Update from BBC on the military situation... and that convoy:
Close analysis of the latest satellite images by McKenzie Intelligence Services reveals the following:
Separately, the imagery examined by McKenzie Intelligence Services shows a Russian parachute battalion dug in to the area of Hostomel airfield - Ukraine's most important international cargo airport and a key military airbase near Kyiv. But their artillery is assessed to be outside the range of most of the capital.
Interesting..
I agree with you, thats pretty much what theyre doing. "Don't get involved or the nukes will fly and we all lose" - I dont condone it, but you have to recognise it, and also recognise that it works both ways - NATO may not intervene officially, but Russia also will not attack NATO or EU either.
Ironically Nuclear weapons are the only thing preventing WW3 here
The hit on the TV tower resulted in a family being burned alive. I've seen the vid. Vile.
Do you not remember Covid? 😁
"We have to expand, otherwise they'll expand."
The American government put out an instructional on what to do in case of a nuke strike. They actually said to socially distance in the bunkers. No joke 😂
😂
Has this 'Colonel' ever heard of Opsec? You said the loud part quiet and the quiet part loud Luka!
It’s funny, the word “agreement” - the world has had lots of “agreements” with Russia until a few days ago- how has it gone so horribly wrong in such a small space of time? Russia is obviously capable of “agreement” but is choosing now not to agree to anything.
Looks like Kharkiv getting pounded again
Yeah looks like more false promises
Two rocket attacks and not one hits the actual target, the TV tower, instead bombing the cemetary and killing five civilians. The Russian command must have their faces in their hands when their Master is not looking at them. And then the rest of the army on the highway without sufficient supplies still, so cannot commit to the invasion. When are they going to cut their losses and advance the 'negotiations' so that they basically reset the clock to Minsk?
Edit: one missile hit the base of the tower and will have damaged it, while another hit the control room nearby.
The 4 sectors on the map mirror the old historical regions (Central, Eastern, Western, Southern).
See map on bottom right at this link
Historical regions in present-day Ukraine - Wikipedia
Eh it's not just possible, it's obvious.
Their JustEat app is blocked. I mean where would you expect 150k troops to eat?
It was an idea put forward. They changed their mind. This happens all the time. I suspect further analysis showed it was too risky in terms of the jets themselves being shot down by Russian fighters and/or the possibility of escalating the conflict.
Solovyov, the interviewer, is a big mate of Putins. He has nothing to fear. Same man has had his 2 multi-million villas in Italy seized until - whenever
Great to see someone laughing right in the face of Lukashenko
He's this centurys Mussolini, the slow cousin who keeps f*cking up the war effort
No surprise there. It sounded a bit rushed and not thought out when it broke the other night.
Putin threatened to hold countries responsible for the use of donated arms a few days ago, that and the fact that Ukrainian airforce doesnt have much left in facilities/russian air superiority probably weighed in.
Its Transnistria - the break away pro russian Moldovan region -
Sounds more like some people in NATO have had stern words along the lines of " what the **** do you think you are doing ? "
Maybe a good idea to get everything sorted before making an announcement and building the hopes of 40 million people that are under attack.
The Poles I'm fairly certain are providing them. Ukrainian pilots were in Poland over the weekend, and I think you can take the "we can neither confirm or deny" statement as a read that Poland are doing more than they would like to be made public. Talking to Polish friends, their blood is seriously up about the invasion and that sentiment seems to be nationwide. It's a diplomatic and security tightrope all these countries are walking and not everything will be put out there for public consumption.
Looks like another Grozny in Chechnya in 1999
Russia also will not attack NATO or EU either.
You keep saying this like it was 1+1 = 2.
A lot of people were just as adamant Putin wouldn't invade Ukraine. Nobody knows his mind.
I have the feeling NATO are a bit more involved than we like to think as well
Yeah there is a rabid hatred for the Russian state in Poland, centuries of brutality will do that.
Any attack on NATO or EU is a war against nuclear powers = mutually assured destruction. The maths on that are quite clear, even to Vladimir Putin.
Apparently Russia Today will off the air later today across Europe according to it's distribution company in Luxembourg.
It's a highly fluid dynamic situation with multiple parties involved, in a perfect world maybe, but in reality I'd say it's next to impossible to have anything set in stone until it is. I think so far they've been surprisingly coordinated, the EU alone is 27 countries, all with different interests and foreign relationships. Complex stuff.
You're assuming he's an entirely rational actor in the full of his mental and physical health.
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