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Myanmar military loses border town in another big defeat
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Kyiv confirms Ukrainian drones destroyed six Russian planes at air base, as many as three sites blasted
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The Ladoga was the Soviet Union’s plush nuclear-war command vehicle. A drone just blew one up in Eastern Ukraine.
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Russia awakes to biggest attack on Russian soil since World War II
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Masters of illusion: Ukraine’s decoy makers outwit Russia
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Ukrainian forces strike Russian troops at Avdiivka coke plant using AASM Hammer guided bombs
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy in bind over how to draft more troops as Russian forces advance
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Russians keep turning up dead all over the world
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Sri Lanka ends visas for hundreds of thousands of Russians staying there to avoid war
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French president Emmanuel Macron says sending troops to Ukraine cannot be ruled out
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Israel to launch Rafah offensive unless hostages home by Ramadan
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Ukrainian forces withdraw from Avdiivka; megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - February 17
There hasn't been a megathread for a while so I wanted to post the latest news as well as a couple other pieces of news from the past week along with a couple articles providing additional...
There hasn't been a megathread for a while so I wanted to post the latest news as well as a couple other pieces of news from the past week along with a couple articles providing additional context.
The latest piece of news is Ukrainian forces withdraw from Avdiivka to avoid encirclement, army chief says. This is very concerning and I hope encourages people to continue urging their politicians to find ways of supporting Ukraine in a larger capacity than they have in recent months.
The other day there was also this article titled Rate of Russian military production worries Europe's war planners. If you don't have time to listen to Perun's hour-long PowerPoint from 4 months ago on the same subject (Russian Defence Production 2023 - Can Russia keep up with equipment attrition in Ukraine?), then The Guardian article is a decent primer.
It also links to a Foreign Affairs article published in January of 2024 going into more detail about Russia's economic expenditures and its uneven footing: Putin’s Unsustainable Spending Spree: How the War in Ukraine Will Overheat the Russian Economy (Archive.is link). This is a particularly interesting article as it details the expenses as a percent of GDP that have recently made the rounds in the news this week, as well as how military spending as spurred growth in some industries, while others also tangentially related are lagging behind despite the government's stimulus. Additionally, Russia is spending the equivalent of billions of dollars on annexed regions of Ukraine. It then details the consequences of this substantially increased spending and increased wages that may be dislocating the civilian economy in favor of maintaining enough supplies for a further extended attritional war.
The Guardian article say that:
New analysis by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) estimates that Russia has lost 3,000 armoured fighting vehicles in the last year and close to 8,800 since the war began.
Unable to produce anywhere near that number of vehicles, Russia has mainly refurbished ageing hardware ...
Russian factories claimed to have delivered 1,500 main battle tanks this year, of which 1,180 to 1,280 had been reactivated from storage, according to IISS. Those numbers, along with reactivated armoured personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, meant Russia would “be able to sustain its assault on Ukraine at current attrition rates for another two to three years, and maybe even longer”, the group said.For reference, the landing ship that was recently destroyed by Ukrainian Unmanned Surface Vessels (Magura V5 sea drones), Caesar Kunikov, could carry 10 main battle tanks and 340 troops or 12 armored personnel carriers and 340 troops. Though it's not clear what role that ship was playing, as trains play a significant role in deploying men and materiel to the frontlines.
Finally, an article I'd meant to post several months ago to just sort of talk about in general terms: What would happen if Russia invaded Finland? I went to a giant war game in London to find out. Has anyone ever participated in war gaming, have a background or took a class on game theory, or enjoyed the history of tabletop gaming that dates back to this war-time activity? Just interested in what people have to say.
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(2024 Doomsday Clock Statement) It is still ninety seconds to midnight
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Russia has massed 500 tanks for an attack on Kupyansk. Thousands of Ukrainian drones await them.
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Another Russian general reportedly killed in devastating Ukrainian strike on Belbek air base
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The Ukrainian marines hit the Russian marines so hard, they blew the Russians back to 1980
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In first such admission, previously secret document says Danish aircraft participated in NATO attacks linked to civilian deaths in Libya in 2011
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Benjamin Netanyahu tells US he opposes creation of Palestinian state after Gaza war
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‘We are ready for a war’: Somalia threatens conflict with Ethiopia over breakaway region [the Somaliland deal with Ethiopia]
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Coverage of Gaza War in the New York Times and other major newspapers heavily favored Israel, analysis shows
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Sudanese war continues as the world ignores it in favor of wars in Ukraine and Gaza
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Al Jazeera journalist Samer Abudaqa killed in Israeli attack in Gaza
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - December 14
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
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Civilians make up 61% of Gaza deaths from airstrikes, Israeli study finds
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Decolonise media: How do you cover genocide?
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - December 7
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
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Israel knew Hamas’s attack plan more than a year ago
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Sudan’s warring sides forcibly recruit civilians, even refugees who return
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - November 30
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
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Israel-Hamas War Megathread, November 27 to December 7
It seemed about time to roll it over. Here's the previous topic.
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Gaza civilians, under Israeli barrage, are being killed at historic pace
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - November 23
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
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Israel-Hamas War Megathread, November 16 to November 26
I was going to post these every week but I forgot, so let's just say they're occasional. Here is the previous topic.
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - November 16
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
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UN warns violence in Sudan 'verging on pure evil'
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - November 9
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
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Israel-Hamas War Megathread, November 6 to November 15
Thought I’d start a new topic since it’s been a while and there’s more to discuss. Here is the previous topic.
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Hamas using Gaza hospitals as military positions, Israel claims as it presents new evidence
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - November 2
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
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Israel-Hamas War Megathread, October 27 to November 5
This is a place to post links to news and analysis of the conflict when you’d prefer not to post them top-level.
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IDF shares proof of Hamas terror base built under main Gaza hospital
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - October 26
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
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Israel agrees to US request to delay Gaza invasion
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Egypt-Gaza border crossing opens, letting desperately needed aid flow to Palestinians
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What we know about the explosion at the hospital in Gaza
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Damning evidence of war crimes as Israeli attacks wipe out entire families in Gaza
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US State Department official in the Office of International Arms Transfers resigns over transfers to Israel
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - October 19
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
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Hundreds dead in Gaza hospital bombing, local authorities say
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