The Ukraine Crisis Part 2 . The Battle for the Donbas

More build up by Russian Armoured vehicles .

This is going to get blodoy,brutal and nasty .

 

A recent bulletin from Ukrainian TV regarding military assistance

 

Hmmmm - look for a significant little vilage entitled Prokorovka !!!

 

Yes I am aware of the Battle Of Kursk in WW2

 

Disturbing news breaking this morning of a possible chemical attack on Mariupol.
This has still yet to be verified by Western sources but if confirmed this could bring NATO into the conflict proper as it was defined as the " Red Line " that should be crossed .

Mail Online report below

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwifvI_xg473AhVKZcAKHcB0DOkQvOMEKAB6BAgSEAE&url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10709143/Russia-unleashes-chemical-weapons-Mariupol-Defenders-claim-theyre-suffering-breathing-issues.html&usg=AOvVaw2ZfssES0AVBR-GhEok3-RX

 

Again as above this has still yet to be verified

"WARNING!!! About an hour ago, Russian occupation forces used a poisonous substance of unknown origin against Ukrainian military and civilians in the city of Mariupol, which was dropped from an enemy UAV.

The victims have respiratory failure, vestibulo-atactic syndrome. The consequences of using an unknown substance are being clarified."

 

Still Reports coming in .

Possibly a Drone Chemical attack

BBC just now 9.40 UK time

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61077641

 

I agree with this Analysis as mentioned previously .

This has come from the BBC

Alleged chemical weapons use fits 'Syrian playbook' - analyst


More now on those unconfirmed reports of a chemical weapons attack in Mariupol.

Intelligence consultant Justin Crump has told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the attack, if verified, could fit a wider pattern of Russian behaviour on the battlefield.

It follows the “Syrian playbook”, he observes. Russian troops may begin with “small, deniable operations,” which the West may turn a blind eye to. But later, they “increase the scale”, he explains.

But Crump acknowledges that the situation is “very uncertain” in Mariupol. Ukrainian authorities say they are investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons there.

Russia itself has not yet commented on the allegations. It’s previously claimed that alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria – where its troops have been supporting the government – were staged.

 

More on the alleged Chemical Weapons attack.

Again from the BBC
Official claims 'chemical poisoning' in Mariupol


Toby Luckhurst and Mariana Maglych

Reporting from Lviv

We’ve been hearing reports of a potential chemical attack in Mariupol, the Ukrainian city besieged by Russian forces.

Serhiy Orlov, the city’s deputy mayor, told us on the phone that the city council has confirmed a “chemical poisoning” delivered by a Russian drone.

“We cannot provide more detailed information," he said. “But we have confirmation from the military that this has happened.”

The allegation that chemical munitions had been used against Mariupol originally came from the Azov battalion - a Ukrainian military unit with links to the far right.

It is not clear how many soldiers were affected, but the battalion said its fighters had suffered minor injuries, including shortness of breath, with one man reportedly collapsing with "cotton legs".

The BBC cannot verify this allegation independently. Confirming anything in the area is extremely difficult, and the full picture of what is going on in the besieged port city is still unclear.

What we do know h is Russian forces continue to hammer Mariupol, which sits just a short distance along the coast from the Russian border. Capturing the city is one of Moscow's core aims in the war.

 

Finnish patriots stopped Russian coal trains from entering the country. Because government won't

 

Russian Convoy heading towards the Donbas

 

Activists from Greenpeace and the Extinction Rebellion-movement cooperating to stop the coal from reaching the Salmisaari power plant in Helsinki. Primarily nature activists and climate change protestors, with Ukraine being just one of the things on their agenda.

 

No it doesnt . That's always been the old Soviet Doctrine and was carried forward by the Federation of Russia eg conflicts in Georgia ,Chechnya ,Syria etc .

Mariupol is expected to fall with the last remnants of the Ukrainian forces bravely defending the giant steel works there . They are running out of supplies and ammo having been cut off for some time now