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why? If he nuked Rostov, the Ukraine invasion definitely comes to a halt. it'll be a day or two before we know if Prig hasn't just signed his own death warrant or if the RA becomes unreliable. Either way, I don't see him leveling Rostov. If it does end up with an urban grind, then Putin has bigger problems.

no, give this a chance to play out and stick to the plan.

considering the state of the German army, this all might be better served by showing them loading all this hardware on a train bound for Ukraine.

sucks that I hate popcorn. Time to pull out some wine, cheese and a baguette. Gonna be a long night.

I think we all need to be a bit more patient. My expectation is the UA is still in the preparatory phase. Their goal right now seems to be to degrade Russian capabilities particularly arty before they push to get through the main defensive belts. Between hitting the arty units via CB, hitting the ammo dumps and the supply routes, the UA seems to be methodically preparing to crack the Russian lines while protecting their own units as much as possible.

very. lots of respect to this guy and a very clear balanced view

There, maybe that will help.

Doubts over Russian soldier given award for destroying German Leopard 2 tank (yahoo.com)

probably not being excessive. I didn't watch the video yet.

are they going after the airlines next? I mean geez is it a men's room or not..? I sit there through an 18 hour flight desperately holding it in while I try and figure that out!

The story of several dozen pilots who protected the skies of the capital in the first days of the full-scale war - NV reconstruction (yahoo.com)

Well thank god they didn't set the value of what backing Ukraine is truly worth... PRICELESS.

works for me, whatever it takes to get as much stuff there as possible as fast as possible. I'll bet you won't hear many republicans especially in the Senate complaining either.

maybe Chevy Chase can re-enact the crime scene.

I think at one time that was how the Harrier was expected to be used.

Russia has been using the Chinese yuan to get around sweeping Western sanctions — but this side door may be closing (yahoo.com)

Counteroffensive underway: ‘We overestimated Russians and underestimated ourselves’ (yahoo.com)

so was that big meeting with all the bloggers just to show them the big freakin window Putin has prepared if they don't toe the line? Sounds about his speed.

Putin seen stuttering while making false claims about Ukraine’s commander-in-chief (yahoo.com) d-d-d-defeat?!

How fitting. Sadly though it is likely affecting or going to affect the civilian population.

ahh man, this is worthy of a Monty Python skit. Kremlin decides that goal to "demilitarise" Ukraine has largely been achieved (yahoo.com) So apparently Russia just wanted Ukraine to not have any of it's old legacy weapons.

not so sure fighter planes are the answer. Seems they'd be more the hunted rather than the hunter trying to get the helos with all the AD assets around.

hit their bases. Soooo we need to help with the info and the weapons to ... hit their bases.

Regarding the earlier posts about reported Russian dead, here is a good reason to stick to confirmed cases - analyzing what and who those dead represent. It isn't surprising news, but it is always good to know what the enemy force consists of. Russia notices portrayal of its invaders changed since beginning of war (yahoo.com)

To conceal significant losses, invaders sending only injured officers to Russia for treatment – General Staff (yahoo.com) The Russian invasion forces’ command has now established a new procedure for treating injured Russian servicemen, under which only officers are eligible for evacuation to Russia, the General Staff said. Under Russian army rules, sergeants and enlisted personnel, regardless of the severity or complexity of their injuries, are to be treated only in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, the General Staff said.