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Does Ukraine have any weapons to attack Russia on Russian soil? (Original Post) scarytomcat Feb 2022 OP
If Ukraine drives Russian forces out, they need to go to Minsk and topple that fucker Lukashenko. roamer65 Feb 2022 #1
Their force projection capabilities are limited DetroitLegalBeagle Feb 2022 #2
thanks scarytomcat Feb 2022 #4
No, we made them give up their nukes iemanja Feb 2022 #3

DetroitLegalBeagle

(1,926 posts)
2. Their force projection capabilities are limited
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 10:44 PM
Feb 2022

They can maybe strike a couple hundred miles into Russia. They don't possess long range missiles. They retired their bombers in the early 2000's. Currently they only have fighters and attack aircraft. Which with the amount of SAM's the Russians have, an attack via air wouldn't be advisable. Ground forces could invade, but they probably lack the logistical capability to go to far from their own territory. So they lack any real capability beyond some quick raids across the border. And doing so would almost certainly trigger a massive retaliation by Russia.

iemanja

(53,069 posts)
3. No, we made them give up their nukes
Thu Feb 24, 2022, 10:46 PM
Feb 2022

Under the promise that we'd protect them.

This was in the early 90s, under pappy Bush.

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