Looking at map, they are aiming for Krupyansk along main road west to east, which is the rail hub for whole north east down to Donbass
To the north of that there are no roads plus a river and what looks like swamps? from what can see
Ya this was my own assessment too tbf, I just can't understand how they got through so easily.
I know the Ukraine's had allowed them to reinforce the south for weeks before they actually cut the crossing and they had taken a lot of troops from the region for this purpose. But to leave themselves so exposed is baffling.
I guess I just over estimated their competency, and i wasn't that high on it in the first place.
I think everyone overestimated russian forces first of all,the myth of the russian bear is long gone
meanwhile somewhere in Russia
Jokes aside, we have someone publicly moving against Putin now
It's worse than we thought, Saucer Boy seems to be able to breathe our air !!!
I still think Russia is a joke
Perhaps the russian people are starting to open their eyes,i hope so
Those deputies are either very brave or very stupid. Probably the latter. Given everything we know about Putin he will likely lash out against them. Their only hope is if it starts a wave of likeminded motions.
That's amazing if true. I think a lot of top brass are appalled by all this.
Ukraine makes alot of progress,probably more than Russia have made in 3 months
If Putin gets, er, replaced and a new leader is appointed - It's hard to see the new leader not accepting pulling out of Crimea to get back into World's good graces. If they don't they'll just face the same fate as Botox face. Then there's reparations...
These deputies should be well recognised for their bravery here. This is the closest we've seen to the russian's waging war on Putin themselves and he has shown not to tolerate this sort of insubordination in the past.
Fingers crossed this is just the spark needed to ignite a wage of civil unrest
Crimea would be a tough loss to swallow, purely because most Russians truly believe it is theirs. The loss of Crimea will bring down any Russian President. For that reason it would be best for his successor if it was lost under Putin's watch.
Looks like Putins boyfriend Lukashensko will have his hands full in the future as well
People are starting to wake up from the tyranny
Remember there's thousands of Belarusians fighting alongside Ukrainians, they will be eventually going home .
Aye. The general gist I've gotten over the years from talking with Russians(after Russia annexed Crimea, so it came up a few times in convo) was they very much consider it Russia. They varied regarding Donbas/Ukraine in general/what "wider Russia" means, but not over Crimea.
Completely agree. I think the loss of Crimea would be a catalyst for either lots of good things or one very bad thing
Crimea is 27,000 Sq. Kms (Wikipedia) so equivalent to 164 x 164 which is less than 4 times Cork County (Wikipedia 7,500 Sq. Kms) if I'm correct
We are up to double the area liberated than Russia acquired in two months
Belarussians have always been awake to Lukashensko. While Putin is a dictator, he has always had a good degree of support in Russia, United Russia only need to massage elections a little and control the press.
Lukashensko on the other hand is truely hated, enjoys almost no support and counts votes before an election.
Sending complaints to the duma is just a stunt, for whatever reason. The duma is the most rubber of rubber stamps, it's not a parliament, it's a collection of yes men & women.
Something no Russian ever wanted to see .
Humvees racing towards their positions with 50cals signing their death tunes
Another special delivery from the Norwegians this time,
350 land based hellfire missles , finally hellfires heading to Ukraine
Love the views
exactly,and they know what they are fighting for
Several explosions have targeted collaborators in Melitopol
Shock and awe ala Blitzkrieg
That looks like an absolutely lethal defensive system. Not the most mobile, and probably not the best option for offensive operations unless you mount them on a vehicle, but if properly emplaced, you can set up one hell of a kill zone for tanks or armored vehicles with these things, especially if you set them up for remote control.
It's also a generational thing to a large degree. The older generation can see him as good for the nation, and he apparently was in the early days and was a very popular politician and then he went nuts with power. It's the younger generation that have little or no time for him and see him as an old fart, a sad reminder of the past.
Good news
I ain’t getting any work done today 😂 good news keeps on rolling
That is true Wibbs, he did steer Belarus away from Russia in the first decade of his rule and that did make him popular. However his reinduction of Serfdom made him immediately widely hated amoungst all generations.
If he had not run like F***ing coward to big Daddy in Moscow 2 years he would have been another Gadaffi or Ceaușescu.
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