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[Strongpoint]

T’be fair, given Putin’s background as an intelligence agent and the fact we’re getting to the end of Winter, and Russia’s failure to roflstomp an “inferior” (by military strength) nation, it would not surprise me if it was a false flag operation to engender further support from the Russian populace.

No, it is legit. It is Russian Volunteer Corps (don't confuse with the Free Russia Legion). Those guys are real and they filmed a video with their faces open and everything checks out.

As I said their status is blurry but formally they are a part of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Legion_of_Territorial_Defence_of_Ukraine along with other curious units like Karelian\Bashkir separatists

[martinuzz]

Yeah sorry I sometimes get too emotional (angry) with this ongoing miserable war and Russia twisting everything to make Ukraine look like the aggressor.

[jipehog]

Fire Erupts At Munitions Depot In Russian Border Region Near Ukraine's Kharkiv
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-belgorod-munitions-depot-fire/31995787.html

Apparently smoking is still bad for you

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Der Spiegel: German arms manufacturer in talks about building tank plant in Ukraine
https://kyivindependent.com/news-feed/der-spiegel-german-arms-manufacturer-in-talks-about-building-tank-factory-in-ukraine

Am I missing anything, because the idea of building an expansive tank factory in a warzone, in range of Russian missile strike sound like pure lunacy..

[Ganondworf]

Fire Erupts At Munitions Depot In Russian Border Region Near Ukraine's Kharkiv
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-belgorod-munitions-depot-fire/31995787.html

Apparently smoking is still bad for you

That news is from August 19, 2022. Unless I'm missing something.

Der Spiegel: German arms manufacturer in talks about building tank plant in Ukraine
https://kyivindependent.com/news-feed/der-spiegel-german-arms-manufacturer-in-talks-about-building-tank-factory-in-ukraine

Am I missing anything, because the idea of building an expansive tank factory in a warzone, in range of Russian missile strike sound like pure lunacy..

Yeah, sounds strange. On the other hand, I guess there are many possibilities to make it very hard for the russians to effectively hit such an installation. Maybe some kind of distributed production lines, underground facilities and what not.

[Starver]

Fire Erupts At Munitions Depot In Russian Border Region Near Ukraine's Kharkiv
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-belgorod-munitions-depot-fire/31995787.html

Apparently smoking is still bad for you

From what I readto, before the .js errors ("slowscript, do you want to continue...") started to show up, that seemed to be a report from back in August.

Der Spiegel: German arms manufacturer in talks about building tank plant in Ukraine
https://kyivindependent.com/news-feed/der-spiegel-german-arms-manufacturer-in-talks-about-building-tank-factory-in-ukraine

Am I missing anything, because the idea of building an expansive tank factory in a warzone, in range of Russian missile strike sound like pure lunacy..

I think it's very unlikely to come to fruition in that form. While constructing/commissioning the factory it'll be a prime target, even before it has to actually roll out its tanks.

But I could see how the idea of such a thing could be very useful, in so many ways. Not sure which particular game they're playing, but all power to their elbows.

[Eric Blank]

Maybe it's a decoy target. Something to waste Russian missiles.

[Starver]

One of my ideas. But I wouldn't want to second-guess. Double-bluff? Triple-bluff? Not going to go too fr down that rabbithole...

[Il Palazzo]

Other than the propaganda value, that's years in the future.

[King Zultan]

So are we gonna start seeing decoy tanks and airplanes getting set up like they did in world war 1 and 2?

[Strongpoint]

So are we gonna start seeing decoy tanks and airplanes getting set up like they did in world war 1 and 2?

Those are already quite common on both sides.

[King Zultan]

So are we gonna start seeing decoy tanks and airplanes getting set up like they did in world war 1 and 2?

Those are already quite common on both sides.

I wasn't sure since I hadn't seen anyone mention it.

[Strongpoint]

here is an article about wooden HIMARSes back from September - https://nypost.com/2022/08/30/ukraine-building-decoy-himars-rockets-to-draw-russian-fire/

[Jerick]

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[scriver]

I knew one day my wargaming hobby would come to the rescue of my country

[MaxTheFox]

I knew one day my wargaming hobby would come to the rescue of my country

Putin seems to have the strategic skills of a below-average HOI4 player.