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Re:Defensive tactics from the modern history of urban warfare by bell-cot on Saturday February 26, 2022 @04:52PM (#30482328)
+10 (if I could). For those less familiar with the role of Kiev in Russian history:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus

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Re:Defensive tactics from the modern history of urban warfare by samstave on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:10PM (#30483649)
Dan Carlin's Hard Core History has an AMAZING history of Russia... I cant find which cast, but check out his site, as he has free episodes, but in addition - he puts some of the other eps in his shop on sale, for free!

I just got these:

https://imgur.com/a/XkgvjQf

https://www.dancarlin.com

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Re:Defensive tactics from the modern history of urban warfare by aliswe on Sunday February 27, 2022 @10:17AM (#30489162)
Kiev is not Kyiv!
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Re:Defensive tactics from the modern history of urban warfare by bell-cot on Sunday February 27, 2022 @10:35AM (#30489356)
And Constantinople is not Istanbul. The point ant6n made (grandparent post) was about the worldview of the (roughly) conservative old Russian nationalists who are dropping the bombs, and how much destruction they might find acceptable.
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