Russian invasion of Ukraine imminent, BBC reports

[sene5hos]

A video of Ukrainian soldiers using Russian-made BMP-3 tracked armored vehicle was recently published by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Ukrainian forces are using these vehicles to fight off the Russian army which originally owned them. Russian armored vehicles are not the only weapon Ukraine is using against Putin’s invading forces.

Earlier, Ukrainian forces captured a batch of intact Russian missiles and fired them back at Russian troops on May 22.

 

[wetnose]

I wonder who the real Nazis are working for:

The Times: Putin has sent mercenaries to Kyiv led by an admirer of the Nazis to murder Zelenskyy and the Klitschko brothers - Romea.cz - Everything about Roma in one place

The Times reports that more than 400 Russian mercenaries are operating in Kyiv on orders from the Kremlin to murder Ukrainian President Volodymyr

www.romea.cz

What is Russia's Wagner group, and what has happened to its leader?

The UK government wants to designate Wagner a terrorist group because it threatens global security.

www.bbc.com

 

[sene5hos]

Russian Forces Take Parts of Severodonetsk in Donbas

Russian forces took parts of Severodonetsk on Tuesday, as Moscow continued its push to take the strategically important city in Ukraine's Donbas. The Russian-backed leader of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, told the Russian state-run TASS news agency on Tuesday that

www.wsj.com

Smoke rose in Severodonetsk during heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops in Ukraine's Donbas on Monday.ARIS MESSINIS/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Russian forces took parts of Severodonetsk on Tuesday, as Moscow continued its push to take the strategically important city in Ukraine's Donbas.

The Russian-backed leader of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, told the Russian state-run TASS news agency on Tuesday that a third of Severodonetsk was controlled by separatist forces. Video from Chechen fighters allied with Russia in the city showed soldiers moving unimpeded in the city center.
The Luhansk region and neighboring Donetsk make up Donbas.

The fall of Severodonetsk would put the Russians closer to their goal of controlling Donbas.

“Street fighting continues in Severodonetsk,” said Luhansk Region Governor Serhiy Haidai, adding that Ukrainian forces were trying to drive Russian troops to the city’s outskirts.
Should Ukraine cede Severodonetsk to the Russians, Kyiv’s troops would likely fall back to the neighboring city of Lysychansk, which overlooks Severodonetsk from across the Siverskyi Donets River.

 

[sene5hos]

Two Russian Soldiers Convicted in Second Ukrainian War-Crimes Trial

The men were found guilty of firing rockets indiscriminately toward civilian areas in Ukraine’s second war crimes trial since Moscow’s attempt at a full-scale invasion began in February.

www.wsj.com

A Ukrainian court found two Russian soldiers guilty Tuesday of firing rockets indiscriminately toward civilian areas, in the country’s second war crimes trial since Moscow’s attempt at a full-scale invasion began in February.

Cpl. Oleksandr Ivanov and Pvt. Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Bobykin were each sentenced to 11 years and six months in prison, six months short of the maximum sentence in Ukraine for violating the laws of war.

 

[sene5hos]

It was, may 13

Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova's office has said it is looking into more than 10,700 potential war crimes involving more than 600 suspects, including Russian soldiers and government officials.

 

[Clara Versailles]

I wonder who the real Nazis are working for:

The Times: Putin has sent mercenaries to Kyiv led by an admirer of the Nazis to murder Zelenskyy and the Klitschko brothers - Romea.cz - Everything about Roma in one place

The Times reports that more than 400 Russian mercenaries are operating in Kyiv on orders from the Kremlin to murder Ukrainian President Volodymyr

www.romea.cz

What is Russia's Wagner group, and what has happened to its leader?

The UK government wants to designate Wagner a terrorist group because it threatens global security.

www.bbc.com

Themselves and themselves only.

Aren't you here for the same reason?

 

[gaby]

100 jours de guerre.....des milliers d'innocentes victimes...des milliers de soldats abattus dans une cause injustifiée.....et les grands gagnants sont???.....oui vous l'avez bien deviné....LES FABRICANTS D'ARMES....

 

[sene5hos]

Hear Zelensky’s message on 100th day of war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a brief video message that Ukrainians have been defending their country for 100 days against Russian aggression and that "victory shall be ours." CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports as fighting continues in multiple parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, Russian forces are trying to advance from several directions as they seek to take more of the area, according to the Ukrainian military.

 

[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/i/web/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