Long thread about how I think the first 96 hours have gone, still very early/incomplete impressions. The initial Russian operation was premised on terrible assumptions about Ukraine’s ability & will to fight, and an unworkable concept of operations. Moscow badly miscalculated. 1/
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Artillery and Bayraktars destroy 96 Russian tanks, 20 MLRS, and 8 fuel trucks near Lebedyn.
96 enemy tanks, 20 hailstones, 8 fuel trucks near Lebedyn were burned to the ground by artillery and accurate strikes by Bayraktars. It was a Russian gas station. The positions of the "hailstones" were also destroyed. https://
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Ukrainian ‘Ghost’ plane downs 15 Russian jets
The #Ukrainian 'Ghost' plane has shot down 15 military aircraft of the Russian army. – by http://5.ua
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Send money to Ukrainian reporters
Send money to Ukrainian reporters here
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Horrific aftermath of Russian shelling in Kharkiv: blood, missiles, and a dying woman.
The aftermath of today’s #Russian shelling in Kharkiv in a photo sent me by a neighbour: blood on the floor, a Grad missile poking from the pavement. Out of shot a woman with her leg blown off, dying. The reality of Putin’s war in #Ukraine
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RT Head Simonyan: Before and After Russia’s War in Ukraine
Head of RT Margarita Simonyan, when Russia's full-fledged war against Ukraine—which she's been inciting for years—started, vs. when some of the consequences started to roll in.
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Vidéo du drone ukrainien TB2 frappe un train de carburant russe
And here's the footage of the Ukrainian TB2 drone strike on the Russian military fuel train.🇺🇦👇 pic.twitter.com/wzWBdv6KUp
— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) 28 février 2022And here's the footage of the Ukrainian TB2 drone strike on the Russian military fuel train.
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Lietuvos parama Ukrainai ir Rusijos laivui
Just talked with my good friend @DmytroKuleba
. Expressed unwavering Lithuanian support for Ukraines fight and European membership. Full like-mindedness on where should the Russian military ship go and what needs to be done to get it there faster. Slava Ukraini. -
Ukrainian TB2 drone strikes Russian fuel train inside Russia
The Ukrainians are now using their TB2 drones to hit targets *inside Russia*. (!!!) This shows a recent airstrike on a Russian military train carrying fuel to the front. Staggering, just staggering levels of military incompetence shown by the Russians.
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Russian rear security refusal: admitting invasion, not liberation?
Does the Russian refusal to do seemingly *anything* to provide rear security for their forces come down to the fact that this would be tacitly admitting they aren't 'liberators', but actually an invading, occupying army? Are they still clinging to that myth?