> a bunch of untrained and unorganized civilians with only rifles significantly hold back the russian advance on their own
I didn't say anything like that, though many were untrained and with only rifles. I said that in urban environment it is still soldier on foot is deciding factor, and in Ukraine freshly enlisted territorial defense units dug into the ground and stopped invasion.
> More like 70 million+ loyalists
70M is a civil war setting, but we are discussing setting of dictator + loyalists military vs population.
I didn't say anything like that, though many were untrained and with only rifles. I said that in urban environment it is still soldier on foot is deciding factor, and in Ukraine freshly enlisted territorial defense units dug into the ground and stopped invasion.
> More like 70 million+ loyalists
70M is a civil war setting, but we are discussing setting of dictator + loyalists military vs population.