Rossticus said:Blackbeard94 said:MeatDr said:Important update: Putin has appointed Ramzan Kadyrov as lieutenant general of Russia's armed forces pic.twitter.com/mjsE6BrAXd
— Neil Hauer (@NeilPHauer) March 28, 2022
Looks like the Ace of Spades! At least in Ukraine…
This guy…fashion-general , 1-tiktok arm, Kadyrov Don pic.twitter.com/YSwDPM5IpE
— Vv (@airvolkus) March 28, 2022
No it's basically me going insane which results in less productivity https://t.co/QKiWyWVmyM
— Oryx (@oryxspioenkop) March 28, 2022
They still have to make their way towards Kyiv. Downside for Russia heading West is that all those pretty toys that Ukraine have been given start getting concentrated. If things get bad enough, will Ukraine start going behind the lines and blowing up bridges?Waffledynamics said:
LiveUAMap is showing a LOT of shelling icons around the country. Not good.
It appears Mariupol has fallen. This frees up a lot of men and resources. Also not good.
Now we have news of the Russian draft of 100,000 men in addition to the cannon fodder 18 year old conscripts coming in. Not good.
Is today a potential turning point in Russia's favor?
aezmvp said:I wouldn't want to put my head up as a Russian soldier there just yet.Rossticus said:
Remember Mariupol.⚡️Mariupol has fallen… -Mayor of Mariupol⚡️
— spook (@spook_info) March 28, 2022
A Ukrainian fighter in Mariupol fires an AT weapon directly into the turret of a Russian tank at point blank range, from the upper story of a building.🇺🇦
— Jimmy (@JimmySecUK) March 28, 2022
If you wanted a demonstration of why unsupported armour is very vulnerable in cities; this is it.👇pic.twitter.com/1GlJbqeSnl
Didn’t happen yet. They control a portion of the city. But not fallen yet.
— OSINT UK (@jon96179496) March 28, 2022
This map is largely accurate pic.twitter.com/kgRF3VoPLo
On the other side the Ukrainian Military is Visually Confirmed to have lost around 574 Pieces of Equipment so far since the Invasion, this includes 79 Tanks, 60 Infantry Fighting Vehicles, 12 Aircraft, and 1 Helicopter. pic.twitter.com/7qz939GgX2
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 28, 2022
An open access preview pic.twitter.com/kFRqOTlWwJ
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) March 28, 2022
The Mayor of the Besieged Ukrainian Coastal city of Mariupol Vadym Boychenko has stated a few minutes ago that the Downtown Center of Mariupol has fallen to Russian Forces, though there is still Heavy Fighting throughout the City with Ukrainian Military and Para-Military Forces. pic.twitter.com/vjASz73oo8
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 28, 2022
NEW: Russia’s Wagner Group has deployed to eastern Ukraine and is expected to send over 1,000 mercenaries for combat operations: British Defense Intelligence
— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) March 28, 2022
Russia’s heavy losses in Ukraine have “highly likely” forced Kremlin to deploy Wagner to Ukraine from Africa & Syria
They've been saying this for 3 weeks nowMeatDr said:NEW: Russia’s Wagner Group has deployed to eastern Ukraine and is expected to send over 1,000 mercenaries for combat operations: British Defense Intelligence
— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) March 28, 2022
Russia’s heavy losses in Ukraine have “highly likely” forced Kremlin to deploy Wagner to Ukraine from Africa & Syria
Captain Positivity said:An open access preview pic.twitter.com/kFRqOTlWwJ
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) March 28, 2022
Putin will "let" Ukraine join the EU? That statement captures his ultimate intent: Ukraine is to be sovereign and independent in name only and must defer to Moscow on all policy decisions. In other words, Ukraine must agree to become a vassal of Russia.Rossticus said:Captain Positivity said:An open access preview pic.twitter.com/kFRqOTlWwJ
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) March 28, 2022
And what, functionally speaking, does that translate into? Because I can't see where that changes anything at all. Ukraine was never overrun by Nazis and Russia has no determination as to whether they join the EU or not. In fact that was never part of their demands. Russian negotiations are like listening to a 5 year old argue.
Those were likely included in Russia's opening negotiating positions. It's basically meaningless as you noted but is used to try to show movement to keep negotiations active.Rossticus said:Captain Positivity said:An open access preview pic.twitter.com/kFRqOTlWwJ
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) March 28, 2022
And what, functionally speaking, does that translate into? Because I can't see where that changes anything at all. Ukraine was never overrun by Nazis and Russia has no determination as to whether they join the EU or not. In fact that was never part of their demands. Russian negotiations are like listening to a 5 year old argue.
Looks more like a Suicide King to me.Blackbeard94 said:MeatDr said:Important update: Putin has appointed Ramzan Kadyrov as lieutenant general of Russia's armed forces pic.twitter.com/mjsE6BrAXd
— Neil Hauer (@NeilPHauer) March 28, 2022
Looks like the Ace of Spades! At least in Ukraine…
The majority of T-80 losses tracked by @oryxspioenkop were from this unit, including, I believe, all 46 T-80U's lost.
— Henry Schlottman (@HN_Schlottman) March 28, 2022
"We decided to push the [Russian] military a little to make the right decision and are willing to pay more money than they are offered. Even more than their state's posthumous payment" - @ukrgasbank
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) March 28, 2022
Turkey, which is hosting tomorrow’s talks, called Russia’s demands to have Ukraine recognise the Crimea annexation and the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk as “very maximalist” and “not realistic”
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) March 28, 2022
MeatDr said:Ukrtelecom is one of the larger ISPs, serving about 15% of Ukrainians. https://t.co/OLKi7mdPm7
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 28, 2022
Ukrtelecom was subjected to a “powerful cyberattack”
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 28, 2022
This was reported by the State Service for Special Communications of #Ukraine. The attack has already been neutralized. https://t.co/Tfmk90q8c4
Kadyrov's Tiktok troops bravely fight with an empty building
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 28, 2022
In the video you can clearly hear the cameraman shouting "Come on, come on, let's start, I'm shooting," and the Chechen soldiers, looking into the camera, run to shoot at the destroyed house. pic.twitter.com/ppjwVWS04U
Russia goes nuclear before they allow Sevastopol and their naval base to be bombed and starved out.AgLA06 said:
Good for Turkey.
I'd personally love to see Ukraine push Russia out of everywhere except the east and then push to retake Crimea. Destroy the bridge and make Crimea Russia's version of Mariupal. Then they can negotiate the east.
lb3 said:Russia goes nuclear before they allow Sevastopol and their naval base to be bombed and starved out.AgLA06 said:
Good for Turkey.
I'd personally love to see Ukraine push Russia out of everywhere except the east and then push to retake Crimea. Destroy the bridge and make Crimea Russia's version of Mariupal. Then they can negotiate the east.
This quote by Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau is spreading virally in the Russian media space:
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) March 28, 2022
"The Russian president is demanding unconditional surrender from Kiev , and the international community has only one way to influence this: to arm Ukraine to the teeth."
AgLA06 said:
Good for Turkey.
I'd personally love to see Ukraine push Russia out of everywhere except the east and then push to retake Crimea. Destroy the bridge and make Crimea Russia's version of Mariupal. Then they can negotiate the east.
Supposedly a million active duty soldiers with 2 million in reserve. I suspect putin willing to risk all but those who have direct responsibilities to his personal protection and will have them march into Ukraine if they have run out of vehicles.Waffledynamics said:
Would they be able to exhaust Russia until they can't realistically continue? I would imagine with all of the aid coming into Ukraine and Russia's economy hurting so badly, they would tire out more quickly.
I like the way you think.bonfarr said:
Kadyrov is an opportunistic mercenary, would it be more economical for the West to pay him off rather than spend hundreds of billions of dollars in weapons and aid to Ukraine? I wonder what it would take to buy him off and have him just surrender all of the combined Russian forces in Ukraine once Putin puts him in charge.
It was only a few decades ago that Russia was treating his people just like the Ukes, maybe a lot of dollars in his bank would make him remember.
