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Ukrainians distribute humanitarian aid to civilians in Russia's Kursk
Oblast
(URL) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/08/14/7470410/ (https://www.pravda.com.ua)
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|u/P01135809-Trump - 1 month
|
|This also tells us that Ukrainian supply operations are healthy. But
|let's make sure it stays that way and send them more stuff!
|u/PM_me_your_O_face_ - 1 month
|
|That was my first thought. Lines of communication, supply lines, and
|logistics are all healthy in these occupied districts. That’s a good
|sign. If humanitarian is making it you know ammunition and supplies
|are making it just as well. 
|u/shapu - 1 month
|
|War is a game of logistics as much as it is bombs and bullets.
|That's part of why the Ukrainians have been able to hold back the
|Russian waves. So it's not a shock that they are able to distribute
|humanitarian supplies quickly and effectively
|u/LOLBaltSS - 1 month
|
|There's a reason the US puts so much of a priority on logistics.
|If you can drop ship a Burger King to anywhere in the world within
|the span of days, you have the capacity to do whatever the hell
|else you want. Hell, we've even turned deploying cruise missiles
|into a literal palletized system in [Rapid Dragon](https://en.wiki
|pedia.org/wiki/Rapid_Dragon_(missile_system)).
|u/Grateful_Cat_Monk - 1 month
|
|Has any other country in the world ever had an ice cream boat?
|Because having an entire vessel in the middle of a war just for
|ice cream is a next level flex.
|u/adv0catus - 1 month
|
|There’s a story about that’s how a WW2 Japanese general knew
|they lost. When they could barely get fuel and the Americans
|had an entire boat just for ice cream.
|u/ShoshiRoll - 1 month
|
|Same with Germans during Battle of the Bulge. They found
|fresh cake from the states. They were eating barely edible
|rations and the Americans were able to deliver imported
|cake.
|u/adv0catus - 1 month
|
|Never heard that story! But psychological warfare is so
|interesting. I remember reading about Americans (I think?)
|taking XXL condoms and relabelling them as Medium and
|dropping them over the USSR.
|u/ShoshiRoll - 1 month
|
|Allied logistics in general was next level. If you were
|an American or British tank crew and your tank was
|disabled or destroyed, you were given a fresh new tank,
|sometimes mid battle. Then, if possible, the old tank
|would be recovered and repaired. If you were a German
|tank crew and your tank was disabled, either by fire or
|luck, you were now basic infantry.
|u/Initial_Cellist9240 - 1 month
|
|… are you a Tasting History fan by any chance?
|u/ShoshiRoll - 1 month
|
|never heard of it
|u/Initial_Cellist9240 - 1 month
|
|YouTube cooking show where he cooks historical
|recipes, 50% of the show is cooking, the other 50%
|history infographic. He’s done episodes on wwii
|infantry cake and also the icecream boats 
|u/Intelligent_Cat1736 - 1 month
|
|"We have another boat for sprinkles!"
|u/Dankman - 1 month
|
|I vote the next commissioned ship in the U.S. NAVY be the
|U.S.S. SPRINKLES.
|u/Perfectshotplacement - 1 month
|
|You deserve my vote and I’ll send my bill for screen
|repair after I laughed and dropped my phone.
|u/Zonel - 1 month
|
|Think they had more than one ice cream ship tbh.
|u/Gommel_Nox - 1 month
|
|They had four, if I recall correctly.
|u/Amenhiunamif - 1 month
|
|That's an often repeated story but not *entirely* true. The
|story behind them is that they had larger refrigeration
|capabilities to supply troops with fresh food, and after their
|storage was emptied those capabilities were used to produce
|ice cream - but they weren't ships built or put on missions
|for the sole purpose of producing ice cream. And as they
|weren't self-propelled and had to be tugged everywhere they
|went, it was more expedient to just leave them in the theater
|instead of having to use other ships to tug them somewhere
|else for resupply.
|u/Gommel_Nox - 1 month
|
|So I guess the real pertinent question is how much time did
|these floating fridges spend refrigerating stuff other than
|ice cream? Especially considering that field rations didn’t
|need to be refrigerated, and combat vessels have large
|refrigerators in their galleys for their own use…
|u/betterwithsambal - 1 month
|
|Yeah the Japanese admirals knew they could not compete with a
|Navy that had ice cream ships.
|u/popwobbles - 1 month
|
|The British had a beer brewery ship, that was also a cinema
|and ballroom.
|u/Gommel_Nox - 1 month
|
|We would’ve or could’ve had a beer brewery ship, but
|Prohibition kind of messed up our priorities for a
|generation or two. So instead, we got ice cream.
|u/porcinechoirmaster - 1 month
|
|A friend of mine who was in the army for a while likes to say that
|"the United States doesn't have a military - they have a global
|logistics operation that happens to have an armed branch."
|u/Sandslinger_Eve - 1 month
|
|Gen. Robert H. Barrow, USMC (1980): "Amateurs talk about tactics,
|but professionals study logistics.
|u/NaughtyCheffie - 1 month
|
|Do they accept stuffies? I feel like if I were in a warzone overseas
|I'd be pretty fuckin' happy to get a stupid little stuffed animal.
|u/themightypirate_ - 1 month
|
|I would probably be a lot happier with the basic necessities if I
|was stuck in a war zone lol
|u/Slamsonthegee - 1 month
|
|Nah I’m good on the necessities, I want some Pokemon cards /s
|u/Mister-builder - 1 month
|
|If anyone wants to send Steam gift cards, I could help out...
|u/kingjoey52a - 1 month
|
|Porque no los dos?
|u/HidaldoTresTorres - 1 month
|
|That space and weight could be food or medicine. Eso es
|porque.
|u/Stahl_Scharnhorst - 1 month
|
|Guys stop trying to strain logistics.
|u/gudetamaronin - 1 month
|
|Stuffed animals are necessary to children looking for normalcy
|and comfort in troubling times.
|u/ApolloXLII - 1 month
|
|I'm sure there's some orgs out there collecting donations like
|toys and stuffies for kids in affected areas.
|u/Titan-uranus - 1 month
|
|If there isn't, someone needs to start one. Can you imagine the
|ultimate troll of the Ukrainians entering villages and providing
|food and water and just handing out teddy bears to kids
|u/Anticode - 1 month
|
|I've known soldiers who carried around little stuffed animals (of
|the variety that includes a keychain) through combat zones after
|children or cute spouses send something over. I think many people
|might be quite surprised to find how happily the burliest, most
|deadly motherfucker in the warzone will bond with an unexpected
|tiny unicorn or whatever. They'll give them names, treat them like
|good luck charms, or just do it out of masculine irony (eg: I've
|been blown up four times and just shot a guy but hey, check out my
|rainbow-colored stuffed lobster). If that's what you'd like to
|do, I guarantee someone would appreciate it even if everyone
|chuckled in the process of dissemination. It's more likely that
|they'd probably argue with who gets to keep it. The kind of person
|that'd turn away a "stupid toy" is not the kind of person that
|thrives in an active warzone, we'll say... In the real world, the
|actual Rambo is - for whatever inexplicable reason - the same
|fuckin' guy that says some shit like, "Shit! Just meet me at the
|LZ in 10, I gotta go back to get the damned bunker kitten!"
|u/Cynicisomaltcat - 1 month
|
|Flashback to the “I Have A Dream” song/scene from the tavern in
|Tangled. “And Vladimir collects ceramic unicorns” *tink*
|Cracks me up every time.
|u/Flaky_Point_3612 - 1 month
|
|There was a strategy game from a fair ways back now called World
|in Conflict, where the campaign cutscenes follow two side
|characters, Mike and Anton, through the invasion of Seattle as
|slice of life beside the main cast. One of the main characters,
|Bannon (total d-bag), yells at them to "stow away that toy" in
|one of the cutscenes. One of the most building moments for all
|the characters involved and your comment made me realise just
|how good a job the devs did on it. [Cutscene
|referenced](https://youtu.be/BF6alwx90dw?feature=shared)
|u/guitarguywh89 - 1 month
|
|Money travels easier. Maybe there is a local cause that helps in
|such ways
|u/TooManyJabberwocks - 1 month
|
|Money can be exchanged for goods and services
|u/_zenith - 1 month
|
|There is the Wild Bees organisation, if you’re wanting to send
|supplies. They are a direct link to those who need them most, no
|middlemen, so you can be confident that what you give has maximum
|impact
|u/Kronaska - 1 month
|
|C'mon now
|u/Birdsareallaroundus - 1 month
|
|What?
|u/davidbklyn - 1 month
|
|r/choosingbeggars
|u/Gimme_PuddingPlz - 1 month
|
|I would laugh if I opened a care package in a warzone and there
|was doofy looking stuffed animal keychain inside. It would go
|everywhere
|u/Wolf4Slayer01 - 1 month
|
|Damn. Here I was thinking you meant the food.
|u/TheMeanestCows - 1 month
|
|I would love if they just started a fucking PIPELINE of information,
|bringing in buckets of newspapers, USB drives, phones and other
|devices with built-in VPN's and satellite connections* to get outsider
|perspectives of what's happening between Ukraine and Russia. Russia
|has kept its citizens buried under a mountain of propaganda for
|decades, because of this a large number of people, despite their
|feelings on the war, genuinely believe that Ukraine is a giant cavern
|of degenerate nazis and pedos, and Russian soldiers are there to do
|action-movie stunts to liberate citizens. Seriously, they publish a
|stack of novels daily and fill news stands and drug stores and grocery
|stores with four-hundred page novels about heroic Russian men and the
|women they love (to subjugate). I don't know how much we can actually
|do to shake people free of that kind of narrative, but it could wreck
|Russia's efforts for years or decades to come if enough of the right
|material was seeded into society there. I know Russia already has a
|lot of people who don't buy the BS, but we can crank those numbers up.
|\* ^no ^Elon, ^not ^you, ^go ^away. edit: i am not a war strategist
|guys, relax, I'm just sayin shit. If Ukrainian generals DO reach out
|to me for strategic advice, I will tell them all of your comments, k?
|u/peterpiper1337 - 1 month
|
|I dont think they need to do much tbh. Just tell them they will
|leave as soon as the war is over and treat the people right.
|u/MicFury - 1 month
|
|They took the land by force and with little resistance. On top of
|that, they are treating the locals better than their own
|government. This is kicking Putin square in the dick and I'm all
|for it. What they're doing is just fantastic.
|u/just-maks - 1 month
|
|Why do you think they treat locals better? According to their
|own videos? There were such videos from Russia as well. It’s not
|enough to prove the point.
|u/No_Leg_9061 - 1 month
|
|How do you know how they treat locals? Have you been there? You
|brainwashed idiot. They have hostages they exchange for their
|captured soldiers.
|u/Nemisis_the_2nd - 1 month
|
|There was a Russian from St petersburg discussing the war the
|other day, and he made some pretty insightful points. The one that
|stuck with me, though, was the shift in support for the war since
|the start: The first few months were wall-to-wall "Z"
|propaganda, both from the government and average people displaying
|support. Since then, though, no one is criticising the war or
|putin, but the shows of support from the average person are also
|conspicuously absent. The war is not popular, but no one dares
|to actually speak out.
|u/MrL00t3r - 1 month
|
|The war is not popular, but hundreds join ruzzian army every
|day, tens/hundreds of thousands work at factories supplying
|army, millions support pootin, believe invasion was the right
|thing and ruzzia shouldn't withdraw and so on.
|u/Philias2 - 1 month
|
|Presumably the Russian friends you have are well informed people
|who are well connected to the internet and outside sources of
|information. This is not the case for a very large portion of
|the country.
|u/SendMeNudesThough - 1 month
|
|>I would love if they just started a fucking PIPELINE of
|information, bringing in buckets of newspapers, USB drives, phones
|and other devices with built-in VPN's and satellite connections* to
|get outsider perspectives of what's happening between Ukraine and
|Russia. Not sure that'd do much good. I mean, imagine if Iraq
|invaded the US following the US invasion of Iraq and the Iraqi
|military then distributed USB drives and newspapers detailing how
|horrible the US is. I'd wager you wouldn't just go, "You know, I
|hadn't thought about it in that way before!" When enemy combatants
|come into your country giving you a pamphlet on how bad your country
|is, I think it's a safe bet people are going to dismiss that as war
|propaganda
|u/myislanduniverse - 1 month
|
|That's a really interesting thing to consider. If a hostile nation
|occupied my home, provided me food and medicine that my country
|wasn't, and left some pamphlets that rationally explained why they
|invaded and what they expected... I would certainly be nonplussed.
|u/PMmeyouraxewound - 1 month
|
|I vaguely remember when the war started some Russian soldiers
|were surprised by something as mundane as indoor toilets, or
|toilet seats or something
|u/RailRuler - 1 month
|
|Large parts of the country are even less developed than the
|least developed areas of the US.
|u/Wurm42 - 1 month
|
|Yes, many rural areas in Russia still don't have
|electricity or running water, especially in Siberia and the
|Russian far east.
|u/LPSD_FTW - 1 month
|
|Lots of the people drafted come from the eastern parts of
|russia, more poorly developed - it's the working class that
|gets put in the meat grinder first
|u/TootBreaker - 1 month
|
|Indoor clothes washing machine that has a hot water
|connection! Amazing waste of precious hot water, can you
|believe?
|u/a8bmiles - 1 month
|
|Right? If somehow some EU country invaded my state and promptly
|started providing free health care and worker protections I'd be
|all, "I'm... not even mad".
|u/Reddvox - 1 month
|
|Not sure we can invade the USA anytime soon though,
|sorry...maybe if the USA stops electing idiots we won't have
|to bring you free health care BY FORC!
|u/a8bmiles - 1 month
|
|We're trying!
|u/Sorkijan - 1 month
|
|Bad example. If modern society evolved into a place where Iran was
|successfully invading the US I'd probably at least have an open
|ear.
|u/Foxasaurusfox - 1 month
|
|Alternatively, use Canada or Britain as an example, i.e. a
|country with culture not as far removed.
|u/noonenotevenhere - 1 month
|
|Minnesotan here. Don't threaten me with better heatlhcare.
|Oh, Canada! My home was annexed to your laaaaaand.
|u/angelis0236 - 1 month
|
|For real just about anyone with an English language and
|similar cultures would have healthcare and public
|transportation and so many more reasons. I'd definitely
|welcome our Canadian/British/Aussie overlords.
|u/-SaC - 1 month
|
|No broken returns ty. Store policy.
|u/angelis0236 - 1 month
|
|And the warranty expired 249 years ago 😭
|u/ExploringWithKoles - 1 month
|
|I'd be like, oh just a hard-core training excercise, nothing
|to see here
|u/BeBearAwareOK - 1 month
|
|Bad example because people who've taken American History would
|be like "yeah, we already know".
|u/LewisLightning - 1 month
|
|>imagine if Iraq invaded the US following the US invasion of Iraq
|and the Iraqi military then distributed USB drives and newspapers
|detailing how horrible the US is. I'd wager you wouldn't just go,
|"You know, I hadn't thought about it in that way before!" Except
|then there'd be Australian media going against it, British media,
|German media, Spanish media, French media, Canadian media, Italian
|media, Greek media, Polish media, etc., etc. It's not just one
|country speaking against it, it's most of the world. Russia has
|largely isolated its citizens from outside media. Facebook and
|YouTube are banned, the main source of information comes from the
|government. The few countries that support them also don't have
|their media widely available, only the parts that are
|complimentary to the Russian government. From the outside it's
|clear, but from the inside it's muddy at best.
|u/RussianWasabi - 1 month
|
|Youtube isn't banned though.
|u/Sylux120 - 1 month
|
|Apparently one of the biggest mistakes of the US during Iraq was
|not providing alternative media and leaving them with only
|anti-u.s. Afghanistan television to watch
|u/TheMeanestCows - 1 month
|
|It was/would be a lot different for USA/Iraq because of a direct
|history between our countries where we in the USA were in fact the
|unjustified aggressor at one point, and there isn't a shared
|culture between us, US and Iraq are massively separated
|culturally, but Ukraine and Russia speak the same language. There
|is more of an "opening" for outside influence in Russia, and
|besides, you're not expecting to change the hearts and minds of
|hardline Russia loyalists, you're hoping to give their rebellious
|teenagers something subversive to secretly embrace for no other
|reason than to feel they're free-thinkers. Look how easy it was
|in the US to get some small segment of delusional teenagers to
|start saying Bin Ladin was "based" and had "good points."
|u/Big-Summer- - 1 month
|
|Also these people have been force-fed bullshit propaganda for
|years. Analogy: the people in the U.S. who listen to nothing but
|right wing news. The presence of fact based, honest reporting has
|no effect on them whatsoever. A talking head dude on Fox said that
|scientists reported that a man who votes for a woman will turn
|into a woman. And they fucking believe it.
|u/PyroIsSpai - 1 month
|
|> USB drives Buckets of these. "Share these with all your Russian
|friends," and each jam packed with evidence of Putin and his pals
|robbing Russia blind since the 1990s.
|u/TacoIncoming - 1 month
|
|All that NATO training they got from 2014 to 2022 wasn't just small
|unit tactics and building an nco corps. Logistics wins wars.
|u/Titan-uranus - 1 month
|
|That's why you don't touch the boats
|u/podkayne3000 - 1 month
|
|Also, that it’s sane. The ability to think of enemy civilians as
|human is a sign leaders can make decisions in a rational way.
|u/adhesivepants - 1 month
|
|If you let Trump win (which means you throw your vote away, not just
|you vote for him) solid chance Ukraine will lose this war. He will not
|sign off on aid. But he WILL ship all of that aid to Israel. So if
|you are like "But I don't want to vote Kamala because genocide" - with
|Trump you get two genocides.
|u/multiarmform - 1 month
|
|thats a pretty big city population of like 1mil. did people leave and
|supply chains cut off? i havent kept up fully with the ukraine
|situation, just bits and pieces
|u/TrueLogicJK - 1 month
|
|Kursk Oblast is a State/region, which indeed has a population of 1
|million total. They've not taken the whole Oblast(state) though, and
|they've not taken the city of Kursk itself which makes up half the
|population (400000), and they won't take that city as it's too far
|and too big. What they have taken is an area in the southwestern
|part of the Oblast of upwards of 1000 square kilometers which
|includes over 80 settlements, and a total population of around
|25000, with the biggest settlement being the town of Sudzha with a
|population of 6000, and quite strategically important in particular
|due to a railway hub nearby. The question of supply chains comes up
|mostly because it's the first time Ukraine has entered Russian
|territory, and the fastest they've moved the frontline forward since
|2022, which means logistics/supplies have to be fast too to keep up.
|u/multiarmform - 1 month
|
|thanks, i keep hearing kursk everywhere
|u/Alklazaris - 1 month
|
|Now that I didn't think of. That is brilliant, no matter what the
|Russians say you prove them wrong by your actions. How sad and
|pathetic could it be if they were better under occupied rule.
|u/PixelBoom - 1 month
|
|This is the big take away here. If so many supplies are making it to
|the front that the Ukrainian forces can afford to send out
|humanitarian aid, that means they have established a solid logistics
|chain already and can reinforce and reload far quicker than expected.
|u/mechwarrior719 - 1 month
|
|I wouldn’t be surprised if NATO advisors have pushed the importance of
|logistics over actual strategy to the Ukrainians. The most genius
|strategy ever conceived won’t mean mouse farts if you can’t get troops
|there and keep them supplied.
|u/aqueous_paragon - 1 month
|
|No thanks, I'd prefer my tax dollars to not fund a war I have no stake
|in
|u/retronintendo - 1 month
|
|Ukraine treats Russians better than Putin does
|u/wswordsmen - 1 month
|
|That's the idea. They want the world and Russians to see that life
|could be better not under Putin.
|u/ShimKeib - 1 month
|
|Operation Hearts and Minds
|u/AuntEyeEvil - 1 month
|
|and Bellies. Everyone needs a full belly.
|u/sailirish7 - 1 month
|
|> Everyone needs a full belly. There is no excuse for this to
|not be the case worldwide, and I would argue it would be a FAR
|better use of our tax dollars.
|u/NikoC99 - 1 month
|
|Food shortage is a fully logistics problem nowadays. And
|pricing.
|u/AuntEyeEvil - 1 month
|
|And food is used by some regimes to control the masses.
|Starving people just don't have the energy to rise up and
|rebel.
|u/darthcaedusiiii - 1 month
|
|I hope they actually succeed in less than 20 years, without
|spending $8,000,000,000,000, and don't go back to the same ole
|shit like the taliban.
|u/IntoTheFeu - 1 month
|
|Afghanistan was always 15000 tribes under a trenchcoat they
|didn’t want. Was never going to work, but what do I know, I
|only have a high school education.
|u/angry_old_bastard - 1 month
|
|i think unifying afghanistan *could* have worked....it "just"
|would have taken 60-100 years of large scale occupation and
|massive aid with a high level of western cultural influence.
|would have needed to have been 3-5 generations to make it
|normalized. of course, doing that is pretty fuckin insane,
|especially in the modern day, and amazingly costly to the
|point it would probably just need to be a modern day colony,
|just with better treatment of the locals. just not something
|that would happen in this timeline.
|u/JustAnother4848 - 1 month
|
|I always thought the same. I think after 40 years we would
|have had a lot of improvement. 40 years of educating women
|(and boys) and keeping the military standing and operating.
|That kind of drain on the US just wasn't and isn't possible.
|u/Amenhiunamif - 1 month
|
|By the time the occupation ended, the first generation to
|have lived somewhat with the promise of western values
|just started to get into higher degrees. Even if there
|were no errors made on other points (and there were a lot
|of them) in how to handle Afghanistan, it would've taken
|at least until the majority of the population was used to
|our standards for it to hold, and even then it would've
|been shaky.
|u/sluttytinkerbells - 1 month
|
|To be fair, it may have been economically sustainable for
|that period of time if there wasn't so much graft and
|corruption in the money that was being spent on
|Afghanistan. The failure of America to permanently
|change the culture of Afghanistan for the better is
|directly attributable to the likes of Dick Cheney and
|Halliburton as much as it is the people resisting having
|their regressive culture from being changed.
|u/yeFoh - 1 month
|
|i would have said to make a UN-guaranteed free secular
|government and let them cook, but then i remembered russia
|and china are on the security council. russia being
|problematic should be clear, but with china, i only fear
|they would veto the UN at every turn to get themselves lots
|of monopolies in afghani economy. the chinese seem
|ruthlessly mercantile.
|u/angry_old_bastard - 1 month
|
|yeah, sadly the un is fairly worthless at anything but a
|place to talk at each other (which yeah i get why). its
|why my thoughts turned towards just being a modern day
|colony, its the only way i could think to finance an
|occupation and building up of the country on the scale
|needed for such a long period.
|u/hx87 - 1 month
|
|We could have picked a better government to support though.
|Najibullah and the communists survived more than 3 years with
|no Soviet troops backing them up, whereas the former Afghan
|government lasted less than a month.
|u/Cdru123 - 1 month
|
|Russia has a westernized population (however much the
|politicians and propagandists may talk about "We don't need your
|western movies") and a national identity, even if the
|inhabitants of muslim-majority regions would disagree with it.
|So it'll do a lot better than Afghanistan
|u/Scientedfic - 1 month
|
|Woah woah, I’ve seen this political party before, you can’t
|convince me Redestro! Wait, sorry, wrong sub lol
|u/Frosenborg - 1 month
|
|Yep. When the Nazis invaded Soviet Union in the second world war,
|the civilians pretty mich welcomed them with open arms. But the
|Nazis treated them badly so the civilians turned against them.
|u/TheIndyCity - 1 month
|
|I mean, if I'm a Russian I'm doing the math and see that Ukraine's
|gonna be in the EU after this conflict, I'd want them to takeover my
|town in hopes that somehow they can hold onto after the conflict
|ends haha.
|u/Answermancer - 1 month
|
|That's all fine, but many Russians are extremely brainwashed, they
|have an ethnic slur for Ukrainians they use constantly, and most
|of their responses outside the invasion zone has been and will be
|"how dare these <slurs> do this to Russia??!" Do not give too
|much credit to "the Russian people"
|u/TheIndyCity - 1 month
|
|No question about that, just saying if my options were post-war
|Russia or post-war Ukraine as my future I'd DEFINITELY want to
|be the latter.
|u/Answermancer - 1 month
|
|For sure
|u/RussianWasabi - 1 month
|
|Ukrainians often use slurs towards Russians as well. So idk
|what's your point here
|u/GreenWhiteHelmet - 1 month
|
|I mean you could try, but when people are brainwashed. What can you
|do for them? Look at the MAGA folks
|u/Tarman-245 - 1 month
|
|MAGA is the epitome of western privilege mixed with evangelical
|Christianity and anti-intellectualism.
|u/Hosni__Mubarak - 1 month
|
|It would be hilarious if Ukraine ends up controlling Russia.
|u/T__T__ - 1 month
|
|Should be called operation Crimea-River, dedicated to Vlady P himself.
|u/pork-pies - 1 month
|
|It’s gunna be in May?
|u/Blueopus2 - 1 month
|
|The Ukrainian Marshall plan
|u/EmberGlitch - 1 month
|
|Even better than Russia treats their soldiers, considering a lot of
|their troops currently need to ration drinking water.
|https://x.com/DefenceHQ/status/1823273344818376738
|u/No-Tennis-7893 - 1 month
|
|Or drink from muddy puddles of water. Dysentery for everyone!
|u/healthywealthyhappy8 - 1 month
|
|Russia: invades country, bombs locals, steals children, rapes women,
|loots homes. Ukraine: Invades country, helps locals. One of these is
|not like the other.
|u/-wnr- - 1 month
|
|Future Russia: flattens every town in Kursk to take it back from the
|Ukrainians, blames Ukrainians for destroying the towns.
|u/Due_Turn_7594 - 1 month
|
|I’m surprised they haven’t started bombing them tbh, and then blame
|it on the Ukrainians
|u/Stubber_NK - 1 month
|
|They're struggling to launch coordinated strikes on Ukrainian
|positions that have been in place for months. A few days on a new
|front isn't nearly enough time for them to get assets pointed that
|way.
|u/MTFBinyou - 1 month
|
|Didn’t they bomb their own men because of a false Telegram post
|reporting “Ukrainian” movements but after they bombed them it
|turned out to be a mistake and they killed a shitload of their
|own guys? I saw this somewhere a couple days ago and forgot to
|follow up on it, but it also coincided with Russia starting to
|limit internet/apps and smartphones from the frontlines so it
|made sense.
|u/UniqueUsernme - 1 month
|
|There was a telegram post about striking certain types of
|vehicles believed to be captured by the Ukrainians, but it was
|quickly deleted. Recently there is a video of a Russian KA-52
|striking a vehicle, but another video from the Ukrainian side
|showed it was a friendly fire incident
|(https://x.com/DefMon3/status/1823784370391396541). There's
|also another earlier case that reported Russian SPGs being
|destroyed by friendly fire, probably also by a KA-52.
|u/Stubber_NK - 1 month
|
|I don't know anything about the incident you're describing,
|but it's completely within the realm of incompetence that I
|believe the Russian command would be capable of.
|u/TheArmoredKitten - 1 month
|
|There is a recording of a Russian infantryman begging into his
|radio to stop shelling because most of his unit has been wiped
|out by friendly fire, and you can vaguely hear shells
|continuing to land in the background.
|u/MeatballWasTaken - 1 month
|
|This has happened several times since the incursion began
|u/tacticooltupperware - 1 month
|
|Bingo. The Russian VVS is not a modern air force in the sense
|that they don't really have the ability or the training to find
|targets on the fly. And Russians really don't use targeting
|pods. So their ability to adjust to dynamic conditions is pretty
|limited compared to the modern NATO equivalent.
|u/ShoshiRoll - 1 month
|
|Well trained pilots are easier to defect.
|u/Due_Turn_7594 - 1 month
|
|lol good
|u/aceofspades1217 - 1 month
|
|They have, that is why they quickly ordered evacuations they want
|to carpet bomb all the territory they took
|u/Due_Turn_7594 - 1 month
|
|Whenever I hear the hunger games I can only think of the
|community episode. THA HUNGER DEANNNNNSSSSSS
|u/sabotourAssociate - 1 month
|
|They are looking for hospitals and schools but cant find any.
|u/krell_154 - 1 month
|
|that's just because they haven't got their aritllery in range yet
|u/MetriccStarDestroyer - 1 month
|
|Literally this. I remember a family evacuating Kursk and filming
|the Russian convoy going in. The convoy brought a MLRS truck.
|That thing will flatten every house in the neighborhood before
|hitting a single enemy.
|u/ObjectiveAide9552 - 1 month
|
|I would bet money on this
|u/TheMeanestCows - 1 month
|
|Literally what will probably happen.
|u/Uphoria - 1 month
|
|That is the goal. This is somewhat Psy-Op. Russia will have a
|hard time calling Ukraine evil things when the conquered were
|given food, medicine, and supplies. When Russia bombs their towns
|to dust to take them back, they will remember that too. Russia
|can't act their playbook in their own territory, its kryptonite.
|u/Existing-Advert - 1 month
|
|As long as they have room to park their bradley's
|u/VinnehRoos - 1 month
|
|I'm sure the valets are trained to park them!
|u/lilschreck - 1 month
|
|The locals are only trained to operate BMPs and BTRs
|u/ReplacementLow6704 - 1 month
|
|BTR is 2 or less. 3 is still top secret cutting edge tech.
|u/ShoshiRoll - 1 month
|
|Its designed for a 17 year old to be able to operate. I doubt
|its hard to figure out how to move.
|u/Low-Union6249 - 1 month
|
|That’s MY parking spot!!! You dinged my door!!!
|u/heimdal77 - 1 month
|
|Pulls in and ontop with a tank.
|u/Choose-wisely87 - 1 month
|
|Now to be fair the Russians did intend to use local restaurants and
|stores, they brought their finest uniforms and planned to have a
|victory parade after 3days. Its just that the local restaurants and
|stores would have been looted and everything not nailed down would
|be stolen and the staff off the restaurants and stores would be left
|with the debt.
|u/Belgand - 1 month
|
|Ukraine: Attends your band's show to support the local scene even
|though you guys are still pretty new.
|u/aard_fi - 1 month
|
|Russian soldiers in Ukraine going to local restaurants do end up
|dead now and then, though, which I guess can dampen the mood about
|going out to eat.
|u/SnowyLynxen - 1 month
|
|Babushka would never poison anyone she’s just happy someone is
|here to eat all the food she made!
|u/aard_fi - 1 month
|
|There were quite a few Ukrainian babushkas early on proudly
|giving interviews how they disguise the taste of rat poison in
|the food they're cooking for the Russians.
|u/Koreish - 1 month
|
|The babushka handing out sunflower seeds to Russian soldiers
|telling them they'd make great fertilizer went pretty hard.
|Still does, but damn did that set the tone for how the
|Ukrainians were going to operate.
|u/aceofspades1217 - 1 month
|
|Lol not the Ukrainian babushkas a lot of Russian soldiers were
|poisoned early on
|u/Backwardspellcaster - 1 month
|
|Fuck them
|u/medihoney_IV - 1 month
|
|right, do not mess with Ukrainian babushkas.
|u/Scalpels - 1 month
|
|[They will make the sunflowers
|grow.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L17Bi7zBJHI)
|u/SenorLos - 1 month
|
|You make it sound like they were "can't cook" anime characters.
|u/ThePartyWagon - 1 month
|
|Russians break into local Ukrainian businesses and loot/steal as
|well
|u/Osiris32 - 1 month
|
|[And leaves internet reviews!](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestinga
|sfuck/comments/1erx6ux/restaurant_reviews_in_kursk_region_russia_ami
|d/)
|u/agumonkey - 1 month
|
|Kinda insane that Ukrainians managed to keep their dignity and care
|for others after two years of hard fight and pain...
|u/deadpoetic333 - 1 month
|
|International support is vital to them, providing aid they likely
|got through international donation will pay for itself 10 fold.
|u/ComradeMoneybags - 1 month
|
|Considering who’s backing them as well as aspirations for the EU and
|NATO for their long-term prosperity and security, they absolutely
|have to behave.
|u/fatkiddown - 1 month
|
|It reminds me of Star Trek Voyager, where the Borg try to attack
|and assimilate species 8472 who lived in fluid space and were a
|100% biological species with even biological ships. Basically when
|voyager happened upon the whole thing, species 8472 was literally
|wiping the Borg out bcs the whole thing had backfired. Russia is
|the Borg in this example.
|u/Charlie9967 - 1 month
|
|Every right to go berserk, but they know who the real fight is with.
|And this is a common military tactic called Hearts & Minds, win over
|the people with kindness and communication, not anger and fear.
|u/OremDobro - 1 month
|
|>Every right to go berserk What? Absolutely not. Ukraine has the
|right to defend itself and fight back, but "going berserk" to me
|implies war crimes and nobody has "every right" to commit those
|u/Martin_Leong25 - 1 month
|
|Well if you start being a dick, there are no differences between you
|two, inly who was attacked first. And altruism aside helping
|civilians out would help get support for your side to defeat the
|enemy
|u/agumonkey - 1 month
|
|Sure, but after so much suffering it takes some real grit to no
|avenge yourself. But this is driving the point harder.. the
|'alleged' nazis are taking care of ennemies in front of russian
|eyes.
|u/N0kiaoff - 1 month
|
|Valid points, and i just want to add a thought: Its the grit
|needed in war. It makes the difference between slaughter and
|lawful conduct. It also helps to showcase these differences
|between russia and ukraine. And it helps the ukrainian
|combatants in the long term in the mental health aspect: War
|is a dangerous zone, because the stress & the brutality can
|leave marks. I knew and cared for veterans of ww2, and most
|regretted in old age their own brutality and all to often
|complicity or own crimes. They had decades of problems to
|control their anger, today it would be called PTSD. Keeping a
|military force in lawful behavior is not only a protection for
|the civilians, but also one for any soldier, who is in combat.
|u/agumonkey - 1 month
|
|Agreed
|u/jtbc - 1 month
|
|They also don't torture and rape POW's, and feed them better than the
|Russian army does. No wonder they are surrendering in droves.
|u/Cr33py07dGuy - 1 month
|
|I think more of those guys surrendering in Kursk were better
|educated, better informed guys than down in Donbas. They were just
|conscripts from regular families trying to quietly do their time and
|go home. Probably well aware that the front lines are a meat-grinder
|and that being a POW in Ukraine isn’t that bad. 
|u/voice-of-reason_ - 1 month
|
|BbbBBBBbBbbbbuuuuuuUuUuUuUtTtTtTt BOTH SIDES11111111111111111111
|u/Updooting_on_New - 1 month
|
|How dare these nazis ! just in case /s
|u/Gellert - 1 month
|
|Right! Fucking Ukraine, defending themselves and helping people!
|Who do they think they are, the good guys?!?
|u/Slahinki - 1 month
|
|> rapes women Not just the women.
|u/snockpuppet24 - 1 month
|
|Also Russian soldiers who then let the Ukrainians know where
|Kadyrov's troops are.
|u/Nemisis_the_2nd - 1 month
|
|What do we call this war's equivalent of Fragging, where you get
|your own side killed because you know the people currently
|shooting at you are less of a threat?
|u/big_duo3674 - 1 month
|
|This wasn't just a crash in and burn operation, they definitely had to
|be careful with this for it to work the way they want. Collateral
|damage does happen in war no matter what, but limiting it as much as
|possible and rendering aid to civilians caught in their path is going
|to damage Russia more than the actual attacks will. It may just be
|some villages but word of mouth spreads easier than word of electronic
|device in an authoritarian country. My biggest concern would be
|repercussions from the Russian government against anyone caught
|accepting the help, and that fear could unfortunately limit the amount
|of assistance these people actually get
|u/N0kiaoff - 1 month
|
|The fear of repercussion by russia is a factor, but one that can
|sideways for russia easily. Its an experience the old russian-
|zaristic Regime had to face. Ukraine can do nothing than offer help
|and supply to civilians. (Evakroutes are also happening, from what i
|gathered) Russia faces multiple problems and those can not be
|denied and are talked about in russia, even if the kreml dislikes
|it. Another drop in the bucket of internal russian tensions. And
|yes, russian civilians are apathetic, i will not deny that. But even
|that complacency has limits and eventually the fear of being
|punished by FSB or such is less relevant.
|u/Kradget - 1 month
|
|Gonna be a hell of a contrast when the Russian army comes in to
|"liberate" the area with indiscriminate artillery fire.
|u/healthywealthyhappy8 - 1 month
|
|When Russia kills more Russians than Ukraine, I wonder how they will
|justify fighting in the military. Surely the military there knows
|they are fighting in Russia…
|u/claimTheVictory - 1 month
|
|It won't matter because nothing matters to them.
|u/neuhmz - 1 month
|
|Or if they send in mercenaries to do it that would be verryyy
|telling.
|u/krozarEQ - 1 month
|
|Already video of Russians looting houses of evacuated Russians near
|Kursk. They also destroyed one of their own columns yesterday.
|u/Saandrig - 1 month
|
|If Russia retakes those territories, there will be a lot of
|"prosecuting traitors and collaborators". Because that's how they
|will have to explain the initial loss.
|u/thenonallgod - 1 month
|
|Ukraine is creating another Donbas for the future
|u/Tymathee - 1 month
|
|Learn from the Nazis what not to do Im ww2 when they invaded they
|treated the citizens like shit, so this is smart. Russians have a long
|memory
|u/EjunX - 1 month
|
|The Soviet Union was notorious in WW2 for raping more than a million
|girls and women of almost all ages of which many died. You could've
|just said they learned what not to do from the Russians.
|u/Tymathee - 1 month
|
|Well that too
|u/Delusional_Gamer - 1 month
|
|Wasn't Ukraine also in this Soviet Union?
|u/OldSpiceMelange - 1 month
|
|Ukraine is probably going to leave Kursk in better condition than they
|found it. Be like Ukraine.
|u/beavedaniels - 1 month
|
|Yeah total Nazi behavior from Ukraine they must be stopped smh
|Obvious /s because the world has lost their damn minds
|u/boraam - 1 month
|
|Fringe
|u/HolyDarkDeath - 1 month
|
|One of these things does not belong.
|u/apoplepticdoughnut - 1 month
|
|Its worth it to at least try killing them with kindness before you
|just kill them.
|u/Shukrat - 1 month
|
|Taking a play out of Alexander the Great's book. He conquered but then
|built up.
|u/BombaFett - 1 month
|
|Meanwhile, those that fled are being sent to the “totally not a war
|zone” area of Zaporizhzhia. Where they will receive only the finest
|care
|u/MithranArkanere - 1 month
|
|I doubt that is the case, but even if Ukraine was doing it to
|manipulate the locals and put them against Russia, [it is still a good
|thing to do no matter the
|reason](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvskMHn0sqQ).
|u/Passing_Thru_Forest - 1 month
|
|I'm so negative about the World that I first read the title as
|"disturbs" and thought "goddammit, even them?!"
|u/Pillowsmeller18 - 1 month
|
|more like Russia raped everybody they could get their hands on, not
|just women.
|u/Insaniaksin - 1 month
|
|My hope is that Ukraine pulls an Uno Reverse and completely topples
|the Russian government and installs a democracy or otherwise absorbs
|all of Russia. Can you imagine the history books? "End result of
|Russia's special military exercise is Ukraine conquering Russia"
|u/metalmilitia182 - 1 month
|
|You forgot executing children just because.
|https://www.euronews.com/2023/04/19/two-russians-claiming-to-be-
|wagner-mercenaries-admit-to-killing-children-in-ukraine This story
|still pops up in my head sometimes, as the girl would have been my
|daughter's age... It's why I tend to get spitting mad if someone says
|we've given enough aid to ukraine.
|u/Berkyjay - 1 month
|
|It's like evil timeline Russia opened a dimensional gate to come and
|fight good timeline Russia.
|u/Ipracticemagic - 1 month
|
|Ukrainian soldiers aren't perfect, there have been bad things going on
|too. Much less, I bet, but still. Source: Ukrainian refugees I've
|talked to in person.
|u/ShepardCommander001 - 1 month
|
|Russia: steals toilets and washing machines
|u/aWittyTwit-2712 - 1 month
|
|Hearts & Minds
|u/xxhamzxx - 1 month
|
|Do those still exist in Russia? Hmm
|u/aWittyTwit-2712 - 1 month
|
|The subjugated & enslaved of my enemy... Is my friend.
|u/Underbash - 1 month
|
|Oh come on, let them have a little light dehumanization...as a
|treat. /s
|u/Liizam - 1 month
|
|If Ukraine has it in their heart to distribute aid to civilians
|of their enemy, random reddits need to chill about demonizing
|whole nation.
|u/lePickles1point0 - 1 month
|
|I agree with you.
|u/big-ol-poosay - 1 month
|
|Yes and they belong to millions of their people.
|u/PixelBoom - 1 month
|
|Having talked to political refugees from both Russia and Belarus,
|they do. But they need to be well hidden. Otherwise, they're likely
|to get scooped up by the secret police and never seen again.
|u/mrbswe - 1 month
|
|I think, its all good. But it matters little as long as Putin is in
|power. But it will make the occupation easier i would imagine.
|u/Ploppyun - 1 month
|
|Maybe they’re fine with Putin ‘relocating’ them to another war
|zone—can’t remember the exact name of the Russian-occupied Ukrainian
|territory he’s relocating them to—because they’re hoping they can stay
|on after Ukraine gets that territory back. Go back to Russia or stay
|and become Ukranian citizen and part of the West? Hmmmmm…..would that be
|a hard decision for a former citizen of Kursk? Not sure but I think I’d
|want to become Ukrainian. It’s not looking great for Russia’s future in
|my opinion. I am not even sure it’d be possible for them to become
|Ukrainians if they get relocated and then the war ends and Ukraine gets
|their land back. If so, it’d be so much easier for them to immigrate to
|somewhere in Europe if they didn’t want to stay in Ukraine.
|u/ForgetfullRelms - 1 month
|
|I would imagine any peace deals would demand a reverse of such
|‘’resettlement’’.
|u/hh3k0 - 1 month
|
|That has been discussed time and time again. Ukraine wants them
|reversed, but will judge on a case by case basis because since 1949
|the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits mass expulsions. They learned
|from the terrible mass expulsions of the Germans from various
|European countries after WW2.
|u/SloppyCheeks - 1 month
|
|>They learned from the terrible mass expulsions of the Germans
|from various European countries after WW2. Is there a name or
|identifier for this event I can use to look into it more?
|u/_rukiri - 1 month
|
|Best start might be the wikipedia article about that https://en.
|wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_(1944%E2%80%9
|31950)
|u/SloppyCheeks - 1 month
|
|That'll do nicely, thank you!
|u/ForgetfullRelms - 1 month
|
|True tho Russia had cited the presence of Russian, and
|‘’Russian’’, populations in Ukraine as one of many justifications
|for the current war. The fact we are not seeing mass - ‘’civilian
|level’’ atrocities against such populations in other countries is
|a testament of level-headless compared to the normal behavior
|during the WW2 and post WW2 period
|u/zcg4755 - 1 month
|
|Zaporizhzhia Oblast—in case you were wondering.
|u/tehbeard - 1 month
|
|Given the fuckery the Russians are pulling with the nuclear power
|plant there.... I hope they're not that stupid to be doing what I
|think they're doing.
|u/The69BodyProblem - 1 month
|
|Holy shit. They absolutely are. That's fucked up.
|u/BringbackDreamBars - 1 month
|
|Harder than you think I would imagine.
|u/Nights_Harvest - 1 month
|
|There is no scenario in which Ukraine keeps Russian land, such action
|is against over all wester values and would definitely be used as a
|reasoning point against allowing ukrain to join NATO based on the fact
|that Russia can come and demand those grounds back. If anything I'd
|they manage to hold it, it's a great bantering chip against Russia
|when it comes down to negotiations. You get out of our land and we
|will get out of yours
|u/TThor - 1 month
|
|There is no way Ukraine would keep that land *so long as Russia
|agrees to peace* /*. There has always been a real concern that
|Russia would never actually end the war, and possibly turn it into a
|North Korea situation where the conflict never truly ends, either
|forming a stalemate or a slow war of attrition.  Ukraine taking
|Russian territory helps prevent that; if Ukraine can fortify these
|Russian territories to hold them, every day of they hold them will
|be a day of embarrassment to Russia about losing historical
|significant territory and proving unable to control their own land.
|This puts a lot more pressure on Putin, if he fails to retake it, to
|sue for a peace agreement that trades Russian soil for Ukrainian.
|u/loveshercoffee - 1 month
|
|The longer Ukraine holds that territory, the greater the danger
|for Putin that the people in Kursk decide for themselves that they
|don't want to be part of Russia anymore. With a weakened military
|and a people awakened to the idea that there is a better life than
|the sad existence under despotic rule, Putin may end up dealing
|with a bunch of rogue states trying to breakaway. Russia may fall
|apart in the same way the Soviet Union did.
|u/PM_me_your_O_face_ - 1 month
|
|They’ve already said they don’t want it and it’s specifically to
|refill their “trade bank” (pows for trade), and to hold land to
|exchange back for peaceful transfer of their own occupied lands. It
|all falls on Russia. Leave and get your shit back. 
|u/BringbackDreamBars - 1 month
|
|Agreed. There's no way they flip russia even if the residents asked.
|u/Lunardextrose9 - 1 month
|
|Alright! We will give you the land russia! Here let’s hold a
|referendum to see what the people want to do there! They don’t
|want to join back and have declared themselves independent from
|Russia?? Who would have see that coming!
|u/Ashleyempire - 1 month
|
|Not at all, Russia will owe Ukraine a fuck ton of reperations, Land
|may actually change hands instead, as Russia was practically
|valueless before the war. They cannot afford reperations.
|u/brichar62 - 1 month
|
|I’m worried these areas are mined.
|u/Esmarial - 1 month
|
|Russia is going to relocate people from Kursk region into Zaporizzhia
|region specifically into locations near Berdiansk and maybe Mariupol
|(Donetsk region).
|u/mick_boi - 1 month
|
|Much better than the measly 250 euro that putin offered.
|u/al_pacappuchino - 1 month
|
|It’s was $115… lmao
|u/RexLynxPRT - 1 month
|
|Literally [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/s/8QbT1sJ8S1)
|u/AutomaticFly7098 - 1 month
|
|This is the best part if true [link](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldn
|ews/comments/1epj7oe/comment/lhl5jbx/)
|u/kokaklucis - 1 month
|
|And even that was not given, from what I recall reading recently.
|Basically, the regional leaders said that no such support is planned
|or available.
|u/Sancorso - 1 month
|
|They don't want to locals to see em as conquerors, they want them to see
|em as their saviours. Really smart to gain local support.
|u/Horn_Python - 1 month
|
|yeh also they are dependant on western support, so helping them helps
|them look good for their allies ( and also the people who they are
|supplying directly)
|u/DonutsOnTheWall - 1 month
|
|blowing up hospitals vs taking good care about the people. russia, watch
|and learn!
|u/fallout_fan3 - 1 month
|
|That's awesome
|u/kujasgoldmine - 1 month
|
|Russia brings murder, rape and terror to civilians. Ukraine brings
|freedom and humanitarian aid.
|u/All_Work_All_Play - 1 month
|
|> Ukraine and western culture brings freedom and humanitarian aid.
|The US didn't win the cold war with its military. It won because the
|prosperity of western ideologies is impossible to ignore.
|u/Jouzou87 - 1 month
|
|There's a joke where a teacher in East Germany asks the students:
|"Why do we love the Russians?" "Because they liberated us"
|"Right. And why do we hate the Americans?" "Because they didn't
|liberate us"
|u/LOLBaltSS - 1 month
|
|Yeltin was infamously *floored* by a [Randall's](https://www.houston
|publicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-
|matters/2020/02/21/361467/boris-yelstins-1989-visit-to-a-houston-
|grocery-store-is-now-an-opera/) in Clear Lake, Texas when he was
|visiting JSC. Randall's isn't even a good grocery store and it blew
|his mind.
|u/Canadian_dalek - 1 month
|
|To be clear, it wasn't the *amount* of food that amazed him - most
|markets of that size in the USSR were properly stocked at that
|point - it was the sheer variety of different meats, fruits, even
|spices, that were available to the common man
|u/HidaldoTresTorres - 1 month
|
|Without the militaries, the Stalin's Red Army wouldn't have stopped
|long enough to listen, and the promise of mutually assured
|destruction is what kept them still. No one solution is enough, it
|was the convergence of many strategies that has stabilized the world
|order for the last 80 years. Unfortunately, most of the world has
|lost sight of that careful balance, and now we're on the precipice
|of great power conflict.
|u/All_Work_All_Play - 1 month
|
|This is an important point. You only ever notice that the other
|guys are eating better than you (and driving better cars and
|having better homes) of you actually see that happen and you're
|not going to do so during active conflict. 
|u/Earth_Normal - 1 month
|
|Kill em with kindness. Show the people Putin is full of shit. Erode
|support for Russia from within. Make Ukrainian occupied Russia easier
|to hold. It’s a very good moral and practical strategy.
|u/N0kiaoff - 1 month
|
|If done right, Ukraine could enable a democratic russia. Yes, its
|optimistic, but we are already in a very weird timeline. I would not
|be surprised if ukraine works with russian-anti-putin groups in
|russia. Even if its not right now in kurks. It weakens putins regime
|and with coherent planning, infiltration groups as well as "free
|russians" could be active behind russians lines right now.
|u/AncientGrapefruit619 - 1 month
|
|Hearts and minds
|u/xXXNightEagleXXx - 1 month
|
|Probably Putin will have to kill them so nobody can testify these events
|u/socialistrob - 1 month
|
|Russia won't intentionally target them but they also won't
|intentionally avoid civilians either. If shelling a few small towns
|that no one has heard of means Putin can hold power a little longer
|then he absolutely will do it. The Kremlin delights in Ukrainian
|suffering and they are completely ambivalent about Russian suffering.
|u/Mhdamas - 1 month
|
|Damn they are really going the whole way. Much respect its not easy to
|have an army with such discipline.
|u/brezhnervous - 1 month
|
|Especially after over 2yrs of atrocities committed against your
|nation, like raping 4yos in front of their parents, cutting their
|throats then murdering the whole family. Plus the torture basements
|designed specifically for children
|u/XeniakissXoxo - 1 month
|
|Humanitarian aid from Ukrainians to Kursk Oblast definitely a plot twist
|in the world's biggest dramaa
|u/Professional-End2722 - 1 month
|
|I would expect nothing less. Bravo Ukraine. Keep going, be sensible,
|but keep the boot on Putin’s neck as much as you can. But take care of
|civilians when and where you can. I wouldn’t put it past Putin to
|murder 100s of his own and try to blame Kyiv.
|u/PloppyTheSpaceship - 1 month
|
|Fantastic. I see they're planning evacuation corridors too. Presumably
|they won't shoot at and kill the civilians using them, as Russia did.
|u/brickyardjimmy - 1 month
|
|Someone let Hamas know that *this* is how you fight injustice in a way
|that helps your cause internationally. You have to be *better* than the
|people by whom you feel aggrieved.
|u/Gaahwhatsmypassword - 1 month
|
|In fairness, this strategy doesn't always work (ie. Tibet and many
|other nations that haven't developed enough to provide much to the
|world stage (though often due to remnants of colonialism)). But
|Ukraine is getting pretty pro at spinning a narrative and putting
|their money (and lives) where their mouth is and capitalizing on the
|value they bring to the world. Major props to their maturity and risk
|taking. 
|u/brickyardjimmy - 1 month
|
|That last part is what I mean. It's not an act. It's them modelling
|the universe they want to live in and contribute to. Neither hamas
|nor the current leadership in Israel seem to understand this
|principle. Neither seem to care about the human beings involved.
|u/9-FcNrKZJLfvd8X6YVt7 - 1 month
|
|Only they don't care about fighting injustice. They care about
|murdering Jews.
|u/All_Work_All_Play - 1 month
|
|They also don't care about their own people.
|u/DrSoldat - 1 month
|
|Hamas has absolutely no interest in being 'better'. Their lone and
|only goal is the extermination of Israel and eradication of every Jew
|on the planet. Don't take my word for it of course, they'll tell you
|so themselves. The only 'injustice' Hamas care about is that Jews are
|allowed to exist.
|u/brickyardjimmy - 1 month
|
|I think you're missing the slightly sarcastic tone in my voice. Of
|course they aren't interested. But, to be fair, neither is the
|current leadership of Israel. They also are very interested in a
|form of eradication.
|u/DiscipleOfBlasphemy - 1 month
|
|Ukraine understands, win the hearts of the people to win the war.
|u/TheStaffmaster - 1 month
|
|Because that's what heroes do. https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%
|3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fz5kdkrx1ly311.png
|u/hkohne - 1 month
|
|I knew that pic was going to make an appearance
|u/haovui - 1 month
|
|That line remind me about Himmel in Frieren manga
|u/ThatsSussySus - 1 month
|
|Lol that's maybe the most clever way Ukraine has disrespected Putin. Lol
|what a move. And a nice gesture too. Russian civilians at the end of
|the day are civilians.
|u/TheStaffmaster - 1 month
|
|You know that "Glory" that everyone says Ukraine should get? #THIS IS
|HOW YOU EARN IT
|u/Blochamolesauce - 1 month
|
|I think they need to go full “allies at the end of euro campaign” and
|show the occupied populace what Russia is doing to Ukraine. Destroyed
|Hospitals, schools, homes, families, all the damage to civilian
|infrastructure. They sure as shit ain’t getting the picture from Moscow,
|show them the unedited truth about Putler.
|u/petty_brief - 1 month
|
|They are technically obligated to do this, but nonetheless, this is what
|real good guys look like. They don't rape and pillage like Russia does.
|u/DreamLunatik - 1 month
|
|I was hoping they would do something like this. For one it’s just the
|right thing to do, and two it’s great counter narrative to the Russian
|propaganda
|u/Titan-uranus - 1 month
|
|I'd love to hear what China or North Korea think on the matter. Please
|twist it so providing humanitarian aid is a bad thing
|u/Whirrlwinnd - 1 month
|
|This is what liberation looks like.
|u/SpookyRamblr - 1 month
|
|ngl, thats a genius move... gets population behind you and shows you
|have good logistics
|u/xT1TANx - 1 month
|
|came here to say this. absolutely genius
|u/mtgdrummer13 - 1 month
|
|This is great for public perception of what’s actually going on.
|u/Fritzoidfigaro - 1 month
|
|The reality of what is happening is the best way Ukraine can distance
|itself from Russia. Look at the videos and images. The video of the
|destroyed Russian column where civilians are standing in their yard
|looking at destroyed Russian military while their houses are all intact.
|Compare that to images of Ukrainian villages that are reduced to rubble.
|Of course the poor Russian that posted the video is in prison now.
|Slava Ukraini
|u/Unhappy-Ended - 1 month
|
|Go figure. You have two types of leaders. 1. Rules at the expense of
|taking from others. 2. Leads at the expense of providing to others.
|Russia invades Ukraine to take from its people. Ukraine invades Russia
|to give it back.
|u/zyzzogeton - 1 month
|
|Annex it. All's fair in love and War, and Putin brought the war.
|u/yahboioioioi - 1 month
|
|If Ukraine annexes Kursk, does that mean that RU can’t deploy conscripts
|there under Russian law?
|u/Suspicious_Writer - 1 month
|
|Laws don't mean shit in russia xd
|u/Alikont - 1 month
|
|This is not really true. Russia operates by laws, it's just
|kafkaesque maze of buerocracy where state has infinitely more
|resources to wear you down.
|u/Suspicious_Writer - 1 month
|
|The funny thing is both of the statements are true which is why
|living in russia is frustrating. Russia does indeed operate by
|laws, bureaucracy and stuff. However when needed laws can be
|avoided, bent, forgotten, misused, applied to the strictest
|standards possible. Whatever the situation requires. The issue is
|that that when needed card is played by those in power.
|u/Alikont - 1 month
|
|The strictness of Russian law is balanced by its nonmandatory
|nature
|u/_zenith - 1 month
|
|For the lowest citizen, yes more or less. But for people the
|government is specifically interested in, they are doing to do
|whatever they feel is most effective with zero regard to the law.
|u/Alikont - 1 month
|
|Eh, no. They will pull out some bullshit law or bend the
|definitions enough to cause trouble. Russians even have a
|saying like "The strictness of Russian law is balanced by their
|nonmandatory nature", as "everyone is breaking some laws, but
|it's enforced only sometimes".
|u/_zenith - 1 month
|
|So, how would this account for the assassination of Prigozhin,
|for an example? … not that I particularly care bout his fate,
|as he was scum, but it’s still an interesting case study, no?
|Makes a deal, appears to be all official, things seem okay,
|then he gets blown out of the sky, and they say it’s because
|the passengers in that plane set off a hand grenade in the
|cabin. I mean really, anyone who believes that is a total
|moron lol.
|u/Alikont - 1 month
|
|From Russian point of view almost entire front is inside Russia. They
|annexed 4 Ukrainian provinces (and they didn't even fully occupy
|them). But one problem is using conscripts by law (which they can do
|since 2022), and another is to bear political reprecursions of dying
|conscripts. Currently most russians don't care about russian soldiers
|because most of them are volunteers from poor regions for money. But
|conscripts is another story.
|u/Thwackitypow - 1 month
|
|What? No shootings in the streets, soldier gang rapes, looting or
|burning of houses? Thats not how the Russians do an invasion! People
|are going to be confused...
|u/SuccessionWarFan - 1 month
|
|That’s noble- and also very, very smart.
|u/letsridetheworld - 1 month
|
|While Russia is relocating those who fled to a region in Ukraine where
|war is still going lol You can’t make this up. Russia is insane.
|u/Titan-uranus - 1 month
|
|Double whammy if Ukraine offers them sanctuary lol
|u/macphile - 1 month
|
|Tell me your 3-day invasion is going poorly without telling me your
|3-day invasion is going poorly. It's now been over 900 days, and you've
|not only not taken Kyiv, Ukraine is taking *you*. Something-something
|"in soviet Russia, invasion invades you"...I don't know. I'm enjoying
|this, though. In a sense.
|u/gracklewolf - 1 month
|
|It would be so amusing and restore my faith in human nature if somehow
|Ukraine ended up occupying and subsuming Russia. This never even
|occurred to me until now.
|u/MadACR - 1 month
|
|If they had the man power for it, they could. But for now Ukrain will
|probably push for a buffer zone instead.
|u/krozarEQ - 1 month
|
|Meanwhile Russians looting the homes of evacuated Russians.
|https://x.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1823003072177553458
|u/kalosaur - 1 month
|
| Counter offensive finally started 
|u/elderly_millenial - 1 month
|
|> Russian ruler Vladimir Putin called the situation a “provocation”
|Yeah, Ukrainians were provoked into invading your fascist ass
|u/russia-is-wrlds-enmy - 1 month
|
|What a huge difference between Ukrainian army and Russian army
|u/OttawaTGirl - 1 month
|
|Hearts and minds. It grossly erodes Putins narrative and makes Russian
|troops consider surrendering.
|u/Known_Ad_7256 - 1 month
|
|Ok Putin clearly has never played civ - you left the capital undefended!
|u/thatsideal - 1 month
|
|Kill them with kindness, love it
|u/2Bedo - 1 month
|
|I'm reminded of the Ukrainian comments at the very start of the (recent)
|Russian invasion, "We've got your boys here, you can come pick them
|up..." This after capturing a large number of Russian soldiers during an
|offensive. I knew then Zelenski was a class act.
|u/VoughtHunter - 1 month
|
|Meanwhile THE Russian military doesn’t even have water
|u/scottishdrunkard - 1 month
|
|Russia Invades Ukraine: Shoots civilians, bombs houses, steals toilets.
|Ukraine Invades Russia: Sends humanitarian aid, and leaves Yelp reviews
|for local businesses.
|u/Titan-uranus - 1 month
|
|I have absolutely zero definition of the word, just going off context
|clues, is Ukraine a giga Chad? (God I sound like a boomer)
|u/Hayes4prez - 1 month
|
|Ukraine distributes humanitarian aid. Russia bombs a children’s
|hospital.
|u/maybesaydie - 1 month
|
|And steals traumatized children.
|u/dcflatline - 1 month
|
|This is the army of the gentlemen
|u/betterwithsambal - 1 month
|
|When an invading force takes better care of the occupied civilian
|population than their own defenders.
|u/tomassino - 1 month
|
|A slap in the face of the Russian government
|u/drunkbelgianwolf - 1 month
|
|Just a flex to show the population there that they would be better of in
|ukrania then in russia. And another insult to poetin that can't even
|supply his troops with the things they need. Ukrania is fighting a
|current day war. Russia is still in world war 2 mode.
|u/Traditional_Golf_221 - 1 month
|
|At this point, the West needs to aid Ukraine until they take Moscow.
|Let's not repeat the same mistake of WWII. Need to go all the way to the
|Kremlin and fully occupy Russia. A Japanese style occupation with
|permanent NATO and Ukranian bases in Russia.
|u/Kingofcheeses - 1 month
|
|*Churchill approves this message*
|u/steeltowndude - 1 month
|
|Not sure about Churchill but Patton advocated for an invasion of
|Russia at the end of WWII to force the communists out of Eastern
|Europe. It's one of those muddy situations where we can look back
|and say he was, indeed, absolutely right, but politically/socially,
|that shit would have never flown, and we can very easily see why.
|Absolutely no one would have been on board with that. Interesting to
|think how that would have went, though. The irony is, we got
|involved in Korea shortly thereafter so what we could uh... fight
|the spread of communism.
|u/Kingofcheeses - 1 month
|
|[Churchill absolutely supported invading the Soviet Union in
|1945](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable) But
|you're right, there's no way it would have been popular or even
|possible without the Americans.
|u/steeltowndude - 1 month
|
|Interesting, didn’t know Churchill also supported it. When I
|think about it, I imagine most leaders recognized the threat
|posed by the USSR, but simply couldn’t afford it, financially,
|socially, or politically. I said in another comment below that
|even with hindsight I can’t even imagine which was the better
|choice. I mean, sure we had the Cold War, but we also went to
|the moon and didn’t launch a full scale invasion of the USSR
|losing probably hundreds of thousands of young lives in the
|process.
|u/maybesaydie - 1 month
|
|Churchill lost the 1945 election because he kept blathering on
|about invading the Soviets and staying on a war footing. He
|looked pretty stupid doing it too. *Forget that alliance
|with which we won the war! Suffer more privations!* Nobody
|wanted that.
|u/Proud_Ad_4725 - 1 month
|
|Also the Levant Crisis happening while still at war with
|Japan, we should've either waited for the 3rd nuke or just
|drive in on Centurions
|u/maybesaydie - 1 month
|
|Who are you saying we should have nuked?
|u/Sensitive_Yellow_121 - 1 month
|
|If I remember correctly, Churchill supported hanging 50,000
|nazis.
|u/ajockmacabre - 1 month
|
|Unless you're German, we weren't at war with Russia in WWII.
|u/DippyBird - 1 month
|
|Or Finnish or Polish or the many other countries Russia invaded per
|the USSR/Nazi Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
|u/ClassifiedName - 1 month
|
|Very true, but none other than Germany made a march towards
|Moscow. They approached and turned away.
|u/Defiant-Peace-493 - 1 month
|
|The option of continuing east once the Western allies met up with
|the Soviet front was considered. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O
|peration\_Unthinkable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthi
|nkable)
|u/Falsus - 1 month
|
|Tell that to the Finnish or Poles lmao.
|u/steeltowndude - 1 month
|
|So uhhh.. who exactly was gonna support that among the allied
|powers? And I don't mean generals, politicians, etc., but normal
|citizens and soldiers that already spent years fighting in Europe
|and the Pacitic? Of course we can say it was a mistake but there's
|no way *anybody* would have supported that. It was a lose-lose
|situation at the time and we only know better with the benefit of
|hindsight. Even with hindsight, unless we nuked Moscow (and that's
|an entirely separate discussion), I struggle with determining what
|the better option was.
|u/GasolinePizza - 1 month
|
|You're absolutely right that had Operation Unthinkable been
|executed that the vast majority in western Europe/the UK, and
|probably the US too would have demanded the blood of every
|politician involved. Every ounce of will to fight had been
|burned by the end. It would have taken another war for survival
|to get any more from the populations.   I think what the
|parent commenter meant was more along the lines of "I wish we
|did XYZ", rather than literally "the correct decision was to do
|XYZ". I don't necessarily agree myself (even if only because I
|think that if the west were to try to go in and un-fuck the
|Soviet inner-sphere, it was during/after the collapse of the
|USSR in the 90s) but I think I kind of get what the dude above
|means. (Although also, the west declaring war on the USSR at
|that time would have almost certainly lent perfectly into the
|existing (true) anti-nazi-fight-for-survival propaganda that may
|have possibly galvanized Russians (or their conquered vassal
|states at that point, more realistically) into another "glorious
|war for survival")
|u/Alikont - 1 month
|
|In reality Ukraine _still_ is denied ability to use ATACMS and Storm
|Shadows on targets inside Russia. Because Jake Sullivan is more
|afraid of Russia losing than Russia winning.
|u/HolochainCitizen - 1 month
|
|What WWII mistake are you referring to? Soviets were (in the end) on
|the side of the allies that defeated Germany. Do you think the allies
|should have immediately invaded Soviet Russia afterward?
|u/TheHorriBad - 1 month
|
|[https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1es6v45/comment/li3wtvg
|/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1
|&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comm
|ents/1es6v45/comment/li3wtvg/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_
|name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) Yes, actually.
|They do think that.
|u/ElenaKoslowski - 1 month
|
|In hindsight it should have been done as it was planed. Would have
|avoided a lot of suffering in the long term.
|u/dj-nek0 - 1 month
|
|This assumes the USSR wouldn’t have been replaced by something
|worse.
|u/Titan-uranus - 1 month
|
|Could have gotten worse, you're right, or they could have
|ended up like Germany and Japan. The world may never know
|u/Unlucky-Jello-5660 - 1 month
|
|It was called operation unthinkable. There were serious concerns
|that Russian aggression wouldn't end with ww2 and would become an
|expansionist problem and occupy significant chunks of Europe.
|u/COLLIESEBEK - 1 month
|
|I mean the assessment wasn’t exactly wrong, the Soviets did
|exactly that.
|u/Unlucky-Jello-5660 - 1 month
|
|Oh it wasn't, but after years of fighting there was very little
|desire for another protracted battle. If the initial attack
|failed to dissuade Russia, total war would have been a meat
|grinder. For reference at the time the forces looked like this
|Allies Infantry divisions 80 Armored divisions 23 Tactical
|aircraft 6,048 Strategic aircraft 2,750 Soviets Infantry
|divisions 228 Armored divisions 36 Tactical aircraft 11,802
|Strategic aircraft 960
|u/COLLIESEBEK - 1 month
|
|Oh agree with you there, both sides were exhausted. Don’t even
|know how operation unthinkable would’ve have turned out.
|Soviets had the manpower advantage but their logistics were at
|their limit. Allies had the advantage in air and Navel power
|and also well nukes but there were only a handful. Needless to
|say it would be another bloodbath.
|u/Mornar - 1 month
|
|Taking Moscow is probably not possible, realistically. Bringing some
|long range weaponry within range of Moscow on the other hand....
|u/Bright_Cod_376 - 1 month
|
|Speaking of long range weapons, what the west needs to do is lift
|all range restrictions on the Ukrainian military and allow them to
|actually bring the war to Russia
|u/Hones95 - 1 month
|
|Ukraine has taken lessons from history. When invading Russia, Nazi
|Germany was discriminating against all eastern Europeans as they saw
|them as below them - name your abuse and mistreatment. These were
|countries and people that hated Russia, Germany could use them to create
|supply lines and even assist against Russia etc. Instead, infighting,
|sabotage etc (becoming encircled at Stalingrad). Ukraine turned Russians
|against Putin with kindness. Creating a new frontline but also causing
|ripples across Russia for civilians hearing about this.
|u/Raspberries-Are-Evil - 1 month
|
|Unlike the Russians that raped and murdered civilians and still haven't
|been brought to justice.
|u/doompwnr - 1 month
|
|Russia the one country so fucking miserable even invaders feel bad
|enough to provide humanitarian aid to its people
|u/9-FcNrKZJLfvd8X6YVt7 - 1 month
|
|The aid ought to be packed in blue and gold and come with pictures of
|prominent Ukrainians and small leaflets that detail Russian war crimes
|in Ukraine.
|u/Ok_Advertising_1026 - 1 month
|
|THIS is the x factor of the war!!! Keep keepin it real Ukraine!!
|u/Elipses_ - 1 month
|
|Plot twist: the people of Kursk are so impressed by Ukraine that they
|hold a referendum to join.
|u/tbashed64 - 1 month
|
|Now that's how you fight a war!
|u/ChirrBirry - 1 month
|
|Time for a referendum on annexation…
|u/Gakoknight - 1 month
|
|I wish they did it as a joke, but Russia would use it as propaganda.
|u/TwiggyPom - 1 month
|
|Power move. Fuck the Russian government. Hope the civilians recognise
|what Ukraine are doing.
|u/Gunm3talSeeker - 1 month
|
|I wish I could understand what they're saying.
|u/paecmaker - 1 month
|
|And unlike how Russia did it early in the war I expect this to not just
|be a one time propaganda thing but continue for as long as it's needed,
|u/ArcticCelt - 1 month
|
|Some will probably be very disappointed when they are not annexed. For
|anyone smart who think about it, it would be a no brainier, you get out
|from under the boots of a dictator and his cronies, access to rebuild
|founds once the war is over, a passport accepted around the world,
|possibility to eventually become an European citizen (for them and their
|decedents) and so on and on... The only real downside is that now you
|neighbor would be Russia.
|u/TheBraveGallade - 1 month
|
|I feel like anyone willing, if going back to pre 2014 borders, is
|welcome to move to crimea at least
|u/x3bla - 1 month
|
|Reminds me of "how a realist hero rebuilt a kingdom" where the hero
|invades the capital of a country after being invaded by them, occupied
|their capital, and showed them what life without oppression is like
|Then when the other country regains their capital, the people looked
|even more sad and afraid of the oppression again
|u/alright_rocko - 1 month
|
|Russia could be the first country to be conquered with kindness
|u/wordswillneverhurtme - 1 month
|
|This is probably good for the military too. The less angry locals, the
|less sabotage there’ll be.
|u/gamedreamer21 - 1 month
|
|Unlike Russia, Ukraine gives a shit about Russians. I just hope, there
|will be more and more Russians rebelling against Putin, after Ukraine's
|humanitarian aid.
|u/Select-Owl-8322 - 1 month
|
|Hearts & minds!
|u/Praxistor - 1 month
|
|Ukraine is a total badass
|u/Devils_Advocate-69 - 1 month
|
|Putin can’t manage to get water to his soldiers
|u/willowgardener - 1 month
|
|Oh, brilliant. They're creating the impetus for homegrown insurgent
|groups inside Russia. That's gonna force Putin to keep troops in Kursk
|even after the Ukrainian regulars pull out. What a great strategy! If
|they do this in multiple border regions, it'll make it even harder for
|Russia to supply their army because they'll have to deal with partizans
|disrupting the supply lines! Ukraine really is fighting a next
|generation war while Russia is stuck in 1940.
|u/hkohne - 1 month
|
|Sounds like Hunger Games
|u/roj2323 - 1 month
|
|I think most people would agree that they don't hate Russians on an
|individual level, it's the Russian Leadership and military that the
|world collectively despises. It cost nothing to treat people with
|humanity. Russia's leadership and military is being taught that lesson
|one civilian at a time. At some point they will learn or they will cease
|to exist.
|u/9-FcNrKZJLfvd8X6YVt7 - 1 month
|
|> At some point they will learn or they will cease to exist. Hundreds
|of years, revolutions, and regime changes and not ever did an
|individual's personal well being or even their life count for a nickel
|in Russia.
|u/CorporateAccounting - 1 month
|
|This is the way. Show enough people how much they have been lied to by
|Putin and his gang of thieves, and maybe one day they will finally be
|inspired to take out the trash.
|u/FeelingPixely - 1 month
|
|That's how you make allies, treat them kind and they will not rise
|against you.
|u/Misole - 1 month
|
|It's a Special Humanitarian Operation.
|u/HoppokoHappokoGhost - 1 month
|
|Zelensky’s plan is coming into place
|u/HerrShimmler - 1 month
|
|The joke of the day is "Ukraine has reached the 1691 borders" :D
|u/carleeto - 1 month
|
|At this rate, Ukraine will take over Russia! Slava Ukraini!
|u/Boburism - 1 month
|
|Thank God Ukraine is there to liberate Russian people of their misery,
|caused only by their drunken dictator led on by far fetched dreams of
|restoring the Soviet Union...
|u/h2ohow - 1 month
|
|By contrast, Ukrainian civilians are gunned down waiting in bread lines
|by Russian invaders.
|u/Moist_Albatross_5434 - 1 month
|
|US should just throw a shit ton of money into humanitarian aid in Kursk.
|By them all toilets, fancy steak dinners, Porsches, Blue Jeans, nice TVs
|to watch Western media. Good opportunity here to bring a chunk of Russia
|into the Western world.
|u/Ribbitmoment - 1 month
|
|I’m ngl, if I had to choose any country I’d want Ukraine to invade us -
|that shit is wholesome
|u/KHRAZKIX - 1 month
|
|Somebody’s been watching house of the dragon
|u/Informal_Lack_9348 - 1 month
|
|That’s some real gangster shit
|u/Bergismusicofficial - 1 month
|
|Amidst all the chaos, Ukrainians find the decency to help civilians
|there. This makes me feel like humanity can have kindness.
|u/MaidenlessRube - 1 month
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|If ukraine learned anything from this whole thing, it's that you can
|easily buy russian hearts and minds with washing machines and toilets.
|u/No_Routine_3706 - 1 month
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|Hearts and minds may actually work this time
|u/chumgorthemerciless - 1 month
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|Boom. Hearts and minds right there, beautiful.
|u/ooouroboros - 1 month
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|smart
|u/Mission_Cloud4286 - 1 month
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|God, to think of the people that are still there, says a lot
|u/Annual_Birthday_9166 - 1 month
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|Russia please end the war and sucede Kursk to Ukraine to stop innocent
|people from dying!
|u/Chance-Corner3670 - 1 month
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|Me thinks Ukraine went without, so they could capture some hearts and
|minds.
|u/geekstone - 1 month
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|Ukraine is going to win the hearts and minds of the people to have a new
|Russian Revolution.
|u/bankofgreed - 1 month
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|Ukraines invaded your land and gives everyone a free toilet and washif
|machine
|u/Ruiner_Of_Things - 1 month
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|Hope they distribute Ukrainian passports next.
|u/Bright_Cod_376 - 1 month
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|Not yet, first they need to hold an anexation referendum since Russia
|seems to want everyone to respect those.
|u/smydiehard99 - 1 month
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|take some notes russian administration on how to treat people
|u/Cynical-Wanderer - 1 month
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|This is how you win the public relations side of the war. Invade Russia
|and then decently treat the citizens of the occupied territory. Unlike
|what Russia has done in Ukraine.
|u/TALENTEDEGGPLANT2222 - 1 month
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|Damn so Russia was harming it's own russians Who knew.
|u/Budderlips-revival23 - 1 month
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|The only way Ukraine will be able to depose the fascist dick tater is to
|continue all the way to Moscow. 
|u/darkrood - 1 month
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|Trust me, if Ukraine get enough Russian lands, Putin would just leave
|all the basic human need issues to Ukraine while blaming them for
|humanitarian abuse if Ukraine even slightly fail to help some people in
|occupied region
|u/WangMangDonkeyChain - 1 month
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|love to see it!
|u/Square-Physics-3731 - 1 month
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|I mean I don’t want to sound bleak but could Ukraine be trying to
|compensate for lost land and get the Russians there on their side so
|that putin just doesn’t bomb the place with his civilians(unless he does
|then that’s unfortunate).
|u/Black_Moons - 1 month
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|>so that putin just doesn’t bomb the place with his civilians(unless
|he does then that’s unfortunate). I mean, it wouldn't be the first
|time Putin intentionally bombed Russian civilians. It would just be
|the first time there was actually any enemies near the civilians.
|u/Ipracticemagic - 1 month
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|This article helped me find out Ukrainian news websites are banned in
|Kazakhstan. Huh 😒
|u/No_Leg_9061 - 1 month
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|This is almost as credible as Hitler's essays on Jews back in 1934.
|u/No_Leg_9061 - 1 month
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|I'm amazed of seeing how incredibly stupid and brainwashed the average
|Joe is newadays. Extremely binary and biased yet believing everything he
|has been fed from their MSM is true...
|u/BigReaderBadGrades - 1 month
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|Sorry if I'm hitting a paranoid-sounding bell, but with Biden getting
|virtually no coverage these past few days, to what extent do you think
|he's involved with aiding these maneuvers? Foreign affairs has always
|been his sandbox, and I kinda suspected he'd spend his last 100 days on
|office hunkered down and working those global levers.
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