Russia Invades

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Tue Apr 05, 2022 7:15 pm

ROB LEE : Anti Aircraft loaded train moving from Crimea into Melitopol

https://twitter.com/ralee85/status/1511 ... xReWlIqL_Q

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:31 pm

ROB LEE: Detailed Russian losses using only Russian sources

https://twitter.com/ralee85/status/1500 ... xReWlIqL_Q

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:35 pm

PHILLIPS OBrien - Russian forces are at last realising what they are being sent to do… and some are flying their helicopters into the Ukrainian lines to surrender.

https://twitter.com/phillipspobrien/sta ... xReWlIqL_Q

box_of_frogs · Post by **box_of_frogs** » Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:49 pm

Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑
Tue Apr 05, 2022 10:18 am
Now the Russians are in trouble. Biden approves delivery of switchblade 600 drones.
Perhaps the delivery of 300 was to check they could use them correctly.
The 600 can fly 40 miles so way behind enemy lines and is armour piercing. Don’t think it’s enough to take out a tank. But artillery, thermobaric missile launchers and just about anything else has no where to hide from it. Let’s hope it’s a first delivery followed by a few thousand.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... raine.html

The 600 has an anti armour warhead. It might not potentially do a MBT that has ERA. But it might do.

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:49 pm

Garry Kasparov retweet - The West must not let their moral confusion let Russia regroup

https://twitter.com/louhuesmann/status/ ... xReWlIqL_Q

ecc · Post by **ecc** » Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:50 pm

I cannot watch this watch without tears welling up. Elderly folk seeing their army. The number of young women fighting blows sexism out of the water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzfhWUIVSvg

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:59 pm

REUTERS: Ukraine is massively in favour of joining the EU, but record polls also show a fall in support for joining NATO

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1511 ... xReWlIqL_Q

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:05 pm

REUTERS: EU Executive looks to cut funding to Hungary for ‘weakening democracy’.

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1511 ... xReWlIqL_Q

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:09 pm

NEXTA : PM Johnson broadcasts to Russians from Downing Street

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/151 ... xReWlIqL_Q

Lowbankclaret · Post by **Lowbankclaret** » Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:09 pm

Found this, a Russians reward for giving up equipment.

https://twitter.com/loverainonme/status ... KvdUvc3mLQ

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:25 pm

Kyiv Independent - 3846 Evacuated through humanitarian corridors today, and further detail

https://twitter.com/kyivindependent/sta ... xReWlIqL_Q

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:28 pm

ROB LEE: Russian BTR-82A fires cannons into random buildings in Mariupol

https://twitter.com/ralee85/status/1511 ... xReWlIqL_Q

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:30 pm

OSINTtechnical: More Russian air strikes on Lviv tonight

https://twitter.com/osinttechnical/stat ... xReWlIqL_Q

Gaia · Post by **Gaia** » Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:47 pm

Rip Rawlings on Russian nukes and chem

https://riprawlings.com/2022/03/29/wzd8 ... ukes-chem/

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Tue Apr 05, 2022 10:34 pm

REUTERS: EU order 19 Russian diplomats to leave Belgium

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1511 ... xReWlIqL_Q

ecc · Post by **ecc** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 12:22 pm

Hi Gaia,

Many thanks for replying. We're all entitled to choose our own username and they can be for personal reasons so I hoped I wasn't putting you out.

So thank you for sharing. I must admit I hadn't heard of the group and will check them out.

I don't know whether you've been to Portugal or not. My wife is Portuguese and hails from a town 15 miles north of Porto.

There's a suburb in Porto called Gaia and another called Maia. I just like the sounds of these names.Don't know why but there you go!

Take care Gaia,

Steve

Lowbankclaret · Post by **Lowbankclaret** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:06 pm

So confirmed equipment losses reached 2500, of which 432 are tanks . Most analysts say 1200 tanks went in so just on confirmed losses they are over 33% of tanks lost.

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/a ... t.html?m=1

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:14 pm

BBC World Service- Many trapped i rubble after Russian missile attacks on Borodyanka

https://twitter.com/bbcworld/status/151 ... zeyiSCd2Tg

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:15 pm

Kyiv Independent - Footage of Borodyank after the attack

https://twitter.com/kyivindependent/sta ... zeyiSCd2Tg

Lowbankclaret · Post by **Lowbankclaret** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:46 pm

So Russias next stage is to try to encircle the Ukrainian troops facing them in the Donbas. This is going to be a very serious and damaging fight on both sides. Analyst are saying if Russia loses this fight they could be in for humiliating defeat. If they win they take a large part of Ukrainian lands.

https://twitter.com/osinttechnical/stat ... xjNzAdCesA

NewClaret · Post by **NewClaret** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 3:14 pm

Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:06 pm
So confirmed equipment losses reached 2500, of which 432 are tanks . Most analysts say 1200 tanks went in so just on confirmed losses they are over 33% of tanks lost.

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/a ... t.html?m=1

Huge number but still a lot to go, sadly. And presumably they have reserves they can send in.

Hope the more recent missile allocations can quickly get through the other two thirds.

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 3:45 pm

NEW YORK TIMES - The US will lead a motion on Thursday to suspend Russia from UN Human Rights Council.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1511 ... zeyiSCd2Tg

Lowbankclaret · Post by **Lowbankclaret** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:03 pm

elwaclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 06, 2022 3:45 pm
NEW YORK TIMES - The US will lead a motion on Thursday to suspend Russia from UN Human Rights Council.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1511 ... zeyiSCd2Tg

Surely that must pass even with needing 2/3 majority.

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:05 pm

REUTERS - U.S. increase sanctions. Russia’s Sberbank, Putin’s family and rules against investment

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1511 ... zeyiSCd2Tg

Lowbankclaret · Post by **Lowbankclaret** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:23 pm

NewClaret wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 06, 2022 3:14 pm
Huge number but still a lot to go, sadly. And presumably they have reserves they can send in.

Hope the more recent missile allocations can quickly get through the other two thirds.

I have read reports that the thousands of tankers they have in reserve have had all the precious metal bits stolen, Hugh majority without major parts like engines. Probably less than 5% of its stored reserves could be made fit to be used. Any stored outside are basically scrap metal.

Also I have seen pictures of young Russian conscripts with guns made in the late 1900’s and used in the first WW. If this is what is in the Russian reserves, they are starting to get into real trouble. Searched for the photo,could not find it.

bpgburn · Post by **bpgburn** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:31 pm

Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:23 pm
I have read reports that the thousands of tankers they have in reserve have had all the precious metal bits stolen, Hugh majority without major parts like engines. Probably less than 5% of its stored reserves could be made fit to be used. Any stored outside are basically scrap metal.

Also I have seen pictures of young Russian conscripts with guns made in the late 1900’s and used in the first WW. If this is what is in the Russian reserves, they are starting to get into real trouble. Searched for the photo,could not find it.

Where/who are these reports and photos from? Are they from reputable sources? Links?

Late 1900's could be 1999?

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:33 pm

REUTERS: U.S. to charge Oligarch for violating sanctions

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1511 ... zeyiSCd2Tg

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:40 pm

Zelenskiy is right, we have done a lot, but we need to do more. We have to give the Ukrainians whatever they need to break their encircling of the Donbas. It could be the straw that breaks the Russian resistance.
A different kind of warfare from the Northern battle, but with the technological advantage we could provide, its certainly doable.
It's all about the time, and the longer we delay, the easier it is for Russia.

Lowbankclaret · Post by **Lowbankclaret** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:50 pm

bpgburn wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:31 pm
Where/who are these reports and photos from? Are they from reputable sources? Links?

Late 1900's could be 1999?

Sorry typo 1800’s.
I look at so much stuff I cannot remember which person tweeted it and cannot find it now.

Gaia · Post by **Gaia** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:52 pm

Noam Chomsky: “We’re approaching the most dangerous point in human history”.

https://www.newstatesman.com/encounter/ ... an-history

Lowbankclaret · Post by **Lowbankclaret** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:55 pm

Deliveries of night scopes to Ukrainian troops.

https://twitter.com/abraxasspa/status/1 ... S8AgFdj29g

ecc · Post by **ecc** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 5:03 pm

Can't provide a link to a full article but quite honestly I've heard far worse ideas. Okay, it won't happen but, I don't know, it does make sense to me. I didn't have much time for Merkel in the past but I gradually changed my opinion. The fact she is no longer in power would make the idea a possibility.

But, again, it won't happen.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/comme ... cesspaylog

Lowbankclaret · Post by **Lowbankclaret** » Wed Apr 06, 2022 10:41 pm

This guy gets it, possibly the only politician in Europe that does.

https://twitter.com/guyverhofstadt/stat ... X6HKcxZcmw

Volvoclaret · Post by **Volvoclaret** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 12:42 pm

ecc wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 06, 2022 5:03 pm
Can't provide a link to a full article but quite honestly I've heard far worse ideas. Okay, it won't happen but, I don't know, it does make sense to me. I didn't have much time for Merkel in the past but I gradually changed my opinion. The fact she is no longer in power would make the idea a possibility.

But, again, it won't happen.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/comme ... cesspaylog

Might be on to something here. She could be the honest broker.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 1:24 pm

I'd have thought these bimbos would have had more sympathy with the Ukrainian women and girls getting raped and murdered.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russian-model ... 51873.html

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 1:25 pm

Colburn_Claret wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:40 pm
Zelenskiy is right, we have done a lot, but we need to do more. We have to give the Ukrainians whatever they need to break their encircling of the Donbas. It could be the straw that breaks the Russian resistance.
A different kind of warfare from the Northern battle, but with the technological advantage we could provide, its certainly doable.
It's all about the time, and the longer we delay, the easier it is for Russia.

This, the West are weak as some of us have been saying from the start. Ukraine goes into Russia and attacks a fuel depot and zero response from Putin - big blag artist. We need to supply the Ukrainian's with serious long range firepower and more essentially aircraft

bpgburn · Post by **bpgburn** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 1:29 pm

dermotdermot wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 07, 2022 1:16 pm
The Independent is reporting that a video, verified by the New York Times, appears to show Ukrainian troops shooting dead captured Russian soldiers. This type of behaviour has been reported on a number of occasions but is quickly forgotten about.

Hopefully some of them Russian soldiers were responsible for executing and butchering innocent men, women and children in Bucha and elsewhere.

I really can't find it in me to have any sympathy with them.

Lowbankclaret · Post by **Lowbankclaret** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 2:06 pm

dermotdermot wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 07, 2022 1:16 pm
The Independent is reporting that a video, verified by the New York Times, appears to show Ukrainian troops shooting dead captured Russian soldiers. This type of behaviour has been reported on a number of occasions but is quickly forgotten about.

I don’t think it’s forgotten about, we know it’s happening.

In the particular video, the soldiers appear to be bleeding out and very close to death it’s highly pixelated. The video has been pulled by Twiitter so the stills don’t show anything really, but all the comments are still there to read.

https://twitter.com/evanhill/status/151 ... NMxd13T9BA

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 2:23 pm

no idea what weapon this is
https://twitter.com/Blue_Sauron/status/ ... hZQaO5JiiA

I genuinely don't know if it's even real

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:01 pm

OTHER NEWS, ANDREW NEIL - tweeting that French National Front candidate LePenn is leading the Presidential race according to latest election polls, ahead of incumbent Macron

https://twitter.com/afneil/status/15120 ... R1h9bNeyMw

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:04 pm

REUTERS: Gas flows from Russia to Europe slowing as customers demand non-Russian supplies

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1512 ... R1h9bNeyMw

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:07 pm

ANDREW NEIL RETWEET - More on LePenne’s poll success and Macron going on a ‘fear defensive’ in his campaign

https://twitter.com/billneelyreport/sta ... R1h9bNeyMw

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:13 pm

REUTERS: Live UN Vote, US led attempt to get Russia removed from Human Rights Council

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1512 ... R1h9bNeyMw

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:14 pm

BBC WS - Ukraine Foreign Minister addressing EU Parliament now - gas and oil still buying Rssia’s weapons

https://twitter.com/bbcworld/status/151 ... R1h9bNeyMw

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:19 pm

REUTERS: Chairman of Joint Cheif of Staff (US) testifies to Senate Armed Services Committee

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1512 ... R1h9bNeyMw

jos · Post by **jos** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:30 pm

Lowbankclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 07, 2022 2:06 pm
I don’t think it’s forgotten about, we know it’s happening.

In the particular video, the soldiers appear to be bleeding out and very close to death it’s highly pixelated. The video has been pulled by Twiitter so the stills don’t show anything really, but all the comments are still there to read.

https://twitter.com/evanhill/status/151 ... NMxd13T9BA

And here is another WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT
A Russian soldier lays on the road injured and shaking, and gets shot.

https://twitter.com/pip525/status/15112 ... 75460?s=21

LeadBelly · Post by **LeadBelly** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:31 pm

elwaclaret wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:01 pm
OTHER NEWS, ANDREW NEIL - tweeting that French National Front candidate LePenn is leading the Presidential race according to latest election polls, ahead of incumbent Macron

https://twitter.com/afneil/status/15120 ... R1h9bNeyMw

The party she leads is Rassemblement national (equates to "National Rally"). The policies are a fair bit toned down from the old Front National. Hence, to a fair degree, more acceptable to a wider range of voters now.

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:34 pm

LeadBelly wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:31 pm
The party she leads is Rassemblement national (equates to "National Rally"). The policies are a fair bit toned down from the old Front National. Hence, to a fair degree, more acceptable to a wider range of voters now.

LePenne - Making election noises, but do you really think the LePenn brand has really changed? Honest question, I don’t it’s been the same message for two generations.

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:46 pm

Testing

ecc · Post by **ecc** » Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:49 pm

LeadBelly wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:31 pm
The party she leads is Rassemblement national (equates to "National Rally"). The policies are a fair bit toned down from the old Front National. Hence, to a fair degree, more acceptable to a wider range of voters now.

Sorry I pressed "Like" by mistake. She's a despicable woman who spreads hatred.