"We joked that it wasn't April 1st," a Ukrainian soldier identified only by his first name, Serhiy, told The Economist.
  • Ukrainian’s shock offensive on Russia’s Kursk region came as a surprise even to Ukraine’s soldiers.
  • “We joked that it wasn’t April 1st,” a Ukrainian soldier told The Economist.
  • The country’s troops did suspect that an invasion was imminent after they were issued new equipment.
  • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
    130·
    5 months ago

    the government is giving out plans and commanding the army

    Yeah, that’s typically how the military works.

    • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      5 months ago

      Yeah, that’s typically how the military works.

      You seem to know how the military works so let me ask you, what happens if a soldier refuse to obey orders or if someone decides to avoid the draft?

      • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
        25·
        5 months ago

        That has nothing to do with your assertion that top-down direction in the army is weird or that the military is somehow not part of the government.