Ukraine: Is Russia’s invasion going as expected?
Military plans never survive the first contact with the enemy – and Russia is facing the same problem. …
But while 190,000 troops may be enough to carry out an invasion, military experts doubt whether it’s enough to occupy Europe’s second-largest country. Ukraine is larger than France. Gen Barrons, who was a British military commander in Iraq, says: “If Mr Putin’s intent was to occupy the whole of Ukraine with a force of around 150,000, that would only conceivably work if it had the consent of the population.”
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