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2022-04-21 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Warthog Defense: What we learned from the first day of Russia's Donbas offensive

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Posted by DarthVader 2022-04-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 After failing to take Mariupol's steel works plant, Putin has called off the effort and is resorting to a drive of the area.

Posted by Clusosh Floluter6074 2022-04-21 13:50|| 2022-04-21 13:50|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ 'drive' was siege before spell check changed it.

Posted by Clusosh Floluter6074 2022-04-21 13:52|| 2022-04-21 13:52|| Front Page Top

#3 After failing to take Mariupol's steel works plant

Apparently, in addition to being a big-ass steel plant, Asovstal Steel & Iron Works is also a Soviet-era underground city six levels deep with 3 meters of concrete between levels that was designed to survive nuke war. (Shades of the mine-shaft gap!). Cleaning this out would be a high-casualty nightmare. Siege is a better option if you have the time. It's not like the defenders are going anywhere.

Posted by SteveS 2022-04-21 14:25|| 2022-04-21 14:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Siege is a better option

Just pipe in Disney plus and Netflix.

Posted by Slappy 2022-04-21 21:55|| 2022-04-21 21:55|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ Yoko Ono marathon

Posted by Frank G 2022-04-21 22:27|| 2022-04-21 22:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Frank G, I'm pretty sure the Geneva Convention expressly forbids that

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2022-04-21 23:35|| 2022-04-21 23:35|| Front Page Top

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