By the time the Czar’s troops withdrew from the First World War and the revolution broke out, they had suffered an astonishing 6.7 million troops killed or wounded. Despite the early losses and failures in the war, they did not immediately turn against their leader. The Russian people have a historic capacity to endure suffering. But as the battle losses piled up through 19, the Russian people had finally had enough and revolted in March 1917, deposing the Czar. ” By the end of the first year of the war, Russia had lost one million men, but still, the war went on and the people, though grumbling, continued to support the war effort. Russia was led by Czar Nicholas II, who fancied himself a brilliant military strategist, which, according to historian Mayhill Fowler, “ he was not. But it didn’t signal the end of the war or the collapse of the Russian government.
When the battle ended on August 28th, 1914, a stunning 140,000 Russians had been killed, wounded, or captured it was one of the most epic failures in military history. In the first month of the war, Russia sent its 150,000-strong Second Army to fight against the Germans in the Battle of Tannenberg. When Tsarist Russia went to war against the central powers in World War I, the first battle was a massive disaster. Russian forces in the north have surrendered thousands of square kilometers of territory back to Ukraine, and in the past few days, Putin’s troops have also been pushed back along the Dnieper River in the Kherson region. Many in the United States and Europe have been celebrating incremental victories over the past five or six weeks as Ukraine has ripped off battlefield win after win. All three options have negative implications for the United States and the West. There are three primary trajectories for the Russian leader and people: a “1942 moment” that heralds a major Russian military revival, a 1917-style internal political crisis that sparks a revolution and ends Putin’s rule and possibly his life – or a terrified and desperate Putin who plays the nuclear card. Where Russia goes from here could have profound consequences for the United States and the Western world writ large. Since the end of August, Zelensky’s forces have recaptured thousands of square miles of territory, sending the Russian invaders reeling backward.
What Will Putin Choose? Ukraine’s capture of the city of Krasny Liman, now called Liman or Lyman, last Friday marked the culmination of a month-long series of major battlefield victories by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF).
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