• Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      18
      ·
      23 days ago

      Russia easily should have. Ukraine was home to a significant portion of USSR equipment production. Including things like aircraft carriers that Russia can now barely even keep running.

      • grue@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        8
        ·
        23 days ago

        Probably a big part of why Russia wants to take it in the first place.

        • InvertedParallax
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          7
          ·
          22 days ago

          Ukraine was always the brains of the ussr, most of their best tech was designed there.