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  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    101·
    5 days ago

    Yeah I think estimates by the US state Department show it was closer to a 190,000 invading force, not 142,000. I think the USMC determined like 600,000 would have been required if Russia had intended to fully occupy Ukraine.

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      91·
      5 days ago

      I think the USMC determined like 600,000 would have been required if Russia had intended to fully occupy Ukraine.

      Of course, they ‘only’ intended to remove the democratically elected government and occupy Ukraine with the help of a Vichy regime, much better. How many Russian troops are dedicated to the Ukrainian War right now, btw?

      • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        41·
        5 days ago

        I think it’s doubled every year? I think 700k active by all accounts? With the Ukrainian army as mobilized and supplied as they are this far into the war, the calculation would require a force of something ridiculous like 2.4 million to achieve 3:1 ratio for an occupying invasion force.