Ukraine wiped out 100 Russian troops at once in a strike showcasing the range and power of its new US ATACMS - eviltoast
A Ukrainian ATACMS long-range missile strike reportedly killed over 100 Russian soldiers in Luhansk, showing the range of Ukraine's new missiles.
  • Ukrainian forces took out more than 100 Russian soldiers with an ATACMS missile, per OSINT analysts.
  • Four ATACMS were used to target the group, one analyst said.
  • The soldiers would have been out of reach of Ukraine’s shorter-range ATACMS missiles.

A Ukrainian ATACMS long-range missile strike killed more than 100 Russian soldiers in an occupied region 50 miles from the front line, according to OSINT and military analysts.

Ukrainian forces targeted a Russian military training area some 50 miles behind the front line in the occupied Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, per an assessment by The Institute for the Study of War.

According to two aerial geolocated videos posted on Wednesday by X user Osinttechnical, an account affiliated with the Centre for Naval Analyses, Ukraine appeared to strike the training area with three US-supplied M39 ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles.

  • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
    282·
    6 months ago

    Right now we should care about the Ukrainian casualties because they are the ones defending themselves against Russian occupation. Russian soldiers are part of an invading force and the fewer Russian troops the sponer the war will end. It does not matter how many are there willingly or not when they are part of an occupying force.

    We can care about the conscripted Russian soldiers who were forced to fight against their will after the war.

        • iAmTheTot@kbin.social
          36·
          6 months ago

          I don’t have a direct line to Putin to take it up with him.

          Valuing human life isn’t coming across as approval of Putin’s actions, is it? Cause that would be a weird conclusion to draw, imho.

            • iAmTheTot@kbin.social
              43·
              6 months ago

              Yes, I think it is weird. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is unconscionable and tragic. This view does not conflict with expressing remorse that 100 human beings were killed in the blink of an eye. The fact that you think holding the latter opinion means the person must be making a political statement is sad.

      • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        181·
        6 months ago

        I care quite a bit about the Russian soldiers who left Russia.

        I care quite a bit about the Russian soldiers who waved the white flag.

        I care quite a bit about the Russian solders who refused their orders and stayed in Russia.

        I do not care about the Russian invaders. They made their choice, they will now live (or die) with them.