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[Davexl]

Guardian

Harsh conditions mean Russian troops near Ukraine will need to be moved soon

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-be-moved-soon

[Waltzing]

"including hypersonic and those based on new physical principles"

yawn


once upon a time someone invented a bow you could aim and fire on horse back with precision and the bow was composite in materials......

wars in Ukraine have been going on for hundreds and hundreds of years....well thousands..

you will wear yourself out following them...

if your an investor there is a lot to keep an eye on in the world.

See the Fins are going to buy 65 F35's, now that will piss the russian's off.

[Davexl]

3h ago 17:52

Russia moved nearly 100% of troops into invasion-ready position, says senior US defence official

More on previous reporting about US intelligence warning Ukraine of an imminent attack:

A senior US defence official has said that Russia has moved nearly 100% of its troops into position needed for an invasion.

The official was not able to confirm if additional troops had moved into the Donbas area.

[Davexl]

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[Davexl]

This is Putin’s war, but the US and NATO are far from blameless - Thomas Freidman - NYT

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/wor...22-p59ymg.html

[Davexl]

Rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine ask Russia for military assistance: Kremlin

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/...24-p59z63.html

[Davexl]

Guardian

13m ago 22:08
Summary

Here’s an update of what’s happened so far today:

• Donetsk and Luhansk asked Russia for military aid, a move many experts are calling possible final pretext for a Russia invasion
• Ukraine imposed a national state of emergency for the next 30 days
• US President Joe Biden announced sanctions on the company of Nord Stream 2, the controversial pipeline project
• Russia began evacuating its Kyiv embassy, located in Ukraine’s capital
• Russia moved nearly 100% of troops into invasion-ready position, according to a senior US defence official. Additional reports also came out today that US intelligence warned Ukraine that an all-out attack was imminent.
• The United Nations general assembly held a meeting today about the Ukraine crisis, with several member states calling for Russia to deescalate and spelling out the consequences of a Russia invasion

[Waltzing]

yes yes yes

its all over the TV news channels

and of course some people have actual feeds from people who are there....

summary from where...

[Davexl]

yes yes yes

its all over the TV news channels

and of course some people have actual feeds from people who are there....

summary from where...

Guardian, I'm doing my thing - you can do yours...

[Davexl]

Feb. 23, 2022, 5:49 p.m. ET5 minutes ago
5 minutes ago Michael Schwirtz and Eric Schmitt

Russian mercenaries are filtering into the separatist-held region of Ukraine, European officials say.

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A Ukrainian soldier after explosions hit near his unit’s position on Wednesday in Zaitseve, in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine.Credit...Tyler Hicks/The New York Times


SLAVIANSK, Ukraine — Russian mercenaries with experience fighting in Syria and Libya have covertly trickled into two rebel territories in eastern Ukraine, helping to lay the groundwork for war, according to two senior European security officials.
The mercenaries, who so far number about 300, are with the Russian paramilitary group Wagner and arrived in the separatist enclaves of Donetsk and Luhansk wearing civilian clothes, according to the European officials. Western intelligence services have tracked them leaving Libya and Syria and arriving in Russian-controlled Crimea, from where they have filtered into the rebel territories, one of the officials said.
Their numbers are tiny compared to the estimated 190,000 troops that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has placed around Ukraine’s border as he threatens to wage what many fear could be the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II.
But the presence of Wagner fighters is another ominous sign of the approach of war, and raises the possibility that Mr. Putin may follow a playbook used in 2014, when the Kremlin deployed Russian mercenaries, mostly veterans of the Russian military, to augment the forces of rebel fighters in eastern Ukraine.