Ukraine Thread

[Viking]

That absorption limit is the same as for the Russian armed forces - which is probably somewhere halfway through Poland.

[GenosseGeneral]

According to Ukrainian MoD the separatists have begun a fully fledged attack on all fronts today, which began with a massive bombardment of Mariupol. There had been certain indicators for this the week before, most notably the Ukrainian army loosing Donetsk ariport meanwhile separatist leader Sakharchenko declared that "the DNR will free the whole Donetsk Oblast'".

Give peace a chance? Not today.

Pictures taken in Mariupol this morning. The last number I read were 27 dead and about a hundred wounded, almost exlusively civilians.
WARNING: Content might be graphic.
http://korrespondent.net/ukraine/347...-fotoreportazh

[Gilrandir]

According to Ukrainian MoD the separatists have begun a fully fledged attack on all fronts today, which began with a massive bombardment of Mariupol. There had been certain indicators for this the week before, most notably the Ukrainian army loosing Donetsk ariport meanwhile separatist leader Sakharchenko declared that "the DNR will free the whole Donetsk Oblast'".

Moreover, Zakharchenko announced that their next target is Mariupol and the same time renounced responsibility for the shelling.
Some experts say that the all-out offensive is crawling on on all fronts rather than a series of heavy strokes. So the real purpose of it is not military so much, but provoking panic and protests within Ukraine to change the current government and (as the best outcome for Russia) a new Maidan which will ultimately break the country. Putin's need for speed is explained by the harm that comes from sanctions and consequently his desire to patch up the conflict with Ukraine's (if it still exists) new more lenient government which is to replace the current one before March to get the sanctions cancelled.

[Viking]

Dashcam footage purportedly showing grad attack on Mariupol. Van in front almost takes direct hit.

[Gilrandir]

Dashcam footage purportedly showing grad attack on Mariupol. Van in front almost takes direct hit.

The night after the shelling was astonishingly quiet along the whole frontline. It seems that the terrorists are digesting what they have done and need some adjustment of their plans.

SBU made public an intercepted coversation in which a terrorist (not surprisingly with the nickname "Terrorist") orders another one (nicknamed "Ash") to shell the Eastern district of Mariupol. Ash at first objects that there are nine-storeyed buildings over there, but Terrorist assures him that they are 1.5 km from the checkpoint which is to become the target.
After the shelling Terrorist upbraides Ash for doing it on his own, without consulting the direction layer. Yet he tells him not to worry much and shell Talakivka next. Ash himself doesn't sound abashed and says something like "serve them right as it will make them flee sooner."

http://news.liga.net/video/incident/...mariupolya.htm

[Gilrandir]

A talk show with Girkin aka Strelkov, at which he admits being in the Crimea in February - March 2014 and says that the deputies of the Crimean parliament were forced to come to the session amd forced to vote the way they did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...N0&app=desktop

[Gilrandir]

Finally!!! Ukraine is a NATO member or else there are NATO troops in Ukraine (according to Putin):
http://www.cbs46.com/story/27944844/...-putin-charges