Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2022

[Agent23]

One does not air bridge in any meaningful amounts of heavy armor, and even then not quickly, even USA doesn't have the airlift capacity to consider that worthwhile.

>may have bought

kalashnikovs and surplus military gear aren't that expensive.The two republics were not without resources.Also,have you seen the prices of coal lately?
They also had some of their industrial production restored.
The two breakaway republics were not without resources.

 

[Carrot of Truth]

 

[Wargamer08]

Like, I really don't care about what justification or reason both sides use. The invasion is happening. NATO is sitting it out, the EU looks like it will. The only question is Biden when he wakes up.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Anyways more tweets from my Doomscrolling... Remember from Twitter so take lightly.

A topless Russian T-80.



Traffic Jams and People Sheltering in Subways in Kiev



And people Sheltering in Kharkov Subways



Other media detailing destroyed Ukrainian and Russian armored vehicles in the same frame, indicating close proximity of fighting near the topless T-80 location.

 

[Floridaman]

Like, I really don't care about what justification or reason both sides use. The invasion is happening. NATO is sitting it out, the EU looks like it will. The only question is Biden when he wakes up.

He will sit it out, just announce new sanctions and try to send weapons. Like I said before the rule since the Cold War is no direct conflict between nuclear powers. Especially since Europe isn’t getting involved.

 

[Carrot of Truth]

I assumed any T-80 would be Ukrainian, I figured Russia was exclusively using T-72's and T-90's now days.

 

[Wargamer08]

I mean I saw a couple videos of rows of destroyed T-62s I believe all along a road.

Edit-They were Ukrainian T-64s.

 

[Carrot of Truth]

Good god surely the Russians aren't that strapped for equipment. I mean T-62's? That belongs in a museum.

 

[Husky_Khan]

I mean I saw a couple videos of rows of destroyed T-62s I believe all along a road.

IIRC they were reported to be T-64's so almost certainly Ukrainian as @Arlos speculated earlier.

 

[Wargamer08]

IIRC they were reported to be T-64's so almost certainly Ukrainian as @Arlos speculated earlier.

My mistake, I'll correct.

 

[Carrot of Truth]

So the real question now I think is will the Ukrainian government surrender.

 

[CurtisLemay]

From a military POV, I'd say the Ukrainians may be trading space for time. I am not 100% sure of this, and the landing at Antonov airport along the Kiev ring road certainly is a pain in the arse for the Ukrainians to deal with. But, so far, I don't see any signs of general Ukrainian
collapse.

 

[CurtisLemay]

My mistake, I'll correct.

Looks like they were caught in the open by Russian air. Ukraine needed SHORAD. And lots of it from the look of it.

 

[Wargamer08]

From a military POV, I'd say the Ukrainians may be trading space for time. I am not 100% sure of this, and the landing at Antonov airport along the Kiev ring road certainly is a pain in the arse for the Ukrainians to deal with. But, so far, I don't see any signs of general Ukrainian
collapse.

Well the Russians seem to be trading losses for speed so it remains to be seen how it shakes out today. If the Ukrainians can keep a coherent force and government together and mobilize they should be able to at least stall the Russians out.

 

[Batrix2070]

And to the situation, it is better than we thought, Russia's bragging about being able to break through to the Oder River in 8 hours is just bullshit and Russia is not that strong.
But this is only the first day and not even a full day, we have to wait for the next ones to see what the final status will be. For now we have border fights, air fight, landing in Kiev, and who is pushing whom out, we don't know exactly.
Because yes, the Ukrainians are retreating, but how much of this is due to the force of the blow and how much to a deliberate retreat to stretch the Russians? We don't know, and probably won't find out soon.

 

[Arlos]

Dunno how accurate this is, post people on the ground are probably too busy to tally that stuff.

 

[Arch Dornan]

I wake up and I see this shit happening in real time. Elections sure have consequences doesn't it?

 

[Carrot of Truth]

How many hours has this invasion been going for now anyways?

 

[Floridaman]

How many hours has this invasion been going for now anyways?

about 14 hours.

 

[Arlos]

That’s actually a lot of gain for 14 hours.