Slava-class CG Marshal Ustinov (Project 1164 055) sighted 2.5 hours ago to the SE of Crete bearing 97° at 15.8kn.
Option to bear north to the Bosphorous or continue eastbound to Cyprus or Syria.
I haven't heard anything about the Russians asking Turkey for permission for either of the Med located Slava class to enter the straights but that remains a possibility. Syria (Tartus) would be a refuel/resupply stop only.
Artillery of the 58th CAA in Crimea located about 25 miles from firing range of Ukraine.
They're not parked. They're in movement order. They can be in firing range in about 2hrs (military convoys/task forces on land and at sea move at the speed of their slowest units).
That's a lot of hell getting ready to rain down on the road to the lower Dnieper bridges.
The Big Red One is in the house.
Abrams tanks of 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, with MAPS navigation system.
Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland.
That's what those C-17's were flying in. The transporter-trailers were probably already in Germany.
They're going to need a lot of white and dark green paint.
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: mobilization of reservists of 18-60 y.o. starts today according to Presidential decree. (might be too late, but worth the effort anyway)
All Ukrainian citizens in Russia are warned to leave Russia (too late, those people are already hostages).
All Russian diplomats in Ukraine have burned their papers and left the country.
Time/date of this video is unconfirmed but reportedly today in the vicinity of Mariupol.
What can be confirmed is that these are not Russian regulars. This is a separatist armored battalion with elderly T-64's and BMP-1's. Neither vehicle is used by the Russian Army but large numbers are held in reserve stockpiles.
Apologies for the (cut-n-paste) all caps to follow.
NOTAM over Kharkiv, Ukraine up to 16,500 ft "POSSIBILITY OF INTERCEPTION FOR OFFENDERS."
E) TEMPO RESTRICTED AREA CENTERED ON 49580N 036243E
WITH RADIUS 10 KM ACTIVATED.
FLIGHTS OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT ARE PROHIBITED.
FLIGHTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH MAXIMUM TAKE OFF WEIGHT
*That's above shoulder fired SAM and AA gun range. But well within all other SAM ranges.
There is now a 10 mile traffic jam on the E105 highway to Kharkiv from Russia. And it's all Russian Army vehicles.
In western military terms that's the MSR (Main Supply Route).
Video posted tonight from Crimea. Per video author, caption says, "Hundreds of vehicles go to the border with Ukraine."
In the video is a Russian Naval Infantry unit. Surprisingly the 2nd vehicle seen in the video is an elderly PT-76 amphibious tank. Supposedly the Russian Navy only has about 30 of those remaining in service.
Traffic jams are reported in Crimea on the only road leading north into the rest of Ukraine.
(for once the TicTok music is fitting the occasion)
Russia's Speznaz attack on Ukraine Crimea border posts, more missiles onto Mariupol, and lights out in major cities.
This, Mariupol, is not the main attack. It has objectives, but it is a diversion from the center of gravity. What the Germans called the schwerpunkt (main emphasis) is elsewhere.
It's designed to draw Ukrainian reserves away from that schwerpunkt.
Live stream from Kharkov, Ukraine.
Looks like the camera view is from west of the city looking east. Not sure.
It appears both Mariupol and Odessa being subjected to some form of amphib operation.
1st Guards Tank Army at the gates of Kharkov.
Increasing reports of Russian paratroopers fighting in Kyiv (do the Russians have stealth paratrooper delivery aircraft?) More likely is these are elements of 45th Guards Spetsnaz who have been in place and waiting for days if not longer.
Very good and short thread...
https://twitter.com/BretDevereaux/status/1496701773884628992
@Render probably is going to be a few hours and then the incursion
@ketchup9080 It's dawn there. The Russians are already in, in multiple locations.
@Render did you think they can take over the city
@Render Kyiv. Are there military targets in the capital or are they just targeting civilian and businesses?
@Render
I figured it out.
They're after the airport.
Good thing I'm not in command.
🤔 I'm thinking I would have set charges and blown them up at exactly this point in time....🤷♂️
@Render I am so happy that I posted this a few min before you! You are hard to keep pace with!
@Idrake I did post vid of the launchers that fired that barrage two hours ago.
Just sayin...
@Render dang! Yeah man, crazy video of this stuff going down!
@Render wait what? Inside Romania or inside Ukraine? Damn it I need my atlas.
@Thumprhare Neither. In between Ukraine and Romania.
Transnistria is another one of Putin's "frozen conflicts".
@Render looked it up…Eastern side of Moldova it looked like…I am rapidly relearning old geography lessons from times past.
@Render Ps- I appreciate your patience
@Render seems he is trying to take the country in one field swoop
@Render the app still works. DEFCON warning system got attacked too
@AkomoCombine Yeah. That's about half of Ukraine's MiG-29 force.
They keep most of those in pairs in reinforced hanger bunkers. Unlikely that Russia got them all (yet).
Surprised to not be seeing any runway cratering going on yet.
@AkomoCombine Never mind. The Russians are using cratering munitions on at least some of the airports.
@AkomoCombine @Render
Wondering if moldova is heavily in play too
Just out loud you all have your hands full
@damselfly59 Almost certainly. @AkomoCombine
@AkomoCombine could you share a link to that map (no need to include Render. He is in batcave mode)
@_Ms_J It's accurate minus the missile strikes around Lviv. @AkomoCombine
Ukrainian causalities are starting to come in now.
Massive RU military column spotted moving north through Armyanks in #Crimea.
@Render Saw this from Poland
president @andrzejduda: Despite the efforts of the international comm, Ukraine fell victim to the brutal,unprovoked & unjustified Russian attack. We cooperate with our allies from NATO and the EU, we’ll jointly respond to RUS brutal aggression & won’t leave UKR without support
@Render jesus
@Guinness2020 Yeah. Very much so, or the God of your choice.
o7 @Render see the power plant go up?
Like Lebanon, big big explosion.
So fucking sad.
You too stuey.... @stueytheround @Render
@Render you called it
Still no sign of artillery or troop movements from the Belarus border (despite Marco Rubio's claims).
But I am expecting that sooner rather than later.