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Will Putin Invade Ukraine?

Started by Cassia, January 20, 2022, 01:29:34 PM

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Hydra009

"Destroyed HIMARS" in fact just Oshkosh military truck.

Claimed HIMARS:

Legit HIMARS:


Fun fact: none of the donated HIMARS are tan.

Hydra009

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Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, and UN reps agree to establish a coordination center in Istanbul for grain transport

Presumably, this will allow Ukraine to more safely and quickly export grain (the remaining grain that hasn't been stolen, occupied, or fire-bombed)

Though I note that Russia has a rather extensive history of breaking agreements, notably the Russian–Ukrainian Friendship Treaty, which prohibited either country from declaring war on or invading the other.  I think we can safely conclude that this treaty was not fully honored.

Hydra009

Putin expands Russian passports to all of Ukraine, not just occupied regions of Ukraine

So anyone who thinks Putin will be content with Donbas and Crimea, think again.  He wants nothing less than the complete conquest of Ukraine and  elimination of Ukrainian statehood.  And that's likely a prelude for much more extensive territorial ambitions.

Hydra009

Russian lawmakers propose expanding anti-gay law

QuoteAuthorities say they are defending morality in the face of what they argue are un-Russian liberal values promoted by the West.


So you agree, Russian "values" are illiberal?

Hydra009

Forty-five nations pledge to coordinate evidence of war crimes in Ukraine

Yesterday, Ukrainians bombed Russian ammo dumps while Russia bombed civilians.



Cassia

The Russian army is making it all about inaccurate Soviet era artillery and simply pounding away at whatever they can hit. Thousands of pieces. Just awful what they are doing.

Seems to me it will come down to the Ukrainians getting enough modern big guns and rockets from NATO to outrange them and keep hitting Russian ammo supplies. Russian gun barrels will begin to wear out.

Hydra009

Quote from: Cassia on July 15, 2022, 05:24:36 PMThe Russian army is making it all about inaccurate Soviet era artillery and simply pounding away at whatever they can hit. Thousands of pieces. Just awful what they are doing.
70% of Russian artillery strikes are against non-military targets



Hydra009



It would be a real shame if they fail to make any progress at all towards areas they prematurely said that they control.  That would make it crystal clear that they're lying.

Hydra009

Today, 8 years ago, a Russian anti-air system in Ukraine shot down a Dutch civilian airliner, killing everyone on board

https://v.redd.it/eiombmipa3c91

Hydra009

Ammo depot near Kherson blown up.  Again.

Quotethe Russians set up an ammunition depot, headquarters, and barracks. Tonight, all this vanished, because the Ukrainian Armed Forces hit the target accurately," he wrote.

Locals say that "it burned very well and detonated for a long time," Khlan said.