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Why does Russia strike electric power in Ukraine?
I find it hard to believe that the general population of Ukraine would be seriously demoralised by occasional power cuts
Do you own a fridge at home, an AC unit perhaps? Have you ever been in a ...
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If the US wishes for de-escalation, why doesn't it provide Israel with only defensive weapons?
Let's just look at the list cited in the Q:
"good" weapons
aid to Ukraine was largely antiaircraft / antitank weapons,
"bad" weapons
50 F-15 fighter jets, Advanced Medium Range ...
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If the US wishes for de-escalation, why doesn't it provide Israel with only defensive weapons?
Because the best defense is a good offense. Think for a second if Ukraine had the ATACMS etc. to hit the Russian concentrations as they were massing across the border in 2022. Or even as they were ...
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What are they fighting over in Pakistan?
The BLA, which has claimed the most recent attacks in Balochistan is nominally fighting for independence, or at least more autonomy. There's a strong ethnic/xenophobic component to their movement. The ...
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Why does Russia strike electric power in Ukraine?
I find it hard to believe that the general population of Ukraine would be seriously demoralised by occasional power cuts. If anything it might increase in-person social contact and solidarity, and ...
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Why does Russia strike electric power in Ukraine?
Because it's previously been demonstrated to be effective. E.g. Serbia capitulated in the 1999 Kossovo War, soon after it's electrical infrastructure started getting hit hard:
Only during the last ...
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Why does Russia strike electric power in Ukraine?
As I've said before, Putin entered this conflict as a prestige war, not a purposive war. He wasn't looking for (and was not prepared for) a full-scale military conflict. He was operating on the 'bully'...
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Why does Russia strike electric power in Ukraine?
By targeting civilians, Russia is deliberately violating international humanitarian law. It seeks in vain to break the morale of the Ukrainian nation. By indiscriminately striking cities, Russia seeks ...
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Why does Russia strike electric power in Ukraine?
I don't know if the Russian military has published doctrinal documents that discuss this in some detail (like the US has), but at the level of declarations from the top, at least in April 2024 Putin ...
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Why does Russia strike electric power in Ukraine?
Electrical capacity, like other forms of infrastructure, is a necessity for a properly functioning industrial base. Damage to infrastructure makes it hard for material, people, and necessities to be ...
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Why does Russia strike electric power in Ukraine?
Well it's an attack on the civilian population and thus bordering war crimes if not already that. In case of attacks on nuclear power plants it's also a major health and environmental issue which ...
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Why does the USMC perform duties which are in the remit of the Army?
The original mandate of the US Marine Corps was to secure and defend ships at sea and remote outposts that (at that time) could only be reached by sea: foreign ports, embassies, etc. During the ...
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Why does the USMC perform duties which are in the remit of the Army?
In every other country, marines are subordinate to the navy and are used mostly in operations which fall under the remit of the term
Contra to what you assert about "every other country", ...
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Why did American Airlines suspend all flights to Israel until April 2025?
IDK much about the latest extension, but back in 2023, it seems it was due to pressure from their union, the APA, which put out a statement that flying into a war zone is inadvisable, after Netanyahu ...
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