Russian military convoy, up to 800 vehicles, destroyed near Bashtanka.

[L. Coyote]

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[Nevilledog]

1. Yes!

[C_U_L8R]

2. Take that, Putin.

[L. Coyote]

6. Someone has to tell him still, I bet.

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[lame54]

14. It seems the long table is THEIR choice

[L. Coyote]

22. LOL.

[lagomorph777]

62. They make him sit at the kiddie end.

[getagrip_already]

3. woopsies... did we mess up your pretty parade?

We are sorry. We meant to destroy more.

[Lovie777]

4. Say what? . ......

[meow2u3]

5. What's the matter, Vladdie?

The Ukranians wouldn't lie down and surrender, as your evil ego demanded?

[COL Mustard]

30. It wasn't an invasion

It was a legitimate resupply convoy for the Ukrainian Army. Volodya is so misunderstood.....

[lapfog_1]

7. I so want this to be true.

either tanks or supply trucks... either way is really bad for Russians.

[COL Mustard]

31. You want to stop the tanks?

You destroy the fuel tankers. End of mission.

[InstantGratification]

41. Exactly!!!

Cut off the fuel and those tanks, APCs, artillery pieces, etc, all get left by the side of the road and their crews become ordinary infantry soldiers. I'm being generous calling them that because they aren't as well equipped as actual infantry, not in armament, ammo, food or anything else a standard foot soldier would have. Shooting fish in a barrel comes to mind....

[COL Mustard]

42. The technical term is

Prisoner of War (POW, and not Prince of Wales)!

[DENVERPOPS]

45. The best insult would be to drop pamphlets on the convoy

telling them to run away from the vehicles, or in five minutes they will be vaporized.
Showing the soldiers that they mean no harm to the Russian Soldiers or Citizens, but only to Putin......
That would make the Russian Soldiers sit up and take notice to who's side they should be on......

[lagomorph777]

63. Can't afford to spoil the surprise.

However, any who do escape will be humanely imprisoned, I'm sure.

[blm]

8. Seems like it would be obvious to anyone this would happen.

Did Putin LET it happen to excuse his next step?

[Tadpole Raisin]

9. I will take good news however it is delivered.

Now if they can get that convoy nearing Kyiv!

[fierywoman]

13. I'm entertaining the idea that this today was a dress rehearsal for that large convoy

on it's way to Kiev.

[onetexan]

17. +1 K&R

[OnDoutside]

20. There's a suggestion that the stalling of the Kyiv convoy is down

to fuel problems. If the UA were going to have easy wins it would be to target the fuel tankers.

[Deminpenn]

59. McCaffery or one of the other ex-military guests

said the ground is too soft for the heavy vehicles so they are being forced to stay on the paved roads. FWIW.

[druidity33]

58. I learned something on Saturday...

...that Ukranians call their capital Kyiv and Russians call the city Kiev. It is pronounced differently as well. I have taken the stance of the Washington Post and the Guardian and begun calling the city Kyiv as it is listed on maps and as the "natives" prefer it to be called that. Perhaps you might choose to do the same.

[fierywoman]

65. AH! Got it. Thank you. I also learned that Ukrainians pronounce "Ukraine" the way you

would (what sounds to me) in Italian.

[L. Coyote]

26. By drones?

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[Celerity]

39. the rallying cry against the invaders

[Happy Hoosier]

10. I'd like to see some sourcing on that.

That would be fantastic news.

[L. Coyote]

23. Микола Лукашук 5h ago

Голова Дніпропетровської обласної ради

⚡️Summings of today's extremely difficult day.
In the afternoon, we received information about the Russian military column, which was moving towards Kryvyi Rih from Bashtanka and counted about 800 units of wheel equipment.
Our defenders worked promptly, not leaving the enemy a chance to even enter the territory of Dnipropetrovsk. The column was attacked from the air, the occupiers got tightly. And will reach again with even more power if they try to break through the border area again.
The enemy will never get Kryvyi Rih. How will not receive a single touch of land of any other settlement of Dnipropetrovsk region. This is our home that we will protect every second.
Regarding the situation in the region as a whole, everything is under control. The Regional Council held a meeting with the heads of communities, security forces, military, people's deputies. There is understanding, who, how should act and what to do in any scenario, there is coexistence, and there is a willingness to give away. We are together, we are close to people, we work.
Ukraine survived today another terrible day. The world once saw what "Russian peace" is. But the Ukrainian peace is stronger. Ukrainians are stronger. And that's how it will always be ...

[Happy Hoosier]

24. Not exactly brimming with details

Ah well, here‘s hoping it is true. If it is, we should find out more soon.

[L. Coyote]

25. Not enough free time to write a novel today.

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[lindysalsagal]

66. Hasn't made WAPO or CNN yet...

[Goodheart]

11. I wish it were true, but I'm not buying that without pictures and credible confirmation.

[sarisataka]

15. Yes, I am always skeptical

Of claims of massive victories without proof.

Such a massacre should be easy to spot with satellites

[COL Mustard]

33. Satellites only go over

Every 90 minutes or so. So expect delayed reporting.

[PortTack]

12. Yes!!

[relayerbob]

16. We can hope this is true

It's likely at least partially accurate, even if he numbers are wrong.

Next up, stalled convoy north of Kyiv.

[milestogo]

18. Bash tanka?

[EndlessWire]

21. Oooo, I like that! n/t

[AntiFascist]

19. Yes!! Bashtanka, what an unfortunate name for the Russians to pass thru (in English anyway) n/t

[TomSlick]

27. I can find no other news source reporting this.

Please let it be true.

[mysteryowl]

28. This is my concern. I can't find it anywhere

News off of twitter can't be trusted on its own, as much as we want to believe it.
It could be a propaganda piece meant for Russians?

[L. Coyote]

29. Some tweets are reporting on this.

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[COL Mustard]

34. As a former supply officer, it breaks my heart

To think of all the paperwork some poor Russian lieutenant is going to have to fill out to account for all that stuff.


(No, it doesn't break my heart at all. Slava Urkaina!!!)

[TomSlick]

36. The report of survey is going to be a bitch.

[COL Mustard]

37. I don't know if the Russian Army only takes one month's pay

But it seems like some of those guys think it's worth it.

[TomSlick]

35. That helps. Thanks.

Forgive my inherent cynicism but these photos do not look like the tightly bunched convoy seen in yesterday's photos. These photos also do not appear to be from the same location.

My parents named me Thomas in a moment of prophetic insight.

Nevertheless, please God make it true.

[L. Coyote]

43. These are different locations.

I have not seen satellite images of this convoy. Given the fog of war, we all know to read with skepticism. The north convoy was 3.5 miles long, not 40. It was 40 miles from Kyiv and later stretched out to 17 miles on the way there.

[TomSlick]

46. The first casualty of war is truth.

I would really like to see verification.

[L. Coyote]

51. More here:

....

Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration Head Vitalii Kim noted on Telegram that, during this operation, the Ukrainian military lost just one helicopter, and its pilots managed to survive.

A reminder that, on March 1, 2022, the Russian military attempted to capture Mykolaiv from Bashtanka District. The enemy shelled the bypass road with the Grad multiple rocket launcher systems (MRLS), having caused seven fires.

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[TomSlick]

52. That's some better.

I wonder why no US media outlet is reporting this. I'm trying not to become hopeful.

[BigmanPigman]

32. Does this mean that they can also do this with the 40 mile convoy

heading into Kiev?

[tavernier]

40. I've heard multiple times today

That it is a three mile convoy But because it was 40 miles out of Kiev it was mistakenly reported to be a 40 mile convoy. Of course I’m not there so I can’t swear to it either way.

[L. Coyote]

44. You can see for yourself on the satellite images.

Russian military convoy stretches over 17 miles north of Kiev.

[maxsolomon]

38. "Military Bloggers reported"

I'm taking everything with a grain of salt. Many grains.

[Hav]

48. Yeah...

A destroyed convoy of 800 is insane and there will be definitely images soon if it's true. Hundreds of bombed vehicles is such a clusterfuck over probably a few miles.

[Imallin4Joe]

47. Up yer arse, Vlad the Terrible!

Go Ukraine!!!

[paleotn]

49. Fry 'em!!

[L. Coyote]

50. The javelin team.

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[paleotn]

53. They love them as much as our guys do....

Pricey, but damn if they don't work. The ultimate portable shoot and scoot weapon against heavy armour.

[L. Coyote]

54. Ukraine Army Destroys Russian Convoy Of 56 Tanks Near Kyiv

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[L. Coyote]

55. Near Bashtanka, hunters with dogs shoot the remnants of the personnel from the convoy

For those not using a translating browser, the post title is part of the tweet.

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[DFW]

60. I like the first line

"Safari Ukrainian Style"

[L. Coyote]

61. Someone is definitely playing a bit of psychological warfare.

I liked the "with dogs" part, humanizes them!

[DFW]

64. It goes way back

Ivan Turgenyev wrote a collection of stories called (The) Hunting Tales, also known as A/The (Russian and Ukrainian have no articles, remember) Sportsman's Sketches. Literally, " (the) notes of (a) hunter."

It was published in 1852, and no Ukrainian or Russian would miss the reference. It's more a part of their school curriculum than Hemingway or Melville is for us.

Although, come to think of it, I should probably watch my literary references. Ask a Republican these days who Hemingway and Melville were, and their response would probably be, "remind me again, which teams did they play for?"

[lindysalsagal]

67. LOL Google translate totally choking on the russian....

Gobelty gook. It usually translates japanese just fine....

[iemanja]

56. Wow

I'm so impressed at how the Ukranian army is doing.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

57. Uh oh

Pooty Poot is pooping himself.