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Russia claimed that deep strikes into Russian territory would be crossing a "red line". We shall see; I am nervously excited.
by petermcneeley 2y ago
Russia claimed that deep strikes into Russian territory would be crossing a "red line". We shall see; I am nervously excited.
- blub 2y agoLikely response is bombing whatever is left of Ukrainian power generation and potentially arming the Houthis. The analysis I’ve seen indicates that these weapons will not fundamentally alter the course of the war. Kursk was a gamble to improve Ukraine’s negotiating position, which has gotten consistently worse.
- monetus 2y agoMaybe I'm wrong, but with the river north of the Ukrainian border, it seemed like they wanted that as new easier to maintain defensive line. The defenses in the north were affected by incompetence or corruption, so the push north came across a little like shoring up their positions to need fewer men in the long run.
- tim333 2y agoThey've said about thirty things are red lines and then not done much.
- LinuxBender 2y agoThis is true but for what it's worth we can only get this wrong once.
- asdf123qweasd 2y agoVery syria of them.. well i guess we shall see a lot of sabotage tomorrow in europe.
- handfuloflight 2y agoDogs bark before they bite.
- ImPostingOnHN 2y agodogs also bark before they bark some more, even if they're never going to bite
- handfuloflight 2y agoThe threat of some dogs going beyond barking is enough to warrant caution.
- ImPostingOnHN 2y agoIt is not enough to warrant giving the barking dog what it demands from others and it does not deserve, as that will teach it that such barking is okay. In any case, it is a much weaker dog than you, and the dog has fewer functioning nuclear weapons and delivery systems. Ultimately the dog won't bite with nuclear weapons because it knows you bite harder and it will lose. Come to think of it, such an aggressive dog which repeatedly barks and attacks its own neighbors unprovoked is a threat to the community and should be put down.
- protomolecule 2y ago[flagged]
- TiredOfLife 2y agoRussia was targeting energy infrastructure since day 0. They captured two Nuclear power plants and still hold one.
- protomolecule 2y ago[flagged]
- rsynnott 2y ago> Well, Russia wasn't targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure at all until Ukraine tried to blow up Crimean bridge. ... Are you from an alternate universe or something? Of course they were. Literally from day one of the current invasion.
- rsynnott 2y agoI mean I think they've lost any sort of credibility on 'red lines' they might have had.