Posted on 02/23/2022 6:10:04 PM PST by dynachrome
Explosions have been heard in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, as fears mount that shelling is underway.
Residents in the city, which is located in south eastern Ukraine, have been woken up by blasts 30 miles from the Russian border.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
They might as well just close the market until Monday...
Looks like the shock & awe part of the campaign is starting.
Don’t be surprised if Putin mocks us by echoing US operations in Iraq, a “Left Hook” pincer movement and then with “denazification” of Ukraine carried out like the “debaathification” of Iraq, perhaps even with a “deck of cards” with the faces of Ukrainian leaders like Zelensky etc. to be captured.
A lot of people on FR have been in denial this kind of thing could happen.
Some even seem to think the 40 million people of Ukraine deserve this coming massive death and destruction and refugee flows because some oligarch bribed Hunter Biden and Colonel Bearclaw Vindman and certain Ukrainians intrigued against President Trump.
Metro Detroit still is due to the knowledge base and technical centers of the automotive industry, don’t forget they used to build tanks and such here.
You might win the bet. Lookner has mentioned rockets a couple of times since I posted that. Now he's mentioned "jets". Maybe the real nature of these attacks will become clear soon.
Putin must have attacked the markets. Futures are sinking like a rock.
“I’m in metro-Flint now; grew up in metro Detroit. 60+ years ago, I believe Detroit was a target. Today? No. Not at all.”
I think Flint is safe in any case, but I won’t complain if Putin helped out with Detroit, as for one thing, most of the election cheating in Michigan takes place there.
Democrats cause death and destruction in everything they touch.
Amphibious assault on Mariupol per rubio.
As long as they focus on the city and don’t MIRV 30
Miles north of the city…
VIDEO: Explosions in Kyiv, Ukrainecduring live CNN report
https://rumble.com/vvplhw-explosions-in-kyiv-during-live-cnn.html
“Some even seem to think the 40 million people of Ukraine deserve this coming massive death and destruction and refugee flows because some oligarch bribed Hunter Biden and Colonel Bearclaw Vindman and certain Ukrainians intrigued against President Trump.”
I doubt anyone here blames the population, but the president of Ukraine does have options if he doesn’t want outcome you describe above. The question is whether he will use them.
VIDEO: Russian MLRS systems active against Ukrainian positions
https://rumble.com/vvpl1x-mlrs-systems-active-against-ukrainian-positions..html
“Tsar Vladimir is expanding his empire. Can anyone stop him?”
He’s no good, but it’s a collusion between them and the Biden admin.
Hey if he stops our Neo Cons from expanding our empire and getting our government to worry about the good ol USA for a change it would be a good thing. Oh, and I hope instead of watching East, we are watching carefully what is going on in the Far East.
May Saint Barbara preserve us from his evening hate.
They make a funny metallic sound when they leave the
tubes. Then they get closer and closer until they are
on all four sides, that’s when you talk to god.
During Tet it was a mix of mortars and 122mm rockets.
Oh the fun we had...
Salute!
Empires fall and new ones arise.
“options” still to avoid this?
The missile attacks, the bombings, the invasion have already started.
Lots of people have already been killed just in the last 90 minutes.
The only “option” other than fighting is complete unconditional surrender of the country to Putin.
those sites rely on data being open. fighter aircraft, spy planes, and drones would not share their data unless they wanted everyone to know where they were.
Mariupol goes along with that area that will keep Putins routes open to the Dead Sea.......Demographics matter.
The 82nd airborne is on the Poland/Belarus boarder-in that corner.
Young man I works for has his daughter there.
Today, a retired Iraq vet I know-a very good friend of mine, said he heard from one of his buddies still in the service, is getting deployed to the Romania area.
The guy has over 20 years in and is VERY nervous.
I would bet, the 82nd might gets moved into Kiev after they figure out what the hell the movements of the Russian forces will be.
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