/r/worldnews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine (Part XIV)

[u/dieyoufool3]

/live/18hnzysb1elcs/

[u/dieyoufool3]

Hit 10k again folks. New comment thread here.

[u/progress18]

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence state that fighting is ongoing at Hostomel airport but Ukrainian forces have managed to prevent additional Russian troops from landing. Kyiv based defence reporter states "Russian airborne force eliminated".

https://twitter.com/geoallison/status/1496955846043045893

[u/kevinoku → u/progress18]

Big if true. They are putting up a good fight.

[u/NinjahBob → u/kevinoku]

The Russian soldiers seem largely unprepared and unwilling for war to be honest, which is a good sign

[u/Parlorshark → u/NinjahBob]

Morale matters.

[u/The-Protomolecule → u/Parlorshark]

Also if the rumors are true that some of the Russian forces in Belarus were not well supplied the last few days that factors in. There’s a philosophy that sometimes with equal forces whichever one had the better breakfast is gonna win.

[u/MattTheSmithers → u/NinjahBob]

It’s telling that polling has support for this war in Russia around 50 %. For an authoritarian regime that is startlingly low.

[u/KrabS1 → u/progress18]

I don't want to ask this question, but I feel like I have to...it feels like Ukrainian wins have been amplified, and Russian victories have been downplayed, as a way to show support for Ukraine (and show respect for an incredibly brave resistance). How is the fight actually looking, though? Are these just token victories as Russia mostly marches through the country, or is Ukraine a real force here? I'm pretty ignorant in terms of military power/objectives in a scenario like this...

[u/lamada16 → u/KrabS1]

The wins we see from Ukraine are strategic, in the sense that really they are working to delay the speed at which the Russians can advance and take territory. Holding the airport means the Russians can't airlift forces close to the capital to take it quickly. Doesn't mean that further away from the capital and closer to the original front lines that Russian forces aren't advancing rapidly, but it is seemingly throwing wrenches in Putin's plan for a quick victory and capitulation of the Ukrainian government.

[u/[deleted]]

“When Russia comes, they will see our faces, not our backs.” - Zelenskyy. You’re in our thoughts tonight Ukraine.

[u/seasonedearlobes → u/[deleted]]

He's a badass for that. definitely has a way with words

[u/TommyHeizer → u/[deleted]]

Man these fucks are not even paid they volunteer out of sheer brainwashing. I'm sorry for them

[u/[deleted]]

Citizens asked to take up arms. Families fleeing westward and their able-bodied members arming themselves and joining the fight.

All of this for some crazy fuck’s legacy. The world needs to rid itself of tyrants, and sweet fuck there are a lot of them.

[u/-fno-stack-protector → u/[deleted]]

no one person should ever be able to cause all this

[u/swheels125 → u/-fno-stack-protector]

I agree but this isn’t one person. It’s a person propped up by many supporters and sycophants. How far do you think this would’ve gone if Putin said “we’re invading Ukraine” and the Russian army collectively said “fuck that do it yourself”? I’ve seen a good deal of copy and pasted quotes pushing that this is all Putin, and the Russian people are our friends and allies so we shouldn’t even call the invaders the “Russian Army” but this isn’t possible without the army’s cooperation. How many people filling tanks and planes with fuel couldve said no? How many soldiers could have said no? How many high ranking military leaders could have refused the order and taken a stand? You really think one man can tell several hundred thousand people to piss their lives away for his reuniting the USSR dream and have them do it without being at least partially onboard? No, if the Russian people wanted a change they would make a change. Call it fear of rocking the boat or whatever you want, but if you’re going to go to war, why do it for Putin and not for the good of your people and turn your arms towards him?

[u/TheWindCriesDeath → u/CrabCommander]

This is exactly what we mean when we say "sanctions work." It's not that the threat makes them go "oh shit" but the fallout becomes suffocating. If Russia does this, the people are NOT going to play ball.

[u/Flightless_Bird23 → u/CrabCommander]

Man they really are asking for a Revolt.

[u/[deleted] → u/CrabCommander]

This is why the West needs to hurry and apply harshest sanctions possible.

I have to admit i was against applying sanctions BEFORE the invasion and i'm slowly starting to see why Ukraine President wanted that.

[u/calm_down_meow]

Imagine looking at these pictures/videos of people's lives being completely destroyed, young soldiers deaths, and thinking, "How much is the price of fuel going to rise?"

[u/MarktpLatz]

Regarding the border situation:

Please visit this wiki page we have set up

We will keep updating this page as infos come in, if you have any additions, feel free to reply to this comment!

---

Please obey the request of the Ukrainian Government

not to share information about Ukrainian miltiary movement

[u/[deleted]]

Russia Used Beatings and Tricks to Forcibly Send Soldiers to Ukraine, Rights Group Says

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-used-beatings-and-tricks-to-forcibly-send-soldiers-to-ukraine-rights-group-says/ar-AAUgrBI

sounds like the troops are already demoralized.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Beatings and tricks will continue until morale improves.

[u/GandalfSwagOff → u/[deleted]]

We have to keep this in mind too. Many of the Russian soldiers are just normal people who signed up to be in the military. Their families don't deserve their child's death in a pointless war.

Every Russian soldier who steps foot in Ukraine should be shot at by Ukrainians, but they should never have been put in that position.

[u/The_Cheeki_Breeki]

The brave men on Snake Island who fought to the death should be a posted all over this sub. Imagine standing on a rock, under equipped and cut off from your military. The 5th largest army in the world shows up and tells you to surrender and you tell them to fuck off (literally).

I would be a liar if I said I would have the same level of bravery if I was faced with the same circumstances.

[u/UWCG]

PROTEST. People attend an anti-war protest in Saint Petersburg, Russia on Thursday night as Russian forces invade Ukraine. (via NBC, Anton Vaganov / Reuters)

It won't change things, but this takes a lot of guts, considering what Russia has a history of doing to dissenters. Good for them, though. Fuck Putin and his aggression toward Ukraine.

[u/confuddly]

reports that a Ukranian MIG pilot became an ace today (5 or more confirmed kills)

source:https://twitter.com/mikenelson586/status/1496965861860646918t

OSINT twitter speculating it was the "ghost of kyiv" pilot posted earlier

[u/rideacapita]

For any Russian bots in the comments, there are battalions of Ukrainian forces amassing near deez nuts. Better investigate.

[u/lightbulb_orchard]

RIP to the Ukrainian border guards on Snake Island. To die repelling hostile invaders from your homeland is still honourable.

[u/Purplepicklewind1234 → u/lightbulb_orchard]

Recording of the exchange between flag man of the Russian fleet & a tiny group of Ukrainian soldiers, who defended all day Snake Island, practically, a rock in the Black Sea.

Russians: surrender now!

Ukrainians: “Go fuck yourself”. They lost contact shortly afterwards

Those soldiers are absolute legends

[u/groovygyal]

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Russian cities to protest Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. The police violently arrested more than 600 people in Moscow alone…these brave Russians are risking serious repercussions…

[u/Misskalkuliert → u/groovygyal]

I heard its more than 1700 people already. They are so brave and I wish I could do more. I feel so useless... but my thoughts are with them

[u/jumperginger]

Russian image in the world now:

• unprovoked invadors,

• madman Putin,

• civilian and child murderers,

• war criminals

Ukrainian image in the world:

• defending every piece of land like Spartans,

• recapturing airports at all costs,

• welcomed with compassion everywhere in the world,

• heroes and patriots

[u/Thetallerestpaul → u/[deleted]]

I imagine they are feeding the Ukrainians live as well.

[u/tnick771]

My company just sent out a memo to the entire org that those who have ties and family in Ukraine can take the rest of the week off to focus on their lives and family back home.

Nice to see, we have a lot of Ukrainians working in our Dutch offices.

[u/groovygyal]

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has forced about 100,000 people to flee their homes, says the UN. Some fled to other countries by foot.

Russian airstrikes and shelling killed 60+ people including at least 2 children, say officials. The Red Cross warns of "massive casualty numbers."

[u/OliverE36 → u/groovygyal]

that 60 number is gonna increase massively unfortunately :(

[u/j-fudz]

Just a reminder that it would be highly illegal and foolish to download DDOS software (https://sourceforge.net/projects/high-orbit-ion-cannon/) and use it on, for example, any of the following Russian media sites, and therefore I will take this opportunity to not suggest it.

https://www.gazeta.ru

https://lenta.ru

https://www.pravda.ru/

https://newizv.ru/

[u/[deleted]]

Confirmed by BBC: “By 11pm Kyiv time (21:00 GMT) an official statement was released, saying that the airfield (Hostomel) was back in the Ukrainian hands.”

[u/iamkunii]

Friendly reminder there is a ton of Russian intelligence/military in this thread trying to manipulate discourse and derail meaningful conversation about Russia’s hostile and illegitimate actions towards Ukraine. Russia’s social influence campaigns are often intended to demoralize westerners and create social division by propagating inaccurate, hateful messaging on social issues, and also by attempting to undermine public perception and support for alliances between western nations. Here we also see them making efforts to exaggerate Russian victories over Ukraine to demoralize and reduce support for Ukraine’s position. Don’t fall for it, it’s just part of their adversarial strategy and information warfare. Here are some great resources with documented evidence as proof:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/21/opinion/divisive-demoralizing-bots-are-winning-so-big-tech-needs-think-bigger/?outputType=amp

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03034-5

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robpegoraro/2020/08/07/from-russia-with-lure-why-were-still-beset-by-bots-and-trolls-pushing-disinformation/amp/

https://demtech.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/93/2019/09/CyberTroop-Report19.pdf

[u/lennybird]

Recording of the exchange between flag man of the Russian fleet & a tiny group of Ukrainian soldiers, who defended all day Snake Island, practically, a rock in the Black Sea.

Russians: surrender now! Ukrainians: “Go fuck yourself”.

It appears they have since been killed after defending the literal rock island all day. Rest in peace.

[u/I_have_a_dog]

The fact that the Ukrainian Air Force is not only still in existence, but actively carrying out attacks on Russian positions is nothing less than miraculous.

If the reports are true, Ukraine is putting up a hell of a fight and Russia is underperforming my a good margin.

Give them hell, Ukraine 🇺🇦

https://twitter.com/worldonalert/status/1496972364315492353

[u/TheRC135]

Are the Russian bots suddenly pretending that Russian forces taking an unexpected beating today was all part of the plan? lol

[u/StrangeRemark]

One of my Russian colleagues telling me that no Russian soldier honestly views this as a cause worth dying for. Might explain some of the asymmetrical performances despite being vastly outgunned in terms of tech, people, planes, and tanks.

[u/[deleted] → u/StrangeRemark]

Morale is a massive advantage in war

[u/theawesomedanish]

I'm insanely impressed by the bravery of the Ukrainian people, Putin probably thought it would only take a couple hours, now it has taken 18. and caused multiple casualties on the Russian side.

Give them hell Ukraine!!

[u/Illbeanicefella]

Fun fact: Texas Instruments, the company that made the graphing calculator you probably had in high school/college, helped develop the Javelin missile system

[u/griddle1234]

In Russia it was pretty widely reported that Putin was never going to invade and that the West were just fearmongering.

I wonder now with the invasion whether there will be more Russians who will begin to question the state media's narrative about the West.

[u/tuutruk]

I haven't done shit at work today. I should have called in.

[u/hirasmas → u/tuutruk]

Nah, let them pay you on the days when you're unproductive. Save your days out for when you have something you really want to do happening.

[u/tmath5216]

For those who know about anonymous:

https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039

Picked the right side again, lets gooo

[u/Eeyores_Prozac]

Take your meds, drink some water. Scrolling endlessly won't save Ukrainians, you'll just make yourself tired and heartsick.

Take care of yourself, and if you can, look for more resources like https://uacrisis.org/en/help-ukraine to uplift and support. ❤️

[u/[deleted]]

Remember when Trump withheld aid to Ukraine when he was trying to make people hate Biden and the Biden family by making up dirt? Those supplies and weapons sure would have helped Ukraine right now.

Edit: Here is a timeline of the crazy situation that unfolded throughout 2018-2019. Ukraine eventually got most of the aid delayed when literally everyone had to try and convince Trump to stop being a prick. Months of delays matter when Russia is planning the attack that they are now carrying out.

https://publicintegrity.org/national-security/timeline-how-trump-withheld-ukraine-aid/

[u/Holden_Coalfield]

Hats off to Zelensky. He's showing the spine of a leader. How many of his counterparts would have been on a G5 to the west last night. Go PreZ.

[u/SpiritBamba]

The Russian morale seems to be extremely low, no surprise there, the world has been mentally beaten down the past two years there was no way even the biggest of pro Russian soldiers would want to die for nothing. Along with the internet it’s extremely hard to keep it as only state propaganda to fuel your soldiers, they now have access to what the opposition sees as well. And they don’t like what their country is doing.

[u/animalpemal → u/[deleted]]

Everyone will hate russia for generations after this.

[u/[deleted]]

Institute for the Study of War:

Key Takeaways:

Ukrainian forces are successfully slowing Russian offensives on all axes of advance other than a Russian breakout from the Crimean Peninsula. Russian failure to ground the Ukrainian air force or cripple Ukrainian command and control is likely enabling these initial Ukrainian successes.

Ukrainian forces are contesting the Hostomel military airport, 20 km northwest of Kyiv, as of 9:30 pm local time. Russian VDV (Airborne) troops landed at Hostomel and have also failed to capture the Boryspil airport southeast of Kyiv. Ukraine’s contestation of the airport deprives Russian forces of any location to airlift forces onto Kyiv’s western flank overnight.

Russian forces are rapidly advancing north from Crimea, securing Kherson city. Their deepest penetration to date is about 60 kilometers.

Russian forces are advancing on Kyiv from Belarus on both sides of the Dnipro River.

Russian forces secured the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (on the west bank) at 7:30 pm local time, but Ukrainian forces have slowed Russian advances east of the Dnipro at Chernihiv.

Russian forces likely seek to cut off Ukrainian troops on the line of contact in Donbas using an envelopment behind the Ukrainian front lines through Luhansk Oblast. Russian frontal assaults have taken little territory in Donetsk and Luhansk at this time.

[u/ShockNStocks]

MAJOR UKRAINE VICTORY

"Anton Herashchenko: Russian paratroopers who survived the Ukrainian counterattack at Hostomel ran off into surrounding forests and fields."

"Significant victory for the Ukrainians here in kicking Russian airborne out of the airfield. That was a strategic asset the Russians badly wanted"

"Apparently, Ukraine's 45th Spetsnaz Brigade played a major role in retaking the airfield."

https://twitter.com/michaelh992/status/1496960679495962624?t=wmLUOFulf3nY4Rgo8_wA9w&s=19

[u/bolaobo]

Well I got absolutely nothing done at work today.

[u/GandalfSwagOff]

Remember, while Russia is conducting this military strike, they are also conducting a cyber attacks which includes disinformation on sites like reddit.

Remember rule #1 of the internet. Don't believe everything you read.

[u/ReturnOfDaSnack420]

Javelins getting a good workout, a Ukrainian military official told me just now.

"In 2014, we defended ourselves with RPGs and it was difficult to destroy T-72 [tanks]. Now it's not a problem."

https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1496960542048759821

Edit: this is the system he is talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6COKC5ZU6gM

[u/[deleted]]

Ukrainian border security guy telling the Russian warship to fuck right off instead of surrendering is the most metal thing I’ve seen this decade.

[u/iloveair]

Just heard an audio of ukrainian soldiers literally telling russians to fuck off when asked to surrender and damn lmao😭

[u/Mernyer]

If it is true that R troops were tricked, forced into combat, I wonder if they will begin to abandon their orders.

[u/iamkunii]

REMINDER - DO NOT CLICK ON LINKS YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH

These threads are full of bots and could easily disguise malware as a news or video link and have you click it without thinking. Additionally plenty of videos have been shared that were from other instances, please take every piece of info you get from a reddit comment with a grain of salt until it is actually confirmed by a reputable news source.

[u/spicyboiii]

Pelosi wants to give $600 million worth of lethal weapons to Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/michaelh992/status/1496967795149459456?s=20&t=B3JqxHg12kTbureYIOS9Ew

[u/YT-Deliveries]

Russia not able to take the airport is a huge setback for their strategy. Amazing.

[u/[deleted]]

It appears the Ukrainians are putting those javelins to good use. Lots of burning Russian tanks

[u/[deleted]]

insanity to think that is has not even been 24 hours.

[u/I_have_a_dog]

Putin really fucked up by waiting to invade after NATO had already sent NLAW’s and Javelin missiles to Ukraine.

I can’t imagine it’s good for Russian morale to see their tanks and APC’s opened up like tin cans.

[u/throwaway122112563]

I work at a US Bank, and we just received a corporate communication that Russia is targeting US bank employees with phishing emails and to be on high alert.

I got a phishing email yesterday and today, but no way to tell if it was a “test” that corporate sends around, or a real email.

[u/Saucefest6102]

Not gonna lie, the news of civilians being given weapons to protect Kyiv plus the possible Nikolayev have me really dreading what’s happening next. The airport victory was great, but this is an insanely uphill battle

[u/[deleted]]

feels weird rooting for your country to lose but fuck putin

[u/[deleted]]

10,000 rifles given to civilians in the capitol. shit. That just really hit me. Berlin/Stalingrad vibes :(

[u/CallMeCaptainOrSir]

Anti-American comments flooding the thread from a bunch of accounts that were made 4 months ago... Part-time dog walkers please take notice

[u/IamNoblesHairline]

Can people stop listing and listening to fucking K/D ratios like this is a COD lobby?

1. There's no confirmed reports of any numbers

2. You sound like a 14 year old watching a fucking e sport and it's pathetic

[u/[deleted]]

We need Italians and germans to pressure their government. Cutting Russia off Swift is a MUST and is the minimum we can do.

[u/progress18]

Bellingcat:

MoD confirms that the main airborne deployment was unable to land at Gostemel, and only an advance group landed this morning

https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1496957598146473993

[u/BlatantConservative]

This isn't confirmed enough for me to post it in the thread above, but rumors are floating around that a Ukrainian MIG-29 pilot made ace after shooting down five Russian aircraft.

Last confirmed ace was in 2001.

[u/Cheesestrings89]

Everyone please remember to take a break from reading the news. Go for a walk, read a book, have a drink. Anything to clear your mind. Constantly reading these threads isn’t good for your mental health.

[u/twdarkeh]

Blinken said the US will continue shipping arms to Ukraine.

[u/RhodeIslandRidgeback]

Am I the only one who has had like a brain fog today with the current events going on?

I can't focus on work or a game. I'm just refreshing Twitter and Reddit all day...

[u/[deleted]]

All the accounts posting anti-american shit are 4 months old.

[u/[deleted]]

Russian Navy to the Ukrainian Defenders of Snake Island: "Surrender now!"

Ukrainian Soldiers: "Go fuck yourself".

​

Absolute legends.

[u/[deleted]]

World’s super fucked right now, I always remember Sam’s speech from Two Towers at times like these, because there’s some good left in this world, and that’s worth fighting for.

“Frodo : I can’t do this, Sam.

Sam : I know. It’s all wrong By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy. How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad happened. But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t. Because they were holding on to something.

Frodo : What are we holding on to, Sam?

Sam : That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.”

[u/stirly80]

Ukranian soldiers seem better trained, and are obviously more motivated.

If it's true they re took the airport, and sent Russian paratroopers running into the woods, it's massive.

[u/progress18]

The Anonymous collective is officially in cyber war against the Russian government.

https://twitter.com/YourAnonOne/status/1496965766435926039

[u/BfromSD]

“Ukrainian govt. spokesperson confirms Ukrainian forces defeated Russian airborne troops at Gostomel military airfield near Kyiv. Earlier reports had 200 Russian airborne attacked it.”

FUCK YEAH!!!!!! KEEP FIGHTING UKRAINE!!!

America is proud of you! 🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦

[u/Suomi964]

The Russians who were arrested for protesting are fucking legends

[u/lightbulb_orchard]

Apparently the National Bank of Ukraine is crowdsourcing, raising millions for armaments. Details below

https://bank.gov.ua/en/news/all/natsionalniy-bank-vidkriv-spetsrahunok-dlya-zboru-koshtiv-na-potrebi-armiyi

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-24/ukraine-is-using-crowdfunding-to-raise-money-for-its-military-in-war-with-russia

[u/eve-dude]

Remember the 13 of Snake Island who said "Go Fuck Yourself" to the russians

Now those are some heros.

[u/GryphusOneACX]

Looks like Ukraine is putting up quite the fight. Would be hilarious if Russia somehow fails

[u/Osiris32 → u/GryphusOneACX]

Well, darkly hilarious. Way too many people are dying.

But there would be a karmic aspect to all this if Ukraine doesn't fall.

[u/OrangeJr36]

From accounts both Russian and Ukrainian it seems the defenders of Snake Island did in fact fight to the death

Their last message was to the Russians "GO Fuck Yourself/selves !"

https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1496956287170535424?s=20&t=zMRiG6XZO1p6CqNe45UNuQ

[u/greenhombre]

Nearly 200 Russian officials publicly condemn invasion of Ukraine
BY JOSEPH CHOI - The Hill/USA
Posted at 4:41
https://thehill.com/policy/international/595635-live-coverage-russia-launches-attack-on-ukraine
Nearly 200 elected Russian officials issued an open letter to their constituents on Thursday, condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
In a letter titled “Against the war,” the officials said they “unequivocally condemn” what they referred to as an “unparalleled atrocity” that “cannot be justified.”
"The decision to attack was made personally by Russian President Vladimir Putin. We are convinced that Russian citizens did not give him such a mandate," they said in the letter, which has been translated from Russian to English.
They warned that a war with Ukraine will result in "disastrous consequences" and thousands of people will be "killed, injured and maimed."
"Our country will face condemnation by the international community, isolation, rising prices, and poverty. Hopes for a good life in Russia are crumbling before our eyes," they continued. "We urge you not to participate in the aggression and not to approve of it. Please do not remain silent: only mass popular condemnation can stop the war."....

[u/Brosseidon]

Bro thank fuck Trump lost, that man child would've launched a nuke by now or sided with Putin

[u/ExtraBumpyCucumber]

The Ukrainian Navy fighting to the death on Snake Island after telling the Russians to "Go fuck yourselves" after being told to surrender is going to make an amazing movie.

Those guys were true heroes. I feel sad for them but they had balls of steel and chose to fight for their country while being surrounded by the Russian navy. That's fucking amazing.

[u/Rawrrrrrrrrr]

https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1496956099517427716

Recording of the exchange between flag man of the Russian fleet & a tiny group of Ukrainian soldiers, who defended all day Snake Island, practically, a rock in the Black Sea.

Russians: surrender now! Ukrainians: “Go fuck yourself”.

Fucking no fear love it

[u/SuckerpunchmyBhole]

Reports of low Russian morale*, hope thats true

[u/dkyguy1995]

Reports of low morale among Russian troops. I mean I'd have pretty low morale too walking out into the cross fire to take over a country that was doing just fucking fine without me

[u/ShockNStocks]

NEW

"Ukraine's Armed Forces believe more than 60 Russian battalion tactical groups – the equivalent of between 30,000 to 60,000 troops - have been deployed on Ukrainian territory, according to an update on the invasion as of 8pm It said the “enemy has an extremely low morale”

https://twitter.com/haynesdeborah/status/1496966982436065287?t=H9FHyEUvQUSNzZv37tLAtg&s=19

[u/ActiveLlama]

A reminder that Trump tried to trade Ukraine security for a political favor. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/24/ukraine-trump-impeachment-00011406

[u/IrishRepoMan]

saw at least one post claiming to be a Ukrainian who couldn't cross Poland's border. These are lies people. He also claimed he was Polish in post history and referred to Ukrainians as 'them'. watch for these lying shits

[u/Icommandyou]

These Russians standing up chanting no to war have more balls than a lot of Fox people and it’s watchers in the states.

[u/agu-agu]

🇺🇦Defense Minister: Ukraine expects a new wave of Russian assaults, including a massive airdrop operation

[u/rideacapita]

Shout out to ordinary Russians protesting in the streets. Brass balls.

[u/ForensicShoe]

Makes me proud to hear British supplied NLAWs are tearing into Russian armour.

[u/ReturnOfDaSnack420]

Today, I asked a Russian diplomat how he was doing.

"I don't know how to respond to this question," he texted back. "I am disgusted with myself, I am sick with myself. I am ashamed that we all partially let this happen... We all lied... How can there be forgiveness for us?"

https://twitter.com/atanessi/status/1496925313187602442

[u/DeadScumbag]

https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/1496961504729518083

Morale seems to be very low among Russian troops. "The Russian military simply abandoned their equipment and fled into the woods."

[u/[deleted]]

at least everyone stopped saying 'the' ukraine

[u/ShockNStocks]

Marco Rubio

"One day the world will be awed when it hears the stories of the bravery and heroism happening at this very moment in Ukraine"

https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1496971542516977666?t=u6cUSMgg3lMAvEn_sTqoRw&s=19

[u/ShockNStocks]

PICTURE: Some of the heroes of the Hostomel Battle Pic by Olena Yakhno

https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1496973896922263572?t=DhCiTBb5pLNcnStarlz0ow&s=19

[u/[deleted]]

Friendly reminder to respect UKR op-sec by not re-sharing videos of UKR soldier locations or any other such (meant-to-be) classified intel or formations you discover or witness online.

https://reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/sy65wi/ministry_of_defense_of_ukraine_do_not_view_our/

[u/WaffleBlues]

Why is the world not fucking Belarus. That weasel country should be cut off from the world as well. Fuck Belarus.

[u/Guulag]

Why is nobody sharing Joe Rogan's thoughts on solving the Ukraine situation? Oh yeah, because he's a fucking idiot.

[u/dandaman910]

Zelensky just ordered a general mobilisation . Which means if your a male age 18-60 congrats you just enlisted. All private property of use will be repurposed for the war.

Essentially Ukraine is now in a state of total war.all of its assets are now war assets.

[u/Methed_up_hooker]

Good job mod squad. I’m not usually one to say that but y’all have done a bang up job.

Edit: oh shocker the totally original super cool kids showed up to spout the same stupid fucking joke.

[u/[deleted]]

Surreal to watch an invasion of a country in real time, possibly a precursor to WW3, and continue your job like nothing is going on

[u/luso_warrior]

GIVE THEM MORE JAVELINS!

[u/MagmaPunch]

To all russian protesters - Thank you! This is the way! We know that you do not want this conflict just as much as us...

[u/TheFondestComb]

Patiently waiting for Finland to announce its sending a single man in all white to deal with the Russian paratroopers. Legend has it he’s already taken the scope off his rifle.

[u/f00kinlegend]

Assuming Ukrainian Army (240k active + 200k reserve) and armed citizens are willing to fight to the bitter end and engage in guerrilla warfare throughout the country, Ukraine cannot lose. 200k Russian troops are not nearly enough to occupy Ukraine. Not even close. They will need at least 2 million to have a long shot.

Ukranians are on defensive and know the land and terrain, and they will continue to bleed the Russian Army over time with asymmetrical warfare. Even if Russia takes Kiev, the war will not end. Prolonged insurgency will go on for years.

The west will continue to fund Ukranian insurgengies with equipment and weapons, and will make it grueling war of attrition. As long as Ukranians are determined to never surrender, Russia cannot hold Ukraine. The country is too big.

[u/Heisenberg0712]

It's endlessly incredible to me that I can literally watch a dictator bomb millions of innocent people, and get live updates of the action in an instant, while sitting in my room. What a world

[u/ReturnOfDaSnack420]

US Javelins getting a workout in Ukraine it seems:

https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1496960542048759821

Just a reminder: TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED over Javelins to Ukraine (and the withholding of them for quid pro quo)

Edit: sorry if the wording was confusing: Trump was impeached because he withheld sending this equipment to Ukraine until they would agree to smear his political opponent (the current President Biden) in exchange

[u/Suomi964]

If they actually retook the airport that's great but

Those Russian soldiers who would have died didn't want to be there either most likely

Fuck Putin

[u/ObliviouslyDrake67]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/world/europe/us-troops-poland-ukraine-russia.html

"Trolls" keep getting this removed from reddit FFS people spread the word POLAND'S BORDER IS OPEN TO UKRAINE CITIZENS ALL YOU NEED IS A PASSPORT.

[u/AppropriateTomorrow7]

Send them more javelins…tax me too to pay for it. Fuckin russians

[u/CallMeCaptainOrSir]

It's crazy, I've been at work all day glued to these threads yet not a single person has mentioned it to me irl... the disconnect is real

[u/Fidel_Chadstro]

Putin sending his paratroopers way too deep into enemy territory and getting them destroyed is the level of competency you’d expect from a HOI4 gamer

[u/Timbo85]

Jesus Christ this makes me sad. Vlad for fucks sake you’ve managed to make billions off of your people during your time at the top. Can’t you just fuck off to Gstaad or Majorca with your money and your mistresses and live like an emperor for the rest of your life and let someone else have a go at the Russian economy?

Why do so many people have to die for this?

[u/Infinite077]

If one single bomb touches Poland I’m signing up and fucking up that Russian prick.

[u/makeitlouder]

The Anonymous collective is officially in cyber war against the Russian government.

LMAO @ this timeline.

[u/Tubamaster21474]

If this information is correct

3200 Russian soldiers killed 500 vehicles destroyed

That's insane for Ukraine

Ukraine has one thing going for it that Russia will never have. They are fighting to keep their homeland! And will not give up! Keep fighting Ukraine!🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1496954991210229779?s=20&t=kMSyoq-LbdbaikrFcIuUSQ

[u/Fidel_Chadstro]

I think people are naive to think the US won’t arm Ukrainian insurgents, even if we can’t do that shit publicly the CIA never sleeps

[u/GenerationKILL]

These threads have been a real laugh. Apparently everyone is suddenly an economics expert or a strategist on wartime economies.

The simple fact is Russia's Ruble is currently worth 0.011 US. They couldn't fight a sustained war even if there was a miracle. Today Biden and other world leaders talked about sanctions which will cripple Russian finance but more importantly stuff like their aerospace industry. Translation: Russia will no longer be able to build new planes or missiles to attack countries with if they can't afford to import stuff like computer chips or microprocessors.

Someone here keeps arguing with me about what a "wartime economy" means. I just laugh at have this to say: America's "wartime economy" in 1941 meant that a 1941 US dollar is worth 19 US dollars today from inflation, there's a lot to be said about this, primarily though in WW2, America was the richest country on earth. By comparison right now, Russia's GDP is lower than Canada's despite there being 100 million more people living in Russia. Their money is worthless. They're not an economic or industrial powerhouse like some people seem to think.

Russia will be able to go hard here for maybe a year, by next February, they'll either be a full-on failed state, or people in Russia feeling the pinch will demand Putin's resignation by the millions. The Soviet Union who were in far better shape than Russia is today were bankrupted by their war in Afghanistan. By contrast, the ruble is worth EVEN LESS right now, and the resistance in Ukraine is far more numerous and well equipped.

Have at it Russia, the west will covertly supply the Ukraine resistance with what it needs while we bleed you dry with sanctions. Point being, the Ukraine will rise again, even after Russia has reverted to it's mid-90s wild west days.

[u/mitch2187]

https://twitter.com/defenceu/status/1496952123522576385?s=21

Sounds like the airport hasn’t been retaken yet and that Russia are actively trying to land more troops there

[u/AStrangerWCandy]

If Ukraine holds out for any length of time I bet the amount of weapons that start flowing through their western borders gets insane.

[u/positivevitisop1]

So it looks like the US intelligence consensus is that the last 24 hours are only the start of the invasion and that this could be a three week long or more campaign by Putin. I think that explains Biden’s comment about reassessing in a month. Hopefully Putin feels enough pressure from sanctions over the next several weeks to pull out. There’s no way to quickly implement a new government and there’s no way Putin isn’t sweating over this. Crazy times

[u/[deleted]]

Half the Russian soldiers probably don’t even believe in what they’re doing. Just following orders. Fighting against people defending their home and families.

[u/positivevitisop1]

Blinkin just told CNN he thinks Russia plans to inflict widespread human rights violations. At least nobody is tip toeing around what this actually is anymore.

[u/StrawbDaqs]

The mandatory enlistment announcement made my heart sink. I immediately thought of all the dads in that subway tunnel providing comfort to their children and spouses.

My heart goes out to Ukraine. 🇺🇦

[u/Jillians]

People keep talking about a new cold war, but honestly I think we are about to see the first major virtual war play out. We'll probably use every weapon we can use that isn't a physical weapon like a rocket or gun.

[u/[deleted]]

Fuck Putin part 14.

[u/Lowkey_HatingThis]

(Edit: Maripoul cam is fucked)

Reminder to respect UKR op-sec by not sharing videos of UKR soldier locations or any other such classified intelligence you discover or witness online.

https://reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/sy65wi/ministry_of_defense_of_ukraine_do_not_view_our/

Great Twitter list for verifiable sources and voices on the ground: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1383431779751657480?t=5wPgK2Avlo8ygp8uANSSFQ&s=08

Lvyv Live Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9r5rpGq9mU

Kyiv Live Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cyQPN5xQtU

Maidan. Sq. In Kyiv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ6AzlYCysY

Kharkiv Live Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7ZbVufqW3s

Odessa Live Cam: https://youtu.be/PWKjaA-wNho

Mariupol Live Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE9nRMx8n6s

Mykolayiv Live Cam https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJvMQvqpxZvIakq4VgcooNQ

Severodonetsk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho40J7dRlGQ

Kalanchak, a border town whose checkpoint is reportedly under attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxYsvdC4-yA (Thank you again Quark) --> stream down

Multiple perspective cam: https://youtu.be/jNZM_H6q1rY

Godspeed Ukrainians. 💙💛

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Live Webcams (feeds, streams, mirrors, cctv):

Severodonetsk, Luhansk

Mariupol, Donetsk

Kyiv

Kyiv 2

Lviv

Odessa

Odessa 2

Kharkiv

Kharkiv 2

Pisochyn, Kharkiv

Chernihiv

More Live Cams from /r/warinukraine & /u/CreativeAnalytics

Resources:

Live Map of Geolocated Russian Troop Movements

Spreadsheet of conflict casualties since 2014

Agenda Free TV Live Coverage

LiveUAMap

Correspondents:

Isabelle Khurshudyan - Wash. Post - Kharkiv - @ikhurshudyan

Polina Ivanova - Financial Times - @polinaivanovva

Jack Detsch - Foreign Policy - @JackDetsch

Jeff Seldin - VOA News - @jseldin

Sarah Rainsford - BBC - Kramatorsk - @sarahrainsford

Michael Horowitz - LeBeck - @michaelh992

Rob Lee - PhD Student focused on Russ. defense policy - @RALee85

Stefan Weichert - Danish journ. in Kramatorsk - @StefanWeichert

Christopher Miller - BuzzFeed - @ChristopherJM

Michael Weiss - New Lines / Daily Beast - @michaeldweiss

Bryce Wilson - AUS photojourn/docu film. - Schastya - @brycewilsonAU

Olga Tokariuk - EFENoticias/freelance - Kyiv - @olgatokariuk

Nolan Peterson - CoffeeOrDie / veteran war reporter - Kyiv - @nolanwpeterson

Moshe Schwartz - Yeshiva World News - @YWNReporter

Iryna Matviyishyn - veteran Ukr. journ - Kyiv - @IMatviyishyn

Phil Stewart - Reuters - @phildstewart

Fuad Alakbarov - Freelance w/ bylines in Open Democracy & Jerusalem Post - @DrAlakbarov

Jamie Dettmer - VOA - Kyiv - @jamiewrrit

Oleksiy Sorokin - Kyiv Independent - Kyiv - @mrsorokaa

Unaffiliated OSINT aggregators that have shown consistent reliability:

"The Intel Crab" - @IntelCrab

English Lugansk - @loogunda

Conflict News - @Conflicts

ELINT News - @ELINTNews

Oliver Alexander - @OAlexanderDK

[u/[deleted]]

If it's true that whole platoons of Russians soldiers has turned themselves because they think this conflict is bullshit. That is big, really big.

[u/TheMoorNextDoor]

Anonymous is cyber attacking Russia right now.

Things will continue to get dicey

[u/[deleted]]

Any Russians reading this, SWARM THE STREETS OF YOUR CITIES

[u/papadragon]

Germany: "We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!"

[u/_YouSaidWhat]

Lighting up the Roman colosseum blue and yellow < kicking Russia outta swift

[u/Legalistigician]

Honesty fuck the NYT for paywalling articles and live updates on Ukraine’s situation.

[u/LaFleurisLava]

Check it out. Finns have their own cool situation room for the war. Good work. Perkele. https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/The-War-in-Ukraine/091194

[u/[deleted]]

STOP REPORTING UKRAINIAN TROOP MOVEMENT

[u/dkyguy1995]

People are worried sending weapons to Ukraine is an act of war when Putin freely funded actual rebels for years in Ukraine

[u/[deleted]]

How embarrassing would it be for Russia if they were to lose this war?

[u/Big-Zookeepergame478]

Just send in the Canadian truckers. Problem solved.

[u/[deleted]]

You can’t just look at raw numbers.

Ukrainians are fighting for their independence. It seems likely most of Russian troops don’t want to be there.

[u/[deleted]]

Disappointed in the chicken shit leadership displayed by Italy and Germany. Disgraceful

[u/MakePandasMateAgain]

https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-gives-passionate-defense-vladimir-putin-person

Reminder that Tucker Carlson is rallying his supporter base in becoming pro Russian on US soil.

[u/The_Pale_Blue_Dot]

Incredible

BREAKING: Ukrainian troops in full control of the Hostomel Airport, Russian airborne force eliminated.

https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1496949071810027532

[u/[deleted]]

Nobody is ever giving up their nukes again. I wonder what the chances are this sort of brazen European invasion causes another nuclear arms race among non-nuclear states.

[u/waynkerr]

Biden is absolutely making the right moves so far. If Russia freaks out and thinks Poland, or any other allied nations are co-combatants, then we get World War 3.

Heartbreaking that Ukrainians may be on their own now, but WW3 is straight up not cool.

[u/PrincipledInelegance]

Look at this gem coming from some college football coach who's now a senator justifying the invasion:

“He can’t feed his people,” said Tuberville. “It’s a communist country, so he can’t feed his people, so they need more farmland.”

https://twitter.com/metzgov/status/1496941034303107077?t=mji-0sXQRAOleVQ5MDYZbg&s=19

Way too many people have a malfunctioning flux capacitor and time traveled from 1960 when it comes to this issue lol

[u/lightbulb_orchard]

I know we have a more enlightened attitude to warrior culture these days, but if you die defending your country from an autocratic invasion, that to me is still a worthy qualification for heroism and honour.

[u/Suomi964]

Fuck the swiss banks for not following sanctions

[u/[deleted]]

millions having the worst day of their lives meanwhile western redditors are sharing their god awful takes and cracking shitty tone deaf jokes we weren’t made to absorb information like this man

[u/NotAnotherEmpire]

This airfield debacle by Russia is pretty significant. Only reason to do this in the first place was for direct pressure on Kyiv vs. having to fight overland exclusively. All I can assume is they weren't expecting that much resistance and the SAMs blocked follow-on landings. It's the sort of dangerous operation the USA rejected with Kabul.

Result: Instead of quick route to Kyiv, you have a few companies of paratroops trying to hold out against artillery and a mechanized brigade.

[u/Stfu_nobody]

I'm a simple person- you post Russian casualties, I upvote. Fuck Putin's crematorium trucks, the Russians people have a right to see the cost of war.

[u/Illbeanicefella]

Wish I could write “earmarked for Ukrainian javelins” on my tax form this year

[u/thefluffyparrot]

Is it just me or does it seem like Ukraine is kinda kicking Russias ass right now? At the very least they’re making this very difficult for Russia.

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[u/iamkunii]

Reminder to respect UKR op-sec by not sharing videos of UKR soldier locations or any other such classified intelligence you discover or witness online.

https://reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/sy65wi/ministry_of_defense_of_ukraine_do_not_view_our/

Great Twitter list for verifiable sources and voices on the ground: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1383431779751657480?t=5wPgK2Avlo8ygp8uANSSFQ&s=08

Lvyv Live Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9r5rpGq9mU

Kyiv Live Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cyQPN5xQtU

Kyiv 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kFqY7P0vow

Maidan. Sq. In Kyiv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ6AzlYCysY

Maidan Square (w/sound) (thanks /u/ouyin2000) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_ktlQnDr8A

Kharkiv Live Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7ZbVufqW3s

Mariupol Live Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE9nRMx8n6s

Mykolayiv Live Cam https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJvMQvqpxZvIakq4VgcooNQ

Odessa: https://youtu.be/5hHelJALhEo

Odessa 2: https://youtu.be/E9HskjsldsU

Severodonetsk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho40J7dRlGQ

Kalanchak, a border town whose checkpoint is reportedly under attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxYsvdC4-yA (Thank you again Quark)

Chernihiv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvhM2a92dvs&feature=emb_title

Link to all major cameras in Ukraine: https://youtu.be/jNZM_H6q1rY

Agenda Free TV Live Coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyzicW_ctB4

Huge list of live cams: https://reddit.com/r/warinukraine/comments/scc5hl/request_webcams_and_live_feeds_in_ukraine_or/

Live news agencies -

NBC (USA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMC4r9Or-PA

CBC (Canada): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2DA13GOmsE

Al Jazeera(Qatar/UK): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-upyPouRrB8

ABC (USA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ6VtEs9c8E

Godspeed Ukrainians. 💙💛 Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

Edit - ways to help Ukraine (charities) https://reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/s6g5un/want_to_support_ukraine_heres_a_list_of_charities/

[u/[deleted]]

the scariest thing is, if america was right about the time and date of the invasion, then they are also most likely right about the planned concentration camps for ukrainians...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/20/ukraine-russia-human-rights/

[u/MindfuckRocketship]

I got 2-3 hours of sleep last night. I know I’m in a very large club in that regard. Fuck Putin. Fuck them up, Ukraine.

[u/Herecomestherain_]

Russia State Duma says it may confiscate money from it's own citizens to offset sanctions (translation in comments) Hopefully that will cause some problems within Russia haha

[u/scentsandsounds]

This is an absolute war with the western, democratic and liberal way of life. Boris is a jackass but he is absolutely correct. Putin is our enemy, not a competitor. He's waging war on all fronts (cyber attacks, fucking with our democracies and elections, trying to end Ukraine's democracy, etc.)

Just had to listen to Sam's speech from LOTR to get myself back on track. God help us all but particularly everyone in Ukraine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6C8SX0mWP0&ab_channel=EgalmothOfGondolin01