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2022-02-27 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Day 4: Operational information as of 11:00 26.02.2022 on the Russian invasion
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Posted by badanov 2022-02-27 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 Set as today’s headline.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-02-27 01:00||   2022-02-27 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Understandingwar.org is very good info.
Posted by Grunter 2022-02-27 01:14||   2022-02-27 01:14|| Front Page Top

#3  he suggests 'padlocking the embassies' and engaging only through 'binoculars and gun sights'


Your terms are acceptable.
Posted by Mercutio 2022-02-27 05:21||   2022-02-27 05:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Detailed analysis - 2/26:
Posted by Mercutio 2022-02-27 05:30||   2022-02-27 05:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Lukashenko confirms missile strikes on Ukraine from Belarus territory

Enemy's light armored vehicles break into Kharkiv
Posted by Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-02-27 06:28||   2022-02-27 06:28|| Front Page Top

#6 From Twitter:
Illia Ponomarenko @IAPonomarenko
Defense reporter with The Kyiv Independent.
2 hours ago
All Russian units in Kharkiv eliminated.
Ukrainian military and home guard units have full control.
Posted by Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-02-27 07:01||   2022-02-27 07:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Video: Aftermath of light armored incursion into Kharkiv
Posted by Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-02-27 07:17||   2022-02-27 07:17|| Front Page Top

#8 I wonder how Assad is feeling now about his purchase of Russia’s fabulous Mark IV sensor system (sorry, just woke up and blanking on the technical term), the one that’s not been catching Israeli bombers on their way in instead of on their way home...
Posted by trailing wife 2022-02-27 08:01||   2022-02-27 08:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Time; the slow grind will continue, Russia has been here before. Bright moments are temporary. Putin's resolve is beyond question. His lifetime of service to his country and leadership has been tested many times. He will stay the course. Those successful in military events will be promoted with increased effectiveness. The numbers game loss of this and that means nothing. The slow grind of force will grind down the opposition.
Posted by Dale 2022-02-27 08:04||   2022-02-27 08:04|| Front Page Top

#10 ...except if you run out of supplies - oil, ammo, the like. Then its not much of a grind, as a sit and wait for production to catch up. These are not the Russian troops of '42-'45. They weren't in Afghanistan.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-27 08:24||   2022-02-27 08:24|| Front Page Top

#11 Battle at Bucha, 30 km from Kiev. Said to be 500 armored vehicle column coming from Belarus. Looks like will be delayed in their linkup with airborne forces at Antonov Airport.
Posted by Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-02-27 09:02||   2022-02-27 09:02|| Front Page Top

#12 Putin parody account on twitter: My foreign policy is such a success that Germany can send weapons to kill Russian soldiers and people say “about [bleeping] time”
Posted by Matt 2022-02-27 09:06||   2022-02-27 09:06|| Front Page Top

#13  500 armored vehicle column coming from Belarus

Where are the A10s?
Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-27 09:14||   2022-02-27 09:14|| Front Page Top

#14 /\ Definite teaching point. I hope someone in the Pentagon is paying attention.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-27 09:16||   2022-02-27 09:16|| Front Page Top

#15 Peace talks soon.
https://mobile.twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1497929907195756546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

During a phone call with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed that the Ukrainian delegation would meet with the Russian delegation without preconditions on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River.
Posted by Oscar Oppressor of the Mongol Horde4430 2022-02-27 09:29||   2022-02-27 09:29|| Front Page Top

#16 It seems to me that the Russian army is acting like an army that had no contingency plans in place.

"But suppose we don't take Kharkiv in the first 12 hours?"

"Ha! Good one, Volodya."
Posted by Matt 2022-02-27 10:45||   2022-02-27 10:45|| Front Page Top

#17 Scrolling down in the tweets from the Battle at Bucha link:

Posted by trailing wife 2022-02-27 11:29||   2022-02-27 11:29|| Front Page Top

#18  It seems to me that the Russian army is acting like an army that had no contingency plans in place.

Yeah. Ima guessing the plan was to
1)blitzkrieg Kiev
2) offer nice surrender terms
3) go back home better off than when they started.

Right now, they seem to be stuck on #1.
Posted by SteveS 2022-02-27 12:00||   2022-02-27 12:00|| Front Page Top

#19 So the bear tried to modernize and become more efficient but we see that he is still a clumsy old bear. That doesn't mean he isn't dangerous and, as he gets more and more frustrated, will likely become even more dangerous. That will likely be most unfortunate for innocent civilians. Maybe he should pause for minute and reconsider.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-02-27 16:31||   2022-02-27 16:31|| Front Page Top

#20 Maybe the US president should act like one and lean on Zelensky, get him to agree to partition and no NATO membership for UA

In another time the US president would force other small nations to follow America's lead or submit to America's commands in matters of war and peace

Now the world sees a small nation led by a brave little man and brigades of grannies showing how impotent and cowardly and completely useless American leadership is

RIP American hegemony
Posted by Gomez Gruth3905 2022-02-27 16:38||   2022-02-27 16:38|| Front Page Top

#21 ^ Thank you, Comrade paid friend
Posted by Frank G 2022-02-27 16:41||   2022-02-27 16:41|| Front Page Top

#22 I don't think Putin planned to leave Ukraine unless a puppet government was installed. The big question now is which of his "allies" in the Kremlin feels like it's his turn in power...
Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-02-27 17:30||   2022-02-27 17:30|| Front Page Top

#23 In another time the US president would force other small nations to follow America's lead or submit to America's commands in matters of war and peace

Didn't notice the French pulled out of military NATO and had the American forces move to other countries. The Americans didn't invade France to keep them at heel.

Oh, and during the '73 in the ME, nearly all NATO countries refused American overflights of resupply to Israel.

Yeah, no difference.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-27 17:43||   2022-02-27 17:43|| Front Page Top

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