Sarjen

Sarjen,

Much appreciate that link. Have opened a separate tab for it. Man, are those comments a lot to wade through!  Per one comment, this kind of tally Oryx is doing is something he's done for a bunch of other conflicts, too. 

All,

If situation maps and such are your thing, then you need to know about this great open source incident map.

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2022/02/27/follow-the-russia-ukraine-monitor-map/

Bellingcat has produced a video documenting Russian false flag propaganda used by them to "justify" the coming war. Have not embedded it because it has a Graphic Content warning.

Euromaidan Press@EuromaidanPress·2hAs of 6:00AM on 27 February - General Staff:
🔹Russian occupiers reduced the tempo of offensive
🔹Russian troops face problems with fuel and ammunition, stop on the roads & cities
🔹Majority of occupiers are young conscripts, have low morale

 
Euromaidan Press   @EuromaidanPress · 3h   07:35 EET Oleh Synehubov, head of Kharkiv Oblast Administration, wrote on FB that there was a breakthrough of Russian light equipment in Kharkiv, including its central part. He asked civilians to stay at home as the Ukrainian Army was eliminating the enemy.   Steve,

3 hours ago Euromaidan Press posted a video of Tigrs and Russian tracks rushing through Kharkiv. They sport the boxed Z. Video wouldn't copy.

All,

Remember what I said about RADHAZ? No tac nukes needed for this one! About 01:20 EET, Russian shells hit the radioactive waste storage facility of the Kyiv branch of the Radon Association, according to Ukraine's State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation of Ukraine.   8:02 PM · Feb 26, 2022·Twitter Web App   7h   Replying to @EuromaidanPress The Agency says the enterprise's personnel reported it by phone from the shelter amid the ongoing shelling and having no possibility to assess the scale of destruction and the radiation levels.   Euromaidan Press   @EuromaidanPress · 7h   The automated radiation monitoring system failed, but surveillance cameras recorded the shell impacts. Preliminarily, there's no threat outside the sanitary protection zone. The radiation situation will be assessed after the shelling is over.             Cisco Bhoy   @CiscoBhoy · 7h   Replying to @EuromaidanPress Verified that this facility does exist. They treat a wide range of hazardous waste. Need more info to know the potential risk but the intent is clear. This is global terrorism. https://youcontrol.com.ua/en/catalog/company_details/43068161/   Rep     On a separate RADHAZ note, apparently vehicle movements through the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone threw up lots of radioactive dust, too.

Regards,

John Kettler  

There are sporadic clashes in Kyiv with diversion groups. Many groups managed to detain without a shooting, but they are mostly locals, Russians as a rule armed and resist. The one policeman was killed today, when tried to chek the documents. 
Total curfew declared from 17-00 Friday until 8-00 Monday. Any, who will be on the street witjout special document will be concider like potential diversant. 
Not far from my house on important road there are two fotified chekpoints established, which controlled by territorial defense troopers and armed volunteers. They are now together with police secure the city inside, when all army, National Guard and even SBU special forces Alfa involved in outer perimetr defense. 
Firing of Pions not far from my house looks like brought results - enemy field ammunition depot in Hostomel are make big boom (on the photo) 
Reportedly SBU Alfa with support of Army mopped up again Hostomel airfield and captured many Chechens.
Russians shelled large building of children clinic almost in the center of Kyiv. Not far from of it a Ground Forces Command building is deployed. I havn't info what kind of weapon was used and direction, just reportedly 1 child was killed, 2 more wounded as well as 2 of clinic personnel

No. Russians BTG's attacked our sector D, which was weaken by three-week artillery/MLRS shellings on the border when about 60-70 % of vehicles were destroeyed or damaged and many of conscripts had a low motivation. On the moment of invasion, most of trops of Sector D already breakthrough from the pocket. So, Russians attacked remains of Sector D group with alsmost disrupted C&C and some volunteer units almost w/o armor near Ilovaisk. Russians have overhelming superiorirty (add DNR units also) in personnel, equipment and they were fresh. 
In sector A, when UKR troops mostly saved C&C capabilities, sucess of Russian BTG's was minimal. Rugged defense of Luhansk airport and heavy battle for Georgiivka are examples of UKR could successfully fight with Russian army  

@HaidukI'm glad to hear your okay, mate.  I can't believe what I'm seeing on the news and various other outlets, and I can't imagine how it must be for you and your family, and your country.  
I'm an amateur historical war buff with an interest in gaming, but the reality of your situation in Ukraine has really shocked me, and it's taken me from that distant academic interest to a hard and unrelenting reality.  I'm not entirely sure what I'm trying to say here.  
Please keep your head down and stay safe!  Many are thinking of you.

You know this is what I can’t get past either.  Up until now Putin has been pretty careful and demonstrated nuance and sophistication in his strategies.  The list of successes is quite long, all based on careful manipulation of narrative, subversive tactics and a brilliant divide and conquer effort aimed at the west, US specifically.   Georgia, Estonia, Crimea, Donbas v1.0, Syria, the Arm-Azer conflict, democratic interference  and even in far flung corners like Africa Russia has been pulling off a string of wins by getting inside our calculus and leaving us in the west unable to decide what to do.
Then suddenly Putin wakes up one morning and says to himself, “hell let’s see if all out war will work”…?  Does not add up.  Further, what is the crisis worth risking all this?  Some say Ukraine entry into NATO but it was not like they were having the induction ceremony this week.  There was plenty of rumbling in the west to slow roll Ukraine entry for this exact reason.  So why the sudden need for extreme escalation?  
From a political and strategic perspective this does not make a lot of sense.  The risks are very high, the long term costs also high, so what is the pay off here?  It is too easy to say “he is crazy”, but he has not demonstrated this level of irrationality before.  It like there has been a glitch in the Matrix.  I am sure they will be trying to figure this one out for some time.

On a little side note about perceptions:  I have heard from so many folks my generation or older how soft and weak young people are today, they're pansies who can't stop staring at phones, blah blah blah.  Yet thousands of those pansies are lining up to recieve AK47s and will probably die in the hundreds over the next few days.  Every generation has the ability to be tough and brave, it just doesn't show until they are tested.  Like all those kids who signed up for the military after 9-11.  I salute all them all. 
Now if one person could just somehow find a way to put a bullet through Putin's face.  What a monster.  Threatening nukes, threatening Sweden & Finland, threatening everyone.  He is completely insane and out of control.  I hope the russian people rise up and their brave soldiers refuse to fire on the crowds.  Those soldiers are the only thing between Putin being in charge and Putin strung up on a lamppost. 
I guess I'm just upset seeing what is happening to the good people of Ukraine, minding their own business, living in an independent country w a lot of freedom & culture & history.

Historically, he is partially right, except he has it backwards. Moscow was part of the Kiev Rus principality. In fact, that is where Russia gets it’s name. Kiev was settled by a Swedish tribe know as the Rus. That was well over 1,000 years ago. He needs to be careful as China can probably that Russia is historically part of China since it was occupied for hundreds of years by the Mongols and Tartars.

I'm ok. I just too tired about all these news monitoring, so I havn't enough energy to write here. Today I tried to depart my wife from the city to her parents in more calm Cherkasy oblast, but we can't reach to railway station. Municipal transport stopped on the left bank of Kyiv, though on the right it works like and subway. 
All day from my balcony, wich exits to Obolon' and Vyshhorod periodically heard a sounds of shellings. Now I heard outcoming shots of our 2S7 Pion guns, located in 5 km from my house close to city limit. They fire somewhere to the west, where Russian troops concentrates to attack on the city. All day there were periodycal clashes on the line Irpin'-Bucha-Vorzel-Hostomel. There was attempt of Russian tank attack from Chernobyl zone through Ivankiv on Kyiv, but because of we had a time to demolish the bridges through the Teterev river, they halted. 

Is there anything that can't be blamed on covid these days
I don't think it has anything to do with the economy. If Putin wanted prosperity, he could have been friendly with his neighbours, encouraged trade and opened his gas pipeline.. apparently that was not what he wanted.
This seems more like the fulfilment of an old dream by an old man. He spent so many years seizing and consolidating power.. now in his last years, he wants to change the world.

Campaign "Conrath`s Counterattack" in full swing.

Campaign "Conrath`s Counterattack" in full swing.

Canadian DLC confirmed

Campaign "Conrath`s Counterattack" in full swing.

Nice shot, hope the troop in the middle foreground has just noticed his laces need attention 😉.

Was thinking that the xnt quality of some of the screenshots could be described as a "non-fungible token" or "non-fungible art" (digital art) - the latest craze.
https://www.theverge.com/22310188/nft-explainer-what-is-blockchain-crypto-art-faq
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56371912
 

Campaign "Conrath`s Counterattack" in full swing.

Yes. I explored the problem a bit more and found it related to NVidia settings in the graphics menu. Once i set the MFAA to off i got no more spinning and lagging mouse. Using an old Geforce GTX 1070. 3D Model Quality is set to improved.

Ukranian infantry advancing across the battlefield.
 

Ukranian infantry advancing across the battlefield.
 

Ukranian infantry advancing across the battlefield.
 

If you are using a modern NVidia GeForce Graphic card you can install the free GeForce Experience program. This enables you to do screenshots and record videos - for free. Or you take FRAPS. Both are good.