Russian invasion of Ukraine imminent, BBC reports

[gaby]

Comme prévu...la CHINE pourrait être appelé à jouer un rôle prépondérant dans cette guerre....semblerait que POUTINE---pas le choix--se tourne vers eux pour contrebalancer les sanctions....MAIS la CHINE n'aimerait pas se plier à ce petit jeu--et on peut en
comprendre les implications- Donc sûrement pas à court terme MAIS à long terme la CHINE pourrait finalement faire entendre raison à POUTINE.....MAIS à quel prix!!!

 

[gaby]

Après une pause depuis Avril les bombardements reprennent sur KYEV....preuve que POUTINE ne veut pas conquérir l'Ukraine...il veut sa destruction/anéantissement complet....la faire disparaître de la carte......ce conflit s'enlise..et rien de bon ne pointe malheureusement à l'horizon.....sinon qu'encore de nombreuses victimes innocentes en paieront le prix......de même que des milliers de soldats engagés dans une guerre insensé ..par un tyran que personne ne peut arrêter dans ses plus sordides fantasmes.

 

[sene5hos]

Caesar: Ukraine using France's Howitzer to destroy Russian combat vehicles.

Most importantly, CAESAR’s eight--long 52-caliber gun barrel could attain an impressive 26 miles using NATO base-bleed rounds (roughly $4,000 per shot).

Milan Anti-tank.
The Milan is a tube launched wire guided anti-tank missile. The launch post is reusable and is fitted with a sight unit.

FH70 Howitzer.
The FH70 is a powerful 155mm howitzer jointly developed by the United Kingdom and Germany.

 

[wetnose]

A key benefit of the CAESAR and other mobile artillery is that they can unload their rounds then quickly move to another position. Why? Counter-artillery radar is a real problem - once a shell leaves the barrel, it's already been detected by enemy radar, which then quickly calculates the location. This location is sent to its own artillery for counter fire. This is the Swedish ARCHER system - which can fire off 3 rounds and move before the first round has even landed. Amazing.

 

[sene5hos]

U.S. moves to seize two planes owned by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich

The U.S. Department of Commerce also filed administrative charges against Russian businessman Roman Abramovich on Monday

www.theglobeandmail.com

U.S. authorities have obtained warrants to seize two U.S.-origin planes owned by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich for flying to Russia without a license required due to U.S. sanctions imposed on Moscow in response to its invasion of Ukraine, a Department of Justice official said on Monday.

 

[wetnose]

Russian "liberation"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1534828219836289025

 

[sene5hos]

Ukraine war: Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner sentenced to death

Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner are sentenced alongside a Moroccan man in a court held by pro-Russian rebels.

www.bbc.com

Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine have been sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine.

Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, and Saaudun Brahim are accused of being mercenaries, Russian state media says.

The court, which is not internationally recognised, is in the pro-Russian so-called Donetsk People's Republic.

The men's lawyer said they all wished to appeal against the sentence, Russia's Tass news agency reports.

 

[sene5hos]

Russia's war continues to block much needed grain exports from Ukraine to the rest of the world.
The Ukrainian agriculture ministry has said that as long as the ports remain blocked, only a tenth of the country's current grain reserves can be exported by road and rail each month.
Turkey hosted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for talks aimed at reopening Ukrainian ports for shipments of grain.

The Ukrainian government says that as many as 25 Mmillion tons of grain are stuck in Odesa's blockaded Black Sea port.
Russia and Turkey voiced support Wednesday for a safe corridor in the Black Sea, with shipments flanked by the Turkish navy.
But Kyiv rejected the proposal, saying it was not credible.

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, global food prices have exploded, leading to the threat of a worsening hunger crisis in North Africa.

 

[wetnose]

Russia already occupies 11% of the world's land mass but this mass murderer wants more...

Putin likens himself to Peter the Great, suggests Russia is justified in invading Ukraine

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the fate of the whole Donbas region is being decided in the fight for the key city of Severodonetsk. Follow here for live updates.

www.cnn.com

 

[wetnose]

'They're Wiping Us From Earth': Evading Russian Artillery With a Ukrainian Military Unit

A trip to the front lines in Ukraine reveals Russia's ’scorched earth‘ strategy and the resistance fighters trying to hold on.

www.rollingstone.com

“This is hell on Earth,” Mace says quietly. We are watching as BM-21 Grad rockets rain down on Ukrainian positions near a village called Sviatohirsk. It’s impossible to see their individual effects amid the smoke and haze covering the densely forested hills. Standing in an observation post on high ground amid feathery grass and wild garlic, I give up on trying to count individual impacts and instead just count the salvos, timing each barrage. I witness as many as 480 rockets fired on a single position in less than a minute, followed by artillery.

Between my service in the U.S. Marines and over more than a decade as a foreign correspondent, I’ve been engaged in the professional study of organized human violence for 25 years. But I’ve never seen anything even close to this volume of artillery being unleashed.

 

[Skym]

If you want to see some wild footage of the war, check this out!

 

[wetnose]

Russia, stepping bravely into the past - who needs Kapitalist air bags and ABS????

Kremlin tries to look immune to sanctions, but new Russian car shows cracks in the façade

The first Russian car produced since the invasion of Ukraine had to sacrifice safety due to sanctions in "a very symbolic step backwards" for Russia's standing globally, experts said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[sene5hos]

Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi have arrived in Kyiv.

 

[Skym]

Wow, check this one out. Intense gun battles in Eastern Ukraine. It gives you an idea of how crazy the fighting is going in Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1537604221108903940

 

[Skym]

More combat footage of the war.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1537812250785943554

 

[sene5hos]

Ukraine's Zelensky Pays First Visit To War-Damaged South City

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the war-damaged southern city of Mykolaiv on Saturday for the first time since the Russian invasion in a rare trip outside Kyiv.

www.ndtv.com

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the war-damaged southern city of Mykolaiv on Saturday for the first time since the Russian invasion in a rare trip outside Kyiv.

 

[Skym]

Wow! Actor Ben Stiller arrives in Kyiv to meet with President Zelensky.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1538931765116542976

 

[Bbw hunter]

Wow! Actor Ben Stiller arrives in Kyiv to meet with President Zelensky.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1538931765116542976

Ukraine must be the most touristic war zone ever.

 

[wetnose]

Interesting to see how Russian propaganda and vaccine refusal tie together...in Canada:

 

[wetnose]

This is what an artillery barrage on the Russkie receiving end looks and sounds like (warning LOUD):