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Well, it's 0400 tomorrow over there, I guess we all should've been loaded out & rollin' by now... oh, WAIT - this is 2022.

A handful of articles that some may find interesting given the current kerfuffle now that Putin has recognized the eastern areas as legitimate independent republics - and is, by all accounts, inserting some "peacekeepers."

ZeroHedge discusses an article from Der Spiegel that asks "Is Vladimir Putin right?"

An addendum to that is an article from Dec 2017 regarding (at the time) newly declas docs that indicated pretty clearly that Gorbachev & Russia were given assurances that NATO had no intentions of moving eastward at all. (Always get that shit in writing, no?)

Finally an interesting article that interviews Finnish President Sauli Niinistö regarding his impressions of Putin, garnered over quite a few years of visits, meals, and even some shared ice hockey.

Looks like it may have started...

"Looks like the cameras at the Kalanchak border post to Crimea went offline a few minutes ago right after the Ukrainian troops and staff there could be seen running away and leaving it empty".

"Reports that the frontline at Mariupol on the Sea of Azov coast is under heavy indirect fire at the moment."

Interesting post by one of you guys...

CAN UKRAINIAN RESISTANCE FOIL A RUSSIAN VICTORY?
BRIAN S. PETITFEBRUARY 18, 2022
https://warontherocks.com/2022/02/ca...ssian-victory/

Retired Colonel Petit
https://missionsixzero.com/our-team/brian-petit/

This from a Ukraine International Airline pilot I follow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9UHMPZ5qqA

End of day 2 recap from a non-MSM Russian blogger, former analyst, now living in the west.

Quote:

Today was only day two of the Russian military operation. And yet, what a day it was!!!

First, a quick update on the progress of Russian forces. Here is a bulletpoint summary for today:

Kherson: liberated
Nikolaev: fighting taking pace in outskirts
Konotop: taken by Russians
Chernigov: blocked by all sides by Russian forces
Melitopol: surrounded
Mariupol: is under attack, street fighting
Severodonetsk: under attack
Kharkov: very heavy mopping up operation
Suma: mopping up operations
Kiev: blocked from the West and under attack, the authorities are distributing weapons
Gostomel airport has been captured by Russian forces
Zaporozhie: Russian forces expected there tomorrow
A land corridor from Crimea to Russia should be opened by tomorrow.
Odessa: big question mark – so far, not Russian attacks reported (that I know of!)

Terminology used (viewpoint) is interesting in the denigration of the current apparatus running Ukraine.
Remainder of article at the link above.

I re-posted this to a site that has some Ukrainians on it. They said it was Russian data.

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Originally Posted by mark46th (Post 673074)

I re-posted this to a site that has some Ukrainians on it. They said it was Russian data.

Not surprised.

A simple little article may be predicting that Putin is not going to win the long game.

"This can cost us our lives," she said. "However, we know this, and we are not terrified."

https://www.foxnews.com/media/ukrain...ssian-invasion

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Originally Posted by Penn (Post 673089)

Caught her earlier today. Resolute, and 3-1/2 minutes worth it.