I didn't see this posted yet and is perhaps the most culturally important gaming development that has occurred ever.
Without getting into politics or morality of sides, war has been forever changed and favors cheap rapid drone deployment overwhelming more expensive weapons and soldiers. Now the neckbeard eating Cheetos can kill 10 elite soldiers before lunch when he drinks a mountain dew.
Ukraine has released a drone training simulator, and is allegedly similar to how they train their people. They have managed against all odds to repel a much larger and better equipped foe, and are even exporting their tactics and training to the middle east.
These sorts of tactics put heavy manufacturing countries like China in an advantaged spot that I think other countries now must adapt to.
I don't think anyone would describe Russias current situation as winning, even the Russian milbloggers on telegram. I have family in Moscow and I am not hearing positive news there.
But the point of this post is the gaming aspect, which is training cheap drone operators to target economic infrastructure. We see Iran mimicing this strategy as well.
Did you ever consider that Russias goal was NOT the total destruction and annexation of Ukraine? Say whatever you want about Putin but the first 2 months of this war he gave a few public speeches where he stated what he wanted and what he is going to do, and he is doing exactly that. He is holding the eastern 1/3 or so of Ukraine including the 3 or so ethnic Russian regions who wanted to join Russia: Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaphorizhia, and preserving Russias access to the Black Sea through Mariupol and access to Sevastopol.
Honestly Im surprised this war has not ended yet, with Ukraine giving up that land they couldnt defend.
I shoulda stopped reading after you claimed you believed putin. Ukraine was 2 weeks away from nukes btw.
the retards who dont agree with the US getting involved in the "not our war" with Iran, dont see the parallels with not getting involved in the "not our war" with Russia.
They do not see any similarities at all. But its time for your 8th booster shot, g0y. 2 weeks to slow the spread, i mean 2 weeks to flatten Iran, I mean 2 weeks for a special military operation.....
Well their stated goal was "de-nazification", which I believe you would agree hasn't occurred yet.
I personally think they didn't have clear objectives which is why they're in the mess they are in with over a million casualties and little to show for it.
I am reminded of a heated discussion in a Moscow bar where a young lady was ranting at my friend saying that "Russia won world war two themselves because they lost 27 million in the process. "
My friend replied "you call that winning?".
There was no reply.
Troskyites won ww2 as well as ww1.
yep, (((Trotskyites))) won both wars. They destroyed the European monarchies and replaced them with cucked and supplicating bureaucracies, and they destroyed the only military that could and did stand against them.
There were multiple goals, I already listed them. But i dont follow it anymore. Is the eastern half of Ukraine not rid of Azov Battalion "nazi" goons who were murdering ethnic russians?
someone who only watches western pro-Ukraine media would think that. And that same person who only watches pro-Ukraine western media would believe the body count. Who knows what it really is.
the bulk of the fighting in WW2 was indeed the eastern front. The bulk of the German/nazi deaths were on the eastern front. And yes, the Russians did lose the most men too, they also killed the most Germans/nazis. That is not up for debate, its a fact.
is there actually "winning" in a war where lots of people die on both sides? or is there objectives achieved?
ok?!?