[RD] Russia Invades Ukraine: Eight

[Thorgalaeg]

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According to one of the many Buffons serving the Kremlin, increase of European aid to Ukraine is beginning to be felt in the front. He suddenly realizes European made weapons are better than the legendary (sic) Russian weapons. (translation: legendary = obsolete crap)

Maybe pissing off the good old Europe is not going to be a good idea at the end?

 

[Gedemon]

Institute for the Study of War

Ukrainian and US officials continue to negotiate the terms of temporary ceasefires on Black Sea operations and energy infrastructure strikes, indicating the ceasefires are not yet fully codified. Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy reported on March 26 that U

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Russian forces are reportedly poised to intensify offensive operations in several areas of the frontline in Spring and Summer 2025 in hopes of influencing ongoing ceasefire and peace negotiations. The Associated Press (AP), citing Ukrainian officials, reported on March 29 that Russian forces are preparing to launch a new offensive operation in an unspecified sector of the frontline in the coming weeks in order to maximize pressure on Ukraine and increase Russia's leverage in ongoing ceasefire negotiations.[13] Two diplomats from the Group of Seven (G7) countries told AP that they agree with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's recent warnings that Russia is preparing for intensified ground operations in Sumy, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhia oblasts.[14] Two Ukrainian commanders stated that Russian forces have recently intensified reconnaissance missions along the frontline and offensive operations in the Pokrovsk direction. Ukraine's Khortytsia Group of Forces Spokesperson Major Viktor Trehubov told AP that Russian forces have "recovered" after conducting a temporary operational pause in the Pokrovsk direction in early March 2025. A Ukrainian servicemember stated that Ukrainian intelligence has observed indicators of a significant Russian force grouping near Selydove (south of Pokrovsk). A Ukrainian battalion commander operating in the Donetsk Oblast told AP that there are concerns that Russia may redeploy forces from the Kursk Oblast to other areas of the frontline, such as the Pokrovsk direction.

 

[Zardnaar]

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According to one of the many Buffons serving the Kremlin, increase of European aid to Ukraine is beginning to be felt in the front. He suddenly realizes European made weapons are better than the legendary (sic) Russian weapons. (translation: legendary = obsolete crap)

Maybe pissing off the good old Europe is not going to be a good idea at the end?

Legend in their own minds.

 

[Akka]

I think "legendary" is probably a mistranslation due to semantic proximity between "old" and "legend", and what was actually meant was "obsolete/antiquated".

 

[Verbose]

Might meet in the middle as "legacy weapons"?

Things that are at the same time something of lasting importance, inherited, but thus also old... Seems to tick most of the boxes of how Russia has largely burned through their Soviet stockpiles. (Or Ukraine has burned through them rather...)

 

[Thorgalaeg]

Watching the video, I'd say that by legendary, he means legendary, so glorious weapons that has killed many Ukrainians, but it also means it's inferior and obsolete. He can't just say inferior and obsolete because he would lose Putin's blessings and eventually fall out of a window. That's the art of expression in Russia. It's like medieval artists who had to encode their religious or scientific ideas in their work or die at the stake.

 

[amadeus]

Also watched the video, he says after they need weapons both legendary and modern, which would imply to me that he means the Russian equipment is “stuff of legend,” and not a mistranslation of old or obsolete. That may have been the intended message, but from the language point of view (speaking as someone who can’t speak Russian) I assume that the translation is correct.

 

[EvaDK]

The Kremlin is also running out of Soviet era equipment that can be refurbished and reactivated. When the stockpiles are used up, they are gone forever. Also a severe lack of anti-air capacity, considering how many targets inside Russia the Ukrainians can hit with drones and missiles.

 

[Kyriakos]

It's a wonder how Russian weapons can both be ridiculously bad and imply the need that Eu spends almost a trillion euros in rearming to defend against them.
Reminds me of an aphorism by Kafka, where the horse, after the master which whipped it left, picks up the whip and hits itself so as to act like the master. Biden sold weapons to the Eu, now some countries there will emulate him, be sure that in the process we will become a military power similar to the US and not remain irrelevant.
If one wishes to go one step ahead, it also reminds me of a phrase in The South, by Borges, where the protagonist arming himself with a knife will not be a defense but the very pretext for murdering them.

 

[danjuno]

It's a wonder how Russian weapons can both be ridiculously bad and imply the need that Eu spends almost a trillion euros in rearming to defend against them.

Having crap equipment didn't stop Putin from invading Ukraine.

If one wishes to go one step ahead, it also reminds me of a phrase in The South, by Borges, where the protagonist arming himself with a knife will not be a defense but the very pretext for murdering them.

Putin has made his desires for Eastern Europe clear, not re-arming won't magically change them.

 

[Sarin]

It's a wonder how Russian weapons can both be ridiculously bad and imply the need that Eu spends almost a trillion euros in rearming to defend against them.

As was reiterated in this thread a myriad times...quantity.

 

[Birdjaguar]

It's a wonder how Russian weapons can both be ridiculously bad and imply the need that Eu spends almost a trillion euros in rearming to defend against them.

The EU uses better weapons and tech (sent to Ukraine) to offset the Ukrainian deficit in manpower and to hit targets away from the front lines.

 

[EvaDK]

It's a wonder how Russian weapons can both be ridiculously bad and imply the need that Eu spends almost a trillion euros in rearming to defend against them.

Not really, supposed you adhere to Theodore Roosevelts doctrine; speak softly and carry a big stick.
Much better to have sufficient military capacity and readiness and not need it, than not having it when you need it.

 

[Kyriakos]

Not really, supposed you adhere to Theodore Roosevelts doctrine; speak softly and carry a big stick.
Much better to have sufficient military capacity and readiness and not need it, than not having it when you need it.

Arms companies approve of this message ^^

 

[Gorbles]

Arms companies approve of this message ^^

And gas companies love Putin. Either he's paying them or the drive to divest is paying them.

We live in an interconnected world. These things aren't gotchas, the same way as "you participate in society? Curious!" isn't (to the extent that a popular meme was made out of it).

 

[Thorgalaeg]

Gas companies love Putin, and Russian arms companies are crazy for him. A fundamental detail some here tend to infallibly overlook.

 

[Kyriakos]

And gas companies love Putin. Either he's paying them or the drive to divest is paying them.

We live in an interconnected world. These things aren't gotchas, the same way as "you participate in society? Curious!" isn't (to the extent that a popular meme was made out of it).

"We live in a society" :/
Imo the horse allusion covers that too - as you can also see the horse as the people who (for their own reasons) think that those companies are secondary or incidental, while safety is the reason behind how reactionary the Eu has become in the issue of Ukraine. Deep down, they all want to imagine they aren't a horse, but the gentleman flogger; but flogging never was the defining trait of being a non-horse.

 

[Gedemon]

We don't need allusion, we need ammo.

 

[danjuno]

"We live in a society" :/
Imo the horse allusion covers that too - as you can also see the horse as the people who (for their own reasons) think that those companies are secondary or incidental, while safety is the reason behind how reactionary the Eu has become in the issue of Ukraine. Deep down, they all want to imagine they aren't a horse, but the gentleman flogger; but flogging never was the defining trait of being a non-horse.

Of course, arming yourself after a major power tramples your neighbor has nothing to do with safety.

 

[Gorbles]

"We live in a society" :/
Imo the horse allusion covers that too - as you can also see the horse as the people who (for their own reasons) think that those companies are secondary or incidental, while safety is the reason behind how reactionary the Eu has become in the issue of Ukraine. Deep down, they all want to imagine they aren't a horse, but the gentleman flogger; but flogging never was the defining trait of being a non-horse.

Who said they were secondary or incidental?

It's messy. The arms industry profits on both sides, though. All sides, even. No point finger wagging at supporting Ukraine. Not unless you oppose the entire system, at which point we're back to who is worse.

Going to have to go with "the imperialistic power illegally invading a lesser power". You'll find my position pretty consistent, too.