Making the news today....

[Mick Dempsey]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

Yep . I saw that . Just hope the ground they have recovered they can keep . 

Trying to decipher what I’m reading on Twitter (what to believe or not) the word ‘rout’ is being used a lot.
Could be moving into a decisive few days.

[GarethM]

I wouldn't believe anything on twitter, I hardly think anyone actually at the pointy end so to speak is tweeting!.

[Mick Dempsey]

2 hours ago, GarethM said:

I wouldn't believe anything on twitter, I hardly think anyone actually at the pointy end so to speak is tweeting!.

Depends who you follow I guess.

[GarethM]

True, bit like all forms of media. I just treat everything with a pinch/spade/26 ton dump truck of salt.

[Stubby]

3 hours ago, GarethM said:

I wouldn't believe anything on twitter, I hardly think anyone actually at the pointy end so to speak is tweeting!.

Quite a lot of different news outlets on youtube saying the Ukrainians have pushed the Russians back . 

[Mick Dempsey]

6 minutes ago, GarethM said:

True, bit like all forms of media. I just treat everything with a pinch/spade/26 ton dump truck of salt.

Well yes, understood. 
Twitter isn’t really a media outlet, it’s individual posters/tweeters, now no doubt there’s plenty of lies, but sifting through what’s definitively disproven and what is/isn’t denied you can learn a lot.

[Mesterh]

It does look like the Ukrainians have Russia on the back foot(in certain areas) but who knows what Putin might have in store.

 

[doobin]

2 hours ago, Mesterh said:

It does look like the Ukrainians have Russia on the back foot(in certain areas) but who knows what Putin might have in store.

 

That’s the worry. 
 

Mind you, the Russians could probably broker a peace deal overnight and the headline BBC article would still be something like ‘peoples memories of the queen’ currently. 

Edited September 10, 2022 by doobin

[Johnsond]

15 hours ago, Stubby said:

Quite a lot of different news outlets on youtube saying the Ukrainians have pushed the Russians back . 

Speaking to one of the DP officers off my regular boat whom is in defence forces  with his two sons last night, he was explaining they have moved front line 70km back in places and recovered 2000 square kilometres of territory. Said progress was fast as in his words “ Russian troops were running and not looking back”. I’ve known this  guy and the other Ukrainian  officers onboard for between  10- 12 years now and you can guarantee there will be zero compromise or slacking until they achieve their goals. They have an ultra strong patriotic/nationalistic  outlook and a hatred for Russia that is literally in their blood from birth, 

[peds]

I don't know about Twitter because I'm not a part of it, but there's some pretty spicy memes going around the other corners of the internet. 

 

 

Right now I'm very much enjoying the official news blackout to preserve OpSec, only to hear about the ridiculous gains made when information gets released. 

 

Edited September 11, 2022 by peds