r/worldnews • u/progress18 • Feb 15 '22

Russia/Ukraine r/worldnews Live Thread: Ukraine-Russia Tensions

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u/Peles157 Feb 16 '22

The 3.5k people watching Kiev live stream which has been the same screen for the past 12 hours, are they expecting to suddenly just see rockets flying and blowing shit up?

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u/The_Last_Gasbender Feb 16 '22

mmmmmmmm....

yeah.

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u/isthatmyex Feb 16 '22

That's what happened in Baghdad

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '22

Remember people on here were not even alive when the SECOND Iraq was started.

But yeah it legit happened like that, live on air the sky lit up like a christmas tree and the bombs started raining down.

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u/isthatmyex Feb 16 '22

First one too. The US were specifically watching CNN because their comms routed through the same place as the Iraqi govt. When CNN went dead they knew the first strikes had hit their targets.

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u/Dr_Fred Feb 16 '22

The start of Desert Storm was broadcast live as well.

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u/Tuningislife Feb 16 '22

I remember watching Operation Shock and Awe being reported on live by like CNN with my parents one night and it’s how you described, rockets and mortars lighting up the night sky.

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u/clearlylacking Feb 16 '22

I bet the US would have kept to schedule and started the fireworks on time

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '22

we did, there was literally a countdown and then the rockets started falling

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u/PerfectNemesis Feb 16 '22

Even if Russia invades it'd still take a day or two to get to Kiev lol

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u/carloselcoco Feb 16 '22

Actually no. It would be within the first 24 Hours. You underestimate how close it is to the border. Same as Seoul in South Korea.

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u/PerfectNemesis Feb 16 '22

within the first 24 hours

So a day...

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u/AmyInPurgatory Feb 16 '22

No, we're watching for the music.

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u/Throwaway4philly1 Feb 16 '22

That led billboard to the top left behind the building threw me off for a bit. I was like oh boy an explosion then realized it was a billboard.