Russia on brink of ... NOPE! Russia INVADES Ukraine!

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nicalandia

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If this is how they are performing against Ukraine the Russians would get absolutely taken apart if they came for Poland or the Baltics.
Do you think they would do better in Compton than what they are doing in Poland? Could those commies take on Chicago?
 

nicalandia

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Like I said I think he's already failing in Ukraine. No point in speculating further ahead at this point. I wouldn't be surprised to hear he gets assassinated by his own people in the near future.
To be honest, Some reports say that Ukraine it's going to fall in 96 hours.....
 

nicalandia

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I think there is false hope. While they are putting up a great fight, it will be the heavy indiscriminate artillery strikes that finish the job sadly. Depends how far Putin wants to take things.
I fear that's exactly what's going to happen.
 

K1052

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Once ground forces come more heavily into play it's unlikely the Ukrainian forces can resist them for too long. Could get pretty nasty if it devolves into a major urban fight. I mean there could be a thousand NLAWs tucked away in Kyiv...
 

RnR_au

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Whoever planned this invasion farked up completely. Why is Ukraine still connected to the Internet? Just saw a interview between a girl in Ukraine and the host of an Australian news show. And it was live.

Shambolic stuff.
 

eelw

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Well doing nothing just embolden Putin....
Nothing could be first done by the west. Putin would just say he was provoked and only replying in retaliation. I still found it weird why NATO had to bring troops on the border already.
 

dphantom

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What has surprised me so far is the poor all-around performance of the RU forces. Yes, the UA air force is nearing ineffectiveness, AD has been hit hard but the RU prep fires (MLRS/tube artillery) has not been near as extensive as I would have expected to support a ground invasion. And especially night fighting capabilities are poor. Most fighting is being done during daylight hours which helps level the field as UA are generally fighting from prepared defensive positions giving them a strength multiplier.

Compare to US, we live in the night and see dark as a significant combat multiplier.

We do know that RU committed forces so far is somewhere between 30-60k perhaps a bit more. Which raises the question on why they are not using more in the initial attack. One always wants a reserve, but with 150-200k around UA, the low number currently committed seems very odd even with limited objectives - not full occupation.
 
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Ajay

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Oligarchs complain about damage to the economy from war with Ukraine:


Putin's response:
Putin's response is another veiled threat at the West: “We don’t plan to damage a system of which we feel we are a part, to the extent that we feel we are a part of it… Our partners should understand this and not set themselves the task of pushing us out of this system.”

Cyber war against the financial systems of *all* the countries aligned against Russia - WTF. Guess we couldn’t expect him to sit still and just take it, his ego couldn’t handle it.
 
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dphantom

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Because it isn’t a full out invasion yet. Putin has only tried to intimidate his way to victory so far.
May be so but the number of forces deployed is not enough to intimidate Ukraine. If Putin thought that would be enough, he seriously miscalculated.