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Ukrainian troops now up to 30km inside Russia, Moscow says

24 points by belter 2y ago

xpl 2y ago
I guess they could have advanced further, but Biden’s administration policy restricts how deep Western weapons can be used within Russia. It would be very nice if they could take the Kursk NPP, to use as a bargaining chip (exchange it for the occupied ZNPP).
ziggyzecat 2y ago
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- self_awareness 2y ago
  If you haven't verified this, then it is true, except situations when it's not true. It's a waste of time to read it.
  - ziggyzecat 2y ago
    obviously, except that knowledge and verification are collective efforts and HN is full of technical history buffs who probably have files on cup sizes of queens and princesses, which is why I got so interested in these comment sections in the first place. who says my sources have not been tempered with? other people are more qualified to check and some probably don't even have to. i definitively could have done a first check, though, simply by asking claude to cite the sources.
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- ziggyzecat 2y ago
  Does this GPT 'verification' count, given that these are rather basic WWII stats? 1. Northern Front - Leningrad: The German forces indeed reached the outskirts of Leningrad, which was under siege from September 1941 until January 1944. The distance from the pre-war border to Leningrad is approximately 900 km. [1] Glantz, David M., and Jonathan M. House. The Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944: 900 Days of Terror. University Press of Kansas, 2001. 2. Central Front - Moscow: German forces reached as close as the outskirts of Moscow during the Battle of Moscow in late 1941. The distance from the pre-war border to Moscow is roughly 1,000 km. [2] Erickson, John. The Road to Stalingrad: Stalin’s War with Germany, Volume One. Yale University Press, 1975. 3. Southern Front - Stalingrad and the Caucasus: The German advance in the south reached the Volga River at Stalingrad and penetrated into the Caucasus, with some forces reaching nearly 1,500 km into Soviet territory. [3] Beevor, Antony. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943. Penguin Books, 1998. 4. Occupied Soviet Territory: The figure of approximately 1.9 million square kilometers of Soviet territory occupied by German forces at their peak is often mentioned in historical analyses, though it can vary depending on the method of calculation. [4] Roberts, Geoffrey. Stalin’s Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953. Yale University Press, 2006.
- dang 2y ago
  > From claude.ai (didn't check) Please don't do this here. We want human comments on HN, not generated ones.
  - ziggyzecat 2y ago
    that's funny. but got ya.

24 points by belter 2y ago

xpl 2y ago

I guess they could have advanced further, but Biden’s administration policy restricts how deep Western weapons can be used within Russia. It would be very nice if they could take the Kursk NPP, to use as a bargaining chip (exchange it for the occupied ZNPP).

ziggyzecat 2y ago

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self_awareness 2y ago
If you haven't verified this, then it is true, except situations when it's not true. It's a waste of time to read it.
- ziggyzecat 2y ago
  obviously, except that knowledge and verification are collective efforts and HN is full of technical history buffs who probably have files on cup sizes of queens and princesses, which is why I got so interested in these comment sections in the first place. who says my sources have not been tempered with? other people are more qualified to check and some probably don't even have to. i definitively could have done a first check, though, simply by asking claude to cite the sources.
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ziggyzecat 2y ago
Does this GPT 'verification' count, given that these are rather basic WWII stats? 1. Northern Front - Leningrad: The German forces indeed reached the outskirts of Leningrad, which was under siege from September 1941 until January 1944. The distance from the pre-war border to Leningrad is approximately 900 km. [1] Glantz, David M., and Jonathan M. House. The Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944: 900 Days of Terror. University Press of Kansas, 2001. 2. Central Front - Moscow: German forces reached as close as the outskirts of Moscow during the Battle of Moscow in late 1941. The distance from the pre-war border to Moscow is roughly 1,000 km. [2] Erickson, John. The Road to Stalingrad: Stalin’s War with Germany, Volume One. Yale University Press, 1975. 3. Southern Front - Stalingrad and the Caucasus: The German advance in the south reached the Volga River at Stalingrad and penetrated into the Caucasus, with some forces reaching nearly 1,500 km into Soviet territory. [3] Beevor, Antony. Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943. Penguin Books, 1998. 4. Occupied Soviet Territory: The figure of approximately 1.9 million square kilometers of Soviet territory occupied by German forces at their peak is often mentioned in historical analyses, though it can vary depending on the method of calculation. [4] Roberts, Geoffrey. Stalin’s Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953. Yale University Press, 2006.
dang 2y ago
> From claude.ai (didn't check) Please don't do this here. We want human comments on HN, not generated ones.
- ziggyzecat 2y ago
  that's funny. but got ya.