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    See the Russians are castrating Ukrainian Pow. Ouch.

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    I could have done without seeing that. A Mongol sniper wearing a bush hat. Probably been waiting his entire life for it.

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    Same. It's haunting me.

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    This Saky airfield strike is stunning. A billion dollars in Russian aircraft gone in 30 seconds.

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    I had a look on Google, and it looked pretty busy (presumably this was pre-War).


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    An expensive cigarette break.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Arne View Post
    I had a look on Google, and it looked pretty busy (presumably this was pre-War).

    Most analysis seems to put it at about 10-12 aircraft taken out.

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    So is this HIMAR related, sabotage related, or do the Russians just keep piles of munitions under their warplanes?

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    Sounds like another airfield [this time in Belarus] has been experiencing technical difficulties.

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    You get the feeling that the Ukrainians are trying to escalate things/get some sort of 'victory' before Europe freezes itself sick of them, along with weirdly throwing everything into Kherson when they ought to be filling the rest of Donetsk.

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    They seem to be dancing round the edges of claiming any responsibility for these 'accidents' [although why I have no idea, presumably those in the know know exactly what is going on here]. The Yanks aren't going to stop sending them these weapons even if the Germans and Italians manage to end up on the wrong side of yet another world war.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    You get the feeling that the Ukrainians are trying to escalate things/get some sort of 'victory' before Europe freezes itself sick of them, along with weirdly throwing everything into Kherson when they ought to be filling the rest of Donetsk.
    Taking back Kherson is far more achievable (and logical from an ethnic point of view).

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    The Russians weren't advancing out of it, and then they're still sat on the western bank of the river if they retake it, which forms a nice natural new border. It's a daft political move.

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    Looks like more huge airstrikes by Ukraine tonight on deeply held Russian territories. It's been a pretty impressive few days



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    Nothing more dangerous than a Russian balcony.

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    Russian lines are collapsing all over the place. This starts to sound more and more like when they were chased away from Kyiv.

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    Spectacular honestly.

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    Wasn't that taken quite early in the piece? Have the Russian supplies dried up or something?

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    Aren't the Ukrainians getting quite close to a strategic railway that Russia heavily relies on for re-supply?

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Aren't the Ukrainians getting quite close to a strategic railway that Russia heavily relies on for re-supply?


    Yep, Kupyansk. They supposedly are already in the city, and without it everything Russia has southish of Kharkiv is toast.

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    It is bad for Russia, but Ukraine has chucked its best [remaining] units at the weakest part of the Russian front because their Kherson operation has floundered, so it hardly screams decisive strategic victory for Ukraine either.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    It is bad for Russia, but Ukraine has chucked its best [remaining] units at the weakest part of the Russian front because their Kherson operation has floundered, so it hardly screams decisive strategic victory for Ukraine either.
    "Floundered"? You sure about that?



    It's unconfirmed of course, but given the quality the Russians have demonstrated so far, we'll see what gets announced in the coming days.

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    They were being hammered there as of a couple of days ago. It was weird that they even had to re-launch the offensive, seeing as, according to the Ukrainians, the August phase of it resulted in a thousand dead Russians, only twenty Ukrainian wounded, and no ground gained.

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    Kyiv nuked before Christmas.

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    Not a great time to be having to sanction Azerbaijan into the ground for attacking its neighbour, what with the whopping gas deal they signed with the EU a couple of months ago coming into play, but what else can you do in these situations?

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    It seems the EU and Russia are both on Armenia's side here, but Russia (the only country who can probably do anything about it) won't step in at the current time for obvious reasons. Turkey will probably keep arming Azerbaijan to keep it going.

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    We're actually going to end up with WW3 aren't we?

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    No.

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    Putin on the ropes I reckon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    No.
    We have heard that from Germany before.

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    The Germans are bricking it. Granted it's a small sample size but from the 15-20 that I know, they're all nervous as fuck.

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    Bricking it from what?

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    Female bosses.

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    We're actually going to end up with WW3 aren't we?

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    WW3 isn't in anyone's interests, unless the Chinese want to depopulate I suppose.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    Bricking it from what?
    You just answered your own question.

    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    We're actually going to end up with WW3 aren't we?

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    Oh really. I've not met anyone yet who is even talked about it as their major concern. Admittedly it's a similarly small sample but it doesn't seem to be talked about by anyone around me in Germany.

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    One German fella I work with is actually retiring and fucking off into the wilderness, citing the "Russia situation" as one of his main concerns. Although he looks and acts like Ted Kaczynski so he's not the best indicator of overall feeling. But the dozen or so others that have spoken up are far more worried than we seem to be; maybe it's an expat thing.

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    Presumably it's because they're massively exposed to Russia in a way that we aren't.

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    From what I gather around here, most people are more worried about their energy bills through the winter rather than any large-scale conflict. It still seems too abstract and remote to register as anything that could drag "us" into it.

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    If China fancy Taiwan their time is now. That then equals three wars in Eurasia each with overlapping interests. It may not be in the wests interest to have a world war, but I'm not sure the same can be said for them. Putin wants the USSR back. All of it. China want whatever they want and I won't pretend to understand what Azerbaijan want, but, yeah, it's not helpful right now.

    It all depends on how much America will put up with.

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    I want the US eastern seaboard and the Pas-de-Calais back into His Majesty's overseas possessions, but it's not going to happen. Ditto Putin's hopes and dreams.

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    Reality does not appear to matter too much to Putin.

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    Sounds like everything still going just as planned for Vlad & Co.

    Reckon he's got the minutemen to actually bring about nuclear Armageddon or is the order going to be lost in the chain of command [again?]? At least his rhetoric seems to have turned away from the UK a bit, although Brussels getting nuked probably not ideal.

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    We had someone on state TV calling for the bombing of the Queen's funeral.

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    Very interesting developments. Hopefully some nuclear fun on the horizon.

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    Both he and the nation of Russia at large are absolutely useless.

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    I dunno, he seems to have done a pretty good job of thoroughly fucking the West's way of life, which must feature somewhere on his to do list.

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    Oh and if he were to nuke Ukraine, how do people see the aftermath panning out?

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