# Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1)

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**Tags:** ukraine-invasion, breaking-news
**Created:** [February 24, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037 "2022-02-24T08:30:03Z")
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#### Post date: [April 2, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037/3889 "2022-04-02T19:34:47Z")

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Ah, “Ukrainian curling”…

Anti-tank mines are sometimes built so they require a significant amount of weight to detonate. Far more than what a person weighs. So… relatively safe, for an active war zone. Also, notice they only contact the sides of the mines, not the tops.

> [@JRDelirious](#):
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> And taking time to arm the motion sensors on the AT mines, if they’re the modern kind that has those. Which with the Russians, who knows if they even _themselves_ know if they have those.
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> Or else this is the Ukrainians trolling the Russians yet again.

Or all of the above.

> [@mordecaiB](#):
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> Whichever it is, it’s stupid. It’s not like explosives have never gone off when they weren’t supposed to. And kicking them to the side rather than removing them is doubly stupid.

People in a war zone of that sort often have a different approach to risk than those of us living peacefully do. After being surrounded by death, destruction, and danger for a month a person’s thinking can be altered and they’ll start doing things we’d consider crazy-risky.

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