Posted on 02/25/2022 8:18:23 PM PST by marcusmaximus
Ukraine's armed forces were engaged in a fierce battle for Kyiv on Friday night, with footage on social media showing explosions close to a metro station in the western center of the capital by the zoo; a battle ongoing for control of a thermal power plant to the north; and multiple reports suggesting fierce fighting 20 miles south, near a vital airbase.
In Kyiv, footage shared on social media showed a bombardment close to Beresteiska metro station, in the west of the city, which is near the zoo.
More than 50 explosions and heavy machine gun fire have been reported in the district of Shulyavka, near Beresteiska metro and the zoo, according to The Kyiv Independent.
Terrified residents posted videos filmed from their apartments, with flashes of light and the sound of gunfire. One video shared on social media showed an apartment building glowing with red lights, which some speculated was to guide bombers or snipers. Others said the lights were to warn the military not to bomb them.
The northern suburb of Troieshchyna was also coming under sustained attack for another night, as Russia tried to wrest control of the thermal power plant on the banks of the Dnieper river. Unconfirmed reports suggested dozens of Russians had been arrested.
By 5:30am in Kyiv (10:30pm Eastern), Ukraine's armed forces were claiming that the advance from the west had been repelled.
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And he underestimated the Ukrainian people.
Time for Putin and Zelensky to work a deal to end the killing and tell Biden to eff himself.
And you know this how? You know which media is true or false how?
I recall MSM saying the US was at a “standstill” in Iraq after 2 days.
Don’t lie to yourself.
Ukraine is gone
And you know this how? You know which media is true or false how?
I recall MSM saying the US was at a “standstill” in Iraq after 2 days.
Don’t lie to yourself.
Ukraine is gone
Would an airborne division risk putting 150 men in one plane entering an unsecured combat zone? Why would a general take such a risk? Perhaps some Freepers with expertise can comment on the plausibility of this report.
Daybreak now in Kyiv
Ukraine armed forces say Putin was not able to take any of the city during the night and that an intense battle is ongoing outside the city over Vasylkiv airfield Putin is trying to gain control of
I think Putin is going to install a puppet like Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus who reports to Moscow. Russian peacekeepers will be stationed at military bases in Ukraine. Ukraine will technically be “neutral”. So Putin can claim victory and pull out most of his troops.
The Russians don’t have the Western mindset of minimalizing your own side’s casualties and this is actually something they pride themselves on and view as a Western weakness
There was video online of something big being shot down at night. Wonder if that was it.
Desperation? The Germans did exactly this in the Netherlands (1940) and Crete (1941).
Sure, combat inside Kiev has to be a great sign for Ukraine.
Won’t believe anything at this point. Plenty of misinformation in war time.
Always remember, "Truth is the first casualty in war." None of us is going to know what is actually happening for some time.
Not gonna work, the population is too hostile for that
I think a big problem here may be that Putin is surrounded by “yes” men, like Hitler was and are afraid to give him accurate info
Sentiment in Ukraine even among Russian speaking areas has swung dramatically anti-Putin in recent years after his fueling the conflict in Donbas and after his ally Lukashenko rigged the elections and harshly crushed dissent
It’s not what it was before, when people might argue that Ukraine was split 50/50 between Putin and the EU
Putin may have believed that his troops would be greeted as liberators
Putin’s generals are making bad decisions because he’s raging at them because they have still failed to take any major towns or cities:
Kharkiv
Mariupol
Melitopol
Kherson
Mykolaiv
Odessa
Kiev
Horrible strategy and tactics by Putin and his generals.
Where are the Ukrainians 800 tanks and 300 aircraft?
Just a lowly civilian puke, but upon seeing this, first thought was — “Wonder if that is (was) a troop transport headed for that airport outside of Kiev.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZWb8mcNV9M
German cost to take Crete was staggering casualties.
Urban house to house fighting will be the end of many Russian troops.
Going to be very unpopular back home in Mother Russia.
“Because we live here.”
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