Anyone heard anything about China doing exercises in the Strait of Taiwan?

45-70Ag said:

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Former top NATO military commander on the possibility of a no-fly zone over Ukraine: “Are we going to sit and watch while a world power invades and destroys and subjugates a foreign nation?”

“Are we just going to sit and watch?” https://t.co/pXPn0lc1LL

— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) February 27, 2022

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Additional article about A No Fly Zone…. Seems like if it happens it won't be from the US, this article explains that and it makes some sense

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/2/27/22952220/ukraine-russia-no-fly-zone-nuclear-war

That vox writer is a huge *****. We would clear the skies of Russian jets within a day.

I get the point. Very cowardice point of view, NATO could enforce such a NFZ even without US planes in the next week.

Question, what's the status of SW Ukraine along the Moldova border? https://liveuamap.com/ shows it as being Russian

NorCal said:

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I get the point. Very cowardice point of view, NATO could enforce such a NFZ even without US planes in the next week.

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I totally agree … my thought is that NATO / EU said let's leave the air space open and give the Ukraine more jets so they can use them to take out the Russian mechanized armor ( and give them our AWAX targeting info). Plus they gave them more stingers to take out the Russian planes / copters … this is a calculated move at this time, they could change it but Russia is losing more aircraft than the Ukraine is so leave it open, sucker them in and take them out

NATO puts up a no-fly zone and the next step is direct engagement with Russia.

Putins already invaded a sovereign nation. Do we think he's gonna flinch at a direct engagement with NATO?

Is the mf'er all in?

Its gonna be up to the Russian people to put a stop to this.

Thats the only way out without a mass conflagration.

I think we'll know this week.

I'm not optimistic.

Idlib is in Syria

Again this morning a notable absence of Russian jets from the skies over Idlib. Not going to speculate.

— Woofers (@NotWoofers) February 28, 2022

New joint Turkish-Russian patrol around Kobanê should be coming up this week. Imagine it’ll be a bit awkward again. But the soldiers know each other so I’m sure they’ll be fine.

— Woofers (@NotWoofers) February 28, 2022

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Zelenskyy must be Viper then. Great balls of fire!

Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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NATO puts up a no-fly zone and the next step is direct engagement with Russia.

Putins already invaded a sovereign nation. Do we think he's gonna flinch at a direct engagement with NATO?

Is the mf'er all in?

Its gonna be up to the Russian people to put a stop to this.

Thats the only way out without a mass conflagration.

I think we'll know this week.

I'm not optimistic.

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Yes, he's all in. Period.

It's clear why he's done what he has done (Watch ) - that guy is 90%+ on point.

But my fear is what is driving China and others - the unspoken end-game and what others may call 4D chess.

My fear is that there is an effort to move away from the USD as the currency basis for Oil & Gas transactions and thus the devaluation of the USD. I fear that is why China sits by helping Russia (and NOT Taiwan), calling other nations (see the transcript between China and Germany today for an example of such support and irrational arguments in support of Russia's attack as a "political solution"). This is my fear...that and the use of nuclear war. But I really fear the complete upheaval of the US dollar and the impact on all of our futures. I may be selfish here, but that is ****ing scary.

#Russian planes over #Europe fly like this.

The #Belgrade-#Moscow flight takes almost six hours instead of two and a half. pic.twitter.com/OYY3Qwr296

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 28, 2022

UPDATE

More than 400 Russian mercenaries are operating in Kyiv with orders from the Kremlin to assassinate President Zelensky and his government and prepare the ground for Moscow to take control, The Times has learnt.

— Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) February 28, 2022

I smell bot

Reported in several media outlets.

So?

Ghost of Kyiv was also reported in several media outlets.

She's the former spokesperson for the president of Ukraine.

Not like Russia using mercenaries to kill zelensky is that far fetched.

Ok what's her source then? Some "insider" on twitter?

A story of 400 Russian "mercenaries" roaming around Kiev trying to assassinate the president screams of disinformation and scare tactics.

Whether it's 1 or 400, the number isn't the story.

Watch out for propaganda. Most of the feel good stores have been proven fake.

Eliminatus said:

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do not be afraid

to stand up to evil

no matter how powerful it seems

at the dawn

the flag 🇺🇦 will still be there

✊

— Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) February 27, 2022

Simple, succinct, powerful.....true

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Their government, their military, and their people didn't get the script.

They were supposed to lay down and die.

Meanwhile, Joey NoNuts still funds this damn effort buying Russian oil.

I really thought the delayed development of the Ukrainian military from the time of independence well into the 2010s would do grave damage to their effort against the Russians. I didn't count on the new political generation's resolve and the real work done by Poland, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, the United States (Under Trump's watch), and others to help Ukrainians pack a wallop.

HarryJ33tamu said:

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Yes, if Russian troops step foot in a NATO country, it would get very ugly for Russia very quickly.

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Which is why EU/NATO troops won't step foot in Russia or Belarus

NEW: Russia's top military command has ordered heavy strategic bomber flights in effort to block US and European military aid from getting to Ukraine, per a defense ministry statement.

Russia has tried to "fully destroy" Ukraine's airfields with missile attacks, per Ukraine MoD

— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) February 28, 2022

It is reported that the head of the #Kemerovo SOBR unit, Konstantin Ogiy, who had previously fought in #Afghanistan and #Chechnya, died in #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/KdbcbKMxQv

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 28, 2022

The military say they shot the #Kadyrovites pic.twitter.com/XlpxcVHCVX

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 28, 2022

45-70Ag said:

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It is reported that the head of the #Kemerovo SOBR unit, Konstantin Ogiy, who had previously fought in #Afghanistan and #Chechnya, died in #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/KdbcbKMxQv

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 28, 2022

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Forgive me, who is this?

Russians now indiscriminately using MLRS in Kharkiv.

Youtube video of two youtubers fleeing Kyiv via train. It was posted 2 hrs ago. The channel has a video he posted yesterday about staying in Kyiv and grocery shopping. The channel owner is American I believe and the friend he's with has a larger channel Bald and Bankrupt, that guy is british.




Cliff notes: they were able to buy 1 ticket from a guy on the train platform and both use it, train looks crammed packed. Talk with a couple younger guys on the train who jumped on as the train was pulling away, and they say Ukrainians are the nicest people ever.