My understanding is this may be intentional, psychological warfare, with multiple reports of this across pop centers without warheads armed. It made its way to the ground literally, trigger was disabled before launch.
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My understanding is this may be intentional, psychological warfare, with multiple reports of this across pop centers without warheads armed. It made its way to the ground literally, trigger was disabled before launch.
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Must be using dated hardware cause this is not a one off thing, in fact there are several cases of these Smerch failing to go boom.....almost all are landing in neighborhoods and no where near legit targets....
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Shaggy
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Any chance these are units who aren't supportive of the war intentionally disarming them before launch?
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Might this end up being a David beating or at least holding back Goliath situation?
That is what I was thinking. Could have been some soldier that never armed it because he knew they were gonna have to fire it at civilians.
pcbjr
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If so, it again would prove prayers will be answered ...
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Good read....lots of pressure on the home front, losing way more troops than expected and bogged down....Russian economy getting teeth kicked in, oligarchs losing access to their money, homes, toys.....yeah this is going great for Putin.....Ukraine will not surrender, IMO absolute best case for Putin is he gets the Ukraine to agree to let Donbass be a autonomous zone and he pulls out of the rest. Then gets to watch the Ukraine get sold billions of top line US/NATO hardware....
www.theguardian.com
And on Friday afternoon, Lisa Peskova, the daughter of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, took to Instagram to post a simple message on a black background: #Нетвойне, or “No to war.” So did Tatyana Yumasheva, the daughter of Boris Yeltsin.
Prominent Russians join protests against Ukraine war amid 1,800 arrests
As invasion continues, people from worlds of entertainment, business and journalism voice opposition
www.theguardian.com
And on Friday afternoon, Lisa Peskova, the daughter of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, took to Instagram to post a simple message on a black background: #Нетвойне, or “No to war.” So did Tatyana Yumasheva, the daughter of Boris Yeltsin.
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To go along with that the amount of wealth wiped out is approaching 40B just for the 22 richest Russians. I bet they are super happy over an unprovoked war to wipe their wealth out.Good read....lots of pressure on the home front, losing way more troops than expected and bogged down....Russian economy getting teeth kicked in, oligarchs losing access to their money, homes, toys.....yeah this is going great for Putin.....Ukraine will not surrender, IMO absolute best case for Putin is he gets the Ukraine to agree to let Donbass be a autonomous zone and he pulls out of the rest. Then gets to watch the Ukraine get sold billions of top line US/NATO hardware....
Prominent Russians join protests against Ukraine war amid 1,800 arrests
As invasion continues, people from worlds of entertainment, business and journalism voice opposition
And on Friday afternoon, Lisa Peskova, the daughter of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, took to Instagram to post a simple message on a black background: #Нетвойне, or “No to war.” So did Tatyana Yumasheva, the daughter of Boris Yeltsin.
Russia's richest 22 billionaires have lost $39 billion in one day after the invasion of Ukraine
The wealth wipeout of the 22 billionaires came after Moscow's benchmark MOEX Russia Index crashed and closed 33% lower on Thursday.
Expectation is supply chain constraints will impact the Russian military forward elements in Ukraine.
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I wonder how much our military and intel helped them exploit this issue? I’m guessing we had a role.
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Wow
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Just a hunch but I think Putin thought he would cake walk through Ukraine…now that he’s seen some decent resistance… makes you wonder how far he’ll really go. As others have said…he’s in too deep now just to lay down. He’ll either propose peace talks like he has apparently or he’ll play his hand. Just my two cents. Either way it’ll take many years for Ukraine to recover.
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Ukrainian hero blows himselfself up with bridge that the Russians were trying to cross.
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Heroic Ukrainian soldier blows himself up on bridge to prevent Russian advance
Ukrainian soldier Vitaly Skakun Volodymyrovych has been hailed as a hero for blowing himself up to destroy Henichesk bridge in an effort to stop Russian tanks from invading his country.
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To clean up Twitter content over the weekend use established OSINT and verified handles. We learned about fog of war, ask is we adapt.
Kind of looks like what an invasion of the US would be. Guns lurking everywhere.
I don't want to overreact to short term swings, but I feel there's been a remarkable shift in public perception globally in the last 2 days, and really 24 hours. Ukraine appears defiant and unwavering, while Russian leadership looks to have become more unhinged, with escalating rhetoric to try getting Ukraine to lay down and let them takeover. Meanwhile, images of mothers and kids in subway bomb shelters are being broadcast from cities away from the supposed disputed regions.
The longer this goes on, I think the longer Russia looks the villain, which is why the Kyiv push is so dangerous and likely critical. Putin might think everything depends on capturing that city quickly and at any cost. I'm hoping for the best obviously, but its scary to think of what might happen there in the coming days.
The longer this goes on, I think the longer Russia looks the villain, which is why the Kyiv push is so dangerous and likely critical. Putin might think everything depends on capturing that city quickly and at any cost. I'm hoping for the best obviously, but its scary to think of what might happen there in the coming days.
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Yeah if Russia pushes hard, but still doesn't make headway then stuff might get wild.
Jessy89
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Either way no matter which way Putin goes about this. I don’t believe this war will last very long considering other countries stay out of it
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This weekend will be huge. As of now you can clearly tell who has the "will" in this standoff. No matter what happens in regards to Russia taking or not taking Kiev, their military is not 100% in this at the moment from what I see and actually believe. We'll see what tonight brings.....
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Kiev is a snipers paradise.....It gives me chills!
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You gotta take some of the "info" with a grain of salt, but if the Ukraine forces are doing anywhere near as well as we're being Twittered, then Vlad may go mad and that's not the Sunday AM to wake up to ...
lexxnchloe
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I was shocked Russia invaded. I thought they would occupy the 2 eastern provinces and call it a day. This isnt a german Blitzkrieg, thats for sure.
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