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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Lancasterclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:15 am

elwaclaret wrote:
Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:10 am
Couldn’t comment, NEXTA is a news agency (think it was also forwarded by high level military/academic source, but I myself make not further claim to it.
I think its best to leave that kind of thing to the lawyers

Course, the indiscriminate shelling of cities full of civilians is a war crime, but I'll be amazed if anyone ends up at the Hague for it

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:19 am

Ukraine confirm the death of Mig fighter pilot Major Lisenko nr Zhytomyr.

https://twitter.com/osinttechnical/stat ... 77857?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:31 am

NEXTA: Ukraine TV Chanel 24 was hacked and a fake appeal broadcast of President Zelenskiy broadcast, where he seemed to be asking Ukrainian’s to lay down their arms in the bottom (teletype) banner.

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/150 ... 01253?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:39 am

NEXTA: Russian council rift as Council Deputy makes defiant stand against the War, leading to calls for her phone to be seized.

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/150 ... 58145?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:41 am

Andrew Neil Tweet, forth Russian Major General killed, 8 others have been fired by Putin

https://twitter.com/afneil/status/15040 ... 06598?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Lowbankclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:44 am

Biden is today going to announce another massive amount of support for Ukraine, think it’s about $1 billion.

There is talk of sending switchblade drones, now that would provide Ukraine with some new tech to take the fight to the Russians. Plus in terms of war armourments they are fairly cheap.

https://www.avinc.com/tms/switchblade-600

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:44 am

REUTERS: Zeleskiy, more realistic peace talks are now coming from the Russians, but more time is needed.

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1504 ... 29061?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:47 am

NEXTA: More Russian armour abandoned and broken down in Bucha, parked like cars around residential buildings

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/150 ... 85956?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Lancasterclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:51 am

elwaclaret wrote:
Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:47 am
NEXTA: More Russian armour abandoned and broken down in Bucha, parked like cars around residential buildings

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/150 ... 85956?s=21
Interesting

May be some confirmation of the Ukrainian counter attack north of Kyi'v that

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by ecc » Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:59 am

Lancasterclaret wrote:
Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:15 am
I think its best to leave that kind of thing to the lawyers

Course, the indiscriminate shelling of cities full of civilians is a war crime, but I'll be amazed if anyone ends up at the Hague for it
Sadly, Lancaster, I think you're right. Going off the farce that was the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia it just isn't going to happen.

More or less everybody's forgotten the bloke, but Assad is still in power in Damascus and will never be brought to trial.
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:04 pm

Russian Major General killing confirmed - Oleg Mityaev, Commander of the 150th Motorised Rifle Division. NEXTA

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/150 ... 82635?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:18 pm

Phillips OBrian - looks t possibly agreement involving Ukraine joining EU, but not NATO as among the more likely terms for negotiation

https://twitter.com/phillipspobrien/sta ... 04160?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:20 pm

NEXTA: Pro-Russian rally in Venezuela

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/150 ... 21795?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:22 pm

NEXTA: Russian guns being used on bread queues.

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/150 ... 81505?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:26 pm

REUTERS: India eyeing up the wheat market

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1504 ... 11361?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:27 pm

Russia confirm they are now looking for Austria like Neutrality option for Ukraine in negotiations. REUTERS

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1504 ... 59619?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:32 pm

Caddick-Adams looking at the ‘transportors’ now being press ganged to help Russia’s war effort

https://twitter.com/militaryhistori/sta ... 51681?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:34 pm

NEXTA: EU bans Black Caviar sales to Russia

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/150 ... 78692?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by RingoMcCartney » Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:48 pm

Rob Rinder has been reporting live on Talkradio since Friday.

He's been in Lviv describing the situation at the border for those evacuees , elderly, the infirm, women , children and babes in arms.

Today he moved to Krakow, the closest large city to the border with a British embassy. An embassy where youd expect that these desperate people would go to in order to do the relevant paperwork to secure a safe passage to sanctuary in the UK.

There's a sign on the door of the closed embassy.

"Due to the pandemic, this embassy is closed."

In other words , the civil service are working from home.

Un.....be....lievable....

Disgraceful as its embarrassing.
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by bfcjg » Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:49 pm

I wonder if there is a school of thought in the West/NATO that wants the destruction of the Russian army to last a few weeks longer, a war by proxy

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:51 pm

Russia’s biggest car maker AvtoVAZ has sent employees on “20 days leave”, due to lack of parts.

https://twitter.com/bbcwillvernon/statu ... 61857?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:52 pm

NEXTA: Lavrov ‘precision bombing’ aftermath

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/150 ... 13474?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Lancasterclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:54 pm

bfcjg wrote:
Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:49 pm
I wonder if there is a school of thought in the West/NATO that wants the destruction of the Russian army to last a few weeks longer, a war by proxy
Very unlikely

That would leave Russia completely defenceless and they would know it. I don't want to predict what they would do in those circumstances

The Russians are pulling troops out of everywhere to reinforce their troops in the Ukraine, and they are doing that because they are really struggling

But both sides clearly want the fighting to stop, and its just a question of framing any peace agreement in which both sides can claim a "win"

(Reality is that Russia has suffered a severe bloody nose, and its actions have completely undermined its thirty year attempt to have control over Western policy, plus have rejuvenated both the EU and NATO, plus shown the strength of the Western orbits economic power)
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:56 pm

bfcjg wrote:
Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:49 pm
I wonder if there is a school of thought in the West/NATO that wants the destruction of the Russian army to last a few weeks longer, a war by proxy
Certainly get the impression that Russia is looking for a way out. The West will be looking for a compromise to end the fighting as a priority. However, for this to work Russia will have to allow for the fact that they are now negotiating very much on the back foot; this may well prove the stumbling block, as appeasement is really not going to sit well with the West.
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:02 pm

Poland’s vice Premier calls for NATO peacekeepers backed by troops to be part of any ceasefire agreement.

https://twitter.com/samramani2/status/1 ... 96611?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by JarrowClaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:05 pm

Lancasterclaret wrote:
Wed Mar 16, 2022 9:52 am
Taking stuff like this with a big pinch of salt

Défense is a hell of a lot easier than attack

Though if I was going to believe that the Ukrainians could roll back the Russians that far, then it would be in the Kyi'v/Kharki'v sectors
That depends on how you set the defence up and how you plan your attack.
Yeh I take everything i read with a pinch of salt when it comes to wars and similar events we are seeing what someone wants us to see mostly. If true it is an interesting development though and please note it was an advance to the North West of Kyiv of course if true.
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Lancasterclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:11 pm

JarrowClaret wrote:
Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:05 pm
That depends on how you set the defence up and how you plan your attack.
Yeh I take everything you read with a pinch of salt when it comes to wars and similar events we are seeing what someone wants us to see mostly. If true it is an interesting development though and please note it was an advance to the North West of Kyiv of course if true.
I think its perfectly possible that Ukraine are mounting limited counter attacks and very successfully disrupting Russian offensive plans (namely degrading already badly degraded combat units and causing supply dumps to be depleted)

I'm struggling to link that though to a 40 km advance on a fairly broad front though!

But there is that video of captured Russian stuff in Burka? Buzka? which is slap bang in the middle of the where that counter attack has taken place so its possible

Be nice to see some more evidence either way

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Lancasterclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:25 pm

MOD analysis isn't pulling any punches

https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/15 ... 7522494465

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:26 pm

Several questions about land mines earlier in this thread- this footage appears to show that anti-tank mines are now able to be ‘hidden’ on some roads (due to the amount of inflicted artillery damage).

https://twitter.com/sambendett/status/1 ... 42404?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:31 pm

At least 7 members of the Russian elite 604th Special Service Centre Vityaz have been killed in Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/ralee85/status/1504 ... 35682?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:34 pm

Garry Kasparov’s thoughts on President Zelenskiy’s latest podcast.

https://twitter.com/kasparov63/status/1 ... 30627?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:37 pm

ABRAMOVICH WATCH: Portugal unable to ban the oligarch from entering country REUTERS

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1504 ... 69862?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:40 pm

NEXTA: U.S. Senate unanimously agree to label Putin a war criminal.

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/150 ... 39041?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:44 pm

REUTERS: Chinese politics have ‘wrecked’ its markets.

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1503 ... 05281?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Vegas Claret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:45 pm

elwaclaret wrote:
Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:37 pm
ABRAMOVICH WATCH: Portugal unable to ban the oligarch from entering country REUTERS

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1504 ... 69862?s=21
the sooner he goes to Portugal the quicker his jet will be seized

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:48 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:
Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:45 pm
the sooner he goes to Portugal the quicker his jet will be seized
My thoughts are similar - Spain, Isreal, Turkey, Russia (wanted for Freud by all but Putin, himself)… Abramovich seems to be running out of bolt holes, by this latest move back to Europe.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Lancasterclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:50 pm

Not sure that Russia will be amphibiously assaulting Odessa anytime soon

https://twitter.com/Militarylandnet/sta ... 7983250438

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Lancasterclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:50 pm

Not sure that Russia will be amphibiously assaulting Odessa anytime soon

https://twitter.com/Militarylandnet/sta ... 7983250438

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Lancasterclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 1:54 pm

https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1 ... 4684921862

SAM missiles being supplied to Ukraine

Should guarantee that the airspace remains contested over the front line, and under the control of Ukraine behind the lines
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Re: Russia Invades

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:18 pm

Hague Warcrime prosecutor arrives in Ukraine and meets President Zelenskiy. NEXTA

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/150 ... 29445?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:20 pm

NEW YORK TIMES: Zelenskiy asks U.S. for more weapons and sanctions to add to pressure on Russia.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1504 ... 87468?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:22 pm

ABRAMOVICH WATCH: Portugal to change law that allowed oligarch’s Portuguese citizenship. REUTERS

https://twitter.com/reuters/status/1504 ... 02401?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:23 pm

NEXTA: Russia bans Canadian PM from visiting the country.

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/150 ... 59877?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:25 pm

The lead ship in the Russian Odessa naval convoy is confirmed as a minesweeper.

https://twitter.com/covertshores/status ... 27750?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Lancasterclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:25 pm

Completely unsustainable Russian helicopter losses in the past 24 hours (all geolocated, all identified by photographs)

https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop/statu ... 7847011331

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Re: Russia Invades

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:31 pm

Another downed Russian attack helicopter, this time a KA52 OSINTtechnical reports

https://twitter.com/osinttechnical/stat ... 12069?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:33 pm

Russian state TV hit with a ‘string’ of resignations. BBC World Service

https://twitter.com/bbcworld/status/150 ... 17291?s=21

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:35 pm

Part of the reason for convoy breakdowns is purchasing dodgy Chinese tyres - Andrew Neil

https://twitter.com/afneil/status/15040 ... 38500?s=21

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