From twittershit.
Footage is impressive tough.
I remember it took an entire regiment, 400+ guys to take an skyscraper-type building. and it takes forever to clear it.
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OminousSpudd wrote:The biggest question of the decade. They've gamed the outcome and decided that the benefits outweigh the costs. How on earth they came to that conclusion is beyond me, which indicates there's something under the surface that we're not seeing. I would of said the Kremlin had contracted a terminal case of koolaid addiction if it wasn't for their excruciatingly measured approach to everything in the past 2 decades.PapaDragon wrote:
What really eats me is being curious about what exactly motivated Russia to go full Rolling Thunder on international relations by starting this because they torched a lot of bridges here for decades to come and apparently entire government and political spectrum seems to be okay with it
What happened? What do they know that we don't? What's the long term plan?
What kicked this off? Because the Ukraine is not exactly new topic but so far they were completely restrained diplomatically and militarily and yet the whole thing went tits up all of a sudden
Any ideas? Seriously asking here
SWIFT cut off has happened, so sanctions have gone as nuclear as they possibly can. We've transitioned from soft power wars to Cold War 2: Electric Boogaloo in the last 72+ hours. Oh well, GWOT was fun while it lasted, back to big boy fights now. PRC won't be sitting the sequel out, whether they like it or not. We might even get the 3rd installment to the World War trilogy yet
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Airbornewolf wrote:Urban combat in Ukraine, does not say where.
From twittershit.
Footage is impressive tough.
I remember it took an entire regiment, 400+ guys to take an skyscraper-type building. and it takes forever to clear it.
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bitcointrader70 wrote:Not sure how Kiev is going to fall within the next few days. They have repelled every attack so far and are hanging on pretty good. This is looking like a month long campaign at this point. Russia didn’t have enough troops to do this fast.
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bitcointrader70 wrote:Not sure how Kiev is going to fall within the next few days. They have repelled every attack so far and are hanging on pretty good. This is looking like a month long campaign at this point. Russia didn’t have enough troops to do this fast.
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ATLASCUB wrote:The Chinese are not ready to take over Taiwan. Not by a long shot. And they're also deluded if they think the Taiwanese elite will relinquish sovereign power to them, peacefully.
China played their cards right and they were very smart to get to where they're today. With that said, they're a hobo nation, in the sense that they don't command allegiance structures, nor have the expertise, nor have shown the willingness to engage in bloc confrontation and how those are managed, and fought over.
Problem is, the empire controls a big fat bloc and will confront it with this big fat bloc. They can't escape from it, just like Russia can't.
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GunshipDemocracy wrote:
Block confrontation IMHO is exactly what is happening now. It has been ripening for long time now Ukraine is just a pretext not a reason for confrontation . Chine ready or not has to act . If Russia is down Chine is the next...
ATLASCUB wrote:GunshipDemocracy wrote:
Block confrontation IMHO is exactly what is happening now. It has been ripening for long time now Ukraine is just a pretext not a reason for confrontation . Chine ready or not has to act . If Russia is down Chine is the next...
They know... they're not stupid. The question is, what will their decisions and strategy be.
PhSt wrote:ATLASCUB wrote:GunshipDemocracy wrote:
Block confrontation IMHO is exactly what is happening now. It has been ripening for long time now Ukraine is just a pretext not a reason for confrontation . Chine ready or not has to act . If Russia is down Chine is the next...
They know... they're not stupid. The question is, what will their decisions and strategy be.
But does the Chinese leadership have what it takes to act? It seems that when faced with a choice between taking immediate action or keeping it cool and play the long game, they always take the latter, perhaps this behavior will change now since China has become far more powerful than before.
PhSt wrote:ATLASCUB wrote:GunshipDemocracy wrote:
Block confrontation IMHO is exactly what is happening now. It has been ripening for long time now Ukraine is just a pretext not a reason for confrontation . Chine ready or not has to act . If Russia is down Chine is the next...
They know... they're not stupid. The question is, what will their decisions and strategy be.
But does the Chinese leadership have what it takes to act? It seems that when faced with a choice between taking immediate action or keeping it cool and play the long game, they always take the latter, perhaps this behavior will change now since China has become far more powerful than before.
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BahahahahahaATLASCUB wrote:To lighten up a bit...
Urluber wrote:bitcointrader70 wrote:Not sure how Kiev is going to fall within the next few days. They have repelled every attack so far and are hanging on pretty good. This is looking like a month long campaign at this point. Russia didn’t have enough troops to do this fast.
You must not be following very carefully.
Russia took short break on Friday because they were expecting negotiations. That slowed the progress for one day.
Tonight Kiev is in flames. Russia might be hardening their tactics a bit; hitting oil depot and hopefully in next hours also other infrastructure which could be of value for Kiev armed forces. All military and government related objects should be considered legitimate targets from now on.
And addition: Chechen battalion - backed by video evidence! - has taken over Kievan military base and confiscated several type of equipment from there. The base is in Kiev region so it is of great importance.
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bitcointrader70 wrote:Not sure how Kiev is going to fall within the next few days. They have repelled every attack so far and are hanging on pretty good. This is looking like a month long campaign at this point. Russia didn’t have enough troops to do this fast.
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kvs wrote:The videos of gunfire in Kiev are all local gangs settling scores. None of them are for any Russian forces action. Only UAVs were
deployed over Kiev and the regime forces managed to hit an apartment building. Fox News is claiming Russians will attack Kiev
tonight. I doubt it. It is a Nazi hive and Russia has no reason to hurry.
Orlan wrote:Intel and AMD stop supplying microchips to Russia.
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Backman wrote:
Took the US and UK 11 days to take Basra. Yet here we are on day 3 retards.
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