I suspect their regime is more competent than that.
Why? They expected to take Kiev in 72 hours. Their military planning was clearly misinformed and their execution of the mi!itary operations clearly demonstrates a lot of incompetence. Why would you think that their broader decision making is any better? It’s not.
They could have been lying. There are flaws in the Russian army, for sure. And there could be planning flaws as well. But from there to think that they’re just outright naive/dumb still goes a considerable distance.
Why? They expected to take Kiev in 72 hours. Their military planning was clearly misinformed and their execution of the mi!itary operations clearly demonstrates a lot of incompetence. Why would you think that their broader decision making is any better? It’s not.
They could have been lying. There are flaws in the Russian army, for sure. And there could be planning flaws as well. But from there to think that they’re just outright naive/dumb still goes a considerable distance.