MeatDr said:

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Kyiv oblast
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— spook (@spook_info) March 30, 2022

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Two things I got from that.

1. The Ukes have balls of steel.
2. The Russians are either trying their best to sabotage their own efforts, or they're an army full of Gomer Pyles.

Again, Balls. Of. Steel.

After demanding payment in rubles it looks like Putin blinked.

⚡️ Germany says Putin agreed to keep gas payments in euros.

The money will be paid into Gazprom Bank, which is not subject to sanctions.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 30, 2022

PJYoung said:

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After demanding payment in rubles it looks like Putin blinked.

⚡️ Germany says Putin agreed to keep gas payments in euros.

The money will be paid into Gazprom Bank, which is not subject to sanctions.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 30, 2022

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You know things keep getting worse for tinpot dictator when.

aggiehawg said:

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JFABNRGR said:

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Look like anti-tank mines to me with about 15 lbs of explosives each. T46s or T62s.

They certainly will destroy any personnel within the armored vehicle and likely within a 30M radius + whatever shrapnel flies.

Not sure I understand the proximity of the ones on the bridge. One vehicle will likely set off all of them. Might could have accomplished more with less and then put a billboard "BRIDGE IS MINED GTFO"

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Thanks. So who put the mines there? Ukes or Russians?

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No telling, both use them. Its certainly a checkpoint poorly/dangerously designed. My best guess is in Belarus or Russia just inside their border or in Ukraine in one of the russian occupied towns, based on this doesn't look like any other UKR checkpoint.

I do not think this a bridge and those are most likely live active mines, the soviet union has no shortage of them, which today includes Ukraine.

On a side note there have been reports of the russians mass laying mines especially to the east of Kiev. Sadly I suspect well see more of this all along the eastern front which will all but confirm russian objective of taking Eastern Ukraine giving them their land bridge to crimea, sucking up a bunch of good crop land, and being able to screw UKR over on the Dneiper River which has to be a huge resource.

The British spy chief is set to use a rare public speech to say it increasingly looks like Russia’s President Vladimir Putin “has massively misjudged the situation” in Ukraine. 2/

— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah) March 30, 2022

Roll up for non-tweeters: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1509274678023573510.html

How would you clear those mines without them going off?

I asked this a couple of pages back, and it seems like it got lost in the discussion. Hoping maybe it can get an answer now:

I'm seeing a lot of bridge destruction by Russia as they try to keep any gains they can. What's Ukraine's way around that so that they can continue to fight and counterattack?

I'm no expert, but I don't see how they easily get past the issue of key blown bridges along the Dneiper. They don't have the airborne or naval capabilities to bypass, at least that I've seen. Are there effective innovations in river crossings that could make all that much of a difference?

Note the progress on bisecting Russia's land bridge in the southeast. May partially explain Russian redeployment. Hopefully the Ukes can get additional forces there in time to maintain operational effectiveness.

Ukrainian counter offensives seem to be successful so far within the last three days in both the NE and the South within Ukraine. Russian forces can be seen losing controlled areas in both locations. pic.twitter.com/mhMRor7PZW

— The Intel Hub (@The_IntelHub) March 30, 2022

FriscoKid said:

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Seven busses packed with Russian soldiers suffering from Acute Radiation Syndrome arrived to #Belarus from the #Ukrainian #Chernobyl exclusion zone. Source: member of public council of state #Ukraine agency of exclusion zone Yaroslav Yemelyanenko via Unian news agency.

— Victor Kovalenko (@MrKovalenko) March 30, 2022

Oops

Edit: They literally nuked themselves

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Probably looting the kit that was left behind in the basement of that hospital.

They're stopping the Belarusian objectors.

The purge on the Belarusian railways is in full swing. Dozens of train drivers and technical staff have been arrested this week. Today alone, pro-regime TG channels posted more than 30 videos in which arrested employees "confess" to sabotaging Russian echelons and other crimes. pic.twitter.com/9IxxomrLdb

— Tadeusz Giczan 🇺🇦 (@TadeuszGiczan) March 30, 2022

Rossticus said:

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Note the progress on bisecting Russia's land bridge in the southeast. May partially explain Russian redeployment. Hopefully the Ukes can get additional forces there in time to maintain operational effectiveness.

Ukrainian counter offensives seem to be successful so far within the last three days in both the NE and the South within Ukraine. Russian forces can be seen losing controlled areas in both locations. pic.twitter.com/mhMRor7PZW

— The Intel Hub (@The_IntelHub) March 30, 2022

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That seems very risky, essentially putting Russians in two opposite directions from the Ukrainian forces. Hopefully it doesn't result in them getting encircled.

Waffledynamics said:

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I asked this a couple of pages back, and it seems like it got lost in the discussion. Hoping maybe it can get an answer now:

I'm seeing a lot of bridge destruction by Russia as they try to keep any gains they can. What's Ukraine's way around that so that they can continue to fight and counterattack?

I'm no expert, but I don't see how they easily get past the issue of key blown bridges along the Dneiper. They don't have the airborne or naval capabilities to bypass, at least that I've seen. Are there effective innovations in river crossings that could make all that much of a difference?

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Combat engineers with bridging equipment.

Satellite imagery from @Maxar shows Russian forces have established a camp in Ukraine at Chaplynka airfield, Kherson Oblast. Helicopters and vehicles have been deployed to the camp and entrenchments have been dug.
[Location: 46.3456885, 33.5413067] pic.twitter.com/MC6i6V21tq

— Centre for Information Resilience (@Cen4infoRes) March 30, 2022

Waffledynamics said:

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Rossticus said:

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Note the progress on bisecting Russia's land bridge in the southeast. May partially explain Russian redeployment. Hopefully the Ukes can get additional forces there in time to maintain operational effectiveness.

Ukrainian counter offensives seem to be successful so far within the last three days in both the NE and the South within Ukraine. Russian forces can be seen losing controlled areas in both locations. pic.twitter.com/mhMRor7PZW

— The Intel Hub (@The_IntelHub) March 30, 2022

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That seems very risky, essentially putting Russians in two opposite directions from the Ukrainian forces. Hopefully it doesn't result in them getting encircled.

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Based on this map, the risk of encirclement MAY not be as significant as it would appear in the previous map, depending on the numbers and capabilities of the respective forces. Hard to say for sure without more info.

Today I'm releasing geospatial data of my Ukraine Control Map, for journalists and enthusiasts to use. This means you can now open it in Google Earth to use, or other GIS programs.
Link - https://t.co/zqXI5Z5UFO
See notes below for usage ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/7AknHVJmTE

— Nathan Ruser (@Nrg8000) March 29, 2022

EMY92 said:

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Waffledynamics said:

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I asked this a couple of pages back, and it seems like it got lost in the discussion. Hoping maybe it can get an answer now:

I'm seeing a lot of bridge destruction by Russia as they try to keep any gains they can. What's Ukraine's way around that so that they can continue to fight and counterattack?

I'm no expert, but I don't see how they easily get past the issue of key blown bridges along the Dneiper. They don't have the airborne or naval capabilities to bypass, at least that I've seen. Are there effective innovations in river crossings that could make all that much of a difference?

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Combat engineers with bridging equipment.

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Right, I figured as much, but would that really allow for enough to cross?

I don't know what they do in a pinch, but it wouldn't seem to me that they would be able to make a giant thoroughfare for mass troop movements. What do I know, though?

VDV not afraid to do a little looting. Can't take it with you, boy.

This is the real face of the "second army of the world":
"Tsibenko D.A. Russian Armed Forces".
Marauder pic.twitter.com/FV0ElCPUtP

— Stanislav Aseyev (@AseyevStanislav) March 30, 2022

This suggests to me that Finland and Sweden may be joining NATO sometime within the next few weeks, the Alliance has already said on Multiple Occasions that both Countries would be able to Join NATO within 24 hours of a Formal Request.

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 30, 2022

FriscoKid said:

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Seven busses packed with Russian soldiers suffering from Acute Radiation Syndrome arrived to #Belarus from the #Ukrainian #Chernobyl exclusion zone. Source: member of public council of state #Ukraine agency of exclusion zone Yaroslav Yemelyanenko via Unian news agency.

— Victor Kovalenko (@MrKovalenko) March 30, 2022

Oops

Edit: They literally nuked themselves

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This explains the post I saw about Russians moving out of the area. Guess they decided it was a bad idea.

Rossticus said:

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Eastern Ukraine is their industrial and agricultural hub. The people saying to negotiate a deal letting Russia have it are missing the point that it would absolutely kneecap them economically and make them much more dependent on additional agricultural exports. It would still be a massive Russian victory if the came away with eastern Ukraine because of the crippling impact it would have.

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I think eastern UKR has always been their objective this go around. Of course putin & red team swung for the fence and needed to destroy enough UKR to ensure the primary goal is achieved.

Russia is getting their asses kicked and good.

I think it is over with my summer, sue for peace and accept what they had before they invaded.

Putin is a dead man walking.

JFABNRGR said:

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Rossticus said:

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Eastern Ukraine is their industrial and agricultural hub. The people saying to negotiate a deal letting Russia have it are missing the point that it would absolutely kneecap them economically and make them much more dependent on additional agricultural exports. It would still be a massive Russian victory if the came away with eastern Ukraine because of the crippling impact it would have.

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I think eastern UKR has always been their objective this go around. Of course putin & red team swung for the fence and needed to destroy enough UKR to ensure the primary goal is achieved.

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Russia invaded eastern Ukraine 8 years ago. It the objective this time was to take more of it, then wasting half your forces elsewhere was monumentally stupid.

I'm not so sure about that. Ukraine knew where they were massing. A lot of the reason for Russian success in the south is because Ukraine prioritized defending Kiev. Maybe they could have used Belarus as an actual feint for that

Too expensive. They lost too much equipment for what they will likely get.

And what did they get? Likely years of beating down the population in the East. There is a real risk that this could become another Afghanistan for them.