TChaney said:

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I debated a bit with myself to even post this.

I think the thumbnails are small enough to not show the body easily.

War isn't just soldiers or anonymous civilian casualties.

it's a 14-year-old kid named Anton Tarasenko

WARNING PHOTOS OF DEAD CHILD

🥀On 24.02.2022 at 07.18 it was reported of an explosion in an apartment house in Chuguev. The on-site team found that during shelling of the Chuguev military airfield, a shell fell near residential buildings, which resulted the death of 14-year-old Anton Tarasenko. pic.twitter.com/eI95iK3OGP

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 25, 2022

WARNING PHOTOS OF DEAD CHILD





**Staff if this is too far, please just delete the post and I will take that as a warning not to post these anymore.

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Here!

Thank you for posting. The truth needs to be witnessed including on this site. I hope Brandon instructs the mods accordingly and posts like these stay up.

Sharpshooter said:

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TChaney said:

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I debated a bit with myself to even post this.

I think the thumbnails are small enough to not show the body easily.

War isn't just soldiers or anonymous civilian casualties.

it's a 14-year-old kid named Anton Tarasenko

WARNING PHOTOS OF DEAD CHILD

🥀On 24.02.2022 at 07.18 it was reported of an explosion in an apartment house in Chuguev. The on-site team found that during shelling of the Chuguev military airfield, a shell fell near residential buildings, which resulted the death of 14-year-old Anton Tarasenko. pic.twitter.com/eI95iK3OGP

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 25, 2022

WARNING PHOTOS OF DEAD CHILD





**Staff if this is too far, please just delete the post and I will take that as a warning not to post these anymore.

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Why would it be wrong to post? You didn't kill him. The title of this thread doesn't pretend to be something it's not. This is a war and people die. It needs to be real.

To make Mexico great again they'd have had to be great at one point. It's just MMG.

Can't believe CNN thought this was a good idea.

Jay Reimenschneider said:

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With the admin we have in right now, that might lead to swift banking sanctions.

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As much as I normally hate them, they're basically the best option at this point. Real sanctions, not the half-hearted virtue signaling that has masqueraded as sanctions in the past. Historically, we've made them cause discomfort, and only to people below a certain tier. You want change, you have to hit the power players in Russia, and hit them hard, even if that results in problems in your own country. Do the right sanctions on the right people, they'll take care of the problem, one way or another.

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EwingBarnes said:

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Feel like this entire thing gonna spiral and Nato will be involved soon. WW3 here we come.

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Good. NATO get off your ass!!

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That would NOT be good. Not sure if serious.

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And the current situation in Ukraine is?

I dont think America needs to get directly involved, but Europe should. And yes, we should back them, its in our interest.

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Europe means NATO, you think Putin is going to let that happen without retaliation? I don't think you understand how that could quickly spiral out of control.

You're talking about a full blown WWIII.

The Ukrainian MOD just posted a video of captured Russian soldiers from the 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade pic.twitter.com/OF2bRmgYwN

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) February 25, 2022

translation

They're asking names, where they're from, what's the mission, where are you going, where they disembarked from - they were training in Crimea and didn't know they were in Ukraine - They're hesitating to answer questions about the commanders name.

why would russia want an old nuclear power plant that probably doesnt work anymore

Do you speak Russian? based on their responses it sounds like maybe they were conscripted. Neither seemed hardened enough to be regular standing army members.

Propaganda / Political Cartoon Post

meanwhile on the other side of the story pic.twitter.com/xWchjkxQpq

— BREEZY'S NEST 🫂🥀 (@homebwoyi) February 24, 2022

The good guys! pic.twitter.com/gAm7nHLHT6

— ALBERT FLECK (@AlbertM81) February 24, 2022

We stand with you brothers 🇸🇰❤🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/a7uKhgSIWY

— Maroš Churý (@ChuryMaros) February 24, 2022

This is the right approach to the situation. pic.twitter.com/dBZyjHkuRQ

— YoungStiko (@YStiko) February 24, 2022

BadMoonRisin said:

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Do you speak Russian? based on their responses it sounds like maybe they were conscripted. Neither seemed hardened enough to be regular standing army members.

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I do not - it was a translation farther down in the Twitter thread.

Now that we're roughly 24 hours in, what is the big picture? It sure doesn't look that Russia managed a decapitating strike. Ukraine appears to be mounting a credible defense so far.

I'm gonna go with massive increase in activity by Russia once dawn arrives.

Victim blaming?
https://twitter.com/RepGosar/status/1497026893765349383?s=20&t=b0KmSfK5BpfKQODt9I1YnQ

Lots of fog-of-war, but there was a report...I know I know, twitter, who can be trusted, but this is how some credible news is reported now....they are to start shelling Kiev (checks watch), an hour ago. 3am Local time.

Pripyat is too far away from Kiev to hit with artillery from there, but it seemed like they took up a defensive position there to prevent retaliatory strikes and establish some sort of safe staging zone. They could easily do that by bringing in gear from Belarus, where they have already brought equipment from so far.

TriAg2010 said:

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Now that we're roughly 24 hours in, what is the big picture? It sure doesn't look that Russia managed a decapitating strike. Ukraine appears to be mounting a credible defense so far.

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I think Russias goal was to take Kiev on night one along with a few other high profile targets.

They failed at that.

The only move I see left for putin is to go full stop to try to roll over the entire country

I dont see how he could pull back at this point

TriAg2010 said:

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Now that we're roughly 24 hours in, what is the big picture? It sure doesn't look that Russia managed a decapitating strike. Ukraine appears to be mounting a credible defense so far.

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I don't think Putin thought Ukraine would fight back this hard. Ukraine is still outmatched but they are definitely killing a lot of Russians. I fear that Putin will take out his frustration on Kiev and civilian casualties will be massive. I hope I'm wrong.

TriAg2010 said:

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Now that we're roughly 24 hours in, what is the big picture? It sure doesn't look that Russia managed a decapitating strike. Ukraine appears to be mounting a credible defense so far.

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So far it's been a pretty impressive positive day for the Ukrainians. They have basically expelled the Russians from most major cities. They have retaken Antononov airport near Kiev.

Russians did capture Chernobyl area and had some advances north and west of the crimea. But basically the Ukrainians have held pretty solid everywhere else.

Worry now is that there are expected major air strikes tonight. Also, estimates are that Russians only threw about a third of their men at the Ukrainians today.

I think the expectation is that tomorrow is going to be the more Pivotal day

aeroag14 said:

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TriAg2010 said:

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Now that we're roughly 24 hours in, what is the big picture? It sure doesn't look that Russia managed a decapitating strike. Ukraine appears to be mounting a credible defense so far.

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So far it's been a pretty impressive positive day for the Ukrainians. They have basically expelled the Russians from most major cities. They have retaken Antononov airport near Kiev.

Russians did capture Chernobyl area and had some advances north and west of the crimea. But basically the Ukrainians have held pretty solid everywhere else.

Worry now is that there are expected major air strikes tonight. Also, estimates are that Russians only threw about a third of their men at the Ukrainians today.

I think the expectation is that tomorrow is going to be the more Pivotal day

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What's Mike Tyson say?

Every one has a plan till they get punched in the face

I think that accurately sums up russias first day

I still fully expect the Russians to take the Ukrainian military to the woodshed. The more losses they take the tougher it will be and the more empowered the resistance will be. If the civilians really resist Russia is screwed.

aeroag14 said:

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TriAg2010 said:

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Now that we're roughly 24 hours in, what is the big picture? It sure doesn't look that Russia managed a decapitating strike. Ukraine appears to be mounting a credible defense so far.

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So far it's been a pretty impressive positive day for the Ukrainians. They have basically expelled the Russians from most major cities. They have retaken Antononov airport near Kiev.

Russians did capture Chernobyl area and had some advances north and west of the crimea. But basically the Ukrainians have held pretty solid everywhere else.

Worry now is that there are expected major air strikes tonight. Also, estimates are that Russians only threw about a third of their men at the Ukrainians today.

I think the expectation is that tomorrow is going to be the more Pivotal day

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I find that really interesting. A big emphasis of Russia military doctrine is apparently numerical superiority. They broke from their convention and probably suffered higher casualties than if they committed their full forces.

I saw elsewhere on Twitter that Russian advances are largely following roadways. They aren't off-roading and they are sort of stuck in traffic. Maybe they expected a lot less resistance or to be greeted as liberators. But if they keep coming at the Ukrainians just driving down the street in single file lines, there numbers won't count for much.

I agree with you, but I also think you and TriAg2010 below you are correct.

The Russians have miscalculated. I believe they thought this would be as easy for them to waltz into Ukraine as it was for us to waltz into Afghanistan and Iraq....they are taking heavy losses. I think this surprised them.

I think NATO is in a wait-and-see mode where they surround Ukraine with resistance, waiting to see if they are going to be blitzkrieged and moved on or Russia will get stuck in a quagmire where they dont have to really do anything but supply arms.

Yeah, yeah, Containment, which caused wars in Korea and Vietnam, didnt really work and weren't winnable, but we'll see what happens when the Europeans chestnuts are roasting on the fire instead of just ours.

Kyiv close to falling: "Russian mechanized forces, which came in from Belarus, are 20 miles outside of Kyiv," Austin told lawmakers tonight. https://t.co/RPxrQFuLCk

— HansNichols (@HansNichols) February 25, 2022

Hmm, haven't seen that on the web yet

He said he was going to fade into Bolivian

so now we know why they secured Prypyat and Chornobyl NEZ. unattackable position to escort mech units from Belarus to Kiev.

TLDW;

US military 13,247 aircraft.
NATO 7,233 aircraft

https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdSy8yMr/