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[–] orclev@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

In a normal military this would be a pretty big deal, but Russia has long used the strategy of "keep throwing bodies at them until you win". That's also likely the reason their navy and air force are a joke as that strategy doesn't work so well when you have a finite number of craft to send those bodies on. There's a reason that Ukraine's tiny well trained military has been able to use guerrilla tactics to wipe the floor with Russia's military.

So unfortunately this is likely to make little if any difference, Putin will just find a new piece of meat to stuff into that uniform and then kick him towards the front line. What does make a huge difference though is every time they manage to destroy a piece of Russian hardware (be that a boat, plane, tank, or artillery) as Russia has a very hard time replacing those unlike their practically unlimited supply of cannon fodder.