Russia has invaded Ukraine

Ukraine, Russia agree on 9 humanitarian corridors for April 10. Civilians will be evacuating from:

▪️Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast;

▪️Berdyansk, Tokmak, Energodar in Zaporizhzhia Oblast;

▪️Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk, Popasna, Hirske, and Rubizhne in Luhansk Oblast.

Russia fires 7 missiles at Dnipro overnight, destroying unnamed infrastructure facility.

Air raid sirens went off almost every hour in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. According to Governor Valentyn Reznichenko, Russian missile also hit an industrial facility in Pavlograd.- Kyiv Independent.

BREAKING: Putin, Lukashenko to meet in Russian Far East on April 12.

The two dictators will discuss the war in Ukraine at Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East.

Russian state-controlled media reported that there will be a press conference after the meeting. - Kyiv Independent.

Originally Posted by Mick

BREAKING: Putin, Lukashenko to meet in Russian Far East on April 12.

The two dictators will discuss the war in Ukraine at Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East.

Russian state-controlled media reported that there will be a press conference after the meeting. - Kyiv Independent.

As far away from the war zone as possible. Meanwhile European leaders are going to Kyiv one after another to stand alongside Ukraine.

What a pair of absolute cowards.

I was wondering if it was better to do it in secret or make it more public? I suspect Russia would be less likely to target Kyiv or the train if they knew a NATO leader was there.

Austrian Chancellor to visit Moscow on April 11.

Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who visited Kyiv on April 9, will be the first EU leader to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. - Kyiv Independent

[pip08456]

Poland to deliver 100 T-72 tanks to Ukraine.

https://avia-pro.net/news/polsha-otp...00-tankov-t-72

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by pip08456

Poland to deliver 100 T-72 tanks to Ukraine.

https://avia-pro.net/news/polsha-otp...00-tankov-t-72

They can have all the equipment in the world but if they run out of soldiers to use them, then not much good.
If we want to stop Putin then supplying arms isn't enough.

Originally Posted by Mr K

They can have all the equipment in the world but if they run out of soldiers to use them, then not much good.
If we want to stop Putin then supplying arms isn't enough.

Ukraine has more volunteers than it can integrate at present, mostly from within its own population. Manpower really isn’t their issue. The sorts of arms we supply is the issue, and as the things they need for the next phase of the war are the sorts of things that carry heightened escalation risk, I think we’re less likely to hear about them much.

That said, I believe our top men are presently trying to work out how to modify the Royal Navy’s obsolete ship-to-ship Harpoon missiles so they can be accurately fired from the shore. We were in the process of retiring these anyway, so if a way can be found to deploy them, Ukraine can basically have the lot. That will make it more or less impossible for the Russian navy to manoeuvre within 50 miles of Ukraine’s southwestern coast around Odessa.

BREAKING: The Times: Finland, Sweden set to join NATO as soon as summer.

Officials are quoted as having said that Russia made a “massive strategic blunder,” as the two countries are forecasted to join the alliance in the coming months. - Kyiv Independent.

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Russian oil embargo could be part of sixth round of EU sanctions.

The Foreign Ministers of Ireland, Lithuania and the Netherlands said on April 11 that the EU is drafting proposals for the bloc’s oil embargo on Russia, although there is yet no agreement regarding the measure. - Kyiv Independent

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Mr K

They can have all the equipment in the world but if they run out of soldiers to use them, then not much good.
If we want to stop Putin then supplying arms isn't enough.

It’s the Ruskies who are running out of soldiers. According to today’s Telegraph, Putin is having to conscript soldiers who retired 10 years ago because their losses are so bad.

Some further musings on just how badly fecked the Russian army might be right now.

https://twitter.com/phillipspobrien/...MLzS7ot1Rw83aQ

Russian loss rates, with the present evidence, are already reaching levels that compare to some of the worst losses of the US Civil War or World War I.

BREAKING: Biden spokesperson says U.S President not planning to visit Kyiv.

Meanwhile, British PM Boris Johnson, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Foreign Minister Josep Borrell have recently visited Kyiv.

French President Emmanuel Macron said on April 11 he would only go to Kyiv "if it triggers something, not for an embassy visit." - Kyiv Independent