News from Ukraine Conflict

[Staggerwing]

Imagine the Russian reaction if the Pentagon were to announced it is in negotiation with Kiev to sell them a few our 'suddenly superfluous' A-10s...

All those Russian APC drivers will suddenly have flashbacks to the time they watched their bootleg copy of Reign of Fire's Boss Dragon v. armored column scene:

[undercovergeek]

are you guys getting Ukraine on the news?

because we're getting fk all here on the BBC, you wouldnt even know there was a problem

[Gusington]

Not anymore. Robin Williams, Gaza and Iraq have bumped it off. If you dig on Reuters or AP you can get info.

[undercovergeek]

yeah theres a guy on battlefront in the beta forum reporting daily but theres just no coverage here at all - bloke at work thought it was actually all over

[Staggerwing]

are you guys getting Ukraine on the news?

because we're getting fk all here on the BBC, you wouldnt even know there was a problem

I'm having a clairvoyant flash that tells me you Brits (and everyone else) will be getting some interesting Ukraine news very soon....

[Gusington]

^From the flood of refugees set to land in the UK?

[Staggerwing]

That, and the convoy of trucks (sans Kris Kristofferson on CB radio) about to cross the russo-Ukrainian border with it's Spetsnaz Relief workers and 40K Good Buddy squad in their heavy metal RVs.

[LongBlade]

are you guys getting Ukraine on the news?

because we're getting fk all here on the BBC, you wouldnt even know there was a problem

Yes, though the news from Iraq has eclipsed much of it.

(Cue: usual suspects to heckle) Fox News covered it tonight, albeit brifely, noting the Russians are trying to get a convoy into Ukraine.

[Centurion40]

Imagine the Russian reaction if the Pentagon were to announced it is in negotiation with Kiev to sell them a few our 'suddenly superfluous' A-10s...

You should offer them all, as a gift, to the Poles.

[GDS_Starfury]

offer them half and give Israel the other half.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Hows about selling Poland F16s with HARM. IMO the biggest threat to the defense of poland is the russki surface to air missiles.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

I bet those russki trucks are transporting supplies to take care of their invasion force on the border. 40,000 troops need a lot of food. If it's already there their job becomes easy. That stuff cant be let across the border.

[LongBlade]

VORONEZH, Russia –  In a diplomatic game of chicken, a large Russian aid convoy rolled toward the Ukrainian border on Thursday -- but it was heading toward a crossing controlled by pro-Russian rebels instead of a government post as Ukraine had demanded.

Ukraine's government threatened to block the convoy if the cargo could not be inspected and announced it was organizing its own aid shipment to the war-wracked separatist region of Luhansk.

Later, it also declared it had taken the eastern town of Novosvitlivka, which lies just south of Luhansk, which means it could block the Russian aid from reaching the war-wracked city.

source: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/08/14/russian-aid-convoy-starts-moving-again-appears-bound-for-rebel-held-checkpoint/

Also worth noting the location. 

[LongBlade]

...and it's official. 23 armored vehicles from Russia crossed into Ukraine.

But, while the trucks came to a halt well short of Ukraine's border, a different Russian convoy did make the crossing into Ukrainian territory late on Thursday evening.

The Guardian saw a column of 23 armoured personnel carriers, supported by fuel trucks and other logistics vehicles with official Russian military plates, travelling towards the border near the Russian town of Donetsk – about 200km away from Donetsk, Ukraine.

After pausing by the side of the road until nightfall, the convoy crossed into Ukrainian territory, using a rough dirt track and clearly crossing through a gap in a barbed wire fence that demarcates the border. Armed men were visible in the gloom by the border fence as the column moved into Ukraine. Kiev has lost control of its side of the border in this area.

source: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/14/russian-military-vehicles-enter-ukraine-aid-convoy-stops-short-border

[Gusington]

Should we put our helmets on?