Ukraine continuing to signal that Russia will not be allowed to take anything positive away from this war. The end result will be a failure for Russia, not a bad idea by which they still managed to exact beneficial concessions.

pic.twitter.com/1YrT4FezMC

— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) March 18, 2022

ATX_AG_08 said:

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Another thing to keep in mind is if he is dead his staff is probably dead or taken out too, so there is going to be even worse planning and analysis. Hitting these command nodes is going to critically impact Russia’s capability to fight. https://t.co/s3Crb8h5MU

— The Intel Hub (@The_IntelHub) March 18, 2022

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The Russians sound like they may be needing a gold bar to stars promotion program if this keeps up.

A lot of chatter today about Ukraine forces moving south from Mykolaiv along M14 pushing Russian troops back toward Kherson. Not that far to Kherson from the small towns where the fighting was picking up today.

Link to "chatter"?

I take it you didn't grow up during the Cold War.

This is picking up steam rapidly… Keep a close watch to see if Western Europe and North America break from Eastern Europe based on divergent interests. From this point it's hard to imagine an innocuous outcome either way unless it's a strictly political gesture behind the scenes on the part of Eastern Europe. France voting Yes would be massive.

This makes 7 NATO Member Countries that have directly stated that they would Support a NATO Peacekeeping Mission into Ukraine, these Countries are Slovenia, Czechia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and now Denmark, there are rumors that France and Slovakia would also Vote Yes.

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 18, 2022

Keegan99 said:

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Link to "chatter"?

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I thought I saw it on here, I guess not. Will grab the Twitter links as soon as I can find them

Ukrainian counterattacks from 2 directions push towards Kherson, thus today's Russian evac from Kherson airfield in Chornobayivka pic.twitter.com/6wswfr20YS

— AlexandruC4 (@AlexandruC4) March 18, 2022

Wow.

This could be highly significant, as I was saying yesterday, it appears that the Ukrainians might be making a push in the South towards Kherson.

Gains in this area would make the Russian forces in Kherson extremely uneasy. https://t.co/2gFrAdjnwq

— Sierra Alpha 🇺🇦 (@Sierra__Alpha) March 18, 2022

And then this:

According to reports the Ukrainian 79th Air Assault Brigade garrison in Mykolaiv was hit by a Russian missile strike, fairly heavy casualties.

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 18, 2022

Touchless said:

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Agthatbuilds said:

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Warning- very distressing video with injured child

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This is not a video of an injured child. It's a video of a child that is likely dead as he's not breathing. Please do not post videos like this in this thread. No one here wants to see medics trying to revive a toddler, especially when it doesn't show the toddler coming back. You have to just assume they're dead.

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Also be aware that this same thing has happened hundreds of times over the past few weeks and will continue daily.

I'm not saying we should be involved but it's important to know that decisions made in our own self interest still have consequences for others.

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Ukrainian counterattacks from 2 directions push towards Kherson, thus today's Russian evac from Kherson airfield in Chornobayivka pic.twitter.com/6wswfr20YS

— AlexandruC4 (@AlexandruC4) March 18, 2022

Wow.

This could be highly significant, as I was saying yesterday, it appears that the Ukrainians might be making a push in the South towards Kherson.

Gains in this area would make the Russian forces in Kherson extremely uneasy. https://t.co/2gFrAdjnwq

— Sierra Alpha 🇺🇦 (@Sierra__Alpha) March 18, 2022

And then this:

According to reports the Ukrainian 79th Air Assault Brigade garrison in Mykolaiv was hit by a Russian missile strike, fairly heavy casualties.

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 18, 2022

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I am seeing 40+ soldiers killed. I pray not and look for gains to continue in this area. Cut off Crimean supply lines and then push to the east to relieve Melitopol and Mariupol. I don't know how much longer Mariupol can hold on as they have been begging for support last 48 hours.

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Touchless said:

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Agthatbuilds said:

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Warning- very distressing video with injured child

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This is not a video of an injured child. It's a video of a child that is likely dead as he's not breathing. Please do not post videos like this in this thread. No one here wants to see medics trying to revive a toddler, especially when it doesn't show the toddler coming back. You have to just assume they're dead.

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If you don't want to see it don't look. It should be prefaced with a warning, but I think it is important to see the ugliness of this war

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I'm well aware of choosing to watch the video and what may be in it. The warning says an injured child. That is not an injured child. It's a lifeless 3 year old toddler. Everyone on this thread is well aware that civilians are dying in this, including babies, toddlers, kids, etc. There just isn't a need to show that specific type of video on this thread. That's all I'm going to say on it as to not derail.

Rossticus said:

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This is picking up steam rapidly… Keep a close watch to see if Western Europe and North America break from Eastern Europe based on divergent interests. From this point it's hard to imagine an innocuous outcome either way unless it's a strictly political gesture behind the scenes on the part of Eastern Europe. France voting Yes would be massive.

This makes 7 NATO Member Countries that have directly stated that they would Support a NATO Peacekeeping Mission into Ukraine, these Countries are Slovenia, Czechia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and now Denmark, there are rumors that France and Slovakia would also Vote Yes.

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 18, 2022

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There was a video a couple of days ago with French president declaring that they alone had the best prepared and professional army in all of Europe and they had best be prepared for absolutely anything. I just caught it once but it I remember thinking it was quite inflammatory. Like he was personally ready to don some gear and go hunting Russians.

I'll try to find it again but after that, the above doesn't surprise me at all.

Armenians do seem to have changed their tone.

"We are ready to go to Donbass and as part of the Russian Armed Forces - the only guarantor of the external security of Armenia and Artsakh, a strategic ally of Armenia, to fight against the West, NATO, as well the fascist authorities of Ukraine.”

-Armenian military detachment

— CaucasusWarReport (@Caucasuswar) March 18, 2022

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⚡️Russian command post was destroyed at Kherson Airport in Chornobaivka - adviser to @ZelenskyyUa's Office Oleksiy Arestovych

He says the commander of Russia's 8th army and several more generals could have been eliminated.

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) March 18, 2022

Keep stacking that brass! Slava Ukraini!

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I'd hold off on that. I can't find anything solid to back it up yet.

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Some more smoke.....

⚡️За попередньою інформацією у Чорнобаївці загинув командувач 8-ї загальновійськової армії Південного військового округу ЗС РФ гвардії генерал-лейтенант Андрій Мордвічов, повідомляє The Insider. pic.twitter.com/pnZ79gNrdI

— Промисловий Портал (@ua_industrial) March 18, 2022

"According to preliminary information, the commander of the 8th All-Military Army of the Southern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Andriy Mordvichov, was killed in Chornobayivka, reports"

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If he was the architect of the southern push, this could be huge.

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Add this to Ukrainian force's current southern offensive, cut the head off and attack during the confusion

This is a car in Stoyanka, outside Kyiv. Note that the paper sign saying 'children' had been shot through. pic.twitter.com/U37Nv8emtt

— Igor Kossov (@IgorKossov) March 18, 2022

For 23 days we are continuously protecting our land. 23 days ago every Ukrainian had taken arms to protect their country. 23 days of total obliteration of russian invaders. pic.twitter.com/97BYH2pweO

— Alina Mykhailova (@Mykhailova_A) March 18, 2022

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Armenia just lost a war to Azerbaijan. I wonder what they really have to offer

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Probably just another name to add to the "coalition of the willing" Russia seems to be trying to drum up for PR purposes.

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They want to 100% make sure that they don't share a border with a wounded Russia who feels they have an axe to grind and score to settle with every one of them. They want to ensure that Russia is dead and bloated after this; utterly unable to engage in any reprisal or retributive action for decades.

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https://www.csis.org/analysis/nato-line-views-four-former-saceurs

All four former SACEURS believe Putins strategic objectives are bigger than Ukraine.
They also believe we should have acted in a manner to prevent not encourage putin to invade.
They also believe a no fly zone can be created for Humanitarian Aid flights.

It makes complete sense for Europe to be more inclined to join the fight against Russia. They have histories of seeing bloody wars on their soil and great suffering up close. They likely are thinking they've seen this act before and don't want to see it gain steam. These are their people getting massacred.

We've never seen anything like that on our soil, so of course we don't look at it the same way.

The longer this lasts and uglier it gets, the harder it's going to be to keep Europe on the sidelines.

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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has announced that Poland will submit a proposal for a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine at the next NATO summit.

— Global: MilitaryInfo (@Global_Mil_Info) March 18, 2022

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Uh oh. That could get spicy.

Question about NATO. If Poland joins the fight and gets struck on Polish territory, could that trigger Article 5?

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It could but article 5 still requires a unanimous vote. Technically, NATO soil could be attacked and countries could vote "no" on invoking article 5. That doesn't preclude unilateral action in response by independent countries outside of NATO's framework, however.

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I've been out of the loop so far today and haven't seen a response to this statement yet. I recall Biden specifically said we would defend NATO territory from attack even if said country unilaterally conducts offensive operations

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Rossticus said:

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They want to 100% make sure that they don't share a border with a wounded Russia who feels they have an axe to grind and score to settle with every one of them. They want to ensure that Russia is dead and bloated after this; utterly unable to engage in any reprisal or retributive action for decades.

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https://www.csis.org/analysis/nato-line-views-four-former-saceurs

All four former SACEURS believe Putins strategic objectives are bigger than Ukraine.
They also believe we should have acted in a manner to prevent not encourage putin to invade.
They also believe a no fly zone can be created for Humanitarian Aid flights.

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#ICYMI: WATCH former SACEURs share their perspectives on how the Russian invasion shapes the near- and long-term relationships among NATO allies, particularly as the Alliance works toward a new Strategic Concept here: https://t.co/ivRAXKtzv3

— CSIS International Security Program (@csis_isp) March 17, 2022