Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

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Multiple casualties being reported following heavy shelling in Kharkiv:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498254388409810944

Bound to happen when you resist. Should have surrendered when your Leander USA tells you that you will lose anyway.

 

[Bengal71]

Let's measure the level of knowledge of the forum: If you notice, both helicopters and, where possible, fighters and bombers fly very low over residential areas.

What do you think is the reason for this? Does this increase or decrease the threat of MANPADS?

Decrease the threat of manpads I think.

 

[jhungary]

The problem is that Russia cannot prevent this at all - it would not dare to challenge NATO aerial assets and you can be sure the cables delivering that data is quite secure. The Russian gambit was to try and knock out the AD network on day#1 and to some extent they succeeded - some of the SAMs and almost all of the Radars were all taken down. But the AD network is still effective to some extent as NATO is providing the air picture.

The Su-34s are flying low and fast as any higher and they will get shot down and any slower - the Manpads will take them out. This restricts the ability of the RuAF to get massively involved.

Another thing is that ZSU-23 is actually quite capable for the low flying aircraft, It was used to fight our A-6 Intruder during Vietnam, and then A-10 in Iraq and Afghanistan, seems to me the Russian is underestimated the Ukrainian Air Defence network.

Bear in mind NATO intelligence play a big role to Ukraine Air Defence network. And it's a coincident that Ukraine have upgraded their L-3 Communication Network back in 2019 (I want to say it's 2019 but may be later, I forgot) which can plug directly to NATO intelligence sharing, that mean even if Russia have been able to target Ukrainian Radar, it would not work as Ukraine can depends on NATO AWACS asset to vector information. That probably account for the large cache of missile and aircraft being shootdown. Otherwise they would not have painted it.

 

[Abid123]

France : If Belarus joins the war on the side of Russia, all our rights as NATO are reserved.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498261000587460612

Another bold move by France

What does that mean?

 

[jamahir]

Nope. Take it or leave it.

If you want to have a serious discussion, I'm all ears, but I'm not about to change my entire personality.

Then I decline that post of yours. You remain snarky and arrogant. Or you can choose not to.

They look weak. Child soldiers, heavy losses.

As against Zelensky desperately calling for international non-state fighters ?

Considering the Indians were trained by and large by the Russian, I hope we are working with Turkey (that has assets in Ukraine and in the Black Sea) to really keep an laser focused eye on how Russia is prosecuting this war.

Erdogan is free to act against Russia.

 

[Paul2]

I think it's clear now, Russia is using talks to reposition its forces.

 

[Titanium100]

the Chechens have been effective as they have all of Kyiv under sieged and encircled the city nothing can exit or enter Kyiv

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498042496051560448

 

[Apollon]

Then I decline that post of yours. You remain snarky and arrogant. Or you can not to.



As against Zelensky desperately calling for international non-state fighters ?



Erdogan is free to act against Russia.

Zelensky is in weak Position. SUPAAAPOWAAA Putler on other side lost on all fronts and has not achieved any objective yet.

I guess one of the oligarchs pulls the plug

 

[LeGenD]

Those cried the loudest before the SWIFT ban didn't seem to understand that sanctions aren't like rockets and bullets, they usually take time to work and the most effective sanctions aren't necessarily those that cause a shock - like a complete SWIFT ban would do - but those that slowly but surely cut off the air supply of the economy, strangling it to death. There have been also reports that Russians are already having difficulty getting cash from their banks and not just forex. Trade with Russia has pretty much come to a complete halt already also. The sanctions are already working, but that doesn't mean that you can't do more. You just have to be smart about it.

Well said, bro.

It looks like Putin administration underestimated much of Europe.

Western companies head for the exit in Russia as sanctions tighten

Energy giant BP, global bank HSBC and the world’s biggest aircraft leasing firm AerCap joined a growing list of companies looking to exit Russia on Monday, as Western sanctions tightened the screws on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. The West has moved to punish Russia with a raft of…

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Russians are feeling the heat already:

MSN

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Belarus is on the line as well.

There are also hints of expanding Ukrainian insurgency.

MSN

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You have to confront the bully to stop him. This is how it works in real life.

 

[Messerschmitt]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498269905870802949

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498271549798891528

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498272299111301120

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498272343847800836

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498272467193847809

 

[dBSPL]

Evacuation operations for Turkish citizens continue. I don't know if other country nationals can benefit, but I don't think they will turn Pakistani citizens away.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498254710708572161

 

[FuturePAF]

Even if the Russians take all of Ukraine, an insurgency by the 40+ million Ukrainians against the few hundreds of thousands of Russian force will keep the Russians and the western alliance preoccupied. This is what India fears, as the attention will shift from China to Europe.

In the following video, we are reminded by the interviewer, that India (which calls itself the largest democracy) sided with the Soviets when they invaded Afghanistan in 1979. The only democratic country to do so. This should be emphasized in today’s context, to highlight India does not stand on principles as it likes to claim but naked national interests.

 

[RescueRanger]

Kharkiv is a university city with 300,000 students.

Yes I know that.

 

[Messerschmitt]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498268108427046913

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498272842554687489

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498272873420668930

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498273469640888321

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498264116871507971

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498273767906230272

 

[dBSPL]

What does that mean?

Threat. Including Belarus into the same measures as Russia or intervening in Belarus. We don't know. Or maybe he's just talking about copyrighting fight on Youtube videos.