Russian military convoy near Kyiv is more than 40 miles long, according to satellite

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New satellite images from Maxar Technologies show the Russian military convoy that has reached the outskirts of Kyiv is even longer than it previously measured.

Maxar said late Monday the convoy is more than 40 miles long. Earlier Monday, Maxar said the convoy took up roughly 17 miles of roadway.

Maxar told CNN earlier Monday the large military convoy consisted of armored vehicles, tanks, towed artillery and other logistical vehicles.

Maxar attributed the updated convoy length to additional satellite imagery they collected and analyzed. Maxar said data and imagery taken Monday shows the convoy stretches from the Antonov airbase — about 17 miles from Kyiv's city center — to just north of Pribyrsk, Ukraine.

To put a point on how far away Pribyrsk is from the Ukrainian capital, the small town is closer to the Ukraine-Belarus border and the failed nuclear reactor at Chernobyl than to Kyiv.

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-28-22/index.html
 
AProudLefty said:
Good question. :dunno:

Maybe they're just waiting for the right time. Maybe waiting on civilians to full evacuate the areas.
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It seems that NATO is not going to do anything but supply equipment/weapons until NATO blood is drawn by Putin. Perhaps they are going to booby trap the road ahead of that convoy?
 
Althea said:
It seems that NATO is not going to do anything but supply equipment/weapons until NATO blood is drawn by Putin. Perhaps they are going to booby trap the road ahead of that convoy?
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I wouldn't be surprised. Take out a bridge.
 
If we’re learned anything about Strong Men over the last several years, is that they never miss and opportunity to show us All how Small and Cowardly they really are.
 
Althea said:
It seems that NATO is not going to do anything but supply equipment/weapons until NATO blood is drawn by Putin. Perhaps they are going to booby trap the road ahead of that convoy?
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So do you think NATO should launch an attack? They are crippling the Russian economy. That may be why Trump's buddy Putin is going all in. He probably thought he could run over Ukraine with little resistance. Now he has seen how wrong that is.
So a 40-mile long convoy is headed into battle. The Russian people are demonstrating. Bankers and wealthy people are arguing with him. This is not how it was supposed to go. This will result in billions spent and lots of lives lost. If he takes over Ukraine he will face an insurgency. They will be bogged down and spend millions over and over.
 
Nordberg said:
So do you think NATO should launch an attack? They are crippling the Russian economy. That may be why Trump's buddy Putin is going all in. He probably thought he could run over Ukraine with little resistance. Now he has seen how wrong that is.
So a 40-mile long convoy is headed into battle. The Russian people are demonstrating. Bankers and wealthy people are arguing with him. This is not how it was supposed to go. This will result in billions spent and lots of lives lost. If he takes over Ukraine he will face an insurgency. They will be bogged down and spend millions over and over.
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I understand, and agree.

It's quite possible that we don't know what the Ukraine military has in mind for the convoy. But the moment it reaches its destination, this gets ugly. Putin is already using weaponry that is illegal around the world, save for Russia.
 
Bourbon said:
If we’re learned anything about Strong Men over the last several years, is that they never miss and opportunity to show us All how Small and Cowardly they really are.
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LOL

"My button is much bigger than his button"
 
Australia will send missiles as part of a $50 million package of lethal and non-lethal aid to help Ukraine repel Russian forces, according to Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Morrison told a news conference Tuesday that anti-armor missiles are proving extraordinarily effective for Ukrainian forces.

"We are answering the call from President (Volodymyr) Zelensky: he said we need ammo, not a ride and that's exactly what we're doing... we'll provide 50 million US dollars to support Ukraine, lethal and non-lethal support... we're talking missiles, we're talking ammunition," Morrison said.

A further $25 million will go toward humanitarian support and helping international organizations meet the needs of people fleeing violence inside Ukraine, he said.
 
Putin can easily capture every square inch but he cannot occupy Ukraine with any degree of control, ever

imagine trying to keep a 200,000k man army stationed across a country the size of TX, and it's chock full of big pissed off Ukrainian dudes toting guns

Vlad lost this for sure

He fucked up the whole operation waaay before it ever began......if he would've launched the invasion in 2019 or 2020 Trump would have left the Ukrainians to swing in the wind, act like he had no idea Vlad could be this mean. it was all right there for the taking, I've been giving Vlad way too much credit, he's an amateur
 
Even now there is no sense that our experts even understand what Putin is trying to do.

And I very much doubt the "Putin is insane" story....Xi signed off on this.

This is not good.
 
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