***Russian - Ukraine War Tactical and Strategic Updates*** [Warning on OP]

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In reply to RogerEnright • 12:00p, 5/19/22
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I think their main problems are demographics and culture, but I don't think that has much to do with this war. I think this is pure intimidation and expansion. They wanted to topple Ukraine and set up a puppet as an example to their other client state neighbors like Belarus, Kazakhstan, etc. It would also show NATO to be a paper tiger organization without unity and Poland, the Baltics, and the Balkans would know they need to play ball with Russia. If things went as planned it would be over in days, and Europe would accept it and keep on building pipelines and buying from Russia.

However Ukraine didn't fold, NATO is more united than anytime since the Soviet Union fell, and Russia is paying dearly for some scorched real estate that isn't terribly useful.
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In reply to RogerEnright • 12:12p, 5/19/22
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Russia's problem is demographics and culture. They already had ports on the Black Sea
I agree there may be a culture issue with regards to how Russia views external conflicts.

Demographics is a silly reason to go to war and is overstated by the talking heads. Killing off several % of your fertile population is counterproductive.

Despite Russia's historical relationship with war, it is hard for me to believe that Russia would like to send its kids into an external war as a last ditch effort to remain a supper power. Again, I think the demographic argument is overstated by the entertaining talking heads.




Supper power jokes aside…

That's the nature of falling powers, they cling to what they were and find reasons to ensure they can remain as such.
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In reply to GAC06 • 12:13p, 5/19/22
Agreed.
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12:21p, 5/19/22
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Russia has given Ukraine more than 1200 vehicles as part of their military export agreement. That's more than the US has supplied them with.

Hillary paid for warrant to spy on Trump.
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12:36p, 5/19/22


Mykhailo Mykhailovych Podolyak, adviser to the Head of the Office of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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12:43p, 5/19/22
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12:48p, 5/19/22

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"I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know the artillery did."

George S. Patton
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12:54p, 5/19/22

Nice hit
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In reply to CondensedFogAggie • 1:07p, 5/19/22
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Too clean and well kept to be in the trenches. Not buying this one
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1:46p, 5/19/22

Had no idea this was a thing, but looks like the Ukrainian version of Cinco De Mayo or Saint Patrick's Day. Given how much Ukraine is inspiring the world, hope it catches on.



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1:56p, 5/19/22
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Here's more on the $40B of additional aid that just passed the Senate 86-11. In addition to $34.7B for military assistance, it also includes money to demine Ukraine and to replenish US missile stocks, for example.

More detail at bottom of article: AID
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In reply to P.U.T.U • 3:03p, 5/19/22
P.U.T.U said:
Too clean and well kept to be in the trenches. Not buying this one
I think I remember her from several hundred pages ago being embedded within a Nordic group inside Ukraine.
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In reply to Rossticus • 3:52p, 5/19/22
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Seems like they destroyed it to the point where it could no longer be financially beneficial.
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In reply to Rossticus • 3:58p, 5/19/22
Like a theme park for post apocalyptic enthusiasts?
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In reply to FamousAgg • 4:28p, 5/19/22
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BattleGrackle said:
Like a theme park for post apocalyptic enthusiasts?


Like a theme park where men between the ages of 18 and 50 are given ****y equipment, no training, and told to give their life for the motherland.
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In reply to Not a Bot • 4:39p, 5/19/22
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Captain Positivity said:
Seems like they destroyed it to the point where it could no longer be financially beneficial.
Will likely cost more to rebuild than just build a new plant. A lot of the machines they use have parts that are hard to come by today.
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In reply to P.U.T.U • 4:39p, 5/19/22
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P.U.T.U said:
Too clean and well kept to be in the trenches. Not buying this one
She's a medic, you want to see blood all over her uni?
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In reply to VitruvianAg • 4:55p, 5/19/22
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VitruvianAg said:
P.U.T.U said:
Too clean and well kept to be in the trenches. Not buying this one
She's a medic, you want to see blood all over her uni?
For real, even combat troops get a break from the front line to clean up and sleep. Just because she took a picture away from duty does it mean she isn't everything she supposed to be.
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In reply to Rossticus • 5:00p, 5/19/22
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Rossticus said:
Great idea. Moskva diving excursions should be high on the "Things to Do" list.
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5:14p, 5/19/22
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In reply to P.U.T.U • 5:26p, 5/19/22
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P.U.T.U said:
Too clean and well kept to be in the trenches. Not buying this one
She's likely far more effective from a psyops perspective (unless of course she was a trained army soldier). NVM: realized she's a medic
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5:27p, 5/19/22
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This is an update on the photos that were circulating of civilians executed in an alley in Bucha.

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7:08p, 5/19/22

Hit it.
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7:16p, 5/19/22

Sorry for posting this drivel, but the mental gymnastics are off the charts, as it has always been for the Russians.
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7:19p, 5/19/22

More artillery on the way to Ukraine.
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7:54p, 5/19/22
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Today's SITREP.
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In reply to CondensedFogAggie • 7:58p, 5/19/22
CondensedFoggyAggie said:

Hit it.


1. Probably gonna help make Odessa harder to blockade.

2. Will be a selling point to the Taiwanese who need to get their ass in gear.
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