Does the Tank Have a Future?

Re:Does the Tank Have a Future? by whimsicalism on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @03:59PM (#31758638)

> Russian isn't banned in Ukraine. Millions of Ukrainians use Russian in their day to day life just fine. You can here Russian spoken by Ukrainians on the battlefield.

It is illegal to have Russian language radio stations, Russian language schools, and for government to communicate officially in Russian (in addition to Ukrainian & English). Of course people still speak Russian in Ukraine.

> There were artillery exchanges between both sides targeting military fortifications. Civilian casualties in the last few years have been minimal.

Yes from both sides. 3.4k civilian casualties prior to the actual war.

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Re:Does the Tank Have a Future? by The_Colonel on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @04:34PM (#31759107)

> Of course people still speak Russian in Ukraine.

Then it's not banned as you claimed.

> Yes from both sides. 3.4k civilian casualties prior to the actual war.

With 3000 out of that in 2014 and 2015. In 2021 - 18 civilian deaths, half of that caused by unexploded shells/mines - https://ukraine.un.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/Conflict-...

War in Donbas was actually dying out in the past few years, until Putin decided to escalate it and cause deaths of 10 000s.

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