I'm beginning to wonder did they plant something on the Atlantic fibre optic cables and have the British, French or American navies been able to verify that they have not...
That Atlantic drill and the various Russian vessels that were spotted in waters near cables over the last number of months is all a bit suspicious.
The vast majority of those cable routes aren't in Irish waters at all btw, and they're strategic infrastructure for the whole of the EU, the UK and the the US and Canada.
They're very deep but they're not entirely unreachable if someone has developed weapons specifically for that purpose.
You're also not necessarily talking about anything as sophisticated as tapping and hacking, they could be simply some device that cuts them or damages them with some kind of explosive charge.
Given the timing, it really doesn't seem beyond the realms of possibility. It's not by any means technically beyond a country like Russia with very serious competence in submarines, submersibles, weapons systems and so on. I mean they landed multiple probes on the surface of Venus. I think they could easily do something like this.
2 large explosions heard in Kyiv
Two ditherers ‘leading’ the UK and USA…wtf is going on ? Putin threatening NATO and the US…fûck it the whole ’west’ he’s threatening…. complete radio silence as a sovereign and peaceful nation…the Ukraine is attacked and civilians murdered. Russia have Chernobyl…
The fûck is this Biden and Boris pair up to….
looking at Bidens TV address from earlier… as Russia attempts to fûck up The Ukraine and do whatever else… as it becomes an established and tangible threat to the lives of millions of people…Biden… essentially proud as punch saying how he and partners will mess with the Russian economy, make it harder for Russian businesses,
He is commenting on what’s happening but not providing a single solution… a relaxed demeanour, a smile cracked..
Europe is on its own…
Macron did a press conference at just after 2am Irish time but just as part of a group at the end of the EUCO meeting.
It wasn't an address.
Welcome Putin apologist
Made the mistake of looking at Mick Wallace's Twitter page. The man is a disgrace, anti-war my ar*e. That man has been got at by some government or another.
The people of Ukraine feel abandoned, sanctions won't help them, those will effect others in the weeks and months ahead, but right now no one is helping them.
Unless there is a strong reaction - beyond stop that now - I fear it will be
Been following this elsewhere today..some sporadic elevated levels seen on some measurement sites (and not on others) from everything going on...thinking of the elderly people who moved back into the exclusion zone. Dust could be dislodging from the land/forest (which went on fire last year and also raised levels) and a possible hit on a storage area(no4northwest area mentioned)...no images to confirm this from what I have seen as of yet.
https://mobile.twitter.com/AdityaRajKaul/status/1496858233041944578
IAEA has veen informed of following
https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/02/24/russian-forces-in-ukraine-seize-chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant
Images of forces arriving there..apologies if already posted
https://mobile.twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1496906210418827272
https://mobile.twitter.com/Militarylandnet/status/1496897672548130823
It seems the plant is still a switching station for other forms of power for the capital. Hence of strategical importance.
I have a real sense that this IS WWIII
Are you surprised? The Western allies have repeatedly said that they are not going to deploy troops. Such is the fear of engagement and consequent escalation, they aren't willing to even conduct any evacuation flights.
Ukraine will have to defend itself. That's why this is likely to be a bitter, bloody and drawn out conflict
Macron: "This is not a crisis, it's a war"
Free pints for life in his local.
5 aircraft shot down makes him an ace
"This “will take a long time to play out,” Blinken told the lawmakers, the person told CNN.
He told members that how long this goes “is mostly dependent on the Ukrainian people.” Blinken added: “Will they allow themselves to be subjected to a puppet government?""
Straight up saying they're leaving Ukraine to their fate?
Monsieur Macron!
Le snore...
Eh?
You need to get up and adress la Nation.
Mon dieu, it is 2am. Why?
It has been announced on boards.ie.
Probably completely made up, but a nice thought
It's from the HBO miniseries 'Chernobyl'.
Thats from Chernobyl series. Radiation level 3.6 rentgen, thats what the meter was showing, but 3.6 was the max on the meter, when in reality it was waaaaayyyyy over that
He is just the boards twitterati
Watching the Kiev live stream. All quiet so far.
I've seen you post stuff like this before. Forgive my ignorance, but what is it supposed to mean?
I think the OP has mistaken the address as the one Macron did early yesterday
Hard to know what they have left after last night.
Looks like the Flankers got in on the action as well:
3.6
Mig 29s apparently scored some shoot downs earlier
@animalinside do not post in this thread again
The Ukrainian Air Force appears to still be at least partially operational, so a couple of their Su-27s could cause a whole lot of problems. Also, if there are any S-300 batteries still operational, they should be able to take them out, provided the bombers aren't escorted by a SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defence) package.
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