Ukraine Invasion: Part 23

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Welcome all, thanks for the company

Macon about to speak on the phone. They've not spoken since 29/03.

Speak on the phone to Putin that is.

Wonder what Putin will be saying

@Natsku I think I'd like to be a fly on the wall!

For anyone who has Telegram this is an excellent official channel with updates

t.me/ukrainenowenglish

Among the info they posted this image

The publishing house "Prosvyasheniye" (engl. "Enlightenment") was burning near Moscow at night.

The one that was given the task to remove references to Ukraine in Russian history

Poor censors, eh?

@Ijsbear · 03/05/2022 11:33

The publishing house "Prosvyasheniye" (engl. "Enlightenment") was burning near Moscow at night.

The one that was given the task to remove references to Ukraine in Russian history

Poor censors, eh?

Video of the publishing house fire. It looks as though it is a massive fire.

Would this be an accident? A way of censoring the censors? Something else?

www.google.co.uk/search?q=Prosvyasheniye+burning&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:b2289c0f,vid:kEmDg35zI4I,st:0

I don’t think that video link worked. Anyway it shows flames everywhere and the building do engulfed by flames that there will be nothing left.

Russia's a big big country as someone said upthread. But the number of recruiting facilites, oil facilities, research facilities and now this seems .... unusual.

it's just occurred to me that effective sabotage must be a skill all of its own. Can't be easy to get a whole building to go up in savage flames.

🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦 Iconic british band Portishead performed their first gig in 7 years yesterday. The occasion was more than important - raising money for Ukraine (£180,000 raised). Not only Portishead appeared on O2 Academy Bristol stage that night. The line-up included a popular punk band Idles, Idles' friends Heavy Lungs and many more.

bah

My day's! BORIS really should practice what his speech writers prepare before delivering it to the nation. Referring announcement on BBC just now.

Some drone footage of a UA artillery fire mission which I had not seen before. There is a spotter on the hill filming the initial Russian artillery attack on the edges of the village, then and at least two drones working to identify and then call in an artillery strike. The second drone is marking our the vehicles in a small wood adjacent to a civil building. Interestingly a Russian wearing part civilian clothes runs into the building, but it is not clear if he has spotted the drone or not. You see an initial successful 'fire for effect' from the UA which took the kit out on the edge of the wood, followed by at least two rounds which are the main damage. These are on target and the first round looks as if it takes out up to seven pieces. The building is heavily damaged, but not destroyed. I would estimate 30-50 Russians may have been KIA or injured in this attack. This was an efficient fire mission.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Doseq2sPbak&fbclid=IwAR0TFxZXCTqDz5bNnWsDDnYvkmrMnx8x5eCj3fWIEfj2t28emXVuZxlDb4A

Wow! Drones are really changing warfare eh!?

I don’t think I even want to know what he said, I can’t look! 😭🤦🏻‍♀️

This scares me a bit...

Itsssss noooootttt faiiiiiiirrrrrrr! I wassssss suppposeeed to win.

Those Ukrainian Nazis weren't supposed to fight back.

Wahhh wahhhhh.

I've got big nukes. Look how scary I am.

And I bet he shouts a bit about how nasty the UK is to try and win Macron's support cos he doesn't like Johnson.

Just marking my place as a bookmark, need to catch up

Russians have stepped up their offensive on the Azovstal steel works

Summary of Johnson's speech via Lewis Goodall

Boris Johnson addressing the Ukrainian Parliament: "Your children and grandchildren will say that Ukrainians taught the world that the brute force of an aggressor counts for nothing against the moral force of a people determined to be free."Johnson: "His [Putin] soldiers...are committing war crimes. Their atrocities emerge wherever they are forced to retreat...we in the UK will do whatever we can to hold them to account for these war crimes."Johnson: "You have exploded the myth of Putin’s invincibility and you have written one of the most glorious chapters in military history and in the life of your country."

Certainly poking the bear...

Awesome speech though 👏

Yeah, the only time Boris is reliable is when he's scripted by someone who actually does the work else.

Why does this scare you?

@Igotjelly Just the 'it will all be over on May 9th' part. I don't know, just sounds a little sinister to me.