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@NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

Ukraine tells critics of slow counteroffensive to ‘shut up’

www.reuters.com

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Ukraine tells critics of slow counteroffensive to ‘shut up’

www.reuters.com

@NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago
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Ukraine told critics of the pace of its three-month-old counteroffensive to "shut up" on Thursday, the sharpest signal yet of Kyiv's frustration at leaks from Western officials that say its forces are advancing too slowly.
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  • SeventyTwoTrillion [he/him]
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    26•2 years ago

    so, not at all, considering they even lost in Afghanistan

    • @Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
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      1•2 years ago

      There you go. Time to give Ukraine some AC 130 gun ships. Good suggestion.

      • Outdoor_Catgirl [she/her, they/them]
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        26•2 years ago

        What, are there Russian hospitals in need of bombing? C130 can’t operate if there is air defense

        • @Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
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          0•2 years ago

          Just like Afghanistan. Always bragging until Puff shows up.

          • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
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            26•2 years ago

            The degree to which you identify with the US war machine is really sad.

      • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]
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        22•2 years ago

        They had gunships in Afghanistan and US still lost, not sure I see your point here. Not to mention the Taliban didn’t have close to the anti-aircraft capabilities that the Russian military has. AC-130s work fine for bombing defenseless hospitals, but against a force with radar, electronic countermeasures, anti-aircraft missiles, fighter jets, and all the other tools that a modern military has access to? I think the gunships would not be nearly as effective as you think

      • Annakah69 [she/her]
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        18•2 years ago

        Russia has the best air defense in the world. C-130 is a big slow moving target. Even in Afghanistan they operated only at night.

        • @Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
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          0•2 years ago

          Sure the best…right

          • Annakah69 [she/her]
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            17•2 years ago

            I assume you believe China has the best?

            Regardless C-130 gunships are a hilariously bad idea. This isn’t Call of Duty son.

            • @Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
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              2 years ago

              I wouldn’t know who has the best, but I know if you have to say it, it’s probably not true.

              130s are a bad idea, but meant to rattle chains.

              • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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                6•2 years ago

                I guess if I was manning a SAM I would be a little rattled the first time it started raining fuselage parts

          • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            Or course it can’t be the best, because they aren’t the USA

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