Posted on 02/23/2022 9:39:43 PM PST by Cronos
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a "military operation" in Ukraine's Donbas region
He urges Ukrainian soldiers in eastern Ukraine to lay down weapons and return to their homes
Putin warns that Moscow's response will be "instant" if anyone tries to take on Russia
Ukraine's foreign minister accuses Russia of starting a full-scale war, and urges the UN "to do everything possible" to stop it
BBC Kyiv correspondent James Waterhouse says a Ukrainian government official has given an indication of the breadth of the Russian military action so far.
The official says there have been cruise missile strikes launched this morning on Kyiv, as well as troop movements in Odessa to the south of the country.
Troops have also been crossing the border in Kharkiv, about 25 miles from the Russian border, the official says.
Early signs according to witnesses and government officials are that this is something quite large-scale, Waterhouse says.
There are also multiple reports from local media citing Ukraine's Interior Ministry which says some of the missile strikes have attacked Ukraine's military missile command centres and military headquarters in Kyiv.
Russia's defence ministry has denied attacking Ukrainian cities - saying it is targeting military infrastructure, air defence and air forces with "high-precision weapons".
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I stopped reading right there.
Reports say #Poland is asking for consultations according to article 4 of #NATO treaty. Article 4: when member state fears for its independence or security
12:07 AM · Feb 24, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
Those idiots would roll into a shooting gallery, and try to drag NATO into this when they get hit.
“Furthermore, attacking fellow Eastern Slavs who are also Orthodox Christians is morally a big hit for Russians”
Didn’t seem to be a big hit when Kiev sent militias to attack Donbass and Lugansk.
Here we have our own atmosphere 🔥
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*** Do they go to the Dnieper? ***
I would just because Ukraine has used it to punish Donetsk and Lugansk.
Very smart Lt. Col saying we had an off ramp to tell Russia that Ukraine woul#not become part of NATO.
I felt if we negotiated allowing Western Ukraine to break-off and join NATO while demilitarizing the rest of Ukraine, and declaring it off limits to NATO and Russian troops, that could have worked.
Probably too late now.
they are first going after command and control, then anti aircraft then they will move to destroy Ukraine forces in the open-they are more mobile-they will avoid marching into Kiev
Reports say #Poland is asking for consultations according to article 4 of #NATO treaty.
going to be millions tying to escape west
Traffic jams already reported
That would have been the smart thing. But we doubled down and literally told them we would do as we pleased in Ukraine. Then we shipped in a mountain of missiles to put a fine point on it.
They pretty much had no choice at that point other than to back down. They weren’t going to do that because it really was a security concern for them. So here we are.
And any bets on oil prices? think it’ll break 150?
Poland was saying they were planning for a million refugees.
[Yes, but Taiwan is far more difficult to invade than Ukraine]
Why is Poland worried about their security? There haven’t been any threats I’ve seen to roll into western Ukraine, much less Poland.
Isn’t almost the entire Ukro Armed Forces deployed to the D and LPRs for purposes of subjugating them? In which case this should be over fairly quickly with a classic pincer from North, South and East.
If refugees hit Poland they should bus them straight across to the German border.
I don’t blame them. At this point I have no idea what Putin’s plans are. I didn’t think he was capable of going this far, until he started saying some very concerning things a few days ago.
And Poles certainly don’t want Russian troops anywhere near their border.
[Poland was saying they were planning for a million refugees.]
I seriously doubt it. Look, if he wants to throw the whole weight against Poland, probably they could win, but the price would be very very high.
Wait a minute, I thought rolling right up to someone’s border and stopping there was not a threat. At least last week NATO rolling up to the Russian border was just a normal thing and not to be seen as a threat.
I can’t keep u.
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