Russia Ukraine Update Thread

originally posted by: anonentity
It is a warning not to escalate, if everyone keeps calm the Government will be replaced by a neutral entity. But of course arming and conscripting all-of-age civilians might mean it gets drawn out, with a lot of bloodsheds before Zelensky emigrates to the USA.

Putin mentioning nukes is just the blabberings of a man who may be seeing that he has made a massive miscalculation. Ukraine has not collapsed, and the toll in Russian lives appears high. The longer this war continues, the more precarious Putin's hold on power and reality will become. Even Putin's control of the media will struggle to hide the two facts...

1. Economically, the effect of the sanctions will impact people's lives through work, pay and the price of goods.
2. The returning dead will speak of Putin's egregious folly from the grave.

originally posted by: Cydonia2012
It worries me that Russia has their nuclear forces on high alert. A misunderstanding or mistake could send us down a road no one can imagine. Hope I’m wrong. 😔🤯

Yeah, All we need now is a fleet of UFOs showing up on the Radar headed for Moscow. Game over.

The Ukrainian delegation had arrived in a Polish helicopter to the negotiations.

a reply to: paraphi

Economically, the effect of the sanctions will impact people's lives

Western countries arent any off better withe supply chain, inflation issues not easing up any time..

The whole point of having nukes is that they’re always ready to go and people that are part of that process operate on nothing less than high alert. I say this as someone that has previously worked directly in that process.

It’s a threat without directly saying it, designed to put citizens in a panic and call on their governments to not be so hasty to poke the bear. As usual the media are lapping it up and doing a lot of the panic mongering work for Putin.

* - Ukrainian Interior: The Russian army bombed the city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region, eastern Ukraine, with mortar shells

* - Russian column spotted at 08:15 local (0615Z) in Borodyanka, heading towards Makariv Kyiv oblast, Ukraine

* - Loud explosions heard at Saltivka

* - British Defense Minister: The Russians are still failing to achieve major goals and the Ukrainians are repelling them on a number of fronts

* - Burning military equipment in Irpin, Kyiv region

* - Russian jets from the side of Voronezh region over Prikolotnoe towards Kharkiv

* - U.S. intelligence officials say Belarus may soon join the Russian invasion & send their own troops into Ukraine. This as the Belarusian president (a close ally of Putin) says Western sanctions are pushing Russia "into a third world war"

* - Ukrainian military pushed Russian troops to the southern entrance of Tokmak town after heavy fighting

* - Ukraine denies Russian forces control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

* - Russian aviation targeted Sartana

* - Russian Defense Ministry claims aerial superiority over Ukraine

* - Russia will force companies to sell 80% of their foreign currency earnings - in other words buy rubles - Finance Ministry announces

* - Aftermath of Russian strikes, Izyum, Kharkiv oblast

* - Russian troops randomly shoot civilian buildings in Borodianka, Kyiv region

* - Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces: Iskander operational-tactical missile systems were used by the enemy in peaceful Zhytomyr

* - Ukrainian delegation arrived for talks with Russia on a ceasefire and withdrawal of troops from Ukraine (14 mins ago)

* - Human Rights Council agrees to Ukraine's request to hold a discussion in Geneva this week on Russia's attack

* - The captured equipment from the members of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division of the Russian Forces last night, outskirts of Kyiv

* - BP said on Sunday it had decided to exit its 19.75 % stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft after Russia's invasion of Ukraine

* - Zelensky called on the EU to immediately adopt Ukraine under a new special procedure

* - Russian tanks firing off round in Borodyanka - outside of Kyiv, Ukraine

As a reminder

Just so people know and understand. Information from war zones can become confusing as there will no doubt be info released from the players (on both sides) involved that might not necessarily be true.

As such take everything as a possibility and NOT as absolute truth.

The very first casualty in a war is the truth and all warfare is based on deception

a reply to: Xcathdra

British Defense Minister: The Russians are still failing to achieve major goals and the Ukrainians are repelling them on a number of fronts

Ukrainians are repelling them on a number of fronts
Are they still reading the Intel from Defense ministry of Ukraine?

a reply to: vNex92

Do you know any different ?

a reply to: vNex92

If I had to guess they are getting their info from multiple sources. NATO has electronic warfare planes up. There was a rivetjoint up in the last 24 hours.

Large amount of NATO air traffic on polish Ukraine border

* - ‘Ukrainian People Don’t Give Up Hope’: U.S. Rallies Express Solidarity

* - Ukrainian Man Partially Sinks Yacht of Russian CEO 'Selling Weapons'

* - Latvian parliament authorizes citizens to fight in Ukraine

* - World’s Biggest Plane Destroyed in Russian Attack on Airfield (Antonov-225 cargo plane)

* - Russia launches Yars ICBM in Nuclear Forces exercise amid Ukraine tensions

* - Russians are scrambling to withdraw US dollars at ATMs as the ruble hits a record low on sweeping Western sanctions

* - S.Kore a bans exports of strategic items to Russia, joins SWIFT sanctions

originally posted by: da pickles
Large amount of NATO air traffic on polish Ukraine border

prob because of the meeting between ukraine and russia on the border of ukraine and belarus.

Poland is transporting the Ukraine delegation

The other possibility is the EU countries being allowed to send military items, including fighter jets, to Ukraine.

Or maybe both...

a reply to: Xcathdra

Thank you for your updates.

Cheers

a reply to: F2d5thCavv2

you are welcome

* - Swiss Pledge No New Business For Russians Sanctioned by EU

Switzerland said it won’t allow the European Union’s sanctions against Russia to be circumvented locally by prohibiting targeted Russian individuals or companies from opening new accounts with Swiss banks.

“Financial intermediaries in Switzerland are now prohibited from entering into new business relationships” with the latest list of 363 people and four companies announced by the EU, the government said in a statement on Friday. “At the same time, financial intermediaries are obliged to immediately report existing business relationships with these individuals, companies and organizations,” the government said.

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* - Sanctions vs. neutrality: Swiss fine-tune response to Russia

GENEVA -- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put Switzerland’s much-vaunted neutrality to the test — and along with it, the country's traditional role as international intermediary and reputation as a safe haven for the assets of Russia's richest and most powerful.

The Swiss executive branch stopped short of announcing unilateral sanctions against Russian interests after Moscow’s blistering military action in Ukraine. Instead, the Federal Council opted to fall in line with the European Union and pledge that Russian individuals and companies hit with EU sanctions won’t be able to evade them in Switzerland, which is not one of the EU's 27 member states.

The government said Friday that financial “intermediaries” in Switzerland were now banned from starting new business relationships with 363 Russian people and four Russian companies. Any existing business must be reported to the Swiss economic affairs secretariat. Further steps are under consideration.

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* - Vehicle caught fire as result of shelling in Horizont area of Kharkiv

* - Projectile targeted residential building in Kharkiv

* - Unexploded FAB-500 bomb dropped by Russian bomber on Kharkiv

* - Heavy clashes at Hirske, Zolote, Novotoshkivkse in Luhansk region

A former US ambassador to Russia says Putin is becoming 'increasingly unhinged' and 'disconnected from reality'

* - Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador to Russia, says Putin is becoming "increasingly unhinged."
* - "He's out at his compound, doesn't come into town very much, and under Covid, he's been more isolated," he said.
* - McFaul added in a tweet that Putin might be disconnected from reality after decades in power.

A former US ambassador to Russia said Sunday that, after decades in power and intense isolation from COVID-19, Russian President Vladimir Putin is becoming "increasingly unhinged."

Michael McFaul, an Obama-era ambassador to Russia, made the observation during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."

When asked if Putin was a "rational actor," McFaul said: "To get kicked out of SWIFT as it happened to Russia yesterday, and then to have the president of Russia get in front of his generals and say 'We need to prepare for nuclear war.' That doesn't sound very rational to me."

On Saturday, Western nations announced that some Russian banks would be removed from SWIFT, a global financial messaging system.

McFaul, who said he first met Putin in 1991, expressed concern that the Russian leader has believed his own propaganda "for decades."

"Remember, this guy's been in power for 22 years. He doesn't listen to his aides. Even when I was ambassador eight years ago, he was very dismissive of anybody around him. He's out at his compound, doesn't come into town very much, and, under Covid, he's been more isolated," McFaul said.

"I sat in the room with him for five years when I worked in the Obama administration. I speak Russian. I listened to him, and I know what he says — he's increasingly unhinged in the way that he talks about the regime," McFaul added.

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Kremlin says EU weapons supplies to Ukraine are dangerous

MOSCOW, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Monday accused the European Union of hostile behaviour towards Russia, saying weapons supplies to Ukraine were dangerous and destabilising and proved that Russia was right in its efforts to demilitarise its neighbour.

No sh*t, Sherlock.

The West has stepped up arms supplies to Ukraine in order to help it defend against a Russian invasion that Moscow calls a "special military operation" aimed at protecting civilians.

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* - Shelling in Chernyhiv, large mall EpicentrK caught fire

* - Russian troops are moving military equipment to Sumy, threat of street battles

* - Fire in Okhtyrka as result of shelling

* - EU ambassadors will this afternoon discuss and likely adopt the SWIFT sanctions on Russia and a big economic sanctions package on Belarus

* - Widespread damage in Okhtyrka after Russian attacks

* - Ukrainian Defense Ministry: Russian soldiers surrendered to the Ukrainian army near the southeastern city of Zaporizhia

* - Russian troops driving APC attacked civilian car, than seized it near Chupakhivka near Okhtyrka

* - Russian Pantsyr S out of service, seized in Kherson region

* - Websites of Russian media TASS, Fontanka, Kommersant hacked

* - Russian Mil Mi-35 downed in Kherson Oblast

* - Israeli foreign minister Lapid says Israel will vote in favor of a UN general assembly resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine

* - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that the escalation of Russia's military operations in Ukraine was leading to rising human rights violations




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* - Jake12 - RC-135W Rivet Joint monitoring Belarus / Ukraine border with Poland
* - MMF19 - NATO Airbus A330-243MRTT over East Poland
* - NCH0222 - KC-10A extender over Romania

still a lot of NATO / NATO allied military craft in the air

a reply to: vNex92

I wonder if the powers that be understand that if the Rubel inflates, so will the price of Russian gas…

It’s a zero sum game.

Plus China will buy Rubels as support.