Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2022

[D4rk0w1]

And why are they doing that, again?

I think it is part of what they talk about in Istanbul, scaling back something?

 

[Vaermina]

Moving reserves to the Donbass now that they'd effectively prevented the Ukrainians from being able to shift reserves to the region themselves.

There only reserves are a bunch of untrained conscripts that were just today called up.

Putin ordering draft of 135,000 amid difficulties in Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ordering a draft of nearly 135,000 individuals as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has not been the easy success story the Kremlin was hoping for. The governme…

thehill.com

 

[Husky_Khan]

Video of wrecked and abandoned Russian equipment left in the wake of the five week long Liberation Feint around Kyiv.



Pictures reportedly of a captured Russian Command Post/Radar Vehicle left behind after the retreat/redeployment/disfeinting of the 90th Guards Tank Division. The term 'Guards' in Russia is actually masterful disinfo and actually may mean secondary or lower quality tier troops since that is apparently what they were using in these feints.



Local Ukrainians fearfully welcoming vengeful Ukrainian Nazi invaders after Russian Forces deLiberated the area.



Russian Naval Infantry may actually be firing at something in Mariupol in this video, unlike those Chechen videos posted earlier.



Alleged picture of Wagner Group Mercenaries Foreign Volunteers in Mariupol.



Central Asian countries declaring neutrality in the conflict. At the outset of the Invasion Kyrgyzstan (who also sent troops to "stabilize" Kazakhstan) supported Russia's efforts in 'protecting Donbass civilians' but their parliament now declared neutrality in the ongoing conflict. Uzbekistan's FM has reportedly stated they support Ukraine's territorial integrity and without naming Russia, stated "it is necessary first to bring an end to the military activities and aggression.” And both Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have provided humanitarian support to Ukraine during the brutally enlightened Russian Liberation.

But as the war has dragged on and with the outcome becoming less certain, Kazakh and Uzbek officials have declared their countries to be neutral, and both Nur-Sultan and Tashkent have provided humanitarian aid to Kyiv.

On March 17 Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Komilov said Uzbekistan, without mentioning Russia specifically, “it is necessary first to bring an end to the military activities and aggression,” in regards to Ukraine.

Even Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, who the Kremlin press service said on February 26 “expressed support for the actions of the Russian Federation in protecting the civilian population of Donbas in a conversation with Putin,” told Kyrgyzstan’s parliament on March 9 that the country “should take a neutral stance” in Russia’s war with Ukraine.”

Perspectives | Can Russia protect Central Asia from an Islamist threat?

Any faith Central Asian governments had in Russian military power has no doubt been shaken by its glaring failures in Ukraine.

eurasianet.org

Also more details on the Russian diaspora caused by this War. This time focusing on the Tech Workers.

Tens of thousands of Russian tech workers are leaving Russia, going abroad to Central Asian Republics, Caucasus Republics as well as Europe including a few of the Baltic countries.

By one estimate, up to 70,000 computer specialists, spooked by a sudden frost in the business and political climate, have bolted the country since Russia invaded Ukraine five weeks ago. Many more are expected to follow.

For some countries, Russia’s loss is being seen as their potential gain and an opportunity to bring fresh expertise to their own high-tech industries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has noticed the brain drain even in the throes of a war that, according to the U.N. refugee agency, has caused more than 4 million people to flee Ukraine and displaced millions more within the country.

This week, Putin reacted to the exodus of tech professionals by approving legislation to eliminate income taxes between now and 2024 for individuals who work for information technology companies.

Some people in the vast new pool of high-tech exiles say they are in no rush to return home. An elite crowd furnished with European Union visas has relocated to Poland or the Baltic nations of Latvia and Lithuania.

A larger contingent has fallen back on countries where Russians do not need visas: Armenia, Georgia and the former Soviet republics in Central Asia. In normal times, millions of less-skilled laborers emigrate from those economically shaky countries to comparatively more prosperous Russia.

As Russia sees tech brain drain, other nations hope to gain

Russian technology workers are fleeing the country by the tens of thousands as the economy goes into a tailspin under pressure from international sanctions.

apnews.com

 

[strunkenwhite]

I doubt thier plan was to faint at Keiv

To be fair, isn't that more or less what happened?

 

[Sailor.X]

My Daily Ukraine Update.

 

[AnimalNoodles]

And why are they doing that, again?

Because Russian Deep Operations theory says you withdraw failed offensive thrusts and reinforce successful offensive thrusts

 

[Husky_Khan]

Ukrainian forces have reportedly recaptured Novovorontsovka north of Kherson, near the Dnieper River.





Also a potential Russian thrust towards Zelensky's hometown of Kryvyi Rih may have stalled as well.



Task and Purpose highlighted this seemingly overlooked line of advance in a video released yesterday.



Also naughty The Hill...

 

[planefag]

Moving reserves to the Donbass now that they'd effectively prevented the Ukrainians from being able to shift reserves to the region themselves.

And just how the fuck have they done that? How are they gonna keep Ukrainian forces pinned near Kyiv without any forces to pin them there with? Or do you expect us to believe that blowing up some oil depots are going to stop them when they have all of NATO backing them up with logistical support? Might wanna look into military pipeline systems bro

 

[Megadeath]

Moving reserves to the Donbass now that they'd effectively prevented the Ukrainians from being able to shift reserves to the region themselves.

Relocating a unit that's been involved in combat to combat in a different area isn't really the same thing as moving up reserves. And if Russian forces operating against Kyiv can give up and head east, what exactly do you think prevents the forces they were engaged with there from just following along right behind them? Hell, it's practically axiomatic of modern warfare that you should pursue an enemy when they fall back. Much easier to kill them when they're running away rather than fighting you.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Looks like an Oil Depot is now on fire in Belgorod. Very shortly after that munitions explosion in the same city.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Looks like an Oil Depot is now on fire in Belgorod.





Only this time it reportedly seems like it was caused by Ukrainian helicopters flying a few dozen kiollometers into Russian territory and starting said fire...

Supposedly Russian sources confirming the attack?

 

[planefag]

very SAM

so AWACS

much BARCAP

 

[strunkenwhite]

Because Russian Deep Operations theory says you withdraw failed offensive thrusts and reinforce successful offensive thrusts

And yet Russian forces are still in Ukraine

 

[Vaermina]

very SAM

so AWACS

much BARCAP

Was wondering how long till Ukraine's Military Leaders realized that with most of Russia's forces attacking Ukraine there would be very little left to defend Russia.

Just surprised it took this long.

Now comes the real question, will Russia pull back half of it's forces to play defense, or will it keep going all in on Ukrain and leave itself open to Ukraine airstrikes.

 

[Marnuplee]

In Mariupol, the Russian military bake bread for the residents of the city.

The military showed how to bake bread in the field for the residents of the city.


Have a delicious meal in the feed. Military cooks in Ukraine provide hot meals to Russian servicemen

Lunch menu for Russian servicemen on the front line: canned vegetable soup, buckwheat porridge, apple compote, as well as gingerbread, waffles and bread with butter.


Pretty wholesome

 

[Marnuplee]

and now for something weird, Ukraine Ministry Defense disavows that Ukrainian forces were responsible for Belgorod attack and accuse it as Russian false flag attack :
https://nitter.net/domdelport/status/1509799265471713289#m

Russia is using the fact of the Belgorod attack to withdraw from negotiations from Ukraine:
https://nitter.net/FirstSquawk/status/1509830593160249346#m

edit : Ukrainian foreign minister could not confirm or deny Ukraine's alleged involvement in a strike on a fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod because he was not privy to all military information.

Ukraine foreign minister says he has no information about who carried out Belgorod strike

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Friday he could not confirm or deny Ukraine's alleged involvement in a strike on a fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod because he was not privy to all military information.

www.reuters.com

 

[Marduk]

and now for something weird, Ukraine Ministry Defense disavows that Ukrainian forces were responsible for Belgorod attack and accuse it as Russian false flag attack :
https://nitter.net/domdelport/status/1509799265471713289#m

Russia is using the fact of the Belgorod attack to withdraw from negotiations from Ukraine:
https://nitter.net/FirstSquawk/status/1509830593160249346#m

What kind of bullshit false flag would that be anyway? Its not even a justification for anything, as the attack would be a against perfectly legitimate target for Ukrainian military.
A play by hardliners against the rest? An attempt to stoke up war support? Prelude to reserve mobilization?

 

[Abhorsen]

Eh, the official statement is that they can neither confirm nor deny that they were responsible (the no information seems to not reflect what's there).

Ukraine foreign minister says he has no information about who carried out Belgorod strike

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Friday he could not confirm or deny Ukraine's alleged involvement in a strike on a fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod because he was not privy to all military information.

www.reuters.com

Actual quote:

Ukraine doesn't have to be responsible for every miscalculation or catastrophe that happens on Russian soil. We are not going to confirm or deny the reports of Ukrainian involvement in the strike.

A couple of possibilities, in decreasing order of likelyhood:
Ukrainians/foreign fighters on Ukraine's side did it without clearing it ahead of time (possibly to stop any peace talks).
Ukrainian military did it with out informing higher-ups ahead of time.
Ukrainian military did it and they purposefully aren't talking about it/obfuscating it.
A pig grew wings then did it.
Russia did it.


Regardless, it's weird that Ukraine isn't taking credit for it. I mean, previously, I was like good on them, nothing wrong with what they did here.

 

[sillygoose]

Eh, the official statement is that they can neither confirm nor deny that they were responsible (the no information seems to not reflect what's there).

Ukraine foreign minister says he has no information about who carried out Belgorod strike

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Friday he could not confirm or deny Ukraine's alleged involvement in a strike on a fuel depot in the Russian city of Belgorod because he was not privy to all military information.

www.reuters.com

Actual quote:



A couple of possibilities, in decreasing order of likelyhood:
Ukrainians/foreign fighters on Ukraine's side did it without clearing it ahead of time (possibly to stop any peace talks).
Ukrainian military did it with out informing higher-ups ahead of time.
Ukrainian military did it and they purposefully aren't talking about it/obfuscating it.
A pig grew wings then did it.
Russia did it.


Regardless, it's weird that Ukraine isn't taking credit for it. I mean, previously, I was like good on them, nothing wrong with what they did here.

Or NATO did it.

There is also the claim Russia is pulling out of negotiations due to this attack, so perhaps that is why Ukraine is backing off of claiming it.

 

[Abhorsen]

Or NATO did it.

There is also the claim Russia is pulling out of negotiations due to this attack, so perhaps that is why Ukraine is backing off of claiming it.

There's even less of a chance of that happening than Russia doing it to themselves.

Eh, as for Ukraine, it's not a backing off of claiming it (if it was, I'd agree with you), it's a clear claim that they aren't claiming it. My guess is that someone either a) thought it was way too good of an opportunity, or b) wanted the talks to die. The worry about the talks on Ukraine's side is that NATO (especially with Biden leading them) could put a lot of pressure on them to agree to a bad peace deal.