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Regarding the armour being Ukrainian, the BBC was reporting earlier that streetfighting in a suburb of Kyiv was between Ukrainian forces and Russian 'saboteurs' who had infiltrated in captured Ukrainian armoured vehicles.
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Gotta laugh. There's a Russian oil tanker filling up at Sullom Voe...
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Refugees starting to arrive in Poland and Romania….
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Wreckage from last nights shooting down over Kyiv. SU-25?
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Now being reported as Moldovan flagged, not Romanian - but the second ship under fire in 2 days (the other was Turkish out of Odessa)
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Romania intercepts Ukrainian Su-27 On Thursday 24 February 2022 around 06:15 hrs LT two Fortele Aeriene ale Romanei (FAR, Romanian Air Force) F-16 Fighting Falcons took off to clarify an air situation regarding an unauthorised flight in the northern part of Romania, which was approaching the Romanian airspace. When the unknown aircraft was in Romanian airspace it was visually identified as a Ukrainian Air Force (VVS UKraine) Sukhoi Su-27. The F-16s escorted the fighter for immediate landing at Baza 95 Aeriana, Bacau in northern Romania around 07:05 hrs LT. After landing the Ukrainian military pilot turned himself in to the Romanian authorities and the legal measures required in these situations will be taken. Romania strictly applied the national procedures and international rules applicable in such situations, proceeding to the interception and visual identification of the aircraft that entered the Romanian airspace. According to a communiqué of the MoD: “The leadership of the Ministry of National Defense has taken all the necessary reaction measures, both those that belong directly to the institution and those of support for the other components of the national security system, according tot he insterinstitutional cooperation plans, elaborated in time”. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....41281efd4d.jpg https://theaviationgeekclub.com/heres-the-ukrainian-air-force-sukhoi-su-27-flanker-that-landed-in-romania-after-having-been-intercepted-by-romanian-air-force-f-16-fighting-falcon-fighter-jets/ |
https://news.am/eng/news/688630.html
Russia acknowledges that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the president of Ukraine, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday, TASS reported. "Yes, of course, Zelenskyy is the president of Ukraine," the Kremlin spokesman said in response to a related question. Peskov refused to say again what Moscow expects from the Ukrainian leader. |
Looks like the Russians will have a street by street urban warfare fight on their hands for Kyiv…
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From the Independent
Ukraine says 1,000 Russian troops killed todayUkraine’s defence ministry has said that 1,000 Russian troops were killed today as Putin’s troops moved deeper into the capital.“Russia has not suffered such a large number of casualties during this period of hostilities in the entire period of its existence in any of the armed conflicts it has started,” the defence ministry added in a statement on Twitter. 🇺🇦Ukraine’s military: Russia has sustained nearly 1,000 fatalities today. Yesterday, between 400 and 800 more. https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko |
Originally Posted by ORAC
(Post 11190148)
Looks like the Russians will have a street by street urban warfare fight on their hands for Kyiv…
https://twitter.com/iaponomarenko/st...869894144?s=21 |
Originally Posted by ORAC
(Post 11190128)
Wreckage from last nights shooting down over Kyiv. SU-25?
https://twitter.com/cbsnews/status/1...989456406?s=21 Su-27. But was it Russian or Ukrainian? |
Disappointing to see that one Ukrainian pilot bailing out to Romania and taking so much capable kit with him when so many others are laying down their lives.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-b2023212.html
Russian president Vladimir Putin told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a call on Friday that Russia is willing to hold high-level talks with Ukraine, Chinese state television CCTVreported. “The United States and Nato have long ignored Russia's reasonable security concerns, repeatedly reneged on their commitments, and continued to advance military deployment eastward, challenging Russia's strategic bottom line,” Mr Putin told Mr Xi. “Russia is willing to conduct high-level negotiations with Ukraine.” It comes as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues with Mr Putin’s troops advancing into Kyiv. |
Originally Posted by Fonsini
(Post 11190154)
Disappointing to see that one Ukrainian pilot bailing out to Romania and taking so much capable kit with him when so many others are laying down their lives.
As we explained yesterday, since Moscow identified Ukrainian military airfields and aircraft on the ground as primary targets for its air strikes we assumed that the Su-27 pilot had to land in Romania because he probably had nowhere else to land. A claim confirmed also by Intelsky on Twitter, that said: ‘Russia has destroyed 11 Ukrainian airfields and a naval base thus far, claimed Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov. ‘That’s explain why Ukrainian Su-27 fighter aircraft lands in a Romanian airbase.’ |
A Frenchman cycles down a country road when a German Soldier steps out from the bushes, stands in front of the Frenchman, points his rifle and commands "Halt!". The Frenchman comes to a stop before the German and asks "Do you fear me German?". The German quite surprised and a little annoyed replies "No, of course not." The Frenchman replies "Give me the rifle, you'll see". Hatred by the population you are trying to subdue (of you the enemy) is a powerful thing especially when right is on your side. |
Originally Posted by ORAC
(Post 11190128)
Wreckage from last nights shooting down over Kyiv. SU-25?
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