Thread by @KesariDhwaj

Russia - Ukraine #RussiaUkraineConflict
- This tweet from five hours ago, which shows Russian air assault in progress on an airport hardly 15km from Ukraine capital Kiev, was an indicator of how it was going, and how soon it will be over.

And now we've these images of Russian paratroopers/air assault troops at the said airport.

This is the location of the airport. You can see its proximity to the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.

Before the war began, this is the map of invasion I had in mind. It simply advances along major roads connecting major cities. Except for dash towards Odessa, I was of the opinion, that Russia is restrict itself to Dnieper. And while putting maximum pressure on Kiev to get +

+ Ukraine to commit forces to protect it, and hence, take them away from main battlefield, I did not think Putin will go for Kiev. But looking at the air assault on airport 15km from Kiev, that assumption stands negated. However, lets see if Putin wants to take Kiev or simply +

+ surround it from all sides.
- Also, what needs to be seen if Russians restrict themselves mainly to Dnieper, except in South. Where the Russians seem to have made a play for Odessa.
- To hold Odessa, they'll have to give themselves depth and take territory to east of Dnieper.

Another video of Russian air assault

Cost of air-assault. Helicopters are highly vulnerable to ground fire. Here a helicopter goes down in a river next to Kiev.

Russian Mi-24 helicopters operating from a road in Belarus. Look at the landscape in the video - flat as a pancake! Not to miss the versatility of having a powerful helicopter force.

Pretty good summation of ground realities by Mr. Gupta.

Come to think of it, what was the basis for Ukrainian leadership to assume Russia won't attack?
- Was NATO going to intervene, PHYSICALLY, on their behalf? No.
- Was US going to fight for them? No.
- Did they have own wherewithal to sustain at least a week against Russians? +

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- Going by the reports coming-in, doesn't seem to be the case.
- Were a few hundred Javelins ATGMs and NLAW rockets going to stop Russia? Errr...No!
- To draw reference to a dialogue from Sholay, only person who could've saved Ukraine from Putin was Putin himself.
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- But Ukrainians seem to have thrown in their lot with USA.
- Was the Ukrainian leadership blind to not see what happened in Afghanistan?
- Didn't they get that some in USA and Europe wanted to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian?
- What good with sanctions do if Russia +

+ retains control of Ukrainian territory? (Though, I don't think this will happen).
- What about loss of lives and infrastructure?
- What for? NATO membership?
- Last point of interest in Ukrainian leadership's mind seems to have been Ukraine itself.

Russians crossing Dnieper at Kakhova Hydroelectric Plant. Check next tweet to see the location map.

- Red arrow is location of Kakhova Hydroelectric Plant.
- Blue arrow is Antonovskiy bridge further west on Dnieper. Direct route to Kherson Oblast.
- Objective seems to be Mykolaiv further north, and then a swing west towards Odessa.
- Mykolaiv airport has been attacked.

Russians troops moving across Antonovskiy bridge while still under fire. Its the longest bridge in Ukraine. 9km in length.

This video is supposed to be of Mykolaiv airport under attack.

Map by @JulianRoepcke. In his words: "Here is my first #UkraineUnderAttack map, based on - very conservative - fighting and troop movement geolocations as well as Ukrainian army reports.
It looks grim"
This map/tweet is 4hrs old.

Next time someone says tanks are outdated to me, I'm going to send him to fight as a conscript in the Ukrainian Army.

Some sane minds saw this train-wreck coming many years earlier. Another country destroyed at the hands of screwed-up US foreign policy.

Hostomel airport NW of Kiev back in Ukrainian hands? Whatever the case may be, air-assault or paradrop success requires timely meeting-up of own ground offensive forces with paratroopers. Lacking heavy weapons, paratroopers lack staying power.

Hosmotel is back in Russian hands? Or, Russians may be out of the airport but not immediate area. From the linked tweet:
"local pilot filming the video went to pick up his son, was not even aware he was talking to Russian paratroopers, not Ukrainians" 😲

From @RWApodcast - Ukrainian 2S7 Pion artillery deployed in the center of Kiev.
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If this is correct, then proves my hypothesis that while Russians have encircled the key towns, they've overall bypassed in their dash towards their end-goals.

Same case here - from @RWApodcast
"Ukrainian BM-21 Grad rocket artillery in Kharkov. Worries me to see artillery being deployed in residential areas"

Depending on how the Ukrainians defenses hold up in these cities, the actual dirty, and bloody part of the fighting will start now.

Russians aim is to secure major cities (surround & isolate) and they're moving along major road networks. Is there any news of Ukrainians repulsing advance on any axis? Destroying tank here, or APCs there in a long column does not cut it.
#UkraineRussia #UkraineRussiaConflict

A perspective on the military developments so far from a subject matter expert. Do go through the thread:

Not so fast, Jeff.
US-Pakistan: US GIFTED billions of dollars worth of arms to Pakistan. Moved away from AFG and gave it on a platter to Pakistan. Did its best to screw India on Kashmir. US has blood of Indian nationals on its hand.

''Britain is a third-rate power nursing illusions of grandeur of its colonial past" - Shri IK Gujral (former Indian PM).
- Remind this to every Briton trying to act clever by half and passing sermons to India and Indians with respect to #UkraineRussia crisis.

A Mi-24 gunship flying overhead along a highway, and attacking an adversary's military column. Just another bizarre day in Ukraine. But it seems Russians are sending out roving bands of gunships to take out Ukrainian columns as they move to front.

One group which ranks right-up there with economists in getting their predictions wrong is the IR crowd like her. Look at the smugness with which she declares that India is about to get sanctioned! What a delusional bunch.

Here is one more gem from her. God knows why we excel in producing such Benedict Arnolds amongst us. Some are happy to see their home country wrecked just because they don't like the government in power.

Another idiot from that island up north.

Amongst all the commentary about Russians having lost the plot, do consider this view as well:

And this -

Germany to supply 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stingers to Ukraine.

On the Russian advance so far -
1. First, I doubt anyone apart from the Russians know what they are up to.
2. When preparing for offensive, Putin would've had to factor the following points:
2.1) Ukrainian holding capacity
2.2) US/NATO assets tracking Russian advance and +

+ relaying the same information to Ukrainian defenders and getting them to react/organize accordingly.
2.3) Outlier possibility of NATO/US intervention. Starting with Air (most likely) to ground forces (least likely).
3. Considering all the above, I think what's happening so +

+ far is that Putin has been using relatively light, and highly mobile columns to shape the battlefield.
4. To get the Ukrainians to commit their forces in the way he wants.
5. See how the US/NATO reacts in terms from sharing intelligence to actual intervention.
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6. Putin will have to keep ground and air assets in reserve to cater to any possible intervention by the US/NATO.
7. I guess over past 72 hours, Russians should've ideally shaped the battlefield as per their objective.
8. They will most likely fix the Ukrainian defenders in +

+ specific locations, and prevent them from maneuvering to intercept Russians forces which might've bypassed them.
9. Deeper the Russians go, lesser is going to be the resistance.
10. Ukrainian cities and forces are going to be cut-off from their rear areas.
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11. Ukrainian and Western propaganda looks very juvenile w/o supporting videos and pictures. Syrians rebels did a much better job of filming them taking out regiment troops/tanks and positions.

Got this from @StephenKolanko1

The Flag. Its all about the Flag.

Supposedly video of Ukrainian troops misbehaving with Indian students at Romanian border. Exactly which place, not known @PMOIndia @DrSJaishankar
@MEAIndia

Time for Field Marshal Rohit Vatsianovich 😋:
- Russian thrust becoming somewhat clear.
- Kiev: Apart from NW side, thrust coming from NE with Russians having bypassed Chernihiv (red arrow)
- One more axis (yellow arrow) opened up from east & both will converge at Brovary, 15km +

+ east of Kiev, across Dnieper.
- Russians making a determined thrust from NW, although taking casualties. I'm pretty sure target coordinates are being shared with Ukrainians by NATO assets.
- Expect Russians to encircle the city, 'punish' some assets deployed within city (Arty)+

+ but not go inside. Except, maybe, send special forces for targeted raids.
- Very imp: 3rd axis (blue) has also opened after Russian took/bypassed Sumy
- Reports of advance elements as far as 200km from border/Sumy in east.
- As Russians stabilize this axis, Northern & Southern+

+ side, east of Dnieper will practically be cut into two.
- But real action is in South and South-East.
- Yellow colored area (most of Kherson Oblast) has been occupied.
- Russian thrust east is aimed at closing the lid (black dotted line) between Kharkov and Yellow Zone.
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- IMO, this is going to happen in next 48-72 hours.
- This will trap the Ukrainian forces (blue shaded area) between Russians to north, and Donbass area to south.
- What I think is happening here is that Russians are fixing the Ukrainians in their place for a set-piece battle.
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- Once they stabilize these lines, they will start pounding the Ukrainian defenses with Arty, MLRS and their favorite, TOS-1A.
- Another thing that could be happen is Russians trying to establish a holding area along red-dotted line.
- From Mykolaiv to Kremenchuk.
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- Thrust from east (green arrow) will meet thrust from Mykolaiv on both sides of Dnieper.
- Finally, can Russian establish a line along Kiev - Uman-Odessa? (outer dotted black line) Seems a bit far out now.
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- Ukrainians are holding cities, not fronts here.
- Rear elements of Russian forces or those which got separated from main column have been targeted.
- There hasn't been a proper head-on clash between battalions, regiments, brigades etc.
- That will happen when Russians turn+

+ inwards after isolating the defenders from their rear, logistic nodes.
- If fighting in Donbass is any indication, Russians will pummel the defenders with massive fire salvos.
- That part of the war is yet to begin. Though, I hope it never does.
- I think Russians faced +

+ the same issue any army will face when trying to move at such rapid speed.
- Tanks will brake down, communication will snap, ambushes will occur, echelons will play catch-up, but - the juggernaut won't stop.
- Ukrainians seem to have put all their forces to defend cities +

+ and no effort to control any of the highways been taken by the Russians to advance.
- So, once Russians have broken through, there's no stopping them for next 100-200 km.
- Over next 48 hrs, expect Russians to close the Kharkiv-Dnipro-Vasylivka axis (smaller black line).

Just a quick word about Info War that is happening on Twitter -
1. You're seeing only select images/videos of Ukrainians having inflicted damage on Russians here and there.
2. Same information is being shared by many handles and getting amplified.
3. For 100s of tanks and APCs +

+ destroyed by Ukrainians, the number of such images/videos are only handful.
4. Almost all proof is some or other Russian column ambushed here or there.
5. I'm yet to see video/images of Ukrainians holding a line and pushing back Russians from that line.
6. For all the +

+ damage inflicted on Russians, there advance/recce column in many cases are 100km+ from frontline in the East.
- Thread ⬇️ has reference to instance of such PSYOPS:

- Thing is, what are Russians aims from this war, only Putin knows.
- Many westerners are setting-up strawman arguments like 'Putin did not expect this level of resistance' or 'he expected Ukrainians to fold' or 'he expected much quicker advance' etc.
- How do you know what +

+ he expected?
- People are creating their own strawman arguments and then knocking them down.
- Here is an assessment by a journalist on the advance of the Russian Army:

- Long story short, please take all these news with a pinch of salt.
- Also, when you read a news about destruction of Russian troops/vehicles, do check its location on the map.
- In many case you'll see that Russians have advanced 100+ km from border in the east.
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+
- If Ukrainians have been slaughtering them all the while, how did the Russians reach there?
- In the end, we're all operating with a limited field-of-view available to us. Just use a bit of common sense and logic.

While some of these students sound like absolute idiots having a sense of misplaced entitlement, GOI needs to do whatever it takes to get them out safely. Because at the end of the day, they're Indians. Simple.

BTW, the treatment meted out to some of the Indian students by Ukrainians should be a wake-up call to those who try to bring morality into international relations. Countries will be nice to you only as long as they see some benefit coming their way from you.

The way US and EU are going about financial sanctions against Russia tells you why you need a strong multi-polar world. And ability to survive and flourish on your own even against grave threat.

It seems some students in Ukraine assume GOI evacuation is like Ola or Uber. You wait till the last moment for yellow matter to hit the fan, then shout 'evacuation', and voila, cab/buses will appear outside your hostel, and take you to a flight waiting at the tarmac.
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- There are 7,000 students in Kharkov.
- These should've moved out first simply because this city is close to the border, with a huge Russian army amassed on the other side and would've been the first one to be hit.
- But no. We've to wait for the last minute!
- Same goes +

+ for students in south in Mykolaiv. This is also a highly contested city with active fighting going all around.
- In on interview from Kharkov, an Indian student said students of other nationalities are being evacuated by their countries. And even speaks to one such student +

+ on camera. But if you listen carefully to the Arab student, he clearly says that the 'agent from their country' who most probably got them here (assumption mine) is the one also arranging for their evacuation. And all of them seem to have paid from their pocket for buses.
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+ In case of Kharkov, and south Ukraine, it might be a good idea to move the students to Russian territory and evacuate them from there as the distance involved is shorter.

But the Russians have already lost!

For all the big talk, western tech will always side with US Deep State, and can & will be weaponised to further their interests. Hence, you need UPI & RuPay!

Russians are upping the ante @daeroplate_v2

By slapping such expansive sanctions against Russia in one go, Putin has no compulsion now to back down from whatever his final objective is. He will also negotiate from a maximalist position.

I'm surprised that people are surprised about racism in Ukraine against Indians and others. I mean, this country was right up there in terms of manpower contributed to Waffen SS.

Here are Ukrainian football fans honoring the Ukrainian Waffen SS Division [14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)] by displaying the flag of the Division.

What a bunch of nincompoops these Russians are? What do they know about mechanized warfare, and deep battle? Terrible, terrible. If Palki ji was at the head of the Russian Guards Tank Army, they would've reached Paris by now.

- Kuwait invasion: 2 Aug 1990 (country under Iraq control in 2 days)
- Evacuation flight: After 14 Aug.
- Last Flight: 11 Oct
- Days: 63
- Indians ferried by bus from Kuwait to Jordan.
- Gulf War started: 16 January 1991
- Ukraine? War still going on!

- Gulf War start: 16 Jan 1991
- Evacuation: 14 Aug - 11 Oct 1990 (2 months)
- Kuwait: 100% under Iraq.
- No fighting.
- With Iraq's permission, Indians went in bus from Kuwait to Jordan via Iraq.
- We evacuated BEFORE Gulf War started.
- Baketi expert!

While US, UK and NATO can claim the moral high ground by sanctioning Russia, its the Ukraine which is going to get destroyed. A few 000s rocket launchers or ATGMs will not win you the war. In the end, its the Ukrainians who'll be left with a shattered country.

Some commenting that GOI is indulging in PR while undertaking #OperationGanga - Well, in today's world of SM & cheap internet, you've to control the narrative. And be SEEN doing your job. Can't leave a vacuum or counter-narrative will take-over. That's the nature of the beast.

If the GOI is not seen doing its job #OpGanga, this is the kind of filth which will take hold and become the dominant narrative.

I checked, this is NOT a parody account. Another day, another Pakistan Embassy handle bares the reality of Pakistan and state of its finances.

Hope all of them make out in time.

Pearls of wisdom being shared by some of our ex-MEA & IFS folks makes you question who's interest do they serve? People who should be driven by cold calculus of national interest and realpolitik are giving sermons on morality with respect to #RussianUkrainianWar. Quite bizarre.

Question: Can local MEA staff arrange buses for evacuation? I know it will take hell lot of buses (a bus can take 50-60 people) but at least move out as many as possible? But then question will be - who gets to be on the buses? Another contentious issue.

Next time you get pangs of propriety with respect to GOI ministers being seen doing their work in evacuation #OpGanga, remember, this is the level to which Congress will stoop. Those pictures, videos and WA forwards are absolutely necessary.

While everyone is fixated on Kiev & Kharkov, the most brutal battle is taking place in south in Mariupol. Its the home of Azov Battalion - your friendly, neighborhood, neo-Nazi Ukrainians, responsible for some extreme cruelties against Russians during Donbass War.
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+ They did stuff like crucifying a Russian POW alive & then setting it on fire. The videos of the same are available.
- Here's a Azov Bn soldier dipping bullets in pig fat because Muslim soldiers of the Russian Army from Chechnya are fighting in this area.
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+ Its flag has Wolfsangel symbol which some say is inspired by symbol of 2nd SS Panzer Division 'Das Reich' (responsible for some of the worst massacres of WW2) (2nd image).
- It has number of foreign fighters. All far right and mostly into white supremacism.
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- in 2018, a US Bill on spending said:
“none of the funds made available by this act may be used to provide arms, training or other assistance to the Azov Battalion.”
“White supremacy and neo-Nazism are unacceptable and have no place in our world,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.).

- There will be no quarters given, and punches pulled in this fight.
- I expect Azov Battalion to put up a fierce resistance because they know surrendering is not an option for them.
- And the Russians have scores to settle with them. There will be no subtle tactics here.

😍

India-Russia Weapons Import
- A lot has been said about Indian dependency on Russia for weapons/spares.
- There are actually two aspects to this angle which generally get clubbed together.
- First, is the legacy systems, and second is import of fresh, hi-tech system.
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(A) Legacy Systems
1) Army:
(1.1) T-90, T-72 tanks and BMP-2 IFVs
(1.2) Some air defense assets
2) IAF:
(2.1) Mig-29, Su-30MKI, IL-76 and An-32.
(2.2) Some SAM Squadrons.
3) Navy:
3.1) Propulsion & weapon systems on ships
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3.2) Kilo class submarines
3.3) Mig-29K, some type of helicopters and IL-38.
[Army]
- In the coming decade, the dependence within the army will reduce drastically and will be limited to T-72, and T-90 tanks.
- But even here, outside of autoloader and gun-mechanism, pretty much +

+ everything is being done w/o Russian involvement.
- Army AD systems are all set to be replaced completely by domestic systems.
[IAF]
- This is where dependence will continue for 15+ years minimum.
- Su-30MKI are slated for deep upgrade.
- Mig-29UPG will remain in use at least +

+ for a decade.
- I forgot to mention the substantial Mi-17 fleet which we operate. Again, will be in service for a decade at least.
[Navy]
- Maintenance and upgrade of legacy systems will continue.
(B) Fresh Imports
- The fresh import of Russian systems is going to be on+

+ decline.
- It will be restricted to systems which no one will give India, or the ones which we don't want to buy from US.
- Take for example the lease of a nuclear submarine or purchase of S-400 system.
- And it is not that imports will come from west instead. In the coming +

+ decade, imports will go down as Indian R&D crosses the proverbial hump in many more segments.
- Having said that, there is something peculiar which might happen.
- And that is India might see more Joint Ventures (JVs) with Russia.
- Why?
- Well, with global sanctions +

+ I expect the Su-30 redux.
- That is, India funding Russian Mil-Ind complex and keeping the dollar supply.
- Though, the deals now we get are likely to be much sweeter.
- Russians would be more amenable than earlier.

Reminder why this 'India and US are natural allies' is good only for diplomatic speak. Americans doesn't want partners, it wants camp followers.

Le Ukrainians - We want guns, planes, tanks, soldiers to support us.
Le West - There, I've renamed a metro station in support; this will show Putin that we mean business!
😂🤣😂🤣

Since 1947, the West has shafted India multiple times over in pursuance of its interests and yet, some in India are still looking for a pat on the back from West. 🙄

Daughter of an INC member evacuated from Ukraine giving just the right kind of bytes to a news channel for Congress to exploit? Again, brings me back to the point: whether you like it or not, PR is part of the game.
Pic & information source: @RohitHolmes9

Best thing to come out of #RussianUkrainianWar is the speed with which the facade of reasonableness, friendship, & objectivity has fallen-off from many in the West. West, at the end is racist to the boot, and looks after only its interests.
source: @gemsofrepliess

- Yes, they're angry only at Modi even though China also abstained.
- Why?
- Because they know China will smack them right in the face if they dare even mention its name.
- Lesson: Only might is right works in realpolitik. Everything else is hot air.

[Education of students evacuated from Ukraine]
- Now, the next round of outrage will be about what happens to the education of kids evacuated from Ukraine?
- Medical education in Ukraine is not going to start anytime soon.
- Even if it does, it is most likely going to be in +

+ universities west of Kiev, which have been spared the destruction. So far.
- But 7,000 kid were studying in Kharkov alone! And others in Mykolaiv in south-western Ukraine.
- Those who were in their 1st year of education, would be least impacted in terms of money and time +

+ committed.
- But what about others?
- Imagine you're a 5th or a 6th year medical student in Ukraine?
- Not only have you invested substantial amount of money but also 6-7 years of your prime youth.
- What happens now?
- I can bet that someone, somewhere, will file a PIL for +

+ 'adjusting' these students in Indian medical colleges.
- I remember General VK Singh saying that Poland might offer these students an opportunity to continue education in Polish institutes.
- Well, for Poland 15,000-20,000 Indian students is a windfall in terms of revenue.
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+
- Question is - how will students adjust to Poland?
- Again, students in 1st or 2nd year may well be able to cope but what about those who've done bulk of their studies already in Ukraine?
- They'll have to learn the Polish language and all the associated peculiarities of +

+ education at Polish education institutes.
- Best bet will be for GOI to work with Ukraine to adjust all students in functioning universities in western Ukraine.
- But need to see whether these universities have capacity to adjust additional students.
- I have full sympathy +

+ with these students and their parents.
- Some of them are in the risk of losing not only considerable investment but also time and are staring at an uncertain future.
- Their dream of becoming a doctor could very well shatter completely.
- And I really hope GOI can give +

+ some help.
- But considering this is India, wait for another round of 'what has GOI done for us' coming your way.

The filth that is CON_gress.

IAF C-17s going to Russia to evacuate Indian students shifted there from Sumy and Kharkov would've been a sweet irony 😋

- 92%
- That's the % of revenue of this organization which comes from US Government.
- W/O US Government 'grant', it will not survive as a organization.
- Quite ironic that it is named Freedom House, Inc.

- In my opinion, Putin will not end this war till he's met two objectives:
1) Destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces.
2) Use of Ukraine as a base for NATO
- Contrary to what western & Ukrainian propaganda will have you believe, the Ukrainian Army is being +

#RussianUkrainianWar

+ taken apart bit by bit.
- Bulk of Ukrainian Army and its best fighting elements are in South/South-East Ukraine opposite Donbass Region.
- And Russian Army is in the process of enveloping them completely.
- Once that happens, Ukrainian Army will be simply pummeled.
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- Western & Ukrainian propaganda about short-comings of the Russian Army, even if 50% true, means nothing in overall scheme of things.
- Western 'experts' are setting-up strawman arguments.
- Sample this - Putin wanted to win in 48 hours but can't do so!
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+
- Who told them, or others that Putin wanted to win in 48 hours?
- Coming back to the point: Putin will ensure absolute destruction of the fighting capability of the Ukrainian Army.
- Second point was about using Ukraine as a base for NATO (He wants it to be neutral)
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- Putin is simply going to sit-tight after capturing the territory he wants.
- Here again, we need to see to what extent does he capture territory.
- Does he take Odessa-Uman-Kiev line? (solid red arrow)
- Or, Odessa-Mykolaiv-Dnipro-Kiev? (dotted red-line)

- A 3rd, completely hypothetical, possibility is taking territory along the black dotted line to give depth to Odessa-Mykolaiv belt.

- Putin's negotiations are likely to start once he's achieved his objectives.
- Cold War Neanderthals is US have simply used Ukraine to have a got at Russia.
- When it all settles down, Ukrainians are going to realize that while US has achieved its objectives (in short term) +

+ their country has been destroyed in bargain.
- In the end, I'm reminded of this conversation between a Ukrainian journalist & British PM.
- Ukrainians got big talk & 'moral' support.
- All NATO countries are safe while her country is reduced to rubbles.

Seems @WIONews has taken it personally to stop the #RussianUkrainianWar and are upfront in amplifying the western POV on the subject.

😂🤣😂🤣

- In my earlier tweets, I'd mentioned the presence of Azov Battalion (Ukrainian Neo-Nazis) in Mariupol.
- Seems they're holding the local population as hostage and not allowing them to leave the study.
- Check the next tweet for some horrific stuff done by them.
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*Very Sensitive Content*
From @oulosP :
"Husband and wife tried to leave Mariupol. At a checkpoint they noticed shot bodies. When they attempted to help, the Azov Battalions shot at them.
The wife was killed & husband was wounded but now safe"

Instances quoted here are part of internal deliberations in USA on China. Where the India-China stand-off has been used to build upon an existing narrative within US administration about Chinese aggressiveness. These are not mentioned for love of India!

Yup!
Banning Russian athletes from paralympics is just the decision you need to take to stop #RussianUkrainianWar. The pettiness to which the West can stoop has to be seen to be believed.

Another sanctimonious prick from that small island up-north. BTW, such cheap comments should tell you that all the 'aid' that comes to India, including money for NGOs, is given to gain leverage. And not for love of India's poor. Or, furthering child nutrition.

Where is a 'I told you so' button when you need one?
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/govt-exp…

Another side of the evacuation story:

- MEA: 'Whether the war was stopped, not stopped, who stopped it, I'm not getting into that'
- Suahsini Haidar, true to her norm, spins it and says MEA denies the war was stopped.

In the end, its the Ukrainians who'll be left with a devastated country and economy.

Well -

These expansive sanctions put by US, along with some absolutely idiotic actions taken by private entities, is going to stretch the world order like no other side. Americans are for the first time going to discover the limits of their influence in 2022.

Full on propaganda video! And look at the people he's tagged. Not only in this tweet, but in replies as well. As if they are going to get these kids out. And then, people are accusing GOI of doing PR in this evacuation exercise!

Good.

#OperationGanga
- To say that flying out students once they cross the Ukrainian border is not an evacuation, is plain wrong.
- 1st, no country will allow you to cross their border w/o understanding with the Indian government.
- 2nd, your transportation, stay and +

+ all other logistics once you cross the Ukraine border is being taken care of by GOI.
- All possible only because of work done by MEA with their counterparts in other counterparts.
- 3rd, IAF C-17s & commercial flights have been allowed on request of the GOI +
#OpGanga

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- Evacuation is happening across 4 different countries.
- I heard some students saying that once we crossed over from Ukraine, they could've managed on their own.
- Well, someone tell them that w/o valid passports, no one would've allowed them to cross-over.
- And even if they+

+ did, countries won't have allowed you to roam about in their country. They would've been most probably been put in some sort of holding facility.
- Also, do you think enough flights are available to fly out all 20K students or so in 4-5 days from these countries?
- How long +

+ would these students have been stuck in these countries?
- What about food, boarding, and safety while you're stuck w/o relevant documents?
- Plus, it is obvious by now that GOI is working behind the scene to get students out from active war zones in Sumy, Kharkov, and +

+ South Ukraine.
- On top of all this, some of these students are being permitted to being their pets!
- In spite of all this, arrogance and sense of entitlement being displayed by some of these students is quite pathetic.
- I had said this before - this Instagram +
#OpGanga

+ generation thinks GOI intervention is like booking a Ola cab.
- GOI gives a series of advisories but they laugh it away.
- And when shit hits the fan, they expect GOI to wait outside their hostels with busses ready to take them to airport, with a/c parked on the tarmac.
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+ Or, send a team of Para (Special Forces) and evacuate them like James Bond movies!
- The same crowd which is calling names to the GOI will now ask it to make arrangements for them to finish their medical education. Just wait and watch!
#OpGanga

Not many take it on the chin and still stand. But you do. Good comeback 😃

Indian establishment on its toes. Key points of this thread are in subsequent tweets:

Reserve formation is reference to Mathura based 1 Strike Corps which has seen its ORBAT modified, and is now dual tasked for Eastern Ladakh as well.

Mathura - 1 Strike Corps HQ.

Good to see a proactive action by the government.

One of the best examples of biased commentary coming from west about the #RussianUkrainianWar. By this stupid logic, no one should've bought Tornado a/c because they got shot down in GW1. Or, F-16s because they got shot down in GW1 or Bosnia.

Fully expect it to be challenged in the court. And rightly so. Plus, for students in advanced years of their course, integration will be quite challenging.

Going by accounts of western ex-military types in Ukraine, it seems after fighting likes of Taliban, they've forgotten what a real, conventional WAR is like. Imagine one 'volunteer' saying I did not expect to be hit by a cruise missile while sleeping at my training base!
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+ These guys seem to have been suckered by Western propaganda on Russian army being all incompetent, and made-up of conscripts with shitty air-force and lacking modern weapons!
- They all thought they were going to be RAMBO incarnate but couldn't withstand +
#RussiaUkraineWar

+ artillery barrage, or aerial bombing. Lost their nerves and went running back across the border to Poland.
- And mind you, there are some ex-Special Forces types as well there!
- I guess, these guys thought they'll have their beef burgers and coffee in the morning, do some +

+ weights, put the customary selfie on Instagram (# saving Ukraine!) and then leisurely go about picking-up Russian targets.
- And of course, they'll have a couple of Apaches, F-16s, F-15s, and A-10s orbiting above for dial-a-ground-attack when they need one +
#RussiaUkraineWar

+ Reality turned out be quite different for the Bro-dudes!
#RussiaUkraineWar

Next Russian export - Javelinski anti-tank missile!
[PS: US just handed over the most advanced seeker-technology in an anti-tank missile to Russia. Bravo]

Well, reality turned out to be quite different from Call of Duty game!

Both the Ka-52 and Mi-28 gunships fired the rockets in a lofted profile. Do we do this with our Mi-35 as well? Comments? @Front_Gun @PKRoyIAF

Commentary from some western defense experts, including some veterans, about Russian equipment and tactics is condescending. I mean, your armies got their arse handed to them by Taliban for god's sake! I also read disparaging comments about above video of Ka-52/Mi-28 firing in +

+ lofted profile. Seriously? Remember how 32 Apaches were severely hit, suffering considerable damages, with one lost, during an attack on Najaf in 2003?

Power of information warfare! Lt General Panag bases his analysis of Russia's war-effort completely on western propaganda. And as is usual of him, runs down the Indian military.
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