Russian invasion of Ukraine

gordondaviesmoustache said:
I’ve said it before, but fuck it, with over 80,000 posts you are going to repeat yourself from time to time.

What the Ukrainian people have done is nothing short of remarkable.

The think how different it could have been if the nonce cunts had seized that airfield in February 2022. Absolute inflection point.
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You can say that again
 
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24/04

Stuff:
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Russian stuff blowing up: Prisoner exchange brings home 193 Ukrainians

There has been another prisoner exchange that has brought home 193 Ukrainian prisoners from Russian captivity. Two of the freed prisoners have birthdays today. A Russian drone factory is targeted by…
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Day 1521 Review:
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Putin has no cards. After 4+ years of trying to advance, his occupying army in Ukraine has been stopped. Time for Putin to sue for peace.
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Mega number of Russian Glide Bomb strikes and assaults.
 
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jrb said:
Russians being cur off from the world internet. Only Russian state approved internet sites are allowed. Discontent is growing in Russia.

www.bbc.co.uk

Russia's tightening grip on internet fuels public discontent

Officials say the restrictions are for public safety, but businesses and the public are feeling the impact.
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It disturbs me how far behind the conversation the BBC are and how selective they are on what they choose to report. Naively a few years ago I'd have expected a lot more from our main public service broadcaster.
 
Irwell said:
It disturbs me how far behind the conversation the BBC are and how selective they are on what they choose to report. Naively a few years ago I'd have expected a lot more from our main public service broadcaster.
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As I’ve commented previously, Rosenberg, who is an exceptional journalist, has to tread a careful and difficult line, but you are correct - the BBC’s coverage has been strange at times, to say the least.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
I’ve said it before, but fuck it, with over 80,000 posts you are going to repeat yourself from time to time.

What the Ukrainian people have done is nothing short of remarkable.

The think how different it could have been if the nonce cunts had seized that airfield in February 2022. Absolute inflection point.
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I assume with that airfield that the Russian's intention was to make it look like they'd got right on the doorstep of Kyiv and that would trigger panic and a possible collapse from the Ukrainians.

Otherwise I don't see how it would be strategically useful. An airbase isolated away from the Russian front line at the time, deep in Ukrainian territory would be easy pickings for the Ukrainians to surpress via surface to air missiles or just generally shelling the area if anything does manage to land.
 
crooky said:
I assume with that airfield that the Russian's intention was to make it look like they'd got right on the doorstep of Kyiv and that would trigger panic and a possible collapse from the Ukrainians.

Otherwise I don't see how it would be strategically useful. An airbase isolated away from the Russian front line at the time, deep in Ukrainian territory would be easy pickings for the Ukrainians to surpress via surface to air missiles or just generally shelling the area if anything does manage to land.
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My understanding was it was to be used as a landing base for Russian military helicopters that were situated in large numbers in Belarus with a view to an infantry assault on Kiev.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
My understanding was it was to be used as a landing base for Russian military helicopters that were situated in large numbers in Belarus with a view to an infantry assault on Kiev.
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I just don't understand how that would work. Helicopters are fragile things. If the Ukrainians knew they were coming they'd be sitting ducks. Plus they'd have no artillery, no tanks, no heavy equipment etc.

I think the Russians were just gambling on a scenario that caused the Ukrainians to collapse before they got their defense properly sorted in the early days of the war.

They tried the same thing with that massive convoy not long after. Again I think that was strategically reckless on paper but again was trying to achieve the same sort of panic.
 
crooky said:
I just don't understand how that would work. Helicopters are fragile things. If the Ukrainians knew they were coming they'd be sitting ducks. Plus they'd have no artillery, no tanks, no heavy equipment etc.

I think the Russians were just gambling on a scenario that caused the Ukrainians to collapse before they got their defense properly sorted in the early days of the war.

They tried the same thing with that massive convoy not long after. Again I think that was strategically reckless on paper but again was trying to achieve the same sort of panic.
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You could be right mate. Either way, thank fuck they failed.
 
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