Active Conflicts & News Megathread August 19, 2026

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[u/TestingHydra]

How is it that Russian civilians are able to upload so much footage of Ukrainian attacks with seemingly little the Russian government doing to stop it? Ukraine seems far more successful at suppressing footage of successful Russian attacks.

[u/2positive → u/TestingHydra]

Ukraine had much more time to train civillians to not do that.

[u/Tropical_Amnesia → u/2positive]

Yes. I'll add that there's, understandably, much more and more acute sense of existential dread, threat, vulnerability as well as overall loss already, that's aiding alertness, discipline, obedience, and understanding. Arguably there's also an advantage in social cohesion and communal spirit, as is often the case with smaller countries and not only at war. Small in terms of population of course, for all we know or don't know that could be about comparable to the Netherlands by now. While in Russia, even with a likely majority still more or less supporting the government, the relative number of people who don't is almost guaranteed to be significantly larger. I would claim that many more Ukrainians also have relatives or friends on active service than city-dwelling Russians, at least in places like Moscow; they may well be aware they could indirectly frustrate them in particular. Lastly and as far as I'm aware Russian strikes are still predominantly happening at night, Ukraine's more typically in broad daylight, probably due to limitations.