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

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NickK said:
Anyone see that:
a) Putin previously saw himself as the only competitor to the US, Thus US vs Russia like the good old days.
b) NATO was down and out as the US really wants to just concentrate on Asia.
c) EU is now positioning itself as the fourth power possibly rivalling Putin in the third slot - in exactly the same way Putin is for russia - to be a respected super power.
d) The standoff now becomes EU-Russia and the US become free to focus on Asia.
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Interesting call
The only issue with the Eu wanting to be a power militarily is they are going to actually need to go full on Eu army. Its the only way they can react fast enough.

I work with a lot of Dutch and they said they had to make the flood barriers automatic as no one would be able to decide when to raise them as they may leave someone outside to die ;)
 

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Amnesia said:
Wow that does look amazing but why would they strike that ?
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The ukranian othodox church is patriarchal with the Moscow othodox church. Bombing it is symbolic of cutting ties and suggesting the Ukrainians are impure, thus they should be loyal to the Russian Moscow othodox church... creating a split in the country..
 

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Not sure if ive missed this being raised in the previous 180+ pages but one of the challenges that Russia might be facing is its approach to its Army. Historically they have relied on their warrant and other junior officers as the backbone as opposed to NCOs in western armies. They have also previously relied heavily on short term conscriptions as opposed to professional soldiers. While this has changed over the last 20 years they still struggle to attract and retain long term experienced soldiers. The defence budget in Russia has also been reduced in recent years when viewed against the size of their army, this impacts on pay and training quite significantly.
 

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Not sure if ive missed this being raised in the previous 180+ pages but one of the challenges that Russia might be facing is its approach to its Army. Historically they have relied on their warrant and other junior officers as the backbone as opposed to NCOs in western armies. They have also previously relied heavily on short term conscriptions as opposed to professional soldiers. While this has changed over the last 20 years they still struggle to attract and retain long term experienced soldiers. The defence budget in Russia has also been reduced in recent years when viewed against the size of their army, this impacts on pay and training quite significantly.
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It's pretty clear they missed the quality > quantity memo from the looks of this debacle they're engaged in.
 
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