# Russia invades Ukraine -- The regional situation

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**Created:** [December 30, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-the-regional-situation/995349 "2023-12-30T18:43:41Z")\
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A post in the Breaking News thread shared footage of a Russian convoy being wiped out by a HIMARS strike. This led to the following posts that don’t really belong in the Breaking News thread. Since the side-discussion was prompted by Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine, I am posting the Iraq video (mentioned in the quotes) here.

> [@Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972/7591):
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> The analysis is interesting. He identifies the cannister falling and then the cluster bombs afterwards.
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> I wouldn’t make a good intelligence analyst. I just see a blurry mess until things are pointed out.

> [@Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972/7592):
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> “These three likely survived, unless a far-flung bit of debris managed to bonk them.” 😆

> [@Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972/7594):
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> There was also one sorta funny one in General Schwarzkopf’s briefing in the wind-down of Gulf I. He said something like, « And here’s footage of one of the luckiest men in Iraq ».

> [@Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-2/973972/7595):
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> I remember that one. Very funny, in a terrifying way.

In case anyone doesn’t remember, here is the [video of Iraq’s ‘luckiest man’.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AjCAuYkrgA)

(I really wish I could just post YouTube links directly in MPSIMS. I’ve seen instructions on how to do it, but I haven’t been able to make them work.)

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