Well, the cruise missiles are flying..
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@George-K said in Well, the cruise missiles are flying..:
Seems that your link has been taken down.
Anyhow the BBC reports that the driver of the car, an elderly man miraculously survived and was rescued by passersby who presumably witnessed the atrocity.
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@Horace said in Well, the cruise missiles are flying..:
These optics can’t be good for Russia.
I don't see how any of this is to the long-term benefit of Russia. They're a commodity seller and countries will be even more wary of Russian investments and economic entanglements going forward.
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Is Baghdad Bob in the Ukraine?
I’m willing to believe Ukraine is causing more casualties than they are taking, but 10-1?
The Brad
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Normal ratio is that it takes three attackers to defeat one defender in a fortified position.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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Is Baghdad Bob in the Ukraine?
I’m willing to believe Ukraine is causing more casualties than they are taking, but 10-1?
@LuFins-Dad said in Well, the cruise missiles are flying..:
Is Baghdad Bob in the Ukraine?
I’m willing to believe Ukraine is causing more casualties than they are taking, but 10-1?
UK Defense Minister is estimating 2/1. That sounds a little more likely.
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Normal ratio is that it takes three attackers to defeat one defender in a fortified position.
@Jolly said in Well, the cruise missiles are flying..:
Normal ratio is that it takes three attackers to defeat one defender in a fortified position.
When one side has a lopsided strength in armor and air then the normal ratio takes a hit.
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This is all kind of strange to watch.
In WWII, we had Robert Cappa. Then came CNN's real-time coverage of the first Gulf War.
Now we have social media.
It's weird to hear so many stories in real time. It's the exact same shit as with any other war, but also unique.
Yikes.
Please love yourself.
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My tweet of the day is from the Ukrainian ambassador in Germany. He replied to a "symbolic gesture" of lighting an official building in the colours of Ukraine by one of the politicians who most actively contributed to not actually helping them.
It's hard to translate the tweet accurately, but it's basically a very undiplomatic "Fuck you!".
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This is all kind of strange to watch.
In WWII, we had Robert Cappa. Then came CNN's real-time coverage of the first Gulf War.
Now we have social media.
It's weird to hear so many stories in real time. It's the exact same shit as with any other war, but also unique.
Yikes.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Well, the cruise missiles are flying..:
This is all kind of strange to watch.
In WWII, we had Robert Cappa. Then came CNN's real-time coverage of the first Gulf War.
Now we have social media.
It's weird to hear so many stories in real time. It's the exact same shit as with any other war, but also unique.
Thomas Friedman on similar points:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/opinion/putin-russia-ukraine.html
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Trying to hurry and finish it.
I suspect the screws are starting to tighten on Mr. Putin.
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OK, things are moving over here in a quite remarkable way.
The chancellor has announced to invest an additional 100 billion into defense and liquid gas terminals, and promised to raise the defense budget over 2% of GDP.
Both would have been unthinkable just two weeks ago.
