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submitted 3 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Ukrainian forces staged an overnight ambush on a Russian convoy 25 miles inside the international border in Russia’s Kursk province, as the Kremlin declared a federal emergency and said it was transferring extra forces to try to snuff out a four-day incursion that has badly damaged its credibility.

A video circulated by Russian military bloggers showed a destroyed convoy, with bodies just visible inside some trucks, on the E38 east-west highway at Oktyabrskoe, a location far deeper inside Russia than any previously confirmed fighting since Ukraine’s forces crossed the border on Tuesday.

Commentators said the attack, reminiscent of Ukrainian attacks on Russian troops besieging Kyiv in the first weeks of the war, demonstrated an effective hit-and-run strategy, but the incursion appeared likely to draw an escalating response from the Kremlin, and its overall outcome remains profoundly uncertain.

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[-] Linktank@lemmy.today 12 points 3 months ago

How long until China simply attacks Russia and absorbs 50%+ of their land mass?

[-] Eggyhead@kbin.run 34 points 3 months ago

China won’t attack Russia. They’ll simply start moving there and gaslight that it’s Chinese land.

[-] sparkle@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

Literally Texas

[-] Nutteman@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

I dont understand, why doesn't Ross, the largest of the friends, not simply eat the other friends?

[-] Landslide7648@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 months ago

China has zero interest in harming Russia at this stage. The US and its allies are investing massive resources in Ukraine, so is Russia. Russia needs chinas goodwill and tech to keep going, that’s a win. The US can’t use the money it puts into Ukraine into the pacific, that’s another win.

China is happy if everything stays as it is

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

There's probably some plan for that depending on how much chaos occurs when Putin croaks. Their objectives will likely include securing as many nukes as possible. Land mass will be secondary.

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