Russia-Ukraine Invasion

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    The loss of Kupiansk and Izium, the two transportation hubs, pulls the plug on Russia's chances of seizing the entire eastern region of Donbas, comprised of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.

    https://kyivindependent.com/nati…

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    • I'll be very interested to see if all of this leads to Ukraine attempting to finally liberate Crimea. I hope so.Continuity
    • Russia has had a naval base in Crimea for a long time, even when it was part of Ukraine. So that would be catastrophic for themyuekit
    • Another thing to watch is what happens to dictators around the world who rely on Russian military support, like the rulers of Syria and Myanmar.yuekit
    • But I doubt there will be such a total collapse of Russian power, unless they are really stupid they'll scale back the war instead.yuekit
    • Whatever happens, Russia armament exports (the Other Thing, after hydrocarbons, they still manage to export) are Fucked.Nairn
    • ^ Well, as it happens, The Guardian was reporting earlier that the Ruskies were *importing* weapons from Iran and NK.Continuity
    • Yeah that was an interesting speculation of the thread grafician posted above. Not only will they struggle to obtain sanctioned technology, the war in Ukraineyuekit
    • has got to be the worst demonstration possible of Russian armaments :)yuekit
    • or at least the people who use themhans_glib
    • the vietnamese did ok with their akshans_glib
    • ^ To be fair, that was also over 40 years ago, when that kit was more or less shiny new.Continuity
    • @yuekit - I watched some nerdy doc the other day. I'll link it later, when I'm back at home as it was on my laptop, cealry not logged ito YouTubeNairn
    • Suffice to say, the Ukr War is just the latest event in a long, slow drawn-out death for an industry essential to Russia. Kind of worrying, really.Nairn
    • A hour log..
      https://www.youtube.…      Nairn
    • The n key o my laptop is playig up. See?
      Fucking hell. Oh, it worked there. Thaks.      Nairn
    • Thanks I'll check it out. Interesting how this channel seemingly evolved from being about video wargames to actual war...yuekit
    • Nerds gonna nerd.
      Also interesting:
      https://twitter.com/…      Nairn
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