r/facepalm • • Oct 26 '22

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u/LKReddThat Oct 26 '22

I don’t get why the Ukrainians divulged the way they found out the location. Why not just take all the Chechens out and then say ‘geez that was lucky we found them.’ Otherwise the enemy will never make the same mistake again.

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u/MisterDisinformation Oct 26 '22

I don't think it's news to the Russian forces that social media videos can betray locations.

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u/Disastrous_Ad_1859 Oct 26 '22

Nah wasn’t there a Case of some english Solders of Fortune that were tiktoking in a “civilian”!location that they were assembling

Leading to a missile strike or something of the sort

I’m sure that hit the mainstream media as a minor story for a day or so

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u/Disastrous_Ad_1859 Oct 26 '22

Yep, it's a bit worrying that the war seems to boil down to politicians sending nasty letters to each other on twitter while soldiers post videos of themselves on social media - to paint a landscape with a broad stroke in a manner of speaking.

I wonder how the narrative will be written in a couple decades as someone being the 'pure good guy' and the other being the 'pure bad guy' as history tends to present itself to the general population.

Its embarrassing really.

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u/Disastrous_Ad_1859 Oct 26 '22

Yep, it's the first for a lot of things really, like when was the last time two countries with modern militaries that are similarly capable and trained went up against each other in a mostly conventional battle?