We are now beginning to enter the stage of the war where Russia is unable to sustain a general offensive all the way up and down the frontline and must resort to terrorism to project fear and the illusion of unstoppable, corrupted power.

Expect more and more of this crap as Russia is less and less able to credibly fight a ground war.

Remember, acts of terrorism definitionally rely on propaganda creating mass panic for their power as if the perpetrators of the terrorism possessed true power they would have resorted to actual coordinated military action such as fighting on the frontline or taking territory.

In otherwords if Russia chooses to attempt something like this, it is by definition a sign of extreme weakness on their part as was the lazy attempt to claim Ukraine tried to assassinate Putin.

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[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are you in the front? Ukraine is really using maxim guns?

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am, we have one in our unit (for real I was shocked) but nobody uses it of course. Problem is it's a weapon so every time we are moving there is a lot of space used by that junk. 😅

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Source for those who dont believe you: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2022/05/11/why-ukraines-army-still-uses-a-100-year-old-machinegun

But pictured is a PM M1910, not a Maxim gun. Never trust a journalist with gun knowledge.

That you use PM M1910 also makes more sense since it's the Russian version of a Maxim.

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 week ago

There is an old copypasta about brauning (I think) being used on mars. 😅