re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Tranistria is a weird damn place.

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its basically one large soviet time capsule

What’s stopping him from just activating now?

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Public backlash.

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I dunno man, not much backlash left.

Plus the cost, time to train, and poorly trained troops (even worse than their "trained" troops) on the battlefield isnt going to help.

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You think Putin is trying to bait NATO into escalating their intervention thus giving Vlady the reason he needs to activate full conscription of their military?

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Also for geopolitical narratives. If Russia doesn't look like the aggressor wedges can be widened to break the western sanctions regime and get China off the sidelines.

Meh. This would be the case if china was looking for an excuse….I’m not sure they are.

I’m not sure the CCP is going to appreciate a manipulation attempt for pure Russian interests…especially with India still getting shite from Russia. But who knows?

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What’s stopping him from just activating now?

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Russia cannot afford to pay them.

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Probably damage to the economy. You’re taking those men from their civilian jobs.

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Thats actually a good point, lots of drain on the economy so dont mess with the workforce.

I'd be curious to hear y'all's thoughts on this, especially on the timing of releasing this. I suspect they're taking credit now (albeit leaked) and having the Secs of State & Defense visit Kiev because they're sufficiently confident of the Ukrainian state surviving and now they want their share of the credit .

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As Russia launched its invasion, the U.S. gave Ukrainian forces detailed intelligence about exactly when and where Russian missiles and bombs were intended to strike, prompting Ukraine to move air defenses and aircraft out of harm’s way, current and former U.S. officials told NBC News.

That near real-time intelligence-sharing also paved the way for Ukraine to shoot down a Russian transport plane carrying hundreds of troops in the early days of the war, the officials say, helping repel a Russian assault on a key airport near Kyiv.

It was part of what American officials call a massive and unprecedented intelligence-sharing operation with a non-NATO partner that they say has played a crucial role in Ukraine’s success to date against the larger and better-equipped Russian military.

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“There has been a lot of real-time intelligence shared in terms of things that could be used for specific targeting of Russian forces,” said a former senior intelligence official familiar with the situation. The information includes commercial satellite images “but also a lot of other intelligence about, for example, where certain types of Russian units are active.”

Ukraine continues to move air defenses and aircraft nearly every day with the help of American intelligence, which is one reason Russia has not been able to establish air dominance. In some cases, Ukraine moved the targeted air defense systems or planes just in time, the officials said.

“The Russian military has literally been cratering empty fields where air defenses were once set up,” one U.S. official said. “It has had an enormous impact on the Russian military’s ability on the ground.”

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U.S. intel helped Ukraine protect air defenses, shoot down Russian plane carrying hundreds of troops