I was just thinking that if I had a nuke to give Ukraine I would.
HoweverâŠ
(sigh) To hell with Russia.
https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1592580008505401344
https://twitter.com/Archer83Able/status/1592581381791834114
Seven million homes have been left without power after Russian missile strikes hit cities across Ukraine earlier today.
Some 15 energy facilities were damaged as a result of the attacks, said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the Ukrainian presidentâs office. He added:
Our power engineers are now doing everything to reconnect the power supply as soon as possible.
In Lyiv, in the west of the country, its mayor said 80% of the city was without power after it came under attack. The western Ternopil region said 90% of users were cut off.
The Dnipropetrovsk regionâs military administration said an energy facility in Kryvyi Rih had been hit, creating a âcomplicatedâ situation for the grid.
Kyivâs mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said at least half of the cityâs residents were without power.
Moldova suffers blackouts after Russian missile strikes across Ukraine
Moldovaâs foreign minister, Nicu Popescu, said parts of the country were suffering from power outages as a result of todayâs Russian strikes on Ukraine.
Writing on Twitter, Popescu said:
Every bomb falling on Ukraine is also affecting Moldova and our people. We call on Russia to stop the destruction now.
Officials said the strikes earlier today caused the automatic safety shutdown of systems that carry electricity supplies to Moldova. Dozens of settlements were left without electricity as a result, they added.
In response, Moldovaâs president, Maia Sandu, said:
We strongly condemn this new attack, the largest since the beginning of the war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine.
Two people killed after Russian missiles crossed into Poland, says US intelligence official
Pjotr Sauer
Polandâs prime minister has convened an urgent meeting of a committee for national security and defence affairs, the government spokesman Piot MĂŒller said on Twitter on Tuesday, as a senior US intelligence official said Russian missiles crossed into Nato member Poland, killing two people.
MĂŒller did not mention what the committee was due to discuss but local media reported that the meeting may be related to a reported explosion on the Polish border with Ukraine. Russia shelled cities and energy facilities across Ukraine on Tuesday, including Lviv, a city in the west of the country close to Poland.
I think that it was not an accident, but a purposeful action done to terrorize while maintaining plausible deniability.
Well. shit, this is an escalation we certainly do not need.
If NATO governments think that Russia deliberately targeted Poland they will at the very least step up weapons supplies to Ukraine.
Or they could invoke Article 5 and take military action themselves.
I really hope they increase weapon supplies and other help, but donât get involved in direct military action.
Iâm assuming there will be something like âoh I donât know how we got those long range Himars munitions mixed up in Ukrainâs order, what a shameâ.
Two people have been killed in an explosion in Przewodow, a village in eastern Poland near the border with Ukraine, according to local firefighters.
Reuters has cited Lukasz Kucy, an officer on duty at a nearby firefightersâ post, as saying:
Firefighters are on the spot, itâs not clear what has happened.
It was reported earlier that two stray missiles hit Przewodow, killing two people.
The DOD is giving a presser on it right nowâŠ
I missed the beginning, but theyâre doing questions now.
https://twitter.com/KellyO/status/1592600209233965056
Mariusz Gierszewski, the reporter for Polandâs ZET Radio who initially wrote that stray Russian rockets had hit Poland, tweeted an update that remains of a shot-down rocket likely hit eastern Poland.
Gierszewski tweeted:
My sources in the services say that what hit Przewowo is most likely the remains of a rocket shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/MariuszGierszew/status/1592595507427545088
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1592603967066103808
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1592610210061123584
https://twitter.com/alistaircoleman/status/1592619097929310208
Here is a full translation of Zelenskiyâs remarks on Russian missiles reportedly crossing into Poland
Today, what we we warned about long ago has happened.
We talked about it.
Terror is not limited to our national borders. It has already spread to
the territory of Moldova. And today, Russian missiles hit Poland, the
territory of our friendly country. People died. Please accept
condolences from all Ukrainian brothers!How many times has Ukraine said that the terrorist state will not be
limited to our country?Poland, the Baltic states⊠Itâs only a matter of time before
Russian terror goes further. It is necessary to put the terrorist in
place! The longer Russia feels impunity, the more threats there will
be to everyone who can be reached by Russian missiles.Hitting missiles on NATO territory⊠This is a Russian missile
attack on collective security! This is a very significant escalation.
We must act.And I want to say now to all our Polish brothers and sistersâŠ
Ukraine will always support you! Terror will not break free people!
Victory is possible when there is no fear! You and I donât have it.I want to thank all partners who helped protect the sky. In
particular, our NASAMS systems worked well today: ten hits out of ten
launches. As of this hour, more than 70 missiles and ten attack
drones have been shot down.I thank all our American and European friends who helped us to ensure this result.
Thank you to all our soldiers of the âSouthernâ, âCenterâ, âEastâ and
âWestâ air commands, as well as air defense units of the Ground
Forces.Thanks to all our rescuers, our energy workers, who will work
around the clock to restore normal life for Ukrainians. Restoration
work has begun across the country.We will get through this too. We will restore everything.
Russia opposes itself to the world. Russia loses on the battlefield.
Russia is terrorizing us and everyone it can reach.Letâs do everything to stop it!
4, The probability that a modern Russian missile will go off course so much is about the same as meeting a living dinousaur on the street.
Given that birds are technically living dinosaurs, Iâll say point 4 is accurate. /s
https://twitter.com/KyivPost/status/1592631072050724864?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet
What is Article 4 in the NATO?
Article 4 allows NATO members to bring any issue of concern, especially regarding security, for discussion at the North Atlantic Council. Muller also said Poland was increasing the readiness of some military units, but declined to take any question including about the cause of the incident.
Quick before the (probable) gQp Russian leaning congress fucks it all up:
Short thread:
Linked in the article, an exchange between Carrey and Margaret Atwood.
Russia is losing badly on the comedy front.
