re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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It is important that Putin is put in his place because if not it will embolden other problem countries to increase their aggression.

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That would be like a double scoop of the Afghan withdrawal. Bullies love the smell of weakness and incompetence.

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It really does baffle me. They don't want escalation, but give them the tools needed to escalate. Would love to know what the real thinking is on their behalf

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"Any fool could've predicted that."

Elon clearly doesn't read this thread, at least half of the regular posters here were predicting huge gains, some of y'all even predicted Ukraine would take Crimea

Based Elon is correct 99.89% of the time. Love that guy.

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Yah or we can just elect Trump

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But the good news is we can do both.

ISW Update

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Key Takeaways:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky indicated that delays in American security assistance have forced Ukraine to cede the battlefield initiative, not contest the battlefield initiative, and continue to threaten Ukraine’s defensive capabilities.

Russian missile strikes destroyed one of the largest thermal power plants in Kharkiv Oblast on March 22, as continued delays in US security assistance degrade Ukraine’s air defense umbrella and increase Russia’s ability to significantly damage Ukraine’s energy grid.

Russian forces are demonstrating technological and tactical adaptations and are increasingly using unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) on the frontlines of Donetsk Oblast.

The Russian military is reportedly forming mobile fire groups to mitigate against Ukrainian drone strike threats but will likely struggle to field these groups at the required scale in the near term.

Russian authorities continue to escalate legal pressure against migrants in the wake of the March 22 Crocus City Hall attack, prompting both Russian authorities to increase deportations and migrants to voluntarily leave Russia.

Positional engagements continued throughout the theater on March 30.

Russian mobilized personnel continue to suffer high casualties while fighting in Ukraine.

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Huge Obama supporter and he got all the subsidies he wanted to start Tesla with

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He's not even close to the same person he was a decade ago.

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It is important that Putin is put in his place because if not it will embolden other problem countries to increase their aggression.

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Yeah well the only way to do this is hot war with Russia and no way are we doing that. Even if we did for some stupid reason, the other countries would take advantage of us being occupied with Russia.

So right now we're half in half out and accomplishing nothing but throwing money we don't have into a fire pit.

ISW: Russian air defense struggles to protect key targets

by Abbey Fenbert and The Kyiv Independent news desk March 31, 2024 6:33 AM

Russian forces struggle to successfully deploy air defense systems against Ukrainian drone strikes and have even failed to protect important targets in "well-defended areas" inside Russia, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its March 30 report.

Ukraine intensified drone attacks on Russian oil refineries in February and March, disrupting a substantial percentage of the country's refinery capacity.

"Russian forces appear to struggle with properly deploying short-range air defense systems along expected flight vectors for Ukrainian drones, and the Russian military appears to have even failed to cover important potential targets in reportedly well-defended areas within Russia," the ISW said.

Russia is now forming mobile fire groups to defend against Ukrainian drones, according to Russian state media.

According to the ISW, the Russian military "will likely struggle to field these groups at the required scale in the near term."

Ukraine began deploying tactical mobile fire groups at scale to mitigate Russia's Shahed drone attacks in spring of 2023, but Russia faces drone threats against a much larger territory, including targets in occupied Ukrainian territory and throughout Russia.

"(I)t is unclear if these mobile groups will be able to defend the extent of territory that Ukrainian drones target," analysts said.

The ISW predicted that the mobile groups would be more effective in occupied Ukrainian regions than within Russia. Analysts also said the creation of the groups may point to vulnerabilities in Russia's air defense.

"The formation of the mobile fire groups indicates that Russia may be unable to deploy conventional air defense systems, such as Pantsir-S1 or S-300 /400 systems, to all critical facilities within western Russia," the ISW said.

President Volodomyr Zelensky said in an interview with the Washington Post on March 29 that Ukrainian forces will continue to strike Russian oil refineries, which are legitimiate military targets, using Ukrainian weapons.