That too, yes. That being said I don’t view Russia using nukes as a very likely thing absent an actual invasion that looks like it will succeed.
The main reason is the second Putin pushes that button he is signing his own death warrant and Russian policy is dictated by what is good for Putin personally.
Yes, I believe I have asked a similar question in the past because nukes are not very useful in this situation. Military targets are generally hardened against nuclear attack (men are in trenches or armored vehicles, etc.) so nukes aren't super helpful at destroying them as compared to conventional weapons. Also significantly, once you drop a nuke on their troops your troops are now advancing in a CBR environment. I know Russia doesn't care about the lives of its troops but it's still a big problem just from an operational readiness standpoint as your troops aren't going to fight well while dying of radiation poisoning. I guess Russia could nuke Ukraine's cities and probably kill their leadership but since the cities are what you're trying to control anyway ruling over radioactive ruins seems pointless.Russia already had a couple of opportunities to use tactical level nukes in the Ukraine war and they didn't. Whenever people talk about Russia using nukes they don't seem to step back and ask to a couple of basic questions.
#1- Why would Russia risk nuclear escalation over the Ukraine war?
#2- What is the specific objective that Russia is trying to achieve by using nuclear weapons that they cannot achieve with conventional arms?
Russia already had a couple of opportunities to use tactical level nukes in the Ukraine war and they didn't. Whenever people talk about Russia using nukes they don't seem to step back and ask to a couple of basic questions.
#1- Why would Russia risk nuclear escalation over the Ukraine war?
#2- What is the specific objective that Russia is trying to achieve by using nuclear weapons that they cannot achieve with conventional arms?
The more important take (imho) is how ukraine cares about their people while Russia is happy to shoot their own wounded.Pretty cool vid, drones really are the way. Wounded Ukrainian fighter in a really bad spot gets an evac via drone.
I think the true reason is it would be such an overmatch that nukes would be Russia's only means so staying in the fight. Russia can't keep the fight conventional since they can't compete so escalation would be needed.
The more important take (imho) is how ukraine cares about their people while Russia is happy to shoot their own wounded.
Now is hard.... Ukraine would use the drones to stop the launch or even worse... detonate the misil in said nuclear silo.Russia already had a couple of opportunities to use tactical level nukes in the Ukraine war and they didn't. Whenever people talk about Russia using nukes they don't seem to step back and ask to a couple of basic questions.
#1- Why would Russia risk nuclear escalation over the Ukraine war?
#2- What is the specific objective that Russia is trying to achieve by using nuclear weapons that they cannot achieve with conventional arms?
Don't be surprised if ALL the data gets leaked and Ukraine will use the chance to "wake them up" making the kidnap impossible and take darker moves from the Kemlim (yeah, use the kids for organs or even worse)Trump the piece of shit following through for Putin again...
Uhm, the very basic difference of fighting a regular army or a guerrilla army supported by the local population.Funny the US lost a 20 year ‘conventional’ war in Afghanistan and we’re just humiliated in the Red Sea by the poorest country in the Middle East, and they’re losing another one in Ukraine.
They were also kicked out of Niger last year.
Lots of losing lately from the ‘strongest’ military in the planet. Or maybe, just maybe they’re not that strong and you’ve been propagandized to believe that…
I mean, a trillion dollar military budget and can’t even get air superiority over fucking Yemen.
No usable hypersonic, combat tested missiles either. Russia of course, has had them for years now.
Difficulties recruiting for the armed forces as well. I get it, the minute you join the US military you get sent to some 3rd world country to go bomb people that haven’t done anything to us.
Meanwhile the Russians are recruiting 60k a month…
And yet despite all of this, they want to bail on Ukraine and instead want to pivot to taking on China and Iran…Delusional.
If I was Ukraine, I'd have a lot of dirty bomb options ALREADY built for this contingency.Russia already had a couple of opportunities to use tactical level nukes in the Ukraine war and they didn't. Whenever people talk about Russia using nukes they don't seem to step back and ask to a couple of basic questions.
#1- Why would Russia risk nuclear escalation over the Ukraine war?
#2- What is the specific objective that Russia is trying to achieve by using nuclear weapons that they cannot achieve with conventional arms?
Trump the piece of shit following through for Putin again...
Convenient that you left out the part that while running operations in Afghanistan, the US also managed to attack the largest ME army at the time and fought to it's capital in 22 days. And those wars weren't fought on our borders but half way around the world.Funny the US lost a 20 year ‘conventional’ war in Afghanistan
That's not a flex. The US wasn't incurring causalities at a rate that required 60k troops per month. No sane nation would accept that for such gains as Russia is seeing.Meanwhile the Russians are recruiting 60k a month…
All the data is being transferred to Interpol and the Ukrainians. The EU and Ukrainians should be able to use this to continue tracking this.
Didn't some of it already go missing? Glad to hear there is a fall back repository from those who care, I just worry they aren't getting all the data.
I didn't read that data is missing. Hopefully Interpol and the Ukrainians can continue to gather the data and take action.
They will do. Even if Trump wants to erase, someone will steal the data and make it public. It will make Trump looks definately as Putin's lapdog and destroys USA image in the world.It was back when they first killed funding for The Ukraine Conflict Observatory last March I think it was. Someone said a large amount of data was unaccounted for. Supposedly one guy grabbed it and maintained it? I looked again and found
"Following a review, the U.S. Department of State decided to terminate the foreign assistance award supporting the Ukraine Conflict Observatory," a different spokesperson said. The spokesperson said the data resides on a platform owned by MITRE, a non-governmental organization that operates research and development centers, according to its website.
To the best of MITRE’s knowledge and belief, the research data that was compiled has not been deleted and is currently maintained by a former partner on this contract," it said in a statement."
Hope that's the case and Interpol gets everything.
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