Did they have capacity to do that at the time? Maybe Russia's first move would simply be elsewhere. there is a lot of border to mine especially when you include belarus.
replyThey could've acquired the landmines from the U.S. since Biden was in the White House at the time.
replyIf you mobilize your armed forces and move all your soldiers to the border and dig them in you'll dissuade an attacker from invading.
That's the thing though, between russia and belarus its over a 1000 mile border they would have had to secure.
reply