Fire could produce a pulsing glow , right?

[JoanofArgh]

Link to tweet

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[WarGamer]

1. Might be the thermobaric weapons deployed.

[JoanofArgh]

2. Ugh.

[gab13by13]

3. I believe that Russia is going to bomb the hell out of Ukraine,

and then bring in the tanks. They have Kyiv surrounded. Russia owns the air space which is the killer.

[uponit7771]

5. yep, IE those MRLS

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Yup. False hopes make us feel better but sadly they are false. nt

[gab13by13]

4. Spider Marks just said that Russia doesn't own the air space,

so that is a big help.

[uponit7771]

6. +1, just learned Javelins can shoot down helicopters

[ColinC]

10. So can Mig-29s

I imagine Ukraine still has a few fighter jets in their air force.

[uponit7771]

11. They do, there's still an airport far east of Kyiv that's fully operational

[ColinC]

12. Sweet

I really don't see this going well for Russia. Between Ukraine's more than adequate military, the endless supply of support from other countries, Russia likely being cut off from the vast majority of the world, and morale between the two forces, Ukraine holds quite a hand.

[uponit7771]

15. Just thought, what if Ukraine wins this thing hands down...I mean no negotiation hands down.

Putler will be out of office and the My Pillow Guy will be in his place cause the oligarchs can control him better.

What will happen to NATO if someone REALLY not shitty gets put in place of Putler and Russia goes higher up in the democracy index than the US?

I'm think Xi isn't going to let anything go, he's got to appease 1.5 billion people.

I'd hate Xi to go nuts like Putler

[ColinC]

17. Oof. Crazy idea! Although Xi is much younger

So I imagine it still might take some time before he goes insane like Putin. This whole situation though also seems like an excellent PR message in favor of term limits...

[uponit7771]

18. +1

[sarisataka]

7. If it is at the airport

As he indicated is in that direction, it could be burning fuel tanks

[JoanofArgh]

8. Just saw this

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=PM0RjiyZv1iEYorhgJBFlA

[spanone]

9. CNN was just speculating thats where the fires are from...an airport.

[BGBD]

13. I dont think Russia would have bombed it

That airport is close to their position and they have been trying to take it since the start. It would be ideal to fly in troops and supplies.

If I were the Ukranians I would have blown it up to prevent the Russian both the runway and access to the fuel there

[uponit7771]

16. +1, UA can't use it might as well make it unusable to Putler