A Twitter link to a video was provided by a member here yesterday. Its turret was blown off.EDIT: Oryx blog confirms the same 1 lost T-80. 30 sounds like fantasy.
A Twitter link to a video was provided by a member here yesterday. Its turret was blown off.EDIT: Oryx blog confirms the same 1 lost T-80. 30 sounds like fantasy.
It's a Kalibr missile apparently.There are multiple reports on something was destroyed over Kyiv, either a missile (more likely) or a drone. Some suggest that 2 Russian ballistic missiles were destroyed. But it could be anything (plane or other missile type).
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There were at least 4 RC-135's up over Poland and the Baltics last time I checked. Callsign codes changed a bit. Apparently some fight jets doing a constant patrol over Poland as well. Probably to show the Russians they mean business and keep there air defenses busy watching. So that would explain why there are so many tankers up.Three KC-135s seem to be hanging around the west side of Ukraine a lot. I get the global hawk doing donuts over the black sea but why do they want three tankers hanging around? Is there likely a lot of military flights not showing up on flight24 that need tanking? I would have thought rc-135s would have made more sense - are these possibly mislabeled rc-135s?
Oh, well. Still conflicting sources then. Well, apparently the plane was shot down while there was a concurrent kalibr strike.It's a Kalibr missile apparently.
It's entirely plausible that there were multiple downings by multiple parties. The fragments found indicate a Kalibr missile, but a jet could have been shot down too.There were at least 4 RC-135's up over Poland and the Baltics last time I checked. Callsign codes changed a bit. Apparently some fight jets doing a constant patrol over Poland as well. Probably to show the Russians they mean business and keep there air defenses busy watching. So that would explain why there are so many tankers up.
UPDATE on the aircraft that was shot down over Kiev. Apparently it was a Ukrainian Su-27 flying low, beneath the clouds over the city. Per a report from Matthew Chance(CNN).
Oh, well. Still conflicting sources then. Well, apparently the plane was shot down while there was a concurrent kalibr strike.
That's the general feeling I get although one would think that Russia,would deploy all it has to its advantage in order to secure it's political and military objectives as fast as possible.It's quite clear to me now that Russia did not use most of their forces yet. It seems to me that they're trying to get as much as they can with minimal resistance.
I just got these Nuremberg indictments that the German leadership faced from Wiki.Unlikely though not impossible It depends on what happens next. Generally waging an illegal war by itself doesn't qualify as a war crime. You had to do some pretty bad stuff during the war. I also don't see any signs of intentional murder of civilians with ballistic missiles. Not to mention that it doesn't make much sense in this context. If you look at the kinds of national leaders that have gotten convicted of warcrimes, you pretty much have ethnic cleansing, genocide, or an extremely dirty and bloody war. Far worse then anything we've seen here so far. Far worse then anything we can reasonably expect to see. If prior precedent is any indication, I wouldn't count on it. Though the world is changing, so who knows.
Here is the report (maybe a bit too optimistic), but summarizes the situation in some way. It was taken from Facebook post of internet political party “Демократична Сокира», translated with google
The night has come, what do we have now and what should we prepare for?
At present, it can be stated that the lightning operation planned by Moscow failed and there were no global breakthroughs in any direction. The night will allow both us and the enemy to regroup and analyze the events of the previous day. Missile strikes on military facilities and infrastructure are likely again. But rest assured that our General Staff, like last night, will receive our intelligence in time and move our main means of resistance - anti-aircraft missile systems, aircraft and tanks.
If we look closely at the direction of the enemy offensive, in the north we have the following picture: Russian troops after long battles completely occupied the Chernobyl zone and all Chernobyl facilities, which in case of destruction of the Sarcophagus entails a man-made disaster. This is what we need to broadcast to all international partners and citizens of European countries! Also, their troops continue to control the suburbs and, according to various estimates, several areas of Sumy, where orcs in their favorite style rob stores. In these areas, the night will most likely not bring radical changes and will give us the opportunity to prepare to repel attempts to move forward.
In the Rivne region, at the end of the day, the tank side continued in the Velyki Osnyaky-Rivne region, but in general the offensive was stopped on the Uzh River. The situation is similar on the outskirts of Chernihiv and on the Kharkiv bypass. Most likely, it will not change until the morning, although provocations or "reconnaissance by battle" in the performance of small forces of the aggressor are possible.
The main victory of this evening is, of course, the elimination of the landing at Gostomel airport, which posed the danger of landing new units by landing Russian planes at the airport just 17 kilometers from Kiev.
In the South, in fact, the situation is more threatening, if we reject the delusion of a naval landing in Odessa and Nikolaev, the most difficult area is primarily Kherson, where the enemy managed to take the dilapidated bridge across the Dnieper and reach the suburbs. Currently, information is being received about the evacuation of the Kherson Regional State Administration. And by morning this situation is likely to remain uncertain.
In the Kherson region, the city of Henichesk (where the mayor announced communication with the NEW administration) and several other settlements came under the control of the occupiers. Also under enemy control is the Oleshkiv landfill and the crossing of the North Crimean canal (the launch of which they are already reporting). But there is an operation to unblock Tavria, so at 9 pm the city of Nova Kakhovka was recaptured, and the orcs did not manage to break through to Melitopol. At night, there is likely to be an accumulation of forces and means to dump enemies into the sea (best case scenario), or a slow push (realistic).
Russia has captured Snake Island several times. The territory of the island was shelled by artillery of the cruiser "Moscow", the patrol ship "Vasily Bykov" and aircraft. No surviving buildings remain on the island, but Marines and border guards continued to defend the island. They did not surrender and did not surrender to the attackers to the last. Eternal memory of the heroes.
In addition, the Russian occupiers fired on a Turkish ship, and Turkey is a member of NATO!
In the eastern direction, fighting continues along the entire line of contact. But this is a convenient and long-explored area, so the enemy did not achieve much success during the day. Our happiness, Vugledar too, in the area of the settlement Pishchevyk breakthrough failed, as well as forcing the river in the area of Stanytsia Luhanska. I don't think that after the day's repulse the Russians, together with the mobilized separatists, will recover quickly, so there will be no news until the morning except for sporadic shelling.
In fact, in this direction, our military has received the long-awaited command "Ib @ sh" and do so with all hatred for the enemy.
Mykhailo Vedmid, veteran, member of the Democratic Ax political council
Indeed, and it looks like we're seeing more light on the complete situation. Russia is now making deep thrusts in all directions. Looks like they're in Vorzel too. Which Gostomel' airfield is in that vicinity.On the subject of unreliability of information, here's an announcement from Ukraine's MinDef that includes info that they're still trying to retake the Gostomel' airfield.
And here are Russian Grad's rolling through Novaya Kahovka, clearly not retaken.
For those who ask: “Why does Ukraine matter? “
This is why Ukraine matters.
It is the second largest country by area in Europe by area and has a population
of over 40 million - more than Poland.
Ukraine ranks:
1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores;
2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves;
2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world's reserves);
2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons);
2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves;
3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters)
4th in the world by the total value of natural resources;
7th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons)
Ukraine is an important agricultural country:
1st in Europe in terms of arable land area;
3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world's volume);
1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil;
2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports;
3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world;
4th largest producer of potatoes in the world;
5th largest rye producer in the world;
5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons);
8th place in the world in wheat exports;
9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs;
16th place in the world in cheese exports.
Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people.
Ukraine is an important industrialised country:
1st in Europe in ammonia production;
Europe's 2nd’s and the world’s 4th largest natural gas pipeline system;
3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants;
3rd place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km);
3rd place in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment;
3rd largest iron exporter in the world
4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world;
4th world's largest manufacturer of rocket launchers;
4th place in the world in clay exports
4th place in the world in titanium exports
8th place in the world in exports of ores and concentrates;
9th place in the world in exports of defence industry products;
10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).
Ukraine matters. That is why its independence is important to the rest of the world.
So your are saying that surrounded by more than 150,000 Russian troops ready to attack, it would have been logical for Ukraine to fire shells into an area that just received thousands of Russian troops? As we now know, Putin decided he did not need further false flags or other "justifications" for attacking, but at the time I wrote my response Russia had not attacked yet and if Ukraine still believed at that time they could avoid an invasion, it seems to be to be prudent to not take actions that could have been used as excuse to launch an attack.This isn't entirely true. At this point if Ukrainian positions are getting hit by rebel artillery, I would expect Ukraine to return fire. In other words, it wouldn't necessarily stop.
That post isn't well informed and the numbers seem cherry picked.Kenneth Carroll on LinkedIn: #food #people #europe #ukraine #ukrainecrisis #ukraineconflict | 1,596 comments
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In all the disinformation about "genocide", "chemical attacks", and "urgent threat from NATO", perhaps one should not forget that Ukraine is a country very rich in resources. Could this be part of the reason why Russia is now invading Ukraine?
Given the regular exchanges of fire in the area over many past years, yes. I'm not saying it's 100% the case, but it wouldn't surprise me if it turned out to be the case. Ukrainian troops on the front line are just that - on an actual front line. If they're taking fire, they're certainly going to return fire unless under some very strict orders. Throw in the presence of less then entirely disciplined volunteer formations and it becomes even likelier. You're thinking of this from the stand point of someone who has taken a step back and is assessing the situation as a whole. But troops under fire generally react to what is happening here and now.So your are saying that surrounded by more than 150,000 Russian troops ready to attack, it would have been logical for Ukraine to fire shells into an area that just received thousands of Russian troops? As we now know, Putin decided he did not need further false flags or other "justifications" for attacking, but at the time I wrote my response Russia had not attacked yet and if Ukraine still believed at that time they could avoid an invasion, it seems to be to be prudent to not take actions that could have been used as excuse to launch an attack.
BASF / Wintershall, i.e. the German company behind it, has already announced they will be expecting compensation for the certification blocking.The last thing the Germans should do is increase funding for the Russian economy by approving Nord Stream 2.
Richard Moore on Twitter: "Slava Ukraina! US and UK intelligence communities uncovered Putin’s plans for Ukraine. We exposed his attempts to engineer ‘false flag’, fake attacks to justify his invasion. We revealed his plans to assassinate Ukrainian leaders and senior officials." / TwitterUS and UK intelligence communities uncovered Putin’s plans for Ukraine. We exposed his attempts to engineer ‘false flag’, fake attacks to justify his invasion. We revealed his plans to assassinate Ukrainian leaders and senior officials.
This attack was long planned, unprovoked, cruel aggression. No amount of Russian disinformation will now disguise that fact from the international community.