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Ukraine on the Offensive

The Intercept Briefing

CHAPTER

The Russian Military Operation in Ukraine

One common theme that you hear from Russian commentators who are supporting Putin's so-called special military operation in Ukraine is this sense that Russia hasn't deployed its big guns yet. In terms of firepower, tanks, armored personnel, carriers, aircraft, any weapon you name, the Russians have overwhelming superiority. That leaves the number of soldiers. Now, do they have more? I'm skeptical because when they started attacking the electricity grid in the winter and early spring, that would have been the time to really put in large additional numbers. But no matter how you slice it, there are large number of Russian troops in the country.

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