Ukraine War Watch Thread

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AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS ACTIVATED OVER KYIV

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Unconfirmed video:



There are reports of explosions outside of Mariupol and Kharkiv in addition to the 4 explosions in Kyiv not long ago. Some reports those explosions may have hit the international airport.

Also reports of activity at the border posts of Crimea...

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Unverified video claiming to be of Kharkiv... reports are this is an airforce base?



It appears that targeted strikes are being done across the country either by stealth bombers or missiles rather than a Shock and Awe 2003 Baghdad style attack...

Biden is also calling this an unjustified attack so pretty clear operations are underway...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/23/politics ... index.html

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Mariupol is getting intense... I expect this to be one of the first cities that gets captured if there is an invasion occurring...

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Things are still quiet compared to what is likely going to be a full blitzkreig into Ukraine as the day unfolds. Reports land forces have now entered the Kharkiv Oblast and are fighting their way towards the city.

Bombings in Odessa and Dnipro are also being reported. Appears Russia wants to wipe out all air defence/air infrastructure before the sun rises.

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Very surreal, even though I realized this was inevitable a couple weeks back.

[Yuli Ban]

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Reports of a Russian military plane being shot down on the Kharkov front by Ukraine forces.
all Ukrainian navy destroyed or rendered unusable
Report that United States is moving government officials IN THE UNITED STATES to safety/bunkers.
Ukrainian Interior Ministry says nationwide there are hundreds of casualties as a result of attacks.
Russian Ministry of Defence: Military infrastructure, air defense facilities, military airfields and aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being put out of action by high-precision means of destruction.
Russian fighter jets have reportedly conducted airstrikes on the 25th and 93rd Ukrainian brigade bases in Dnepropetrovsk.
UKRAINE IMPOSES MARTIAL LAW AFTER RUSSIA DECLARES WAR
(Will be providing continues updates)

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People trying to escape Kyiv.



Same with Kharkiv...



This is the start of the massive refugee crisis we have been fearing as millions will likely move towards Western Ukraine and the European Union...

It's unfortunate the roads are jammed... watching reports there I think a lot of Ukrainians truly didn't believe this was going to happen and now it's panic...

Also there are reports that hundreds of people have been killed already... and this is just getting started...

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Not just Russia either... Belarus' forces are also participating in the attack apparently...

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Not just Russia either... Belarus' forces are also participating in the attack apparently...

I guess they'll sanction Belarus as well.

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“Hundreds” of Ukrainian service members believed to have been killed in Russian attacks, Ukrainian official says - WSJ

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