TheCougarHunter said:

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Anyone think the SWIFT announcement was purposefully done over the weekend to stir up more panic? Or was it a blunder by NATO to allow the oligarchs more time to get their accounts in order?

I'm not super smart on this financial stuff so I'd like to know what you guys think about this.

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Bigfoot Is Real said:

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Is it possible that Putin will shake things up with his military leadership and get a 'better; plan together? I didn't know how to intelligently ask that with my lack of military knowledge.

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Bigfoot Is Real said:

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Is it possible that Putin will shake things up with his military leadership and get a 'better; plan together? I didn't know how to intelligently ask that with my lack of military knowledge.

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TRM said:

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Another night ends in Kyiv. And Kyiv still stands. One of my reporters in the field: pic.twitter.com/S70vvIV5ht

— Michael Weiss 🌻 (@michaeldweiss) February 28, 2022

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fooz said:

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What's the latest live stream?

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Mixed thoughts after a few days of fighting, in no special order:

1. A lot has been said by others, but one thing that strikes me is that maps are poorly updated, often being very hesitant in assigning territory to Russian forces. Can lead to unwittingly obscuring view ...

— Henrik Paulsson (@henrikrpaulsson) February 27, 2022

Cargo Shorts FTW said:

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I was watching the rooftop live streams and was wondering why Kiev is lit up at night like any other non war day? Street lights, windows, headlights, etc. I thought the standard practice in war was to kill lights at night to not provide any attacker assistance, reference.

This an fu to RU troops? A sign of no real night threat from RU? Keeping the general population calm? myth? Just not what I expected to see.

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EX TEXASEX said:

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I feel sorry for these poor *******s. Conscripts, you know they didn't want to be there. Hell, a few look
like they got their pubs this year !

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wildmen09 said:

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EX TEXASEX said:

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I feel sorry for these poor *******s. Conscripts, you know they didn't want to be there. Hell, a few look
like they got their pubs this year !

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I actually believe them but the "no need to come here" is extremely scripted. Hard to tell if they're being "persuaded" to say that line. Clearly against our Code of Conduct, I would assume they have similar rules.

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WestTexAg12 said:

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wildmen09 said:

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EX TEXASEX said:

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I feel sorry for these poor *******s. Conscripts, you know they didn't want to be there. Hell, a few look
like they got their pubs this year !

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I actually believe them but the "no need to come here" is extremely scripted. Hard to tell if they're being "persuaded" to say that line. Clearly against our Code of Conduct, I would assume they have similar rules.

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My thoughts exactly. They don't abide by anything like our Code of Conduct.

I've seen this multiple times… does the filming of Russian captives go against that Geneva Convention?

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chickencoupe16 said:

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Cargo Shorts FTW said:

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I was watching the rooftop live streams and was wondering why Kiev is lit up at night like any other non war day? Street lights, windows, headlights, etc. I thought the standard practice in war was to kill lights at night to not provide any attacker assistance, reference.

This an fu to RU troops? A sign of no real night threat from RU? Keeping the general population calm? myth? Just not what I expected to see.

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Putin threatened our and NATO's satellites last week. I wonder if this really kicks off if that's a legit threat. Space Force anyone?

Lit up cities were a bigger issue when bomber pilots needed landmarks for navigation. GPS, GLONASS, and guided munitions don't care if the lights are on.

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Talon2DSO said:

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JB!98 said:

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JB!98 said:

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JobSecurity said:

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This has been rumored all day but this is the biggest outlet to pick it up

Multiple sources say the decision has been made — and as soon as on Feb. 28 at 5 a.m. local time, the first Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft is very likely to take off carrying Belarusian paratroopers to be deployed against Ukraine. https://t.co/o8WcszVJNR

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) February 28, 2022

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Would be nice to see those new EU migs setup on the Belarus border and smoke those paratroopers out of the sky within a few minutes of entering UK airspace.

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Or spread a bunch of stingers along the border!

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Don't have the range. Stinger is a short range missile. They could potentially get them on ascent or descent, but not cruising altitude.

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I think its important that everyone understands that the stinger is only good to about 10,000 ft and its slant range depends on the altitude of the target. Good against helo's and low flying aircraft. No impact to aircraft at an operating altitude. Now you can probably smack a IL-76 during their drop run, but with a 2lb warhead I think you might need more than one hit to bring one down.

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From what altitude do paratroopers debark a aircraft using static lines? If the Ukrainians have some idea of the likely drop zones then they might very well be able to seed the area and likely approaches with stingers.

Perhaps a friendly AWACS flying over the Black Sea could send some info over Link 16 to a MiG 29 that would be able to easily intercept an IL-76.

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I have no idea the altitude of a normal drop. Someone on here knows for sure.

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Roughly 1200ft

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Thats for training. In the ****, we would drop between 500 and 800 ft.

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wildmen09 said:

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EX TEXASEX said:

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I feel sorry for these poor *******s. Conscripts, you know they didn't want to be there. Hell, a few look
like they got their pubs this year !

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I actually believe them but the "no need to come here" is extremely scripted. Hard to tell if they're being "persuaded" to say that line. Clearly against our Code of Conduct, I would assume they have similar rules.

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TAMUallen said:

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Dilettante said:

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How do we know Monday is a significant date?

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The ruble crashes. Runs on Russian banks. It's when things start to crumble

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TRM said:

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pic.twitter.com/S8cCOWiFGr

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) February 28, 2022

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The fact Ukraine is destroying air defense assets with UAVs still shocks me. https://t.co/b90zqN6gef

— The Intel Hub (@The_IntelHub) February 27, 2022

Irish 2.0 said:

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WestTexAg12 said:

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wildmen09 said:

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EX TEXASEX said:

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I feel sorry for these poor *******s. Conscripts, you know they didn't want to be there. Hell, a few look
like they got their pubs this year !

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I actually believe them but the "no need to come here" is extremely scripted. Hard to tell if they're being "persuaded" to say that line. Clearly against our Code of Conduct, I would assume they have similar rules.

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My thoughts exactly. They don't abide by anything like our Code of Conduct.

I've seen this multiple times… does the filming of Russian captives go against that Geneva Convention?

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****ing Russians just violated the Budapest Memorandum, Minsk Convention, and numerous other treaties/agreements. We're beyond observing the Geneva convention and any country adhering to them is ignorant. This is way. You use everything available to your strategic advantage.

The countries that play by the rules get skull ****ed. There are no rules in warfare. The Russians literally just authorized nukes into Belarus and y'all are concerned about guidelines in an 80 year old agreement?!

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TAMUallen said:

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aggiehawg said:

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wildmen09 said:

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EX TEXASEX said:

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I feel sorry for these poor *******s. Conscripts, you know they didn't want to be there. Hell, a few look
like they got their pubs this year !

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I actually believe them but the "no need to come here" is extremely scripted. Hard to tell if they're being "persuaded" to say that line. Clearly against our Code of Conduct, I would assume they have similar rules.

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Agree. That is poor form.

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Unfortunately, there's a propaganda war that is just as important right now as anything. If Russian support for war on the Ukraine is as low as propaganda says then this is certainly the lesser of any evil

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aggiehawg said:

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TAMUallen said:

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aggiehawg said:

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wildmen09 said:

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EX TEXASEX said:

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I feel sorry for these poor *******s. Conscripts, you know they didn't want to be there. Hell, a few look
like they got their pubs this year !

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I actually believe them but the "no need to come here" is extremely scripted. Hard to tell if they're being "persuaded" to say that line. Clearly against our Code of Conduct, I would assume they have similar rules.

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Agree. That is poor form.

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Unfortunately, there's a propaganda war that is just as important right now as anything. If Russian support for war on the Ukraine is as low as propaganda says then this is certainly the lesser of any evil

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I'm sorry. My mind just isn't in WW3 mind set yet. Hope I am correct.

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