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Russia begins Invasion of Ukraine
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BlackM1st
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I just wish that all this war wasn't hurting and killing innocent civilians.
Unlike some posters here I don't accept the idea of "necessary sacrifices in the face of aggression".
Halo is Back
Member
and what position is that?
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
What gains Russia by keeping civilians locked down in cities? Shock, awe, and demoralization of the populace in order to force a surrender more quickly. Historically, this is a very common tactic, so acting like Russia gives a shit about PR doesn't make sense.
What gains Ukrainian national guard from it? Nothing. Their job is to protect civilians and repel invaders, so they're just doing their job. The question you aren't asking yourself that is a key to all this is...
What gains Ukrainian civilians from staying in their cities? Well, for one thing, it's hard to leave because of all the Russian attacks. It's hard to leave because of the attacks, and it's hard to stay because of the attacks. In many circumstances, the civilians are trapped. Secondly, many of them want to stay. Why? Because they want to drive out the invaders and protect their home. Historically, this is also a common theme that you see among invaded peoples. You can see for yourself all of the videos of Ukrainian citizens opting to stay behind, take up arms, construct sandbags, camo, and molotov cocktails.
You are uncritically taking the "Russian side" of this conflict at face value and turning a blind eye to the historical role of the aggressor trying to hide their imperialist offenses. Apply your line of thought to the USA war on terror and see where that gets you. What gains the USA by keeping civilians locked down in cities? Bad PR? What gains the "terrorists" from it? Nice meat shield and good PR? Maybe according to the US narrative, but as leaks from Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning proved, a lot of that was a load of bullshit. Don't kid yourself that the Russian Federation, which has less of a care about human rights than the USA does, care much about the human cost of collateral damage vis a vis their PR campaign.
In regards to Azov, they are a battalion in Mariupol, so if they are the "people for whom Putin came", why is Russia attacking the whole country instead of just Mariupol?
Your analysis has too many holes in it.
Halo is Back
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Putin could definitely care less about the civilian deaths. Their first initial assault seemed logical and only military targets. Now, they are shelling and bombing entire cities indiscriminately. I think they are frustrated by local resistance and are now trying to break the morale of the civilians. The allies and axis powers did the same thing in WW2. They called it "strategic bombing."
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StreetsofBeige
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I've seen better vehicles at construction sites putting up townhouses.
RAÏSanÏa
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If food travels out of that region that may already be a local consideration.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
Don't forget to ask for a pay raise comrade. The ruble isn't what it was a few weeks back. Make sure you are properly compensated for all your hard work here.
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LimanimaPT
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Yes, this looks just like ww2. And that is completely unacceptable. We are supposed to be more civilized, but it seems we aren't. They are just a bunch of cowards with a laughable military.
Hypereides
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I don't know how reliable this is, but just in case:
www.ukrinform.net
Putin and his leadersip might be planning to shell some bordering Ukrainian-Russian city and place the blame on Ukraine. It would give an excuse for full mobilization. This is insanity if it happens.
Russia preparing to shell its own cities to accuse Ukraine and declare general mobilization
Russian authorities may decide to implement a scenario, in which they will shell residential areas in the Russian cities located near the border with Ukraine to accuse the Ukrainian military. — Ukrinform.
www.ukrinform.net
Putin and his leadersip might be planning to shell some bordering Ukrainian-Russian city and place the blame on Ukraine. It would give an excuse for full mobilization. This is insanity if it happens.
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Lanrutcon
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"Man, people were so stupid back in the day, letting Hitler get away with all that shit before stepping up. That would never happen today."
And, let us not forget:
"Those people in the movies are so stupid. During a real epidemic actual people wouldn't act so dumb."
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
If that's true then both sides are going to be taking heavy losses soon.
RAÏSanÏa
Member
Those should be sabotaged/destroyed by their own forces.Jesus christ if this is true:
Russia preparing to shell its own cities to accuse Ukraine and declare general mobilization
Russian authorities may decide to implement a scenario, in which they will shell residential areas in the Russian cities located near the border with Ukraine to accuse the Ukrainian military. — Ukrinform.
Putin and his leadersip might be planning to shell some bordering Ukrainian-Russian city and place the blame on Ukraine. It would give an excuse for full mobilization. This is insanity if it happens.
Halo is Back
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This sounds nice on paper but does Ukraine have enough pilots, mechanics, and airfields to accommodate new fighters?
Sakura
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Mankind has been warring for thousands of years. There have been plenty of wars since WW2. Hell, there were even wars in Europe within the last 30 years or so, like the Bosnian War where over 100,000 people were killed.
This idea that we are more civilized now is kind of a fantasy.
Airbus Jr
Banned
Tbh i dont know man hard to tell
But dont they have that famous ace pilot ghost of kyiv
I wonder if hes a real hero or a myth man
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Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
Either way he's helpful. If he happens to be real then they have a good pilot and if he is just a bit of a myth like everybody seems to think now then he is a morale booster for the troops and the population.
And there was a report a while back that yes Ukraine does have pilots on the ground and they have air fields in the West that Russia haven't taken or damaged.
ManaByte
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STARSBarry
Gold Member
ROFL
Remember guys alternative facts, it's not what "the media" is saying ergo it must be the truth, something something deep state.
Got anything backing this up other than hearsay and conjecture?
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RAÏSanÏa
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Arma III ray tracing mod is
death is the closest we ever get to going to the movies. 
ManaByte
Gold Member
Yesterday we saw a fat old Russian dude flying in the MIG
Airbus Jr
Banned
Dont want to be an anoying person here but dude doesnt seems old just fat and hes not flying mig but su34Yesterday we saw a fat old Russian dude flying in the MIG
Raven117
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That’s right. I knew that name sounded familiar (and thought the same back then)
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ipukespiders
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I understand the Russian markets were closed last week. Any updates on what happens tomorrow (Monday)?
NoLootBoxDev
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Still closed, I belive until mid-next week.
The dude might be fat, but maybe they have some sort of hierarchy in place to whom flies the best planes. Perhaps he is a very experienced pilot that happened to be on reserve or something like that.
Do reconsider posting in this thread if you've fallen for Russian propaganda and can rationalize the intentional bombing of civilian convoys fleeing a war zone, shelling nuclear reactors, cluster bombing residential neighborhoods and apartment complexes before your forces arrive in a city, opening fire on unarmed peaceful protesters, etc.
Ukraine is not without its internal problems. That doesn't justify a WW2-style invasion with WW2-era tactics in any way whatsoever.
Ukraine is not without its internal problems. That doesn't justify a WW2-style invasion with WW2-era tactics in any way whatsoever.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
You are missing the point.
These are disposable vehicles.
The goal is to just transport fuel and munitions. Nothing else.
The vehicles are not suppose to get back.
And that's why Russia was always so efficient. it's not about the looks and overspending on simplest tasks.... They don't need hummers. Just simple trucks that are reliable and easy to fix... and disposable.
They always fought qty over quality.
edit: and yes. People too are disposable to the fuckers
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MrMephistoX
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Case on point appeasement never works when the one side of the negotiating table is led by a bad actor like Putin hell bent on an irrational goal.
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Forsete
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JayK47
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I saw a post elsewhere that made a good point about nuclear power. It is definitely a downside to nuclear power if nothing can happen to it without causing a major radiation leak or meltdown. If a coal plant is bombed, hit with an earthquake or a tsunami, it isn't going to create a major meltdown or anything. I'm no expert, but I am pretty sure you can't just turn off a nuclear reactor. The workers at the these nuclear plants are basically hostages working to keep the plant up and running without a meltdown. I would not want to be in that situation.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Yes... People seem to forget this. Like that news reporter saying that this seems alien because Europe is civilized (unlike, per his words, Africa and Middle East... Unfortunate words). He forgot all about the Balkan war, sin fein, etc.
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Thaedolus
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Release of measurable carcinogens from nuclear plants is exceedingly rare. Release of carcinogens from coal plants happens any time they’re running.
Hawking Radiation
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I hope this madness ends. I had a nightmare about this war last night.
People are being killed left and right. It just sickening.
People are being killed left and right. It just sickening.
LimanimaPT
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Unfortunatly there's no end at sight and it will only get worse...
Cyberpunkd
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Nuclear power is bad
IF there is a war
IF the plant is bombed
IF the containment and lockdown systems will not kick in
That’s a lot of IFs. Meanwhile coal kills tens of thousands of people each year due to respiratory problem and that’s 100% guaranteed.
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Wildebeest
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It all comes down to the design. Chernobyl was a very crazy old design, and the one being shelled is different, safer, but I don't know how much. You have to take with a pinch of salt the people saying that that plant was 8 times larger than Chernobyl, so a disaster could be 8 Chernobyls. I understand that modern next generation plants would have fail-safe designs based on decades of experience and expertise. The problem is the politics and cost, not the technology. With the shelling, the experts seemed concerned about how the Russians might hit the waste storage areas, so that is always a concern.
Freelance Yakuza
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Wildebeest
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Yeah, Britain had our own "Ghost of Kyiv" moments, waiting for the US. But back then we were allowed pilots from places such as Poland and Canada. They were not deemed "forbidden" by Hitler.
Nikodemos
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So just push them on the highway past the border station, and get the Ukrainian pilots to take off from there. Soviet jets were designed to be flown off roads.
Amiga
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You will get numb after a while. like how people carry on in other hot zones in the world.
sircaw
Banned
Maybe some readers could enlighten me on a few things.
The first is, a lot of news organizations are saying that Putin greatly overestimated how quickly he was going to take over Ukraine. A couple of days to storm the entire country was his reckoning.
So this got me thinking about costs and what it is personally costing the Russian government.
According to some sources. the amount of losses the Russian military has taken in the last 10 days or so has been significant.
Scores of tanks, hundreds of personal carriers, planes, choppers, the list goes on, etc, etc
Then I was thinking about the hundreds of missiles that have also been fired indiscriminately into the cities.
Does anyone have any idea how much these munitions cost?
Take cruise missiles, for example, I cant be 100% sure but I remember the gulf war with its skuds vs patriots. The latter I believe was very expensive to produce costing several million dollars a time to produce.
I would imagine the systems now are even more expensive.
I understand that dickhead Putin has a war chest of billions but is there a chance, especially with massive sanctions in place now, that Russia could see themselves just running out of cash.
An army without cash is an army without food and supplies.
Maybe i am grasping at fairy tale ramifications here but every day the Ukraine holds out is another nail in Putin's coffin.
The first is, a lot of news organizations are saying that Putin greatly overestimated how quickly he was going to take over Ukraine. A couple of days to storm the entire country was his reckoning.
So this got me thinking about costs and what it is personally costing the Russian government.
According to some sources. the amount of losses the Russian military has taken in the last 10 days or so has been significant.
Scores of tanks, hundreds of personal carriers, planes, choppers, the list goes on, etc, etc
Then I was thinking about the hundreds of missiles that have also been fired indiscriminately into the cities.
Does anyone have any idea how much these munitions cost?
Take cruise missiles, for example, I cant be 100% sure but I remember the gulf war with its skuds vs patriots. The latter I believe was very expensive to produce costing several million dollars a time to produce.
I would imagine the systems now are even more expensive.
I understand that dickhead Putin has a war chest of billions but is there a chance, especially with massive sanctions in place now, that Russia could see themselves just running out of cash.
An army without cash is an army without food and supplies.
Maybe i am grasping at fairy tale ramifications here but every day the Ukraine holds out is another nail in Putin's coffin.
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RAÏSanÏa
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That's how you live? Others keep their souls, but with hardened hearts.
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