Will Putin Invade Ukraine?

[Hydra009]

US has observed some Russian officers refusing to follow orders, necessitating Russian generals to come closer to the front, where they are more vulnerable, tempting targets...

[Dark Lightning]

Heh, heh, heh. Pretty soon, it's gong to be "Court-Martialed, shot and sent to the Eastern Front!"  To paraphrase the SS Major's phrase from Hogan's Heroes. :D

[Shiranu]

Zelenskyy presenting Patron the bomb sniffing dog with medals for his service.

If the goal has been to break Ukraine's moral through atrocities, they have failed.

[Shiranu]

Also, a speech that might go down in history as one of the (hopefully) most influential speeches of this century.

[Hydra009]

Ukrainian forces have pushed deep near Kharkiv, making Russian supply lines more vulnerable to artillery fire and limiting Russian troop movements.

This front is in real jeopardy of collapsing and being pushed back to Russia's borders, much like the northern front was.

[Hydra009]

Lend-Lease signed by Biden!  Fuhrer Putin nervous.

Dems eye 40 billion in aid to Ukraine, more than what Biden asked for.

US to send electronic warfare units to Ukraine.  Basically, Ukrainian forces will be able to jam/eavesdrop enemy signals while being better able to protect themselves from such attacks.

Russia has fared poorly in electronic warfare in this conflict (another strategic blunder) and is set to fare even worse now.

[Shiranu]

Lend-Lease signed by Biden!  Fuhrer Putin nervous.

Dems eye 40 billion in aid to Ukraine, more than what Biden asked for.

US to send electronic warfare units to Ukraine.  Basically, Ukrainian forces will be able to jam/eavesdrop enemy signals while being better able to protect themselves from such attacks.

Russia has fared poorly in electronic warfare in this conflict (another strategic blunder) and is set to fare even worse now.

Almost seems like we actually are escalating now... the same day Putin decided not to go to general mobilization like everyone predicted.

Has Putin finally realized he bit off more than he can chew, or are we punching him while he is down? If the latter, that's concerning to know how far things can still go.

[Hydra009]

There are no brakes on the NATO train. :P

And while Putin hasn't announced a mass mobilization (yet), there has been some evidence of groundwork being laid in that direction.  Additionally, Putin is redeploying troops from Syria, which is very worrisome and could prolong the conflict considerably.

As to how far this will go, with Russian troops escorted from Ukraine back to Russia, naturally.

[Hydra009]

Lithuania unanimously adopts resolution condemning Russia's ongoing genocide, declares Russia a terrorist state

also called for the creation of an international court to prosecute Russian officials responsible for the war in Ukraine, similar to the Nuremberg trials

[ferdmonger]

Kind of off-topic at this point in the game, but I still wonder about the opening of the war, where Putin expected to waltz into Kiev, kill teams were to take care of the Ukrainian government, and the U.S. had been warning for a long while that Russia would in fact invade Ukraine.  What happened to those kill teams?

I have a suspicion that we provided detailed info on those teams and knew about them way ahead of time. I don't even doubt that special forces assisted in eliminating these 'teams'. How else did this go so awry?   

[Hydra009]

From what I've read, one kill team was dangerously close to actually being successful.  Afaik, all were eliminated by Ukrainian security after making varying levels of progress towards Zelensky.

Considering that there were news articles about the kill teams, it's safe to say they didn't exactly blend in and security knew of the threat well in advance.

[Mr.Obvious]

Yeah  I remember it being reporter that there were a shitload of assassins in kiev itself

[Hydra009]

Ukrainian forces destroy Russian artillery battery

What's interesting about this is that the Russians are using identical tactics to their tactics in Syria, which the Ukrainians know how to counter very well.  The end result is a decisive Russian defeat.

[Hydra009]

Nearly 4 million Russian civilians have left Russia over the past 2 months.  (Russia's population in Jan 2022 was estimated to be 145 million)

Russia is experiencing brain drain.

[Mike Cl]

Nearly 4 million Russian civilians have left Russia over the past 2 months.  (Russia's population in Jan 2022 was estimated to be 145 million)

Russia is experiencing brain drain.

Well, the brains are not coming here!