▲ 452 ▼ It's day 1690. (reddthat.com) submitted 4 weeks ago by lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz locked 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.ml -27 points 4 weeks ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) Username doesn't check out permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.ml -11 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 weeks ago Fine, Russia themselves didn't say 3 days it was a intelligence report. Your point is made. However, Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying it would last "until 2025", and that wasn't until about 18 months into the invasion. It's well past that. The point that they haven't completed their invasion even in their own quoted timeline still stands. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago Let’s test it out. If you are genuinely interested in an answer to “where did the idea of a 3-day special military operation come from?”, here are some facts and sources. I suspect you put those qualifiers in there so you can dismiss them but let’s find out. There’s a few along those lines. 3 days, and official: a report of victory from state-run media about the conquest of Ukraine, released on 26 feb 2022 (and then quickly removed): https://www.newsweek.com/state-run-russian-news-site-accidentally-declares-ukraines-defeat-1683455 not Russia but Russian ally Lukashenko: https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1498185064617762816 not 3 days but a massive underestimate from Putin: https://time.com/3259699/putin-boast-kiev-2-weeks/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) Username doesn't check out permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.ml -11 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 weeks ago Fine, Russia themselves didn't say 3 days it was a intelligence report. Your point is made. However, Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying it would last "until 2025", and that wasn't until about 18 months into the invasion. It's well past that. The point that they haven't completed their invasion even in their own quoted timeline still stands. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] NonconfrontationaI@lemmy.ml -11 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 weeks ago Fine, Russia themselves didn't say 3 days it was a intelligence report. Your point is made. However, Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying it would last "until 2025", and that wasn't until about 18 months into the invasion. It's well past that. The point that they haven't completed their invasion even in their own quoted timeline still stands. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 weeks ago Fine, Russia themselves didn't say 3 days it was a intelligence report. Your point is made. However, Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying it would last "until 2025", and that wasn't until about 18 months into the invasion. It's well past that. The point that they haven't completed their invasion even in their own quoted timeline still stands. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago Let’s test it out. If you are genuinely interested in an answer to “where did the idea of a 3-day special military operation come from?”, here are some facts and sources. I suspect you put those qualifiers in there so you can dismiss them but let’s find out. There’s a few along those lines. 3 days, and official: a report of victory from state-run media about the conquest of Ukraine, released on 26 feb 2022 (and then quickly removed): https://www.newsweek.com/state-run-russian-news-site-accidentally-declares-ukraines-defeat-1683455 not Russia but Russian ally Lukashenko: https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1498185064617762816 not 3 days but a massive underestimate from Putin: https://time.com/3259699/putin-boast-kiev-2-weeks/ permalink fedilink source parent
