Posted on 02/24/2022 4:00:59 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
A Ukrainian journalist, citing the country’s Interior Ministry, reported on Thursday that the country has distributed 10,000 automatic rifles to civilians since Russian leader Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale assault on Ukraine.
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They just lay seige to Kiev until the will to fight is gone?
Do the Russians really want street to street combat in Kiev?
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The real question is does the Ukrainian citizenry want street combat in Kiev? Judging by the clogged highways moving out of Ukraine, I think not.
Automatic rifles. No. Bolt action with scopes are more effective. Take them down one at a time over time.
Are there 10,000 Ukrainians willing to die for their country?
If Ukrainians are up to it they could turn this into Afghanistan 2.0 for the Russians in the long run. But do they have the will ?
Report was current this morning - 10,000 guns is a drop in the bucket against 150,000 plus air, artillery etc. Veteran Russian units are likely not even deployed yet.
I can’t say what I really think, but I’d point you to read about Holodomor. They might remember that one.
It’s not like as if the Russians were invading America where there are 434 million firearms in civilian possession.
https://www.guns.com/news/2020/11/17/data-us-has-434-million-guns-20m-ars-150m-mags
Behind every pile of snow.
[Report was current this morning - 10,000 guns is a drop in the bucket against 150,000 plus air, artillery etc. Veteran Russian units are likely not even deployed yet.]
No they don’t want that. They want to topple the government and install a puppet regime, who can then begin to placate and pacify the populace. Resistance will be strong but more likely out in the countryside rather than in large modern cities like Kiev. Nobody wants another Beirut.
All they’d need is mountains.
“Report: Ukraine Claims to Have Distributed 10,000 Automatic Rifles Since Russian Invasion”
In New York they’d be taking them away.
“Do the Russians really want street to street combat in Kiev?”
Ukrainians will go guerilla on them, with IEDs, ambushes, assassinations, etc. It will be worse than what Russia suffered in Afghanistan. This will take on the elements of a civil war, which is the most brutal, most unforgiving, most cruel type of fight there is.
The Soviets booby-trapped a lot of the buildings in Kiev before the Nazis arrived then started blowing them up after they were occupied by the Germans.
It was one of the main reasons cited for the reprisals that are known as “Babi Yar”.
Lots of ammo to be hauling around per citizen.
“Automatic rifles. No. Bolt action with scopes are more effective. Take them down one at a time over time.”
ABSOLUTELY! THEY wrote the book!
Klavdiya Kalugina, (Female) 257 German kills.
Vasily Zaytsev, 225 German soldiers and 11 enemy sniper kills.
Lyudmila Pavlichenko, (Female) 309 confirmed kills.
Ivan Sidorenko, 500 confirmed kills.
Vasilij Kvachantiradze, 534 kills.
And more! They alone completely demoralized the German army in Russia... Every officer was a rabbit in hiding from these soldiers.
“I can’t say what I really think, but I’d point you to read about Holodomor. They might remember that one.”
Wikipedia says it was a ‘famine’.
Without background checks?
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