MeatDr said:

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Dozens feared dead and more than 100 wounded after missile strike on railway station used to evacuate civilians in Ukraine https://t.co/6iNHGPR2kJ

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) April 8, 2022

Another angle of the Tochka-U missile used in today railway station attack, with the words "For the (our) Children" written on the side. These are guided missiles, it's hard to see that this wasn't a deliberate attack on a known evacuation site. pic.twitter.com/K22FO0BGu8

— Eliot Higgins (@EliotHiggins) April 8, 2022

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More on this. Just awful.

‼️ The number of victims in #Kramatorsk reached 39. Among them are 4 children.

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 8, 2022

Some more on the S-300s from Slovakia. It was delivered days ago, but ethical reporting does exist and they withheld it until it was officially announced. It's also Slovakia's ENTIRE single S-300 battery. Incredible of them to give it.

SCOOP & BREAKING NEWS:

Slovakia has now delivered its S-300 long-range SAM missile defense system to UA!

Days ago, Visegrad24 received this video of the transfer from a railway worker but didn’t publish it since it wasn’t public news.

Slovak media confirmed the news 1h ago⬇️ pic.twitter.com/2S71IpKB3H

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 8, 2022

Slovakia only had one S-300 battery (4 launchers) so they sent everything they had to Ukraine.

It’s a symbolically important transfer since it shows that serious SAMs systems aren’t treated like jets by NATO and are likely be sent to Ukraine in larger quantities in the future.

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 8, 2022

Russians knew that the train station in Kramatorsk was full of civilians waiting to be evacuated. Yet they stroke it with a ballistic missile, killing at least 30 and injuring at least a hundred people. This was a deliberate slaughter. We will bring each war criminal to justice. pic.twitter.com/cq0CX9wovV

— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) April 8, 2022

Video footage of a Russian infantry force hammered by the artillery of the Ukrainian 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade.#Rusisa #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/iLMtH6hn9A

— BlueSauron👁️ (@Blue_Sauron) April 8, 2022

Can you imagine turning on your TV and watching this, day after day after day. I've never been able to do it by the way. I just get sick. Would not make a good scholar of fascist propaganda. https://t.co/IwZkqaQlL8

— Sergey Radchenko (@DrRadchenko) April 8, 2022

Seems Slovakia is not the only country sending S-300s to Ukraine 👇 https://t.co/RZIgGu4L05

— Michael Weiss 🌻🇺🇸🇮🇪 (@michaeldweiss) April 8, 2022

MeatDr said:

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Some more on the S-300s from Slovakia. It was delivered days ago, but ethical reporting does exist and they withheld it until it was officially announced. It's also Slovakia's ENTIRE single S-300 battery. Incredible of them to give it.

SCOOP & BREAKING NEWS:

Slovakia has now delivered its S-300 long-range SAM missile defense system to UA!

Days ago, Visegrad24 received this video of the transfer from a railway worker but didn’t publish it since it wasn’t public news.

Slovak media confirmed the news 1h ago⬇️ pic.twitter.com/2S71IpKB3H

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 8, 2022

Slovakia only had one S-300 battery (4 launchers) so they sent everything they had to Ukraine.

It’s a symbolically important transfer since it shows that serious SAMs systems aren’t treated like jets by NATO and are likely be sent to Ukraine in larger quantities in the future.

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 8, 2022

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The S-300 was designed in the 60s so they are likely getting rid of it to get the S400 (doubtful since Russia designed that one) or the Patriot (which needs a big upgrade). Seems a lot of countries are giving Ukraine what needed to be disbanded 20 years ago to get well needed upgrades.

P.U.T.U said:

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MeatDr said:

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Some more on the S-300s from Slovakia. It was delivered days ago, but ethical reporting does exist and they withheld it until it was officially announced. It's also Slovakia's ENTIRE single S-300 battery. Incredible of them to give it.

SCOOP & BREAKING NEWS:

Slovakia has now delivered its S-300 long-range SAM missile defense system to UA!

Days ago, Visegrad24 received this video of the transfer from a railway worker but didn’t publish it since it wasn’t public news.

Slovak media confirmed the news 1h ago⬇️ pic.twitter.com/2S71IpKB3H

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 8, 2022

Slovakia only had one S-300 battery (4 launchers) so they sent everything they had to Ukraine.

It’s a symbolically important transfer since it shows that serious SAMs systems aren’t treated like jets by NATO and are likely be sent to Ukraine in larger quantities in the future.

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 8, 2022

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The S-300 was designed in the 60s so they are likely getting rid of it to get the S400 (doubtful since Russia designed that one) or the Patriot (which needs a big upgrade). Seems a lot of countries are giving Ukraine what needed to be disbanded 20 years ago to get well needed upgrades.

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100% in favor of this. Give them and give them some of our legacy stuff or modern stuff (like M1A1's I think we have 3000 in boneyards, hell set up 1k for a lend lease program).

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One man's trash is another man's treasure.

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Especially since it is as good or better than what they're going up against.

aezmvp said:

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P.U.T.U said:

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MeatDr said:

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Some more on the S-300s from Slovakia. It was delivered days ago, but ethical reporting does exist and they withheld it until it was officially announced. It's also Slovakia's ENTIRE single S-300 battery. Incredible of them to give it.

SCOOP & BREAKING NEWS:

Slovakia has now delivered its S-300 long-range SAM missile defense system to UA!

Days ago, Visegrad24 received this video of the transfer from a railway worker but didn’t publish it since it wasn’t public news.

Slovak media confirmed the news 1h ago⬇️ pic.twitter.com/2S71IpKB3H

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 8, 2022

Slovakia only had one S-300 battery (4 launchers) so they sent everything they had to Ukraine.

It’s a symbolically important transfer since it shows that serious SAMs systems aren’t treated like jets by NATO and are likely be sent to Ukraine in larger quantities in the future.

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 8, 2022

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The S-300 was designed in the 60s so they are likely getting rid of it to get the S400 (doubtful since Russia designed that one) or the Patriot (which needs a big upgrade). Seems a lot of countries are giving Ukraine what needed to be disbanded 20 years ago to get well needed upgrades.

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100% in favor of this. Give them and give them some of our legacy stuff or modern stuff (like M1A1's I think we have 3000 in boneyards, hell set up 1k for a lend lease program).

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I'm sure it's been covered a bunch in this amazing thread…

But once again, let's get some Uke pilots trained up on the A10s we're about to mothball. Not sure how many weeks or even possible, but maybe some more knowledgeable can way in.

Incredible "tank busting" capabilities and air cover for ground advancements.

MeatDr said:

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Taking the start of this list from BattleGrackle, I'm starting a diplomat AND EMBASSY STAFF expulsion cumulative post. I welcome corrections.

Total diplomats expelled to date as of this post: 435

Belgium - 21 (Mar 29), 19 (Apr 5)
Bulgaria - 10 (Mar 18)
Czech Republic - 1 (Mar 29)
Denmark - 15 (Apr 5)
Estonia - 3 (Mar 18), 14 (Apr 5)
Finland - 2 (Apr 8)
France - 35 (Apr 4)
Germany - 40 (Apr 4)
Greece - 12 (Apr 6)
Italy - 30 (Apr 5)
Ireland - 4 (Mar 29)
Japan - 8 (Apr 8)
Latvia - 3* (Mar 18), 13 (Apr 5)
Lithuania - 4* (Mar 18), ambassador also expelled (Apr 4)
Montenegro - 1 (Apr 4)
Netherlands - 17 (Mar 29)
North Macedonia - 5 (Mar 28)
Norway - 3 (Apr 6)
Poland - 45 (Mar 23)
Portugal - 10 (Apr 5)
Romania - 10 (Apr 5)
Slovakia - 3 (Mar 14), 35 (Mar 31)
Slovenia - 33 (Apr 5)
Spain - 25 (Apr 5)
Sweden - 3 (Apr 5)
USA - 12 (Feb 28)

* In March a joint statement from Baltic states was released that 10 diplomats were being expelled, 7 between Lithuania and Latvia

Feel free to add/edit

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2 from Finland

I don't know what's actually happening on the ground, but it's funny how often the Russia defenders and Russia itself gear up to defend the circumstances around the latest batch of dead civilians and then it turns out the Russians already bragged about it a few hours before.

Either Ukraine is keeping civilians at military targets (I'm not ruling this out at all) or the Russians are as incompetent at external propaganda as they are at war.

Of course, the easy way to cut through all the noise is to remember that every story is about how many Ukrainians died on Ukrainian soil during Russia's invasion. The Russians are bad guys, we're just trying to figure out exactly how bad they are and whether Ukraine is also doing some pretty evil stuff in their quest for national survival.

Interesting and funny at the same time.

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Ulrich said:

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I don't know what's actually happening on the ground, but it's funny how often the Russia defenders and Russia itself gear up to defend the circumstances around the latest batch of dead civilians and then it turns out the Russians already bragged about it a few hours before.

Either Ukraine is keeping civilians at military targets (I'm not ruling this out at all) or the Russians are as incompetent at external propaganda as they are at war.

Of course, the easy way to cut through all the noise is to remember that every story is about how many Ukrainians died on Ukrainian soil during Russia's invasion. The Russians are bad guys, we're just trying to figure out exactly how bad they are and whether Ukraine is also doing some pretty evil stuff in their quest for national survival.

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Here is what is happening over and over again on the ground. WARNING Horrific content.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RussiaUkraineWar2022/comments/tz01vz/just_in_images_after_russian_strike_on_railway/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/RussiaUkraineWar2022/comments/tz33vq/more_footage_from_kramatorsk_train_station_today/

And not every story is about dead Ukrainians. The russians continue to pay for their atrocities.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RussiaUkraineWar2022/comments/tyop3z/the_valley_of_russian_doom_ukraine_tour_de_2022/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

He does a really good job explaining the strategic importance of why russia is really attempting to take Ukraine.

🇬🇧The United Kingdom will send "Mastiff" armored vehicles to #Ukraine,#British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said in an interview to Sky news.

Boris Johnson also said that UK will send weapons worth $130 million to #Ukraine including man-portable air-defense system "Starstreak". pic.twitter.com/hTRervNoeK

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 8, 2022

You called it.

JUST IN: The US will reposition one Patriot missile system in Slovakia to backfill the Russian-made S-300 air defenses sent to Ukraine today, SecDef Lloyd Austin said.

The US battery in Slovakia will be manned by US troops. The US has Aegis Ashore in Romania and soon in Poland.

— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) April 8, 2022

AGS-R-TUFF said:

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aezmvp said:

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P.U.T.U said:

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MeatDr said:

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Some more on the S-300s from Slovakia. It was delivered days ago, but ethical reporting does exist and they withheld it until it was officially announced. It's also Slovakia's ENTIRE single S-300 battery. Incredible of them to give it.

SCOOP & BREAKING NEWS:

Slovakia has now delivered its S-300 long-range SAM missile defense system to UA!

Days ago, Visegrad24 received this video of the transfer from a railway worker but didn’t publish it since it wasn’t public news.

Slovak media confirmed the news 1h ago⬇️ pic.twitter.com/2S71IpKB3H

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 8, 2022

Slovakia only had one S-300 battery (4 launchers) so they sent everything they had to Ukraine.

It’s a symbolically important transfer since it shows that serious SAMs systems aren’t treated like jets by NATO and are likely be sent to Ukraine in larger quantities in the future.

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 8, 2022

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The S-300 was designed in the 60s so they are likely getting rid of it to get the S400 (doubtful since Russia designed that one) or the Patriot (which needs a big upgrade). Seems a lot of countries are giving Ukraine what needed to be disbanded 20 years ago to get well needed upgrades.

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100% in favor of this. Give them and give them some of our legacy stuff or modern stuff (like M1A1's I think we have 3000 in boneyards, hell set up 1k for a lend lease program).

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I'm sure it's been covered a bunch in this amazing thread…

But once again, let's get some Uke pilots trained up on the A10s we're about to mothball. Not sure how many weeks or even possible, but maybe some more knowledgeable can way in.

Incredible "tank busting" capabilities and air cover for ground advancements.

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Great survivability but I'm not sure that they'd be great in that air threat enviornment. F-16s would be easier and better imo but the problem is then you're not just training pilots but ground crews, repair techs, getting tool sets, supplies and all kinds of other stuff. I'm not saying we shouldn't/couldn't but the threat environment is incredibly complex and I'm of the opinion that you could do a lot more without transferring NATO air equipment rather than ground equipment in this space. I'd rather send drones but again our stand off tech is REALLY expensive and it's not best bang for buck right now when they need a lot of other things first.

EMY92 said:

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P.U.T.U said:

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MeatDr said:

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Some more on the S-300s from Slovakia. It was delivered days ago, but ethical reporting does exist and they withheld it until it was officially announced. It's also Slovakia's ENTIRE single S-300 battery. Incredible of them to give it.

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The S-300 was designed in the 60s so they are likely getting rid of it to get the S400 (doubtful since Russia designed that one) or the Patriot (which needs a big upgrade). Seems a lot of countries are giving Ukraine what needed to be disbanded 20 years ago to get well needed upgrades.

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A lot of the high flying Russian bombers were built or designed in the 60s or 70s, so it's not like they're trying to shoot down B-2 bombers.

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Also, despite being a complex system, it requires no training since the Ukes are familiar with it.
Everything else provided since the war is short range. Which allows the RuAf to attack from stand off distance.

No longer the case, and it is a system very much respected by the RuAF since they use it.

MeatDr said:

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🇬🇧The United Kingdom will send "Mastiff" armored vehicles to #Ukraine,#British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said in an interview to Sky news.

Boris Johnson also said that UK will send weapons worth $130 million to #Ukraine including man-portable air-defense system "Starstreak". pic.twitter.com/hTRervNoeK

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 8, 2022

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NEW: The UK will provide more military aid to Ukraine.

This package amounts to £100 million, and will help Ukraine defend itself from Russia's barbaric attacks. #StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/OMXU1zXsDM

— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) April 8, 2022