His speech said that the goal was "denazification" and "demilitarization" of Ukraine. The second goal might not require a prolonged occupation and annexation, but it would require control of the top military and civilian leaders for a time. My only hope at this point is that whatever happens, it's short.
I think they probably lift the DPR and LPR off Ukraine and integrate them into Russia but leave the rest as a demilitarized puppet state sort of like Belarus. Occupying and annexing the whole country would be...bold to say the least. Though I suppose I shouldn't discount the possibility after this.
Is it only in Donbass, or something else?
apparent explosions in Kharkov, Odessa, and Kiev. this is looking like more than just Donbass
This is the worst thing possible
does this qualify as a blitzkrieg?
https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1496689463761817600
according to a shithead who would have the clearance to know, Russia could be going for the whole thing
The Russian government is currently saying that an occupation is off the table.
Every country that has ever done a border war says this though.
What are they going to do, go to Kiev and round up the Nazis? And then what?
They also said they were going to respect Ukrainian autonomy and then a week later Putin gave a speech where he said Ukraine isn’t real.
Never trust what fucking countries say.
His speech said that the goal was "denazification" and "demilitarization" of Ukraine. The second goal might not require a prolonged occupation and annexation, but it would require control of the top military and civilian leaders for a time. My only hope at this point is that whatever happens, it's short.
I think they probably lift the DPR and LPR off Ukraine and integrate them into Russia but leave the rest as a demilitarized puppet state sort of like Belarus. Occupying and annexing the whole country would be...bold to say the least. Though I suppose I shouldn't discount the possibility after this.
Hard to say. I've only seen in Donbass so far. This lines up with recognizing both of the people's republics.
There's reports of bombing or shelling in Kyiv
sounds of explosions, not direct strikes. so far.
CNN just posted about power transformers blowing up but then took it down
Tactical strikes already? Yeah it's absolutely horrifying
Depending on how their power grid is run that could be cyber attacks. Overloading in just the right way can cause cascading transformer explosions.
oh that sounds like a fun lightshow
Potentially also cyber-infrastructural attacks - it's something Russia has shown some capacity at in the past.