Leopold

Ag, I'm genuinely curious. Maybe I'm wrong, but based on your posts I get the feeling you're pulling for Russia in this one, can I ask why?

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So… using the transitive property, Russia gives additional billions to Ukraine, accounting done by Norway.

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It’s Russia, surprisingly,who can be argued that they have donated the most to Ukraine since the invasion.

And I love that

Because whatever political party in charge has decided that they're entitled to redesign the voter districts to match their own political briefs. I'm not a huge fan of Schwarzenegger as governor, but he made a point that both sides are doing this in various states.

I hear the Russians may soon start providing missiles to the Russian front lines, too.

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What really boggles my mind is that with Russia occupying the land on 3 sides of Pokrovsk, it's strategic importance as a transportation hub is completely gone. Why TF does Russia have to spend all of those lives taking it instead of going around it,

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This is a key question. The reason is because they can't go around it.

Put aside the fact that there is an 1200km front right now and you just can't maneuver around the city for an opening. When I talk about the Russians lack of a maneuver capability, their complete inability to do combined arms, their lack of an NCO corps, and their logistical failures, you see all of these things play out in that one statement you made.

They can't go around because that requires coordination between your different echelons of chain of command and an integration of different branches - your artillery has to know when to adjust fire so that they don't shoot your own men, your tanks have to be able to move only when they have air cover, your infantry has to be willing and able to keep their place to give the maneuvering element cover. You have to be able to get the bullets and fuel up to those in need quickly - you can't do that with donkeys.

Right now the Russians can only move as fast as an untrained, middle-aged infantry can walk and a donkey can supply him. I keep saying this but it's true - that's not a joke. And with the US and others supplying the Ukrainians with real time intelligence the Ukrainians can see most of the Russian movements before even their own higher ups know, so there aren't going to be a whole lot of surprises.

This is how the Russians have been reduced to running untrained guys at modern machine guns and drones. They can't go around because the idea of a division sized element of tanks with actual reasonable support and leadership, much less a full army of them, is laughable. The Russians will continue to slog through meter by meter until this war is over.

Yeah, i just googled how their steam plants work and it's not looking good:

How do Russian Steam Plants Work

There's also the concern of what happens if the home isn't hooked up in the first place?

More problems for Russia. Their infrastructure is getting hammered, as well.



The Russian people are in for a horrible winter. This isn't a joke - they are going to have problems getting a hold of food and fuel, meaning I can genuinely see starvation/freezing, possibly on a large-scale level, to death if the Russian winter isn't an especially light one.

Aaaand now the Russians are shutting down their own internet:



How, oh how, are the North Koreans going to get their porn????

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Why waste a missile like that on an apartment building? Thats a part of the Russian strategy that I have never understood.

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Multiple reasons.

Start with the fact that the Russians don't have much of, if any, a satellite operation that is capable of helping geolocated targets and then help guide any smart munitions they have to their target. They've got big fancy rockets and warheads, but they have to just 'fire and forget' them, meaning that they can land anywhere.

But it's also part of their strategy and policy. Again, the Russians have been open about not acknowledging Ukraine or their people's right to exist, so they not only don't have a problem with a rocket that was meant for a military target to hit an orphanage their own leadership probably thinks they are advancing their cause by doing so, rather than just pissing the Ukrainians off.

I've been knocked on this board for calling the Russians stupid, lazy, mean and a whole bunch of other things, but here you see that actual policies that illustrate that's exactly what they are.

You know much this shutdown is costing us?