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The current state of the Russian army. (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] antimidas@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 days ago

The myth of smekalka still lives strong. But there's adaptation due to the situation on the battlefield that's done by every miliatry, and there's adaptation due to bottom-tier logistics, shortages, and desperation. These are indeed examples of the latter case.

Truth be told, almost every time the Russian culture has done something to "adapt" it's been out of desperation, and re-framed later to cope with the fact they're not strong enough a country to solve it the right way. On the other hand, you can actually see very good examples of actual adaptation and cleverness displayed by Ukrainians.