K2-HMFIC said:

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Red Pear Realty said:

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Red Pear Realty said:

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RONA Ag said:

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Red Pear Realty said:

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I believe we've seen these patches earlier in this thread.

Undated photos, presumably taken recently in Ukraine (first photo was taken in Kyiv), published by a Forward Observations Group operative. pic.twitter.com/LwGLX8bKT3

— C O U P S U R E (@COUPSURE) March 3, 2022

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I'm assuming that's US special forces patches?

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I believe they are British, hence the double decker bus and references from earlier posts. Their patches are also a nod to Blackbeard, who was British, and a pirate. So most likely British but who knows.

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Oh and those NLAWs in their picture are probably from Britain too. That's actually my favorite thing about these pics. They are clearly taunting the Russians with a good time in Kiev.

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If British SOF are acknowledging they are in Kiev, that is is an interesting escalation.

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JobSecurity said:

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OG UNF said:

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Strategic port city of Kherson in south Ukraine is now under Russian control per NBC.

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Russian forces have occupied the building of the Kherson regional state administration, but the local authorities have not surrendered.
"The regional operational headquarters carry on working to assist residents. We are waiting for humanitarian aid." – Head of the administration

— Stratcom Centre UA (@StratcomCentre) March 3, 2022

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2. Cars are only allowed to drive in daylight.

3. Only cars carrying necessary supplies such as food and medicine can enter the city.

4. Citizens can walk alone or in groups of two people. They have to stop when demanded. They must not confront the Russian forces.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 3, 2022

Ukrainian jets have struck the Russian column north of Kyiv. Can confirm with my own eyes that on day 8 of the war, they're still flying. https://t.co/NKczkJVwk4

— Neil Hauer (@NeilPHauer) March 3, 2022

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Speaking to reporters Wednesday afternoon on the condition of anonymity, a senior defense official said the Pentagon has indications Ukraine forces are targeting the convoy in an attempt to stymie what officials believe is Russia's ultimate goal: to occupy Kyiv and install a puppet government. The official spoke to reporters on the condition of anonymity.

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Another Russian supply convoy captured https://t.co/2BeW5CyfJe

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 3, 2022

OG UNF said:

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With Kherson lost, Russia is trying to take Mariupol, another port city in the southeast. A lot of us looking at goings on in Kyiv, important battlefront right now down south, as it would cut off Ukrainians fighting the separatists in the east.

Russia also pressing Mykolaiv, where Ukrainians retreated.

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I'd be lying if I said I didn't have people (veterans) writing to me asking how they can come to Ukraine and fight the Russian army

— Neil Hauer (@NeilPHauer) March 3, 2022

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If they do that, Ukraine might as well fight to the last man.

NEW: Russia's intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service, has drafted plans for public executions in #Ukraine after cities are captured, per a European intelligence official

— Kitty Donaldson (@kitty_donaldson) March 3, 2022

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Putin in a phone call to Macron denied that he was targeting the Ukrainian people. “I don’t bomb Kyiv” he said — Agencies

— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) March 3, 2022

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Going to need some confirmation of this. Estonia is a NATO member.

ESTONIAN OWNED CARGO SHIP HELT SINKS OFF UKRAINIAN COAST NEAR ODESSA AFTER EXPLOSION – SHIP MANAGER

HELT CARGO SHIP MAY HAVE HIT MINE - SHIP MANAGER

TWO CREW MEMBERS FROM HELT CARGO SHIP IN LIFE RAFT AT SEA, FOUR OTHERS STILL MISSING – SHIP MANAGER

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) March 3, 2022

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BREAKING: Estonian-owned cargo ship sinks off Odessa, Ukraine, after explosion; 4 missing - Reuters

— BNO News (@BNONews) March 3, 2022

The Verkhovna Rada asks the #UN and other international organizations to send peacekeepers to #Ukraine, and the UN Secretary General to become a mediator.

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 3, 2022

BREAKING 🚨 Russian intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service, has plans to conduct public executions in Ukraine after cities are captured, according to a European intelligence official - Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/E3dXDhjsoS

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 3, 2022

jabberwalkie09 said:

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TRM said:

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Going to need some confirmation of this. Estonia is a NATO member.

ESTONIAN OWNED CARGO SHIP HELT SINKS OFF UKRAINIAN COAST NEAR ODESSA AFTER EXPLOSION – SHIP MANAGER

HELT CARGO SHIP MAY HAVE HIT MINE - SHIP MANAGER

TWO CREW MEMBERS FROM HELT CARGO SHIP IN LIFE RAFT AT SEA, FOUR OTHERS STILL MISSING – SHIP MANAGER

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) March 3, 2022

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Have to see if how this develops, but based on what I can find the ship is registered in Panama and flies the Panama flag. This doesn't appear to be an Estonian flagged vessel.

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⚡️Ukraine's armed forces, border guards recapture Ukraine's state border in Sumy Oblast, according to National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov.

This northern region bordering Russia saw heavy fighting throughout the war.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 3, 2022

#Putin & #Macron spoke today -- and the readouts from #Paris are ominous:

- "Nothing #Putin said reassured us."
- #Putin denied targeting #Kyiv.
- Worse is still to come.
- #Putin wants *all* of #Ukraine.

— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) March 3, 2022

DallasAg 94 said:

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Question for those of you that keep up with International militaries.

Seems everything shown Russian looks to be rusted out and not well kept.

The strategy believed was that Russia was going to take a sliver of SE Ukraine and we were "surprised" they went after Kiev.

If I'm Putin... I set a distant marker, say beyond Kiev, so that I negotiate back to what I intend to take. You send in your crap vehicles knowing you are best to just abandon them, anyway, because they were being decommissioned.

Just seems Russia is either a media-driven facade and the curtain has been pulled back, or Russia's real military and armaments have not been deployed.

If this is the best Russia has, they likely have been exposed and are vulnerable to being attacked.

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