Russian commanders had banned their own vehicles from these roads, knowing what the drones do to them. Then they lined up 50 and sent them anyway.

Never underestimate the ability of authoritarian idiots to convince themselves the strategy that has failed 100 times will succeed because they came up with the strategy.

  • Vergissmeinnicht@lemmy.ca
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    18 days ago

    Did a higher-up without military training make a demand that they do this mission?

    Feels like the most likely answer.

    Probably the same phenomenon that gave us Chornobaivka