Comment by sofixa
3 days ago
> They did not properly prepare and as a result lost 20% of its territory in days.
They did though. While nobody actually believed Putin would be dumb enough, the Ukrainian army was still, just in case, extremely busy on preparing defences, organising stockpiles, preparing defensive tactics.
> While nobody actually believed Putin would be dumb enough
I'm not sure why you'd say nobody thought they would invade. To me it was clear in December the year before when the Russian navy began sailing the long way around Europe, getting in the way of Irish fisherman and confirmed days before the invasion when they had stockpiled medical personnel and blood on the front lines.
You must have made a fortune from shorting Russian stocks in December 2021.
When the US warned, days before, of the imminent invasion, the broad reaction was still one of "the boy who cried wolf"
And I didn't understand why anyone thought the warning was wrong. Who sends their navy around Europe, collects 100k troops on the border, and ships blood reserves to the front for a training exercise?
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It was clear when they captured Crimea.
Sure that plays a role for sure, though I don't think anyone in 2014 was predicting a broader invasion 8 years later.
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