Above, Ukrainian Army weapons and equipment displayed in Lysychansk by Russian forces after the city’s capture<\/p>\n
The Russian campaign in Ukraine may be far from over. Russia\u2019s President Putin has said as much<\/a>. Despite western MSM reports that try to minimise its gains and maximise its losses, Russia has thus far only deployed a small portion of its overall military power in the conflict.<\/p>\n Putin would be foolish to do otherwise. He knows the West is using Ukraine as a proxy in a broader campaign to undermine Russia so like any sensible commander he\u2019s keeping the larger part of Russia\u2019s military power in reserve; ready for the possibility of a more direct confrontation with the West.<\/p>\n If, when and where that will occur is debatable but Ukraine is a proxy war that could escalate at any moment into a much broader conflict.<\/p>\n It would also be a serious mistake to assume that the Ukrainian conflict had severely diminished Russia’s fighting capacity. If anything the converse is true. There is a vast difference between soldiers with combat experience and those without. Any soldier with combat experience will tell you as much.<\/p>\n Even before Russia\u2019s campaign began, the Ukrainian Army was a well-equipped force. Under Western military guidance, the Ukrainian Army was in the process of becoming a formidable fighting force<\/a>. Although the Western MSM has consistently misrepresented events on the ground, the ongoing conflict has now seen the Ukrainian armed forces reduced to a shadow of its former self; while the Russian military has gained invaluable combat experience fighting a near peer opponent.<\/p>\n This will give Russia a real advantage over the West, if and when this conflict escalates.<\/p>\n