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Russia about to get that ass whipped.
By whom?
Finland...
The Winter War - Finland vs the Soviet Union, lasted just over three months in 1939-1940.
Finland had about 300k soldiers, 30 tanks and 60 aircraft. The USSR had over 500k soldiers, over 3k tanks, over 3k aircraft.
Total casulaties was 70k vs. 350k. The USSR lost over 1500 tanks and 300 aircraft.
USSR still won that war though.
Yes, but they held back the Soviets for 2 months. And that was probably the Soviets at their peak, stronger than Russia is today.
It was right after the massive Stalinist purges of the army. They were complete dogshit. Don't get me wrong, the Finnish put up a hell of a fight and I think they could've continued militarily, it was the government that decided to cut their losses, but the red army was pretty incompetent at the time.
Online normie don't appreciate these nuances...
If defeating Russia is so easy, then why nobody in EU is willing to help Ukraine boots on the ground?
So much fucking bravado online...