Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

Brace Yourself · Mar 15, 2022

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1503747602571055104

McCool · Mar 15, 2022

Russia had lost 749 armored vehicles of all type in only 20 days of fighting.

Just for comparison Assad lost 753 armored vehicles of all types in its worst year (2013)

Nine Years of War — Documenting Syrian Arab Army's Armored Vehicles Losses - bellingcat

Translations:English (UK)Русский (Россия)Over the course of nine years of war, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has engaged in armed conflict against various opposition forces composed of domestic rebels and foreign volunteers, often equipped with light weapons. Given the sheer amount of open source...

www.bellingcat.com

McCool · Mar 15, 2022

Khan Kubrat said:
Russia is clearly not using its best fighting forces or armor so far. They are saving their best forces from destruction. Young, inexperienced soldiers and old military gear is sadly wasted at the front lines. Its a gamble because time is very important in this, but maybe Putin understands that once Russians have to retreat, they would not have lost their best men or best gear.

I still would have done things differently. Definitely avoid Kiev and anything west of Dnipro river. Use Dnipro river as natural border and negotiate to split country in half with referendum.

This aged really well.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1503796328190685189

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1503685386157101059

McCool · Mar 15, 2022

have this posted b4 ?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1501678274384179203

Manomed · Mar 15, 2022

Brace Yourself said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1503738937004769291

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1503393951679713283

I wonder why those countries wanted to join nato

goldsilver · Mar 15, 2022

Senior Pentagon official: The Russian military convoy near Kyiv is still stuck and not advancing

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1503797764953681925

Brace Yourself · Mar 15, 2022

Manomed said:
I wonder why those countries wanted to join nato

Nato's annual budget and programmes come to about €2.5bn (£2.1bn; $3bn) overall, and there's an agreed cost sharing formula to pay for the running of things such as:

civilian staff and administrative costs of Nato headquarters
joint operations, strategic commands, radar and early warning systems, training and liaison
defence communications systems, airfields, harbours and fuel supplies

The cost sharing is based on national income.

Bar chart of biggest contributors to Nato running costs

That's why Trump pressured NATO members to increase spending on their own defense.

Anmdt · Mar 15, 2022

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1503789807113322501

TR Minister of Foreign Affairs to visit Russia on Wednesday, Ukraine on Thursday.

Vergennes · Mar 15, 2022

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1503794690071670788

Dmitry · Mar 15, 2022

Brace Yourself said:
Number of civilian casualties during the war in Ukraine 2022
Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 15, 2022
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) verified a total of 691 civilian deaths during Russia's military attack on Ukraine as of March 14, 2022. Of them, 48 were children. Furthermore, 1,143 people were reported to have been injured. However, OHCHR specified that the real numbers could be higher.

Characteristic Total Of them children
Killed 691 48
Injured 1,143 62