Putin invades Ukraine

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19 hours ago, FfFfFfFF said:

On March 6 the frontlines remained largely the same. The Russians mostly attacked major cities from the air - including the civilian corridors that were supposed to be safe (this is psychological warfare whose aim is to destroy the mental of people and facilitate a surrender).

The Russians continued their attempt to encircle Kyiv from the west, north and east, but have not gained much ground. Ukrainian officials say is possible that the Russians might want to launch atatcks on Lubny and Poltava to possibily cut off Kyiv from the rest of Ukrainian-controled land in the east (source), but I personally doubt it for a reason I will describe later.

The Russians also failed to extend the frontline in Luhanks (good news).

In the south, Ukrainians succesfully destroyed some Russian military vehicles outside Mariupol, though that didn't significantly affect the frontline.

The Institue of War still claims that the attack on Odesa is likely to happen after the occupation of Mylokaiv's bridge over the Bug. The Russian soliders in Moldova's separatist region, Transnistria, might help the Russians in their attack on Odesa, however they seem be unmotivated an have poor morale.

A future goal of Russia might be to connect all frontlines along the Dnieper and ocuppy the entire east bank of the river. However, for this they would need to ocuppy the major population centers close to the current frontlines (Kyiv, Kharkiv, Cherniv, Mariupol) which are ALL still under Ukrainian control, and also launch attacks on other major cities (such as Dnipro with 1M inhabitants, or Poltava). This won't be an easy task, especially given how uncertain the Russian control over the red areas in this map is. The bigger the occupied area gets, the more likely generalized conter-offesives and revolts from the locals become, so, by the time the Russians hypotetically reach western Ukraine, they would need to keep at bay a very huge area with agressive population. A possible reason why the frontlines were stagnant over the last days is because the Russian might want to solidify their control over the areas they were able to seize. 

Not a lot has changed since yesterday. Except Kherson, all oblast capitals/ major population centers are still under Ukrainian control.

In Kharkiv region, The Russians were unable to seize Izium (1) and the Ukrainian army regained control of Chuhuiv (2). In Luhansk, the frontline remained the same (really the best defended area in the entire Ukraine).

In the south, the Russian Army might be attempting to find ways to bypass Mykolaiv, move over the Bug river and head towards Odesa (3). The Russians reaching Odesa, capturing the Budjak region area and eventually meeting up with their troops in Transnistria would put Moldova at risk. Also in the south, some Russian troops appear to be moving towards Zaporizhya (map source).

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2 hours ago, Morphine Prince said:

 

I think they knew about the oil sanctions and bought the oil at a discount in order to "stock up". What I see happening is them selling this oil to the other Shells in other countries at its purchase price in order to minimize the profits it says it will donate, and either keep the profits abroad or distribute profits in a way that will maximize tax write-offs.

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2 hours ago, Morphine Prince said:

 

We are sorry. WTF that's it. I hate the world. 

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23 minutes ago, TheOriginalOne said:

wait, what are they supposed to call it?? 

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2 hours ago, Morphine Prince said:

 

WTF is taking him so long. Stop pussyfooting around. Do your damn job. Haven't we already found a way around purchasing fuel from Russia? Jesus these people are morons. 

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13 minutes ago, LaLa said:

wait, what are they supposed to call it?? 

Apparently a “conflict” or “military offensive”. They also banned staff from having the Ukrainian flag on social media profiles or websites all to avoid a “reputational risk”. 

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A lot of people are saying that this may be too far.

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16 minutes ago, 27monster27 said:

A lot of people are saying that this may be too far.

I agree because there could be people who need this vaccine and that are not bad people, just deny vaccine to the government I guess I don't know makes no sense in the end though

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