it in the shorts, as does the Russian people.
In addition to the material losses to Wildberries customers and third-party sellers, the company also serves as a “key channel for dual-use material and non-lethal supplies for soldiers at the front – drones, spare parts, night vision equipment, boots, uniforms, generators, and so on.”
I’ll admit, I figured Russia would squash Ukraine like a bug. But I was wrong. Ukraine has become the world’s expert in drone technology and they have been very clever in how they fight. And Russia has been less than ingenious, depending on “standard” tactics–to their cost.
I mean, why do you think Russia was threatening to use nukes? Because they are getting pants’d on the battlefield due to their hidebound adherence to “the way we’ve always done it.”
Remember David and Goliath: In a traditional “test of strength” kind of battle, Goliath wins every time. But a kid dodging and flinging rocks from beyond a closing distance was something he simply had no answer for. So Goliath died.