Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

Status
Not open for further replies.
I'm honestly not sure what Russia is thinking here (assuming there is any rational thought) - if the tactical maps some sites have come up with are correct as things stand Ukraine has a minimum of 40K soldiers from regular army and national guard type groups in the vicinity of Kyiv including at least 2 heavy armour brigades and mechanized infantry, 3+ artillery groups at brigade strength and 3 functional airbases with still functional AD. Without including the special forces, police, militia and volunteers, etc. while currently Russian forces in the region are less than 30K strong. With the total forces committed they can't hold both Ukraine and siege Kyiv while there is any non-negligible level of insurgency existing in the rest of the country and they still have to grind down the Ukrainian forces committed to the other regions which are heavier again in some cases like those deployed to the original line of control.

The only choices Russia has really is to commit a sizeable amount of their regular army, massive bombardments, pull out or if they can't cut off supplies from the West (which I assume they are wanting to utilise Belarus's forces for) lose very badly with Ukraine looking to press the advantage home.
 
Rroff said:
I'm honestly not sure what Russia is thinking here (assuming there is any rational thought) - if the tactical maps some sites have come up with are correct as things stand Ukraine has a minimum of 40K soldiers from regular army and national guard type groups in the vicinity of Kyiv including at least 2 heavy armour brigades and mechanized infantry, 3+ artillery groups at brigade strength and 3 functional airbases with still functional AD. Without including the special forces, police, militia and volunteers, etc. while currently Russian forces in the region are less than 30K strong. With the total forces committed they can't hold both Ukraine and siege Kyiv while there is any non-negligible level of insurgency existing in the rest of the country and they still have to grind down the Ukrainian forces committed to the other regions which are heavier again in some cases like those deployed to the original line of control.

The only choices Russia has really is to commit a sizeable amount of their regular army, massive bombardments, pull out or if they can't cut off supplies from the West (which I assume they are wanting to utilise Belarus's forces for) lose very badly with Ukraine looking to press the advantage home.
Click to expand...

The problem with trying to cut off the Western border is the rather unfortunate fact that the latest shipments of AT and AA would rip them to shreds along with unknown levels of volunteer/foreign legion forces all in an even more treacherous terrain which includes part of the Carpathian range.

I'm pretty sure they moved some Russian forces to Brest and seemingly a decent amount of Belarusian forces as well, but I can understand the hesitation.
 
StriderX said:
all in an even more treacherous terrain which includes part of the Carpathian range.
Click to expand...

Yeah that region is one of the few parts of Ukraine where the terrain gives the defending force some advantages.

StriderX said:
I'm pretty sure they moved some Russian forces to Brest and seemingly a decent amount of Belarusian forces as well, but I can understand the hesitation.
Click to expand...

Yeah even now they'd be leery of having Russian units deployed too close to NATO ones - which I suspect is why they are trying to push Belarus into that front and why it is currently still open (along with hoping to drive as many foreign nationals out of Kyiv before any larger bombardments).
 
*India to Bypass Sanctions by Allowing Rupee-Ruble Trade – Local Media
https://twitter.com/ForexLive/status/1499211445749403648
https://twitter.com/suilee/status/1499206258527666179

From ForexLive:
BNjjosU.png
 
Last edited:
Moscow police detain children for laying flowers at Ukrainian embassy

Five children aged seven to 11 with peace signs held for hours while two women face trial on unspecified charges

Moscow police arrest children laying flowers at Ukrainian embassy – video
Nadeem Badshah
Wed 2 Mar 2022 23.43 GMT
First published on Wed 2 Mar 2022 23.30 GMT


The children, aged 7 to 11, were held with their mothers in a police van before being taken to a police station. They were released hours later, according to anthropologist Alexandra Arkhipova.

Arkhipova said that the two women detained were Ekaterina Zavizion and Olga Alter along with Liza, 11, Gosha, 11, Matvey, 9, David, 7, and Sofya, 7.

The anthropologist, who works at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, wrote on Facebook: “None of what’s happened is holding up in my head.”

bvdLJ2j.jpg

Three children seated with a protest banner and one crying behind bars. Photograph: Alexandra Arkhipova/Facebook
Video footage on social media apparently showed one of the women explaining to a crying girl from inside a cell that the “task is for fewer people to gather and say they’re against the war”.

Arkhipova said that police allegedly threatened to strip the women of custody over the five children. They face a trial and a fine on unspecified charges, Arkhipova added. She wrote: “The parents are in fear.”

Another sign held by one of the children featured a Russian flag followed by a plus sign and a Ukrainian flag, equalling a heart.

The OVD-Info website, which monitors protests and arrests across Russia, said that children up to the age of 14 cannot be legally held for more than three hours.

The Ukrainian foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, who shared images of the children, said it was another sign of the toll that Putin’s war against Ukraine is taking on children.

He wrote on Twitter: “Putin is at war with children. In Ukraine, where his missiles hit kindergartens and orphanages, and also in Russia. 7 y.o. David and Sofia, 9 y.o. Matvey, 11 y.o. Gosha and Liza spent this night behind bars in Moscow for their ‘NO TO WAR’ posters.

“This is how scared the man is.”

A 77-year-old artist and activist, Yelena Osipova, was also marched away by a group of police while she protested against the war in St Petersburg.

Russian pensioner 'who survived siege of Leningrad' arrested for protesting Ukraine war – video

Thousands of people in cities across Russia have been defying police threats and staging protests against the invasion of Ukraine. Authorities have a low tolerance for demonstrations and marches, and attending them can have serious consequences including fines, arrests and even imprisonment.

OVD-Info said that authorities have arrested more than 320 anti-war protesters across 33 Russian cities. A total of 6,840 people have been detained since Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, ordered the invasion of Ukraine last Thursday.



https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ldren-for-laying-flowers-at-ukrainian-embassy


Sting got his answer....


This was in Moscow 2011 .
 
Last edited:
U.S. State Dept Says Russia ‘Throttling Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram Platforms’ That Russians Rely on for Independent Information
U.S. State Dept Says Russia Engaged in ‘Full Assault on the Truth’ Over War in Ukraine
U.S. State Dept Says Russia Blocking Access to Independent News Outlets
U.S. State Dept Calls on Putin, Russian Government to ‘Immediately Cease This Bloodshed’ and Withdraw Troops From Ukraine
https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/1499230049266016259
https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1499224142859673601
 
Last edited:
Last edited:
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top Bottom