• BeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan@piefed.social
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    15 hours ago

    Ukraine is indeed doing well. But russia is not a superpower, never was. There was a time when the Soviet Union was a superpower, for a while. But that was in the 1960s, maybe a bit in the 1970s.

    • FrowingFostek@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      I like to believe there was a transitionary period where Russia was a super power. Maybe its my failing memory but, they were a near peer to the united states not too long ago. Now the united states isn’t even a super power so theres that.

      Alls I’m saying is times are changing and nations can make the wrong decision.

      • BeelzebubEiNukuKoskaan@piefed.social
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        6 hours ago

        russia at its peak was comparable to Italy by their GDP, militarily they have always had a lot of equipment and men but they were never anything more than a regional power.

        Yeah, times are changing and russia has been making all the wrong decisions.