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Ukraine Invasion

February 27, 2022•24,259 words

Ukraine Invasion

History

History of Russian & Ukraine 1

Why Ukraine once the third-largest nuclear power gave up its nuclear weapons. 1

History lesson (from a Romanian analyst) 1

The role of paratroopers in Russian military doctrine 1

Since WWII there were only three cases when Russian paratroopers were actually dropped on the enemy from the air: Hungary 1956, Czechoslovakia 1968, Ukraine 2022. Ergo, paratroopers act as paratroopers only when they don't expect resistance from another regular army
Paratroopers were supposed to take control of the main cities and logistical clusters, so the occupation of the country by the army would go smoothly. But Ukrainian army opened fire and they failed. And after that initial failure the entire plan was broken
Putin's Blitzkrieg failed because it wasn't a Blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg is a war operation against an enemy who fights. But Russia launched a special operation expecting Ukrainians to surrender. That's why they sent forward their glorified riot police. Of course, they were beaten

  • TLDR: They're used more as "riot police" for intimidation/psyop than spec ops

Resources

Russian Equipment Losses Tracker

Satellite Imagery Thread

Thomas van Linge Thread

David B. Larter Thread

De-escalation Pathways for the Ukrainian War, and How Big a Task this Will be for Negotiators: a thread by a peace negotiator (long)

A new era of transparent warfare beckons 1

Misinformation Guide 1

  • MISinformation vs DISinformation
  • Visual Misinformation (old photos/videos)
  • Imposter Accounts

15 Tips for Investigating War Crimes 1

  1. Familiarize Yourself with Types of War Crimes
  2. Know the Sources
  3. Verification
  4. Archive Everything
  5. Corroboration with Eyewitnesses
  6. Identification
  7. Tracking Movements Remotely
  8. Specialized Analysis: Military Units
  9. Specialized Analysis: Weapons
  10. Sexual Violence
  11. Make Note of Hospitals, Schools, and Known Civilian Targets
  12. Timing is Key
  13. Communication
  14. Information Security
  15. Trauma Awareness

"Wali" Canadian Sniper (Former JTF2)

Cyber

Defending Against Russian Cyber Operations 1 2

https://github.com/curated-intel/Ukraine-Cyber-Operations

eSentire Advisory 1

sansurl.com/ukrainecybercrisis
Sans Webcast

https://cert.gov.ua/articles

https://www.recordedfuture.com/ukraine/

Surviving "intel update fatigue" 1

Twitter List

https://twitter.com/i/lists/1498425627388563463

Civilian Resistor Advice

Urban warfare tips from a former Marine 1

  1. Stay out of the street.
  2. Stay out of street.
  3. For the love of God, stay out of the street. The worst place to be in an urban warfare environment is to be outside.
  4. Doors are called “the fatal funnel.” It is human nature to try and enter through a door. Aim all your weapons at the door to maximize the number of kills.
  5. Block the door from the inside with anything you can, furniture, chairs, booby-traps (explosives. The idea is to make the invaders think the door isn’t blocked. That way when they try to enter they remain exposed for the longest amount of time possible.
  6. Stairways are another good killing zone. Block stairways with any obstacles you can to slow down invaders.
  7. if you throw grenades downstairs, have your magazine fully topped off and ready. The invaders will most likely run up the stairs to run past the grenade blast. You’ll need all the ammo you have to gun as many down as possible.
  8. When possible, cut small holes in the floor into the rooms below to fire into. People breaching rooms will look for threats directly in front of them and usually don’t look above or below until last.
  9. Don’t sling your weapon around your body. If things go hand-to-hand it will hinder you.
  10. Have a knife, spade, or club close by and readily available. If you have to fight hand-to-hand it’s much more handy than a rifle.
  11. Never fire from the same window twice.
  12. Never stick the muzzle of your rifle outside of a window. Don’t expose it.
  13. Shoot from deep inside the room out of the window. It will help hide the muzzle flash and reduce the noise making it hard to tell where it came from.
  14. If you wound an enemy, don’t kill him. Let his friends come to help him. Moving a wounding a soldier means it will take 4 men out of the fight to carry him away. That’s four less rifles firing at you.
  15. Shoot the men trying to evacuate the wounded soldier. It will demoralize them and take even more men out of the fight to evacuate him.
  16. Keep as many carbohydrates on you and remember to eat and hydrate. Urban warfare is incredibly intensive.
  17. Keep moving. Never stay in one spot very long.
  18. One very accurately placed shot can hold up a lot of people for a very long time. You don’t have to be a sniper. You just have to convince them there is one in the area.
  19. Utilize the sewers in subways to move whenever possible.
  20. Whenever possible, try to let other friendlies know where you are at to avoid friendly fire. It’s very easy to start shooting at each other in an urban environment.
  21. It may be consuming, but take the tracers out of your ammunition supply and refrain from using them.
  22. have one magazine of all tracer rounds. Use this magazine only when you need to let everyone else (friends know where an enemy is located at. (Across the street, in a park, which window. After using it run like hell and get away from where you just were.
  23. Ammunition goes fast. Conserve what you have.
  24. 10 men firing from several different buildings can appear to be a small army and stop a lot of people.
  25. Rip down street signs, deface building names, and do anything to strip the identity of where you are at. This will add confusion to an invading force.
  26. Evacuate your wounded in a timely manner possible.
  27. if the enemy suddenly pulls back, GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE AREA. It doesn’t mean you’re winning. It means they are going to call and heavy artillery or an air strike on your position.
  28. if you are going to lose an area, poison common water supplies. Most likely an enemy will try to refill their supplies at the closest source.
  29. Cluster your booby traps in close proximity to create paranoia.
  30. Always keep on the move. Never stay in the same place for long.

Additional Threads 2 3

My name is John Spencer. I am the Chair of Urban Warfare Studies. I have fought in the hell that is urban warfare. I have studied and written about it for almost a decade. I have advised many militaries. These are my standing orders for the urban defenders. 1

BBC to launch shortwave radio service in Ukraine and Russia to ensure access and the “resilience of its news operations.” Listeners can tune their receivers to 15735kHz from 18:00-20:00 and 5875 kHz from 00:00-02:00, Kyiv time. 1


Timeline

May 13

Ukraine at war: a global perspective (Economist) 1

  • Potential for stalemate, heading towards a stalemate
    • Depends on the weapons Ukraine will get and number of conscripts Russia can mobilize
  • Reports of Russian's using computer chips from fridges and appliance because they are running short
    • Russian equipment is surprisingly reliant on western components
      • Japan recently signed onto ban of high tech components for Russia
  • Russian munition factories are running dry
  • Russian and Ukraine export a large percentage of the world's grain was is causing a large shortage of supply
    • likely to get worse if war drags on
    • Russia is a large exporter of fertilizer
  • Likely to continue for at least months, possibly years
    • if years, Russia will likely be on the def
      • Will the west support a full blown conflict in Ukraine for this period of time?
  • First images of SwitchBlade drones and US/Canada M777 Howitzer
  • Odessa is the most important port in Ukraine
    • 90% of exports through Odessa and Mariupol
    • Ukrainian farmers are saying they will be able to have the harvest, getting it out of the country will be more difficult
  • Talks that Putin's health is deteriorating
    • both protestors and elite are hoping for his death
  • Risk of nuclear escalation
    • low but still possible, more likely if Russian forces are driven completely out
    • as much to invite western intervention as to dissuade it; defeats Russian's point of using them
    • Command to use nuclear weapons, basically a referendum on Putin, must be certain that the order will be followed
    • likely to use chemical weapons first, as a warning that Russia is will to escalate
  • Finland and Sweden application likely to be accepted, still potential for veto
    • strengthens NATO as a whole, Finland highly capable armed force
    • geography, Baltic region is a strategic advantage
    • them joining NATO strengthen Russia's argument that the whole world is surrounding them

Apr 22

Ukraine at war: a new offensive (Economist) 1

  • Mariupol claimed by Russia but still contested
  • 800 million from US in support
  • Russia's goal is to leave Ukraine land-locked
    • control southern cost all the way to Transnistria
    • unlikely, struggling to take the Donbas region
  • Territory that Russia has captured, preparing for "referendums" to join DNR/LNR
    • will have to occupy these areas, don't have the troops to occupy larger cities
    • talking about settlements of 800 people, will be used for Russian propaganda back home
  • US sending Switch Blade & Phoenix Ghost drones
    • Phoenix Ghost was previously classified, development escalated to send to Ukraine
  • Ukraine SpecOps starting to attack positions in Russia, Belgorod raids
    • likely not enough troops to mount substantial counter offensives
  • Arrests in Russia continue to climb and escalate
  • Support for Russia polls are meaningless
    • 93% of people polled about Russia either refused to answer or interrupted the question
  • Finland & Sweden both very likely to actually join NATO
  • If Putin gives the order to deploy tactical nuclear weapons, it's not 100% that the military would follow the order

Nearly half of Mariupol has suffered grave damage (Economist) 1

  • Satellite images show that 90% of ruined buildings were residential
  • 60% of industrial area has been destroyed

Impact on Taiwan (Economist) 1


Mar 24

Cyber

Israel blocked Ukraine from getting potent Pegasus spyware 1

Ukraine has started using Clearview AI’s facial recognition during war 1

  • Ukraine Starts Using Facial Recognition To Identify Dead Russians And Tell Their Relatives 1

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Aircraft

Locations

Chernihiv

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Donbas

Kharkiv

Kherson

Kramatorsk

Kyiv

Mariupol

Mykolaiv

Sumy


Mar 23

Hundreds of thousands of Allied troops at heightened readiness...100,000 US troops in Europe... 40,000 forces under direct @NATO command, all backed by major air & naval power, including 5 carrier strike groups in the high north & in the Med, says @jensstoltenberg #Ukraine 1

Well that is Rather Significant, the more I hear about this Heightened Readiness and what is now on High Alert the more I think I was right in thinking that NATO Exercise Cold Response has been used to Mask a Mass Mobilization of NATO/U.S Forces. https://t.co/oZPb550lzx 1

  • Hundreds of thousands of Allied troops at heightened readiness...100,000 US troops in Europe... 40,000 forces under direct @NATO command, all backed by major air & naval power, including 5 carrier strike groups in the high north & in the Med, says @jensstoltenberg #Ukraine 1

One of the main #Russian propaganda channels threatens a nuclear attack on #Warsaw and war on the #Baltic states https://t.co/t6DTROxNqD 1

@DAlperovitch The Pentagon briefing today also indicated that frostbite was a major problem for the Russians: https://t.co/VTEXMt82Gr 1

  • Pentagon: ▶️Russia still experiencing food and fuel challenges, including at sea ▶️Russian soldiers suffering frostbite due to lack of cold-weather gear ▶️Severe C2 issues: "Without communications, it's hard to, again, get things like logistics and sustainment moving." https://t.co/kq2JKfaysu https://t.co/htcNfBSNRw 1
  • Pentagon (Mar. 4): "We do not believe they have overcome [food, fuel, and other logistical challenges] now...we would expect them to try to overcome these challenges. And I think we're seeing attempts by them to do that. How successful they've been? Again...we just don't know." https://t.co/a3v0z5h4tF 1

UKRAINE: NATO officials say 7,000-15,000 Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine. The total losses, including captured, wounded, or missing, could vary from 30000 to 40,000. - @komadovsky 1

⚡️Stoltenberg: NATO to supply Ukraine nuclear, chemical protection equipment. NATO Secretary General said the alliance will agree to provide Ukraine with “cyber security equipment” and supplies to “protect against chemical, biological, radiological & nuclear threats.” 1

Ukraine: Locals managed to steal a Russian BTR-80/82A, driving it away themselves. https://t.co/9K6FAaaxDi 1

Chernihiv, Russian Tigr hit a mine https://t.co/dedDHSArI4 1

Fascinating claimed intercepted call from Russian officer near Mykolaiv to superiors in Russia. He says: 1

  • This is worse than Chechnya
  • 50% of troops have frostbite
  • They can’t evacuate the dead
  • Don’t have enough tents
  • RU plane dropped a bomb on their own position

Repost since typing isn’t my thing today.. this comes after NATO announcement of moving from four NATO battle groups on their eastern flank to eight. https://t.co/q0WbitphpQ 1

  • NATO/U.S. forces in Europe have been placed at heightened readiness per NATO Secretary General. 1

The Pentagon said the United States sees no signs yet that #Belarus is preparing to join #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine. https://t.co/MNDH7dYF5A 1

Cyber

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Aircraft

Locations

Chernihiv

  • The mayor of #Chernihiv showed what the city looks like after the “liberation” by #Russian troops https://t.co/C7k1ZJIm40 1

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Donbas

Kharkiv

Kherson

Kramatorsk

Kyiv

Mariupol

  • NEW: Russian artillery shelling & airstrikes have set fire to buildings in Mariupol, besieged by 🇷🇺 for 22 days. 🇷🇺 attacks have damaged 5 % of structures in Livoberezhnyi district shown here, destroying 26 buildings & severely damaging 198, per a UN analysis. 📷:@Maxar https://t.co/3mW6R5d1pO 1

Mykolaiv

Sumy


Mar 22

⚡️Peskov: Russia to use nuclear weapons if country's existence is threatened. Kremlin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that there’s no other reason Russia could use nuclear weapons, Russian media RIA Novosti reported. 1

BREAKING: NATO formally invites Ukraine's President Zelensky to address the coalition's summit on Thursday via video 1

Those legendary, epic wall carpets though. They have a special place in the heart of anyone who grew up in these parts. https://t.co/c3SZgMUulD 1

Cyber

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Aircraft

US Air Force C-17A out from Italy en route to Rzeszów with goodies for the Ukrainians. https://t.co/HopVTabPnW 1

Locations

Chernihiv

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Donbas

Kharkiv

Kherson

Kramatorsk

Kyiv

Mariupol

Mykolaiv

Sumy


Mar 21

𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐝. 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲! #Ukraine 1

Ukraine: Somewhere in the North East, Ukrainian forces captured another 2S19 Msta-S 152mm SPG, which was of course recovered with a tractor as per tradition. https://t.co/feJJSmpYt5 1

Cyber

Statement by President Biden on our Nation’s Cybersecurity 1 2 3

Today, my Administration is reiterating those warnings based on evolving intelligence that the Russian Government is exploring options for potential cyberattacks.
I urge our private sector partners to harden your cyber defenses immediately by implementing the best practices we have developed together over the last year.

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Aircraft

Locations

Chernihiv

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Donbas

Kharkiv

  • #Kharkiv: A #Russian shell explodes next to people who are standing in line at the supermarket. https://t.co/QIZkgV4ZLa 1

Kherson

Kramatorsk

Kyiv

Mariupol

Mykolaiv

Sumy


Mar 20

Ukraine: No surrender. "There can be no talk of any surrenders, laying down of arms. We have already informed the Russian side about this," says Dep PM Iryna Vereshchuk. "Instead of wasting time on 8 pages of letters, just open a [humanitarian] corridor." https://t.co/Ps9qj4g8bV https://t.co/11qH5EtXWk 1

  • A chilling new threat. Russia's Defense Ministry says Ukraine has until 5am on March 21 to surrender the besieged city of Mariupol, adding it'll let residents and troops who lay down arms leave. Anyone left behind "with the bandits" will "face a military tribunal." via RIA 1

Military casualties in Ukraine and the end of Russia as we know it Let's look on the list of killed Russian generals: Major-General Suhovetsky, Major-General Gerasimov, Major-General Kolesnikov, Major-General Mityayev, Lieutenant-General Mordvichev, Major-General Tushaev (Chechen)🧵 https://t.co/sN2MyrLWPQ 1

This is leaning much more towards some individual NATO member states forming an alliance to conduct peacekeeping operations in Ukraine. https://t.co/a0oCZOebIV 1

Ukraine: Somewhere in the North East, Ukrainian forces captured another 2S19 Msta-S 152mm SPG, which was of course recovered with a tractor as per tradition. https://t.co/feJJSmpYt5 1

⚡️ Zelensky: 'I'm ready for negotiations with Putin, but if they fail, it could mean World War III.' Zelensky told CNN that he’s ready to negotiate with Putin, but warned that if negotiation attempts fail, it could lead to a new World War. 1

⚡️Ukraine’s military intelligence claim that Russia’s elites scheme to overthrow Putin to restore economic ties with Western countries. Aleksandr Bortnikov, head of FSB security agency, is allegedly being considered as Putin’s successor, according to Ukraine's intelligence. 1

Cyber

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Aircraft

Locations

Chernihiv

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Donbas

Kharkiv

Kherson

Kramatorsk

Kyiv

Mariupol

  • ⚡️Russia demands that Ukraine surrenders Mariupol. According to Russian media RIA Novosti, Russia's defense ministry said that Ukraine must surrender the city by 5 a.m. on March 21. Russia claims it will then open humanitarian corridors for civilians and disarmed soldiers. 1

Mykolaiv

Sumy


Mar 19

Major update. We thought it didn't add up, we were right: https://t.co/HJZHXIBBkm 1

  • Big update on our story. Our suspicions were correct. This 'missile warehouse' in Western Ukraine was actually a farm in far Eastern Ukraine. The target was destroyed at least a week ago. Entire area has been shelled. We have satellite imagery to prove it https://t.co/9zXxqiJewa 1

Ukraine: Ukrainian artillery fire, corrected with a drone, hit a Russian position, destroying a T-72B Obr. 1989. As can be seen, another tank was likely there but managed to escape. In a separate event, 2x RF vehicles were totally destroyed the same way; but ID is very hard. https://t.co/quuzfQulri 1

⚡️ Armed Forces report another Russian general dead. According to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Russian Lieutenant-General Andrei Mordvichev, who commanded the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, was killed in action in southern Ukraine. 1

Former #British Prime Minister David Cameron personally drive to the border with #Poland to deliver humanitarian aid to the Red Cross for #Ukrainians. https://t.co/oyR7B3dJFB 1

  • I'm currently driving to Poland with two Chippy Larder colleagues to make our delivery to the Red Cross. It’s going to be a long drive, but I’ll keep you updated along the way. #StandWithUkraine️ https://t.co/T0ORCT4Eek 1

Cyber

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Aircraft

Locations

Chernihiv

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Donbas

  • ❗️"On 19 March alone, the Russian military forcibly relocated 2389 children from Donbas to Russia" – the MFA's spokesman @OlegNikolenko_ states. Abducting civilians is a gross violation of international humanitarian law. Putin is a war criminal. #StopRussia 1
    • On 19 March alone, Russia forcibly relocated 2389 children from Donbas. Abducting civilians is strictly prohibited by international humanitarian law. The Russian army deprives our children of parental care and endangers their lives in Russia. These heinous crimes must be stopped. 1

Kharkiv

Kherson

Kramatorsk

Kyiv

Mariupol

  • ⚡️Mariupol council: Russian occupiers forcibly move thousands of Mariupol residents to Russia. The civilians were allegedly taken to camps where Russians checked their phones and documents and then forcibly moved some of them to remote cities in Russia. 1

Mykolaiv

Sumy


Mar 18

Confirmed: Colonel Sergey Sukharev, Russia’s 331st Airborne Regiment commander, has been eliminated in Ukraine. He was directly responsible for the Ilovaisk massacre of 2014. https://t.co/3nnY9p8Aup 1

Another thing to keep in mind is if he is dead his staff is probably dead or taken out too, so there is going to be even worse planning and analysis. Hitting these command nodes is going to critically impact Russia’s capability to fight. https://t.co/s3Crb8h5MU 1

  • 🇺🇦 forces have killed the commander of the 🇷🇺8th Guards Combined Arms Army, Lt Gen Andrey Mordvichev, in an attack at Kherson airport. Highest ranking 🇷🇺 KIA in the war. 8th army commands the Russian forces in Donbass since 2017. 1

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s losses as of March 18, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/aZ4LjspMjQ 1

This may indicate a temporary shift from offense to an area defense in some locations. This could be either due to attempting to secure key terrain or indicate a shift to holding off on ground forces and focusing on IDF, bombardments and strikes for the time being. https://t.co/1NW5xhcpqo 1

Cyber

Anti War Protests

Pro-war rally held in Moscow, tens of thousands attend. At least 81,000 people attend a pro-war rally in Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium. Russian authorities claim over 200,000 people attend the event celebrating Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014. 1

Sanctions

Aircraft

The U.K. intelligence also said that Russia is unable to establish air superiority over Ukraine. 1

Locations

Chernihiv

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Donbas

Kharkiv

Kherson

  • ⚡️Russian command post was destroyed at Kherson Airport in Chornobaivka - adviser to @ZelenskyyUa's Office Oleksiy Arestovych He says the commander of Russia's 8th army and several more generals could have been eliminated. 1

Kramatorsk

Kyiv

  • ⚡️One killed, 4 injured as fire breaks out after shelling of a residential building in Kyiv. The fire has been extinguished, according to the State Emergency Service. The 5-story building in Podil district was hit on the morning of March 18. Photo: State Emergency Service. https://t.co/gR9nITPaQf 1
  • A number of fires visible northwest of Kyiv on Sentinel satellite imagery from earlier today https://t.co/m4FEcyiDxW 1

Mariupol

-Sadly it seem likely that Mariupol will turn more into a Humanitarian Disaster than it already is, seems that Ukrainian Forces currently have no way to Reinforce or Relieve the City’s Defenders, I have doubts that Ukrainian Forces in the City will ever Surrender nor should they. https://t.co/TCieGVjtHD 1
- 🗞️Military operation to deblock #Mariupol is currently impossible. All attempts to provide air support failed. Ukraine has no means to overcome Russian air superiority in the area, says advisor to the President's Office O. Arestovych. #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar 1

Mykolaiv

Sumy

  • #Ukraine: In the vicinity of #Sumy, another Russian T-72B Obr 1989 was destroyed, along with a fuel truck and another vehicle. Seems it was still quite fresh when local citizens came across the scene. https://t.co/0exSYsPMEL 1


Mar 17

⚡️UK: Continuous Ukrainian counterattacks stall Russian advances. The U.K.'s Ministry of Defense said on March 17 that Russia is struggling with logistics and cannot provide food & fuel to advancing forces due to the efforts of the Ukrainian military. 1

BREAKING: Putin rushed to bunker after someone writes 'children' on his palace https://t.co/mTxnBBUpwK 1

BREAKING: Pentagon intelligence assessment says, if Ukrainian resistance continues, that Russia will increasingly rely on its nuclear deterrent to send signals to the West and 'project strength'. 1

Russian Ministry of Defense presented "facts" about #US development of biological weapons in #Ukraine https://t.co/XJPo2SkSvD 1

Cyber

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Aircraft

Trudeau airborne. (@ADSBexchange) 🇨🇦 CFC1 is CL-600 Challenger 144619 #C2C1F1 https://t.co/Tab8kYceMS 1

What's going on here? -RuAF Tupolev Tu-204-300 RSD3 -RuAF Sukhoi Superjet 100-95B RSD71 -RuAF A319-115CJ RSD72 -RuAF An-148-100E RSD73 -RuAF Ilyushin Il-96-300PU RSD74 -RuAF Tupolev Tu-214PU RSD78 -RuAF Tupolev Tu-214SR RSD79 -RuAF SuperJet 100-95B RSD80 https://t.co/FcmbtpbyNZ 1

Locations

Chernihiv

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Donbas

Kharkiv

  • The fields on the outskirts of Kharkiv are riddled with hundreds of craters from artillery fire. The surrounding villages appear to be devastated. https://t.co/8wzWHjHket 1

Kherson

Kramatorsk

Kyiv

Mariupol

Mykolaiv

Sumy


Mar 16

In other words, by officially praising Ukraine’s unity and strength today, China has just spelled the end to Russia’s last chance. 1

BREAKING: US Senate unanimously passes resolution declaring Putin a war criminal 1

Cyber

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Aircraft

US Air Force RC-135S Cobra Ball LIZZY21 Ballistic missile detection platform returning to Kadena after #NorthKorea's failed launch https://t.co/2INrspmrc8 1

Locations

Chernihiv

  • @maryilyushina PUTIN: "Our soldiers and officers show courage and heroism. They are doing everything to avoid losses among the civilian population." Like firing on people in line to buy bread, killing at least 10. https://t.co/OBmaYXiPH0 1
    • Russian troops fired at the people standing in line to buy bread in one of the residential areas of Chernihiv. At least 10 people are reported dead. https://t.co/hTR26MrXcZ 1

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Donbas

Kharkiv

Kherson

  • Earlier, the Ukrainian troops destroyed a few helicopters and multiple transport vehicles at Chornobaivka - https://t.co/Awj0ujzo9M If Arestovych's information is confirmed, this may be the fourth or fifth successful Ukrainian attack on the same Russian-controlled airfield. 1 2
    • The Ukrainian army destroyed at least 3 Russian military helicopters at the Kherson Airport, new satellite images show. It's the most destructive known strike the Ukrainian military has conducted against Russian helicopters during the war,–CNN, 04:00 EET https://t.co/Al0HL9WFTe https://t.co/rN8sJrBqga 1

Kramatorsk

Kyiv

Mariupol

  • Striking satellite imagery taken on Monday of the Mariupol Drama Theatre—hit by an air strike today. 1,200 civilians were sheltering in it. The image shows that the word “children” is written in Russian in large white letters in front of & behind the theatre. (📸: @Maxar) https://t.co/JEuvRadBUK 1 2

Melitopol

  • Ukraine released Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov, kidnapped by Russian occupiers! It was a special operation, he is safe now, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko said in a statement. "We don't leave our people in danger!" Tymoshenko said! 1

Mykolaiv

Sumy


## Mar 15

Russia has now fired more than 950 missiles into Ukraine in nearly 20 days of conflict: senior U.S. defense official. 1

Places where U.S. has seen NO movement from Russia in Ukraine, per senior defense official: 1
• NO movement of MORE 🇷🇺 troops into 🇺🇦
• NO evidence of MORE 🇷🇺 supplies coming into 🇺🇦
• NO indications of Belarus joining fight
• NO updates on 40-mi 🇷🇺 convoy that "remains stuck"

Ukrainian farmers just unlocked another achievement, BM-27 rockets were stolen 1

Russia announces leaving the Council of Europe, hours before its expected expulsion. It means that Russian citizens will not be able to bring cases to the European Court of Human Rights, and the Russian government can re-introduce the death penalty. 1

Tank Hit (Video); airborne troops in structure directly to the right, close proximity, back blast from anti-tank weapon can be seen immediately before impact. Silhouette can also be seen at top left of structure moment after back blast occurs. Shoulder fired weapon likely. 1

Here is the latest control-of-terrain #map for #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine from @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats. 1

UK Ministry of Defence Intelligence Update 1

Cyber

Malicious document referencing Minsk Protocol Uses macros to run encoded PowerShell command which attempts to download second stage (SoftwareUpdate.exe) from a server. Has multiple fallback servers https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/1832abdc-0212-4f2b-97af-ec69af2e5a92 (65f0d3cb106084ddadc6c2129f702517) 1

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Russia bars entry to Biden and Canada's Trudeau 1

Aircraft

Locations

Chernihiv

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Donbas

Kharkiv

Kherson

Kramatorsk

Kyiv

  • #Ukraine: It seems that Russian Special Forces had a bad day: here we see a very modern ASM VAL with 1P86 optic in #Kyiv Oblast. Deliveries only started in 2018. 1

Mariupol

BREAKING: The Azov Battalion in Mariupol claim to have killed a Russian Major General in the city. https://t.co/JoFx70rQdJ 1

Mykolaiv

Sumy


## Mar 14

Retired US Army General believes Russia will exhaust ability to fight within ten days. Ben Hodges, former commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, told CBS News that Russia is running out of time, ammunition and manpower as a “quick operation” turned into a war of attrition. 1

Wow. A woman with a poster that says "No war, stop the war, don't believe the propaganda, they're lying to you" runs out behind the famous anchor on Channel 1, the Kremlin's flagship TV channel. 1 2

  • During tonight's Russian state news broadcast on Channel One, an editor at the network named Marina Ovsyannikova ran on stage with an anti-war banner. She also prerecorded a statement. Meduza translated it in full. 1 2

Here is the latest control-of-terrain #map from @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats. We rolled back assessed #Russian advances in #Rubizhne in #Kharkiv Oblast given reports that #Ukrainian forces halted Russian offensives in the towns of #Snizhkivka, #Donetske, and #Shpakivka. 1

UK Ministry of Defence Intelligence Update 1 2

Cyber

ESET discovered new wiper malware deployed in Ukraine (3rd in 3 weeks)
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1503436420886712321.html

CaddyWiper does not share any significant code similarity with #HermeticWiper, #IsaacWiper or any other malware known to us. The sample we analyzed was not digitally signed.
Similarly to HermeticWiper deployments, we observed CaddyWiper being deployed via GPO, indicating the attackers had prior control of the target's network beforehand.

Confirmed: A significant disruption has been registered on multiple networks supplied by #Israel's leading providers Bezeq and Cellcom as the country's defense authorities and National Cyber Directorate declare a state of emergency 1

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Aircraft

Ukrainian air force claiming in a statement on Telegram that a Russian drone crossed into Poland before going back into Ukraine and being shot down by air defences 1

Germany decides in principle to buy F-35 fighter jet - government sources 1 2

Locations

Berdyansk

  • Russian ships have apparently begun arriving in the port of Berdyansk. 1

Chernihiv

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Crimea

  • Updated satellite imagery from today shows that the ships spotted off the west coast of Crimea are largely still there. These ships are not far from the Southern Naval Base in Donuzlav Lake. 45.28923, 32.89931 1

Donbas

Kharkiv

  • Kharkiv administration confirmed Iskander ballistic missile targeted Svobody street and destroyed residential house earlier today 1 2

Kherson

Kramatorsk

Kyiv

  • Kyiv today 1

  • Obolon, Kyiv, March 14. Aris Messinis / AFP 1

Mariupol

  • Imagery from @Maxar (14/3) also shows clear damage to hospital and civilian residential areas in Mariupol. Location of Лікарня №2 Hospital is here: 47.110865, 37.512538 1

Mykolaiv

Sumy


Mar 13

Russian forces again conducted few ground offensives on March 13, only securing new terrain in #Donetsk and #Luhansk Oblasts. Read the latest report form @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats: https://isw.pub/RusCampaignMar13 1

UK Ministry of Defence Intelligence Update 1 2

Cyber

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Aircraft

Locations

Chernihiv

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Donbas

Kharkiv

Kherson

Kramatorsk

Kyiv

Mariupol

Mykolaiv

Sumy


Mar 12

Ongoing #Ukrainian counterattacks in NE Ukraine are likely forcing #Russia to redeploy forces away from offensive operations toward #Kyiv to consolidate its long line of communication. Read the latest report from @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats: https://isw.pub/RusCampaignMar12 1

Image taken on March 12th, 2022. There is absolutely no reason to use a prized weapon like Kinzhal on this Eastern Ukraine target even if it was a 'missile warehouse.' It also explains the UAV's presence. You use your logic on the rest of the story. https://t.co/Y8sY7PU8V9 1

UK Ministry of Defence Intelligence Update 1 2

Cyber

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Aircraft

Locations

Chernihiv

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Donbas

Kharkiv

Kherson

Kramatorsk

Kyiv

Mariupol

Mykolaiv

Sumy


Mar 11

India says it accidentally fired missile into Pakistan 1 2

India said on Friday it had accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan this week because of a "technical malfunction" during routine maintenance, giving its version of events after Pakistan summoned India's envoy to protest.

Russia has "inflicted airstrikes" on Belarus in a possible FALSE FLAG operation blamed on Ukraine to draw Putin's ally into the war: Ukrainian internal affairs ministry. Russian assault aircraft bombed Ukrainian targets before launching airstrikes in Belarus, per stmt. 1

A captured Russian T-80BVM tank in service with Ukraine. 1

  • translation 1

US Army 1st ABCT, 3rd Infantry, manning prepositioned Stocks-2 vehicles and equipment at an ECHA in Grafenwoehr, Germany. 1

I think this is the first video of a working Javelin ATGM captured by Russian forces, including the CLU. 1

Baerbock: Germany wants Serbia to become fully fledged EU member 1 2

China urges more cooperation with the U.S. and stresses on properly managing differences 1 2

Ukrainian forces ambushing Russian convoy at close range yesterday. 1

  • Could be the lead element of the column and they failed to spot the ATGM team. If not, Russians still haven’t fixed their route security issues. 1

Border Guard Service: Warsaw, Krakow can no longer accept refugees. Over the course of two weeks, under 100,000 Ukrainians arrived in Krakow, and 200,000 in Warsaw. Both are now unable to accept refugees, Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service reports. 1

41 countries will oppose #Russia in the international court 1

An abandoned Russian Msta-S howitzer. 1

Ukrainian soldier with a DJI UAV. 1

UN has evidence of Russian use of cluster munitions. According to the spokesperson for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN has received “credible reports of several cases of Russian forces using cluster munitions, including in populated areas.” 1

NEW Report from @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats: #Russian ground forces attempting to encircle and take #Kyiv began another pause to resupply and refit combat units on March 11 after failed attacks March 8-10. https://isw.pub/RusCampaignMar11 1

  • Here is the latest #Ukraine control-of-terrain map from @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats. We marginally rolled back assessed #Russian CoT near NW #Kyiv to new lines in #Andriivka and #Zhovtneve given new emerging reporting on frontline fighting near the capital. 1

UK Ministry of Defence Intelligence Update 1 2

Cyber

Cyberattack on the state authorities of Ukraine using the malicious program Cobalt Strike Beacon (CERT-UA # 4145) 1

With Russian troops massing near Kyiv, ground-based internet links are unlikely to last. Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite dishes may be able to replace them 1

Western intelligence agencies are investigating a cyberattack by unidentified hackers that disrupted broadband satellite internet access in Ukraine coinciding with Russia's invasion, three people with direct knowledge of the incident tell @Reuters 1 2

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

US imposes sanctions on Russia over its support for North Korea's missile program 1

Aircraft

Locations

Chernihiv

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Donbas

  • Russian grad barrage towards Ukrainian positions somewhere in the Donbas 1

Kharkiv

  • We went to Kharkiv today. It is grim beyond belief. Ukraine’s second largest city is being pulverized by Russian air strikes that have gutted its historical downtown. 1

Kherson

Kramatorsk

Kyiv

  • Russian troops in Vorzel, a couple of miles to the north from Kyiv: having an ICRC protective emblem AND a machine gun on the same fighting vehicle. A clear violation of any convention, and a war crime. But who cares. 1
  • Ukrainian drone destroyed Russian command post in Kyiv region 1

Mariupol

  • Longer version of that video from Mariupol from a Russian ZALA-421-16E5G UAV. 1
  • Moment Russian forces target an Ukrainian base in Mariupol with rockets. The city is still besieged by Russian troops. Drone view. 1

Mykolaiv

  • Heavy bombardment carried out tonight against Mykolaiv as the Russians prepare to launch another assault on the city. 1

Sumy


Mar 10

Ukrainian Theater of War, Day 14: After two weeks of war, Russian forces continue employ indiscriminate attacks to demoralize Ukrainian political resolve and military resistance. This growing war of attrition has not changed Western opinion on intervention. 1

Ukraine Kyiv Sumy Kharkiv and Donbas South

Latest control-of-terrain map of #Ukraine from @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats: The battle for #Kyiv is likely to continue to be a drawn-out affair unless the #Russians can launch a more concentrated and coherent attack than they have yet shown the ability to conduct. 1

A Russian Ground Forces Unit was ambushed on a road in the Woods by waiting Ukrainian Forces, the Russian Troops seem to have No Armor or Mechanized Support and with how they are Acting Under Fire, like they have almost No Training, I am assuming they are Conscripts. 1

Bayraktar TB2 (Video) 1

Russian forces have shelled more than 280 schools since the start of the war. Ukraine’s Minister of Education and Science Serhiy Shkarlet stated that Russian forces had destroyed or damaged 280 educational institutions through bombing and shelling. 1

Just today I have seen Ukrainian Forces Capture at least 4 T-72B3Ms and 2 T-80BVMs, that is absolutely wild that Ukrainian Forces are able to bolster their Armored Forces this easily, its possible Ukraine may have more Tanks Currently than they started this War with. 1

U.S. has indications that Russia is blaming Biden admin of building chemical & biological weapons in Ukraine as a FALSE FLAG for using Russian chem and bio weapons for military invasion: senior US defense official 1

This is Igor. Every morning Igor goes for a stroll through the nearby forest. Today, Igor found a Russian Army 9K330 Tor SAM system abandoned in the forest. Now Igor owns a $20 million SAM system. Congratulations Igor. 1

U.S., #Ukrainian and #Georgian laboratories are implementing a project where bats are considered to be carriers of bioweapons, the #Russian Defense Ministry said. 1

Reuters: WHO says it advised Ukraine to destroy stored pathogens in health labs to prevent disease leaks, the agency told Reuters on March 10. 1

UK Ministry of Defence Intelligence Update 1 2

Cyber

Potential 2nd Cyber attack since the war between Russia and Ukraine has lead to a major outage from Triolan network provider. This comes after Russia has been focused on kinetically targeting key information assets within Ukraine. 1

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

The World Bank warns that sanctions have pushed Russia and Belarus into debt default territory 1

Aircraft

Locations

Chernihiv

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Hostomel

  • New imagery of the #Russian #airstrike in #Hostomel 1

Kharkiv

  • Fantastic, grim reporting here from the frontline of Russia's brutal assault 1
    • If you don't recognise these tactics, then you haven't been paying attention. From Kharkiv's frontline, #Ukraine @dcinfocus and Feras. With thanks to our local team. @BBCNews @BBCWorld Graphic content warning. 1
  • Ukraine's Security Service: Russia considers blowing up ammonia warehouses in Kharkiv Oblast and blaming it on Ukraine’s armed forces. 1
  • In Kharkiv, eyewitnesses report a fire in the building of Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology. The building contains equipment which, if damaged, can lead to radioactive pollution of the environment. 1

Kherson

Kramatorsk

Kyiv

  • Russian military has been able to move forward in advance on Ukraine's capital of Kyiv. Russia has forces near Hostomel Airport that have advanced to 3 miles from Kyiv city limits. Another northeast advance is 25 miles east of Kyiv. 1
  • orcs are moving towards Kyiv through destroyed Ukrainian villages. 1
  • Ukraine War - Combat Footage From Kyiv Area Gives Closer Look At Armament Of Ukrainian AT Squads (Video) 1
  • Russian Forces that have been Slowly Advancing on Kyiv from the Eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy have reportedly begun to withdraw back towards the Western Russian Border over the last 24 hours according to US Intel Officials, there is No Indication for why this is occurring. 1

Mariupol

  • Russian Embassy statement on Mariupol hospital attack
    • FM #Lavrov on the #Mariupol attack: The maternity house was long non-operational. Instead, it was used by 🇺🇦armed forces and radicals, namely the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion. Moreover, #Russia warned #UN Security Council about this 3 days ago. 1
      • Tweet was removed by Twitter. Wayback Machine 1
    • Twitter removed this tweet 1

Sumy


Mar 9

Legendary Canadian sniper ‘Wali’ has now arrived in Ukraine. “When I see images of destruction in Uk, it is my son I see.” His wife said, “I knew if I didn’t let him go, it would’ve broken him. It would be like putting him in jail.” 1 2 3 4

  • He's former JTF2. They have remarkable snipers. He's not going to kill 40 grunts a day. If he's true to JTF2 form he'll take out a few very very important men per day. 1

The US army established 2 Patriot missile batteries in Rzeszow airport located on Poland's Ukraine border on Wednesday, said an official from the Pentagon. 1 2

UAV footage allegedly showing a Javelin ATGM strike on a Russian tank. 1

Video from the Russian MoD’s Zvezda allegedly showing Russian troops in Ukraine. Note the prominent Soviet flag on the BMP-2. 1

“If there is any attack against any NATO country, NATO territory, that will trigger Article 5,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warns Russia against attacks on arms supply to Ukraine. 1

March 9 (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry acknowledged on Wednesday that some conscripts were taking part in the conflict with Ukraine after multiple denials by President Vladimir Putin, who said only professional soldiers and officers had been sent in. 1

A look at the military situation in eastern and central Ukraine, & around the capital of Kiev. This will use several maps, from @nytimes & @BCC. First the overall picture, using map from @nytimes. The strategic situation for Ukrainian force in Kiev & to the east is not good.

  • See Thread for more detailed analysis 1
East North Kiev Ukraine

Ukrainian Theater of War, Day 13: Russian forces continue to concentrate around Kyiv. Substantial foreign / mercenary forces have been brought in to bolster Russian forces. Ukrainian attacks on Russian supply routes remain effective.

  • See Thread for more detailed analysis 1
Ukraine Kyiv Sumy Kharkiv & Donbas Kherson & Odesa

NEW campaign update from @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats: #Russian operations to continue the encirclement of and assault on #Kyiv have likely begun, although on a smaller scale and in a more ad hoc manner than we expected. https://isw.pub/RusCampaignMar9 1

Reuters published pictures of destroyed #Russian military equipment in #Ukraine. 1

Two weeks ago, as Vladimir Putin was declaring his vicious war on Ukraine, he called the West an "Empire of Lies." In fact, the Kremlin's disastrous move was itself rooted in lies, misconceptions and giant lapses of expertise & intelligence. (Thread) 1

Reportedly a Video of the Aftermath of a Ukrainian Special Forces Raid on a Russian Forward Armor Position earlier tonight, there seems to be at least one destroyed T-72 as well as one BTR-80 with a few other Unidentifiable pieces of Russian Equipment. 1

  • These kind of Night Raids require Night-Vision Equipment which Russian Forces seem to be lacking in but seem to be widely used by Ukrainian Forces.

US official estimates 5,000-6,000 Russian soldiers killed in the first 2 weeks of Ukraine war- @CBSDavidMartin 1

  • Given this is a US assessment, the numbers are likely on the lower end in regards to Russian losses. 1

The intercepted calls discussing Gerasimov's death and the non-functioning Era cryptophones 1

  • translation (word for word) 1

This is a school where my sister studied. Russians did this. Fuck them, this is a school where my children were studying. They bombed it. Bastards. Look, show them what’s left of it. Russians did this. 1

The Russian MoD has confirmed the use of the TOS-1A weapon system in Ukraine. The TOS-1A uses thermobaric rockets, creating incendiary and blast effects. Watch the video below for more information about this weapon and its devastating impact. 1

UK confirms a “small number of soldiers” may have gone AWOL to fight in Ukraine. @BritishArmy spokesman: “We’re aware of a small number of individual soldiers who have disobeyed orders & gone absent without leave, and may have travelled to Ukraine in a personal capacity 1

Ukrainian army seized Russian computer 1

  • К1634дк4 - device to secure phone line with cryptographic key 1

The British Defense Ministry has said that they are seeing indication to expect Russian Forces to begin using Chemical Weapons and other Non-Conventional Weapons on Targets in Ukraine in the near future whether it is on their own Forces as a “False Flag” Attack or not. 1

I spoke this afternoon to a senior European intelligence official. The picture shared about what's happening in Ukraine differs from U.S. government assessments, especially on Russian losses. So let me present (without commentary) what this source said: (Thread) 1

UK Ministry of Defence Intelligence Update 1 2

Cyber

HermeticWizard, the worm-component of HermeticWiper was leaked/released 1

The Ukrainian government is preparing for the potential need to move its data and servers abroad if Russia's invading forces push deeper into the country, a senior cybersecurity official tells @Reuters 1 2

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Talked to my friend @JustinTrudeau about 🇺🇦🇨🇦 defense cooperation and how to increase sanctions pressure on Russia. Agreed on further diplomatic steps. Canada stands with Ukraine. We feel it every day. 1

Aircraft

Ukraine wiped out four Russian Su-25 aircrafts, two helicopters, and two cruise missiles in Kyiv and the Joint Force Operation regions on March 8-9, Interfax news agency reports, citing the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 1

“Janes, a defense intelligence and analysis firm, reported that rumors of the delivery had previously circulated after Turkish Air Force transports were spotted flying from Ankara to an airport in southeast Poland near the Ukraine border.” 1

Locations

Chernihiv

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant

  • Update on Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant: 750 kV ChNPP - Kyiv high-voltage line is currently disconnected due to the damage caused by the occupiers. As a result, the Chernobyl station and all nuclear facilities in the Exclusion Zone are without electricity. 1

Kharkiv

  • Kharkiv, Ukraine has yet again experienced another heavy barrage of MLRS fire. 1
  • “I’m still alive. Never thought I’d use this phrase so often”—more dispatches from a Kharkiv native 1
    • AFTER FAILING to take Ukraine’s second city, Russian forces continue to pummel it with air, artillery and missile strikes. We speak again with an increasingly despondent Kharkiv native. Many schoolyard games have deep histories, conveying culture down the generations; these days they are adapting to the pandemic era. And the revival of Mexico’s murals with a purpose. Runtime: 26 min

Kherson

  • 30 helos in one night from a marine assault in Kherson, according to Ukrainian officials. 1

Kramatorsk

  • Just a ballistic missile laying around in Kramatorsk. 1

Kyiv

Mariupol

  • Children's hospital at the Osypenka Street in Mariupol hit by Russian airstrikes. (coords: 47.096578, 37.533418) 1 2 1
    • Mariupol. Direct strike of Russian troops at the maternity hospital. People, children are under the wreckage. Atrocity! How much longer will the world be an accomplice ignoring terror? Close the sky right now! Stop the killings! You have power but you seem to be losing humanity. 1
    • WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT – Ukraine accused Russia of bombing a children’s hospital in the city of Mariupol and continued to call for allies to impose a no-fly zone, a request NATO has declined 1 2
    • #UN are shocked by #Russia's attack on a children's hospital in #Mariupol. The UN Secretary General @antonioguterres declared that the attack is horrific and that civilians are paying the highest price for a #war that has nothing to do with them. 1
  • Zelensky: "What kind of country is Russia if it's afraid of hospitals and maternity houses, and destroys them? Were there little nationalists there? Were pregnant women going to shoot missiles at Rostov? Did someone in that maternity hospital offend Russian-speaking people?" 1

Sumy

  • Drone shows destroyed Russian military column in Ukraine's Sumy region 1

Volnovakha

  • Not sure if already reported: Supposedly two 🇷🇺 MBTs near Staromlynovka (close to #Volnovakha) destroyed by the 105th Battalion of the TRO/TDF 1


Mar 8

Putin considers the retreat in #UkraineRussiaWar as his death sentence. 1

Just off the phone with an officer from Ukraine's military intelligence service (GUR). Someone I've known now for four years who's often rolled his eyes at official Ukrainian government pronouncements. A few observations/comments: 1

  • He also confirmed the majority of Ukraine's Air Force is still in tact, on Day 12, including fixed wing and rotary aircraft. I asked how many operational Bayraktar TB2 drones Ukraine has in its arsenal. He laughed. "OK, Michael, can I just say: 'It's enough.'"

Zelensky: "While Russians are to blame for the killings, responsibility is shared by those who for 13 days in their Western offices haven’t been able to approve an obviously necessary decision, who didn’t save our cities from these bombs and missiles – although they can." 1

1/14 Whether Russians actually support the hideous war that Putin has waged against Ukraine is a matter of utmost political importance. The answer to this question will largely define Russia’s place in the history of the 21st century. 1

  • Throughout the history of ACF’s polling department, we have never observed such dynamics of public opinion shifts. It took a few days of war to bring about radical mood changes among Russians.

Ukrainian Theater of War, Day 12: Russian offensive actions remain contained to east and south Ukraine as they continue to build forces around Kyiv for renewed operations. Ukrainian forces target vulnerable Russian supply lines. 1

Ukraine Kyiv North East Kharkiv & Donbas South East

Here is the latest control-of-terrain map for #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine from @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats. The biggest changes in control over the past 24 hours have been Russian advances near key frontline neighborhoods in the northern and western #Kyiv outskirts. 1

I completed my doctoral thesis at Oxford last year on Russia's military interventions in Ukraine and Syria. Based on that research, I am sharing some thoughts on why Russia invaded Ukraine and what Putin might do next. 1

Volunteers from all countries come to #Ukraine. The video shows volunteers from #Azerbaijan. 1

There are reports that Colonel Yuri Agarkov, Commander of the 33rd Motorized Rifle Regiment, was killed by Ukrainian Forces earlier yesterday, he was the former Chief of Staff of the 56th Air Assault Brigade, if Confirmed this would make 7 Senior Russian Officers killed so far. 1 2

Ukrainian tractors strike again 1

UK Ministry of Defence Intelligence Update 1 2 3

Cyber

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Let's discuss Russian economy. Many underestimate its dependency upon technological import. Russia's so deeply integrated into Western technological chains that severing these ties will lead to its collapse. Sanctions are already effective and can be made even more efficient 1

Biden announces US ban on Russian oil, gas imports. 1 2 3

  • Canadian oil producers Suncor, Cenovus hold news conference 1
    • Basically trying to sell Canadian oil to the US

The estimated cost of an individual sheet of paper in the United States is $0.0050 (half of a penny). Due to sanctions placed on Russia, the Russian Ruble, as of March 7th, 2022 10:05 EST is worth $0.0069. It is valued just slightly more than an individual sheet of paper. 1

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo suspend soda sales in Russia 1 2

McDonald's is temporarily closing all 850 restaurants in #Russia, Bloomberg reports. However, the company will continue to pay salaries to its 62,000 employees from Russia. 1

  • In #Russia, people lined up at McDonalds 1
  • "McDonald's Establishes No-Fry Zone" is a very strong headline contender that I don't yet see on the internet 1

Aircraft

Poland hands over all of its Mikoyan MiG-29 jet fighters to Ukraine via United States 1 2 3

U.S. surprised at Poland's decision to give it fighter jets for Ukraine 1 2

Locations

Chernihiv

Kharkiv

  • Video Thread showing damage 1
  • Good find from @dmvsnkrs. He's part of a squad wipe near Kharkiv a few days ago. 1
    • A Russian soldier appears to have broken into a liquor store and gotten drunk. He was then captured. 1
    • First half of the video shows what happened to the rest of his squad. NSFW of course 1 2

Kherson

  • Destroyed Russian anti-aircraft missile system S-300PT near Kherson 1

Kyiv

  • ISI reveals: Possible SSM Deployment in Belarus - 200 km from Kiev. 1
  • Russia's military is moving armored vehicles and equipment to the northeast and southwest of Antonov Airport, less than a hour from downtown Kyiv. Senior U.S. defense officials have said that Russia has repeatedly tried to take the airport since invading.

Mariupol

  • Yes, Russia is really using this in the battle of Mariupol. I repeat: this is real. (Battle Train) 1

Mykolaiv

  • Mykolaiv region, T-72B3. Cope cage did not work. 1

Zhitomir

  • The building of the military dormitory in #Zhitomir was completely destroyed by the occupiers. 1


Mar 7

Russia declares ceasefire in the areas of #Kyiv, #Mariupol, #Kharkov, and Sumy from 10 a.m. #Moscow time to allow for evacuations 1

Russia claims it will stop the war immediately if Ukraine agrees to: 1

  • cease military action
  • change constitution to enshrine neutrality
  • recognize Crimea as Russian territory
  • recognize the Russian-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states

As Russia’s Military Stumbles, Its Adversaries Take Note 1 2

Putin has deployed nearly 100% of pre-staged forces into Ukraine- U.S. official 1 2

Ukraine wants direct talks between Zelenskiy and Russia's Putin, says foreign minister 1 2

Russia will not use conscript soldiers in Ukraine, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said in a televised address on Mar. 7. Putin also claimed there will be “no additional call-up reservists” and that “professionals” fulfilling “fixed objectives” were leading the war. 1

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 07 March 2022 1

Ukraine killed Gen. Maj. Vitaly Gerassimov, chief of staff of the 41 Army. At Kharkiv. 1

  • Claimed by Ukrainian military intelligence. Confirmed a Russian source.
  • This is not the worst part. In the phone call in which the FSB officer assigned to the 41st Army reports the death to his boss in Tula, he says they've lost all secure communications. Thus the phone call using a local sim card. Thus the intercept.
  • The idiots tried to use the Era cryptophones in Kharkiv, after destroying many 3g cell towers and also replacing others with stingrays. Era needs 3g/4g to communicate. The Russian army is equipped with secure phones that can't work in areas where the Russian army operates.
    • Translation: 1 > Dima, can you get on a secure channel? > The secure doesn't work here, we can't get anyone. Where are you? > I'm on my secure channel. How are you doing? > Not great, given the latest news. > Yes, Smetov has told me. Were they evacuated at the very least? > No, he's still there. > How bad is it? > As bad as it gets.

Cyber

Blue Hornet claims: 1

Anti War Protests

I am now free to tell you that yesterday 4631 Russians were arrested yesterday in 64 cities for opposing Putin’s war. Russian charity OVD calculates 13,028 Russians have now been arrested. 1

Sanctions

Two Big Four accounting firms KPMG International and PricewaterhouseCoopers to suspend operations in Russia and Belarus. KPMG has over 4,500 partners and staff in Russia and Belarus. PwC has 3,700 partners and staff in Russia and has operated in the country for 30 years. 1

Aircraft

Locations

Chernihiv

  • A Russian fuel convoy was ambushed in Chernihiv Oblast. 1

Kharkiv

  • The city of Chuhuyiv, Kharkiv oblast, was liberated by Ukrainian forces, General Staff of Ukrainian Armed Forces informs. 1
  • Photo of the #Kharkiv railway station 1
  • #Russian general was liquidated near #Kharkiv. Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, who took part in the second #Chechen war, the war in #Syria and the annexation of #Crimea, was killed in battles near Kharkiv. 1

Kherson

Kyiv

  • Air raid sirens as of 6min ago in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is currently 7:39AM. 1
  • Why a huge Russian convoy remains stalled north of Kyiv 1 2 3
    • Russian fuel, engineering and other supply units have struggled to keep up.
    • Russian units are heavy on artillery and air-defences, making logistics harder.
    • Russians have fixed themselves on roads with boggy ground on either side
  • Inside Kyiv During Putin's Invasion 1

Mariupol


Mar 6

Thread on the #Russian invasion of #Ukraine - March 6 1

My translation of the analysis of the current situation in Russia by an active FSB analyst. Buckle up for a long thread and definitely please share far & wide. The full text is over 2000 words. This is a highly insightful look behind the curtain - covers many subjects. 1

Russian chatter confirms that 🇺🇦 Forces have knocked out 🇷🇺 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment. At least their commander, colonel Zizevski, is buried today in Pskov. The unit took part in both Chechen wars and the invasion of Georgia in 2008. 1

The Ukraine Daily Briefing Map for March 6th. 1

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 06 March 2022 1

A senior U.S. defense official just released an updated assessment of the war in Ukraine as of early Sunday evening in Washington. Basic updates: 1

The amount of ambushes taking place on Russian troops and convoys is astonishing. Everyday at least 4-5 Russian convoys are targeted, 5-6 videos of graphic content (KIA) and over 10 new Russian POW videos are released every single day. The Russian side needs to replan their op. 1

Wall Street Journal reports Russia is recruiting Syrians for combat in Ukraine 1

This matches the flight path observed by several OSINT accounts. Would be the first confirmed large-scale attack from the Russia-backed separatist republic in Moldova. 1

Cyber

Hacking group Anonymous interrupts Russian state TV programs with footage of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and an anti-war message. It claims to have accessed TV channels “Russia 24”, “Channel 1”, “Moscow 24”, & streaming services Wink and Ivi. 1

Seems like russia could be cutting its internet off from the world by 11 March - activating the RuNet. 1

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Aircraft

Locations

Chuhuiv

  • Unverified reports that the Armed forces of Ukraine have recapture Chuhuiv 1

Irpin

  • “Having full control of Irpin is essential for the advancing Russian forces as part of their drive to gain a foothold in Kyiv’s outskirts” 1 2

Approximate description of Ukrainian defenses (blue) and Russian attack axes (red) northwest of Kyiv, as of March 6, 2022. (The Kyiv Independent)

Kharkiv

  • Approximate location of recent strike in central Kharkiv, Ukraine. (49.988563, 36.244870) 1
  • Video of a Residential Apartment building in the Eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv being stuck this evening, no word of Civilian Casualties as of yet. 1

Kherson

Kyiv

  • Kyiv(23:50). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now! 1 2
  • In the city of Brovary near #Kyiv – a church destroyed by Russian “defenders of Christian values." 1

Luhansk

  • Ukraine: In Luhansk Oblast, another LNR/Russian convoy was hit by Ukrainian forces, destroying a MT-LB based vehicle, BTR-80, and a BMP-1 variant. 1
  • "Ukrainian soldiers … sent 40 Russian invaders to hell, destroyed 8 enemy infantry fighting vehicles, 1 tank, a Ural truck , and SUV and a large number of artillery systems." Defenders in Luhansk region held their ground, inflicted losses on the enemy, and counter-attacked. 1

Mariupol

Odessa

  • U.S. does not see imminent Russian amphibious assault of Odessa, U.S. official says 1 2


Mar 5

Ukraine's security service has reportedly shot & killed Denis Kireev, a member of the Ukrainian negotiating team, pictured far back on the right in the photo. He was apparently killed while resisting arrest on suspicion of treason, @ukrpravda_news reports. 1 2

Experts warned that oil prices would rise to $185 due to the reluctance to buy Russian oil. (Bloomberg) 1

Russia calls on EU, NATO to stop arms supplies to Ukraine 1

Again, the Russian military has demonstrated serious weaknesses over the past week, but they were set up for failure by their leadership. 1

  • "Lieutenant Kovalensky said he learned Russia would invade Ukraine only the evening before the tank columns began moving, and that soldiers at the rank of sergeant and lower were not told where they were driving until after crossing the border." 1 2

3,000 US veterans are willing to fight for Ukraine, @VOANews reports 1

Russian forces kill Hero of Ukraine, captain Chybineiev. Thirty-four-year-old Ukrainian captain Valeriy Chybineiev was killed in the battle near Hostomel, a city on the outskirts of Kyiv, on his birthday on March 3. 1

Mass equipping of night-fighting capabilities for the Ukrainians ongoing. Which is going to be very scary for the Russians who have an extremely limited capability in this field, especially for infantry. 1

Russian aircraft, go fuck yourself 1

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 05 March 2022 1 2

The pilot has survived but was captured by Ukrainian forces. 1

Today, DPR members assaulted a convoy belonging to Ukraine's 36th Marine Brigade in Kalchinovka: multiple soldiers have been killed, 2 trucks, 1 BMP and 1 BRDM-2 have been lost. 1

Sergey Kartsev, a paratrooper with the VDV's 106th Airborne Division's 51st Airborne Regiment, was killed in Ukraine on March 5. https://t.co/qj5IqFJoH3 https://t.co/cMAxKAIALu https://t.co/lfIar77GxJ 1

Cyber

The international hacker group Anonymous hacked the website of the Russian Federal Security Service. 1

Russian hackers keep on attacking Ukrainian information resources nonstop. Since the beginning of invasion, DDos attacks have been primarily aimed at the resources of Verkhovna Rada, Cabinet of Ministers, President of Ukraine, Defense Ministry and Internal Affairs Ministry 1

  • The most powerful attacks exceeded 100 Gbps at their peak. Despite all the involved enemy’s resources, the sites of the central governmental bodies are available. The only thing the occupants managed to do was to substitute the front pages at the sites of some local authorities. 1

Got off the strangest call just now. Company called me for advice for dealing with "the cyber war" A few min into the call I realized there were differing opinions of some of the people on the call. I'm sharing an anonymized version. There's LOTS to unpack. 1

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

The Payoneer payment system stops working in #Russia. 1

Putin says Western sanctions are akin to declaration of war 1 2

Aircraft

Locations

Irpin

  • A Russian convoy trying to break through Irpin has been destroyed. Now it’s quiet where I am now. We’ll see what the night brings on. 1

Kharkiv

  • Ukraine: Images that tell a story. A Russian convoy in Pavlove Pole, Kharkiv was ambushed in the forest, leaving behind a destroyed Tiger-M (x2) and two transport trucks. Notable materiel left behind includes RPG-30, 2x 9M113 ATGM with 9P135M GLS, Kord HMG & AGS-17 drum magazine. 1

Kherson

Kramatorsk

  • Ukrainian air defenses shot down a cruise missile over Kramatorsk 1

Kyiv

  • In Kyiv a woman knocked down a Russian drone from a balcony with a jar of cucumbers. How did they expect to occupy this country? 1
  • Something changed for the Russian forces North & NW of #Kyiv over the last 12 hours. Whatever it is, it was not for the better 1

Mariupol

  • Russia announces resuming fighting in Mariupol and Volnovakha. Earlier today temporary ceasefire was supposed to take place to create humanitarian corridors and allow civilians to leave Mariupol and Volnovakha, but Russian troops’ shelling halted the evacuation. 1

Zaporizhzhia

  • New footage showing how close shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant came to the reactors (though the greatest threat was to cooling and power systems and the spent fuel pools. 1


Mar 4

"Everything is fucked," a source close to Putin's administration told the outlet. 1 2

Moment Sky News reporters were ambushed near Kyiv by reportedly Russian saboteurs. One reporter was wounded in the event. (Video) 1

The U.S. and its allies said Russia’s attack of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine goes against international humanitarian law and urged Moscow to refrain from military operations targeting nuclear facilities 1 2

Nuclear power plants in Ukraine 1

Russian official admits both that conscripts are in Ukraine and that they are being decimated. Out of one unit of 100, only four survived. 1

U.N. Security Council to hold emergency meeting after Russian attack on nuclear plant 1 2

U.S. has NOT seen indications of Belarus preparing to deploy troops to Ukraine: senior U.S. defense official 1

Ukraine's military: Russia exhausted most of its operational reserve in Ukraine. Russia has begun transferring troops from its Southern and Eastern Military Districts to replenish its ranks, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 1

Nuclear terrorism requires decisive action in response. At the #UN Security Council meeting, we called for closing the sky over 🇺🇦 and launching an operation to maintain peace and security. The goal is to save hazardous facilities. The world must not watch, but help! 1

Ukraine is preventing Russia from entering Kiev by counterattacking Russian troops northeast of the city. Notable developments include the capture of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and the presence of several LSTs off the Crimean coast 1

A Russian T-72B3 got stuck in a ditch and was abandoned by the crew. Ukrainian roads - Russian equipment - 1:0 1

IPC President Andrew Parsons appeared to Chinese viewers and listeners to have a mic issue at the Paralympic Opening Ceremony this evening. But in fact his speech about how he was "horrified at what is taking place in the world right now" was censored in China. 1

Cyber

Anti War Protests

Sanctions

Microsoft stopped selling its products and offering its services in Russia because of #UkraineRussiaWar. 1 2

Aircraft

A Russian M-8 that attempted to rescue a Su-25 pilot was also reportedly shot down 1

"We are not part of this:" NATO rejects Ukraine no-fly zone 1 2

Key flight corridors may face potentially lengthy blockages after EU and Moscow issued tit-for-tat airspace bans following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We mapped the impact on flights. 1

Locations

Hostomel

  • Just saw one of the most gruesome videos of at least four BMDs after direct hits from rpgs or Javelins near Hostomel. Effective AT fire + thin aluminum/magnesium armor = carnage 1
  • Hostomel now looks like this. (Video) 1

Irpin

  • That’s Irpin today. Russians are just overtly shelling residential blocks. 1
  • Ukrainian soldier carries a baby in Irpin located on the outskirts of #Kyiv. The satellite city is one of the areas near the capital that is suffering the most from Russian attacks. Photo from @CNN 1

Kharkiv

  • In Kharkiv region, Ukraine’s military launch a counter-offensive 1

Kherson

Kyiv

  • Chechen Rosgvardia troops reportedly near Kyiv. 1 2
  • Russian troops open fire against each other near Kyiv, 9 tanks and 4 armored personnel carriers were destroyed. 1

Makariv

  • A Russian Sukhoi Su-25 downed near Makariv today 1

Mariupol

  • Mariupol now 1

Sumy

  • Heavy Fighting is being reported tonight in the Eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy which Russian Forces have been struggling to Capture since Day 1, Civilians are being asked to Shelter in their Homes until further notice. 1
  • A destroyed Ukrainian BMP-1 in Sumy Oblast. 1

Zaporizhia

  • Zaporizhia nuclear power plant back under Ukrainian control 1
  • The U.S. has not detected any radioactive leaks at the Zaporizhzhia NPP 1


Mar 3

Bringing his own chair, sitting few meters from a crowd of journalists, speaking his mind with sincerity and courage, not afraid of anything: meet Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky, a true leader of the free world (Video) 1

https://twitter.com/COUPSURE/status/1499417547967500296

A verified image first acquired by @bellingcat shows the attack included Russian-manufactured 300mm Smerch rockets with 9N235 cluster munitions. The 2019 manufacture date, after Russia stopped selling these arms to Ukraine, indicates that the attack was launched by Russia. 1 2

Zelensky to Putin: Get off our land "If you don't want to leave now - sit down with me at the negotiating table, I'm free. But not by 30 meters, like with Macron, Scholz - I'm a neighbor! I don't bite. I'm a normal man, sit down with me, talk to me, what are you afraid of?" 1

Ukrainian-Russian negotiations have started. 1

Worrying reports: Russians might have pointed multiple rocket-launching systems in the Russian border village of Popovka towards their own territory. Knowing the barbaric nature of Russian actions we fear a false flag operation might be prepared in order to accuse Ukraine. 1

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine: we are now moving from the defense mode to the counteroffensive mode 1

Moscow says BBC being used to undermine political situation in Russia 1 2

DoD update on Russia's eight-day invasion of Ukraine: 1

  • Russia has sent 90 % of troops arrayed on border to Ukraine
  • Russian military still intends to encircle Kyiv;
  • Russia has shown "clear willingness" to hit Ukrainian civilian targets but not clear if deliberate

The Navy has recovered the stealth F-35 that crashed into the South China Sea. 1

White House says the United States is sharing 'real-time' intelligence with Ukraine 1

4 2K22 Tunguska air defences on fire, looks like Molotov cocktails by the locals 1

  • This added another $64 million to the cost of the war for Putler. Well done. Unit cost: $16 million 1
  • This is what they looked like before being destroyed. 1

Center for Defense Strategies: Russia will likely impose martial law on March 4. The Ukrainian think tank also expects no progress in negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. Imposing martial law will let Russian authorities prevent possible mass anti-war protests. 1

Cyber

@TrickbotLeaks
We have evidence of the FSB's cooperation with members of the Trickbot criminal group (Wizard Spiders, Maze, Conti, Diavol, Ruyk). Trickbot's deanonymization! 1

Keyboard army using restaurant reviews to take on Russian state media 1 2

Rather than commenting on the food and service at Russian restaurants and cafes, some users have begun posting online reviews detailing Russian actions in Ukraine to try to smuggle information past the tight control of state media.
Another wrote: "The place was nice! However, Putin spoiled our mood by invading Ukraine. Rise up against your dictator, stop killing innocent people! Your government is lying to you."

Ukraine's 'IT army' targets Belarus railway network, Russian GPS 1 2

Anti War Protests

Over 8000 people arrested in Russia for protesting the war 1

Sanctions

Aircraft

Here was an E-3 flight earlier today 1

Locations

Chernovtsi

  • Territorial defense of #Chernovtsi to Kadyrov: #Ukrainian land is enough to bury you all here. 1

Enerhodar

  • Ongoing clashes tonight between the Russian army and Ukrainian forces around Enerhodar tonight. Ukrainian forces must maintain a hold on the power plant here. 1
  • The situation in Energodar. There are reports of rockets, shots, a siren is heard throughout the city. 1

Irpin

  • A video shows Su-25 jets flying from the north and hitting a residential block in Irpin https://youtu.be/34sjTUZjr70?t=10 Another video from @RFERL's Ukrainian service shows the aftermath of what we believe is the same airstrike https://youtu.be/ikkl41Splx8?t= 1
    • The damaged building is 300 m away from a military hospital in Irpin, which was allegedly the intended target (we have been unable to independently confirm this). 1
    • If the hospital was indeed the target of the airstrike, that would constitute a war crime, since all medical facilities are off limits, even military ones. Even if there were legitimate targets in the area, it is clear the Russian Air Force did little to ensure civilians' safety 1
  • Irpin, near Kyiv. No words 1
  • Destroyed Russian equipment near Kyiv in Irpin 1

Kharkiv

Kherson

  • There was at least one vide of Ukraine's Territorial Defense forces fighting in Kherson last night. And this morning the UK's MoD said the military situation was ambiguous. Now a U.S. official says Russia isn't yet in control of the city. 1 2

Kyiv

  • On March 3, Ukrainian militaries won Russian occupants in Bucha, the Kyiv Region, and put up the #Ukrainian flag in the center of the city. 1
  • Drone footage from Borodyanka, Kyiv region. 1
  • Ukraine jets hit Russian column; Russia has used thermobarics, Ukraine military says 1
    • All of the US has been focused on the “17-mile long column.” I’ve been asked about it 100 times. I said on @cnn “don’t worry about it…they’ll eventually get to it at the right time.” It’s the right time. 1
  • Borodyanka, Kyiv region. Fierce fighting took place there for several days. 1
  • Russian convoy just south of #Hostomel & NW of #Kyiv has been stationary for several days with soldiers sleeping outdoors on the ground and eating expired rations 1

Mariupol

  • 'We are being destroyed,' says Ukraine's Mariupol under Russian siege 1 2

Sumy

  • Russian Su-30SM fighters operating over Sumy Oblast. 1
  • Farmers strike again and capture a UR-77 Meteorit in the Sumy region. 1
  • Geolocation of thermal power plant struck in Okhtyrka, Sumy Oblast (50.316770, 34.876943) 1

Zaporizhzhia

  • Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant fire jeopardized nuclear safety at the station, per plant’s acting Director General Igor Murashov. Murashov said that fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces continues nearby. Reports indicate fires broke out at a training facility. 1
  • Russian forces are firing at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in Enerhodar, a city on the Dnipro River that accounts for about one-quarter of Ukraine’s power generation. The city’s Mayor Dmytro Orlov said the nuclear plant is now on fire. 1
  • Ukrainian emergency services say fire at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is in a training building outside the main perimeter 1
  • I've studied nuclear power quite a bit, and I'm going to say shooting rockets at a large nuclear power plant is a really bad idea. 1
    • They need to stop this immediately and allow emergency services/inspectors to get in there
    • We definitely need more details. Things could end up okay. Things could end up pretty bad. I'm just saying... don't. fire. rockets. at. nuclear. power. plants.
    • Lots of people are bringing up Chernobyl. It's a different, safer kind of reactor. However, a meltdown would still not be good at all.
  • Nuclear physicist here: there's a lot to be worried about, but one thing you SHOULDN'T worry about, is Russia bombing Ukrainian nuclear power plants. It's literally, physically impossible to make those explode. 1
    • Some clarification: when I say "can't explode", I mean that it can't explode like a nuke (because no reactor can do that), and can't explode like Chernobyl (because it's a different technology, inherently safer - and the safety is in the physics itself, can't be switched off).
  • Biden spoke with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine about the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant fire. POTUS urged Russia to cease hostilities and “allow firefighters and emergency responders to access the site.” 1


Mar 2

I thought it was clear by now that this war is not about NATO or Russia's security concerns. ... This war is based on Putin's struggle to remain in power. NATO is just an excuse. (Thread) 1

A free, democratic and prosperous Ukraine is a direct threat to Putin's rule of law. Full stop

Russia says 498 soldiers were killed, 1597 wounded during the invasion of Ukraine 1

  • U.S. official urges people to be "extremely skeptical" of Russian figures on their troops killed and injured. 1

An animation showing the progress of Russia's invasion of Ukraine over the first week. 1

Prospect of "martial law" in Russia 1

Remarkable video circulating on Telegram. Ukrainians gave a captured Russian soldier food and tea and called his mother to tell her he’s ok. He breaks down in tears. Compare the compassion shown here to Putin’s brutality. 1

  • Geneva Convention Violation to film POWs 1 2

March is a start of agricultural season in Ukraine. Instead of growing crops, our people have to do this. (Video) 1

Russian businessman Alexander Konanykhin has put a $1,000,000 reward for Putin's head 1

  • Confirmed! Posted by Alexander himself 1 2 3 4

Germany delivers 1,000 antitank weapons and 500 stinger missiles to #Ukraine. Berlin has also lifted some restrictions on German-made weapons being sent to conflict zones – which means that third countries can now send more arms to Ukraine. 1

I need to make a thread on supply issues. Have seen a number of videos of Russian troops doing grocery ‘shopping’ in towns. 1

'If the enemy thinks that Ukraine will only defend itself, they are wrong. We will do as we see fit.' Ukraine’s Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said on March 2. 1

Ukraine Could Soon Be Using US-Provided Unconventional Warfare Skills 1 2

Let's just say it's not just the TB-2 that's been taking out Russian supply convoys. Here's Ukrainian SOF with captured armour/vehicles recently. 1

Armed Forces report interception of Russian planning documents alleging that an invasion was affirmed on Jan. 22. According to the documents, the takeover of the country is supposed to take 15 days. 1

Russian battle plans captured, likely from one of the command vehicles captured. Battle plans were approved on January 18th and called for a 15 day war to take over Ukraine 1

Cyber

Unconfirmed (Probably fake). Hackers have taken control of The Russian Space Agency's satellite imaging and vehicle monitoring systems 1 2

  • If you told me Russia's spy satellite control network was exposed to the open internet that would be the least surprising thing I've read in several days, and my jaw would still drop. 1
  • Russia space agency head says satellite hacking would justify war 1

A Ukrainian cyber guerrilla warfare group plans to launch digital sabotage attacks against critical Russian infrastructure such as railways and the electricity grid to strike back at Moscow over its invasion, a hacker team coordinator told @Reuters 1 2

On Monday, Aushev said he planned to organize hacking attacks that would disrupt any infrastructure that helps bring Russian troops and weapons to his country.
After word spread of the formation of Aushev's team, the Belarusian Cyber Partisans, a Belarus-focused hacking team, volunteered to attack Belarusian Railways because they said it was used to transport Russian soldiers.
The Cyber Partisans disabled the railway's traffic systems and brought down its ticketing website, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday.

Russian ransomware attacks on Ukraine muted by leaks, insurance woes 1 2

‘Russia’s government is also throttling Twitter, Facebook and Instagram platforms that tens of millions of Russia’s citizens rely on to access independent information and opinion,’ the State Department said in a statement 1 2

Anti War Protests

Russians in St. Petersburg demonstrate against the invasion in Ukraine after jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny called on Russians to stage daily protests. Navalny depicted President Vladimir Putin as an ‘obviously insane tsar.’ 1

Russian police arrest anti-war protesters in Saint Petersburg 1 2

Sanctions

JP Morgan: Russia risks default on public debt. Russia is to pay off more than $700 million in government bonds this month. 1

Can't believe it's GERMANY making the first seizures against oligarchs. Things really have changed 1

  • Germany was NOT the first to make to seizures of yachts against Russia oligarchs - Norway were = 23 Feb 2022 ! (A yacht named "Ragnar") 1

Aircraft

Also not diggin' this new Global Hawk pattern they've started. Heavy focus on Kaliningrad 🇷🇺 and Polish 🇵🇱/Belarussian 🇧🇾 border. FORTE10 is a USAF 🇺🇸 RQ-4 using hex code #AE541F 1

Locations

Izyum

  • Damage to residential apartments block hit in airstrike in Izyum 1 2

Kharkiv

  • Still missing a few locations, but here's a map of damage to civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv on March 2. 1 2
  • “A Russian landing force has landed in Kharkiv. A battle between invaders and Ukrainian defenders began"- Security Service of Ukraine 1
  • Moment of Russian airstrike on Kharkiv City Council (Video) 1
  • Kharkiv, tonight 1
  • #Kharkiv will never forget #Ukraine will never forgive. The scale of destruction grows every day. The amount of reparations to be payed by #Russia - unimaginable 1

Kherson

  • Per a US official, Kherson remains contested 1
  • Confusing reports about Kherson
    • An update about Kherson. Ukrainian military will not try to kick Russian army out of the city anytime soon, due to fear of casualties among civilians and hard situation on other fronts. With this, we can officially declare city as occupied, largest city Ukraine lost to date. 1
    • Not sure why he means by that, even Ukrainian army recognizes it as under Russian control, and has no desire to reclaim it anytime soon. 1
  • Kherson has fallen to the Russian military, becoming the first major Ukrainian city to come under Russian control since the invasion last week. The mayor, Igor Kolykhaev, told me he met today with the Russian commander who plans to set up a military administration. 1
  • Russian soldier vs. Door. Kherson, Ukraine. 1
    • Battle of Techno House 2022 🤣 1
  • Evening in Kherson on the Dnieper River, two and a half weeks ago. 1
  • Russian troops entered the Ukrainian city of Kherson, forcing their way into the council building, the mayor said, after a day of conflicting claims over whether Moscow had made the first major gain of a city in its eight-day-long invasion 1 2

Kyiv

  • Kyiv is so silent now. Not a sound of life out there. As if it’s in vacuum. And this silence embraces the emptry streets. And it is very uncomfortable. 1
  • Biggest blasts we've ever seen, just as we were coming off air tonight in Kyiv 1
  • At least 4 Large Explosions have been heard in the Ukrainian Capitol city of Kyiv in the last 15 minutes, Russian Missile Strikes are most likely occurring throughout the city. 1

Mariupol

  • Mariupol -- the Azov Nazi strong-hold right now. The Chechens and Russians are coming. 1

Mykolaiv

  • The head of the #Mykolaiv regional state administration shared photos of the occupants' captured equipment. 1

Trostyanets

  • Ukrainian Bayraktar drone destroyed Russian self-propelled artillery piece in Trostyanets 1

Volnovakha

  • Destroyed Ukrainian vehicles in Volnovakha. 1


Mar 1

Russia's losses as of March 1, according to Ukraine's Defense Ministry. 1

European Parliament recommends giving Ukraine EU candidate status. 1

Ukraine's Zelenskiy tells Russia "just stop the bombing" before more ceasefire talks 1

Forgot the handbrake 1

Second destroyed Russian Pantsir S-1 air defense system by Ukrainian forces. One unit costs approximately $ 13 million (USD). 1

International Court of Justice to hold hearings over Russia’s war in Ukraine. Public hearings on genocide charges against Russia will be held on March 7-8. They will be streamed live. 1

Assassination force loyal to Chechnya's Kadyrov, which was focused on Ukraine's president, has been neutralized according to Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council 1

Ukraine’s Secret Weapon Against Russia: Turkish Drones 1

Over 100 western diplomats walked out in protest during Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's speech at the U.N. Human Rights Council today. 1

Ukrainian military: Intelligence showing that Belarus is preparing to join Russia in the war against Ukraine 1

Amnesty International’s Crisis Evidence Lab analyzed digital evidence — including photos, videos and satellite imagery of indiscriminate attacks in #Ukraine. They have verified violations of international law which could amount to war crimes. 1

Russian Embassy Statement 1

Russian soldier tells his mom he’s a POW and Putin lied to them. Mom had no idea he was in Ukraine and no idea Russia attacked Ukraine. Tells her to tell everyone. Bananas. 1

  • They were told they were going to the DNR & LNR territories as peacekeepers

US Senator Mark Warner, the Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says Russia's President Putin has been 'caught off guard by the size of the Ukrainian resistance', has 'isolated himself' and 'not been in the Kremlin very much' 1

Cyber

Popular mapping tool @Liveuamap, whose website was founded by Ukrainians and whose main operation is in Ukraine, has been under a sustained DDoS attack — nearly 18 hours. Cloudfare is directly assisting. 1

  • @Liveuamap confirms DDoS 1
  • Liveuamap.com website is backup, thanks to great @Cloudflare 1

Sanctions

Russia's government will spend up to 1 trillion rubles to buy shares of companies that have been sanctioned 1

World’s biggest container lines – Maersk, CMA, and MSC – suspend shipping to and from Russia. The suspension will cover all Russian gateway ports. The suspension excludes food, medicines, and other humanitarian supplies. 1

Apple halts product sales in Russia 1

Aircraft

I've been seeing a lot of calls for a #NoFlyZoneOverUkraine. On the surface this might seem a great option - no more Russia bombing civilians. But imposing a no-fly zone involves active combat. #NATO would be declaring war on Russia. So let's talk about no-fly zones. 1

Locations

Berdyansk

  • Five minutes ago, the Armed Forces of #Ukraine launched a OTR-21 Tochka tactical ballistic missile strike on an airfield in Berdyansk where #Russia's army concentrated numerous troops. 1

Borodianka

  • A person filmed the moment when a tank fired a shell towards the building where he was. This video would have been filmed in Borodianka, I am working on the geolocation. 1
  • Geolocation : 50.643834, 29.933976 Via - @JackPTaylor 1

Borodyanka

  • Russian BM-21 grad destroyed in Borodyanka by Ukrainian Territorial Defense 1

Kharkiv

  • #Russia has bombed another apartment block, this time in #Kharkiv (#Харків), Kharkiv Oblast, northeastern #Ukraine. Another example of indiscriminate #Russian warcrimes. 1
  • Hospital hit, residential block hit, I am sure you can fill in the gaps. 1
    • Eight dead in Russian air strike on Kharkiv residential block: Ukraine emergency service 1
  • Massive explosion due to shelling in the city center of Kharkiv (50.0041768, 36.2361912) 1
  • Photos from central Kharkiv after Russia’s missile strike today, which reportedly killed ten. 1

Kharkov

  • In #Kharkov, people do not even have time to shoot a video of the destroyed apartment during the break between the bombings. 1

Kherson

  • Russian forces moving on the outskirts of Kherson. 1
    • My guys worked their magic, here, we've found them. Western outskirts of Kherson. (46.646605739744025, 32.55938441196251) 1
  • UAV footage of the battle for the Antonovsky bridge near Kherson. The footage shows two Ukrainian BRDM-2 vehicles, Ukrainian soldiers, and Russian Ural trucks and Msta-B howitzers. 1 2
  • Russian troops have seized the river port and railway station in Kherson, Mayor of Kherson Igor Kolyhav said. According to CNN, Russian military vehicles entered Kherson after heavy shelling and appear to have taken the southern city. 1

Kyiv

  • Russia strikes at TV tower in Kyiv. Ukrainian TV channels stopped broadcasting several minutes ago. 1 2
  • Russian logistics are so bad it continues to amaze. This 40km column/traffic jam is going to run out of fuel just sitting on the highway north of Kyiv. 1
  • Airstrike at public media center in Kyiv https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/1-march-airstrike-at-public-media-center-in-kyiv via @prm_ua 1
  • Extensive damage to civilian infrastructure on Vokzalna Street in Bucha (N-W Kyiv). The damage is very localized, which in my opinion shows that this small group was ambushed while trying to get to Irpin. 50.544462, 30.226208 1
  • The streets of Bucha, located in close vicinity to Kyiv, are filled with burned-out Russian military equipment left after a brutal battle with the invaders. The town was severely damaged in the enemy's attempt to break through to Ukraine's capital. 1
  • Satellite images show a Russian military convoy north of Ukraine's Kyiv stretched for 40 miles, substantially longer than the 17 miles reported a day earlier 1 2

Mariupol

  • Message from a Ukrainian solider: If anything happens don’t let us be forgotten. We are surrounded in Mariupol no way out. 1
  • Horrible conversation with the deputy mayor of Mariupol. Says residential areas heavily bombed, including his father's neighbourhood. "The situation is awful, we are near to a humanitarian catastrophe. We have been under more than 15 hours of continuous shelling without pause." 1
    • “One district of the city is nearly totally destroyed ... We cannot count the number of victims there but we believe at least hundreds of people are dead. We cannot go in to retrieve the bodies. My father lives there, I cannot reach him, I don't know if he is alive or dead."
    • “The Russian forces are several kilometres away on all sides. The Ukrainian army is brave and they will continue to defend the city, but Russia does not fight with their army, they just destroy districts. “We believe in our Ukrainian army, but we are in a terrible situation.”

Poltava

  • 2 Abandoned Russian T-80 Tanks found in the Central Ukrainian city of Poltava after a Russian Offensive on the city failed due to Ukrainian Resistance and Supply Line Breakdowns. 1

Zhytomyr Oblast

Bayraktari at work. Our operators are jeweling columns of enemy troops. The Russian beech in the area of Raspberry of the Zhytomyr region was destroyed. Fear, enemies! There will be no peace for you on our earth! 1

Ozerne Airbase (50.159545, 28.745068)
  • Turns out Russian long range precision fire isn’t that precise. 2/6 hits on target. 1
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Feb 28

I made a map of footage from Februay 28 that I found and geolocated from Kharkiv Telegram pages. 1 2 3

U.N. General Assembly Holds Special Session on Ukraine 1

Father was shot in front of his son This is how the Russians do not fire at civilians. (Warning, very graphic) 1

Long thread about how I think the first 96 hours have gone, still very early/incomplete impressions. 1 2

Zelensky: Ukraine to release prisoners with combat experience. 1

Yes, Kyiv and Kharkiv have been shelled for the first time since 1941. Two men gave such an order — Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Putin. 1

More than 5,000 U.S. troops deployed to Poland are still more than 5 miles from the Ukrainian border in assembly areas: senior U.S. defense official. U.S. troops have so far helped sporadically with American evacuees, but most leaving Ukraine are "doing it on their own" 1

  • No update on the length of the deployment, per official. 1

President @ZelenskyyUa has signed application for the membership of #Ukraine in the European Union. This is a historic moment! 1 2

Several thousand foreigners applied to fight for Ukraine, according to Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar. They submitted an application to the newly created International Territorial Defense Legion to help Ukraine fight against Russia. 1

We're seeing a lot of images of cluster munitions being used in Ukraine, so there's a few things I want to highlight to assist with reporting of the incidents. There's two types of rockets, fired by BM-27 and BM-30 multiple rocket launchers. 1 2

  • In a particularly egregious incident, a kindergarten in Okhtyrka appears to have been impacted by a cluster munition, with the cargo warhead landing about 200 metres away. 1

Ukraine went into talks demanding an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of all Russian forces from Ukraine. 1

Russia calls in Canadian envoy, complains over protests outside its embassy 1

Drive-by-molotov 1

  • There's a lot going on in this video. First, an APC being pulled by a tractor is hilarious. But that tractor has a "Z" on it indicating it's Russian. So, the Russian's ran out of gas, stole a farmer's tractors, are trying to tow their vehicle back to base or somewhere and they got hit 1 2

‘This war was not provoked. It was chosen by someone right now that is sitting in the bunker. We know what happened to the person who sat in the bunker in Berlin, in May, 1945,’ said Ukraine’s U.N. envoy Sirgiy Kyslytsya 1

  • "if he wants to kill himself, he doesn't need to use nuclear arsenal."

According to @TheTimes, 400+ Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group flew in from Africa to #Kyiv with orders from the #Kremlin to assassinate #Ukraine President #Zelensky and his government, laying groundwork for Moscow to take control. 1

Russia's foreign ministry said those supplying lethal weapons to #Ukraine would bear responsibility if they are used during Moscow's ongoing invasion. 1

  • Kremlin warns against supplying lethal weapons to Ukraine. 1

Canada’s Trudeau holds a briefing on Ukraine 1

  • Canada will send anti-tank weapons systems & upgraded ammunition to Ukraine, announces PM Justin Trudeau at a news conference in Ottawa. The Canadian Armed Forces will also be "providing airlift support" for the transportation of supplies & aid, the prime minister says. 1
  • Canada to ban Russian oil imports, send anti-tank weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, says Trudeau 1

EU accepts to integrate Ukraine into its electricity network. Ukraine was supposed to join the EU electric grid in 2023, synchronizing with it instead of the Russian and Belarusian ones. The Ukrainian electric grid will synchronize with the European one in a few weeks. 1

Foreigners willing to join 🇺🇦Ukraine’s International Legion now require no visa or something. Zelensky has signed a decree. 1

  • One brave Canadian combat medic travelled to Poland and is currently at the border. He is looking to get permission to travel back and forth between the two countries so that he can assist the injured and provide critical care. Pride of Canada 1

Possible war crimes or crimes against humanity in Ukraine will be investigated, prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague Karim Khan announced on Feb. 28. 1

Huge Russian convoy on the move tonight in Ukraine. 1

  • Fully loaded Russian BM-21 GRAD unit on the move in this convoy in Ukraine. Expect the Russians to do another round of MLRS barrage… 1

Israeli-made weapons are heading to Ukraine 1

The Panzerfaust 3 is a man-portable rocket-propelled grenade that can penetrate 900 mm. (35 inches) of steel armor or 700 mm. of explosive reactive armor and destroy tanks such as the Soviet T-72 and T-80.

Okay, this is getting ridiculous. The Russian forces have abandoned another two T-72 tanks. 1

"The US has solid intelligence that Putin is frustrated and expressing unusual bursts of anger at people in his inner circle over the state of the military campaign so far and the worldwide condemnation of his actions," according to 2 current US officials. 1 2

Cyber

The details of the cyber attack I mentioned at the border is now public. Russia took out #Ukranie border control data processing with a wiper virus. It's downright cruel causing massive delays in evacuating & human suffering at the border, it's #CyberWarfare 1

LockBit Ransomware Group confirms they are apolitical (not making the same mistake as Conti) 1

Russia is intentionally re-routing and sniffing massive amounts of internet traffic from Ukraine. Calls, sms, possible geolocations: probably used for military targeting. It’s called: BGP Hijacking 1

Russia won't officially say how many Russian soldiers have died in its invasion of Ukraine. So hackers breached multiple Russian news sites and published the current figures released by the Ukrainian military themselves: 5300 1 2

Starlink hardware arrives in Ukraine. 1

  • Looks like @elonmusk's StarLink systems already being put to use. Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's Minister of Digital Transformation. 1

Cyberattack on NATO could trigger collective defence clause 1

A cyberattack on a NATO member state could trigger Article 5, its collective defence clause, a NATO official said on Monday, amid concerns that chaos in cyberspace around Russia's invasion of Ukraine could spill over into other territories.

Today the Belarusian Cyber-Partisons group (@cpartisans) staged a cyber attack against the Belarusian railway infrastructure, designed to halt Russian military movements. Trains stopped in Minsk, Orsha, and Osipovichi The railway system uses Windows XP. 1

"Open-source intelligence is bringing in a new era of transparency and accountability to these world events, and that's not lost on global leaders," said @Will4Planet. Watch for more: 1

The Kremlin’s propaganda machine is running at full throttle 1

Russia is not conducting a war, Mr Putin’s flacks insist, but a nearly bloodless military operation to free its Ukrainian brothers from the vile West and its Nazi proxies in Ukraine.
Unprepared for the scale of the war or its consequences, many Russians, especially middle-class and educated ones, are horrified. Despite the risk of being arrested or beaten with truncheons, anti-war protesters have massed and marched in several Russian cities. In the past five days, about 4,000 people have been detained, though most are swiftly released. Anonymous, an international hacking group, has joined the fray. It has launched denial-of-service attacks on Russian state media and posted a message on many of them: “Dear citizens. We call on you to stop this madness. Don’t send your sons and husbands to die. It is time to act–come out on the streets!”

Ukrainian civilians got an abandoned Russian BTR-82A working and took it for a drive. 1

Zelensky says that the kind of country that unleashes weapons on the civilians of Kharkiv cannot be a permanent member of the UN Security Council. 1

As of Monday, Russia has committed just under 75 percent of the combat power it staged at the Ukrainian border before invading, up from about two-thirds on Sunday 1

Sanctions

Aircraft

Multiple sources say the decision has been made — and as soon as on Feb. 28 at 5 a.m. local time, the first Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft is very likely to take off carrying Belarusian paratroopers to be deployed against Ukraine. 1 2

Ukrainian pilots have arrived in Poland to take delivery of used fighter jets from EU countries, a major new step: 1

Ukraine to receive 70 fighter jets from the EU. Ukraine’s Air Force said on March 1. Bulgaria will provide 16 MiG-29s and 14 Su-25s, Poland will provide 28 MiG-29 units, and Slovakia – 12 MiG-29s. 1

Locations

Chernigiv

  • Russians taken prisoner today in Chernigiv region. It’s been 100 hours of Russia’s all-out invasion, and I have lost count of POWs taken by Ukrainian troops. In fact, we have an average of 2 or 3 Russians surrendering every hour. 1

Chernihiv

  • Earlier today, multiple Iskander-M ballistic missiles were launched at Ukrainian positions in the Chernihiv Oblast. 1
  • Aftermath from a drone footage of the Ukrainian “headquarters” that were targeted by Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles. 1

Hostomel Airport

  • #ISI reveals: satellite imagery of #Hostomel Airport, reveals the outcome of the strike of the #Antonov225 the world’s largest cargo aircraft. Strike damage assessment indicates that the #Russian attack most likely targeted on a few selected targets. 1

Kharkiv

  • Pivdennyi mayor in Kharkiv Oblast detained on suspicion of high treason. 1
  • Russians could not take Kharkiv, they are leveling it now 1
  • This is aa school. In #Kharkiv. Shelled to the ground. Right, because kids of #Ukraine are Nazis, according to #Putin. 1
  • I made a map of footage from Februay 28 that I found and geolocated from Kharkiv Telegram pages. 1 2

Kyiv

  • The metro is working again in Kyiv. Amazing. 1
  • A Russian convoy north of Kyiv is now stretched out over at least 17 miles. The line of vehicles is so extensive that it was not entirely captured in satellite imagery. 1 2
  • Russian armored vehicles destroyed by Ukraine's military along a damaged bridge in Irpin, just west of Kyiv's city limits. Ukraine has slowed Russian advance on Kyiv by blowing up bridges, small attacks, and airstrikes, a senior US defense official said today. 1

  • Satellite imagery collected by Maxar Technologies suggests a Russian convoy moving toward Kyiv is now approx. 64 kilometers. Maxar told CNN the military convoy consisted of armored vehicles, tanks, towed artillery and other logistical vehicles. 1
  • Ukraine: In Borodianka, Kyiv Oblast, the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces again raided Russian supply lines, taking out 3 trucks, capturing 4 more; including a Zil-131 Command Post & a truck loaded with ~40 122mm "Grad" rockets (Claimed to intended for use against the city)

Mariupol

  • Russian forces from the Donbass region have made huge advancements as they’ve reached the outskirts of Mariupol city, Ukraine. 1
  • I've geolocated this video which shows heavy clashes in Mariupol, Ukraine today, per video author. 47.106868,37.553810 is the building the video author filmed from. Because I get asked often, explanation on how I located this in thread. 1

Odessa

  • https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1498195590840258560
    • On closer inspection I believe they're possibly the UK supplied NLAWs. £20k ($27k) each. They don't have as good range as Javelins and aren't quite as powerful but have been used very effectively by the Ukrainians to knock out much Russian armour. 1

Sumy

  • Russian shelling of a military unit in Okhtyrka killed at least 70 Ukrainian soldiers, the head of Sumy Regional State Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi said. 1

Tokmak

  • Looks like Russian forces ran into resistance taking Tokmak. More scenes of urban warfare 1
    • so they are at 80 km from the 6 reactors nuclear power plant of Zaporijie 1


Feb 27

Russian invasion day 4 Thread 1

Ukraine confirms peace talks with Russia today. 1

President Putin orders nuclear deterrent forces to be on alert as international tension builds over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 1

Approximately 4,300 Russian troops were killed so far, says Ukrainian Defense Ministry. 1

  • 706 Russian APCs
  • 146 tanks
  • 27 planes
  • 26 helicopters

Updated numbers of Russia's casualties and other losses as of Feb. 27, according to Ukraine's Defense Ministry. 1

Russian POWs Say They Were Tricked, Threatened During Invasion 1

President Zelenskyy announces International Legion for the Territorial Defense of Ukraine, declaring ‘all citizens of the world, friends of Ukraine, peace & democracy’ can come & ‘fight side by side with the Ukrainians against the Russian war criminals.’ 1

Huge motorcade just left the Kremlin at speed 1

  • During the anti-war rally, which is currently taking place on the Arbat Moscow, a motorcade from the Kremlin passed by in a rush it seems like. (Video) 1

Russian official apologises for war in Ukraine at UN climate meet 1

"Let me present an apology on behalf of all Russians not able to prevent this conflict," Anisimov said at the closing plenary of the virtual, 195-nation forum, according to three sources who heard him speak.

A US military official: Russia has no experience in moving on this scale outside its borders, and Russia did not expect the size of the resistance in Ukraine 1

This war will change Ukraine, Russia and Europe. A THREAD 1

The Ukrainian Air Force has released additional footage of their Turkish made TB2 drones striking the Russian Occupation Forces. 1 2

Ukrainian peasants stole Russian vehicle with a tractor 1

  • It's an air defense system, but never mind that and just look at this. 1

U.N. Security Council calls rare General Assembly session on Ukraine 1

The vote by the 15-member council was procedural so Russia could not wield its veto. A resolution convening the General Assembly session was adopted with 11 yes votes. Russia voted no, while China, India and the United Arab Emirates abstained.

U.S. blasts Putin nuclear order as 'unacceptable,' considers further sanctions 1

I'm really enjoying seeing Russian tanks and BMPs/BTRs out of gas (and in many cases abandoned). Something, something, supply chains... 1

Mass-production of Molotov cocktails by Ukrainians in the forest 1

100,000 Ukrainians mobilized in 2 days. According to Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi, 50,000 are military reservists and 50,000 are Territorial Defense volunteers. 1

As of Feb. 27, all the biggest cities – Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Dnipro, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Mariupol, Kherson – are still under full Ukrainian control, despite Russia’s massive and costly effort to seize or isolate them. 1 2

Ukraine's Casualties 1

Seems that the Ukrainian Army got themselves a modern T-72B3M from the Russian Army; location unknown. 1

Russian Tactics Thread 1

  • Reply 1

Update on Russian Progress 1

For decades we all tried to get Germany to raise their defense spending to the 2% goal established by the alliance. Now Putin has managed to accomplish that in a weekend. 1 2

Kosovo asks the US for a permanent military base and requests NATO membership 1 2

Cyber

Anonymous hackers launched the Ukrainian anthem on the radio frequency used by the Russian military 1

Made a list of #cyber groups currently involved in #UkraineRussiaWar It's a work in progress, tips/updates welcome. Updated daily at medium link. Real-time updates on this Twitter. 1 2

The Russian Twitter Troll Farms are in full swing today. Bring it. 1

U.S. banks prepare for cyber attacks after latest Russia sanctions 1

A Conti Ransomware member recently leaked internal chat logs spanning back an entire year. 1 2 3

Anti War Protests

Ottawa 1

Sanctions

The Ruble has already lost over 40% of its value 1 2 3

Aircraft

F-35 over Poland 1

A Ukrainian pilot 'Vladmir Abdonov' has downed 6 Russian jets over Ukraine: 1

  • 2x SU-35
  • 2x SU-25
  • 1x SU-27
  • 1x MIG-29 “THE GHOST OF KYIV”

Satellite imagery suggests the only AN225 has been destroyed. (Unconfirmed) 1 2 3

EU countries to send ‘fighter jets’ to Ukraine to fight off Moscow’s invasion by countering Russian air and land assaults, the EU's Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell said. 1 2 3

Ukraine’s Air Force has just received a large shipment of air-to-air missiles for our jet fighters 1

Perhaps the first video from the Gostomel airport appeared after the start of the fighting. On the video - burning cars with the letter V, as well as dying Mriya. (AN225 Destroyed) 1

Navy

Russian cruise missile submarines, possibly returning to base, Arctic 1

Locations

Antonov Airport

  • Russian attacks at Antonov Airport caused grass fires, damaged multiple hangars, just a few miles northwest of Kyiv. The Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world’s largest airplane, was destroyed by a Russian strike during the battle. 1 2
  • Antonov Airport, Gostomel 1

Berdiansk

  • Russian military have taken control of Berdiansk, a port city in southeast Ukraine. 1

Cherkasy Oblast

  • Looks like an ammunition stockpile just got struck in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. Shockwave from the blast can be seen. 1
Cherkassy (Capital of Cherkasy Oblast)
  • Video from Cherkassy, central Ukraine. 1
  • Geolocation of explosion outside Palanka in Cherkasy Oblast #Ukraine Filmed from approximately 48.7421, 30.1018 1

Chernihiv Oblast

Sribne
  • A Russian convoy consisting of a T-72B3 tank, an Osa-AKM SAM system and logistics trucks were ambushed today in Sribne, #Chernihiv. 1

Kharkiv

  • Russian troops and military vehicles are entering parts of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-most populous city. 1
  • Ukrainians report that the Russian assault into Kharkiv was fully repulsed 1
  • Destroyed Tigrs in Kharkiv 1
  • Ukrainians managed to recover all of this from the abandoned Tigrs 1
  • Russian troops have entered Kharkiv. 1
  • Ukraine's army in Kharkiv finally received additional Javelins, NLAW, SMAW-D and Stingers. 1

Kherson

  • This looks like a legitimate video of a Ukrainian TB2 UCAV strike on a Russian military column. 1
    • I'll wait until the end of the war to make firm conclusions, but Russia's employment of fires is very questionable so far. They should have had the ability to knock out these TB2s on the ground in the very beginning. Embarrassing if they are actually taking losses from them. 1

Kyiv

  • Satellite imagery shows large deployment of Russian ground forces with a convoy of more than 5 kilometers (3.2 miles) moving towards Kyiv - Reuters 1
  • Satellite images show large unit of Russian troops near Kyiv. Hundreds of vehicles, around 40 miles NW of the capital. 1 2
  • Mayor of #Kyiv says Russian forces surround the city, block off exit points, preventing civilians from fleeing. Fears that a large push on Kyiv could be coming soon. 1
    • And now, despite the Mayor saying, "Right now we are encircled.", and, when asked if there were plans to evacuate citizens, "We can't do that, because all ways are blocked", he now claims this isn't true, and they haven't been encircled. 1
    • Kyiv’s mayor: ‘We are encircled’ but full of fight 1
  • Russian convoy spotted at these coordinates: 50.8735190, 30.0022539 (Just North of Kiev) 1

Mariupol

  • Mariupol, the work of the regiment "Azov" 1
  • 2,000 Russian marines advancing on Mariupol in southeast Ukraine after amphibious assault from Sea of Azov: U.S. official 1

Mykolaiv

  • A Ukrainian 2S1 Gvozdika howitzer was destroyed in Mykolaiv. 1

Sumy

  • A Russian T-90 and 2S3 Acacia SPG got stuck in a field near #Sumy and were abandoned by their crew. If recovered, they would be operational. 1

Volnovakha

  • Volnovakha is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe - the head of the Donetsk regional military-civil administration Pavlo Kyrylenko. "The city is actually blocked by the enemy: it is impossible to evacuate the population or even bring people bread and water," he said. 1

Zhytomyr

  • Video of the massive explosion in Zhytomyr 1


Feb 26

Russian invasion day 3 Thread 1

Today I authorized the @DeptofDefense to provide an additional $350 million in immediate military assistance to Ukraine to help defend itself from Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war. (Secretary Antony Blinken) 1

President's Office: Russian Armed Forces have not gained any operational and tactical advantage over the past 24 hours. This "indicates that Ukraine is winning." 1
US has indications that Russians are “increasingly frustrated” with lack of progress in Ukraine invasion, especially in the north: senior defense official U.S. has no indications that Russia has taken over any city in Ukraine or achieved air superiority. 1

Russian Losses so far 1

  • soldiers: 3500
  • tanks: 102
  • armored vehicles: 536
  • artillery: 15
  • fighter jets: 14
  • helicopters: 8
  • BUK-1 system: 1

Putin's blitzkrieg against #Ukraine is stalling. #Russia|n forces' advance is slow and their casulties are growing, and the Ukrainian armed forces are showing impressive resolve in defending their country. 1

Former Ukrainian President Poroshenko has grabbed arms and decided to join the Ukrainian army to fight off Russian forces. 1

Russia has sent more than 50 percent of the forces arrayed on the border into Ukraine: senior U.S. defense official. Russian military is 30 kilometers north of Kyiv, the official said. 1

Turkey Bans Russia warships from entering the Black Sea. Zelensky announces move after call with Erdogan 1 2

  • Turkish foreign minister Cavusoglu said couple of times that Turkey cannot close the straits to Russian warships because they can return to their ports in wartime under Montreux Convention 1 2

A destroyed group of Rosgvardia vehicles. The use of Rosgvardia and riot police units in this operation has thus far been puzzling to say the least. 1

  • Rosgvardia = National Guard of Russia

Zelensky posts another video filmed in central Kyiv. "There's a lot of fake information online that I call on our army to lay down arms, and that there's evacuation," he said. "I'm here. We won't lay down our arms. We will defend our state." 1

Germany decides to send weapons from its military to Ukraine | DW News 1

  • anti-tank weapons
  • surface-to-air missiles
  • RPGs

Latest Defence Intelligence update on Ukraine 1

The Russian media is apparently not showing the war at all...only talking about a specific operation in Donbas area! And they are not allowed to use the word war!! There are videos of Russian mothers surprised their sons are POW in Ukraine! Surreal. 1

This video shows the moment a high-rise residential building in Kyiv is hit by a missile. 1

US Senator Marco Rubio says Russian President Putin's plan was to establish air dominance within 24 hours, destroy Ukrainian military communications within 36 hours, encircle Kyiv within 48 hours and install a 'puppet government' within 72 hours. 1

US Senator Marco Rubio, who is Vice Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says Russian military leaders should think 'very carefully' before following orders they 'recently received' 1

Cyber

CISA Releases Advisory on Destructive Malware Targeting Organizations in Ukraine 1

State Telecommunications Service: Kremlin website down. Ukraine’s telecoms agency also announced that the Russian media regulator’s site was down and that Russian TV channels had been hacked to broadcast Ukrainian songs. 1 2

Anonymous message to Vladimir Putin 1

Starlink service is now active in Ukraine. More terminals en route. 1

JUST IN: #Russian state TV channels have been hacked by #Anonymous to broadcast the truth about what happens in #Ukraine. 1

Google says it has banned state-funded Russian media from running ads on its services 1

Anti War Protests

Tallin now! (capital of Estonia) anti-war riots in support of the people #Ukraine 1

Sanctions

Hungary now supports cutting Russia off SWIFT. Hungary was the last EU country who opposed the measure. 1

Former Russian Central Bank official says there will be a 'catastrophe' on the country's currency market on Monday amid mounting sanctions. 1

Intel and AMD stop supplying microchips to Russia 1

Russia has $630bn in international reserves. A big chunk of that is held overseas. Western sanctions agreed tonight are designed to stop Putin being able to spend even a single rouble worth. 1

US official: “We’ve now targeted all 10 of Russia's largest financial institutions, holding nearly 80 percent of the Russian bank’s total assets. We've cut off Russia's largest bank from U.S. financial system, a big blow to its ability to function and process global trade.” 1

Aircraft

U.S. To Bolster Ukrainian Air Defenses As Russian Advance Grinds On 1 2

NATO tankers supporting fighter activity over eastern Europe 1

F-16s flying from Italy 1

Ukrainian military has destroyed Russian Su-30 fighter aircraft in the Black Sea. 1

Estonia to shut its airspace to Russian planes 1

The fact that Russia is still failing to achieve air superiority over Ukraine is shocking 1

Navy

Locations

Belarus

  • Destroyed bridge at Ukraine / Belarus border. (51.393704, 30.640833)

Chernihiv

  • Massive destruction in Chernihiv 1
  • During the battles for Chernihiv, as a result of a lightning attack together with the Armed Forces, NMU servicemen managed to return to their positions in a flash and capture 2 occupiers who did not even have time to react to what happened. One of them is the chief of staff of unit 41659. 1

Hostomel Airport

  • Magomed Tushayev, one of Ramzan Kadyrov’s top warlords, has been killed in action in Hostomel. Ukraine’s elite Alpha Group is reportedly fighting Chechens in the airfield. 1
  • The destruction of a convoy of Chechen special forces near Hostomel on Feb. 26 officially confirmed by the President's Office. 1

Kharkiv

  • #Kharkiv under heavy air strikes in the early hours of Feb. 26. It’s the second-largest city in #Ukraine with a population of 1.5 million people. 1
  • Cluster ammunition. Kharkiv 1
  • Explosions at the Kharkiv airport (Ukraine). 1
  • #Kharkiv mayor says #Russian's have entered the city. (videos in thread) 1
  • Russians blow up a gas pipeline in Kharkiv. 1

Kyiv

  • Sun is up in Kyiv. The shooting in my neighborhood stopped. I can hear birds. Feels like an end of a vampire movie. Something tells me this night was important. And the enemy will remember this night too. 1
  • Ukraine's military says it repelled a Russian attack on a Ukrainian base in Kyiv 1
  • Kyiv right now (Video) 1
  • The tank farm is on fire right now, Vasilkov. Kyiv region. 1
  • Satellite imagery from @sentinelhub shows multiple fires burning today (Feb 26) around Gostomel Airfield in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Location: 50.593381, 30.204936. H/T to @ilkanguru who identified this. 1
  • Tonight will be the make-it-or-break it night for Kyiv. Having failed with plan A (Spetznaz takeover of key institutions), Russia will likely throw at the capital everything and the sink: subversion teams, artillery shelling (ongoing) and probably for the first time tanks. 1

Odesa

  • In Odesa, local businessman offered $800 for every detained invader. Within hours local civilians supplied him with 9 fine specimens of RU military. 1

Vasylkiv

  • The moment of the explosion at the oil depot in Vasylkiv 1
  • Vasylkiv Air Base remains a hot spot. As Russian forces try to take over the Vasylkiv Air Base, around 30 km southwest of Kyiv, the firefighters can’t reach an oil storage that was set on fire a few hours earlier. 1


Feb 25

Independent journalist's walk to Poland 1

Ukraine reports over 1,000 Russian soldiers killed on invasion's second day. 1

  • Ukraine's Armed Forces allege that it is the largest number of casualties in conflict ever sustained by Russia in one day.

10,000 Chechen military personnel join Russia 1 2

Bounty for destroying tanks and killing soldiers 1

Russia has lost 2,800 troops, 80 tanks, 516 armored vehicles, 10 airplanes, and 7 helicopters in its invasion of Ukraine: deputy defense minister. 1 2

  • as of 3pm Ukraine time
  • from Ukrainian deputy defense minister

Guards fire shots as Ukrainians try to cram onto evacuation trains 1

In less than 48 hours, more than 50,000 refugees left #Ukraine, mostly destined for #Poland and #Moldova - the UN. 1

Russia facing more resistance than it expected in Ukraine- U.S. official 1

  • > "We do assess that there is greater resistance by the Ukrainians than the Russians expected," the senior defense official said, adding Ukraine's command and control of its military "remains intact".
  • > "They are not moving on Kyiv as fast as what we believe they anticipated they would be able to do. That said, they continue to try to move on Kyiv."
  • > "They are fighting for the country," the official said, noting that Russia had yet to establish control of the airspace above Ukraine or used the extent of its electronic warfare capabilities.

Multiple airbases being struck over the course of the night. 1

A group of chemistry students from Kyiv's top technical university started to mass produce Molotov's cocktails for Territorial Defence Forces of the city. 1

In response to US request to evacuate Kyiv, Ukraine's Zelensky said he needed 'ammunition, not a ride' 1

Kazakhstan reportedly denies Russia's request for troops. Kazakhstan, one of Russia’s closest allies and a southern neighbor, is denying a request for its troops to join the offensive in Ukraine, NBC reports citing its sources. 1

Russian Communist Party member of parliament Mikhail Matveev says he did not vote for Kyiv to be bombed, calls for the war to be halted 'immediately' 1

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1497320493619286025
https://graphics.reuters.com/UKRAINE-CRISIS/zdpxokdxzvx/

Cyber

Hacktivist organization Anonymous declared cyber-war on Russia. 1

Ukraine asks for S.Korea cybersecurity aid amid Russia invasion 1 2

Ukrainian government is seeking hackers to counter cyber warfare. The country is looking for recruits from its “hacker underground” to protect key digital infrastructure and conduct cyber spying on Russia. 1

Ukraine links phishing targeting military to Belarusian hackers 1

Ukraine says its military is being targeted by Belarusian hackers 1

  • > The CERT said blamed a group codenamed "UNC1151" for the hacking, identifying its members as Minsk-based officers of Belarusian military.

Conti ransomware group announces support for Russia, says any 'war activity' on Russia will result in them using their access to "strike back". 1

https://twitter.com/BushidoToken/status/1497248298587021312

CozyBear (aka APT29, Nobelium)
FancyBear (aka APT28, Sofacy)
Turla (aka VenomousBear)
Gamaredon (aka PrimitiveBear)
Ghostwriter (aka UNC1151)

https://twitter.com/dsszzi/status/1497103078029291522

Russian vigilante hacker: 'I want to help beat Ukraine from my computer' 1

Hacktivist group #Anonymous has successfully breached and leaked the database of the Russian Ministry of Defence website | mil[.]ru |. You can download all private data of the Russian MOD here 1

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-intelligence/2022/02/cyber-lures-and-threats-in-the-context-of-the-war-in-ukraine/

Cybercriminals have no shame. With no humanitarian organization and only generic purpose mentioned, scammers try to lure out money from people trying to help #Ukraine during the #war. 1

Major internet outage in Ukraine 1

Conti ransomware just changed the phrasing of their statement regarding Russia's support. Claiming that they do not ally with any government and condemn the war. 1

Initial Statement Updated Statement

Anti War Protests

St Petersburg protest grows 1

Sanctions

President of European Commission says new sanctions will limit Russia's access to semiconductors 1

Russia is expelled from Council of Europe. 1

EU unanimously agrees to freeze assets of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and foreign minister Sergey Lavrov. 1

As Russian forces move on Kyiv, it's time to get serious about ratcheting sanctions up a notch. The US and Europe have ample room for escalation. A few thoughts on the option set 1

Putin has now been sanctioned by all of the US, UK and the European Union 1

The U.S. government said it will cut Russia off from American microchips, telecoms gear, and other items. The wide-ranging trade curbs could sting the Russian economy more than financial sanctions 1

Justin Trudeau says Canada will levy additional sanctions on Belarus and its leaders for 'abetting President Putin's invasion of a free and sovereign nation.' These will target 57 individuals and come in addition to existing sanctions targeting Alexander Lukashenko's government. 1

Taiwan to join 'democratic countries' in sanctions on Russia 1 2

Aircraft

https://twitter.com/vcdgf555

https://twitter.com/ameliairheart/status/1497102833388339202

United States Air Force with a BIG air presence right now, few seem to be on stand by, have been in air for hours 1

F-16s from Aviano airbase in Italy are providing air patrol over Romania 1

FORTE12 🇺🇸 Flobal Hawk UAV looking at Sevastopol and Crimea mighty hard right now. 1
Forte12 Yesterday... The hero we don’t deserve... but we need him 1

USAF Forte11 on Crimea? 1

IL-76 shot down by Ukraine 1

Air Force Command of the Ukraine Armed Forces claims: 1

  • Ukrainian Su-27 shot down Russian Su-25 flying towards Vinnytsia
  • Ukrainian S-300 air defences shot down a Russian Su-25 and helicopter
  • Ukrainian Su-27 shot down a Russian IL-76 near Vasylkiv

Two US officials confirmed that Ukraine shot down a second Il-76 transport aircraft tonight. If true, this would be a really significant mistake for the Russian military, and possibly the worst loss of life for the Russian Airborne Forces since the 2nd Chechen War. 1

Navy

Feb 25 #Russian Navy activity ref #Ukraine 1

  • Amphibious landings west of #Mariupol, coord with land-based attacks
  • civilian ships attacked
  • Attack on Snake Island Feb 24 - SLAVA cruiser

The Japan Times reports a Japanese-owned cargo ship was hit by a 'missile' off Ukraine's coast 1
2 more merchant ships hit by Russian attacks in Black Sea. 1
Cargo ship Namura Queen hit by rocket off Ukraine - local agent 1

The Moldovan-flagged vessel hit by a Russian missile on February 25th is still burning near Odessa. 1

Locations

Belarus

  • Russia has deployed several large contingents of ground forces and nearly 150 ground attack and transport helicopters in southern Belarus, per satellite images. 1
  • Bobruisk (Mogilev region, Belarus) today at 20:47 a large number of vehicles were transported through the city. In the convoy, you can see the transportation of BMP-2 and T-72B tanks. 1

Hostomel Airport

  • Reports saying Hostomel airport is destroyed, Russian formations used the village to stage and launch another attack towards Kyiv this evening 1
    • Slightly good news for the Ukrainians, it means the Russians aren’t landing anything there anytime soon

Kulbakino Airfield

  • Kulbakino airfield was hit this evening 1
    • 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade is based there, SU-25s

Kyiv

  • Ukraine says it has shot down a Russian aircraft over Kyiv 1
    • Videos in thread
  • US Senator Rubio says at least 'three dozen missiles' have been fired at Kyiv in the last 40 minutes 1
  • Column advancing south towards Kyiv. This is the western side of the pincer movement. 1
  • 10,000 automatic rifles have been given to regular civilians in Kyiv in the last few hours - Interior Minister 1
  • U.K. says Russian forces have opened a new route of advance towards Kyiv having failed to capture Chernihiv city 1
  • North Kyiv; Ukraine blew up bridge to prevent advance of tanks 1
  • https://twitter.com/b_judah/status/1497236190906523654
  • The partisan carnage awaiting Russian soldiers in #Kyiv is very real. 1
  • Kyiv home guard, the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade, now operate British-provided NLAWs. Welcome to hell, motherfuckers. 1
  • A yet another air raid alert in Kyiv right now. 1
  • This is what Russia is doing right now to a European city of 4 million people. 1
  • Additional footage of heavy fighting near #Kyiv. Easily the closest its been to the city center since the start of hostilities. 1
  • Ukrainian media says president Zelensky is still in Kyiv and personally involved in coordinating the defense of the city 1
  • Russian saboteurs disguised as the National Police drove up to a checkpoint near Vasylkiv south of Kyiv where heavy fighting has been reported, and shot Ukrainian soldiers there. Source: Ukrainska Pravda, citing their sources in the military. 1

Mariupol

  • Mayor of Mariupol reports a column of Russian tanks was destroyed in vicinity of this Donbas city. 1

Vasylkiv

Heavy fighting reported in Vasylkiv near Kyiv. Vasylkiv is a city of 37,000 people some 40 kilometres south of Kyiv. It has an airfield. Russian paratroopers reportedly landed in the city. Ukrainian forces are fighting them. 1

Vyshgorod (District of Kyiv)

  • As a result of an air strike by the Russian armed forces on Maryanivka in the Vyshhorod district of Kyiv region, four civilians were killed and 15 were injured, according to the Kyiv Regional State Administration. 1


Feb 24

Russia Invades Ukraine

Putin orders invasion of eastern Ukraine

https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/1496850949696016384

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1496984835159638020

Ukraine introduces martial law 1 2 3 4

Canadian embassy in Lviv, Ukraine closed; staff relocated to Poland. 1

NATO fighter jets patrolling the skies over Poland & Romania. 1

China's state media is pushing false narratives blaming the US for instigating the Russia-Ukraine conflict. 1

  • Related? Taiwan warns Chinese aircraft in its air defence zone. 1

4 ballistic missiles have been launched from Belarusian soil into Ukraine. 1

False Report 1

  • Video from 2018 1

Ukraine's forces no match for Russia in manpower, gear and experience 1

  • Modern weaponry, Syria experience give Russia massive advantage
  • Russia seen targeting Kyiv, trying to encircle forces in east
  • Ukrainians outgunned but highly motivated to defend

Thread 1

Satellite imagery shows Russian attack on Ukraine from space 1

Cyber

https://public.uk.com/2022/02/24/explosions-are-heard-in-ukraine-port-city-of-mariupol-fears-shelling-is-underway/

Twitter accounts monitoring Russia’s army buildup have been being quickly blocked, it appears after being reported en-mass by means of Russian bots

Russian hackers are conducting a massive cyber attack on Ukraine. 1

US intelligence agencies offer Biden options for a "large-scale cyber attack" against Russia - NBC. 1

Russia's Cyber Operations Group 1 2

Microsoft's Threat Intelligence Center detected cyberattacks targeting Ukraine's digital infrastructure hours before Russian military movement on Feb. 24, Microsoft president and vice chair Brad Smith wrote in a blog post Feb. 28. 1

  • Digital technology and the war in Ukraine 1

Anti War Protests in Russia

Sanctions

Biden says G7 agreed on 'devastating packages of sanctions' against Russia. 1

  • Details to follow soon

Germany, Italy, Hungary and Cyprus are blocking a decision to disconnect Russia from the SWIFT network. 1

  • Germany & Italy holding firm. 1

President Biden: the US will stop Russia’s ability to finance and grow its military. “We’ve now sanctioned Russian banks that together hold one trillion dollars in assets” “We’ve cut off one of Russia’s largest banks, which holds one-third of the country’s banking assets.” 1

Leading Russian sanctions expert 1

  • This is a hammer blow against Russia's financial sector. Both Sberbank and VTB targeted. Biden telegraphed this and made good on the threat
  • More surprising is breadth of targets — well beyond just the banking sector. Bottom line: no sector of the Russian economy is off limits

Russia should not be cut off from SWIFT at the moment - Germany's Scholz 1 2

Locations

Chernihiv

  • A whole reconnaissance platoon of the 74th Motorized Rifle Brigade surrendered near Chernihiv. 1

Chornobyl

  • Russian troops captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The station staff is held hostage 1 2
  • Russian forces have pushed into the Chornobyl exclusion zone, according to the advisor to interior minister Anton Herashchenko. The fighting is taking place not far from the Chornobyl power plant. Herashchenko warned that shelling may disturb buried radioactive material. 1
  • Footage of Russian tanks at Chernobyl Nuclear Plant. 1

Chuhuiv Airbase (Kharkiv, Ukraine)

  • Attack Footage 1
  • Latest from Chuhuiv Airbase in Ukraine. Imagery captured on February 21 and today, February 24, 2022. 1
February 21 February 24

Hostomel Airport

  • Massive Russian helicopter assault ongoing on Hostomel and its vital airbase, just 15 km NW of Kyiv 1
  • CNN reports Russian forces have taken control of Hostomel airport near Kyiv 1
  • Ukraine's armed forces report they reclaimed the Hostomel airport near Kyiv. 1
  • Ukrainian presidential advisor says the battle at the Hostomel airport close to Kyiv is still ongoing. Artillery and tanks are said to be involved. 1
  • Ukraine claims its military has taken back control of Hostomel Airport 1
  • Confirmed: Ukraine reclaims the Hostomel Airport near Kyiv from Russia's forces. 1
  • Ukraine's Armed Forces destroyed the enemy assault force in Hostomel. Source: adviser to the Head of Presidential Office Arestovych. 1
  • First day of war Hostomel (Video) https://t.co/kWGtk0FHTI 1

Kalynivka

  • Arms depot hit. Kalynivka, Vinnytsia. 1

Kharkov

  • Massive explosions hit the Ukrainian port city of ~~Mariupol~~ Kharkov. 1 2
  • Another large explosion in Kharkov, Ukraine. 1
  • Fake Explosion Video
    • This video was posted weeks ago on Tiktok and is NOT showing a military attack 1
  • Heavy clashes ongoing near Kharkov between the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 1

Kyiv

  • Ukrainian military transportation aircraft has been shot down by Russian forces 1
  • Russia captures airfield near Kyiv. 1
  • Fighter jets audible over Kyiv just now. Can’t say who they belong to. 1
  • Territorial Defense Force pushes back an attack near the city of Sumy north-east of Kyiv, deputy defense minister says. 1
  • Ukraine's interior minister announces 10,000 automatic rifles have been distributed to civilians in Kyiv 1

Mariupol

  • Ukrainian Air Defence base completely destroyed by Russian missiles in the Mariupol front. 1
  • The Ukrainian city of Mariupol is under heavy fire with reports of hundreds of explosions. The city is one of the biggest Ukrainian ports on the Azov Sea. 1

Odesa

  • Ukraine's Armed Forces claim reports about Russian troops attacking Odesa not true. 1
  • Heavy clashes near Odessa city between Ukrainian forces and Russian troops. Russians are attacking on multiple fronts tonight. 1
  • Number of people killed by Russian strike in Odesa Oblast reaches 22. The attack took place at a military base in the village of Lypetske in Odesa Oblast’s Podilsk District. 1

Oztyrka

  • Oztyrka defended. 1

Voronezh

  • The An-26 aircraft of the Russian Air Forces crashed in the Voronezh region, the crew died. 1

Vyshgorod (District of Kyiv)

  • Russian helicopter shot down (Vyshgorod). 1

Zmiinyi/Serpent Island

  • Official confirmation that Zmiinyi/Serpent Island has been captured by Russian forces. 1


Before Invasion

Feb 23

  • Ukraine starts drafting reservists aged 18-60 after president's order 1
    • The maximum service period is one year.
  • More DDoS attacks against Ukraine
    • Ukraine computers hit by data-wiping software as Russia launched invasion 1 > The websites of Ukraine's government, foreign ministry and state security service were down on Wednesday in what the government said was the start of another massive denial of service (DDoS) attack that began at around 4 p.m. (1400 GMT).
    • Cyberattack hits Ukrainian banks and government websites 1 > Several Ukrainian government websites were offline on Wednesday as a result of a mass distributed denial of service attack, a Ukrainian official said. > A DDoS attack is when a hacker floods a victim’s network or server with traffic so that others are unable to access it. > The source of the attack is not yet confirmed but the outages come as Russia has positioned troops to be able to invade Ukraine.

Feb 22

  • Russia Orders Troops Into Eastern Ukraine 1
  • Many countries invoke sanctions on Russia 1
    • US, UK, Germany, Japan
    • Germany suspended Nord Stream 2 (NS2)
      • undersea pipeline intended to carry more gas from Russia to Germany

Feb 21

  • Russia recognizes independence of Ukraine separatist regions 1
    • Donetsk and Luhansk
  • Why Donetsk and Luhansk are at the heart of the Ukraine crisis 1
  • Putin orders troops to breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine 1

Feb 20

  • Ukraine braces for cyber invasion 1

Feb 15

Feb 14

  • Kremlin Says Talks Are ‘Far From Exhausted,’ as Russian Buildup Continues 1
  • US still holds out hope for a diplomatic solution in Ukraine crisis 1
  • Ukraine says it’s targeted by ‘massive wave of hybrid warfare’ 1

Feb 13

  • To Russian denials, America warns of an imminent invasion of Ukraine 1

Feb 11

  • Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, told American citizens that they should evacuate Ukraine within 48 hours


Maps

https://twitter.com/MassDara/status/1496860761897021442

https://twitter.com/KofmanMichael/status/1496876298051989504

https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/02/24/russian-ground-forces-are-advancing-in-ukraine

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