Russia invading Ukraine (NEWS/UPDATES) - Please put sensitive content behind a spoiler
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zinedine
Striker
A good read that.
bahtat
Striker
Impressive, certainly beats destroying blocks of flats and hospitals
Wild Card
Midfield
Good luck replacing them with all the sanctions as well
bobster999
Midfield
It's just a normal drone being used as a spotter, then relaying their position on a map and getting the co-ordinates for a mortar attack or missiles or whatever
bahtat
Striker
If you ever wanted a photo that typified a coward that’s it
Anyone able to estimate the financial loss for that equipment?
Also, here's a daily tracker for those interested.
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ilovehorswill
Striker
Ukraine Has Launched Counteroffensives, Reportedly Surrounding 10,000 Russian Troops
We have our first objective observation confirming that, yes, the Ukrainian army is on the move. And the Russians near Ukraine’s capital city could be in big trouble.
www.forbes.com
Bulwell
Winger
A good thread here on twitter and the author is arguably my favourite expert on there.
Sky news just now. RU defence ministry says phase 1 successfully completed and next phase is liberate Donbass region. Have they given up on Kyiv?
ilovehorswill
Striker
All good points but UK/EU/NATO members worked hard to transition the Ukraine military from the shapeless post-USSR outfit that got battered in 2014 to the western, NCO-led defence force it is now
Various countries including UK and US trained troops to use NLAW, Javelin and Stinger missiles
Turkey introduced them to drones and were developing a joint Ukrainian version to mass produce before the invasion
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den
Winger
REAKINGRussia to focus war on eastern Ukraine - Russian army chief
The chief of the Russian army says Russia will now focus its main war effort on the "complete liberation" of the eastern Ukrainian Donbas region.The defence ministry said Russia had been considering two options for its "special military operation" - one covering the whole of Ukraine and one focusing on the Donbas.
The comments - carried by Russian state news agencies - hinted at a possible downgrading of Russia's war aims. Russian forces have met strong resistance in the north of Ukraine and around Kyiv.
New thread as the old one was getting a bit leggy!
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Just a reminder that this thread on the SMB is primarily for News and updates only - comments are welcome of course, but please try to refrain from posting anything likely to get a debate going - there is a sister thread for that exact purpose in Politics. If the thread runs too far in that direction, the posts will just be lost purely to get it back on track.
Dadsarmy73
Midfield
What was phase 1 goals? To look like a bunch of amateurs, cause as much destruction as possible, loose shit loads of equipment and turn virtually the whole world against them
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Dilligaf60
Guest
I wonder if having their arses handed to them would account for this?
The Truth
Midfield
Apparently that was phase 1 of their grand plan and it's now successfully complete
Rustie Trombone
Midfield
Not to mention up to 16,000 dead and 24,000 injured or missing Russian servicemen
If the Ukrainians can regroup and be rearmed and trained by the West I'd put money on them retaking the Crimea and Donbas
They've kicked Putin's cowardly arse
SurreyMackem
Striker
"In a rare update on losses, Russia says 1,351 of its troops have been killed in Ukraine, and 3,925 wounded. NATO estimates that 7,000 to 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed, while Ukraine estimates it to be 16,100 troops."
