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A Russian missile attack killed two civilians in an apartment building in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, local authorities said, as President Vladimir Putin dismissed the importance of a new U.S.-supplied weapon that Kyiv used to execute one of the most damaging attacks on the Kremlin’s air assets since the start of the war.

Putin told reporters that Russia “will be able to repel” further attacks by the U.S.-made Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS.

Ukraine claimed it used those missiles to destroy nine Russian helicopters, as well as ammunition, an air defense system and other assets at two airfields in Russia-occupied regions on Tuesday.

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[-] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Counter counter point: the Polish Soviet war of 1920 is a far better point to begin any comparisons, seeing as russia was the aggressor, and was humiliated multiple times.

A second double counter point, sources certainly vary on exact figures but a lot of the “Russians” killed in WW2 were the Ukranians, especially in the early stages as they were essentially sacrificed with minimal defenses to stall for time. They’re not exactly looking to that ever happening again.

[-] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Russia also got their dick kicked in in Finland under similar circumstances during the winter war.

Anyhow, i made an offhanded comment and went to sleep and wasn't expecting it to gain traction, so I feel the need to clarify:

I'm absolutely not pro Russia or defeatist towards Ukraine, I'm just saying that historically speaking Russia generally has no issues throwing a sickening amount of bodies at a problem to see if that fixes it

[-] agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Every Russian thinks they're gangster until the snow starts talking Finnish.

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