• PahassaPaikassa@sopuli.xyz
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    5 months ago

    Kill russians in Syria -> russia has to send more russians to Syria -> less russians available to send to Ukraine.

    • Siegfried@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I guess russian military personnel abroad isn’t cannon fodder, because for obvious reasons, they are not as easy to replace as the meat waves in their border. So, maybe russia is being forced to send actual soldiers abroad and leave just the untrained ones in ukraine

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      5 months ago

      Ukraine sends more people to Syria -> fewer Ukrainians available to defend Ukraine.

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        5 months ago

        I’m not an expert, but you’re probably not sending special forces to fight around a heavily mined front that’s been pretty much frozen for a year and a half.

        It’s worth finding out if Russia is softer in Syria than it is in Ukraine. Maybe you can’t make progress in eastern Ukraine but can make force them to react to your actions in Syria.