And some said Russia had no way to escalate anymore without resorting to nuclear weapons
The War in the Ukraine
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Video purporting that multiple strikes was conducted on a thermal power plant using kh-101s. Why didn't they do this week's/months ago???
Belarus doesn't have a lot of troops, but Lukashenko did say it was going to be combined Belarusian and Russian.
His advantage is in geography. Any offensive across the Ukraine-Belarus border would be hitting the vulnerable rear area of AFU. Even without attacking his mere threat will draw away AFU troops from the east and south. Belarus also have access to some unique long range MLRS based on Chinese tech that would be a match for HIMAS.
Please no China-related involvement
If they really go for a Kiev Offensive 2.0 from Belarus border I want to say I called it.
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This seems to have been rather massive and still ongoing attack. Lviv getting hit harder than before.
ASB(Battle Insights as they call themselves now) reported that one of the missiles might have targeted a EU Advisory Assistance building as well.
German consulate in Kiev was also damaged and no water or electricity in both Kiev and Lviv
ASB(Battle Insights as they call themselves now) reported that one of the missiles might have targeted a EU Advisory Assistance building as well.
German consulate in Kiev was also damaged and no water or electricity in both Kiev and Lviv
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LOL...
I kinda called ages ago as well that Russia may be following roughly same template as the US invasion of Iraq during the Gulf war, with Wagner and LDPR offensive being a stand in for Kuwait and US air campaign.
Anyone claiming Ukraine is stronger now with NATO training vs with former USSR troops is delusional. Back when Russia made a slight mistake in undermanning, they immediately got repulsed from Kiev all the way to the Belarus border. So it is undeniable that Ukraine was degraded since Feb 24, one can only argue to which degree.
I've always guessed that the Russian strategy was to go all in once Ukraine is sufficient degraded, which means not just storming the Donbass but storming Lvov and central Ukraine.
But nothing is certain as of now. Russians did start hitting critical infrastructure as was said they had to do in order to win. However, Belarus joining means that either Belarus is committing unforced national suicide for nothing, or Belarus knows Russian plans and believes they have a high chance of success.
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In other news, turns out Belarus has indeed being building up troops at the border:
I saw that this morning and back then I was thinking "nah it can't be anything big".
I saw that this morning and back then I was thinking "nah it can't be anything big".
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A bit of shock and awe is all very good and raises the spirits of the troops, but it is ultimately a waste of munitions if it is simply a "payback" and not the prelude to a major new ground offensive with fresh troops in large numbers and new fronts being opened.
it is strategic attack, targeting data and energy infrastructure attacks the heart of Ukrainian strategy which depends on light infantry and vehicle swarming, and morale boosting via meme warfare. The only thing I'm surprise about is how long it took. Maybe this is how long it took to get the occupied regions fully intergrated to Russian data and energy networks and off the Ukrainian one.
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Please no China-related involvement
It could also explain why the Russians are so stupidly undermanned in Ukraine and where entire Russian army groups have disappeared to.
Bit of a long shot, but we should see if there is anything to this based on whether Belarus also invades, and what kind of hardware they deploy if they do.
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