Posted on 02/28/2022 8:10:18 PM PST by 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.
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“Personally, I find Russia and the Ukraine equally evil, equally corrupt, and equally culpable.”
RUSSIAN INVASION: A RAPE VICTIM & RAPIST ARE NOT EQUAL
They are if they both are raping others and each other.
Nice touch.
No. You are absolutely wrong.
Russia invaded & began war crimes.
May Putin reap his eternal reward soon. May he burn forever.
No. I am absolutely right.
Russia invaded & began war crimes.
Ukraine laundered American political money & propped up/infiltrated the Bidens.
No. You are absolutely wrong.
Putin invaded & began war crimes.
PUTIN’S PAL BIDEN: AKA BRIBES BIDEN
Biden lifts US sanctions on major Russian pipeline
May 19, 2021
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/biden-lifts-us-sanctions-on-major-russian-pipeline/ar-AAKaRHA
Criminal and Corrupt: “Biden” Took Funds From Top Russia Lobbyist Before Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Giveaway
https://gellerreport.com/2021/05/criminal-and-corrupt-bidentook-funds-from-top-russia-lobbyist-before-nord-stream-2-pipeline-giveaway.html/
Johnson, Grassley Release Report on Conflicts-of-Interest Investigation
https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/majority-media/johnson-grassley-release-report-on-conflicts-of-interest-investigation
Biden Took Campaign Money From Russian Lobbyist To Do Their Bidding – Russian Collusion Anyone?
https://www.redvoicemedia.com/2021/06/biden-took-campaign-money-from-russian-lobbyist-to-their-bidding-russian-collusion-anyone/
Biden under fire from Congress for waiving sanctions on Russian gas pipeline company
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/biden-comes-under-fire-congress-after-waiving-sanctions-russian-gas-n1267975
Hunter Biden was paid $3.5 million by Russian oligarch - when Joe was VP - to open doors for her construction business in America
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8799121/Russian-paid-3-5M-Hunter-Biden-did-open-doors-business-enter-market.html
What does Russia have on Joe Biden?
Biden handed Putin a gift when he eased sanctions on the pipeline Russia is building to Germany
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/19/what-does-russia-have-on-joe-biden/
Biden has made an ‘enormous mistake,’ handed Putin financial power: Larry Kudlow
https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-has-made-an-enormous-mistake-handed-putin-financial-power-says-larry-kudlow
HELL ON EARTH I’ve witnessed a hellish massacre worse than the horrific killing spree in Bucha
Nick Parker
21:00, 13 May 2022
WAR crime investigators hunting mass graves are feared to have found the worst evidence of Russian atrocities yet in Ukraine.
The bodies of shot, tortured, mutilated and raped victims have been unearthed at four sites in and around shattered market town Borodyanka.
Police have already filed more than 1,000 reports and it is believed more outrages will be discovered, eclipsing even the horrific killing spree seen in neighbouring Bucha.
Shell-shocked survivors, some who lost their entire families, told The Sun of their descent into a Vladimir Putin-created hell on Earth.
Police chief, Vyacheslav Tsilyurik, said life changed forever for the town’s 25,000 residents on February 24, the day the invasion began.
It started with the terror of indiscriminate shelling, followed hours later by the arrival of hordes of swaggering savages who casually shot defenseless civilians.
One even shot a town square statue of a famous Ukraine poet, Taras Shevchenko, through its skull.
Police Major Tsilyurik, 36, joined territorial defence fighters armed only with mortars and assault rifles to mount a counter-attack on March 1.
He said: “We knew we had to fight back and so ambushed a column of them in the middle of town.
“We killed eight of them but they took their revenge the next day.”
Russian forces bombarded Central Street where the attack took place, gouging huge gaps in occupied eight-storey apartment blocks with 1,000 and 500lb bombs. Scores of people were entombed in the rubble.
The air strikes on the town — 36 miles north west of capital Kyiv — were followed by withering artillery as foot soldiers moved through the town executing anyone who ventured out — driving the bodies off in trucks to hide their war crimes.
Major Tsilyurik said at least five women were dragged off and raped. Women found later in mass graves also showed signs of sexual assault.
The town’s death toll stands at around 150 but 50 locals are missing, presumed dead, and more mass grave sites are anticipated. That compares to 412 killings in 40,000-population Bucha 20 miles away. Police say the four grave sites found so far in Borodyanka and the neighbouring villages of Piskivka and Nemishaevo contain between five and nine bodies each.
Borodyanka mayor Georgi Yerko, 60, went to ground as the Russians arrived and organised evacuations with the help of daughter Galyna.
He said: “We were proud of our town. There used to be 49 municipal buildings but only two are left.
“They wanted to remove every trace of Ukrainian authority. They hunted me like an animal but they’re the animals and must answer for what they’ve done here.”
Galyna, 36, said: “It’s even worse than Bucha. It was more concentrated evil in a smaller town.
“The Russians knew my father’s email addresses and constantly emailed and texted death threats but we avoided them until liberation came. My father led us. He is a modest man but he is a hero.”
Police officer Ivan Symarov poured out his hatred for Putin after a bomb killed all his family.
He was working with other cops who had joined the resistance when he heard an explosion more than a mile away and raced to the scene.
He arrived to find a crater where his home once stood. Wife Lena, 26, father Vasile, 54, mother Natalia, 47, brother Petro, 21, and grandmother Nina, 82, all died instantly.
Putin’s animals had dropped a bomb on my home for no reason and I pulled at the rubble knowing I’d lost everything I loved.
Police officer Ivan Symarov
Daughter Polina, two, was just breathing but died in hospital.
He said: “I ran into the ruins screaming for someone to answer but knew there was little hope.
“Putin’s animals had dropped a bomb on my home for no reason and I pulled at the rubble knowing I’d lost everything I loved.
“First I found my mother, then my brother, then grandmother — then I cried out as I saw little Polina. She was still breathing. I carried her to hospital praying she’d pull through, but she died.
“I am alone in the world now thanks to Putin and the barbarians he sent to kill us. I’ve no idea if they targeted my home because I’m a policeman but it had no military value. It was cold-blooded murder.
“But if the Russians come back they will answer for this and all the other terrors they brought to Borodyanka. Every Russian mother should know my pain and know that their sons and husbands will never come home from Ukraine. We will fight them to the death.”
Nadya Koveshpikova, 63, watched Russian death squads stalking the streets during the occupation.
She said: “I heard two shots directly outside my house. I ran out and found the body of a man in the gutter. It was a neighbour’s friend called Andriy.
“I ran back indoors but when I looked again the body was gone. They were hiding the evidence.”
It is six weeks since the rabble retreated from Borodyanka after Ukrainian defenders thwarted their advance on Kyiv.
Life is slowly returning as families do their best to help and console one another and hope lives on. Tatiana Tserkovna, 38, who was queuing for rations with daughter Ann, 18, said: “The sun is shining and we are glad to be alive.
“I lost friends, our town is in ruins and have no job after a Russian tank opened fire on the supermarket I worked in as they left.
“But we’re still here and still strong. We have nothing but hope.”
No. I am absolutely right.
Ukraine laundered American political money & propped up/infiltrated the Bidens.
Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns
The Hunter Biden Story Was Always About Joe’s Corruption
Why the silence over Biden’s corrupt links with Ukraine?
UKRAINEBiden against corruption? Why the stolen money in Ukraine may never return
Correct.
Russian propaganda runs a multi-faceted campaign against Poland. The aim of it is to show that the Polish government has aggressive plans towards Ukraine and is preparing an attack on its territory.
A Ukrainian politician from a pro-Russian party continues to spread insinuations against Poland, while attacking president V. Zelensky. Ilya Kiva accuses Kiev and Warsaw of preparing for the annexation of western Ukraine by Poland. Kiva formulated his accusations in Telegram. He accused the authorities in Kiev of preparing for the creation of a new Ukrainian state with its capital in Lviv and then preparing a referendum to incorporate it into Poland.
Russian propaganda eagerly quotes the words of a Ukrainian politician, which are presented as proof of Poland’s aggressive plans against Ukraine. At the same time, the propaganda materials remind of earlier Russian lies about Poland’s plans to annex the western Ukraine.
https://www.gov.pl/web/special-services/the-lies-of-russian-propaganda
That’s an interesting take.
Did he meet the firing squad yet ?
ISW May 14
The Ukrainian destruction of significant elements of a Russian motorized rifle brigade that tried to cross a pontoon bridge over the Siverskyi Donets River on May 11 has shocked prominent Russian milbloggers. Those bloggers have begun commenting on the incompetence of the Russian military to their hundreds of thousands of followers. The attempted river crossing showed a stunning lack of tactical sense as satellite images show (destroyed) Russian vehicles tightly bunched up at both ends of the (destroyed) bridge, clearly allowing Ukrainian artillerymen to kill hundreds and destroy scores of vehicles with concentrated strikes. The milbloggers who have hitherto been cheering on the Russian military criticized Russian armed forces leadership for failing to learn from experience in the war. They also expressed the concern that the constant pushing of Russia’s propaganda lines was making it hard for them to understand what was actually going on.
Immediate items to watch
Russian forces will likely complete their withdrawal from the vicinity of Kharkiv City but attempt to hold a line west of Vovchansk to defend their GLOCs from Belgorod to Izyum. It is unclear if they will succeed.
The Russians will continue efforts to encircle Severodonetsk and Lysychansk at least from the south, possibly by focusing on cutting off the last highway connecting Severodonetsk-Lysychansk with the rest of Ukraine.
A Ukrainian counteroffensive around Izyum will likely begin soon.
The Battle of Mariupol will, apparently and surprisingly, continue.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-14
Employees at Russian military-industrial complex complain about extremely low wages and mass layoffs, pointing out that for a long time indexation was not carried out at all.
A Russian facility responsible for the production of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) has been shut down due to import restrictions and Western sanctions. This is because, as noted by employees, “almost nothing Russian” is used during the critical state of production when electronic components are used. Most of the Russian military's electronic components were provided by Germany, but with sanctions in place, Germany is no longer providing Russia with any supplies.
With the factories closed, however, the workers are given one of two choices: Go on unpaid leave or join the Russian army to serve in the war with Ukraine, preferably as a SAM operator, and get a monthly salary of 50,000 rubles (around $600).
https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/banking-and-finance/article-706060
“...Personally, I find Russia and the Ukraine equally evil, equally corrupt, and equally culpable...”
That is because you don’t know what you are writing about. Russia broke the relative peace and launched a full blitz. Before that they set up a fake “separatist” movement in the Donbas where my Russian-speaking wife is from. She knows what really happened at the beginning of the “separatist” movement. Before that they put their special green men into Crimea. Before that they took a big slice of the Republic of Georgia. Now, they are threatening Latia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Poland. Do you see a pattern?
Ukraine has some corruption but not as bad as Biden’s.
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