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Some were doing that in the proceeding 2-weeks to the russhits crossing the border. Like I was reading the no, no and no from basically every source, then there was the Brit and US intel that came out which was enough for me to go into the slightly potential chance.
>Which was not a good chance due to weather and season
>This is the worst time of year to go anywhere in Ukraine!
>So of course they did and the rest is history in hindsight
Now, the final 'pro-invasion' side of the argument was relatives living in Sumy, so I'm up all hours of the night with them on voip chat detailing the things you need to get happening in order to survive an invasion. How to hide food, hide your shelter, weapons, the neighbourhood watch and working with your local police, military, reserves and other figures. So that means you know were the rat-runs are, taking down street signs, knowing were old folks and at-risk people live that might need help later on and eventually that meant being called in to talk to some guys that would be working with the authorities.
Being these are Russians, there's also priority movement of kids and women out of the area as well
Not claiming any credit for anything, just got asked and lent a few ideas to them, I was more on the side of getting people out of the area and somewhere else but that sort of fell apart in terms of the logistics of moving 1000's of people off to somewhere with essentially nothing but an overnight bag and clothes on their back. Keeping in mind, nothing was certain. It was still very much a 'maybe' and not a possibility.
But people were prepared in some areas. It was taken seriously despite everything to counter it, which is an important lesson in hindsight, sometimes those gut feelings and press releases don't mean shit if you're not there. Sometimes its the people nearby who have the best nose for that kind of thing with eyes and ears.
