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Ukrainian long game includes taking back Crimea (Original Post) SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2022 OP
🌻 K&R for visibility. crickets Aug 2022 #1
Ukraine is going to have another great geolocation tool soon! PortTack Aug 2022 #2
Info about the the Bayraktar drone: Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #3
Nice background info! PortTack Aug 2022 #9
Good! I was hoping all along they would do this. BigmanPigman Aug 2022 #4
It might not be a long game....more medium game. OnDoutside Aug 2022 #5
What a good plan! ananda Aug 2022 #6
Putin's "special military operation" was supposed to be over in a few days. lpbk2713 Aug 2022 #7
There was an article posted here about how badly Putin's FSB screwed up in the early days Irish_Dem Aug 2022 #10
This is ambitious and I hope for their success in any capacity. GuppyGal Aug 2022 #8

PortTack

(32,754 posts)
2. Ukraine is going to have another great geolocation tool soon!
Fri Aug 19, 2022, 04:55 PM
Aug 2022

The ppl of Ukraine crowd sourced several million dollars a few months back to buy more Bayraktar drones. The company decided to just give them the drones and told them to keep the money and spend it on other war needs.

Well…Ukraine has decided to rent a satellite for the next year! Orcs..go home while you still can.

Irish_Dem

(46,887 posts)
3. Info about the the Bayraktar drone:
Fri Aug 19, 2022, 05:14 PM
Aug 2022

The Bayraktar is a Turkish unmanned armed aerial vehicle. It was developed by Baykar Makina company. It is a medium-altitude attack drone, and has long endurance. It can be used for reconnaissance, surveillance and ground attack.

The cost per unit has not been made public, but maybe $5 million per unit.

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
4. Good! I was hoping all along they would do this.
Fri Aug 19, 2022, 05:37 PM
Aug 2022

And to go one step further Ukraine should take Russian soil to compensate for all the damage Putin has done. Teach that mutherfucker not to way invade innocent countries.

lpbk2713

(42,751 posts)
7. Putin's "special military operation" was supposed to be over in a few days.
Fri Aug 19, 2022, 06:19 PM
Aug 2022


Now it's an embarrassment that has turned around and bit him in the ass.

Long live Ukraine.

Irish_Dem

(46,887 posts)
10. There was an article posted here about how badly Putin's FSB screwed up in the early days
Sat Aug 20, 2022, 07:55 AM
Aug 2022

of the invasion.

From a military strategy point of view, the invasion could have taken a couple of days.
But it was bungled by the FSB (the new KGB).

The FSB badly underestimated Ukrainian resolve and overestimated the will of their puppets installed into Ukrainian office. When the time came for them to decapitate the Ukrainian government, the FSB puppets just ran after talking Putin's money.

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