[Politics] Russia invades Ukraine (24/02/2022)

[crookie]

Take a look at this:

Ukrainian forces deploy armoured vehicles to left-bank Kherson Oblast – ISW

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), based on analysed Russian information, has reported that the Ukrainian Defence Forces have deployed a limited number of armoured vehicles to the left (eastern) bank of Kherson Oblast.

www.pravda.com.ua

Not sure if it was this (or the underlying report from ISW) that @crookie spotted?

The one report I read only mentioned one, so looks like a bit of progress from that already, good news. Any idea when the F-16s will be operational?

 

[Solid at the back]

The one report I read only mentioned one, so looks like a bit of progress from that already, good news. Any idea when the F-16s will be operational?

I imagine F16s are a long way from being operational. Everything I've read suggested at least 12 months training time. Don't think we'll see those until Spring. Are they a game changer?

 

[Binney on acid]

No posts on here since Wednesday. It would be fantastic if Russia's great Tsar had accepted that the two years of genocide that his nazi regime have inflicted upon Ukraine, was all a massive error of judgment, but I have a feeling that is an unlikely scenario.
Do we have any reliable news relating to the progress, (or lack of), that the Ukrainians are making, with regards to regaining their territory, and inflicting a humiliating defeat on their invaders ?
Putin appears to have gone very quiet, but is it the media coverage that we are exposed to that has gone quiet ? I know that genocide has broken out in the Middle East, but I can't get unbearable suffering of the innocents in Ukraine out of my mind. Slava Ukraine !

 

[sparkie]

 

[Eric the meek]

Article on the BBC, indicating that the Russian war reporting machine doesn't know what to report, or when. Long may it continue.

Ukraine war: Russian state media retract report of retreat

The Russian defence ministry has blamed the report's publication on a "fake account" linked to Ukraine.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[raymondo]

Reported in the Guardian early today
:

• The Czech Republic has frozen property owned by Russia on Czech soil, it was announced. Jan Lipavský, the Czech foreign minister, said: “At my suggestion, the government today approved the freezing of Russian state assets in the Czech Republic. The commercial activities from which Russia finances the murder of Ukrainians ends here.”

 

[Sirnormangall]

Good - though should have been done sooner?

 

[raymondo]

Good - though should have been done sooner?

Yes, and more countries should do it too.

 

[brighton_dave]

Yes, and more countries should do it too.

Absolutely mad the tap hasn't been turned off everywhere. Seems financial interests are put first much of the time. We've allowed it to go on far too long by dragging out giving Ukraine what they've needed.

 

[peterward]

 

[GT49er]

UNESCO - a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

I bet Vlad-the-Invader Putin is really pissed off that he's no longer involved in promoting world peace. He must be mortified.

 

[raymondo]

These things have certainly happened in the village and occupied area where my wife's parents live

Ukraine war: Locals forced to take Russian passports, report says

Ukrainians in occupied territories are being forced to take Russian citizenship, a report finds.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Norman Potting]

Here's a bit of early pre-match entertainment, while you wait for the Ajax game.

A Ukrainian Officer’s Captured Russian Tank Wasn’t Working. So He Called Tech Support—In Russia.

When a Ukrainian tanker with the callsign 'Kochevnik' ran into problems with his captured Russian T-72B3, he called Uralvagonzavod tech support in Russia.

www.forbes.com

Did they suggest that he tried turning it off and then back on again?

 

[raymondo]

A brave young lady - I hope she survives the prison sentence

Russian artist jailed for seven years over Ukraine war price tag protest

Aleksandra Skochilenko replaced five supermarket price tags with pieces of paper urging shoppers to stop the war

www.theguardian.com

 

[peterward]

These things have certainly happened in the village and occupied area where my wife's parents live

Ukraine war: Locals forced to take Russian passports, report says

Ukrainians in occupied territories are being forced to take Russian citizenship, a report finds.

www.bbc.co.uk

Mine too mate. All relatives in Mariupol have been forced onto Russian passports, without which, no employment or access to any medical facilities.

 

[Sirnormangall]

A brave young lady - I hope she survives the prison sentence

Russian artist jailed for seven years over Ukraine war price tag protest

Aleksandra Skochilenko replaced five supermarket price tags with pieces of paper urging shoppers to stop the war

www.theguardian.com

Yes, let’s hope she survives prison but her poor health might reduce her chances. Putin’s oppression of Russian citizens and the rising death toll surely can’t go on indefinitely. There must be growing concern and resentment inside Russia.

 

[Eric the meek]

@raymondo and @peterward, I'm so sorry to hear your news.

Your relatives are still Ukrainians, and one day, they will be able to burn their Russian passports.

Nothing is forever.

 

[peterward]

@raymondo and @peterward, I'm so sorry to hear your news.

Your relatives are still Ukrainians, and one day, they will be able to burn their Russian passports.

Nothing is forever.

Thank you, we all live with this hope.

 

[raymondo]

Mine too mate. All relatives in Mariupol have been forced onto Russian passports, without which, no employment or access to any medical facilities.

I'm sorry to hear that. My wife is fairly certain her parents have had to take Russian passports, but it's too difficult for them to even discuss.

 

[raymondo]

@raymondo and @peterward, I'm so sorry to hear your news.

Your relatives are still Ukrainians, and one day, they will be able to burn their Russian passports.

Nothing is forever.

Yes, thank you, we hope you are right.