Russia Ukraine Update Thread

a reply to: saadad

Probably safe to assume that 90% of what we see is going to be editorialised propaganda at best

Ukrainians knocked out a convoy of towed howitzers near Kherson

twitter.com...

Yeah. This is looking more and more like a proxy war between China and the US, with China backed Russia and the US backed Ukraine going at it full on. Grab your popcorns. Grab them.

* - Russia is ready to send its delegation to Minsk for talks with Ukraine, - Kremlin's spokesperson

* - NAMURA QUEEN (IMO: 9841299) Bulk Carrier caught fire at Pivdenny port after she was targeted with projectile

* - Estonia sending Javelin anti-armour missiles and anti-aircraft munitions to Ukraine -public broadcaster quoting Defence ministry official

* - Kyiv has entered the defense phase, the situation is difficult - Klitschko

* - Ministry of Internal Affairs say that Ukrainian armed forces operation begins in Kyiv and asks not to film equipment

* - Russian Ministry of Defense claims control over Hostomel airport

* - Russian Ministry of Defense claims control over western entrance of Kyiv

* - Russian President Putin is behaving like 'Nazis' in Ukraine: EU spokesman

* - Black Sea: Russian military ship targeted MILLENNIAL SPIRIT vessel 12 miles from Pidvenniy port

* - Shelling with MLRS Uragan targeted shelter and kindergarten in Okhtyrka, there are casualties and fatalities - Sumy military administration

* - UNICEF: The Russian military operation in Ukraine threatens the lives of 7.5 million children, and we call for their protection

* - Ukrainian President: We ask the people of Europe with military experience to defend Ukraine

* - Xi Jinping and Putin discussed the situation in Ukraine by phone

* - Ukrainians are calling NATO Allied Air Command to bring their forces close the sky above #Ukraine. Also, to bring NATO troops to Kyiv. 'Give us shelter from the sky, save Ukrainian lives.' flag-uaflag-uasocial media is enraged by Western hypocrisy)

* - Turkey's Erdogan accuses NATO, EU of failure to act over Ukraine

* - Saboteur detained in Kaminets-Podilsky near strategic object

* - EU 'urgently' preparing more sanctions against Russia: Council President Michel

* - Lavrov: We see no way to recognize the current government of Ukraine as democratic. Also promised not to occupy Ukraine

* - Kyiv city council asking civilians of Obolon to shelter in place as more active clashes to come

* - RuAF Ka-52 activity Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia oblast Ukraine

* - Oil storage is on fire at Lidiyevka, Donetsk

* - Air defense in Vinnitsa responded to aerial target

* - "Military vehicle with russian saboteurs shot by Ukrainian forces of Territorial Defence in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 25, 2022.

* - Ukrainian military shot down Russian plane near Voznesenske in Cherkasy region. Police and military looking for pilot who managed to eject

* - People blocking movement of Russian military vehicle near Drim Taun at Obolon in Kyiv

* - Saboteurs were captured in Kropivnitsky

* - Land Forces of Armed forces of Ukraine: after failure with Hostomel yesterday, Russian airborne troops landed in Homiel and attempting to break towards Kyiv

* - Group of Russian troops destroyed near Oleshki

* - Fight with enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group continues in Obolon, Kyiv - General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

* - Nuclear Regulation service of Ukraine: available data showing increase of radiation in Chornobyl Exclusion Zone

* - Russian ministry of Defense says Russian airborne troops have established control over territory near Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

* - President Zelensky: Held talks with PM @BorisJohnson. Reported on the course of Ukrainian's defense and insidious attacks on Kyiv by the aggressor. Today Ukraine needs the support of partners more than ever. We demand effective counteraction to the Russian Federation. Sanctions must be further strengthened

* - Gunfight heard in Kyiv city's outskirts Minsk Massif. Ukrainian authorities today said they expected this

* - Big Russian military column reported in Veliky Burluk, Kharkiv region

* - Ministry of Defense: Russian troops infiltrated in Kyiv have been neutralized

* - Russian aviation targeting Kherso

* - Russian helicopters near Hostomel

* - Russians are again attacking Hostomel airport

* - Bridge over Seym river was blown up

thanks for updates Xcathdra

interesting, both sides are calling the other Nazis

a reply to: YongpengSuen


Nice try.

We are BARELY (and by that I mean just barely meets the definition of barely) supporting Ukraine, who has VERY little in the way of military capabilities.

You sure seem proud of an international bully beating up on a near defenseless neighbor that posed zero threat.

Are you ccp?

You sound like ccp.

originally posted by: ElGoobero
thanks for updates Xcathdra

interesting, both sides are calling the other Nazis

But only one of them repeatedly invaded a neighbor to steal territory.

a reply to: PatriotGames4u

Chinese don't care about CCP. China is the only ancient civilization that continues to the present day. CCP means nothing to China.

originally posted by: PatriotGames4u

originally posted by: ElGoobero
thanks for updates Xcathdra

interesting, both sides are calling the other Nazis

But only one of them repeatedly invaded a neighbor to steal territory.

That's what men do. That's what men are born to do. Territory.

Photos of NLAW anti tank missiles captured by Russians posted on internet. Reverse engineering underway.

To be honest, it's way easier for Russians to buy HJ-12 from China. HJ-12 is on par with Javelin, but is lighter and easier to carry because Chinese guys aren't as physically strong as American guys.

a reply to: Xcathdra

* - Lavrov: We see no way to recognize the current government of Ukraine as democratic. Also promised not to occupy Ukraine

So in other words they just want to turn Ukraine into another Belarus-style puppet.

By the way, thanks for staying so on top of the updates Xcathdra. It's definitely helped keep this thread on track while other threads have devolved into the usual political squabbling.

a reply to: Xcalibur254

I think Putin has other ideas. He is bound and determined to reconstitute the USSR and he has stated several times now that Ukraine has never been a sovereign country and has always been part of the USSR. I also dont think Ukraine is the end game for Putin either.

As for China and Russia being "allies" now I am not buying it, especially after China claimed Vladivostok.

As for the rest you guys are welcome. It is a nice and welcome distraction for me (not the war itself).

Confirmed that a Ukrainian kindergarten used as a shelter was hit. Images are too graphic to post. Will be considered a war crime.
Twitter

- Ukraine said Friday that radiation levels around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site were increasing.

- Russian troops seized the site on Thursday following Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

- Ukraine's nuclear agency said military equipment disturbed radioactive dust on the ground.

- Ukraine's nuclear agency said Friday that radiation levels around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster were on rise following Russia's invasion.

Ukraine says radiation levels around Chernobyl are increasing after Russia captured it

A little more info on the radiation level increase.

a reply to: majesticgent

From what I have read the radiation level is slowly increasing because of an engagement of Russian Helicopters and Ukrainian ground units fighting. The attempt to down the russian helicopters saw them deploy countermeasures - namely flares.

Those deployments were low enough that the flares hit the ground while they were still active, resulting in fires in the exclusion zone and stirring up the radioactive material.

Turkey cannot stop the passage of warships through its straits leading to the Black Sea as Ukraine has requested, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told the Turkish Hurriyet newspaper on Friday, referencing a clause in the Montreux Convention that allows vessels to return to their home base.

Ukraine appealed to Turkey to block Russian warships from passing through the Dardanelles and Bosphorus straits. Çavuşoğlu said that Turkey is limited in its ability to do so.

“In the case of a war where Turkey is not a party, there are measures that can be taken regarding the countries that are parties in the war,” he said.

“If there is a demand for the ships of the warring countries to return to their bases, then it must be allowed,” he added, referring to Russia.

“Russia had its own clause put in [to the Montreux Convention]. Articles 19, 20 and 21 stipulate that if the ship of a country that is on the Black Sea wishes to pass with a request to return to its base, this is allowed,” Çavuşoğlu said.

Turkey says it cannot stop the passage of warships through its straits following request from Ukraine

originally posted by: Xcathdra
Those deployments were low enough that the flares hit the ground while they were still active, resulting in fires in the exclusion zone and stirring up the radioactive material.

Not good at all. The smoke from those fires will be toxic. The winds will blow the radioactive material distances away.