No images, evidence or independent confirmation of the above at the moment.
It would be a change in Russian tactics if so. Thus far all Russian ABN troops landed in Ukraine have arrived by helicopter.
The Russians were spotted on satellite massing a new group of transport and gunship helicopters in Belarus.
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Key bridge outside of Odessa blown up by Ukr defenders.
No word (yet) of Russian movement along any of the previous axis of attack.
USAF CAP flights over Poland with F-35A's and F-15E's.
USAF/USN CAP flights over Romania with F-35's, F-16's, and F/A-18's.
RAF Typhoons up over Poland.
Lots of aerial tankers in the air, mostly for the Romanian CAP flights.
I'm assuming that both nations are also running their own CAP flights with their own F-16's.
Heavy fighting at numerous points around Kyiv and its western suburbs. CH-6 power station, and the zoo among others. Russian ABN troops committed in at least two locations.
The Ukrainians are giving them hell everywhere.
Still not seeing a lot of reporting of major fighting in the rest of the country.
So far all of the Russian troops committed to taking Kyiv tonight seem to be ABN and Spetsnaz.
These are professional contract soldiers, some with years of combat experience in places most people never heard of. In several locations Spetsnaz are reportedly in stolen Ukr uniforms or civilian clothes.
At least some of the Ukrainian regulars committed to the defense of Kyiv are Special Forces, some also with long combat records.
This (red marker) is the area were the 1st para plane reputedly went down.
There is a Ukrainian air base near there. It may still have functional air defense systems.
There is heavy fighting in that area as well, against Russian ABN troops.
Seeing video of Russian BMD ABN APC's burning or burned out in two other locations. Dunno if those are from tonight or yesterday.
I think the Russians really do believe that the fall of Kyiv or Zelensky himself means that the war will end and they can occupy a pacified population.
And they've wasted almost two echelons of their very best troops trying to prove it.
I'm trying to figure out which part of holding the line for eight years against Russian backed proxy forces they missed.
@Render thanks so much for keeping us all informed without the BS of other sources. Rest well.
@Render :-((( Hope no one Was there
War crime. No way at this point of the action that was a military target
Last call for tonight.
That "tank" that ran over a car?
It was part of a convoy of 2 SA-10 SAM vehicles and two trucks (one with a twin 23mm gun in the back). The four vehicles were all Ukrainian, but they had been captured earlier by Russian Spetsnaz and used to break through Ukrainian lines. They were spotted by Territorial Defense units and ambushed. All of the Russians in both trucks were killed, some were in Ukrainian uniforms.
The crash/crush was during the escape of the 2 SAM vehicles.