Jiang argues that Ukraine's actual aggressive doctrine trained the Russian military to adapt, master drone warfare, and gain battlefield dominance while draining Ukrainian manpower and morale.
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...the manufacturing base in North America. But you're also financing the Russian military industrial complex in order for Russia to fight these wars against..."
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"...war. The Russians don't really see the point in this war. Russian military is heavily overextended in Ukraine and in this instance Ukraine will..."
"...fighting for every inch of territory the Ukrainian military trained the Russian military on how to be a modern military capable of fighting a..."
"...the manufacturing base in North America. But you're also financing the Russian military industrial complex in order for Russia to fight these wars against..."
"...type of an allegiance to putin and and support for the russian military yeah um and obviously south korea you mentioned uh japan's the..."
"...the Europeans would not be able to face a combined Ukrainian -Russian military."
"It will be a grind. The Russian military warfare, military doctrine, it's slow, it's deliberate, it's methodical. They want to limit as many civilian..."
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The episode begins with two escalations: Ukraine expands, Iran heats up.
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