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On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine with a small force of around 142,000 troops. Not enough to conquer Ukraine, the invading force was sufficient to persuade Ukraine to the negotiating table. Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that was the original goal of the military operation: “[t]he troops were…
The original invasion of Russian troops was quite limited, and they didn’t have a large Airforce cover. At that time, Ukraine would have had Air Defence active.
Correct, initially the russian forces only numbered a bit over 140.000 men. Not even enough to take Kiev by force.