Lol. Yes indeed. Perhaps they need a UN resolution condemning the use next week. Or maybe a month from now. The French will be pissed….

Would seem like the "wheelson" vehicle from COD should be technologically doable.

Consider: Ukraine HAS to commit all its forces and reserves. Russia can't do that. They have to have some deployments across their nation remain in place as a deterrence force, so they can only commit so much of their advantage in numbers.

jabberwalkie09 said:

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Russian airdrop attempted at Brody, Lviv oblast, 3 helicopters dropped 45 Russians, who are currently fleeing from Ukrainian response teams into nearby forests.#RussiaInvadedUkraine https://t.co/OXbKFprChN

— Walter Lekh🇺🇦 (@walterlekh) February 26, 2022

And an insertion all the way over in the western most portion of the country? Why?

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Trying to cut off supply line from Poland?

TRM said:

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jabberwalkie09 said:

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Russian airdrop attempted at Brody, Lviv oblast, 3 helicopters dropped 45 Russians, who are currently fleeing from Ukrainian response teams into nearby forests.#RussiaInvadedUkraine https://t.co/OXbKFprChN

— Walter Lekh🇺🇦 (@walterlekh) February 26, 2022

And an insertion all the way over in the western most portion of the country? Why?

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Trying to cut off supply line from Poland?

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They wouldn't have any support in the area. Nearest would be Kyiv iirc.

Chipotlemonger said:

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WTF India? Come on

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India is trying to avoid getting pulled into a conflict with China or Russia. I have no problem with them abstaining. We do not want a China v. India war. That could become nuclear.

They may also have intel that we do not have about China nd Russia. They may just be playing it safe by staying out of it for now.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-china-india-diplomacy-43fee2b2e4dbbbf1e06425e6fe353afa

IslanderAg04 said:

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jabberwalkie09 said:

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⚡️Russian forces in occupied Donetsk may create provocation by blowing up industrial tanks with chemicals.

According to the Security Service of Ukraine, Russian forces are handing out gas masks to its troops and local militants.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) February 26, 2022

I'm not posting this to be alarmist, but this is the first mention of the Donbas region I have seen in awhile.

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Doesnt the use of Chemical weapons on foreign soil invoke UN treaties?

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It would be covered by the OPCW. However, Russia would probably try to use the destruction of existing chemical tanks as some sort of loophole, saying that they didn't employ "actual" chemical weapons, even though some first Gen CWAs are simply industrial chemicals.

Of course, that's ignoring the fact that Putin has shown no hesitance to using chemical weapons in the past. Just ask Alexandr Navalny and the Skripals.

Captain Positivity said:

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False flag to drum up Russian population support? Show dead people from chem attack, blame it on Ukrainians.

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At this point, I think any mass casualties regardless of the supposed actor would just serve to get Germany off their duff with regards to real sanctions like removal from SWIFT. This is becoming a bigger blunder for Russia by the hour.

India buys 80% of their weapons from Russia. They need Russia for service and spare parts.

They are in a stare down with China in the Himalayas.

If they get cut off from Russian military equipment, going to be tough for them to defend against Chinese threat.

They have been working hard to diversify but that takes time.

Russians don't seem to be great at SEAD

Some very early impressions of the last two days. It's an operation with maximalist war aims, and Moscow's thinking on this war seems to have been colored by war optimism. It looked as though Russian forces were expecting a quicker UKR military collapse and easier gains. 1/

— Michael Kofman (@KofmanMichael) February 25, 2022

I don't think Russia expects at this point to have any sort of normal relationship with Europe moving forward, at least for now.

Russia has been telling their media to not even use the word "war" in their news coverage. Russia is also taking steps to block social media in country. They need internal support for this war for it to continue.

They've been telling their population the Ukrainian government are Nazis and are killing ethnic Russians.

Now they create a false flag with a chemical weapons attack, show bodies of dead Russians, and the Russian populous has no other alternative to consider.

Waiting for the UN to declare air lift of humanitarian supplies to impacted areas.

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I know why we are doing it and diplomatically it is the correct call but god does it feel so completely immoral for the United Nations and NATO to just stand by and watch this happen.

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The United States relationship with Ukraine is purely friendly and strategic. We are trading with them and working with them strategically (at least I thought) so that this would not happen. It still happened and it appears we are not going to do anything about it. For good reasons. We are not officially allies.

The UN's and NATO's relationship is something different. They are not us. Sure we are the biggest kid on the team but other nations make decisions too. What they should have done is armed Ukraine with the proper supplies a year ago. This has been planned for some time and everyone knew it. Now its likely too late. Occupation is a ***** though. We found that out recently. Russia will win but the fighting just started. this could go on for years.

Putin knows all of this and that's why he is not concerned about other countries jumping in. He is calling everyone's bluff and to this point he's made the right call.

According to local report, they didn't went for Berdyansk, but are rolling towards Mariupol. https://t.co/EGlEOZaqNH

— Gregor Martin (@Guderian_Xaba) February 26, 2022

Anyone been able to find out clear/recent intel on Mariupol? I haven't seen anything on it since early yesterday of the supposed amphibious landing.

RONA Ag said:

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I know why we are doing it and diplomatically it is the correct call but god does it feel so completely immoral for the United Nations and NATO to just stand by and watch this happen.

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I think if this continues for another 3 days you will see more involvement.

Western countries came to an agreement to disconnect Russia from the SWIFT payment system and began preparations for the implementation of this sanction - @DmytroKuleba 🙏🚀💥💥💥

— Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) February 26, 2022

Non-stop curfew until 8 a.m. Monday in Kyiv

— Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko) February 26, 2022

Heavy push today from Russian Forces on following axis:

Melitopol - Berdyansk - Mariupol
Melitopol - Zaporizhzhia
Belgorod - Kharkiv
Tryimg to take Chernigiv
Ivankiv - Hostomel- Kyiv

— Aldin 🇧🇦 (@aldin_ww) February 26, 2022

Kenneth_2003 said:

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If Russia is locked out of Swift, they're proper hosed economically yes? International trade is essentially done? Can any amount of internal propaganda sustain another narrative?

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That's my understanding. But it is a double edged sword for every European country that's still taking Russian natural gas and energy. With no basis to pay other than IOU's they'll basically be cutting off those lines. For a country like Germany, who was importing 40% of their gas from Russia, that's not easily replaced and for an indefinite period.

Someone correct me if that's wrong.

I bet they're going to find (and probably already have found) intermediaries.

Fitch said:

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Kenneth_2003 said:

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If Russia is locked out of Swift, they're proper hosed economically yes? International trade is essentially done? Can any amount of internal propaganda sustain another narrative?

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That's my understanding. But it is a double edged sword for every European country that's still taking Russian natural gas and energy. With no basis to pay other than IOU's they'll basically be cutting off those lines. For a country like Germany, who was importing 40% of their gas from Russia, that's not easily replaced and for an indefinite period.

Someone correct me if that's wrong.

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Irish I think explained it. He seems pretty knowledgeable on the subject matter.