[WhiskeyX]

Additional sources are reporting a number of Russian Federation soldiers from the Russian Federation's 98th Airborne Brigade and other units have been captured wearing irregular and unmarked uniforms to disguise them as Russian mercenaries. Some of the sources are publishing photographs of these Russian POWs or captured unlawful combatants.

[buwaya]

I am puzzled.
Why would Putin do this apparently half assed intervention with handfuls of paratroopers? This has been going on for days without them getting anywhere.
Why haven’t they gone in all guns blazing with a couple of armored divisions? This by itself should outnumber the available Ukrainian armor by 3:1 or so. Russia should be able to annex those two republics in days.
Something doesn’t add up.
Could the Russians be much weaker than they’ve been letting on ?

[RitchieAprile]

>They were sure they are on a military exercise

No kidding.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Photos of captured Russian airborne soldiers were published

[Berlin_Freeper]

Surrendered Russian soldier - Stop sending us here, this is not our war

[Berlin_Freeper]

(Reuters) - "This morning there was an attempt by the Russian military in the guise of Donbass fighters to open a new area of military confrontation in the southern Donetsk region," military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told journalists.

... Lysenko later added that two tanks in the column had been destroyed and several members of "an intelligence-sabotage group" had been seized.

"The area is now blocked by Ukrainian troops," he said.

[Berlin_Freeper]

VIDEO: Mariupol - people are fleeing from the city

[Berlin_Freeper]

(AP) — AP reporters say convoys of military weaponry and supplies have been coming from the direction of Russia into rebel-held Ukraine.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) A Ukrainian military spokesman said troops were battling a contingent of "10 tanks and two armoured personal carriers" flying rebel flags that had crossed a southern part of the border with Russia and was heading towards the government-held city of Mariupol.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Russian column 'disguised as separatists' enters Ukraine -Text by FRANCE 24

[elhombrelibre]

Putin's big lie. Of course, his legion of lying fans here will say it's all a big mistake. Putin's not bullying his neighbors. They'll tell us he has a right to a new Soviet/Russian chauvinist empire because he's a swell Christian.

See link:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28934213

[free_life]

Putin wants land bridge to Crimea.