Russia Invades

[RVclaret]

Telegraph reporting US chip making giant Nvidia has been hit with a cyber attack

[Vegas Claret]

Is that like them running tanks over innocent civilians???. You probably claim it was an accident and he only reversed over him to let him escape.

Seriously.

just block him

[PeterWilton]

Sometimes targeted harassment is acceptable.

https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/status/1 ... oo0MjElKiw

[HahaYeah]

Bloke on 5live is saying Putin has to win this now or risk being deposed and most likely killed.

Bloke on 5live? Who was it? Medvedev? Sergey Lavrov ?

[PeterWilton]

Telegraph reporting US chip making giant Nvidia has been hit with a cyber attack

Damn. Now a new 3070 Ti will be even more out of stock everywhere. Those darned Russians know exactly where to hit us.

[TsarBomba]

CHP-6 power plant north of Kiev out of action- not confirmed.

Edit- confirmed by Klitschko.

[Cirrus_Minor]

German Foreign minister very worried that an "unpredictable Putin" might cross NATO countries borders

https://twitter.com/gebauerspon/status/ ... 0116697095

This is the big worry for me now. War is unpredictable, boundaries are greyed out and it becomes very easy for Russia to spill over to a NATO country especially if Ukraine start a decent fight back with assistance from NATO.

God help us all then.

[Vegas Claret]

not good in Kyiv, main square webcam went off, looks like the strike on the power plant must have knocked some of the power out in certain places of the city

[Lancasterclaret]

This is the big worry for me now. War is unpredictable, boundaries are greyed out and it becomes very easy for Russia to spill over to a NATO country especially if Ukraine start a decent fight back with assistance from NATO.

God help us all then.

That is when you are relying on Russians close to Putin having the balls to do something about it

Worth repeating, but Ukrainian troops have been fighting for eight years, and reservists will have a ridiculous amount of combat experience compared to the Russian equivalent

And they are fighting for their country

Anyone fancy looking at how the Germans fought in 1945, when all was lost, but they were defending their homes and families?

I just hope sanity appears quickly in Moscow

[Lancasterclaret]

Bit on NATO Response force

https://twitter.com/NATO/status/1497290138296229890

[PeterWilton]

Some of you might not have followed this from a few weeks ago but something funny happened between the Russian navy and Irish fishermen.

Very briefly, on several occasions over recent years internet cables off the coasts of Sweden and Norway were mysteriously severed by an unknown saboteur. Russia was obviously suspected. Anyway, a few weeks ago Russia announced they were going to be conducting Naval exercises in the Atlantic off the south-west coast of Ireland, outside of Irish territorial waters but inside the Irish Economic Zone. These "exercises" also happened to be planned to occur right where we have a bunch of cables that cross the Atlantic. Coincidence, i'm sure.

Ireland, not having a navy, couldn't do **** about it. But the Irish fisherman decided they were going to **** with the Russians and decided that they would be just happening to be fishing in the area of the planned exercises during the time that Russia planned to hold them. After protests from Russia, which i'm sure received a brief response, Russia decided the exercises weren't that important after all and cancelled them.


Anyway. The Irish protestors harassing the Russian ambassador reminded me of that, and i found it amusing again.

[Lancasterclaret]

US 173rd Airborne Brigade arriving in Latvia

https://twitter.com/LeonidsKalnins/stat ... 9055678468

[TsarBomba]

Foreign Policy/Military Analyst:

-Russian morale low. Expected to be welcomed with open arms by populace.
- Russian troops very green. Reluctant to dismount APC’s and provide screening when in contact. Contributes to high casualty rate.
- Russian leadership at platoon, company and battalion level highly questionable
- Russian command and control inflexible.

-Ukraine decision not to withdraw to the Dnepr and to remain in the east possibly a critical strategic failure

[Vegas Claret]

Ukraine MOD showing off the new toys

[CombatClaret]

Reports of multiple power plants being destroyed. Some of these plants also provide Thermal, & hot water, deep in the winter could have to severe effects on the civilian populace.

[CombatClaret]

Potential cyber attack at Heathrow.
ALL BA planes are grounded at Heathrow. Website Down, App Down, Screens Down.

[TsarBomba]

Ukrainian Army reporting 40 Russian vehicles destroyed at Konotop. Russians struggling with supplies, and forced to scrounge/steal from locals.

[TsarBomba]

Satellite imagery has sighted 100 Russian/Belarusian attack helicopters in Belarus, 30km from the border.

Jeez.

[Lowbankclaret]

just block him

I have

[bfcjg]

This is getting insane, Putin must be stopped, I can see his own people or military turning on him, he is a bully living in the past when ordinary Russians like us just want to live in.peace in a modern interconnected world.

[Lowbankclaret]

We can't

We really can't

We can provide ammo, guns, tanks, whatever, but we can't help

If we help, then Putin has all the ammo he needs to say that this was always going to happen, plus the very realistic possibility of fighting between NATO troops and Russian forces, with all the dangers that entails

The harshest sanctions imaginable plus logistical support (certain NATO forces are still equipped with Russian military equipment, and that could be utilised and replaced by more modern up to date NATO equipment) is the way to go

There are demonstrations in Russia and Demonstrations here.
These need to get bigger.
If ther is one in Manchester I will be there. Make it massive.
The minions just might be able to alter history here.

[Vegas Claret]

Satellite imagery has sighted 100 Russian/Belarusian attack helicopters in Belarus, 30km from the border.

Jeez.

it could well get to a point when it becomes so brutal that countries have no choice but to go in and help Ukraine

[Lancasterclaret]

This is good (from Professor of War Studies* at Kings College London)

https://samf.substack.com/p/a-reckless- ... source=url

*actually considered studying this back in the day, but was put off by the London bit

[ksrclaret]

This is getting insane, Putin must be stopped, I can see his own people or military turning on him, he is a bully living in the past when ordinary Russians like us just want to live in.peace in a modern interconnected world.

This eventually ends with him being killed, probably by his own people, and hopefully not too far into the future.

The way young Russians in particular lent their support to Alex Nalvany, and the way in which thousands have protested against the war at potentially huge personal cost to themselves, shows that they value peace and freedom more than any desperate "Empire" ideology.

And all that despite the being subjected to and bombarded with the Russian state's huge propaganda and misinformation machine.

[karatekid]

One thing is for sure, all these demonstrations around Europe will not make their way on to the Russian tea time news.

[TsarBomba]

Ukraine:

- CHP-6 power plant still functioning.
- Russian advance at Kherson halted.

[Bordeauxclaret]

I think we’ll see some big protests in Russia over the weekend.

[CrosspoolClarets]

Busy week at work and my Twitter feed is suddenly huge. Too much news to catch up on.

I reckon our advantage here is that such a despotic regime doesn’t lend itself to loyalty or to delegated authority. That in turn will lead to mistakes as every decision has to be escalated upwards. We have seen that already as the Russians appears to have changed strategy at least twice.

Very plausible they could get bogged down, literally, when the ice melts. Hard to see an ‘out’ for Putin after this, even if he ‘wins’.

[Lowbankclaret]

We should see some support for Ukraine at the Chelsea match.

[TsarBomba]

1, possibly 2 Russian armoured columns moving down from Belarus towards the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

[Sottpark1 !]

Agree with you Lowbank if demo in Manchester will get there small gesture but will boost Russian protesters not ant Russian anti war

[CrispyClaret]

There are demonstrations in Russia and Demonstrations here.
These need to get bigger.
If ther is one in Manchester I will be there. Make it massive.
The minions just might be able to alter history here.

There was one in Manchester last night outside the central library. Oleksandr Zinchenko was there.

[bfcjg]

If the saying good comes out of bad is true then hopefully the futility of war will be realised and the younger generations will ensure that mad sad evil old bstards like Putin will be consigned to the dustbin.

[Bordeauxclaret]

Just worth noting those kind of protests could be made illegal in Britain soon.

[Vegas Claret]

We should see some support for Ukraine at the Chelsea match.

two bitter rivals playing in Poland tonight.....

https://twitter.com/HooligansTV_eu/stat ... fcbmPLU0Gw

[Billy Balfour]

Russian leadership at platoon, company and battalion level highly questionable
- Russian command and control inflexible.

Sounds like a post from 1941.

Just seen this.

#China "firmly advocates respecting and safeguarding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries... and it applies equally to Ukraine," states Foreign Minister Wang Yi. https://fmprc.gov.cn/wjbzhd/202202/

[PeterWilton]

One thing is for sure, all these demonstrations around Europe will not make their way on to the Russian tea time news.

They'll make it to the Ukrainians. Their commanders will make sure they all know we are on their side.

While on the Russian side, their soldiers will have to put up with Tucker Carlson and Nigel Farage clips as morale boosters.

[Vegas Claret]

This is good (from Professor of War Studies* at Kings College London)

https://samf.substack.com/p/a-reckless- ... source=url

*actually considered studying this back in the day, but was put off by the London bit

good article - hanging my hopes on "Their experience of large-scale ground operations is therefore limited"

[HahaYeah]

They'll make it to the Ukrainians. Their commanders will make sure they all know we are on their side.

While on the Russian side, their soldiers will have to put up with Tucker Carlson and Nigel Farage clips as morale boosters.

The Neo Nazi Azov battalions will be pleased with your support I'm sure.

[Lancasterclaret]

One thing not to forget is that the Ukrainians will be getting the full on, maximum NATO intelligence

There won't be any surprises, and I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the Russians have absolutely no idea how good NATO battlefield intel is

[NewClaret]

Anyone know why the markets are holding up so well? I thought they’d be tanking!

[GodIsADeeJay81]

Just worth noting those kind of protests could be made illegal in Britain soon.

Nope, but keep saying it anyway if it makes you feel better.

[NewClaret]

One thing not to forget is that the Ukrainians will be getting the full on, maximum NATO intelligence

There won't be any surprises, and I wouldn't be surprised to find out that the Russians have absolutely no idea how good NATO battlefield intel is

Bloody hope you’re right. I can’t help feel NATO are doing nowhere near enough here.

[Lowbankclaret]

Anyone know why the markets are holding up so well? I thought they’d be tanking!

Because the exposure to Russia is low. People and markets got put years ago. Apart from BP etc, but it’s very limited.

[ksrclaret]

The Neo Nazi Azov battalions will be pleased with your support I'm sure.

So you watch the Russian state channel, then? Jesus really did weep.

[Bordeauxclaret]

Nope, but keep saying it anyway if it makes you feel better.

Weird response.
Maybe they’ve changed it.

[Lowbankclaret]

Agree with you Lowbank if demo in Manchester will get there small gesture but will boost Russian protesters not ant Russian anti war

Missed it tag me in the next one and I will be there.

[TsarBomba]

Anonymous reporting they have hacked the Russian Ministry of Defence and leaked their database.

[PeterWilton]

This isn't encouraging


https://twitter.com/Mark_Coughlan/statu ... 1FGFuiDFhw

[Lowbankclaret]

Anonymous claimed they were starting a war cyber war against Russia yesterday.

The best minds in the world might just cripple Russia in a way government cannot.