• Null User Object@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    The SBU said the operation "lasted for several months, with agents mining the “supports of this illegal construction.”

    “And today, without inflicting any civilian casualties, the first explosive was activated at 4:44 a.m.,” the SBU said.

    Emphasis mine. Genuinely curious how many more there are and what they’re waiting for.

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      While I obviously would like to hope that there’s a bunch more down there, I have a hard time seeing a situation where it would be preferable to alert your enemy to their presence rather than detonate them all at once.

      I rather think he’s alluding to the possibility that there are more to make russians spend more resources looking or alluding to that this can/will happen again.

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          I wish they didn’t, but they most likely do.

          The statistics from the past 1-1.5 years has shown that russia has done a decent job at protecting the most experienced/specialised soldiers, while using fresh, unspecialised troops for the meat waves.

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      If they have eyes on it, attack it when it’s being repaired is all I can come up with, but given their emphasis on no civilian casualties that might not line up properly.