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Russia to build up forces in west to counter NATO threat - Shoigu (www.reuters.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1253052

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They couldn't even handle Ukraine. How is this going to get bumpy? What troops do they even have to build up in the west.

Remember a few years ago when Russian mercs decided to attack an American special forces team in Syria and they not only failed to kill a single American they got bombed into oblivion?

Same thing will happen if these troops so much as step into NATO territory

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

From what I heard it was a bit more nuanced than that. The russian government deliberately ordered the army's air defences disabled which allowed American air power to have free reign in that battlefield. I've no doubt the americans would have beaten them back regardless but with casualties.