Is Ukraine about to have a war?
https://ukraine.segodnya.ua/ukraine/...u-1604920.html
I had been watching Engels on ADS-B to see if anything showed up - but nothing did, unsurprisingly. I noted that civilian flights going towards the South were all diverted so I assume the bears went south to launch somewhere between Engels and Krasnodar/Stavropol. The whole area along the Georgian border was kept free.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Russia starting to use non-PGMs on Ukranian cities
They reportedly have/had low stocks of PGMs and may have already run out after their fits “shock and awe” attack wave.
They reportedly have/had low stocks of PGMs and may have already run out after their fits “shock and awe” attack wave.
Looks like the remains of a KH-31/AS-17. Possibly an anti-radar version?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-31
https://twitter.com/breaknewsi/statu...14698917617669
Looks like the remains of a KH-31/AS-17. Possibly an anti-radar version?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-31
Looks like the remains of a KH-31/AS-17. Possibly an anti-radar version?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-31
Reported aratroop on Kharkiv. Seems very high leaving them vulnerable to ground fire.
https://twitter.com/paulglitten/stat...219901954?s=21
https://twitter.com/paulglitten/stat...219901954?s=21
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Russians on outskirts of Kharkiv. Not sure if that means they are surrounding and bypassing it till later or just awaiting troops for an urban assault.
Further roadblocks and geolocation confirmation further on in the thread.
Further roadblocks and geolocation confirmation further on in the thread.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
https://www.defensenews.com/global/e...sian-invasion/
Pentagon studying fallback supply lines to Ukraine in case of expanded Russian invasion
Pentagon studying fallback supply lines to Ukraine in case of expanded Russian invasion
I think there's quite a lot the west can do, without firing a shot.
The question is the extent to which it's prepared to subject itself to economic pain.
Will Volkswagen be prepared to shut down it's plant in Kaluga?
Would the UK Government be prepared to confiscate private properties in London and freeze all Russian financial assets?
How about expropriating Abrahmovich's ownership of Chelsea - seizing his yacht?
How about stealing every single piece of Russian owned property, assets and roubles in our respective countries?
And on top of that - entirely locking them out of the Western Financial System?
As I said earlier - I'd be prepared to pay higher taxes and prices.
The question is the extent to which it's prepared to subject itself to economic pain.
Will Volkswagen be prepared to shut down it's plant in Kaluga?
Would the UK Government be prepared to confiscate private properties in London and freeze all Russian financial assets?
How about expropriating Abrahmovich's ownership of Chelsea - seizing his yacht?
How about stealing every single piece of Russian owned property, assets and roubles in our respective countries?
And on top of that - entirely locking them out of the Western Financial System?
As I said earlier - I'd be prepared to pay higher taxes and prices.
The ABC's Washington correspondent Sarah Ferguson, who is pretty astute, has just been on the telly here.
She says Biden is expected tomorrow to start preparing the US people for sanctions which will hurt the US economy and US hip-pockets.
Namely oil and gas sanctions and targeting more big more big Russian banks.
She says Biden is expected tomorrow to start preparing the US people for sanctions which will hurt the US economy and US hip-pockets.
Namely oil and gas sanctions and targeting more big more big Russian banks.
Perhaps we really should have had a European Army to deal with things like this.................
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It sadly makes sense to fire at cities even if they do not strike them, the fleeing population will choke roads hampering the Ukrainian armies freedom of movement.
Hopes are with them all, stay safe.
The poor guy or gal whose damaged car is parked outside the Mariupol airport radar site is sadly probably dead now
Sanctions may help in the long term but in the short term will do squat and they are already being watered down, all the speeches about we will sanction the hell out of you if you step over the border is already reduced to smaller sanctions on this and that and will increase if you carry. Pathetic really.
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Hopes are with them all, stay safe.
The poor guy or gal whose damaged car is parked outside the Mariupol airport radar site is sadly probably dead now
Sanctions may help in the long term but in the short term will do squat and they are already being watered down, all the speeches about we will sanction the hell out of you if you step over the border is already reduced to smaller sanctions on this and that and will increase if you carry. Pathetic really.
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