Could the "arming" of Russian troops be for another purpose?
Reports are coming in, that the Russians are digging in for a WW1 style, stalemate. Word is..some of the Ukraine forces are doing the same..
I can't imagine what they are thinking. Since WW1 and the advent of armor, air power, rockets and missiles, fixed fortifications are obsolete.. Consider the Seigfried line..
I may be wrong, but if that is the case, I still consider George S. Patton to be a better general than Vladimir Putin..