• Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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            24 hours ago

            TIL

            Ukrainian intelligence sent about 20 experienced drone operators and about 150 first-person-view drones to the rebel headquarters in Idlib, Syria, four to five weeks ago to help Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the leading rebel group based there, the knowledgeable sources said.

            • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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              I love it because it’s noncredible as fuck. A nation being invaded says “Hey let’s go fuck up Russia’s proxy war too.” Like who the hell??

              And it worked. Absolutely bonkers.

        • psud@aussie.zone
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          Russia unable to devote any military force to anything else while it tries to win in Ukraine

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        3 days ago

        They took Russia out. I’m not sure Iran and Hezbollah are invested on it enough to keep it without help.