Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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EMP is a funny topic, I see it thrown around like anyone can just put up an EMP to destroy an armies capability- but an EMP that size would be nuclear
some time back my neighbours music was annoying me and I know where their speakers are located so I did a bit of "research" to see if I could make a device that would generate enough of a field to disrupt/damage their speakers and in the end I found it's definitely possible if I can get within a meter of the speaker on the other side of the wall but my house could not supply enough power to power the device and buying high voltage transformers required would be cost prohibitive
some time back my neighbours music was annoying me and I know where their speakers are located so I did a bit of "research" to see if I could make a device that would generate enough of a field to disrupt/damage their speakers and in the end I found it's definitely possible if I can get within a meter of the speaker on the other side of the wall but my house could not supply enough power to power the device and buying high voltage transformers required would be cost prohibitive
One of a number of reports Russia is moving heavy equipment to the border with Finland - intentions whether paranoid level of defence or something more, offensive or preparation to defend the border post some provocative act unknown.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/u1ewsz/movement_of_military_equipment_towards_the_border
https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/u1ewsz/movement_of_military_equipment_towards_the_border
EMP is very hit and miss as well, even with ridiculous amounts of energy, up to a point. A lot of the EMP scenarios people talk about in reality in tests have been like 7-14% effective, etc. (obviously there are scenarios where it is more or less effective - especially closer range and/or temporary disruption vs destruction).
Yeah they will be annoyed but they will look elsewhere. Most likely they will build up their own markets and the markets around them.
Wave guides could make focused constant beams without being nuclear powered but the old inverse-square law remains, so to does the large amounts of energy required.
However china want to protect their services, so that reduces the market considerably. Only high cost locations - typically the west want the economics for that.
I would expect this - given previous history I would expect an invasion and a high number of incursions to false flag. There is no wiggle room for words we can only take actions as intent. Putin will point at NATO expansion yet, Putin has broken the trust by throwing away the agreements wrt Ukraine.
Putin is hell bent on starting world war three as his house of cards falls due to his invasion. China I suspect are hoping that they can survive the unfolding world food shortages due to Putin to annex a small island of Taiwan based on principles.
Dunno how they'd go about it - with Ukraine they've largely tried to avoid depleting their main active forces but to wage war against both Ukraine and Finland they'd have to commit a sizeable amount of their standing main forces - or go to a full war footing and mass conscription, etc. but that takes time to produce anything effective on the modern battlefield vs professional soldiers.
Social media is the causation of people being both the producer and consumer of news. Algorithms then focus what you are viewing into that echo chamber and the circle continues
Sadly even a lot of the OSINT community are just amplifying the media currently, the occasional taking affront when someone calls a BMP a tank, etc. since it has kicked off there has been a massive nose dive in the amount of OSINT sources of digging up new information or insightful dissections of what is going on, etc.
Massive amount of extended NATO missions around Ukraine and Kaliningrad today - seems a significant up-tick on the last few weeks.
Also a bunch of tankers and at least 2 other NATO AWACS, etc. which aren't showing on FR24 amongst a lot of stuff we aren't seeing.
Also a bunch of tankers and at least 2 other NATO AWACS, etc. which aren't showing on FR24 amongst a lot of stuff we aren't seeing.
Its down to the sheer torrent of absolute excrement pouring out. It makes sorting out whats genuine and what is mis/disinformation near enough impossible unless you have either huge amounts of time or resource to dedicate to it. You have to look at every bit of info even stuff that seems nailed on with a pinch of salt and its just exhausting and demoralising.
Its the main reason I stopped trying to follow it too closely. I keep a eye on the situation and skim the more reliable sources so I have a reasonably educated idea of whats happening, and I'll put my two pence in if I feel I have value to add.
Past 6hrs:
*Ukrainian Finance Minister Marchenko: Ukraine’s Finances Are Currently in the Worst Shape, and Called On the International Community to Provide Tens of Billions of Dollars in Direct Financial Support to Kyiv
*Ukraine Deputy Prime Minister Says 9 Humanitarian Corridors Agreed for Tuesday, Including From Mariupol by Private Cars
*UN: Two-Thirds of Ukrainian Children Have Been Forced to Flee Their Homes Since Russia Invaded Ukraine Six Weeks Ago
*UN: Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine, the Ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic and Rising Inequality Have Caused Global Food Prices to Soar, Pushing 250 Million People Into Extreme Poverty This Year
*Putin to Discuss Ukraine With Belarus Leader Lukashenko on Tuesday — Agencies
*Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko Arrives in Russia for a Working Visit — RIA
*St. Petersburg State University, Russia: The Distributed Ledger Technology Center of the University Started to Develop a Similar System for Swift
*The Foreign Minister of the Donetsk People’s Republic Stated That the Osce Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (Smm) Should Stop Its Activities in the Donetsk People’s Republic by April 30 — RIA
*The Representative of the Donetsk People’s Republic in the Joint Center for Supervision and Coordination of the Ceasefire System Stated That in the Past 24 Hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces Opened Fire on the Territory of the Republic 34 Times and Fired 189 Rounds, Killing 2 People and Injuring 7 Others — RIA
*Nokia Announced Its Withdrawal From the Russian Market, the Company Said It Had No Impact on Its Financial Prospects — RIA
Past 4hrs:
*UK Military Intelligence Says Fighting in Eastern Ukraine Will Intensify Over the Next Two to Three Weeks As Russia Continues to Refocus Its Efforts There
*UK Military Intelligence Says Russian Attacks Focused Near Donetsk & Luhansk, Further Fighting Around Kherson & Mykolaiv & Renewed Push Towards Kramatorsk
*UK Military Intelligence Says Russian Forces Continue to Withdraw From Belarus in Order to Redeploy in Support of Operations in Eastern Ukraine
*Russian State Duma: NATO Military Instructor May Be Taking Refuge in Mariupol, Ukraine
*Russian Audit Chamber Head Says Russia Is Likely to Cut Forecast for Fall in 2022 GDP to More Than 10%
*Russia's Federal Aviation Administration: Temporary Flight Restrictions In Southern And Central Russia Have Been Extended Until April 19
*Russia's Gazprom: Gas Transit To Europe Via Ukraine In Line W/Requests
*Ukraine: Russia Seen Widening Eastern Offensive This Week
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...sia-seen-widening-eastern-offensive-this-week
*Russian Defence Ministry: The Russian Air Force Destroyed 32 Ukrainian Military Installations, Including The BUK-M1 Air Defense Missile System
*Russian Defence Ministry: Our Missiles Destroyed Ukrainian Ammo Depots In Khmelnytskyi And Kyiv Regions
*Russian Defence Ministry: Remnants Of The Ukrainian Army Surrounded By A Steel Factory In Mariupol Tried Unsuccessfully To Break Out Of The City Yesterday (April 11)
*NATO Military Committee Chair Says (In Seoul) Up To Sweden And Finland If They Want To Join Alliance
*NATO Military Committee Chair Says Result Of War In Ukraine Is 'More NATO' On Russia's Border
*NATO Military Committee Chair Says Alliance Will Continue To Supply Everything Possible To Ensure Ukraine's Survival
*NATO Military Committee Chair Says Even Non-Lethal, Non-Military Aid To Ukraine Is Important
*NATO Military Committee Chair Says NATO Has 'Open Door Policy', Not Ruling Out Any New Member
*NATO Military Committee Chair Says NATO Has Been Clear That It Will Not Put Aircraft, Troops Into Ukraine
*NATO Military Committee Chair Says Up To South Korea If It Wants To Send Weapons To Ukraine
*NATO Military Committee Chair Concerned That North Korea Missiles Increasingly Able To Reach NATO Territory
Past 2hrs:
*Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Planning Southeast Asian, European Tour
*Ukraine Says Checking Unverified Information That Russia Used Chemical Weapons In Mariupol
*Austrian National Bank: War In Ukraine Leads To Greater Need Of Liquidity At Austrian Companies
*Austrian National Bank: Expects Demand For Loans To Increase In Q2
*Austrian National Bank: Austrian Lenders Expect More Cautious Investment Activity Or Even Delays By Companies Due To War In Ukraine
*Austrian National Bank: There Are Enough Resources To Provide Loans
*Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Lukashenko Arrive at the Vostokny Cosmodrome — RIA
*Pro-Russian Separatist Forces In Donetsk Say They Did Not Use Chemical Weapons In Ukrainian City Of Mariupol
*Russian Embassy In Paris: Will Respond Accordingly To France Over The Expulsion Of Six Russian Diplomats
*Russian Embassy In Paris: Strong Protest To France Over Unfriendly Expulsion Of Six Russian Diplomats
Past 1hr:
*Slovakian Prime Minister Heger: Slovakia Mulls Donating MIG Jets To Ukraine
*Japan Trade Ministry: The Ban On Imports From Russia To Japan Will Affect 38 Commodities
*Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Considers Visit To UK — Kyodo
*Russia President Putin: Russian Forces Acting Bravely And Efficiently In Ukraine
*Russia President Putin: Russia Will Resume Its Lunar Program
*Russia President Putin: Russia And Belarus Will Cooperate On Space Infrastructure Projects
*Russia President Putin: Confident Ukraine 'Operation' Targets Will Be Met
*Russia President Putin: By Carrying Out Military Operation In Ukraine, We Are Protecting Russia, We Had No Other Choice
*Russia President Putin: Clashes With Anti-Russian Forces In Ukraine Were Inevitable, It Was A Question Of Time
*Russia President Putin: Russia Not Planning To Isolate Itself From World
*Russia President Putin: Kyiv's Blatant Refusal To Implement The Minsk Agreement, (we) Cannot Continue To Tolerate Genocide
*Ukraine President Zelenskiy: Russia Deported Hundreds Of Thousands Of People From Occupied Ukrainian Regions, Into "Filtration Camps"
*Ukraine President Zelenskiy: If There Is Still No Clarity Of Banning Russian Gas, No One Can Be Sure There Is A Will To Stop Russian War Crimes
*Ukraine President Zelenskiy Calls On EU To Sanction Russian Oil, All Banks In The Next Sanctions Package, Set Date For Ending Russian Gas Imports, Says "Only Then Russian Government Will Understand It Needs To Look For Peace"
*Kremlin Press Office: Russian President Vladimir Putin Will Hold A Conference On Arctic Development On April 13
*Russian Embassy: Croatia Requires Deported Russian Diplomats To Leave By April 25
*Russia’s Energy Ministry Suspends Publishing Oil Output and Export Data
*German Gas Network Regulator Chief: German Households Would Have to Give Up on Heating Privileges in Case of a Gas Supply Emergency
*German Gas Network Regulator Chief: German Companies and Households Don’t Realise How Serious Situation Is
*German Gas Network Regulator Chief: German Households Should Not Take Unrestricted Gas Supply for Granted in Case of a Supply Crunch
*German Gas Network Regulator Chief: Gazprom Germania's Biggest Gas Storage Facility Currently Has Storage Level Of Less Than 1%, Which Will Have To Be Ramped Up Significantly By November
*A Secret NATO Team Monitoring Russian Navy Ships Started Working in Odessa, Ukraine, Sources Said — RIA
*Ukrainian Finance Minister Marchenko: Ukraine’s Finances Are Currently in the Worst Shape, and Called On the International Community to Provide Tens of Billions of Dollars in Direct Financial Support to Kyiv
*Ukraine Deputy Prime Minister Says 9 Humanitarian Corridors Agreed for Tuesday, Including From Mariupol by Private Cars
*UN: Two-Thirds of Ukrainian Children Have Been Forced to Flee Their Homes Since Russia Invaded Ukraine Six Weeks Ago
*UN: Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine, the Ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic and Rising Inequality Have Caused Global Food Prices to Soar, Pushing 250 Million People Into Extreme Poverty This Year
*Putin to Discuss Ukraine With Belarus Leader Lukashenko on Tuesday — Agencies
*Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko Arrives in Russia for a Working Visit — RIA
*St. Petersburg State University, Russia: The Distributed Ledger Technology Center of the University Started to Develop a Similar System for Swift
*The Foreign Minister of the Donetsk People’s Republic Stated That the Osce Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (Smm) Should Stop Its Activities in the Donetsk People’s Republic by April 30 — RIA
*The Representative of the Donetsk People’s Republic in the Joint Center for Supervision and Coordination of the Ceasefire System Stated That in the Past 24 Hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces Opened Fire on the Territory of the Republic 34 Times and Fired 189 Rounds, Killing 2 People and Injuring 7 Others — RIA
*Nokia Announced Its Withdrawal From the Russian Market, the Company Said It Had No Impact on Its Financial Prospects — RIA
Past 4hrs:
*UK Military Intelligence Says Fighting in Eastern Ukraine Will Intensify Over the Next Two to Three Weeks As Russia Continues to Refocus Its Efforts There
*UK Military Intelligence Says Russian Attacks Focused Near Donetsk & Luhansk, Further Fighting Around Kherson & Mykolaiv & Renewed Push Towards Kramatorsk
*UK Military Intelligence Says Russian Forces Continue to Withdraw From Belarus in Order to Redeploy in Support of Operations in Eastern Ukraine
*Russian State Duma: NATO Military Instructor May Be Taking Refuge in Mariupol, Ukraine
*Russian Audit Chamber Head Says Russia Is Likely to Cut Forecast for Fall in 2022 GDP to More Than 10%
*Russia's Federal Aviation Administration: Temporary Flight Restrictions In Southern And Central Russia Have Been Extended Until April 19
*Russia's Gazprom: Gas Transit To Europe Via Ukraine In Line W/Requests
*Ukraine: Russia Seen Widening Eastern Offensive This Week
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...sia-seen-widening-eastern-offensive-this-week
*Russian Defence Ministry: The Russian Air Force Destroyed 32 Ukrainian Military Installations, Including The BUK-M1 Air Defense Missile System
*Russian Defence Ministry: Our Missiles Destroyed Ukrainian Ammo Depots In Khmelnytskyi And Kyiv Regions
*Russian Defence Ministry: Remnants Of The Ukrainian Army Surrounded By A Steel Factory In Mariupol Tried Unsuccessfully To Break Out Of The City Yesterday (April 11)
*NATO Military Committee Chair Says (In Seoul) Up To Sweden And Finland If They Want To Join Alliance
*NATO Military Committee Chair Says Result Of War In Ukraine Is 'More NATO' On Russia's Border
*NATO Military Committee Chair Says Alliance Will Continue To Supply Everything Possible To Ensure Ukraine's Survival
*NATO Military Committee Chair Says Even Non-Lethal, Non-Military Aid To Ukraine Is Important
*NATO Military Committee Chair Says NATO Has 'Open Door Policy', Not Ruling Out Any New Member
*NATO Military Committee Chair Says NATO Has Been Clear That It Will Not Put Aircraft, Troops Into Ukraine
*NATO Military Committee Chair Says Up To South Korea If It Wants To Send Weapons To Ukraine
*NATO Military Committee Chair Concerned That North Korea Missiles Increasingly Able To Reach NATO Territory
Past 2hrs:
*Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Planning Southeast Asian, European Tour
*Ukraine Says Checking Unverified Information That Russia Used Chemical Weapons In Mariupol
*Austrian National Bank: War In Ukraine Leads To Greater Need Of Liquidity At Austrian Companies
*Austrian National Bank: Expects Demand For Loans To Increase In Q2
*Austrian National Bank: Austrian Lenders Expect More Cautious Investment Activity Or Even Delays By Companies Due To War In Ukraine
*Austrian National Bank: There Are Enough Resources To Provide Loans
*Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Lukashenko Arrive at the Vostokny Cosmodrome — RIA
*Pro-Russian Separatist Forces In Donetsk Say They Did Not Use Chemical Weapons In Ukrainian City Of Mariupol
*Russian Embassy In Paris: Will Respond Accordingly To France Over The Expulsion Of Six Russian Diplomats
*Russian Embassy In Paris: Strong Protest To France Over Unfriendly Expulsion Of Six Russian Diplomats
Past 1hr:
*Slovakian Prime Minister Heger: Slovakia Mulls Donating MIG Jets To Ukraine
*Japan Trade Ministry: The Ban On Imports From Russia To Japan Will Affect 38 Commodities
*Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Considers Visit To UK — Kyodo
*Russia President Putin: Russian Forces Acting Bravely And Efficiently In Ukraine
*Russia President Putin: Russia Will Resume Its Lunar Program
*Russia President Putin: Russia And Belarus Will Cooperate On Space Infrastructure Projects
*Russia President Putin: Confident Ukraine 'Operation' Targets Will Be Met
*Russia President Putin: By Carrying Out Military Operation In Ukraine, We Are Protecting Russia, We Had No Other Choice
*Russia President Putin: Clashes With Anti-Russian Forces In Ukraine Were Inevitable, It Was A Question Of Time
*Russia President Putin: Russia Not Planning To Isolate Itself From World
*Russia President Putin: Kyiv's Blatant Refusal To Implement The Minsk Agreement, (we) Cannot Continue To Tolerate Genocide
*Ukraine President Zelenskiy: Russia Deported Hundreds Of Thousands Of People From Occupied Ukrainian Regions, Into "Filtration Camps"
*Ukraine President Zelenskiy: If There Is Still No Clarity Of Banning Russian Gas, No One Can Be Sure There Is A Will To Stop Russian War Crimes
*Ukraine President Zelenskiy Calls On EU To Sanction Russian Oil, All Banks In The Next Sanctions Package, Set Date For Ending Russian Gas Imports, Says "Only Then Russian Government Will Understand It Needs To Look For Peace"
*Kremlin Press Office: Russian President Vladimir Putin Will Hold A Conference On Arctic Development On April 13
*Russian Embassy: Croatia Requires Deported Russian Diplomats To Leave By April 25
*Russia’s Energy Ministry Suspends Publishing Oil Output and Export Data
*German Gas Network Regulator Chief: German Households Would Have to Give Up on Heating Privileges in Case of a Gas Supply Emergency
*German Gas Network Regulator Chief: German Companies and Households Don’t Realise How Serious Situation Is
*German Gas Network Regulator Chief: German Households Should Not Take Unrestricted Gas Supply for Granted in Case of a Supply Crunch
*German Gas Network Regulator Chief: Gazprom Germania's Biggest Gas Storage Facility Currently Has Storage Level Of Less Than 1%, Which Will Have To Be Ramped Up Significantly By November
*A Secret NATO Team Monitoring Russian Navy Ships Started Working in Odessa, Ukraine, Sources Said — RIA
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Interview with Dmitry Peskov, he starts to address the Finland / NATO situation around 27mins (he would not see the enlargement of NATO or damage to the Russia economy as an existential threat).
The Finland boarder is an interesting one, its actually beneficial to make Russia protect as many boarders as possible, it seems unable to fight a war on one front let alone two, it would get absolutely panned by Finland.
The Finland boarder is an interesting one, its actually beneficial to make Russia protect as many boarders as possible, it seems unable to fight a war on one front let alone two, it would get absolutely panned by Finland.
With Finland much of any fighting would likely concentrate on a push for the capital but with almost 1000 miles (~800 according to the video above) of border still a big task - I don't think in reality we are so far from the days of WW2 and the man power and industry behind it these kind of wars really need: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CqGeAmVu1I IIRC in the video Britain mobilised 27.5 million people for the war effort according to that video.
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