Russia's annexation of Crimea would have eventually ended up like Turkey's annexation of northern Cyprus or Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights, i.e. eventually no one would have cared or noticed. But by starting this war Russia has opened a can of worms by bringing Crimea back on the...
Another miscalculation for Russia is that the Ukrainians now have the ability to reclaim Crimea either military or part of any ceasefire agreement. Had the Russians sat on their arms and not waged war, most probably Crimea would have been under Russian control forever.
Unless they are looking to use this, they should move this and other heavy equipment to Poland to ensure the Russians don't take hold of it again. Same goes for POWs.
Ukraine’s Zelensky survives three assassination attempts this week — report
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky survived at least three assassination attempts in the past week, London’s The Times reports.
The newspaper says mercenaries from the Wagner Group, a security company under the...
In a video statement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says nearly 9,200 Russian soldiers have been killed since Moscow began its invasion last week.
Russia has said that so far 498 service members were killed.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-march-4-2022/
Ukraine Defense Ministry says it destroyed 20 Russian vehicles near Hostomel Air Base
From Celine Alkhaldi, Paul Murphy and Tim Lister
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said it destroyed a total of 20 Russian military vehicles near the Hostomel Air Base on Thursday.
Videos posted to social media...
1. If they lose control of the area it will simply go back into the hands of the Russians.
2. Being a Russian piece of equipment, it could be susceptible to friendly fire unbeknown that it is captured by Ukrainians.
3. Piece of mind that another expensive Russian system is destroyed.
