• protist
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    3 months ago

    It’s definitely a message, not an actual defensive fortification.

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      3 months ago

      I think it can be for two things at once. Definetly more for show, but increases annoyance/makes a possible invasion more annoying.

      Obviously I imagine they have a way to blow up the bridge too which sounds far more effective.

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          3 months ago

          Would make sense that main invasion would be from the east, but a second front may be opened to try and collapse the “enemy” who would likely be stretched thin.

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            If Russia tries to go to war with NATO, Kaliningrad is instantly blockaded and defeated. Russia can hide nothing in Kaliningrad

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              3 months ago

              Unless Trump withdraws, Russian war would have to be won in a week. By the time american logistical supplies and reinforcements start coming in strong, Russia is fucked.

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                3 months ago

                You don’t think Europe has the means to defend itself against Russia?! Lmao

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                  3 months ago

                  Just coming back to this, Russia has the capacity to produce multiple times the amount of shells than the entirety of europe can put together.

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                    3 months ago

                    Are we talking about the same Russia that is currently struggling to capture a single more square mile in Ukraine? Or are we talking about some mythological Russia of yore