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Old 18th Feb 2022, 14:54
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Let’s see how this develops…..

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Multiple reports of the same thing.

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Vehicle identified as one used by one of the leaders on Tass , might be an assassination attempt ?
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UK Embassy has relocated to Lviv from Kyiv, given ZZ175's recent movements between Brize Kyiv and Lviv, I hope this has been planned for some time rather than a reaction to very recent intelligence. https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/ukraine

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Those sanctions had better be good, because they are going to be needed very soon. Very soon indeed.
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Old 18th Feb 2022, 19:27
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If you are going to produce a false flag, better not to use social media….

https://www.axios.com/telegram-ukrai...260102a4a.html


Metadata from the messaging app Telegram indicates that pro-Russian separatist leaders created videos ordering "emergency" evacuations from eastern Ukraine two days ago, but posted them on Friday, Bellingcat first reported and Axios can confirm.

Why it matters: U.S. officials have for days now accused Russia of preparing to fabricate a pretext to invade Ukraine. The two-day-old metadata from the leaders of the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics could undermine claims that they ordered the evacuations due to an imminent threat of a Ukrainian offensive.
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Old 18th Feb 2022, 20:15
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Putin has ordered the reserves to be called for training, effective as of date of publication (in essence, now).

https://tass.ru/obschestvo/13761793
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Major gas pipeline to the whole of Western Europe….



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I can't see twitter in this browser with the anti tracking etc stuff I run, but, having seen similar posts elsewhere, there was suspicion that it was one of the feeder lines, and it's already extinguished.

There are also tweets out there saying the separatist leaders both filmed their evacuation videos, mentioning the February 18th date a few days ago - tiktok keeps the metadata.

Again there are also tweets out there suggesting military vehicles have crossed from Russia in to separatist controlled areas.

As far as I'm concerned, a Russian military operation has started, and I think Vlad is going to try to get all the way to Dnieper and take Kiev.
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Old 19th Feb 2022, 00:37
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Why would the Ukraine set fire to a gas line in an area they do not hold, when they could simply do it in an area they do lol..

Thoughts are with them and a sense of feeling we have all left the Ukraine hanging out to dry.


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Reference the gas line explosions (there were two), already being claimed as sabotage by Ukraine….

False flag operations? Fill your boots…


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/1-ukr...202544325.html

Ukraine says Russian troops planted explosives at Donetsk facilities

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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/artic...if-russia-wins

What if Russia Wins?

A Kremlin-Controlled Ukraine Would Transform Europe
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Yunarmija has had its millionth child give an oath. Anyone remember Hitler youth?

The number of participants of the military-patriotic movement "Yunarmiya" has reached 1 million


KUBINKA /Moscow region/, December 5. /tass/. The millionth participant joined the ranks of the Unarmia movement at a solemn ceremony at the walls of the Memorial Road museum complex in Kubinka, a TASS correspondent reports.

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The All-Russian children's and youth military-patriotic movement "Yunarmiya" was created in 2016 on the initiative of the Ministry of Defense and with the support of the President of Russia. The main task of the movement is patriotic education, as well as physical, intellectual and social development of young people.


https://vpk.name/en/562648_the-numbe...1-million.html


Filling the role of a practice military organization for children, Yunarmiya’s recruits swore themselves in when joining in 2019. The text of the original Yunarmiya oath has been removed from its website, but a shortened version from the Ministry of Defense’s website reads:

“I swear to strive for victories in education and sports, to lead a healthy lifestyle, to prepare myself for service and creation for the benefit of the Fatherland, to honor the memory of the heroes who fought for the freedom and independence of our country, to be a patriot and a worthy citizen of Russia."



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Old 19th Feb 2022, 07:06
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Interfax reporting full mobilization in LPR. Adult males 18 to 55 denied of exit. Russian media reporting shelling from Ukraine. Seems like the scheme is being built to pretext the Russian invasion.

Moscow. February 19th. INTERFAX.RU - The head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, signed a decree on a general mobilization on the territory of the republic.

"I decide: to announce a general mobilization on the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic," the text of his decree reads.

The document notes that within the framework of the decree, it is forbidden for men aged 18 to 55 to leave the LPR.

In addition, the decree states that the executive bodies of state power are now empowered to seize vehicles and other property "necessary for the needs of defense" from enterprises, institutions, organizations and citizens.

Previously, general mobilization had been declared in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic .

https://www.interfax.ru/world/823081
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Interesting point made here - not so much about the location of the convoy near the Ukrainian border, but the wide spacing of the convoy….

“Notice the long distances of the convoy compared to the earlier footage. They are now on war footing and prepared to face air strikes.”


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Old 19th Feb 2022, 07:58
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Interesting point made here - not so much about the location of the convoy near the Ukrainian border, but the wide spacing of the convoy….
“Notice the long distances of the convoy compared to the earlier footage. They are now on war footing and prepared to face air strikes.”
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Hmmm, Air strikes by whome?
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Old 19th Feb 2022, 08:12
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Ukraine has a number of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones / UAV's. They can carry 4 x anti-tank missiles each.
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