Ukrainian War Developments

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Chilled_k6

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Here's today's map
Mariupol_map_2022_03_24.jpg

From what I'm seeing on telegram, there isn't much resistance left if any. Lots of dead Nazis, looks like they died in bombings rather than a shootout. Looks like the Russians weren't joking about no prisoners at this point.

There may be pockets left in the industrial complex, but none in the city.

This has to be the highest casualty battle so far, the losses will be more than all previous total.
I think the Russians might have used direct fire from Tos-1A? Some very disturbing pics where the bodies are charred but the buildings aren't demolished like what you would expect from an airstrike. There are bodies all over the corridors that aren't burned but not sure if they were killed in the mop up by infantry, or the oxygen got sucked out of the building from the thermobaric blasts.
 

Lapin

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An about 200 year old Russian tree has been banned from the European Tree of the Year competition.

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"Even Trees Are Political Now
After Russia was banned from the European Tree of the Year competition, organizers reflected on how a celebration of trees
became tangled up in global politics."

"A group in Brussels disqualified Russia’s candidate — an oak tree said to have been planted 198 years ago by the
novelist
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— from the European Tree of the Year competition."

Will a Russian video be produced of Anna Netrebko singing in front of the tree?
If so, would not that be video be censored in the self-righteous West?
 

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"How Ukraine's Outgunned Air Force Is Fighting Back Against Russian Jets"

"The Ukrainian air force is operating in near total secrecy. Its fighter jets can fly from air strips in western Ukraine, airports that have
been bombed yet retain enough runway for takeoffs or landings — or even from highways, analysts say. They are vastly outnumbered:
Russia is believed to fly about 200 sorties per day while Ukraine flies five to 10.

Ukrainian pilots do have one advantage. In most of the country, Russian planes fly over territory controlled by the Ukrainian military,
which can move anti-aircraft missiles to harass — and shoot down — planes."

"“I only have to use my skills to win,” Andriy said. “My skills are better than the Russians.
But on the other hand, many of my friends, and even those more experienced than me, are already dead.”"

Note that, despite the US media's effort to spin the story toward a 'Ukraine is winning the war' angle, a Ukrainian fighter pilot
has corroborated that Ukraine's air force has suffered heavy losses and now is barely capable of making any sorties at all.
 

siegecrossbow

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It seems Biden is still unable to rein in the Europeans.
Frankly with Russian cats and trees sanctioned I think the west is out of ammunition on that front.
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which yes, is high, but much lower than the 90% during the 1998 Russian Financial Crisis, and even 90% inflation did not cause the Russian state to collapse. At this rate Russia could maintain current pace of combat for ages.

Sanctions are also causing confidence problems for future US dollar reserves:
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India is feeling dollar reserve is no longer safe and looking to reduce it.

Sanctioning cats and dogs is just a way of overcompensating for the perceived lack of support to the Ukrainian cause be it military intervention or military aid.
 

FriedButter

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The big issue is the lack of political capital. Such a decision would easily topple their own government today. Another thing to remember is India is part of the western internet. It’s not that hard for the CIA MI5 etc to ruffle some Indian nationalistic tendencies or really anyone else for that matter.
 
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