exposes the weakness of the Russian army before the world. Let's talk about this a little.
In particular, I find it hard to believe that there is a deficit in the military potential of the Russian army in front of the world, a fact that has sounded like a rumor since the invasion seemed ripped out of the superpower handbook written by the United States and its allies in the 1991 Gulf War.
The assumption is based on the fact that Russia after amassing a huge ground force, the Russians launched precision-guided rockets to destroy radars, anti-aircraft batteries and airstrips all over Ukraine, and did not use their alleged extreme cutting-edge military power.
Now, let's remember that the objective of these surgical strikes is to leave the enemy blind and with their planes on the ground, to guarantee control of the skies to the ground attack troops, a strategic action that far from being a weakness is in my opinion a wise strategy that leaves Russia with weapons up its sleeve in case the scenario becomes more hostile.
As recounted on multiple news portals, Russia never established its air superiority, and its tanks and combat units were stranded almost immediately, giving Ukrainian fighters time to plant mines, fortify positions and plan ambushes.
Beyond all these assumptions, I prefer to agree with voices that say that perhaps Russia's leadership does not want to engage in large-scale combat operations that would expose the gulf between external perception and its real war capabilities.
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TheConversation Intelligence, information warfare, cyber warfare, electronic warfare – what they are and how Russia is using them in Ukraine. Link
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