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World's largest cargo aircraft was destroyed during a Russian attack on an airfield, Ukrainian minister says

We need India to speak up, they are a formidable force that has been a foil to both Russia and China.

Also, video and other reports of Russian armor stopped and out of fuel. As has been noted Logistics wins wars and it appears Putin's general seriously underestimated the pace and size of this conflict. While he is approaching on numerous fronts I would think that greatly complicates his logistical trail. Russia has seriously under performed and others have noted they likely would not fair well in a Fulda Gap conflict with NATO. Other reports show captured Russian soldiers who were conscripts and were told they were going on an exercise. They could have been playing to the camera but they certainly seemed dismayed and distraught. The sanctions are already hitting Putin and Russians. Many reports of Russians rushing to ATM machines and businesses asking to be paid in dollars. With Putin increasing his alert nuclear status and his invasion turning into a nut roll, what options does he have. Some have suggested he is mentally altered in the past year, with that in mind I hope we (the west), provide an obvious off ramp that stops his form being forced into a corner.

For those who want a bit more depth here is a crowd sourced real time order of battle map. Incidents are crosslinked with video and social media reports: https://liveuamap.com/ Another interesting but far less organized source is Snap Map I don't use Snap Chat but this site allows you to click on a particular area and individual snaps the residents are postings. Snapchat is obviously more focused on the younger crowd. I poked around yesterday and there were numerous posts from teenagers who fully grasp what is happening.

Yesterday the Brits came out and said they won't stop any of it's citizens from going to fight in Ukraine. Int he past they arrested and prosecuted those going to Afghanistan. Reason #69 why you don't try to Hellfire Putin. The odds of this spilling outside of Ukraine is sadly increasing. Good to see Germany step up with both equipment and Swift banking sanctions but we still have not targeted their oil...yes there would be many second and third order effects if we did.

Serious freaking stones. Can you imagine if we had a leader like this who wasn't a narcissist or a duncewagon, just patriot fighting for his country.

Hellfire the President of a sovereign nation that has more nuclear weapons than we do?

Javelin, the great armor equalizer. Folks protesting Russia everywhere.

Stunning isn't it. Meanwhile Hillary was on MSNBC trying to blame Trump for this, actually saying he gave comfort and aid to the enemy...all the while Biden is giving our intel to China. Nothing surprises me anymore.

Treasonous to speak of a former President that way.

Treasonous to make fun of Biden...the lunacy knows no boundaries. You'd like Moscow right now as they arrest all those treasonous folks protesting the war. That cartoon doesn't say Putin is a genius, it says Biden is a dope...Putin is playing chess in a chess match, Biden is playing checkers.

Posting a cartoon by Gary Varvel, an American cartoonist at the Indianapolis Star cartoonist for 24 years who was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame and won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award is posting propaganda? UFB. Time to invoke martial law, suspend the first amendment and post nothing but support for our dear leader.

It is not what he is doing now it is what he did the last 12 months leading up to this. Dude can barely eat his oatmeal and prune juice let alone be the leader of the free world.

People down voted this post but they won't defend the mushmellow in the White House and his actions.

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I understand what you are saying but it doesn't matter if his math checks with us, it checks with him so he is acting. Believe it or not I've sat in a conference room at the former KGB headquarters with the head of the FSB and the FSK. The discussions were eye opening. The FSB guys were gregarious, the FSK folks looked at me with disdain and all of their inputs went back to the Cold War and the old FSU structure. The would readily admit we don't have mobile nukes in Romania, but we could with a single C-17.

Yet he just invaded and no one is doing anything other than dropping some sanctions that he doesn't care about. To stop an adversary you generally want to understand his motivations. Right or wrong, he is doing what he wants.

The world is not marching to one man's drum beat, Putin is marching to his own beat and so far no one has the stones to stand in front oh him. Doesn't matter, we allowed the discussion of Ukraine's admission to NATO to linger in an ambiguous stage for far too long. Also, we have put Strategic Defense interceptor missiles in other former FSU countries that we admitted to NATO. I am not saying his view and fears are valid, but we can't discount them through our lens.

Because you are viewing this through the lens of an American. Putin is a lunatic but his views have been shaped by a life dedicated to the Russian intelligence apparatus. When the FSU fragmented it destroyed everything he had worked for and in many ways the world as he knew it. Also, Russians still recall the great invasions through history and it shapes their psyche at the foundation. Whether we think NATO would actually attack is irrelevant, the Russians believe it. Also, for just a second flash back to how we reacted when the Russian's put tactical nukes in Cuba...we were ready to go to war. Northern parts of the Ukrainian border are less than 300 miles from Moscow and whether is seems reasonable or not to us, Putin sees that as a threat.

Who is watching what coverage? Fox has the occasional live shot but is mainly putting talking heads on the air and while Gen Keane has some good insights I would rather see snippets of what is actually happening. CNN has had very good coverage with reporters in key locations. Did anyone see the reporter walk up and talk to some soldiers he thought were Ukrainian, they were actually Russian Paratroopers that just airdropped in and seized the airfield. He said spoke to the Russian commander and the guy straight up said now we are going to establish an air bridge. It was like being at a Multi-Lat 20 years ago. CNN also has a crew on the Russian side of the border and they are filming all the tanks and mobile artillery streaming on to Ukraine. Shocked Putin is allowing that coverage unless he is sending a message to Ukraine.

Ukrainians appear willing to fight initially but the Russians have complete Air Supremacy and the Ukrainian ground forces are going to pay a horrible price. War is just horrible and a lot of people are going to die because of a madman.