re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Isn't that the point of war?

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To destroy the cities of your enemy and kill its civilians? That's a very primitive view, to be sure.

Russia almost never goes after military targets with these attacks. They worked all winter to attack cities and electrical infrastructure, which had no battlefield impact.

But when Ukraine hits a military oil depot or a military airfield, it does have a battlefield impact.

But perhaps Russia now realizes that attacking civilian infrastructure hasn't worked for them. Maybe they really do have military targets this time.

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Reports of 100 missiles on the way to Ukraine

Is that a lot?

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Big picture it is a pitiful amount, small picture it is huge for the people whose homes and apartments are destroyed and their loved ones lives snuffed out. Let's not expect Russia to target military assets with these strikes, if they do it would be the first time they concentrated on military targets.

To put the numbers in perspective the Allied forces flew about 120,000 combat sorties and dropped about 90,000 TONS of munitions in the 6 weeks leading up to the ground war in Desert Storm. That's about 2800 sorties and 2,100 tons of munitions per day.

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To destroy the cities of your enemy and kill its civilians?
Russia almost never goes after military targets with these attacks.

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Didn't Zelensky make it a criminal offense to post pictures or videos of Ukrainian military targets getting hit by Russian strikes?

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But perhaps Russia now realizes that attacking civilian infrastructure hasn't worked for them. Maybe they really do have military targets this time.

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To put eyes on the target would mean risking their manned aircraft, which they're loathe to do. And their missile guidance systems seem to consist of locking on to the biggest object around, which is often an apartment building.

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Stidham8

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I bet you're creaming your pants, aren't you?

Missiles are still airborne across various parts of Ukraine. Air defence is active and there have been no reports of impacts so far.

https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1652857783509811200

That was reported earlier today. The remnants of Soviet SS-24 solid fueled ballistic missiles. The warheads were removed and sent to Russia in the 90's.

Ukraine is where all the Soviet SS-24's were made.

The head of the Russian Central Bank, Ms. Nabiulina, urged Russians to prepare for a sharp rise in prices due to the devaluation of the Russian Ruble.

I have not seen the Russian source for her statement yet

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