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

[Soviet]

An RAF RC-135 is patrolling the Polish border right now. There seems to be a lot of activity in that area, with US Ospreys and other transports going in and out of presumed military bases there.

 

[Chris Wilson]

Thats why we needed Overclockers around in 1938

I'm surprised half of the posters in this thread aren't outside recruitment offices signing up and offering their military expertise....

 

[englishpremier]

Interesting range of sanctions available: world-europe-60125659

The most interesting is the US blocking the clearing of the dollar. Essentially Russia couldn't trade using the dollar, so instead would have to use other options. The reason this is interesting is that it's something the US can do without needing to impact the euro-zone (unlike SWIFT).

Doesn't Russia sell in Euros now anyway?

 

[Minusorange]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1496113565295689731

Such shame on the West, we stand behind Ukraine just incredibly far away

An RAF RC-135 is patrolling the Polish border right now. There seems to be a lot of activity in that area, with US Ospreys and other transports going in and out of presumed military bases there.

I think they're sending staff back to Lviv to the new embassy, I wouldn't be surprised if they're beefing up security there too, wouldn't want another Afghan fiasco

 

[Gerard]

I'm surprised half of the posters in this thread aren't outside recruitment offices signing up and offering their military expertise....

Unfortunately having too much access to discovery channel, wiki and call of duty doesn't count for much in the real world. Though seemingly it does count on forums where throwing a few buzz words around and knowing a few weapon or vehicle names makes you an instant 4 star general. These threads are renound for this over the years and the level of cringe is good for a laugh.

 

[Iraklis F.C.]

4 antonovs AN-26 inbound to Kiev, UKR emergency services (?)

 

[koolpc]

4 antonovs AN-26 inbound to Kiev, UKR emergency services (?)

They carrying all the BS from this thread!

 

[BUDFORCE]

They carrying all the BS from this thread!

nonononoononononono.

There is no vehicle capable of that.

 

[Ayahuasca]

They carrying all the BS from this thread!

Most of it will stop now OP v2 has been perma'd

 

[Firestar_3x]

4 antonovs AN-26 inbound to Kiev, UKR emergency services (?)

Look to be heading away from Kiev now, important people leaving the country?

 

[LabR@t]

Amazing the amount of experts on this thread!

It's nearly as impressive as Twitter, which can go from virological experts to economial maestro's over night

 

[Tombstone]

Look to be heading away from Kiev now, important people leaving the country?

Chicken Kiev?

 

[McGray]

I can't wait for the weapons bores with their blow by blow top trumps.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Chicken Kiev?

If they are fleeing, probably.

 

[McBain]

Most of it will stop now OP v2 has been perma'd

 

[Iraklis F.C.]

whats that SPRAM at 53k ft going up and down the border, a drone perhaps?

 

[Grim5]

It also means that ukraine can't commit lots of troops east because if they do Russian can come down from Belarus and walk into Kyiv.

yep Ukraine is stuffed, they either defend the capital or move east and get blitzkrieged by the Russians

 

[Tombstone]

whats that SPRAM at 53k ft going up and down the border, a drone perhaps?

Its a queen wasp, I know because my dad was Chuck Yeagar

 

[CaptainRAVE]

What a sad sad day. Well done to the western world that removed the nukes from Ukraine.

 

[Soviet]

whats that SPRAM at 53k ft going up and down the border, a drone perhaps?

Callsigns FORTE11 and FORTE12 have been RQ-4 Global Hawks which have flown at that altitude, so it's very likely to be one too.