This man has a lot to fight for. Beautiful family.PJYoung said:During his inaugural address in 2019, Zelensky told lawmakers: “I do not want my picture in your offices: the President is not an icon, an idol or a portrait. Hang your kids' photos instead, and look at them each time you are making a decision.” pic.twitter.com/fjsHudv7FV
— Benjamin Ramm (@BenjaminRamm) February 26, 2022
Somewhere, A-10 pilots are just salivating at the thought...brrrrrrp.ABATTBQ11 said:Ag87H2O said:Seems to me you could hit the front end with Javelins and/or NLAWS and stop the whole thing in its tracks. Then wait for night and start picking off the rest. Like sitting ducks.Pinabobina said:
CNN on tv (I know, don't judge. I usually watch Fox but they had ex-prez of Ukraine on) reporting peace talks as a 3 mile convoy of Russian tanks are headed to Kyiv at the exact same time. Also bombs down on Kharkiv
That's speaks more than what is happening in that meeting.
I wonder if Putin has a grasp of what we are seeing? Perhaps those around him are afraid to report the losses?New 📸 @Maxar satellite images show a 3.25-mile convoy of Russian ground forces with 100s of military vehicles NE of Ivankiv, Ukraine and moving toward Kyiv (40 miles away). Contains fuel, logistics, armored vehicles (tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled artillery). pic.twitter.com/Z75iNhy7Jw
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) February 27, 2022
They'd just push those vehicles put of the way. Better to blow the road.
Good news about the war chest getting hit; I think the value of that chest was going to go down dramatically as well; read this this morning discussing the collapse of the Russian market.74OA said:
Great article on the financial sanctions. I wasn't aware that we were also able to cut Putin off from the $600B he touted as Russia's "war chest" which would allow it to weather any Western sanctions.
"The new banking restrictions are arguably the most serious form of economic retaliation yet approved by the Western powers in response to Russia's attack on Ukraine. They are aimed at preventing Putin from using his sizable financial reserves totaling more than $600 billion to stabilize the Russian economy in the face of other sanctions and economic measures imposed by the West."
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In mid-morning in Moscow, the Russian central bank raised its key interest rate from 9.5% to 20% in an effort to stem the rouble's slump, and the country's finance ministry ordered companies with foreign-currency revenues to convert 80% of their income into roubles.
Red Pear Realty said:ttu_85 said:"Gee thanks man." Tard rolls eyes.rgag12 said:ttu_85 said:If the Russian gov kidnapped and forced these kids into war telling them they cant tell their families anything.Red Pear Realty said:
Phone recovered from a presumably dead Russian soldier with conversation with his mom. She asks if he's still in school in Crimea and he tells her he's not in school, he's killing civilians in Ukraine. He says they were told they'd be welcomed as liberators but civilians are throwing themselves under their vehicles to stop them and are calling them fascists.Фото від полку Азов з телефона вже вбитого 🇷🇺 солдата.
— ВОЇНИ УКРАЇНИ🇺🇦 (@ArmedForcesUkr) February 28, 2022
Російські батькі, ваші діти - не на яких не "учєніях", вони воюють в Україні. І тут їх вбивають.
Зупиніть війну, виходьте на вулиці. Бо ваші діти помруть - помруть так, як помер власник цього телефону! pic.twitter.com/gaNXdGaMIb
Why do they have phones ??? I'm just a lowly tech Tard can someone explain this to me.
Don't believe everything on the internet. Smells like some pro-Ukrainian propaganda to me.
The fact that people cant see it as propaganda is very disconcerning
I've stopped posting videos of POWs or KIAs but there are lots of videos out there of POWs calling home to tell mom and dad to try and stop the war. Please understand the difference in understanding what is and isn't propaganda, and sharing what is happening in the war. Of course the image I shared is propaganda. It's directly from the Ukrainian government. But I believe seeing it is useful just like knowing that we created the myth in WW2 that carrots made out pilots eyes superior to Germans (when in fact we had defeated the enigma.
The Ukrainians are strong students of the English language. After Russian FM Lavrov said ceasefire talks can begin after Russia “restores democratic order” in Ukraine, MP Oleksiy Goncharenko responded. pic.twitter.com/Wal231njre
— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) February 27, 2022
Like a bonus round in a video game.TxAgIB said:
A squad of a-10s unleashing down those straight highways would be one of the most beautiful sights ever seen in war. Would probably be the easiest combat missions they'd ever fly.
flakrat said:
Yet another example that the A10 continues to be relevant.
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Moscow has for months downplayed the threat of sanctions by pointing to its massive, $630 billion stash of foreign reserves as sufficient to weather the sanctions storm. They have even called it Fortress Russia. Well, in one fell swoop, Fortress Russia is no more, and the Russian economy will pay the price. This is an action truly without precedent in the economic world and will have dire consequences for the ruble, inflation, and just about all other Russian economic indicators.
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The G7 has done something it has never done before frozen the assets of a G20 member. Sanctioning the Russian Central Bank was considered a remote possibility by senior US officials only a week ago. Today, hundreds of billions of dollars and euros will remain untouchable. To put that in perspective, the amount of money that is now outside of Vladimir Putin's grasp is the size of Austria's entire economy.
There is one thing these sanctions cannot touchgold. Through its massive gold reserves held in Moscow (estimated at $140 billion), the central bank may be able to avoid a total collapse. But it can no longer serve as a backstop to the Russian financial system. That means all the commercial banks now under heavy sanctions could fail.
BREAKING:
— Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko) February 28, 2022
It’s official - 🇺🇦 Snake Island sailors are alive, Navy confirms.
They were taken prisoner by Russia.
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— MotolkoHelp (@MotolkoHelp) February 28, 2022
A column of Russian military equipment with the identification mark “V” was spotted near the village Baraviki (Svetlahorsk district, Gomel region), moving along the R-82 highway towards the border with Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/NmNGXGFfcm
This made my morning. Thanks.Agthatbuilds said:The Ukrainians are strong students of the English language. After Russian FM Lavrov said ceasefire talks can begin after Russia “restores democratic order” in Ukraine, MP Oleksiy Goncharenko responded. pic.twitter.com/Wal231njre
— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) February 27, 2022
The EU will provide Ukraine with geospatial intelligence.
— Global: MilitaryInfo (@Global_Mil_Info) February 28, 2022
Get the back end too. Note that would take some stealthly, brave, heavily armed SOB's. If you book-ended that formation you could eat it alive.Ag87H2O said:Seems to me you could hit the front end with Javelins and/or NLAWS and stop the whole thing in its tracks. Then wait for night and start picking off the rest. Like sitting ducks.Pinabobina said:
CNN on tv (I know, don't judge. I usually watch Fox but they had ex-prez of Ukraine on) reporting peace talks as a 3 mile convoy of Russian tanks are headed to Kyiv at the exact same time. Also bombs down on Kharkiv
That's speaks more than what is happening in that meeting.
I wonder if Putin has a grasp of what we are seeing? Perhaps those around him are afraid to report the losses?New 📸 @Maxar satellite images show a 3.25-mile convoy of Russian ground forces with 100s of military vehicles NE of Ivankiv, Ukraine and moving toward Kyiv (40 miles away). Contains fuel, logistics, armored vehicles (tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled artillery). pic.twitter.com/Z75iNhy7Jw
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) February 27, 2022
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The Russians rolled into Kharkiv like victors, but it was another disaster for them
After four days the Russian army continues to be outwitted by Ukrainians determined not to concede an inch to the invaders
By Roland Oliphant, SENIOR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, IN KHARKIV 28 February 2022 10:27am
In that case, time to transfer some CBU-97s. They have 10 cassettes that spin at a very high rate, flinging 4 discus each that seek individual targets.Dilettante said:
Maybe I'm missing something, but from looking up the Convention on Cluster Munitions it seems like the USA is also not a signatory. It seems weird to criticize Russia for something we haven't agreed not to use.
BadMoonRisin said:
holy crap. can you imagine? going from 9.5% interest to 20% interest overnight?
They are going to be a match made in hell. China is low on women due to the One-Child policy, and Russia is well on its way to being low on men.Ag In Ok said:BadMoonRisin said:
holy crap. can you imagine? going from 9.5% interest to 20% interest overnight?
China is positioned to damn near buy out Russia. The orient overtaking the Rus.
Charpie said:
What's crazy in all of this is that CNN is actually able to report from the Russian side without issue. I mean, they have a reporter at a military staging area in Russia. He's reporting live what tanks and artillery are headed into Ukraine in real time. Even the anchors in the US said this morning how unreal it was for Putin to let this happen.
LIVE BLOG: Hungary says it won't allow weapons bound for Ukraine to cross its territory https://t.co/VzO2csoRAq pic.twitter.com/gorbi1TVwy
— The Hill (@thehill) February 28, 2022
I think Mykolaiv has been taken and/or destroyed by the Russians, but I dunno really.Quote:
After restoring many of its old, grounded Frogfoots, the Ukrainian air force now operates around 31 of the planes in a single brigade at Mykolaiv on the Black Sea coast. Another dozen or so remain in storage.
The Russian air force for its part has nearly 200 Su-25s in four regiments plus an independent squadron. Three regiments with five squadrons between themaround 80 Frogfoots, in allbelong to the Southern Military District, whose forces are within easy striking range of Ukraine.
There are some videos of people throwing them on armor. The vehicles seem unaffected, and do not take any action against the people who threw them. It seems like a symbolic action to me, unless you're throwing them on a person.B-1 83 said:
How useful are Malatov cocktails against modern vehicles? It would seem like a suicide mission unless the Russians are stupid enough to send in a couple of buttoned up vehicles by themselves.
Exhibit A on why you can't believe everything Ukraine puts out and disregard everything Russia puts out. Same with believing every tweet out there including on this thread. I'd guess only 30% of them are accurate. In this case, Russia was the ones saying this was all fake news and they were not killed but people said they were lying. Obviously Russia (along with China) are the kings of propaganda but it's not all one sided.SPSAg05 said:BREAKING:
— Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko) February 28, 2022
It’s official - 🇺🇦 Snake Island sailors are alive, Navy confirms.
They were taken prisoner by Russia.
Still plenty of ways to get to Ukraine. Just restricts movement from Hungary to Romania to Ukraine.SPSAg05 said:LIVE BLOG: Hungary says it won't allow weapons bound for Ukraine to cross its territory https://t.co/VzO2csoRAq pic.twitter.com/gorbi1TVwy
— The Hill (@thehill) February 28, 2022
Hungary needs to s*** or get off the pot.
I think most agree the tweet and it's commentary is better suited for the other Russia/Ukraine thread.IDaggie06 said:Exhibit A on why you can't believe everything Ukraine puts out and disregard everything Russia puts out. Same with believing every tweet out there including on this thread. I'd guess only 30% of them are accurate. In this case, Russia was the ones saying this was all fake news and they were not killed but people said they were lying. Obviously Russia (along with China) are the kings of propaganda but it's not all one sided.SPSAg05 said:BREAKING:
— Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko) February 28, 2022
It’s official - 🇺🇦 Snake Island sailors are alive, Navy confirms.
They were taken prisoner by Russia.
