Out of all recent war legends going around, this is the one that sounds most plausible
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Honestly from the videos of abandoned Russian vehicles, including tanks, its probably not just gypsies stealing them.
If found one just sitting I'd find a barn to drive it into until the war was over.
Also, stealing a military vehicle with a tractor is peak Suka Blyat
I don't really understand what the hell is going on with that. The Russians are clearly lying about some things.
They've advanced quite far, but they've avoided multiple Ukranian hardpoints by encircling them, or just avoiding them altogether. Their defense said that they destroyed Ukraine's air defense system quickly (which was actually an expected result), but the amount of counter-measures their helicopters were deploying on Day 1 seemed like their pilots weren't convinced of it. There does seem to be a remaining Ukranian Air Force which may not pose a huge threat, is a serious concern. It means Air Dominance still doesn't exist, and Air Supremacy is going to be something that will need to be maintained.
This isn't The Six Day War, this isn't The Gulf War, this isn't even the Georgian Invasion. It damn sure isn't the Fall of Afghanistan. The Russians plans seemed already limited, but it feels like something still went wrong, and it's giving them unexpected trouble. Being Russians, I'm sure they don't mind taking a few extra casualties and losing a bit of additional equipment, but I can't help but think something is off. The Ukranians were not fully mobilized, and a Russian armored division stormed south from Belarus, an unexpected line of attack. Yet, the Russians are avoiding a lot of major urban areas to push past them, they haven't taken Ukraine yet, there's still a Ukranian Air Force, and they're already resorting to rocket barrages.
I feel like they wanted to win this war already, and it looks like if they are going to win this war, it might take a week or two. Even if Ukraine loses territory, let's say the entire east and Kiev, the longer this war goes on, the worse the outcome is going to be for Russia. Not a loss, but it makes a Pyrrhic victory more likely if this starts to go into multiple weeks.
If Ukranian forces start mass surrendering in the east, this could really help Russia... but I don't know how likely that's going to be given the Ukranians out there are very likely salty DGAF veterans.