War in Ukraine

[Lambykins]

Youtube channel documenting the invasion: Day 1.
Says he will continue to upload. (GMT +1 is next upload , I think he said) This was posted 13 hours ago.
I wish it had translations, but it doesn't. Still, you get good views of equipment, etc.
This one is 50 minutes long, various sources inside Ukraine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk-ahBqWX1Q

[aikorob]

FWIW

[Lambykins]

This, on twitter...the reply though...

[Mr. E. Monkey]

Ooh, that is a SPICY tweet, and I love it very much.

[Anianna]

The Taliban has weighed in:


https://twitter.com/QaharBalkhi/status/1497104807932272647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1497104807932272647%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fworld%2Fafghanistans-taliban-government-calls-for-restraint-ukraine-russia-war

[Raptor]

Ok we have now left Kansas, gone past bizarro land and now entered ...well i do not know where...The Taliban calling for peace and restraint.

[Anianna]

I feel like we've taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque and entered some maddening alternate dimension.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

When did we enter the Twilight Zone ?

I never thought I'd see the day where the friggin' Taliban would be calling for peace.

[Blast]

When did we enter the Twilight Zone ?

I never thought I'd see the day where the friggin' Taliban would be calling for peace.

Where do the Middle Eastern countries get their grain?
-Blast

[flybynight]

I'm kind of surprised we are not seeing volunteer citizens of other countries going to Ukraine to fight the russians . Ordinary citizens, ex -mil , SOF mercenary types

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

I'm kind of surprised we are not seeing volunteer citizens of other countries going to Ukraine to fight the russians . Ordinary citizens, ex -mil , SOF mercenary types

Depending on how much longer this invasion goes on for, I'd be surprised if we didn't see that happening.

[NT2C]

I'm kind of surprised we are not seeing volunteer citizens of other countries going to Ukraine to fight the russians . Ordinary citizens, ex -mil , SOF mercenary types

Depending on how much longer this invasion goes on for, I'd be surprised if we didn't see that happening.

I'm hearing whispers that it already is.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

I'm kind of surprised we are not seeing volunteer citizens of other countries going to Ukraine to fight the russians . Ordinary citizens, ex -mil , SOF mercenary types

Depending on how much longer this invasion goes on for, I'd be surprised if we didn't see that happening.

I'm hearing whispers that it already is.

I'm hearing rumors of two Ukrainian soldiers nicknamed "The Ghost of Kyiv" and "The Ukrainian Reaper" making life not easy for the Ruskies. One's a pilot and supposedly knocked out 6 Russian fighter planes over the course of a day and the other is Ukrainian Army and has killed 20+ Russian soldiers in various skirmishes according to the rumors.

Keep in mind this all just rumors right now, but I guess it's enough to boost the morale of the Ukrainian populace. There's even Wikipedia pages on these two supposed soldiers.

[Optimist]

How long until he starts referring to Alaska too as "historically Russian land"?

Every once in a while some Russian historian or lawyer will make a claim that the sale of Alaska was only a temporary lease or some such nonsense.

I'm kind of surprised we are not seeing volunteer citizens of other countries going to Ukraine to fight the russians . Ordinary citizens, ex -mil , SOF mercenary types

Depending on how much longer this invasion goes on for, I'd be surprised if we didn't see that happening.

I'm hearing whispers that it already is.

I saw a video taken by a guy with a British accent talking to a guy with an American accent that was supposedly volunteers fighting in Ukraine, but like most videos being shared its super hard to know if it is actually from Ukraine and relatively current.

[flybynight]

Various news stories

You Tube demonetizes russian channels
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2022/02/26/youtube-temporarily-demonetizes-russian-channels-and-restricts-access-to-them-in-ukraine/?sh=19662ec04605

Elon Musk says SpaceX's Starlink satellites active over Ukraine after request from officials
https://news.yahoo.com/elon-musk-says-spacex-starlink-011322999.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Germany sending weapons to Ukraine
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3414041-germany-to-give-ukraine-weapons-bild.html

Anonymous Hacker Collective declares war on russia
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/anonymous-hacker-collective-takes-credit-013114748.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

France seizes russian ship
https://www.yahoo.com/news/france-seizes-ship-suspected-violating-105308350.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Antiwar Protests errupt in 51 russian cities

https://youtu.be/A_2Kln4U_gI

[EBuff75]

The war in Ukraine reminded me of this quote from 40 years ago, regarding the war in Afghanistan: 

What we need from your country is three things,'' he said. ''First, a hospital; second, something to stop the helicopters, and third, something to stop the tanks. Without them we will lose. We will fight our own war. We are not afraid of the Russians, but we are afraid of their helicopters.

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/12/world/afghan-arms-from-missiles-to-ramshackle-rifles.html

From some of the recent reports about Germany, the US, and the Netherlands planning to send anti-tank weapons and shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine, we're addressing at least two of the three things that the Afghans asked for to fight the Russians.  And that doesn't count the body armor, rifles, ammo, and training which is also being offered now.  The bad part is that we didn't do this weeks ago...

US military aid to Ukraine:
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2022/02/26/biden-to-send-350m-in-military-aid-to-ukraine/

Germany military aid:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60541752

And this article notes that the Netherlands is sending some aid too:
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-02-26/netherlands-to-supply-anti-tank-weapons-to-ukraine-defence-ministry

[aikorob]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russia-ukraine-warning-update-russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-26

Mrs. finally reached family again..............normal as possible routine during the day; shelter at night. Blackout conditions (like WWII) -is this still a legitimate thing?
Mood still confidant and defiant ---trust in Ukrainian military.
Mrs. is reporting more and more anecdotal stories of citizens killing/capturing russians; or disabling equipment

[aikorob]

just saw this   

[EBuff75]

just saw this   

I had to look up what this is about:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10548649/Put-sunflower-seeds-pockets-grow-Ukraine-soil-Woman-confronts-Russian-troops.html

[flybynight]

https://youtu.be/ifhD-ZGChr8