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Almost 90 bombs were dropped in one region in just 24 hours.

Russia unleashed an unprecedented bombardment in southern Ukraine overnight in what local officials described as a “massive attack” in the conflict which has continued to rage even as the international community’s attention has moved to the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

The Ukrainian Internal Affairs Ministry on Monday morning said Russia dropped at least “87 aerial bombs on populated areas of the Kherson region - the largest number for all time.” At least eight people were also injured in other Russian strikes carried out in the Odessa region further to the west on Sunday night.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They said that the Hamas attack took at least one year to plan, maybe 18 months. Putin thought he would win the war on Ukraine quickly.

So I have my doubts that this was perfectly orchestrated to take attention away at the right time.

Russia and Iran's strategy is more likely loosely aligned.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Putin would have steamrolled Ukraine quickly if Trump had been reelected. There's a reason Russian troops massed on the Ukraine border right at the election. Putin couldn't back down when Trump lost, and lose face.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He probably could have, haha dumb westerners thought we were going to invade. They've trolled before.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

They could just have said their special military training exercise was just that, an exercise.

But imagine that, a Russia that isn't lying.

[–] Thief_of_Crows 2 points 9 months ago

Presumably he knew there was more than an outside chance the war took over a year. And it could easily have been assisted by Russia while already in the works.