I wonder how much of russia equipment is old cold war era stuff? the model was launched in 1969, might also explain the failing missiles as well.
Manufacturing stopped in 1986 so the newest plane still 4 decades old.
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I wonder how much of russia equipment is old cold war era stuff? the model was launched in 1969, might also explain the failing missiles as well.
Manufacturing stopped in 1986 so the newest plane still 4 decades old.
True, but he will just lock every single one up etc and I doubt he cares what any of Russia's citizens think
Problem is we're not really getting information on their tactics, we're getting third hand (at best) reports about what the Ukrainians say they're doing. This is the problem with "alt news" sources.
In example, we know that a bunch of Russian special forces took an airfield, then there was a battle, a massive explosion, and they ran away. Ukrainian sources say they took back the airfield and now Russia can't fly in troops/etc. But do we even know if they wanted too? They had time to start brining in planes if that was their goal, maybe their orders were to blow up the runways (the massive explosion) to prevent the west flying in help, and then escape (in which case 100% success).
I hope the Ukrainian story is true, but a lot of the news/facts being paraded ATM is just hearsay.
I wouldn't exactly call 1600+ across multiple cities large, London saw over 750,000 people march against the illegal invasion of Iraq. Our elected government didn't care about that, I doubt a dictatorship will care about a couple thousand.
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The protests are growing...
If he does this all wrong it could be end of the beginning...
I really hope so, but how far would he go to crush his own people who want him gone.
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It could be far enough to cause internal ructions...
Nice!
Some photos of the initial airborne assault on the airport earlier today:
Males 18-60 not allowed to leave the country:
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Yes looks like it.
Probably cause they fear their own government.
It's certainly a possibility, especially if he pushes too far and ends up fighting an insurgency.
On a lighter note, here are some of the cringiest takes from Twitter today:
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My Ukrainian friend told me last week that they have "200,000 active soldiers plus 200,000 reserves", so now he thinks the fighting will be more severe and if territory is lost it would be followed by guerrilla warfare.
That still doesn't compare to the military might that Russia have to hand, it just means unless surrender comes sooner rather than later that the death rate is going to be high and the war might not be as quick as say the first gulf war which was over in just over a month.
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I wonder if they would have let me leave or make me stand and bang? (Had I flown on Monday)
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Are you a Ukrainian national?
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No I'm British
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Yeah I have to agree; I don't think even Putin wants scenes like we saw in Chechnya being repeated on 24 hour news channels
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