re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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I'd rather watch you cry about getting downvoted tbh

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I’d rather have mature and productive discussions, yet here we are.

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Bill Roggio said the Ukrainians are giving recruits just three days of training.

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What the hell would they expect? They are going into an active war zone where one nation is fighting for it's very existence. They don't have time to practice maneuvers.

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I don't think a reporter getting killed is needed to show Putin is committing war crimes. The pregnant woman and her unborn child dying after the children's hospital was bombed is making the rounds right now and is far horrifying.

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Agreed, although I find it curious that neither the Biden administration nor the majority of western leaders have been willing to use the term “war crime.” Even in reference to that incident.

War crimes are generally a matter of intent or proportionality, not wether or not a pregnant was killed.

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I'm interested to see if the Russians will attempt a contested amphibious landing at Odessa.

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This would be a huge mistake if they do it. Their losses would be crippling and even if they succeeded with a bridgehead, the resulting logistics demand would be unsustainable. But Putin's gonna Putin, so let's watch and see.

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I'm interested to see if the Russians will attempt a contested amphibious landing at Odessa.

You have to think they want to take and secure Mariupol prior to making a landing, but that is dragging on. They can't really abandon Mariupol in effort to link up with the landing troops and leave their rear exposed. They have to take and control Mariupol before they make that move. If not, it will be nasty for them.

The Russian landing ships have made moves toward Odessa today after several days of holding.

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Ukraine has a homebuilt antiship missile called the Neptune that's based on a Russian design. As of last year 24 were operational. If the Russians haven't been able to account for them they may be reluctant to attempt a landing.

First action on Odessa:

@sentdefender

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Russian Naval and Air Forces are reportedly conducting Missile Strikes in and around the Coastal city of Odessa, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense claims that 90 Missiles were fired in total with multiple being intercepted by Air Defense Systems or Landing Outside of the City. LINK

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I really don't want to see that city get destroyed, but I guess war does what war does.

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Amphibious operations are one of the most complicated operations in warfare. Judging by Russia’s performance to date, I seriously doubt they can pull of a successful assault on an urban environment from the sea.

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They may be looking to soften Odessa prior to attempting a landing. They don't have any support to link with at this point. We'll probably just see their Navy shell them and bombing runs from the air.

@idreesali114 (Reuters)

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A senior U.S. defense official says 20 days into the invasion, Russia had made little to no progress in the last 24 horus and forces still about 15-20 km outside of Kyiv city center.

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The official says Russia has now fired more than 950 missiles against Ukrainian targets.

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The official adds that the U.S. has not seen movement of Russian forces from elsewhere in Russia to reinforce troops in Ukraine.

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Maybe China told them they had to prove they were capable of winning a battle before they get any aid.