Red Pear Realty said:According to US officials to CNN, Russia wants to take control of Donbas & other regions in Eastern Ukraine by early May. Putin is focused on May 9th due to it being known as Russia's Victory Day. Putin is finally preparing to name a general to oversight the conflict in Ukraine.
— Global: MilitaryInfo (@Global_Mil_Info) April 3, 2022
April 2nd satellite imagery of Kherson shows that the graves I've mentioned before (https://t.co/pePHruqph2) are still being dug. Since the beginning of this invasion, ~824 grave plots have been dug in Kherson Cemetery.
— Nathan Ruser (@Nrg8000) April 3, 2022
Given what we know about Bucha this is very concerning pic.twitter.com/BVFahI8APd
Of these ~824 grave plots that have been dug, it looks as though approximately 300 of them have been filled in, while the others remain open. Hard to say this with as much confidence with the resolution, but this should be broadly correct.
— Nathan Ruser (@Nrg8000) April 3, 2022
aggiehawg said:
These atrocities were being committed from the very get-go of the invasion. They were not bad actors, nor deserters.
The atrocities were part of the battle plan.
Grim reporting from Ukraine’s Bucha where bodies are seen lying in the streets, some with hands tied, and reports of large mass graves in the area. pic.twitter.com/VVYX54I4SD
— Benjamin Strick (@BenDoBrown) April 3, 2022
Sweet dreams 😂 pic.twitter.com/BYXkraQzdy
— spook (@spook_info) April 3, 2022
⚡️russia hit Odesa region with at least 3 Iskander missiles. They shoot from occupied Crimea. There are victims
— Margo Gontar (@MargoGontar) April 3, 2022
UTExan said:
Ukrainian Army volunteers thinking outside the box:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/an-elite-ukrainian-drone-unit-on-quad-bikes-ambushed-russian-forces-helping-to-defeat-putins-plan-to-capture-kyiv-report-says/ar-AAVOj4a
" A Ukrainian drone unit used quad bikes and night cover to ambush Russian forces, The Guardian reported.
Aerorozvidka was first set up by tech-savvy, university-educated Ukrainians.
The elite unit, which flies up to 300 missions a day, is crucial to the Ukrainian campaign."
"Night ambushes carried out by a team of Ukrainian special forces and drone operators on quad bikes have helped turn the tide of the Russian invasion, The Guardian reported."
"Aerorozvidka is a specialist air-reconnaissance unit within the Ukrainian army, which has claimed to have destroyed dozens of Russian "priority targets," including tanks and command trucks."
"The unit's commander, Lt Col Yaroslav Honchar, told The Guardian about an ambush near the Ukrainian town of Ivankiv, which helped stop a 40-mile mechanized Russian column heading to attack the capital Kyiv."
"Equipped with night-vision goggles, sniper rifles, and remotely detonated mines and drones, the team of about 30 Ukrainian soldiers approached Russian forces by riding on quad bikes through forests under cover of night."
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High mobility, hit and run attacks with forest cover during movement to contact and retrograde. Taking advantage of every Russian weakness.
Plus it was freezing cold so some vehicles in the convoy would still be running, masking any noise from the Ukes' ATVs.AgLA06 said:
Not really. There are exhaust silencer systems even you and I can buy on Amazon.
The full Russian MoD statement here. Russia also highlighted 452 tons of humanitarian aid to Kyiv. https://t.co/t7SnTDp9sg
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) April 3, 2022
Bull***** This is known tactics by the barbaric Russian regime.Rossticus said:The full Russian MoD statement here. Russia also highlighted 452 tons of humanitarian aid to Kyiv. https://t.co/t7SnTDp9sg
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) April 3, 2022
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has stated today that due to the discovery of Massacres perpetrated by Russian Forces in the Kyiv Region, the least he will expect to begin Negotiations is a Total Ceasefire and the Withdrawal of Russian Forces to before February 24th Borders. pic.twitter.com/LCvBcDXfEZ
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 3, 2022
I disagree with anyone that says what we are seeing in Ukraine just happens in war. Just what Russia does, has done. Or just acts of untrained, undisciplined conscripts. IMO & from what I've seen this is organized, unit level, mass genocide. Either ordered/allowed systematically
— John Spencer (@SpencerGuard) April 3, 2022
Russian Orthodox patriarch Kyrill speaks today in front of the army in the “Army Central Cathedral”, urges a destruction of Ukraine. “We have broken the Fascism’s backbone once, we will do it again”, he says, clearly meaning Ukrainian must be destroyed as Nazi Reich once. pic.twitter.com/t3cZMcKg7w
— Sergej Sumlenny (@sumlenny) April 3, 2022
Rossticus said:
Russians killing Ukrainian dogs for fun as well, apparently. GRAPHIC
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1510610518826008589.html
I guess their strategy towards Ukraine and how they want to be perceived has changed due to their own internal implosion.GAC06 said:
Interesting to see Turkey being supportive. It was looking like Turkey was on the outs with NATO
Rossticus said:Russian Orthodox patriarch Kyrill speaks today in front of the army in the “Army Central Cathedral”, urges a destruction of Ukraine. “We have broken the Fascism’s backbone once, we will do it again”, he says, clearly meaning Ukrainian must be destroyed as Nazi Reich once. pic.twitter.com/t3cZMcKg7w
— Sergej Sumlenny (@sumlenny) April 3, 2022
Surrender?fullback44 said:aggiehawg said:
These atrocities were being committed from the very get-go of the invasion. They were not bad actors, nor deserters.
The atrocities were part of the battle plan.
Terrible to see and hear this …. They are shooting and killing civilians like no big deal, just terrible, Ukraine needs to get its people out of those cities on the eastern part of the country where Russia wants control, they will keep killing them
UTExan said:
Ukrainian Army volunteers thinking outside the box:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/an-elite-ukrainian-drone-unit-on-quad-bikes-ambushed-russian-forces-helping-to-defeat-putins-plan-to-capture-kyiv-report-says/ar-AAVOj4a
" A Ukrainian drone unit used quad bikes and night cover to ambush Russian forces, The Guardian reported.
Aerorozvidka was first set up by tech-savvy, university-educated Ukrainians.
The elite unit, which flies up to 300 missions a day, is crucial to the Ukrainian campaign."
"Night ambushes carried out by a team of Ukrainian special forces and drone operators on quad bikes have helped turn the tide of the Russian invasion, The Guardian reported."
"Aerorozvidka is a specialist air-reconnaissance unit within the Ukrainian army, which has claimed to have destroyed dozens of Russian "priority targets," including tanks and command trucks."
"The unit's commander, Lt Col Yaroslav Honchar, told The Guardian about an ambush near the Ukrainian town of Ivankiv, which helped stop a 40-mile mechanized Russian column heading to attack the capital Kyiv."
"Equipped with night-vision goggles, sniper rifles, and remotely detonated mines and drones, the team of about 30 Ukrainian soldiers approached Russian forces by riding on quad bikes through forests under cover of night."
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High mobility, hit and run attacks with forest cover during movement to contact and retrograde. Taking advantage of every Russian weakness.
HappyCattt said:
BBC reports on what it alleges is evidence of Russian war crimes outside Kyiv after Ukraine retook Russian occupied territory. WARNING: Video contains burnt dead bodies.
The russians are not an army, they are a barbarian horde. Every day I monitor the russian losses and hope they will lose soon
#Russia #Ukraine 🇷🇺🇺🇦: #Ukrainian Forces have obtained new machine guns.
— War Noir (@war_noir) April 3, 2022
Several .50 Cal (12.7x99mm) Browning M2 machine guns and at least one 7.62x51 NATO Beretta MG42/59 Machine gun (from #Italy 🇮🇹) can be seen. pic.twitter.com/uLv4d1b35X
If the Russian leadership wants to continue this war it has to make a significant political choice. They cannot sustain a long war against Ukraine as a special operation, and they don’t want to reframe it as a war. This has implications for force availability. 2/
— Michael Kofman (@KofmanMichael) April 3, 2022
When semantics bite you in the butt. Can't call it a "war" can't use "wartime powers."Quote:
There is also no evidence of stoploss. The Russian military is taking in 134,500 conscripts this month as part of a biannual draft & releasing those whose terms of service have expired. Since Moscow has not declared a war, it has no political basis for retaining conscripts. 9/
So how is the Russian leadership trying to square this circle? There are rumors that they're offering sizable payouts to those willing to sign a contract, including conscripts getting out of service, and those with prior military experience. 10/
There are also cases where conscripts are intimidated into switching to contract service - sometimes given the choice between months of difficult serving conditions and signing a contract. 11/
