Russian VDV BMD-2 vehicle catastrophic kill. https://t.co/YQjWjrLZyw

— Rob Lee (@RALee85) March 8, 2022

English -

>Destroyed column of the Russian army
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>Kharkov region

Two tanker trucks and nasty tire side walls on several trucks. https://t.co/GW9xvedvKY

— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) March 8, 2022

SIAP
Good recap of logistics issues faced by Russia

Correction about yesterday’s news on 30 RU helicopters bombed and destroyed in #Kherson airport. The satellite pictures show 45 helicopters. #StandWithUkraine️ #PutinWarCrimes

— olexander scherba🇺🇦 (@olex_scherba) March 8, 2022

The Capella SAR image says 49 helicopters 'deployed', not 'destroyed'. We don't know the number destroyed yet

— JOSINT (@JOSINT2) March 8, 2022

I hope this is accurate.

Ukrainian General Staff informed today that a naval infantry unit conducted a night operation that destroyed some 30 helicopters at Kherson Airbase.
Below is @capellaspace SAR imagery collected 1026Z / 1227L 6MAR22 showing at least 49 helicopters deployed at the airbase. pic.twitter.com/Cuq7r7S46a

— Konrad Muzyka - Rochan Consulting (@konrad_muzyka) March 7, 2022

🛑🛑🛑Video from social media showing Ukrainian army seizing a #Putin regime terrorists tank that’s being used in the regimes military parades, in Sumy overnight #Ukraine #Russia pic.twitter.com/DF9MaMqnel

— Слава Україні🇺🇦 (@ignis_fatum) March 8, 2022

1/ Ukrainian Theater of War, Day 12: Russian offensive actions remain contained to east and south Ukraine as they continue to build forces around Kyiv for renewed operations. Ukrainian forces target vulnerable Russian supply lines. #UkraineUnderAttaсk #UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/a9qRhAxfAA

— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) March 8, 2022

Found some grotesque pictures of many civilians killed in overnight bombings. Won't post.

And this is what they're putting out at the same time. Sickening. These kind of people don't belong in this world.

#Nebenzia on #Ukraine: #Kiev regime tries to prevent exit of civilians and foreign citizens to Russia🇷🇺 in every way possible, out of fear that once liberated, people will tell everyone the truth about the acts of Ukrainian 🇺🇦radicals - threats, blackmail, physical violence, etc. pic.twitter.com/8v3kYLWnN3

— Russian Mission UN (@RussiaUN) March 8, 2022

Sounds like Russia trying to filter out the people loyal to Ukraine vs open/loyal to Russia. He may treat the refugees who come to Russia like kings as part of the propaganda effort.

Evil, but cunning.

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Allegedly in some operational areas Russian army is out of any trucks and transports own soldiers as garbage - in dump trucks. A strong feeling of ISIS or Taliban. pic.twitter.com/jtT8biGmnC

— Sergej Sumlenny (@sumlenny) March 8, 2022

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We've been seeing this for a week as they were attaching civilian trucks as small as sprinter vans on flatbed/tank transporter rail cars to help supply the their forces. A lot harder to get across bad roads and alot alot harder to transport fuel that way. If (and it's a big if) the Ukes can hold Kharkiv for another 2 weeks and Mariupol for a week and contain the breakout in the South then the Russians are going to have some monstrous supply problems even worse than now. They're having a lot fewer abandonment of equipment but the captured number is going to sky rocket. If you want to buy scrap metal Ukraine this time next year might be your market.

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Allegedly in some operational areas Russian army is out of any trucks and transports own soldiers as garbage - in dump trucks. A strong feeling of ISIS or Taliban. pic.twitter.com/jtT8biGmnC

— Sergej Sumlenny (@sumlenny) March 8, 2022

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This images need to make it to the Russian public. What an embarrassment to the might bear army.

https://instagr.am/p/Ca1-cPer9aq

Morning update post from Northern Provisions.

Did the army guy who posts his analysis on YouTube provide an update? I thought his were rather straight forward and valuable.

There last one from yesterday.

Zelenskyy says "compromise" is possible on Putin's demands he cede Crimea/DPR/LPR & not join NATO: "I've cooled down regarding this question a long time ago after we understood that NATO isn't prepared to accept Ukraine." Could be big if both sides genuine https://t.co/7pd5mOrgAM

— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) March 8, 2022

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Zelenskyy says "compromise" is possible on Putin's demands he cede Crimea/DPR/LPR & not join NATO: "I've cooled down regarding this question a long time ago after we understood that NATO isn't prepared to accept Ukraine." Could be big if both sides genuine https://t.co/7pd5mOrgAM

— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) March 8, 2022

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How valuable to security will Ukraine's EU membership be compared to membership in NATO?

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Allegedly in some operational areas Russian army is out of any trucks and transports own soldiers as garbage - in dump trucks. A strong feeling of ISIS or Taliban. pic.twitter.com/jtT8biGmnC

— Sergej Sumlenny (@sumlenny) March 8, 2022

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This images need to make it to the Russian public. What an embarrassment to the might bear army.

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I get the desire to revel in this (Russian military poverty = good), but many a war has been won by a force who improvises & adapts. Our nation's highlight reel includes many images which would elicit civilian snark.

I just get a sense that many folks are gleefully dancing on Putin's grave while he's still very much alive and it concerns me that these attitudes will help to get us drawn into an unwise position.

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This. Ukraine army has been made out to be a scrappy fighter, but riding in a dump truck means Russians ain't acting like redcoats.

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htownag10 said:

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Allegedly in some operational areas Russian army is out of any trucks and transports own soldiers as garbage - in dump trucks. A strong feeling of ISIS or Taliban. pic.twitter.com/jtT8biGmnC

— Sergej Sumlenny (@sumlenny) March 8, 2022

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This images need to make it to the Russian public. What an embarrassment to the might bear army.

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I get the desire to revel in this (Russian military poverty = good), but many a war has been won by a force who improvises & adapts. Our nation's highlight reel includes many images which would elicit civilian snark.

I just get a sense that many folks are gleefully dancing on Putin's grave while he's still very much alive and it concerns me that these attitudes will help to get us drawn into an unwise position.

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This. Ukraine army has been made out to be a scrappy fighter, but riding in a dump truck means Russians ain't acting like redcoats.

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I don't argue with the initiative and value of the troops on the ground improvising to continue their mission / survive, but for the general populace, this would be good propaganda.

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Allegedly in some operational areas Russian army is out of any trucks and transports own soldiers as garbage - in dump trucks. A strong feeling of ISIS or Taliban. pic.twitter.com/jtT8biGmnC

— Sergej Sumlenny (@sumlenny) March 8, 2022

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This images need to make it to the Russian public. What an embarrassment to the might bear army.

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I get the desire to revel in this (Russian military poverty = good), but many a war has been won by a force who improvises & adapts. Our nation's highlight reel includes many images which would elicit civilian snark.

I just get a sense that many folks are gleefully dancing on Putin's grave while he's still very much alive and it concerns me that these attitudes will help to get us drawn into an unwise position.

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This. Ukraine army has been made out to be a scrappy fighter, but riding in a dump truck means Russians ain't acting like redcoats.

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The question is why have the Russians had the need to bring in civilian vehicles to fulfill their mission needs

Is it a reliability issue? Have they had so much loss that the dump trucks were the easiest/quickest solution? Is there a more nefarious use for them like sabotage?

It will be telling to see how this equipment is fielded by the russians.

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How is your BIL doing in Mauripol?

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You're thinking of Spaceship. He has a BIL in Melitopol.

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Thanks for asking. They are doing okay - the city has remained relatively peaceful. Two large aid trucks arrived today, apparently from Russia (Crimea), with food and a gesture to the Ukrainian people to those who tolerate the Russian occupation with relatively low resistance get rewarded…

He said all the police have basically fled and so some locals have banded together to create a citizens police group to monitor the streets, keep the peace, etc. Apparently looting is a big problem right now.

With this power plant near disaster tonight only being 60 miles away from Melitopol, I'm wondering if it gets shut down and they lose power indefinitely. Hopefully not.

My BIL there firmly believes Ukraine will ultimately prevail and win this. My 80 year old Ukrainian father-in-law here in the US firmly believes Russia will. It's a interesting dichotomy.

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Spaceship, how are things with your BIL in Melitopol? Things still relatively peaceful in Melitopol? Power, water, heat still on?

They don't have enough logistical support in regular forces to conduct a deep penetration attack away from established forward operating bases more than a few days, and what they did have has taken tremendous losses, so they are attempting to improvise.

Logistics is terribly hindering the Russian attack, they don't have food and fuel, hence they keep abandoning vehicles where they have overextended and retreating on foot.

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My point is that we should curb our enthusiasm. Something can be a good sign while still falling short of being indicative of victory. There are folks getting whipped into a frenzy over this thing. Covid, BLM, Ukraine, Russian collusion, orange man bad, etc: a person who lets their emotions outrun their skepticism will follow puppet masters.

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Russia still has the upper hand but I read today it's costing putin 650 million per day for this war. I presume that's that cost of fighting plus the cost of sanctions.

Further, it appear both armies now have a roughly equal amount of personnel in country. The ukes just need to keep stretching this out for as long as they can.

⚡️US foreign policy heavyweights call for limited no-fly zone over Ukraine.

The group of 27 foreign policy leaders urged the U.S. to impose a limited no-fly zone over Ukraine starting with protection for humanitarian corridors, Politico reported.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 8, 2022