Ukrainian War Developments

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escobar said:
Russian Air Force is very much not active over Ukraine ... Russian troops are advancing with minimum fire support. It seems They don't want to destroy Ukraine. Only its military structure. Very weird tactic. However, this is causing significant losses on Russian vehicles. It risk so many soldiers lifes.
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They don't seem to be very well coordinated. Some units pushed too deep, beyond the reach of their supply convoys only to abandon their equipment after running out of fuel. And to top it off, they send the supply convoys unescorted on highways were they repeatedly fall into ambush.
 
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Realistically no one is going to invade Russia.
It still has either the greatest or second greatest nuclear stockpile in the world. So what if NATO expands into Ukraine?

I think that Putin kept the conflict minimal (minor border skirmishes) like many analysts have predicted then he could’ve achieved far better geopolitical outcome. Going all in like this is very detrimental to Russian interests.

Going forward Europe may no longer exist as an independent pole, and neither would Russia. Only long term beneficiaries are on the opposite sides of the Pacific.
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In Putin's first speech he explained it. Ukraine is culturally important to Russia. Seeing it turn into another western client state is a slap on the face. Ukraine's military importance is being overhyped by both sides, especially given that the Baltic states are already NATO members.

It's very difficult for both Russia and America. If lots of Ukrainian and Russians start dying the war will quickly become unpopular. Meanwhile the west needs to balance their condemnation and punishment of Russia with their own public sentiment both pro and anti war. Biden is an old man and he's said very little about this conflict. His opponents will jump on any sign of weakness.

The worst is yet to come in the west. In the UK people are already getting gas bills that are 4x higher than what they normally would be, and that was before this conflict started.

I'm sure if America could go back in time, they'd agree to Russian demands about Ukraine. It's not like NATO is that relevant today anyway with China being the emerging power.
 
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The Russians are getting visibly wrecked but this fight ain't over yet.
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Russia probably could have gotten away, with its supply problems, air force problems, the Western arm donations and the Ukrainians not collapsing day 1.
But the real killer is the ISR support from the West letting Ukraine exploit these weaknesses and hit much harder than it has any right to.

Unfortunately for them, Russia can get wrecked and Ukraine still loses badly in under two weeks.
Every video of Russia getting wrecked means Ukraine gets hit twice as hard somewhere else.
Too much overmatch.
 
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curious about the losses of war wondering time-frame wise if they can beat Georgia, kosovo Iraq or Afghanistan. Daily reminder they were aware prior of the costs of operation and sanctions that would take place along with the possibilities of zelensky escaping. Problem is unlike the Ukrainians the Russians don't seem to be boasting about the amount of Ukrainians they killed AFAIK.
 
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"Realistically no one is going to invade Russia"

Realistically no one is going to invade China

"I never understood why anybody would think NATO wanted Russia"

I never understood why anybody would think USA wanted China, If USA installs missiles in Taiwan I will watch it calmly and distantly from my Olympian view
 
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