No official confirmation but likely !
Finding nothing under Ukrainian Artillery, but would welcome further info Nutloose !

El Grifo

I have a (vain) hope that Mad Vlad hasn't decimated downtown Kyiv yet with the (diminishing) tools that are remaining at his disposal, perhaps because he would find it hard to sell to the ordinary folk back home that he has razed the place that he considers the birthplace of Mother Russia?
Granted, the reports of 'the' armoured column getting picked off piecemeal has no doubt helped, and the magnificent defence being put up by the Ukrainians. Of course he could, and no doubt would, manipulate any photos/footage if that proves to be the case, but I hope that my theory is correct? The coming days will of course tell one way or the other.

Interesting schematic giving this think-tank's appreciation of risk/value of different military possibilities inc NFZ

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/cont...r-has-answers/

try these links

Thanks Nutloose, but the question was :-
The bulk of these targets appear to be within Ukrainian Borders !
Correct me If I am mistaken.
It would not be the first time, or the last !

El Grifo

Probably because they would then be seen as aggressors as it would be plastered over every Russian media, and if Belarus it might bring them into the conflict as well, I often thought a target that would have been worth destroying would be the land bridge into Crimea as it would stall the resupply efforts.

That is sbout as much as I can make of it Nutloose !
It kind of weakens the case for NATO intervention and No Fly Zone all the same.
Most of us understand how that would end.
Thanks
El Grifo

Ukraine maternity hospital 'destroyed' by Russian shelling

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60675599

President Volodymyr Zelensky said children were under the wreckage, and called on Western leaders to impose a no-fly zone.

Here's a video of the hospital. Change the name to your local childrens hospital and read again. Gives one some perspective.

Only notable attack to rus territory that I was aware of was Millerovo airfield in the early days , there are some alleged videos of that which was a missile strike.

As far as bridges go I am not at all sure why Ukraine did not drop the Antonovoski bridge over the dnieper

If they had the situation would look different in the south. It can be by intention to dissipate russian forces, or just because the bridge is too damn big n tough. They did blow plenty of other bridges in the Kherson area on the first 2 days , notably the one where the trooper gave his life to manually detonate. That whole area is full of tributaries and loops of the main river.

I am not so sure they will be so reticent if orc forces reach the dnieper crossings in more central areas

From NL's second link above::ok:

Lovely to see the Ukrainians putting counter-battery equipment to good use. To Biden: Send lots more Pronto!

Please, without the word mis-guided the picture is really skewed. Praised by people whose short-sighted ideas she brought to life.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/202...weapons-video/

No need to worry about nukes , a new variant is more likely to appear first . Radio silence from the evil dwarf that funded these secret labs all over the world and lied to two Presidents and Congress about the work he was funding .
A biological War is more likely now . We will know once the next variant appears or maybe they will not release the next batch .
Keep in mind that the Chinese vaccinated one million soldiers with in six weeks of the first outbreak of SARS 2 , and the Russians had their vaccines ready surprisingly quicker than many thought possible or probable given their limited funding , it is almost as if they had the same infiltration level of intelligence operations similar to those they had during the developmental stages of the early nuclear devices .

TF. Interesting link; and although I agree with a lot of what you have been saying, I want to challenge 'independent status' and 'reneged'.

The formula would have lead to autononomy within Ukraine and Ukrainian national control of the whole border. Unlike the UK where parliament only has the right to delay ratification of treaties, the Ukrainian parliament has the sole right to ratify. Give Ukrainian legal opinion appears to consider the Budapest Memorandum satisfies all the criteria under international law to be a treaty, I am sure the view of the formula would be the same. Even if it didn't amount to a treaty it included terms which would require changes to the Ukrainian Constitution - which can only occur if parliament passes a law for a referendum and the referendum vote agrees. Zelenskyy knew from the reaction he would lose, a bitter pill for a man whose election platform was ending the civil war. Funny thing democracy, those governing require the consent of the people. Not an idea Putin V V is happy with. It also has implications for any demands Zelenskyy's government is forced to accept.

I found the embeded link to a story on the reaction informative https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/ukraine-agrees-to-steinmeier-formula-green-lights-elections-in-occupied-donbas.html

It reminds me of the USA's treaties with the people whose lands it was stealing in the 19th Century, the US government used alleged breaches as a justification for attacking Native Americans, the US Senate had refused to ratify these treaties and so they weren't binding and the US happily ignored the terms.

I'm surprised they see an NFZ as the most militarily effective, would it be inforceable from within Ukraine and NATO airspace without interdicting AAM systems on Russian and Belarussian territory?

In spite of SV's insinuation, I have been reading the thread, however contrary to my wish that Ukraine can resist, I don't believe the undoubted successes the Ukrainians have been having in slowing the Russian advances are sustainable. I don't think Zelenskyy does either and that is why he is desparate to get NATO (or indeed Putin) to cross the line in the sand.

Yesterday the US media was quoting as 'senior defense official' as saying:

• 'Nearly 100% of Russian forces assembled for the invasion have been sent into Ukraine, and about 95% of the combat power assembled is still “intact'.
• Russian troops are advancing on Kyiv from three sides, with a new force from the east about 37 miles outside of Kyiv.
• One contingent of Russian forces headed for Kyiv from the north is “stuck” in Chernihiv and “can’t get past it,” according to the official.
• Most of Ukraine is under threat from Russian surface to air missiles, but Russia has not achieved air superiority, and Ukraine can still fly aircraft and conduct viable and effective missile defense.

For example (1.35pm EST March 8) https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbess...kraine-russia/

Given its aircraft and air defence systems are of Soviet/Russian origin and many of the Ukrainian defence factories are in the Kharkiv, Sumy, and Kyiv Oblasts the ability to rearm and repair them must be impaired to say the least.

I am not too taken with unnamed sources, and the about 95% of the combat power assembled is still “intact' also seems unlikely gives news reports and videos, plus interviews with captured troops. The UK CDS, Sir Tony Radakin gave an interview at the week-end where he said that Russian losses were approaching 10% for the invasion force and that this was the level at which they broke/became ineffective ( unsure of exact words ). That convoy stuck outside Kiev - 15 000 men - could realistically be called a total loss because of immobility, out of fuel and food, soldiers camping in the woods, in sub-zero temperatures, probably without right clothing etc.

Had they logged on to website of the US Embassy in Kyiv they would have found out what this actually is about, there is an article about it announcing the start of the project, Been up and running since 2011 IIRC and is nothing to do with bio weapons.

All the tanks captured or destroyed were modernised and in pretty good nick.
The idea that there are thousands of tanks in reserve is standard Russian Potemkin strategy. During the collapse of the Soviet Union there was more theft and corruption than even todays crooked ways.
in one instance a general sold a trainlioad of steel pipes for scrap. They were tank barrels.

Another piece of Ukranian propaganda ( at least if you believe the IAEA ) designed to stampede the West over fears of Chernobyl radiation: it's just not very sophisticated. Since this is aimed at the West, they should know it's going to be juxtaposed with something like an IAEA comment which says it's not true, which hurts them and their cause by raising the level of scepticism about their statements.

" “Emergency diesel generators are switched on at the site to supply power to safety-critical systems. In case of trouble-free operation, the stock of diesel fuel on diesel generators will be enough for 48 hours.Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said that after the 48 hours were up, “cooling systems of the storage facility for spent nuclear fuel will stop, making radiation leaks imminent.”

However, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) there was enough water in the spent fuel pools for the fuel rods to cool sufficiently to avoid an accident. It referred back https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-8-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine on 3 March which said that due to the amount of time since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, the spent fuel had cooled down enough that “the pool is sufficient to maintain effective heat removal without the need for electrical supply”."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...e-warns-ukaine

UK MoD Facebook and Twitter post/tweet DI stating Russia has confirmed it is using thermobaric rockets

https://www.facebook.com/theministryofdefence

'The Russian MoD has confirmed the use of the TOS-1A weapon system in Ukraine. The TOS-1A uses thermobaric rockets, creating incendiary and blast effects.
Watch the video below for more information about this weapon and its devastating impact.'

UTTER drivel.

You really think every Bio-Lab is working on Bio-Weapons?

Go away and have a good word with yourself you fool.