The Ukraine Crisis Part 2 . The Battle for the Donbas

The opposition in Belarus is activating, sending a message, that if Lukashenka fully enters the war on putin's side, Belarus might plunge into a civil war:

Belarus partisans say they blew up Russian plane near Minsk

 

Bad day for vladimir putin, as ICC, the International Criminal Court issues a warrant to arrest him for war crimes and the crime of deporting Ukrainian children away from their home country:
Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova

NATO-member Türkiye finally quits stalling and agrees to ratify Finland's NATO-membership. Fellow NATO-member Hungary agrees to follow suit, meaning Finland could be a full member maybe as early as May. russia will soon be in a position where they will have over 800 miles of fresh, new NATO-border to worry about. Talks with Sweden in the meanwhile continue, as Türkiye is not yet happy with their performance.
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/17/1164236651/turkey-finland-nato-erdogan-sweden

Slovakia and Poland will donate their MIG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, adding some 25 fresh planes to the Ukrainian air force's fighting capability:
Slovakia joins Poland in agreeing to give fighter jets to Ukraine

This is on top of the first batch of Leopard 2-tanks that arrived to Ukraine earlier.

Meanwhile, after wasting ammunition earlier, russia is now struggling with dwindling ammo supplies, hampering their efforts in Bakhmut:
Artillery Shortage Hampers Russia’s Offensive in East Ukraine, Western Officials Say
Russia is running out of new rockets and artillery shells and may need to rely on 'unpredictable' decades-old ammo instead, US military official says

 

russia's forces losing steam, attack on Bakhmut stalls badly:
Bakhmut assault ‘stalls’ amid tensions between army and Wagner Group

The Nordic countries join forces to create a combined air force of some 250 fighter planes in an effort to deter russia from ever attempting an invasion:
Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark struck a deal to run their 200+ advanced fighter jets as a single fleet, creating a new headache for Russia

And for a good goddamned reason, because finally:
Putin wanted "total cleansing" of Ukraine, leaked spy docs show

(Posted in The Donald Trump Score Card-thread previously by HF member egger)

Concentration camps?! This is some straight nazi shit from the russians!

Also, russia is sending some of its nuclear missiles to belarus:
Russia will be staging nukes in Belarus, Putin says

 

Hungary ratifies Finland's NATO accession, leaving just Türkiye to complete the process, expected to be done maybe even this week. Just one more and putin's nightmare of Finland going NATO becomes reality:

Hungary parliament backs Finland's NATO accession, Swedish bid pending

Meanwhile talks with Sweden continue.

 

Also, according to Der Spiegel, the German Leopard 2 tanks have now arrived in Ukraine:

Der Spiegel: German Leopard 2 tanks arrived in Ukraine — Meduza