> he is invading on the cheap with expendable conscripts
This is simply not true. We have solid evidence of attempted VDV airdrops and the VDV is an elite part of the army.
This is simply not true. We have solid evidence of attempted VDV airdrops and the VDV is an elite part of the army.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/08/vitaly-gerasim...
Anyone is expendable when you're a dictator.
Vitaly Gerasimov was the Chief of Staff of an army (41st Combined Arms), rather than the Army. The similarly-named Valery Gerasimov is the Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.