Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

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HungryHippos said:
I haven't read all of that, but defending is always easier than attacking, I would expect it not to be a total cake walk to re-take Kherson, Ukraine command would know that as well.

If they succeed though I think the result will be worth it, the troops can be distributed along a shorter front, and Kherson holds a great deal of importance to Russia strategically.
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Having well-planned defensive positions makes defending more successful, but the attacker always has the advantage of knowing where/when/how to strike and if they have decent scouts/ELINT, they have a good idea of where the enemy defenders are and how they’re organised.
 
StriderX said:
I know it's basically just symbolism, but seeing a meme on the battlefield is still strange to me.
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Everything about this war has been strange if you think about it

* You have gamers and nerds using their gaming skills to attack Russians with drones

* Other nerds and hackers attacking each side over the internet

* You have NAFO dog memes all over the place

* Almost unrestricted access to real time happens everyday

* Access to unfiltered easily accessible footage from both sides

* Access to global happens anywhere anytime, even on the frontline, pop up your phone and live stream to your followers as bullets fly overhead or just check the stock market


It's truely a gen Z war.
 
Minusorange said:
Probably done in response to the price caps the EU are going to place on Russian fuel
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They only provide 10% of the oil in the world and only because of our stupidity of destroying Libya and sanctioning Iran and Venezuela only within the last 10 years gave them some importance and OPEC more leverage(without bringing extra oil/gas capacity online to compensate). Iran and Venezuela have huge gas supplies too.

Yet relatively little is being done to cap profits on European and US oil firms and energy firms who are making huge profits. This needs to be done as well.

In the UK alone our lot are going to make £170 billion in excess profits in the next two years:
www.bloomberg.com

UK Sees Up to £170 Billion Excess Profits for Energy Firms

UK gas producers and electricity generators may make excess profits totaling as much as £170 billion ($199 billion) over the next two years, according to Treasury estimates that lay bare the revenue-raising potential of a windfall tax.
www.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com

OPEC will probably try its best to sabotage any oil price cap because they certainly love these high oil prices. In terms of the UK the reason why our energy prices are so high is because are own energy firms are making like bandits and our government doesn't want to do anything to annoy their mates in the Middle East. We should be one of the few countries(outside Norway) in Europe who won't be as affected by this,yet we seem to be much worse off than most EU countries.
 
Grim5 said:
Everything about this war has been strange if you think about it

* You have gamers and nerds using their gaming skills to attack Russians with drones

* Other nerds and hackers attacking each side over the internet

* You have NAFO dog memes all over the place

* Almost unrestricted access to real time happens everyday

* Access to unfiltered easily accessible footage from both sides

* Access to global happens anywhere anytime, even on the frontline, pop up your phone and live stream to your followers as bullets fly overhead or just check the stock market


It's truely a gen Z war.
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It's the drones usage that really stands out for me, from surveillance to attack.

This is the beginning of a huge change in how warfare is conducted.

As their cost decrease and availability increases, this is likely to be a very bad thing. I can't see this genie going back into the bottle.
 
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