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2022-04-01 at 3:21 PM UTC in The TRT Thread: Its the end of the world as we know it so GET WHOLESOME edition
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2022-04-01 at 3:20 PM UTC in The TRT Thread: Its the end of the world as we know it so GET WHOLESOME edition
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2022-04-01 at 3:19 PM UTC in Please, just tell me, what is your favourite breakfast cereal?An aunted tear from her cunt slit
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2022-04-01 at 3:13 PM UTC in The TRT Thread: Its the end of the world as we know it so GET WHOLESOME editionKafka is a compulsive liar
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2022-04-01 at 3:12 PM UTC in Please, just tell me, what is your favourite breakfast cereal?A slanted tear from a chink slit
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2022-04-01 at 3:10 PM UTC in The TRT Thread: Its the end of the world as we know it so GET WHOLESOME editionInterviewing candidates on Monday
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2022-04-01 at 10:02 AM UTC in The TRT Thread: Its the end of the world as we know it so GET WHOLESOME edition
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2022-04-01 at 8:52 AM UTC in The TRT Thread: Its the end of the world as we know it so GET WHOLESOME editionSevere gastric distress
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2022-04-01 at 8:22 AM UTC in Random image thread
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2022-04-01 at 8:21 AM UTC in The TRT Thread: Its the end of the world as we know it so GET WHOLESOME editionPergina
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2022-04-01 at 2:47 AM UTC in The TRT Thread: Its the end of the world as we know it so GET WHOLESOME editionJust got a premium pair of JP wooden sandals
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2022-03-31 at 11:56 PM UTC in What are you thinking about....Watching Workaholics
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2022-03-31 at 9:24 PM UTC in What are you thinking about....
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2022-03-31 at 3:02 PM UTC in What are you thinking about....
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2022-03-31 at 3:02 PM UTC in Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Mongoloid brain
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2022-03-31 at 3:01 PM UTC in Bigger avatars
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2022-03-31 at 1:52 AM UTC in Military Genius Zelensky wants Ukrainians to throw molotovs at Russian tanks
Originally posted by Sudo Your first sentence is a 1 sentence paragraph that is barely English.
Your "source for military history" were some fake numbers from a Wikipedia article.
"High cost" isn't just troop casualties, it's financial, soft power and influence etc. It's caused russia to be more isolated and distanced from previous partners and caused Europe to pivot away from them. The ruble freefell for a few weeks and capital flight was/is rampart. Besides that, they've lost at least 7k troops (a Russian news site wrote an article stating 10k had died a week ago before taking it down) but more than that the troops are entrenched and demoralized. Generals have been killed, pilots have been captured and paraded in front of the cameras, russia has been losing the propaganda war, the economic war and can't reach their geopolitical objectives anytime soon with how things are going.
I know it's cute to be edgy and super against the mainstream like the unique little snowfake you are but when you have to grasp so hard and still be without substance, that's kind of an indication your position isn't based in reality. There is obviously a fog of war but were over a month in and russia hasn't consolidated or expanded upon their initial gains.
If you knew anything about combat you would know they're not in a desirable position. Russia will have to pay further costs to get to a position where they can realistically make some strategic gains.
Do you have ANY source for Russias efforts going according to plan and likely to result in their desired objectives in the near future?
Originally posted by aldra No, the problem here is you're trying to measure their success by an arbitrary metric that doesn't correspond to any of their stated goals. It is not comparable to OIF; the only reason I brought it up in the first place is because western media is constantly touting the line that 'the offensive has stalled/failed because it wasn't over in a week!', as an example of how long an operation took against an overwhelmingly weaker force, using much more brutal and indiscriminate tactics. If anything it'd be a better idea to look to the Chechen Wars as an example; brutal street-to-street counterinsurgency actions with less use of standoff and air support.
This is not an operation to take or occupy land. It was never meant to be a fast operation. I don't keep track of the status of specific battles unless they're especially interesting for whatever reason (Mariupol at the moment) because information is not good enough to draw conclusions from.
Their stated goals are enforced neutrality (1) and 'denazification' (2).
1. Enforced neutrality means, essentially, destroying the modern Ukrainian military and its associated industries. This has largely been accomplished as almost the entire C4ISR structure, navy, airforce and standoff capability was obliterated inside the first 8 hours. The actual personnel (explicitly: regular military, not talking about irregular units and volunteer battalions) are still around and able to fight as independent units, but their command structure is in disarray and roughly 70% of them are trapped in the Donbass cauldron again. They'll likely be kept there until they either starve or surrender, at which point they'll be processed one way or another and the bulk of the Russian forces there will be freed up to speed up other operations.
2. 'denazification' essentially means the destruction of the current political and paramilitary power structure. This is far trickier, because we're not just talking about Azov, but specific units within the military and intelligence services as well as the political muscle behind it, groups such as PRIVYSEKTOR and SVOBODA. One of the big issues at the moment is that 'true believers' from these groups are attached to regular military units similar to commissars, so that even when the units are completely surrounded or overwhelmed with heavy fire support they are shot should they try to surrender or negotiate. We've seen this with small-town mayors who tried to negotiate with the Russian advance, and we saw it happen with that Kerch Strait provocation a few years back - two small Ukrainian gunships were ordered to sail through the strait (which is now claimed by Russia since it retook the Crimea), and when they got there were ordered to fire on the Russian patrol. The boat captains weren't suicidal and refused, and one was shot by his SVR 'minder' before they were boarded by the Russian Navy.
I think it'll become clear what they mean to do once the operation finishes up in Mariupol. They're close to mopping up Azov completely (Mariupol has been their major stronghold); according to most Russian sources I've seen they've been completely pushed out of residential areas and are now bunkered down in the old steelyards. Now that their human shields are out of the picture heavy fire support is on the table, so they're likely to have the option to surrender before the TOS-1s come rolling in.
The plan is to hold war crimes tribunals, and they've apparently got evidence of way worse stuff than has been previously published.
Originally posted by aldra I've actually seen serious analysts toss around the idea that Russia would welcome the US or Poland to enter and take the Western part of the Ukraine, because the central and Eastern regions they've already 'demilitarised' are a wide enough DMZ to ensure Moscow's security, which was one of the two reasons they started the operation in the first place (the other one is the 'liberation' of the LDNR, and that's around 75% done)
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2022-03-31 at 1:51 AM UTC in The TRT Thread: Its the end of the world as we know it so GET WHOLESOME edition
Originally posted by Sudo I started typing a longpost about depression then erased it because apparently Speedy has never heard of bipolar disorder or chemical imbalances and that's pretty telling.
Fact: people who lack self awareness/the ability to self reflect are less likely to get depressed. Also people of lower intelligence are less likely.
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2022-03-31 at 1:49 AM UTC in What are you thinking about....
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2022-03-31 at 1:33 AM UTC in What are you doing at the moment
