Mobilizing stocks of equipment is the bread and butter of logistics...
"Last mile delivery" is the bread and butter of logistics and its a complete different monster than bulk logistics, moving a plane, train or bus, full of supplies from distribution center A to distribution center B is hard but then unloading from bulk containers, putting them on small cars and delivering the correct package to hundreds of different addresses is a complete different monster on its own.
Now imagine trying to supply dozens of different groups that are moving forward through enemy territory.
If you honestly think loading soviet stocks is proof that Russian logistics are great you are being dellusional, its a complete different skillset required.
Russia gives certain troops shit gear and other troops high level stuff. Sort of like Waffen SS vs Volksgrenadiers in WW2. They decided to leave a huge percentage of their troops with decent gear at home waiting for god knows what while they put underequipped, low level guys on the front line. If Russia increased their total number of troops, maybe leadership would put more high level guys in.
They had Rosgvardia on Izyum, i can't believe 6 months into the guard we are still seeing people push "Its not the real Russian army" BS.
Russia has never outnumbered the Ukrainians in this war overall. The reason why it failed is because it was totally misguided in the first place. I honestly don't know what they were thinking with that one.
Yes it has, it was reported in February that Russia had massed 200,000 forces in the border with Ukraine, this without counting the DPR/LPR irregular forces.
Ukraine army had like 125,000 active personnel, Ukraine outnumbers Russia because it has quickly mobilized its reserves while Russia has not been able to.
It is looking that way. Ukrainians have the initiative. Putin and co need to go if Russia is to have a chance and I have a hard time imagining that happening.
Yeah, i don't see how Russia turns this around.
If they were genuinely out of supplies at that time, the collapse would have happened in more than just Kiev.
Why? just because Russia sucks are supplying forward, advancing forces it doesn't means that rearguard forces are going to run out of supplies.