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Missiles rain down on Kiev and amphibious assault is launched on Odessa after Putin ordered 'special military operation' in Ukraine to 'denazify' it: Biden leads condemnation of 'unprovoked and unjustified' invasion as Ukrainian forces fight back [DailyMail]
Ukraine conflict: Russia announces special military operation in Donbas [BCC] Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched a "special military operation" in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. In a televised address, he urged Ukrainian soldiers who are facing off Russian-backed rebels to lay down weapons and return to their homes. Mr Putin said Russia did not plan to occupy Ukraine, but warned that Moscow's response would be "instant" if anyone tries to take on Russia. Ukraine said that "Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine". In a tweet, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote: "Peaceful Ukrainian cities are under strikes. This is a war of aggression. Ukraine will defend itself and will win. The world can and must stop Putin. The time to act is now." Reports are now coming of explosions in several Ukrainian cities, and gunfire near main Boryspil airport in the capital Kyiv. US President Joe Biden said Washington and its allies would respond in a united and decisive way to "an unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces" on Ukraine. "President Putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering," Mr Biden said. "The world will hold Russia accountable." In a last-ditch attempt to avert war shortly before Mr Putin's announcement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia could start "a major war in Europe" and urged Russian citizens to oppose it. Mr Zelensky said Russia had almost 200,000 troops and thousands of combat vehicles on Ukraine's borders. Russia is launching its military operation just days after recognising the self-proclaimed people's republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. The breakaway regions - who control large swathes of the Donbas region - later asked Moscow for military support. In his announcement, Mr Putin said the military operation's objective was to defend those people who had been subjected for eight years to "genocide by the Kyiv regime". It was an apparent reference to mass street protests in Ukraine that ousted Pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych in 2014. Mr Putin also said that Moscow would seek "demilitarisation and denazification" of Ukraine. Mr Putin has repeatedly accused the US and its allies of ignoring Russia's demands to prevent Ukraine from joining Nato military alliance and offer Moscow security guarantees. On Wednesday, Ukraine's state of emergency was overwhelmingly approved by lawmakers, and is now in force nationwide. It introduces personal document checks, blocks military reservists from leaving the country, bans mass gatherings and places restrictions on radio communication systems. Kyiv's mayor said checkpoints would be set up in roads into the city, and access to government buildings would be restricted. Major arms depot struck in Dnepropetrovsk Oblast Ukraine [Twitter-Russia attacks]
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Donetsk troops have begun their advance west. towards Volodymyrivka. Russian news sources did retell operations against Ukrainian troops to the north of Donetsk city, the assumption being these troops could launch massive artillery strikes on the civilian population. According to Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets, Russian tanks already have taken a crossing on the Dnepr River near Novi Kakhovka. Those tanks are probably part of the group which landed at Kherson. Russian motorized rifle units also took Antonovka, three kilometers northeast of Kherson. Video briefing by Russian Ministry of defense spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov (translatable):
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How the Ukraine invasion unfolded minute-by-minute: Russian shells rain down on Mariupol at 3.30am, Putin declares war two hours later and then all hell breaks loose across nation and capital Kiev I wonder if the Hillary's Uranium has been depleted for tank rounds. | |||
| Posted by:3dc |
| #77 Were only Comrade Merrick here, He'd make things very clear: "Oh, dear! Volodya'd never ever bomb!" Alas, he's gone and pulled a g(r)om. |
| Posted by: Criting Grilet9578 2022-02-24 23:30 |
| #76 US went into vietnam and Russians supported the north and hurt us at minimal risk/cost. Russians went into Afghanistan and US supported the Muhajadin and hurt them at minimal risk/cost. US went into Iraq/Afghanistan and I suspect the Russians helped the other side a bit. Russia goes into Ukraine... |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2022-02-24 20:11 |
| #75 |
| Posted by: 3dc 2022-02-24 19:14 |
| #74 Russian airborne units have been testng air dropping the BMDs Anything is airdropable, once. corollary Anything is submersible, once. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-02-24 18:56 |
| #73 President of Ukraine Zelensky states that enemies have identified him as the number one target and want to destroy Ukraine politically. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 18:22 |
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| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 18:14 |
#71 — C O U P S U R E (@COUPSURE) February 24, 2022 |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 17:54 |
| #70 AD division moving through Ukraine town |
| Posted by: 3dc 2022-02-24 17:50 |
| #69 matt, maybe you should go watch some documentaries on WW2 if that's what you think. |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-02-24 16:54 |
| #68 According to Tsensor.net the airfield Gostomel is back in Ukrainian hands. Russian airborne divisions need an airport to hand/deploy their heavy equipment. But Russian airborne units have been testng air dropping the BMDs. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 16:47 |
| #67 I don't understand Putin's thinking. If he just stopped at the point of war he would have split the West in two. Now he has unified the West. He also saved Boris Johnson's career. |
| Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Desert 2022-02-24 16:36 |
| #66 According to a post by Rob Ski, the Ukrainian interior ministry has been handing out 10,000 AKs for civilian use. This is the best news. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 16:34 |
| #65 According to Richard fernandez, on his Facebook page: The Russian air assault force that seized Gostomel reported nearly taken by 4th Ukr brigade but Russian CAS trying to save the day. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 16:24 |
| #64 |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 16:21 |
| #63 According to Euromaidan's facebook page Ukrainian forces have retaken the hydroelectric dam at Nova Kakhovka. Ukrainians are preparing a counterattack at the airfield at Gostomel. They say the Russian paratroopers have been cut off from resupply. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 16:09 |
| #62 Sumy apparently became the first regional center occupied by Russian troops/em> There still is live cams up in Sumy that show it as peaceful as last week. |
| Posted by: Slappy 2022-02-24 15:39 |
| #61 The Security Service of Ukraine burns documents in a panic There goes the evidence against the Bidens. |
| Posted by: KBK 2022-02-24 14:36 |
| #60 In Lugansk, battles are raging into the night around the Serersky Dontesk River, at Staitsiya Luganskaya, at Schastye, and points west, as Russian backed separatists with the help of Russian artillery fire support are attempting to gain control of the left bank of the river. Curiously, no reports of fighting in Donetsk. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 14:22 |
| #59 From Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets: Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. At the moment, Ukraine has lost its military fleet, almost the entire air defense system, with the exception of MANPADS. The runways have been put out of action, the “mosquito fleet” has been destroyed, and the information warfare troops have ceased to exist. The Security Service of Ukraine burns documents in a panic, and command and control of the troops is completely disrupted. But the talking heads in Ukraine still continue to say that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are winning As a result of Russian strikes, 83 ground facilities of the military infrastructure of Ukraine were disabled, two Ukrainian Su-27s, two Su-24s, one helicopter and four Bayraktar TB-2 drones were shot down, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. Confirmed losses in equipment are: one T-80 tank on the district of Kharkov, two to three MTLB armored personnel carriers, two Tigers (T-72) personnel left the damaged vehicles), two Ka-52 (1, 2), one Su-25 (non-combat loss, on the territory of the Russian Federation) Strength: two dead. Ukrainian media disperse information about the capture of a group of Russian servicemen from a reconnaissance platoon. Well, if they were ambushed, I don’t see anything reprehensible here. The main thing is that they are alive and will be exchanged in any case. From the last broadcast, the information was confirmed that the North Crimean Canal blocked by Ukraine was unblocked and the water went through the canal to the Crimea. What appeared confirmation video. The information about the capture of the airfield in Gastomel by Russian troops was confirmed. Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to knock out paratroopers, Ukrainian artillery is working Sumy apparently became the first regional center occupied by Russian troops. Russian tanks entered the center. In this direction, the Russian units took control of Konotop and Baturin. The further goal is the capture of Poltava and the dissection of the northwestern grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into two parts. In Akhtyrka, Sumy region, a convoy of the Russian Armed Forces was attacked from the window of a high-rise building. Waited. I had to fire back. The attackers were destroyed by a point shot. Russian troops did not take Odessa. Only the port is captured. It can be assumed that a landing of a Russian strike force in the port should be expected at night. Helicopters fly over Dnepropetrovsk. Whose - is still unknown. A column of Russian armored vehicles was found on the outskirts of Melitopol (this city from Crimea is "to the right") Chernobyl under the control of the RF Armed Forces is just the best guarantee of security for both Ukraine and Europe ... At night, a march will probably take place with the encirclement of large cities and the capture of important objects. Tomorrow we should expect news from Kherson and Kharkov, but denser news about Kiev and the appearance of the first news about Poltava, Nikolaev, Zaporozhye and Mariupol. Newsweek: US authorities expect the Ukrainian capital to be captured by Russian forces within 96 hours. The well-known Svidomo and Maidan patriot Aleksey Goncharenko, in order to maintain the low morale of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is busy spreading outright fakes. A video about the destruction of a column of tanks from Bayraktar in Syria two years ago, he passed off as "the destruction of tanks of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Russian Federation from a Ukrainian drone." At the same time, he knew that this was a fake, since the video was purposefully mirrored horizontally so that there was less likelihood of his identification. But he underestimated the people, they identified. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 14:09 |
| #58 Antonov airport, 15 miles from Kiev, has fallen into Russian hand. Russian airmobile troops preparing a perimeter defense. Ukrainian forces are preparing a counterattack. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 13:38 |
| #57 The airport in Gostomel, near Kiev, has fallen. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 13:30 |
| #56 Crudely, the Russians have argued for a long time that they were the ones who defeated Hitler because they had the most soldiers killed. I've never understood that argument. |
| Posted by: Matt 2022-02-24 13:27 |
| #55 badanov -- thanks. That's much better coverage than I can find anywhere else. |
| Posted by: Matt 2022-02-24 13:23 |
| #54 I like the Patton doctrine better. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-02-24 13:23 |
| #53 ^ Builds morale /sarc |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-02-24 13:19 |
| #52 Javelin can be top down or direct attack, depending on the user selection. They built a steel rack above their tanks to get the charge to go off and explode before it hit the top of the tank. Didn't work, Javelin pierced the steel rack and exploded as designed. And not a good plan to take heavy losses for whatever reason, especially with Russia's demographic problem. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-02-24 13:02 |
| #51 I was wondering how the "upgraded" armor packages the Russians have been buying would work against western anti-tank missiles. The "rack" that some separatist tanks were using to detonate missiles before they hit turned out to not work for shit against the Javelin. Javelin is a top attack missile. Not many ERA packages are configured against that type of attack If the reports are correct, looks like the Russians will get a huge bloody nose while taking their objectives. Russian military expects to take losses that would turn other militaries white. They want their troops blooded. Under Slavic military doctrine, it is the best way to keep troops in combat |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 12:56 |
#50 From Walt's link:
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| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 12:50 |
| #49 If the Ukrainian people are as determined to resist as they say they are, Putin will find any attempt to occupy the whole country extremely disagreeable, nasty, ugly and bloody. He might be embarrassed and then he might double down which would get even bloodier. Putin doesn't want to occupy. He wants to upend the Nazi social culture that has taken hold in Ukraine. He wants an independent Ukraine without a military force, that Russia would be as her security guarantor. It is a complex thing he is trying to accomplish. We''ll have to see once Russian follow-on forces are committed. We're still in Act I of a multiact play. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 12:49 |
| #48 After a huge battle Ukraine lost Chernobyl and state of reactors unknown. https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1496900307288272899?s=20&t=ltJcs9tz9yTQ9hLISV5c2A |
| Posted by: 3dc 2022-02-24 12:48 |
| #47 journalists have identified a Russian helicopter shot down near Gostomel: the Ka-52 helicopter was probably flown by the squadron commander of the 319th Separate Helicopter Regiment from the Primorsky Krai of the Russian Federation, Джерело: |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 12:38 |
| #46 I didn't think he'd do it and then I thought if he did it he would be content with Donbas. Now I can only hope that he is trying to disable Ukraine's military by attacking command and control, communications, intelligence and logistics. Then, when Zelensky hollers uncle, Putin can achieve recognition for the new status of Donbas(Russian annexation of Donbas). We can only hope. If the Ukrainian people are as determined to resist as they say they are, Putin will find any attempt to occupy the whole country extremely disagreeable, nasty, ugly and bloody. He might be embarrassed and then he might double down which would get even bloodier. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-02-24 12:25 |
| #45 I expect that once the territories occupied by Ukraine in Lugansk and Donetsk are captured, Russia's war will end. No, maybe a ceasefire, but the war will never end. Too much animosity. It's like the old grudges certain |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-02-24 12:22 |
| #44 Easy pickin's for the Ukrainians. Just aim for the Z on the vehicles. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-02-24 12:14 |
| #43 Sumy, near Kharkov, has fallen, |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 12:11 |
| #42 Ukrainians have taken a pretty good chunk out of the Russian Army so far. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 11:53 |
| #41 If the Russians take a serious pounding and take their objectives, anyway, would that not be a bigger W? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-02-24 11:52 |
| #40 I was wondering how the "upgraded" armor packages the Russians have been buying would work against western anti-tank missiles. The "rack" that some separatist tanks were using to detonate missiles before they hit turned out to not work for shit against the Javelin. If the reports are correct, looks like the Russians will get a huge bloody nose while taking their objectives. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-02-24 11:49 |
| #39 Ukrainian military are hammering Russian Army forces hard. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 11:45 |
| #38 Still waiting to hear about the "massive groundswell" in American opinion that we should be involved. Not holding my breath. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-02-24 11:42 |
| #37 Ukrainian interior ministry claims, using US made Javelin antitank rocket launchers, a total of 15 Russian T-72s were destroyed near Glykov, north of Sumy |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 11:42 |
| #36 Also from tsensor.net : A whole reconnaissance platoon of the Russian 74th Motorized Rifle Brigade surrendered near Chernigov. Chernigov is north of Kiev |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 11:37 |
| #35 The Ukrainians are using the Turkish made Bayraktar TB2 drones to some effect on Russian infantry/dismounts. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 11:33 |
| #34 The Russian offensive has the earmarks of a punitive operation, and not an invasion. Russian troops are took scattered about. Russian high command has to know that even with all their geographical objectives seized, they still have to mop up. It could be bloody. I expect that once the territories occupied by Ukraine in Lugansk and Donetsk are captured, Russia's war will end. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 11:26 |
| #33 #1 TW, I didn't think that Putin (and Xi) would get so frisky so quickly either. They sensed weakness and opportunity. Currently, we have a feckless leadership of fools in control in DC who spend money until we are broke with no coherent direction guiding them. Our enemies could care less about cimate change, green new deals and "wokeness." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2022-02-24 11:24 |
| #32 Huge column of Russian troops racing down toward Chernobyl and then Kiev. 2 hours away from Kiev. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2022-02-24 11:23 |
| #31 Apparently other than the advance on Volodymyrivka, separatist troops are not advancing to the northwest and north of Donetsk city. It could be the Russians want to maneuver to the rear of Ukrainian forces and capture them without the Ukrainian forces attacking Donetsk city with artillery. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 11:22 |
| #30 Ukrainian general staff said that four Russian tanks were lit up on the ring road in Kharkov. Also, it appears RUssian troops took heavy losses in Schastye |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 11:15 |
| #29 The author is Yuri Butusov, editor at the online publication Tsensor.net |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 11:07 |
| #28 Situation at 5 pm. Despite the massive strikes with rockets and aviation across Ukraine, the Armed Forces are doing an effective resistance. Russians' hopes for the lack of resistance and air force did not justify. Loud statements about the complete destruction of the Ukrainian air defense and air force, simplified by real combat actions. Our pilots are performing combat flights, and Russian aviation is forced to recognize losses. On earth Russia is trying to destabilize Ukrainian defense. Separate battalion tactical groups are trying to wage a maneuverable war, to push for maximum distances to disrupt our communications. Russians are trying to avoid contact fights. When they meet the resistance, they try to bypass the knots of resistance. Key border regional centers of Kharkiv, Sumy, the capital of Kyiv, successfully defeated the first Russian attacks. The Russians are trying to create a threat from the back of big cities, so they are moving fast without covering the flanks. Suddenly the enemy failed to capture these big cities. This creates an opportunity for defense to attempt by maneuverable combat groups to beat Russian columns that go along the highways. The most difficult situation is now looking south. Ukraine receives the necessary intelligence information, military management works. Russia is trying to destroy all resistance nodes and firearms, ammunition warehouses. They create a threat for Kiev to take hostage the multi-million capital and thus force the leadership to surrender on Russian conditions. But the desperate resistance of the Ukrainian army gives us time to get new help from our partners. We are all one today around our state, our army, our Homeland. We will be together in this time. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 11:06 |
| #27 US stock market swooning early. The gummint may have to decide to point its bazooka at something other than a distant regional conflict before the day is out. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-02-24 09:54 |
| #26 Hopefully the bear's nose gets bloodied |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-02-24 08:45 |
#25 Judging by the shadows, it appears Russian armor forces got smacked hard near Kherson.
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| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 08:30 |
| #24 Downed aircraft count: Russia has lost seven Ukraine has lost two I suspect most of the Russian losses are from friendly fire/AAA gunfire. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 08:23 |
| #23 Let them fight it out and stay out of it. |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-02-24 08:00 |
| #22 Reports are that Russian mobile units took it hard on the chin in Kharkov. |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 07:50 |
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| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 07:46 |
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| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 07:37 |
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| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 07:34 |
| #18 The battle for the military airfield in Kiev oblast is ongoing. At least one KA-52 gunship has been shot down by US made stinger SAMS ner Kiev. Russians are putting their maximum effort in conducting an air assault on the airfield using what has been termed "dozen of helicopters." |
| Posted by: badanov 2022-02-24 07:30 |
| #17 No one will ever give their nukes up. Further, those with the ability to quickly acquire them, will do so. The only viability of those then is if they so declare them. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-02-24 06:47 |
| #16 In 3 hours Brent oil went up %8 |
| Posted by: 3dc 2022-02-24 06:38 |
| #15 Elephant Walk the B2s!! Frog-march the armchair admirals and generals. Especially the ones in the media. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-02-24 06:11 |
| #14 Boy. Imagine if the US controlled its own border this way... /sarc (sorta) |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-02-24 05:28 |
| #13 Strategic Communications Cell @CellStrategic · 31m #Breaking Live footage of Missile attack at the Military Airport of Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and Ivano-Frankivsk Raion. Western Ukraine also under heavy atack now |
| Posted by: 3dc 2022-02-24 05:12 |
| #12 On February 24, the day of the Russian operation in Ukraine, France, Germany, Spain and Italy will sign the Eurodrone development contract. First delivery scheduled for 2029 (sic) for a twin-engine drone that will probably be too heavy and outdated |
| Posted by: 3dc 2022-02-24 05:03 |
| #11 https://twitter.com/haveVglass/status/1496785984067104770?s=20&t=ltJcs9tz9yTQ9hLISV5c2A Flight Radar on the web has been taken down |
| Posted by: 3dc 2022-02-24 05:01 |
| #10 Rudy W. Giuliani @RudyGiuliani · 9h Is it now clear that electing a mentally deteriorating man, who was of limited intelligence even before his dementia, constitutes a ‘CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER” to our safety and security. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2022-02-24 04:43 |
| #9 When will we see US resolve...Elephant Walk the B2s!! |
| Posted by: Waldemar Gromorong9327 2022-02-24 02:52 |
| #8 Decades of provocative Western weakness have consequences. Losing a war the West couldn't afford not to win has consequences. The West shrugged off 9/11, a 21st century Pearl Harbor. Why should Putin rationally believe this action will have any lasting negative consequences? |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2022-02-24 01:42 |
| #7 Al Jazeera with live video in Ukraine |
| Posted by: 3dc 2022-02-24 01:36 |
| #6 DW live news on YouTube |
| Posted by: 3dc 2022-02-24 01:31 |
| #5 "There's no fighting in here! This is the War Room!" |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2022-02-24 00:57 |
| #4 "But I do say no more than 10 to 20 million killed, tops." |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2022-02-24 00:54 |
#3 Dr. Strangelove and Gen. Buck Turgidson have been notified. |
| Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2022-02-24 00:23 |
| #2 Reports airborne/SF have taken Kiev airport, full amphibious assault on Odessa. Cruise missile attacks on military and govt comm centers and buildings in mst major cities, cratering at airbases. Also apparent decapitation strikes via spec ops and cruise missiles aimed at military and civilian leaders. |
| Posted by: Greater the Anonymous5721 2022-02-24 00:15 |
| #1 Set as today’s headline. So much for all the predictions, including mine, that President Putin would settle for making President Biden, et al look like hysterical fools by doing nothing. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-02-24 00:11 |