re: Russia taking 70 year old t-54/55 out of storage to the front

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Because they have lost 2000 tanks

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Because the way the war in Ukraine is now being strategized, there is no “Russian invasion offensive.” They are shelling the Ukrainian positions with artillery (cheap ordinance) until they pound them into oblivion. Using cruise and mid range missiles to surgically hit strategic targets deep in Ukrainian territory.

Then, they are supplying the Russian backed separatist forces DPR and LPR with the old Soviet era tanks, to push the front lines when moving into a town or city.

Backmut recently and Mariupol last year are examples. The initial contact Ukrainian forces are having in eastern Ukraine are not Russian military units. They are the separatist that have been fighting for 8-10 years for the Donbas.

Been this way since the withdrawal from the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions last year. Why would you roll your most modern tanks into a shooting range with thousands of anti tank missiles supplied by the US? You wouldn’t.

Similarly, why would you fly your most modern aircraft in an airspace that has been give modern air defense systems from the US. And actually, not knowing if more sophisticated SAM’s are active around the capitol of Kyiv.

Answer is? You don’t fly your newest helicopters and newest jets. Because you can hit anywhere in Ukraine with mid range and cruise missiles fired from outside of Ukrainian territory.

Russia has pulled back and utilized artillery to limit casualties and risk exposure, and have loaded the separatist up with guns, ammo, and old shotty tanks to roll in cities with, knowing they will be obliterated.

Putin has shifted to the long game, now that Biden has dug himself into the military aid shipment cycle every 3 weeks. Once aid stops, they have the newly called up invasion force ready to go. If the aid keeps flowing, Putin will hold onto territory in the east until Ukraine concedes the territorial loss.

The American and European news media is so far off from reality of what’s happening in Ukraine, it’s a travesty.