Russian military convoy has advanced from Ivankiv to outskirts of Kyiv, satellite images show (17 miles long)

CNN ^ | February 28th, 2022 | Paul P. Murphy

[Mariner]

A Russian military convoy that was outside of Ivankiv, Ukraine, on Sunday has since made it to the outskirts of Kyiv, satellite images show.

On Sunday, the convoy was roughly 40 miles northwest of the Ukrainian capital, according to images provided by Maxar Technologies.

Maxar said that roughly 17 miles of roadway is chocked full of the convoy, which consists of armored vehicles, tanks, towed artillery and other logistical vehicles.

The private US company said the convoy was located on the T-1011 highway at Antonov air base around 11:11 a.m local time.

Antonov is roughly 17 miles from the center of the Ukrainian capital.

[AdmSmith]

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 19, 2023

Russian forces continued limited offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line.[28]
Russian forces likely secured marginal gains near Bohdanivka (6km northwest of Bakhmut) amidst continued Russian offensive operations in and around Bakhmut.[29]
Russian forces continued offensive operations along the outskirts of Donetsk City and may have advanced towards Berdychi, about 10km northwest of Avdiivka.[30]
Russian forces continued erecting defensive fortifications throughout southern Ukraine.[31]
Unknown actors killed a Russian occupation Ministry of Internal Affairs Patrol Service platoon commander with a car bomb in occupied Kherson Oblast.[32] Ukrainian media hypothesized that the attack may have been a partisan attack or a result of Russian infighting.[33]

Russian federal communication supervisor Roskomnadzor blocked a website that helped Russians escape mobilization in continued crackdowns against resistance to mobilization.[34]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-update-march-19-2023

[AdmSmith]

[AdmSmith]

From the Russian Funny House

Russia Threatens to Blow Up ICC With Hypersonic Missile

Dmitry Medvedev: The ICC judges got excited in vain. Look, they say, we are brave, we did not crap ourselves to raise a hand against the largest nuclear power. Alas, gentlemen, everyone walks under God and rockets. It is quite possible to imagine the targeted use of a hypersonic carrier from the North Sea from a Russian ship at the Hague courthouse. Can't beat him, alas. And the court is just a miserable international organization, not the population of a NATO country. Therefore, the war will not start. They will be afraid. And no one will regret. So, citizens of the judge, carefully look into the sky

https://t.me/medvedev_telegram/283

[AdmSmith]

Which one do you think is the real one?

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1637745269289746437

I'll just leave it here without any comments:

https://twitter.com/saintjavelin/status/1637571354793787394

3 out of 10 for this double. This one is more convincing:
video
https://twitter.com/saintjavelin/status/1637571354793787394

[DannyTN]

Well he’s not wearing his teeth and he got a bad haircut that went so short it shows his scalp.

Or it’s a double.

[PIF]

Which one do you think is the real one?
—
Maybe none of them?

[AdmSmith]

;-)

[AdmSmith]

Check the body language, especially the shoe signs.

https://twitter.com/Mike_Eckel/status/1637812814617116673

[DannyTN]

She’s not in a Ukrainian military uniform. So she’s just taking the initiative on her own and fighting for her homeland against ruthless invaders.

Brave girl.

Russia should be ashamed to see kids fighting against them.

[AdmSmith]

Where is one of my doubles when I need him?

https://twitter.com/DarthPutinKGB/status/1637889218125897752

[DannyTN]

LOL, That makes Obama’s constant bowing to foreign leaders look so much better.

[AdmSmith]

[AdmSmith]

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 20, 2023

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and offered a more reserved vision for Russian-Chinese relations than Putin likely desires.
Putin is likely increasing his attempts to rally the rest of the world against the West, although it remains unlikely that he will achieve decisive effects in this effort.
Wagner Group Financier Yevgeny Prigozhin appears to maintain powerful political leverage and regional connections despite some officials’ attempts to distance themselves. Russian authorities are likely unsure of how to redefine Wagner’s new role following Prigozhin’s overextension of Wagner resources and support.
The Russian information space continues to respond to the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s issuance of arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Commissioner on Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova with ire and anxiety.
Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Spokesperson Andriy Yusov stated that the frequency of large Russian missile attacks has decreased.
Russia requested that the UN Security Council discuss Israeli airstrikes in Syria possibly in retaliation for Israel’s approval of export licenses for anti-drone jamming systems for Ukraine.
Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian and Russian forces conducted offensive operations northeast of Kupyansk.
Russian forces continued offensive operations near Svatove and Kreminna.
Russian forces continued making advances in and around Bakhmut.
Russian forces continued ground attacks along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City frontline and made marginal gains near Avdiivka.
Russian sources claim that Russian forces are building up defensive fortifications and repelled Ukrainian reconnaissance-in-force operations in Zaporizhia Oblast.
Russian sources accused unknown actors of planting a bomb that exploded near a gas pipeline in occupied Simferopol, Crimea.
Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged Russian difficulties obtaining components for high-tech industrial production.
Ukrainian partisans killed Russian-appointed head of the Kherson Oblast pre-detention center Serhii Moskalenko with an improvised explosive device on March 17.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-20-2023

[AdmSmith]

[AdmSmith]

[AdmSmith]

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 21, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be setting conditions to weaponize the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as a method of Russian power projection in advance of Russia's accession to the rotating UNSC presidency in April.

Russian UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya stated during a press conference on March 21 that Russia plans to hold an informal UNSC meeting in early April to discuss the “real situation” of “Ukrainian children taken to Russia.”[1] Nebenzya claimed that Russia planned to hold the meeting before the announcement of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrants for Putin and Russian Commissioner on Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova for the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.[2] Nebenzya's announcement, as well as vitriolic denials of the ICC’s accusations by Russian officials, come as Kremlin-appointed occupation officials continue to facilitate the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia under a variety of schemes and guises.[3] Putin additionally made a number of notable comments proclaiming Russia's commitment to the UN, UNSC, and the UN charter during his press conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on March 21.[4] Taken in tandem, Nebenzya's and Putin's comments suggest that Russia continues to use its position on the UNSC as a base of power projection as the UNSC prepares for Russia to take the UNSC presidency in April.[5] By setting information conditions to posture about Russia's supposed commitment to the UNSC, Putin is positioning himself to continue to weaponize and exploit Russia's UNSC veto power in the coming months.

The readouts of the second day of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit with Russian President Vladimir Putin continued to suggest that Putin has not been able to secure the no-limits bilateral partnership with China that he likely hoped for.
Putin falsely portrayed the Western provision of depleted uranium ammunition (not suitable for use in nuclear or radiological weapons) to Ukraine as a significant escalation in order to bolster information operations aiming to deter Western security assistance to Ukraine and to place the onus for negotiations on the West.
Wagner Group may lose most of its convict force in the upcoming weeks as convicts finish their six-month military contracts.
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardia) launched a criminal investigation into the Deputy Commander of the Rosgvardia’s Central District, Major General Vadim Dragomiretsky.
The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced that it authorized a presidential drawdown to provide around $350 million of security assistance to Ukraine.
Russian forces continued limited offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line.
Russian forces did not make any confirmed gains in or around Bakhmut and continued offensive operations along the outskirts of Donetsk City.
The Kremlin continues crypto mobilization campaigns to recruit men across Russia for contract service to avoid declaring a second mobilization wave.
Russian occupation officials continue to facilitate the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-21-2023

[AdmSmith]

[Monterrosa-24]

“...Russian occupation officials continue to facilitate the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia...”

The Russians actually seem proud of this. They don’t deny it and instead tell anecdotes of children learning Russian ways. The Putinistas are completely sick and evil.

[AdmSmith]

The reason is perhaps https://healthpolicy-watch.news/russia-population-drop/

[AdmSmith]

Hearing that Russia will soon have to use T-34s, this models plays dead to avoid being sent to Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/DarthPutinKGB/status/1638567174032748547