The Ukraine war thread
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Yesterday T. E. Lawrence just smiled, today it’s sardonic laughter:
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More meat for the grinder….
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67592803
And somehow NATO is to blame.
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https://www.statista.com/statistics/1334454/russian-armed-forces-personnel/
Even if the Ukrainian claim of 300K casualties is inflated by a factor of two, it's still a big hit.
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A diplomatic failure for Russia:
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@Renauda I suppose Lavrov felt pretty uneasy. Who else is to be blamed for this debacle?
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Here's what might help Putin out of office. Not sure where he's getting the cash for this expansion.
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The average age of a Ukraine soldier is in the forties. Putin is playing a war of attrition, using bodies instead of equipment.
Biden straddled the fence too long. Not the right equipment, not enough equipment, too many restrictions on use.
Almost as if he was fighting a proxy war, trying to simply bleed the Russians.
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Another diplomatic failure for Russia:
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@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
Death from above. That was some unit's motto.
"World War II. 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment. 101 Airborne Div in 1942. I have also seen it attributed to the 82nd and their is currently an Air Force Bomber unit that uses it in Latin."
I saw another story showing how the Russians are protecting their trenches (trenches!) with overhead metal caging to make it difficult for FPV drones to attack there.
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Apparently the NORK shells are substandard. Awww....
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