Far too much falling wreckage for an SU25, surely?

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Youtubers of the world have cobbled together videos from old sources, with a view to boosting their channel. Mercifully very little appears to be getting through, at least on Youtube.

On Japanese TV channels we are getting more and more footage of ‘Russian’ armoured vehicles entering Kiev.
Pinch of salt?

Why oh Why - Loads of Aeroflot flights heading for European cities.

Europe is demonstrating it's "bunch of little countries" ideology.

Lemonade party in a brewery - Putin must be laughing his socks off.

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ADS-B Exchange and FR24 showing a Swedish Air Force Gulfstream flying a race track pattern off the coast of Lithuania....
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-a...-idCAKBN2CU005

They've been doing that for quite some time. Watching out for Gotland in case the cossacks begin something nasty from Kaliningrad.

Again: From what are you deriving that NATO is not capaple of deterrence? Which NATO Country has been attacked/invaded?

Their two SIGINT configured Gulfstreams have been running racetrack patterns off the coast of Kaliningrad pretty much everyday for past month or more.

I don't know - I think a lot of the bright points of light are flares. Need to catch up with what has happened whilst I was asleep.

Ukrainian armour - not that they don’t have the Z the Russians have marked their vehicles with to be able to their forces apart…

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Remember there’s a lot of disinformation about regarding troop and armour movements - both deliberate and accidental….


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You could be right. On the Beeb this morning there was footage from what looked to be two different crash sites, one an apartment complex purportedly in Kiev, the other a house or farm building. The wreckage at the latter looked to me like the remains of an Su25 - no seat so the pilot did eject, fate unknown. The fog of war and all that.

FWIW Sky's coverage is worth watching. They have a reporter in Kharkiv whose doing live segments during lulls in the bombardment. Balls of kevlar.

Re tracked vehicles in Kiev. Thanks ORAC, makes more sense and fits the footage that I saw.

Incidentally I have seen footage of Russian armour entering from the Crimea with a diagonal white line along the vehicle sides; in other regions vehicle columns seem to be marked with a large O, a large triangle, a horizontal red line, or a Z, for starters. I think Putin may be wanting to show his force as some kind of quasi 'UN' peace keeping mission.

Rumour warning. One Japanese news site reported today that three bridges have been blown to the north and east of Kiev. Usual disclaimers apply.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukra...dvance-1682560

Hard to tell, but I guess we've seen footage from shootdowns in other conflicts (and airshow midairs), and heard accounts from pilots involved, suggesting that smaller tactical fighters can turn into significant fireballs when exploding. In addition, darkness and the camera used may also affect the visual impression of the fireball.

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....c9e978f53.jpeg

Think it’s fair to say Russian armour is now in the Kyiv….

I must admit I feel ashamed to be British today, I feel the US and UK have sold the Ukraine down the river having promised to come to their aid in return for them giving up their Nuclear weapons. :(

Tremendous bravery.

Video of the driver - man in his 60s I think, extracted from car alive thankfully.

That tank video tells you all you need to know about Russian soldiers.