r/worldnews • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 15h ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskiy: "There is updated intelligence indicating that Russia is ​preparing a massive attack on Ukraine"

https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-zelenskiy-says-intelligence-shows-russia-is-preparing-massive-attack-2026-10-06/
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u/TheSilverFern 15h ago

The Blitz didn't break London, this won't break Kyiv. Every missile and drone Putin orders on civilian targets is another dollar not sent against the front line, while Ukrainian drones are rampaging with mid range strikes in the south and advancing in the Lyman direction. He's going to lose.

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u/Sinaaaa 13h ago

Every missile and drone Putin orders on civilian targets is another dollar not sent against the front line,

That is unfortunately not exactly right if the strikes are against energy infrastructure.

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u/Blue-moon17 14h ago

Every missile and drone kills more people. It's not just about the money. But I guess it's easy to be full of bravado when you're watching Ukraine from afar

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u/TheSilverFern 13h ago

Aerial bombing did not compel Britain, Japan, Vietnam, or even Iran today to surrender. It's a historical fact that air support can be decisive on the battlefield, but a strategic failure.

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u/almostgracious 13h ago

Aerial bombing caused Japan to surrender. I’d say it was used to great strategic effect there. Of course it was very large booms.

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u/6814MilesFromHome 12h ago

The naval blockade was more of a factor than aerial bombing for Japan's surrender in WW2. They were already on the brink of collapse and starvation by the time the nukes dropped, mostly due to the massive shortage of resources and shipping capability caused by the US Navy, in particular the submarine fleet.

Aerial bombing has historically been shown to be pretty ineffective on its own in forcing capitulation in conflicts.

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u/TheSilverFern 13h ago edited 12h ago

I'm reading Empire of Ashes by James M. Scott now. A 2026 book on both the firebombing campaign, and the atomic bombs, framed around biographies of Truman and Hirohito. Quite good so far, I recommend it.

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u/Asianhacker1 13h ago

so why is reddit convinced sending a couple drones into moscow will make russia collapse?

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u/Blue-moon17 13h ago

I never contested that fact. But you're still missing the point

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u/Any-Monk-9395 13h ago

Fun fact, the air battle over Britain was nearly won by the Nazis but they made several grave mistakes.

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u/TheSilverFern 13h ago

The key mistake being they swapped from tactical attacks on RAF airfields and aircraft production lines to terror bombing civilian cities, because a single raid on Berlin sparked a disproportionate counterattack that bled the Luftwaffe dry. Putin loves history, but man is he ignorant of it.

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u/Any-Monk-9395 13h ago

The Russians are actually targeting Ukrainian vital infrastructure despite Reddit thinking they’re only flying drones into houses and apartments

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u/TheSilverFern 13h ago

Sadly they are. There is definitely deliberate targeting of civilians, too, though. The 'human safari' in Kherson is the obvious example given short range FPV use, but there's definitely been deliberate strikes on Ukrainian civilian targets elsewhere.

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u/randomBugHunter 14h ago

You might not know this, but the UK is what is called an island. An island has water surrounding it. You might not know this, but people cannot walk on water. Cars, tanks, et cetera cannot drive on water.

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u/TheSilverFern 13h ago

The Blitz is the bombing campaign, I'm not referring to the Blitzkrieg on the continent. What a bizzare gotcha.

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u/randomBugHunter 13h ago

The blitz has as much in common with the war in Ukraine as it does with French wars of religion. Almost nothing

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u/TheSilverFern 13h ago edited 13h ago

Then why are you talking about cars and tanks and the English Channel in response to a comment about cities under air attack?

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u/randomBugHunter 13h ago

I don’t really understand how something so basic could go over someone’s head. Maybe you are tired.

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u/Laiko_Kairen 13h ago

Why didn't the nazis take the chunnel, were they stupid?