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Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (Official Thread)
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/27/russia-ukraine-war-kyiv-news/
Latest Russia-Ukraine war news: Belarus prepares to join Russian inva…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday. (Carolyn Kaster/AFP/Getty Images)
A member of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service keeps watch at the Senkivka checkpoint near the border with Belarus and Russia in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine on Feb. 16. (Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)
Russian forces have started to use “siege tactics” against a city near Ukraine’s border and just to the north of Kyiv, according to the Pentagon, raising the specter of more civilian casualties as the fighting worsens.
A senior defense official told reporters Sunday that Russian troops appeared to be “adopting a siege mentality” against Chernihiv, encircling the city and increasing rocket attacks, in what the official added was a “concerning” development.
“When you adopt siege tactics, it increases the likelihood of collateral damage to civilian infrastructure as well as civilian life, because a siege becomes an all-out effort to take a city,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss events on the ground in Ukraine. The official could not confirm if civilians were being directly targeted, or simply becoming collateral damage as Russian forces advanced on various Ukrainian cities.
Russian troops entered Kharkiv overnight, and while they remain about 30 kilometers (19 miles) to the north of downtown Kyiv, reconnaissance elements have been operating in the capital city, the senior defense official said. Some members of those reconnaissance units have been wearing Ukrainian uniforms and have been outed by locals, the official added. It remained the Pentagon’s assessment on Sunday morning that the Russian military still has not seized control of any Ukrainian cities.
The Pentagon believes Russian forces are still about 50 kilometers (31 miles) outside of central Mariupol, an important port city along Ukraine’s southeastern coast. “Mariupol will be defended,” said the senior defense official, who credited Ukraine with mounting a “creative resistance” that was both “heroic” and “inspiring.” But the official cautioned that Russia still has significant “operational advantages” over Ukraine and would probably learn from errors that had slowed Russian forces’ advance in the days ahead.
The Russians have faced logistical challenges in sustaining support for the units operating in Ukraine, the senior defense official noted. The Pentagon has also determined that some, though not the majority, of the more than 320 missile launches Russia has undertaken against Ukraine have suffered failures.
Russia has put about two-thirds of the fighting force it had amassed around Ukraine into the country already, according to the official — who cautioned that remaining third of its force that Moscow had yet to commit to the fight still represents “a lot of combat power.”
In the meantime, Ukrainians have retained the capacity to use their air and missile defenses against Russia, but Kyiv’s assets have been degraded, the official said.
Latest Russia-Ukraine war news: Belarus prepares to join Russian inva…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday. (Carolyn Kaster/AFP/Getty Images)
A member of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service keeps watch at the Senkivka checkpoint near the border with Belarus and Russia in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine on Feb. 16. (Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)
Russian forces have started to use “siege tactics” against a city near Ukraine’s border and just to the north of Kyiv, according to the Pentagon, raising the specter of more civilian casualties as the fighting worsens.
A senior defense official told reporters Sunday that Russian troops appeared to be “adopting a siege mentality” against Chernihiv, encircling the city and increasing rocket attacks, in what the official added was a “concerning” development.
“When you adopt siege tactics, it increases the likelihood of collateral damage to civilian infrastructure as well as civilian life, because a siege becomes an all-out effort to take a city,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss events on the ground in Ukraine. The official could not confirm if civilians were being directly targeted, or simply becoming collateral damage as Russian forces advanced on various Ukrainian cities.
Russian troops entered Kharkiv overnight, and while they remain about 30 kilometers (19 miles) to the north of downtown Kyiv, reconnaissance elements have been operating in the capital city, the senior defense official said. Some members of those reconnaissance units have been wearing Ukrainian uniforms and have been outed by locals, the official added. It remained the Pentagon’s assessment on Sunday morning that the Russian military still has not seized control of any Ukrainian cities.
The Pentagon believes Russian forces are still about 50 kilometers (31 miles) outside of central Mariupol, an important port city along Ukraine’s southeastern coast. “Mariupol will be defended,” said the senior defense official, who credited Ukraine with mounting a “creative resistance” that was both “heroic” and “inspiring.” But the official cautioned that Russia still has significant “operational advantages” over Ukraine and would probably learn from errors that had slowed Russian forces’ advance in the days ahead.
The Russians have faced logistical challenges in sustaining support for the units operating in Ukraine, the senior defense official noted. The Pentagon has also determined that some, though not the majority, of the more than 320 missile launches Russia has undertaken against Ukraine have suffered failures.
Russia has put about two-thirds of the fighting force it had amassed around Ukraine into the country already, according to the official — who cautioned that remaining third of its force that Moscow had yet to commit to the fight still represents “a lot of combat power.”
In the meantime, Ukrainians have retained the capacity to use their air and missile defenses against Russia, but Kyiv’s assets have been degraded, the official said.
The_Unchosen_One
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that's just the picture they use for the screen... bottom left is Lviv... top 2 are KyivThe hell going on in the bottom left?
At first I thought it was missiles but those paths looked weird ass hell.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
pre ww2 but yes
The_Unchosen_One
Superstar
I don't think the peace talks happen... they were assured by Belarus president of safety guarantees of no planes, copters, or anything and now we have fighter jets coming from Belarus into Ukraine... plus Belarus overnight passing a new constitution to become a non-nuclear country...
Those don't sound like safety guarantees to me... that sounds like if you show up, you ain't going back home... or you're getting the Sonny Corleone treatment
Those don't sound like safety guarantees to me... that sounds like if you show up, you ain't going back home... or you're getting the Sonny Corleone treatment
The_Unchosen_One
Superstar
Air Sirens going off
a BIG one
I meant with all the lights. Prolly bugs.
What does that mean?
The_Unchosen_One
Superstar
bugs, dust particles, snow.. shyt like that
Can yall chill the fukk out with the insults and bullshyt 