Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504058736456916995

 

[RescueRanger]

There have been 3 US choppers involved ( 2 US Army and one private) making 4 trips to border of poland /Ukrain just today.

Yup been tracking them but I am more interested in the US mil assets because the civilian one can be just considered a civ medivac not the impact as mil assets engaged in medivac. Also C130 en-route from Ramstein now.

 

[Ali_Baba]

"Russian helicopters at Kherson Air Base were shot by Ukrainian artillery. Satellite images show burning helicopters. The other helicopters look like they weren't transported and left to their fate."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1503997067462688772

Ukraine Strikes Back: Barrage Leaves Russian-Occupied Kherson Airbase In Flames (Updated)

Satellite images show multiple aircraft were destroyed in a Ukrainian attack on Russia's forward operating near Kherson.

www.thedrive.com

A write up of the incident.

 

[dBSPL]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504052663280967684

But but nazis... They want to join nato

 

[Amliunion]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504061860282310660

 

[serenity]

Yesterday it was the claim that China is going to sell weapons to Russia and send Russia aid.

Today it is the claim that China is supporting Ukraine.

Some people need to calm down with the spamming and the reactionary stuff. Just observe and wait for more nuanced take.

China is voicing some support for Ukraine and a week ago sent aid to Ukraine. It is not willing to stand on any side on a European theater matter and an issue between Ukraine, Russia, and NATO.

Completely going with Russia means opening itself to PR attacks from the West and losing Ukraine's at best neutrality. Completely going with Ukraine means opening up hostilities with Russia and ending the relationship with Russia where Russia is a large military on China's borders (almost like western Europe feels with Russia but from the far eastern side). It also means no more buying Russian energy for the same prices at least if even access is granted.

I think China increasingly voicing support for either side is actually a litmus test of the opposite of what some propagandists think and say. It is going to be much more talking for the weaker and for the side losing and being victim. The winning side doesn't need aid or morale boosting. It's always better to look like supporting a victim. We all know Ukraine alone cannot defeat Russia. No amount of propaganda and spamming can deny the truth. Russia is winning this war and already pretty much has air, information, digital, and ground force superiority. Of course selective posting of one sided losses and wins means nothing.

The real fighting afterwards is the insurgent resistance effort from Ukrainian side. Just like US won the war within 2 weeks in Desert Storm, insurgent war and occupation is not the same war. When you are opening prisons, arming civilians, accepting foreign mercenaries to do whatever, the war is over. Insurgent vs occupation is another type of war and the propagandists are just going to reframe and continue spamming without a pause to think and make sense of things. Always one angle, one dimension, one side.

This video is actually quite decent and relatively unbiased... as much as it can be especially for a person who does personally stand on one side definitively.

 

[Wood]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504022343928229893

More tacit acceptance from the Putin regime that all is not according to plan

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

drone footage

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504056691268198407

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504059482598518788

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504056185879764993

The Switchblades will decimate Russian ground forces. They fly a lot faster than the TB2 drones.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

battle in Mariupol

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504057212477575172

 

[F-22Raptor]

 

[serenity]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504022343928229893

More tacit acceptance from the Putin regime that all is not according to plan

This isn't exactly fairly framed. Russians never stated their goal being taking over all of Ukraine. Maybe their game here is to make it seem like and then settle for what they want, annexing certain parts of Ukraine. This allows Russia to escape the trap of occupation vs insurgency war.

Russia militarily cannot afford to be trapped in such a type of war.

Ukraine also said they wanted to compromise and reach some agreements and previously said Russian demands were too great. I suspect these are just two sides haggling over a deal and both employing haggling tactics like one would do with a vendor in a tourist area lol. Ukraine making deals and previously saying they're willing to make deals doesn't mean "Ukraine regime is not according to plan".

 

[Paul2]

Different members are posting same stuff over and over again. My suggestion is to check latest 10 pages before posting contents, or use search option.

I suggest PDF ban people whose literally ONLY posts for 3 years been Twitter feeds, or just few posts per years, and tons of Twitter feeds.

We can read Twitter ourselves. One can only fathom who would go through stringent PDF vetting to be silent for years, and then start pouring Twitter feeds 24/7

 

[JX-1]

'might is right' the dominant foreign affairs policy

That's how it is and always has been. It's just that with the global nature of today's economy, money, sanctions, propaganda and proxies are first used to apply pressure and if all else fails, a military intervention.

Afghanistan didn't comply with US, it got invaded. Libya complied and gave up nukes, look what Gaddafi got in return. Ukraine gave up nukes and didn't comply with Russia, it got invaded. India acts against China, they are beaten so badly that they are afraid to even utter China's name officially. All South Asian countries including Bangladesh with its strong economy are essentially Indian puppet states, except Pakistan because of its strong military.

 

[Wood]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504056185879764993

The Switchblades will decimate Russian ground forces. They fly a lot faster than the TB2 drones.

We can expect the Russian side to come running to the negotiating table if this is effective