Posted on 02/23/2022 9:39:43 PM PST by Cronos
Ukraine's election map, year after year, is even more reliably split between red/blue - west/east, than the USA's electoral map.
If the goal is a land-corridor to Crimea, that is the 'blue' area for sure, but how much Russian-speaker support can Russia count on?
I believe there was polling that showed that a super majority of Ukrainians, even in the East, oppose what is happening. It is not as “split” as you believe, or as the Russian propagandists want us to believe.
Putin announces in a televised speech the start of a military operation against Ukraine and declares that Russia aims to disarm the neighbouring country.
Calls on the Ukrainian military to “lay down its arms.”
Explosions are being heard in several Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv and Kharkiv.
#BREAKING: #Russia Navy has he port of #Odessa in #Ukraine under attack. Also heavy artillery and rocket barrage by BM-21 & BM-27 MRLS of #Russian Army at #Ukrine Army positions in #Kramatorsk now👇 pic.twitter.com/P3jpE2Cbcw
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/02/24/breaking-putin-orders-invasion-of-eastern-ukraine/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/02/24/agony-100000-greeks-of-ukraine/
Putin turns out to be a fool. He had what he wanted. Now after the initial exhilaration, he will find himself in a bloody quagmire that will not only return Russia to the grim poverty and isolation of the communist era but will ruin his country for many decades. He could not have made a worse decision.
We will see by morning.
Mariupol is within DNR, its liberation is expected.
What is happening in Odessa is not clear yet.
Likewise, it is certain that Russian tanks are crossing the border with occupied part of DNR now (and the Ukes acknowledged losing one town)... but invasion from Belorus? — no clear evidence of this yet.
Me, too. Though I guessed any action would be in the Donetsk/Luhansk region, where ethnic Russians are in the majority.
Mariupol “liberation”??
Taiwan is more difficult to attack, but if Biden were to apply his Ukraine policy to Taiwan,it would display a weakness that China would be hard pressed not to exploit. Our enemies want to gobble up everything possible before a Trump might come to power here.
I think you’re right. Russia would be stupid to attack Poland.
Golly. Putin doesn’t fear Chomo Joe. Comeone man!
I expect Polish troops to move into West Ukraine fairly soon.
Me too
West Ukraine with the capital of Lviv
I hope you are right.
Traffic jams when leaving Kiev under the howl of sirens.
The DPR artillery hit the headquarters of the operation of the joint forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbas.
The headquarters, which houses the entire command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which manages the Ukrainian military, is burning well.
If the losses are confirmed, we can assume that the Ukrainian General Staff has lost control of its troops.
He called it a demilitarizing and denazifying operation. So it seems like any Uke military is a target anywhere in the country. My guess is that they will not go far past the disputed areas.
But who knows?
I am curious about what brings you to that conclusion. I ask in the spirit of genuine curiosity.
“Hundreds” of Ukrainian service members believed to have been killed in Russian attacks, Ukrainian official says - WSJ
Here are live cams of Kiev
https://webcam.scs.com.ua/en/europe/ukraine/kiev/translyatsiya-s-evropeiskoi-ploschadi/
ABC News
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JUST IN: Ukraine’s border service says Russian and Belarusian troops are now attacking the northern border from Belarus. There are reports of casualties.
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