Ukraine

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https://mobile.twitter.com/caroline_gm_d/status/1518354991546781698

Caroline Davies
@caroline_gm_d
The first footage of 3 month old Kira Glodan, laughing with her mother

Her father, Yuriy Glodan who also lost his wife and mother in law in Saturday's attack on Odesa told us "My world died, killed by a Russian missile"

Producer
@OLaceEvans

Camera
@manuelfocus

For
@BBCNews

[Hibrandenburg]

I don't understand why this information would be published. Doesn't seem smart to do so,It's from the Bild Zeitung, Germany's equivalent to the Sun, first priority is making money through headlines, truth, accuracy and integrity come way down the line.

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[stu in nottingham]

It's from the Bild Zeitung, Germany's equivalent to the Sun, first priority is making money through headlines, truth, accuracy and integrity come way down the line.

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That would explain much.

Thank you.

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Plans for the tunnels were in the papers last week and Zelensky gave a run down of the inside, nothing is released by accident. There was an article on here a few days ago saying the daily uk ministry of defence update on the war is done in tandem with Ukraine mod. Its also done knowing that Russia reads it

https://mobile.twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1516669534001848324

@visegrad24
The tunnels from Azovstal lead to the entire city.

Defenders can pop up in multiple places

https://mobile.twitter.com/AZmilitary1/status/1517878551676178432

https://www.ft.com/content/72e2aa57-190a-4797-ac8a-ad6710c2508e

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/24/mariupol-ukraine-last-days/

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Conflict News
@Conflicts
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BREAKING: Several explosions reported outside the ministry for State Security in Transnistria, a Russian-occupied breakaway state in Moldova

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https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/interview-with-german-chancellor-olaf-scholz-there-cannot-be-a-nuclear-war-a-d9705006-23c9-4ecc-9268-ded40edf90f9

Interview with Scholz on Ukraine.


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https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/russia-on-the-road-to-dictatorship

Article on where Russia is going.


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Sweden and Finland agree to submit Nato applications, say reports
Two countries could apply for membership simultaneously as soon as mid-May, according to reports

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/25/sweden-and-finland-agree-to-submit-nato-applications?CMP=twt_a-world_b-gdnworld

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OSINT Aggregator
@AggregateOsint
#Kherson Axis Update - #Ukrainian Forces have reclaimed the towns of Blahodatne, Kyselivka & Klapaya in the direction of #Kherson as #Russian Forces were pushed back. This advance puts #Ukraine within 5 miles of an assault on Kherson and pushing 🇷🇺 back over the Dnipro River

Ukraine appears to be focusing heavily on re-taking #Kherson or at least isolating it to the greatest extent possible. #Russia has been prepping defenses around the city for weeks. However, this area is where UAF is committing it’s forces for an assault

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Henry Foy
@HenryJFoy
·
16m
Explosions hit security services building in Moldova's Russian-controlled separatist region of Transnistria, bordering Ukraine, days after Moscow warned that it could be dragged into Putin's invasion of the country

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https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/25/ukraine-weaponry-russia-war-00027406

Western countries are rushing heavy weaponry to Ukraine as the war enters what promises to be a deadly, and potentially protracted, new phase.

Those deliveries are coming amid increasingly desperate pleas from Ukrainian battlefield commanders as they endure withering Russian artillery and rocket fire that could last weeks or months

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This times article I think tries to defend boris by saying Ukrainians think partygate is trivial and love Boris. It's nonsense though as if you're in a war rules from 2020 is nothing. But we aren't at war and lying to parliament and getting fined for breaking rules you made is huge


https://mobile.twitter.com/HugoGye/status/1518495437006819328

In today's Times
@RichardJSpencer
interviews the residents of Boris Johnson Street in Fontanka, near Odesa. https://thetimes.co.uk/article/2d28d69a-c3c3-11ec-96a8-ce9dac41fe90

Ukrainians rename Odesa road as Boris Johnson Street
Residents heap praise on PM for his stance on Russia’s invasion

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OSINT Aggregator
@AggregateOsint
#Kherson Axis Update - #Ukrainian Forces have reclaimed the towns of Blahodatne, Kyselivka & Klapaya in the direction of #Kherson as #Russian Forces were pushed back. This advance puts #Ukraine within 5 miles of an assault on Kherson and pushing [emoji635] back over the Dnipro River

Ukraine appears to be focusing heavily on re-taking #Kherson or at least isolating it to the greatest extent possible. #Russia has been prepping defenses around the city for weeks. However, this area is where UAF is committing it’s forces for an assault

If Ukraine can take back Kherson then that land bridge to Crimea they keep talking about looks very shaky.


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If Ukraine can take back Kherson then that land bridge to Crimea they keep talking about looks very shaky.


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Even if they went round it the Russians will be surrounded in the city. After Kherson there is nothing until they reach crimea, so do they stop at the border..

[Smartie]

I see Sky News have covered the story that the Russians claim to have foiled a plot to assassinate that state media television presenter Vladimir Solovyov.

Probably pish, but - there have been quite a few unusual and unexplained things happening in Russia.

There have been more ludicrous suggestions.

Obviously the Ukrainians have denied playing any part, if any plot existed.

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

#German concern Rheinmetall has officially requested acceptance from the government to supply #Ukraine with 88 Leopard 1A5 tanks, Die Welt reported.

According to Die Welt, the concern can send the first 22 tanks within a few weeks, and the rest - before the end of the year

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I see Sky News have covered the story that the Russians claim to have foiled a plot to assassinate that state media television presenter Vladimir Solovyov.

Probably pish, but - there have been quite a few unusual and unexplained things happening in Russia.

There have been more ludicrous suggestions.

Obviously the Ukrainians have denied playing any part, if any plot existed.

I've just been reading about it as bellingcat have been laughing at how poor an attempt by the Russians to say its real and a Ukrainian Nazi plot.

It's brilliant look at the supposed possessions of the not found Ukrainian assassin. Picture of Hitler on the computer, swastika t-shirt (very discreet) and an arsenal of weapons. All for a talk show host. The thing that is puzzling is the prominent 3 sims games placed at the front, did they get asked to plant phone sims?

https://mobile.twitter.com/francska1/status/1518596830661066752

Francis Scarr
@francska1
·
8h
Here's the list of what they apparently seized in a raid: One IED, eight Molotov cocktails, six Makarov pistols, a sawed-off shot gun, a grenade, over 1,000 rounds of ammo, drugs, forged Ukrainian passports, and "nationalist literature and paraphernalia"

Sounds very realistic

And in these pictures from the raid we have a "Ukrainian neo-Nazi starter pack" courtesy of the FSB.


Another great bit is a note supposedly signed. At the bit where the signature is it says "signature is illegible " instead of a scribbled signature, brilliant

https://mobile.twitter.com/holodmedia/status/1518603676067282944

https://mobile.twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1518654734294523905

Journalist Dmitry Kozelev
@kolezev
noted that the video also shows a book signed “Signature is illegible”.

Looks like someone took the instructions too literally

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Trent Telenko
@TrentTelenko
·
23m
This is the Breaking Defense Story on how Elon Musk's SpaceX beat Russian jamming & hacking attempts against Starlink.

SpaceX better at electronic warfare/cyber than Russia & the US DoD

https://breakingdefense.com/2022/04/spacex-beating-russian-jamming-attack-was-eyewatering-dod-official/

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Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
·

Poland’s Prime Minister Morawiecki just confirmed that Poland has donated tanks to the Ukrainian Army.

- PM Johnson revealed Poland has sent tanks, can you confirm it?

- Yes!

- How many did we send?

- I won’t comment on that today

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Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
·
7m
BREAKING:

The Swedish government has received security guarantees from USA & UK.

Sweden’s largest newspaper Aftonbladet reports that the government has been told that Sweden will be encompassed by the same protection as a NATO member from the moment of its application

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
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#German concern Rheinmetall has officially requested acceptance from the government to supply #Ukraine with 88 Leopard 1A5 tanks, Die Welt reported.

According to Die Welt, the concern can send the first 22 tanks within a few weeks, and the rest - before the end of the year

Superb news.


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[Hibernian Verse]

Anyone watching Navanly?

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Anyone watching Navanly?

Yes. Amazing bit of film making.


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Brilliant like a Le Carre novel

[Hibernian Verse]

Very powerful. Makes me feel like Putin can’t last much longer…but I’m sure I’m wrong.

[Ozyhibby]

Very powerful. Makes me feel like Putin can’t last much longer…but I’m sure I’m wrong.

His evilness is matched only by his incompetence.


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Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
·
41m
BREAKING:

Two large explosions reported in the city of Parcani in Transnistria (“breakaway republic of Moldova”).

Parcani is right next to the border with Moldova.

There was an RPG attack against the Ministry of Security of Transnistria a few hours ago too.

Escalation

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Julia Ioffe
@juliaioffe
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"Russia in recent years has produced around 250 tanks and 150 aircraft annually...Ukrainian forces in two months have destroyed the equivalent of at least two years of Russian tank production." by @DanMichaelsWSJ and @mjluxmoore
https://wsj.com/articles/russian-militarys-next-front-line-replacing-battlefield-equipment-destroyed-in-ukraine-11650879002

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Julia Ioffe
@juliaioffe
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"Russia in recent years has produced around 250 tanks and 150 aircraft annually...Ukrainian forces in two months have destroyed the equivalent of at least two years of Russian tank production." by @DanMichaelsWSJ and @mjluxmoore
https://wsj.com/articles/russian-militarys-next-front-line-replacing-battlefield-equipment-destroyed-in-ukraine-11650879002

I doubt they will be able to keep up that pace either without foreign parts?


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Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
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Poland’s Prime Minister Morawiecki just confirmed that Poland has donated tanks to the Ukrainian Army.

- PM Johnson revealed Poland has sent tanks, can you confirm it?

- Yes!

- How many did we send?

- I won’t comment on that today

TBF Polish old stock will be the type of tanks that the Ukrainians use. We can’t just send a Challenger 2 and expect them to be able to use (and fight) them.

J

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TBF Polish old stock will be the type of tanks that the Ukrainians use. We can’t just send a Challenger 2 and expect them to be able to use (and fight) them.

J

Uk is sending challenger 2 to Poland and Poland has sent around 100 of their Soviet tanks to Ukraine

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·
#German government intends to approve supply of Gepard anti-aircraft tanks to #Ukraine. This is reported by dpa agency and Süddeutsche Zeitung. According to them, the manufacturing company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann must obtain government approval for suppliesdozens of such tanks

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Uk is sending challenger 2 to Poland and Poland has sent around 100 of their Soviet tanks to Ukraine

Are we? I thought it was some old tracked anti air defence system we are sending out. Lots of sensitive stuff in a Challenger 2 that we wouldn’t want falling into Russian hands.

J

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https://twitter.com/tomiahonen/status/1518878396549419008?s=21&t=RgZbgHBKZEeVqy6I8rLbcA
How the land bridge became impossible to transnistra.


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[makaveli1875]

Are we? I thought it was some old tracked anti air defence system we are sending out. Lots of sensitive stuff in a Challenger 2 that we wouldn’t want falling into Russian hands.

J

The challengers are for poland to replace the Soviet tanks poland sent to ukraine

[Lendo]

The challengers are for poland to replace the Soviet tanks poland sent to ukraine

Was the MOD’s plan not to get rid of the Challenger tank from our armed forces anyway? Should be sending our mothballed Harriers to Ukraine. Get their pilots trained up.

[Smartie]

The FSB's nazi framing kit is one of the funniest things I've seen in years.

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https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220426/aaeceb858c33dadf0b514d233403f0eb.jpg

I’m doubting it was God?[emoji6][emoji23]


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[lapsedhibee]

The FSB's nazi framing kit is one of the funniest things I've seen in years.

Not that funny if it proves highly effective. 43% of the UK voted for a party led by Boris Johnston. Half of Russia might easily be totally convinced by the framing kit.

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Not that funny if it proves highly effective. 43% of the UK voted for a party led by Boris Johnston. Half of Russia might easily be totally convinced by the framing kit.

I think that's doing Russians a disservice. The signature was signed "Signature ineligible" and the covert operative had a massive red swastika t-shirt. Its like a 15 year old made it up, hilarious

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

The International Ice Hockey Federation has stripped #Russia of the right to host the 2023 World Championship

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- Jon
@IdeologyWars
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it's DEFINITELY all yes on #Moldova from here on out with reports out of #Transnistria. I really don't like what #Russia seems up to but this has SERIOUS spillover potential if it goes kinetic.

I don't say this to fearmonger. A potential operation in #Transnistria will almost certainly be provocative to #Moldova who if they feel threatened enough would call on #Romanian aid. We could have a crisis of intervention by a #NATO nation. Not good

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The horror

https://mobile.twitter.com/francska1/status/1518916591299309569


Francis Scarr
@francska1
Russian state TV says it has discovered an "organisation of gays and lesbians" in a building in Mariupol where Ukrainian "nationalist battalions" had been based

It was apparently "funded by USAID" and "virtually under the patronage of the US President and Congress

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John Simpson
@JohnSimpsonNews
Christo Grozev, chairman of the respected investigative group
@bellingcat
, estimates that Russia now has only about 30% of the high-precision missiles it had when it invaded Ukraine in February.
10

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Thread on the state of the Transnistria "army"

https://mobile.twitter.com/Nikopol5/status/1518693679950671875

[cabbageandribs1875]

The horror

https://mobile.twitter.com/francska1/status/1518916591299309569


Francis Scarr
@francska1
Russian state TV says it has discovered an "organisation of gays and lesbians" in a building in Mariupol where Ukrainian "nationalist battalions" had been based

It was apparently "funded by USAID" and "virtually under the patronage of the US President and Congress



watching a documentary just a few years back i think the Russians are more concerned about Gays than Nazi's

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https://twitter.com/neilphauer/status/1518987287220178945?s=21&t=Xw28Fd3UtFYYU4zwg0vgSg

Real movement from Germany the last couple of days.[emoji122][emoji122][emoji122]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/26/germany-anti-aircraft-systems-ukraine-defence-military?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1650991669

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watching a documentary just a few years back i think the Russians are more concerned about Gays than Nazi's

The way those Gays are fighting in Mariupol, they were right to be worried.[emoji6]


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Visegrád 24
@visegrad24


German Economy Minister Robert Habeck says 🇩🇪 could completely stop importing oil from 🇷🇺 within days thanks to a deal with Poland.

Visiting Warsaw today, Habeck said that oil imported to the Port of Gdańsk would be crucial to help Germany stop importing Russian oil

[Keith_M]

https://cdn-live.foreignaffairs.com/sites/default/files/styles/x_large_1x/public/public-assets/images/articles/2016/02/10/soroka_putinspatriarch_putin.jpg?itok=uUYz6mi1


Gott Mit Uns.

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

‼️#Polish oil and gas company PGNIG received a notice from Gazprom stating that from 27 April the supply of Russian natural gas would be completely stopped at Drozdovici, Vysokoye, Teterovka and Kondratki entry points. These are all entry points of #Russian gas to #Poland

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Russia moved first yesterday apparently

Javier Blas
@JavierBlas
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT: Russia will cut off the gas to Poland on Wednesday in a major escalation in the standoff between Moscow and Europe over energy supplies and the war in Ukraine

Poland’s main gas supplier PGNiG said it’s been told that all Russian gas flows will stop from Wednesday. Minutes earlier, Russian gas giant Gazprom issued a warning that Poland must pay up for its gas supplies -- on Tuesday and in the Russian currency

From April 6 via
@bopinion
: “Europe’s current energy policy isn’t sustainable. It’s hypocritical […] The continent is likely to suffer a gas supply interruption in the coming weeks. The first potential cuts may come as soon as April 21

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Ragıp Soylu
@ragipsoylu
·

NEW: Gazprom to halt gas supplies through Bulgaria on April 27: Ministry

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Russia moved first yesterday apparently

Javier Blas
@JavierBlas
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT: Russia will cut off the gas to Poland on Wednesday in a major escalation in the standoff between Moscow and Europe over energy supplies and the war in Ukraine

Poland’s main gas supplier PGNiG said it’s been told that all Russian gas flows will stop from Wednesday. Minutes earlier, Russian gas giant Gazprom issued a warning that Poland must pay up for its gas supplies -- on Tuesday and in the Russian currency

From April 6 via
@bopinion
: “Europe’s current energy policy isn’t sustainable. It’s hypocritical […] The continent is likely to suffer a gas supply interruption in the coming weeks. The first potential cuts may come as soon as April 21


Ragıp Soylu
@ragipsoylu
·

NEW: Gazprom to halt gas supplies through Bulgaria on April 27: Ministry

I think it won’t be long until Germany and the rest of the EU stop the Gas as well. Will be hard for the Germans to justify paying in roubles when everyone else has stopped.


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The Kyiv Independent
@KyivIndependent
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⚡️Ammunition depot in Belgorod, Russia catches fire.

Governor of Belgorod Oblast Vyacheslav Gladkov reported early on April 27 that an ammunition depot was on fire near the village of Staraya Nelidovka, less than 20 miles from the Ukrainian border

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
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Authorities of the #Voronezh region, #Russia reported that an air defense system shot down a "small reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle" near Voronezh

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Euromaidan Press
@EuromaidanPress
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Local sources report a fire and explosions at Russian ammunition depots in occupied Irmino, Luhansk Oblast, about 20 km from the closest Ukrainian positions.

The facilities were allegedly hit by the Ukrainian artillery several hours ago

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@jsuedekum
Breaking news on Russian energy today

1) Habeck declares (on a visit to Poland) that 🇩🇪 could stop oil imports from 🇷🇺 "within a few days"

2) Gazprom cuts off Poland from gas deliveries

You'd guess those two events are related. And they are!

Quite remarkably, almost all of German dependance on Russian oil has been cleared by now - down to just 12%. Much earlier than expected, and without
@BMWK
making a big fuzz about it. Good job!

Only unresolved issue is the oil refinery in Schwedt. /2

https://maz-online.de/Brandenburg/Di

Schwedt is Rosneft (i.e. Putin) property and directly on the Druzhba pipeline

If that connection was closed, we'd effectively be independent of 🇷🇺 oil

But Schwedt shutting down means serious fuel shortage (esp. in North-East 🇩🇪), closure of BER airport, etc. Not an option! /

3Hence, Schwedt needs to be up and running with non-Druzhba oil.

But Rosneft could refuse to do that. It's their refinery, after all

That's why the gov passed a law yesterday allowing to expropriate Rosneft if they don't comply to run on other oil.

/4But where does this "other oil" come from?

The direct pipeline from Rostock to Schwedt is way too small. Some additional shipping via fuel trucks could help, but it's just not enough.

That's where Poland enters the stage.

/5Reason for Habeck's visit to Warsaw was to strike a deal with the Polish gov to connect Schwedt to Gdansk harbour via the Plock pipeline.

With that connection, Schwedt (after expropriation) could continue operation - while we kiss goodbye to Russian oil.

/6Putin's decision to cut off Poland from gas was, basically, a revenge act against the Plock pipeline deal

Polish gov says they can cope, as their dependency on Russian gas is mild

But, obviously, there's another message - to Berlin

/7Namely: if we disconnect Schwedt from Druzhba, Putin's threatens to close gas supply also for Germany

As we all know, consequences would be *very* serious in the short run if that happens

(Gerhard Schröder would resign, too, but that's cold comfort)

/8So, should we be scared? Should we *NOT* disconnect Schwedt from Russian oil, because we fear a tit-for-tat in gas?

No! As I've argued here, I believe we can call Putin's bluff and go for the oil embargo. Gas will still keep flowing. /END


@jsuedekum
April 13

We stop oil imports, hitting Putin quite a bit

But we remain confident that he wouldn't stop gas exports in return, knowing that it has become too costly for him (not only to us)

This new power equilibrium may sustain the gas flows even when an oil embargo is imposed

@jsuedekum
·
Apr 13

when I'm reading correctly between the lines, some EU oil embargo is coming

Sure, we don't want fuel prices to surge before Macron has secured victory. But afterwards, the EU is ready to act. And with every new war crime that is uncovered, it becomes more urgent

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@guyelster
#BREAKING #Ukraine says #Russia|n forces seized several villages in the east #UkraineRussianWar

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3 events so far inside Russia last night

Conflict News
@Conflicts
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RUSSIA: Fire burning this morning in the village of Staraya Nelidovka around 10 miles from the Ukrainian border. Locals report air defence was active prior to an explosion at a military warehouse

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·
#Russian state-owned news agency TASS writes that #Austrian chancellor
@karlnehammer
agreed to pay for Russian #gas in rubles

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Ursula von der Leyen
@vonderleyen
·
Gazprom's announcement is another attempt by Russia to blackmail us with gas.

We are prepared for this scenario. We are mapping out our coordinated EU response.

Europeans can trust that we stand united and in solidarity with the Member States impacted

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Ursula von der Leyen
@vonderleyen
·
Gazprom's announcement is another attempt by Russia to blackmail us with gas.

We are prepared for this scenario. We are mapping out our coordinated EU response.

Europeans can trust that we stand united and in solidarity with the Member States impacted

I think Gas and Oil will be closing down soon.


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https://twitter.com/noyardstick/status/1519059715988328451?s=21&t=co1k3I3ErhuIOLcgTlbJLw
[emoji102]


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https://twitter.com/noyardstick/status/1519059715988328451?s=21&t=co1k3I3ErhuIOLcgTlbJLw
[emoji102]


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Jeezo

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

#Poland will ask the #European Commission to impose 25-35% duties on gas and oil imports from #Russia

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Disclose.tv
@disclosetv
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JUST IN - Russia to cut off more gas buyers that don't pay in rubles, Kremlin says. European gas prices up 24%. Ruble reaches 2-year high against the euro

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https://mobile.twitter.com/O_Ostapchuk/status/1519249960134397952

O_Ostapchuk
Funerals of 3-month-old Kira Glodan, her mother Valeria and grandmother Liudmyla, killed by a #Russian missile attack in #Odesa on April 23

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More drone footage obtained from Bucha proving Russian culpability. This time obtained by cnn. Wonder if there is still people saying it didn't happen despite the multiple time stamped drone videos, dozens of eye witnesses and satellite imagery

https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-04-27-22/h_a737a86115cc6fcd1c74f63e35b8f0b5

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https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1519333072956805121?s=21&t=JyPIIgFqZreKLneSoCOHSg

We should be doing the same as well as cancelling the visa’s of those already here.


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[Smartie]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/27/boris-johnson-tempting-evil-revealing-ukrainian-soldiers-trained-poland

It appears others share some of the concerns regarding Boris Johnson and his ship sinking loose lips.

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/27/boris-johnson-tempting-evil-revealing-ukrainian-soldiers-trained-poland

It appears others share some of the concerns regarding Boris Johnson and his ship sinking loose lips.

That is the same person commenting from last week. But Zelensky the US and other have all already talked about Ukrainians training in other nations. No way would anyone tell boris anything too sensitive. Also not a hope in hell is Russia setting foot in a nato country like Poland

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Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
·

The President of Slovakia,
@ZuzanaCaputova
, has recorded a message in Russian to all Russian soldiers in Ukraine.

She tells them that they have lost their honor by fighting in an army of rapists

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·
⚡️Finland decided not to pay for #Russian gas in rubles

This is reported by the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, with a reference to the Minister for European Affairs and Property Management Tytti Tuppuraine

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max seddon
@maxseddon
·

Meduza, citing sources close to the Kremlin, reports Putin wants to hold “referendums” in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts about joining Russia next month.

Notably, they were meant to have happened already, but have been postponed by battlefield setbacks

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Bellingcats christo Christo Grozev called it yesterday. Looks like Ukraine will get the Bulgarian fighter jets and anti air it wanted now

@christogrozev
· 22h
Russia cut off gas supplies to Bulgaria, killing off the last available argument for the "let's stay neutral" lobby for why Bulgaria should not sell arms to Ukraine. It's like Putin is in self-harm mode.

Today
Christo Grozev
@christogrozev
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34m
Major shake-up in Bulgaria, as the leading coalition partner - previously seen as dependent on the "pacifist" president Radev - took a clear pro-Ukraine stance today and attacked the president in "presuming that Russia will win this war, while we think Ukraine will win"

The main party in Parliament, PP, unexpectedly emancipated from the president, said it will vote in favor of direct and open arms sales to Ukraine - to be voted in parliament on Monday

[Hibrandenburg]

That is the same person commenting from last week. But Zelensky the US and other have all already talked about Ukrainians training in other nations. No way would anyone tell boris anything too sensitive. Also not a hope in hell is Russia setting foot in a nato country like PolandYou're not seriously saying the the Prime Minister of the UK is being circumnavigated when it comes to sensitive information? If true then what does that suggest about how other nations think about us?

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You're not seriously saying the the Prime Minister of the UK is being circumnavigated when it comes to sensitive information? If true then what does that suggest about how other nations think about us?

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I was joking, he'd probably not understand it though. I put an article up here from the financial Times , where Oleksii Reznikov was saying they give uks daily defence bulletin information they know Russia will read.

Their daily defence intelligence update is great at finding out what is happening
https://mobile.twitter.com/DefenceHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7 Ctwgr%5Eauthor

US press Secretary usually puts out good info too

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Lara Seligman
@laraseligman
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22m
More than half of the howitzers promised to Ukraine have been delivered, says
@PentagonPresSec

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“The price of stopping a dictator always goes up. Meeting evil halfway is still a victory for evil."

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas


@DeptofDefense
·
1h

United States government organization
.
@SecDef
: Ukraine’s valor and skill will go down in military history. The Battle of Iwo Jima took 36 days. The Battle of the Bulge lasted 40 days. And Ukraine has now beaten back the Russian military for 63 days

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Interesting thread on Bulgaria being switched off

https://mobile.twitter.com/SomniNaut/status/1519317573178904576

[Bridge hibs]

******* face is still throwing out threats that his “satan” nuke would wipe out the “boorish” UK, he appears to be building more, I know it was in the Daily Star but it doesnt take away the fact that utter psycho is still breathing in precious oxygen and continuing to ramp up the threats🤬

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One thing that might show Putin is a fantasist about sending nukes. He clearly is wanting to live as he's apparently mega paranoid about getting covid. The huge tables to meet anyone. But also people spotted that the Russian parliament haven't been wearing masks for a long time, but all had then on when Putin spoke yesterday. Also a coach let slip that all athletes that met him last week to get awards, had to quarantine first before meeting him

https://mobile.twitter.com/rprose/status/1519521556220850176

[Ozyhibby]

One thing that might show Putin is a fantasist about sending nukes. He clearly is wanting to live as he's apparently mega paranoid about getting covid. The huge tables to meet anyone. But also people spotted that the Russian parliament haven't been wearing masks for a long time, but all had then on when Putin spoke yesterday. Also a coach let slip that all athletes that met him last week to get awards, had to quarantine first before meeting him

https://mobile.twitter.com/rprose/status/1519521556220850176

Doesn’t really matter either way, our response has to be the same.


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[grunt]

https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-german-mps-approve-heavy-weapons-deliveries-live-updates/a-61615670


After weeks of hesitation, Germany's parliament agreed on sending "heavy weapons and complex systems" to Ukraine.

[makaveli1875]

One thing that might show Putin is a fantasist about sending nukes. He clearly is wanting to live as he's apparently mega paranoid about getting covid. The huge tables to meet anyone. But also people spotted that the Russian parliament haven't been wearing masks for a long time, but all had then on when Putin spoke yesterday. Also a coach let slip that all athletes that met him last week to get awards, had to quarantine first before meeting him

https://mobile.twitter.com/rprose/status/1519521556220850176

He only has the big table for unfriendly people . The Belarus President and Assad get a small coffee table

[Ozyhibby]

He only has the big table for unfriendly people . The Belarus President and Assad get a small coffee table

Both of them will fall shortly after Putin.


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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
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#Canadian Parliament recognizes #Russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide

The parliamentarians concluded that there was clear and convincing evidence of systematic and large-scale war crimes against humanity committed by Russian troops

[hibsbollah]

More drone footage obtained from Bucha proving Russian culpability. This time obtained by cnn. Wonder if there is still people saying it didn't happen despite the multiple time stamped drone videos, dozens of eye witnesses and satellite imagery

https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-04-27-22/h_a737a86115cc6fcd1c74f63e35b8f0b5

What do you mean by 'proving culpability'? In the sense that they were civilians killed at some point in a two week window, possibly by air strikes, yes the time line demonstrates that. That they were executed with a bullet to the back of the head and then left in the streets, in formation, while in other areas apparently the exact opposite thing was happening with mass graves being dug and the evidence hidden, not shown off as trophies? There is no proof of that at all and makes no sense as a military tactic, unless there are multiple Russian units all doing mutilations and murders and then either hiding the evidence or displaying the evidence as intimidatory tactic, depending on what their commander tells them to do at that time. Which one is it? I have no doubt human rights abuses have taken place by russian forces, but laying out those corpses in Bucha made no sense.

Sorry if that doesnt go along with the narrative I think you need to be clear eyed that propaganda is coming from both sides, its ridiculous to imagine it isnt.

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What do you mean by 'proving culpability'? In the sense that they were civilians killed at some point in a two week window, possibly by air strikes, yes the time line demonstrates that. That they were executed with a bullet to the back of the head and then left in the streets, in formation, while in other areas apparently the exact opposite thing was happening with mass graves being dug and the evidence hidden, not shown off as trophies? There is no proof of that at all and makes no sense as a military tactic, unless there are multiple Russian units all doing mutilations and murders and then either hiding the evidence or displaying the evidence as intimidatory tactic, depending on what their commander tells them to do at that time. Which one is it? I have no doubt human rights abuses have taken place by russian forces, but laying out those corpses in Bucha made no sense.

Sorry if that doesnt go along with the narrative I think you need to be clear eyed that propaganda is coming from both sides, its ridiculous to imagine it isnt.

Imagining it is would be equally ridiculous. I don't think guilt of any war crimes will be based on imagination, though.

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What do you mean by 'proving culpability'? In the sense that they were civilians killed at some point in a two week window, possibly by air strikes, yes the time line demonstrates that. That they were executed with a bullet to the back of the head and then left in the streets, in formation, while in other areas apparently the exact opposite thing was happening with mass graves being dug and the evidence hidden, not shown off as trophies? There is no proof of that at all and makes no sense as a military tactic, unless there are multiple Russian units all doing mutilations and murders and then either hiding the evidence or displaying the evidence as intimidatory tactic, depending on what their commander tells them to do at that time. Which one is it? I have no doubt human rights abuses have taken place by russian forces, but laying out those corpses in Bucha made no sense.

Sorry if that doesnt go along with the narrative I think you need to be clear eyed that propaganda is coming from both sides, its ridiculous to imagine it isnt.

Jesus I'd hope with time you'd have looked up and realised there was a massacre. The dozens of people who have been interviewed must be lying in your world. The reporters from afp that were in Bucha hours after the Russians quickly left must be lying too.

The German government who said they intercepted Russian forces talking about the massacre must be lying too
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61028380.amp

The satellite imagery that the new york times found. That the bodies weren't moved from when reporters found them and were in the same position in the streets. That must be lies
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/60981238.amp

Cbs reporters are lying too
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/bucha-massacre-ukraine-russia-atrocities-evidence/

Afp team on the ground too
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.france24.com/en/live-news/20220427-bucha-a-street-filled-with-bodies

These forensic doctors who said people were raped and shot lying too
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/25/evidence-ukraine-women-raped-before-being-killed-say-doctors-russia-war

This resident lying too
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/10/bucha-tells-of-a-dark-and-savage-occupation-deaths-russian-forces

These residents too
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/03/bucha-violence-invasion-russia-ukraine

Russia gave a medal to the commander that was in Bucha even though they were hammered in battle and retreated, he is saying I don't care. If they had more time the bodies would have been chucked in mass graves like the other cities. Only a bafoon or the Russian government would deny it

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Jesus I'd hope with time you'd have looked up and realised there was a massacre. The dozens of people who have been interviewed must be lying in your world. The reporters from afp that were in Bucha hours after the Russians quickly left must be lying too.

The German government who said they intercepted Russian forces talking about the massacre must be lying too
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61028380.amp

The satellite imagery that the new york times found. That the bodies weren't moved from when reporters found them and were in the same position in the streets. That must be lies
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/60981238.amp

Cbs reporters are lying too
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/bucha-massacre-ukraine-russia-atrocities-evidence/

Afp team on the ground too
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.france24.com/en/live-news/20220427-bucha-a-street-filled-with-bodies

These forensic doctors who said people were raped and shot lying too
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/25/evidence-ukraine-women-raped-before-being-killed-say-doctors-russia-war

This resident lying too
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/10/bucha-tells-of-a-dark-and-savage-occupation-deaths-russian-forces

These residents too
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/03/bucha-violence-invasion-russia-ukraine

Russia gave a medal to the commander that was in Bucha even though they were hammered in battle and retreated, he is saying I don't care. If they had more time the bodies would have been chucked in mass graves like the other cities. Only a bafoon or the Russian government would deny it

You seem to be getting a bit hysterical. Are you going to call me 'comrade' again? I am simply sceptical that the event unfolded the way you are suggesting. if you think only 'bafoons' or people working for the Russian Govt. don't uncritically accept everything that is reported to them in wartme as gospel i'd suggest you are mistaken. i think you need to remember that wars are always reported to civilians from a particular perspective. And I dont see much evidence that you critically assess all the stuff you read before you post it. just my opinion.

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You seem to be getting a bit hysterical. Are you going to call me 'comrade' again? I am simply sceptical that the event unfolded the way you are suggesting. if you think only 'bafoons' or people working for the Russian Govt. don't uncritically accept everything that is reported to them in wartme as gospel i'd suggest you are mistaken. i think you need to remember that wars are always reported to civilians from a particular perspective. And I dont see much evidence that you critically assess all the stuff you read before you post it. just my opinion.
I wouldn't call you comrade I'd call you something else to be honest. You replied straight away without reading the links. I guess you just don't like being wrong. You could watch and read the eye witness accounts of horrors people seen and just dismiss it, basically calling them liars. Your not being critical, there's about 100 accounts and evidence and your dismissing it all and believing Russia

[hibsbollah]

I wouldn't call you comrade I'd call you something else to be honest. You replied straight away without reading the links. I guess you just don't like being wrong. You could watch and read the eye witness accounts of horrors people seen and just dismiss it, basically calling them liars. Your not being critical, there's about 100 accounts and evidence and your dismissing it all and believing Russia

In what way am I 'believing Russia?' I don't even know what Russia's explanation for Bucha was, it wasnt widely reported from what i remember, is so i don't know whether I agree with them or not to be honest.
I understand you have invested a lot of your time in reading reports on the conflict, but I really don't understand why its bothering you that ive pointed out that there has never been a war where both sides haven't attempted to control the distribution of news to their advantage.

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More different eye witnesses liars talking about the horrors they saw
https://www.itv.com/news/2022-04-19/people-would-disappear-how-brutality-overtook-the-occupation-of-bucha

https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-04-05/witnesses-of-the-bucha-massacre-the-russians-are-barbaric-and-inhumane.html?outputType=amp

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna22928

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna23168

https://www.rferl.org/amp/ukraine-russia-bucha-massacre/31785407.html

[hibsbollah]

More different eye witnesses liars talking about the horrors they saw
https://www.itv.com/news/2022-04-19/people-would-disappear-how-brutality-overtook-the-occupation-of-bucha

https://english.elpais.com/international/2022-04-05/witnesses-of-the-bucha-massacre-the-russians-are-barbaric-and-inhumane.html?outputType=amp

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna22928

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna23168

https://www.rferl.org/amp/ukraine-russia-bucha-massacre/31785407.html

You posted yesterday about 'proving culpability'. I'm not going to look through all those links while i'm at work but judging by the titles id be surprised if any of them proved or disproved what im saying. I've already said there was undoubtedly war crimes committed by Russia in the area.

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You posted yesterday about 'proving culpability'. I'm not going to look through all those links while i'm at work but judging by the titles id be surprised if any of them proved or disproved what im saying. I've already said there was undoubtedly war crimes committed by Russia in the area.

Well come back when you've bothered to educate yourself On the subject your talking about. They are all from eye witnesses. They talk of people being shot and left, not by shelling like you insinuated. The satellites and drones show they weren't moved, the Russians just went round them for weeks. The Germans intercepted soldiers admitting it. It's overwhelming. So much so that almost all governments and war crime charities are talking about it as a massacre.

They would have been put in the mass graves or the mobile crematoriums if they hadn't suddenly been defeated. What happened in war used to be told by the victors. You can't get away with that in the days of OSINT, bellingcat ect. Satellite imagery, GPS positioning, time stamped videos and everyone having a phone camera

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
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#Germany is ready to include in the sixth package of sanctions against #Russia the disconnection of Sberbank from the international #SWIFT system, reports Bloomberg

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Samuel Ramani
@SamRamani2
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Moldova is reportedly joining the sanctions regime against Russia

This is a major policy shift, as Moldova cited its gas dependence on Russia and the de facto exclusion of Moldovan products from the Russian market as reasons to avoid sanctioning Russia

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Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
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Die Welt reports that Germany has offered the Czech Republic military material and weapons in exchange for equipment that Prague is providing to the Ukrainian army

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Some of Europe’s largest gas companies are preparing to pay for Russian gas according to Putin’s “euro-exchanged-to-ruble-plan”.

German Uniper and Austrian OMV have practically already taken the decision while Italian Eni seems to be moving in the same direction

Source: Financial Times

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Kyle Orton
@KyleWOrton
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"#Britain will send hundreds of anti-ship Brimstone missiles to #Ukraine to bolster naval defences after the sinking of the #Russian warship Moskva. ... [T]he supersonic missiles would arrive in the 'next few weeks

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Samuel Ramani
@SamRamani2
BREAKING: The U.S. House of Representatives passes a bill allowing for sanctioned Russian assets to be used to help Ukraine

Luxury villas, yachts, private jets and other sanctioned Russian oligarch assets on U.S. soil will be used to help Ukraine’s reconstruction if this bill becomes law

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https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/28/ukraine-funding-request-congress-biden-00028552

White House sends Congress $33B request for Ukraine
The package is by far the largest single funding proposal of the war

[Ozyhibby]

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/28/ukraine-funding-request-congress-biden-00028552

White House sends Congress $33B request for Ukraine
The package is by far the largest single funding proposal of the war

I think the US can smell Putin’s blood in the water.


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[Ozyhibby]

https://twitter.com/nrg8000/status/1519695404337876994?s=21&t=L1jTu8G3I2MgbcUp9mg_IQ

Ukraine’s military budget will be bigger than Russia’s soon.
And it will be better spent on much better kit and training.

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Someone at the start of the war started selling Saint Javelin and Saint NLAW tshirts, as they were the weapons first stopping the Russians. He started it as a joke but has went on to raise £650,000 from them. He today got to give one to Zelensky

https://mobile.twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1519785198350745601

https://www.saintjavelin.com/

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Russian bombed Kyiv whilst UN secretory general was there and Bulgarian PM

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

UN Secretary General António Guterres told BBC journalist Ben Brown that he was shocked by the #Russian missile attack on a residential area of ​​#Kyiv. At that time, he spoke with Zelenskyy

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David Patrikarakos
@dpatrikarakos


THREAD: I’ve arrived in Dnipro to begin covering the battle for eastern #Ukraine. Dima has been fighting since early March.

“It’s like WWII but with modern technology. 2014 was a playground compared to this.”

Our greatest ally in this war is #Russia corruption & the nature of its army. The soldier in the field briefs his officer: ‘it’s not good but we’re holding’; next guy reports up: ‘we’re holding’; the next guy: ‘it’s going well! This is why Putin doesn’t know how bad things are.”

I didn’t believe the war would happen bc an invasion needs at least 2-1 numerical superiority. I looked on the borders at the army there & it was clear they didn’t have it. This is crazy.

Sometimes you play poker with a bad hand. #Russia is playing without any cards at all.”

What has shocked me is the callousness of #Russia soldiers to their own men.”

He shows me a photo taken from a drone of soldiers eating lunch in a ruined house near several bodies lying in the dirt.

“They’re eating 20 meters from the decomposing bodies of their comrades

They just drop the bodies of their friends into trenches. Sometimes they don’t even bother to cover them

We found a grave of 15 bodies a while back. They’d thrown bit of dirt on them but that it was it. They don't even respect to the lives of their own comrades. Incredible."

Their tactics are insane. Chernobaivka has a small military airport. 17 times they've tried to take it. 17 times we've smashed them. Still they come.

Our soldiers ask: "Are they dumb?" No, just incapable of independent thought. They just follow orders – no matter how crazy."

Chechen soldiers? Ha We call them TikTok soldiers. They're always filming. We found one who was wounded and trying not to fight but take a selfie."

"Their job is not to fight but to shoot Russian boy conscripts who don't want to fight. It's Soviet tactics.

I want to say one thing:
@elonmusk
's Starlink is what changed the war in #Ukraine's favour. #Russia went out of its way to blow up all our comms. Now they can't. Starlink works under Katyusha fire, under artillery fire. It even works in Mariupol

They use Soviet military tactics, which were out of date 30 years ago. But we study Afghanistan, & Israel. Things have changed!

#Russia tries to press with Mass. Our strategy is simple: to destroy as many targets as possible. But we lack resources so must do it creatively

Look, you can always tell the difference between a partisan strike against a #Russia target & a Russian false flag. The former targets important infrastructure. They just bomb a civilian building or something. Would they ever target something valuable? Not in a million years

"I know you British have a complicated relationship with your prime minister but here @BorisJohnson has become something of a national hero.

We knew from the beginning that Britain was a very ancient and important nation – and it is a country that stands by its word

The NLAWs are the best: easy to use, lock, load and move; without them we wouldn’t be taking out so many Russian tanks.

On the subject of tanks: We’ve captured more than 100 enemy tanks. We have a joke in the #ukraine army: our biggest weapons supplier is Russia

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This looks bad but there have been around 10% drops in 2 weeks in the first 3

Oksana Ostapchuk
@O_Ostapchuk
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2h
Russian independent think tank
@levada_ru

🔴 74% of Russians support actions of the #RussianArmy
🔴 68% believe the #RussianUkrainianWar is progressing well
🔴 73% believe in #Russia's victory
🔴 57% blame #USA for destruction & death of civilians, 17% put the blame on #Ukraine

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Good thread on the current situation. In short, Russia has the artillery advantage just now. Has limited ground troops after massive losses so can't take advantage of that as much as they should. Only a small amount of Ukrainian artillery from other nations has arrived at the front. Ukraine has to contain losses until it gains the advantage

https://mobile.twitter.com/MarkHertling/status/1519839018187476997

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Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
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39m
BREAKING:

The Polish state radio confirmed this morning that Poland has sent 200 T-72 tanks and “several dozen BMP1s (IFVs)” to Ukraine.

This a significant addition of firepower for the Ukrainian Army that will be very useful during the Battle of the Donbas

American and Polish soldiers have concluded the first military exercise in Poland in which U.S. soldiers are teaching their Polish allies how to use the most modern American tank, the Abrams M1A2 SEPv3.

Poland has bought 250 of them and shipments are being sped up

https://polskieradio24.pl/5/1223/Artykul/2948125,Polska-przekazala-Ukrainie-ponad-200-czolgow-To-niejedyne-wsparcie

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TASS
@tassagency_en

Russia state-affiliated media
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Russia considers the ongoing Israeli shelling of Syrian territory unacceptable and categorically condemns the actions that violate international law, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Thursday

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TASS
@tassagency_en

Russia state-affiliated media
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Russia considers the ongoing Israeli shelling of Syrian territory unacceptable and categorically condemns the actions that violate international law, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Thursday

[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] You have to laugh I suppose.
Russia is no longer in a position to defend Assad and I expect everyone in the region now knows this. By the end of the summer I expect that to be a full fledged war again.


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Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
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14m
BREAKING:

Slovak PM E. Heger said recently that he could transfer 🇸🇰‘s MiG-29s to 🇺🇦 if its allies will protect 🇸🇰‘s skies until it receives its F-16s in 2024.

Visiting 🇸🇰 today, Polish Defense Minister
@mblaszczak
confirmed that 🇵🇱’s F-16 will start patrolling 🇸🇰‘s airspace

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https://twitter.com/mij_europe/status/1520020783967444993?s=21&t=yqO86lwZ49UQ4UEDm_g3Jg

[emoji102] Russian history repeating itself?


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https://twitter.com/mij_europe/status/1520020783967444993?s=21&t=yqO86lwZ49UQ4UEDm_g3Jg

[emoji102] Russian history repeating itself?


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Ha he's went full bond villain

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
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Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala told journalists that the Czech Republic will not pay for #Russian gas in rubles.

He also added that the agreement of some countries and companies to pay for gas in rubles is a mistake

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Vera Van Horne
@VeraVanHorne
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The US, Canada, Bulgaria, France, Israel, Great Britain and Germany have called on their citizens to leave Transnistria.

Transnistria has ordered the mobilisation of all men between 18 and 55.

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Vera Van Horne
@VeraVanHorne
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The US, Canada, Bulgaria, France, Israel, Great Britain and Germany have called on their citizens to leave Transnistria.

Transnistria has ordered the mobilisation of all men between 18 and 55.

I’m no military expert but I would imagine that defending a long thin strip of land like Transnistria would be very difficult?


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[Glory Lurker]

I’m no military expert but I would imagine that defending a long thin strip of land like Transnistria would be very difficult?


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I don't think Moldova has an army to speak of. Maybe the separatists and the Russians stationed there plan to attack Ukraine though, in the hope of divering some of Ukraine's effort from the Donbas?

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I’m no military expert but I would imagine that defending a long thin strip of land like Transnistria would be very difficult?


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A read a thread that ever since crimea Ukraine hasn't let Russian military get to it, Moldova never did. Its also got no airport. So all the military equipment hasn't been serviced or upgraded since.

There's only about 6000 semi trained soldiers there. It was surmised that it would get taken by Ukraine in a couple of nights, as 45,000 are based on the border. Transnistria government knows this so hasn't even been particularly pro invasion, rather it's sat back quietly

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

#EU countries will approve a phased embargo on #Russian oil as early as next week. This was reported by The New York Times.

The embargo will affect Russian oil transported by tanker more quickly than oil delivered by pipeline, which could take several months

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Alexander Khrebet/Олександр Хребет
@AlexKhrebet🇺🇦

Ukrainians approve of foreign leaders:
🇵🇱 Duda 92%
🇬🇧 Johnson 87%
🇺🇸 Biden 86%
🇹🇷 Erdoğan 76%
🇱🇹 Nauseda 75%
🇫🇷 Macron 75%
🇪🇺 von der Leyen 66%
🇩🇪 Scholz 30% positive, 54% negative. Steinmeier 26% positive, 44% negative.
🇧🇾 Lukashenko 96% negative
🇷🇺 Putin 98% negative
#Ukraine

https://ratinggroup.ua/research/ukraine/devyatyy_obschenacionalnyy_opros_ocenki_mezhdunaro dnogo_partnerstva_26_aprelya_2022.html

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

Newborns in #Mariupol are given birth certificates of self-proclaimed DPR

Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova confirmed this information.

She said that issuance of such documents violates rights enshrined in UN Convention on Rights of the Child.

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Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
·

Poland’s state radio revealed today that Poland has sent 232 modernized T-72M1 tanks to Ukraine

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https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-61281650

The scope of the Victory Parade in #Moscow on May 9 will be reduced. Instead of 191 military vehicles in 2021, only 129 pieces of military equipment will take part. The number of participants will be reduced from 12,000 people to 10,000,
@BBCNews
reports

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I think Scholz can be safe that sending heavy weapons won't cause escalation, Poland and Slovakia have sent some huge stuff. Russia can obviously do nothing

@IAPonomarenko

So!
🇵🇱Poland sends to Ukraine over 200 T-72 tanks (prolly T-72A and T-72M1) several dozen IFVs (BMP-1s?), BM-21 Grads, 2S1 Gvozdika, WB Electronics UAVs, and air-to-air missiles for MiG-29s and Su-27s.
In fact, it has donated at least 25% of its 808-strong total tank arsenal

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Euromaidan Press
@EuromaidanPress
· 6h
The EU is readying a phased embargo of Russian oil at the end of a week
"Intensive talks are to continue over the weekend before European Commission puts a finalized proposal for EU amb to approve next week,along with other new sanctions targeting Sberbank https://nytimes.com/live/2022/04/2

Trent Telenko
@TrentTelenko
·

The sooner Russian oil is phased out as a western energy source.

The sooner Putin is deposed.

It's that simple in Russia's Gangster Kleptocracy

[lapsedhibee]

Not sure if this belongs here or in the general Tory corruption thread, but the son of a Russian oligarch owns a large chunk of land surrounding a NATO jetty in Scotland. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/30/scotland-clyde-estate-globalisation

[Stairway 2 7]

Not sure if this belongs here or in the general Tory corruption thread, but the son of a Russian oligarch owns a large chunk of land surrounding a NATO jetty in Scotland. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/30/scotland-clyde-estate-globalisation

I'm not sure of the corruption bit and the nato bit is just daft. The question is should the children of oligarchs property be seized. Most haven't, but there could be an argument for it

[lapsedhibee]

I'm not sure of the corruption bit and the nato bit is just daft. The question is should the children of oligarchs property be seized. Most haven't, but there could be an argument for it

Has Suegray's report into the ennoblement of the other oligarch's son even begun yet, never mind been delayed, redacted, suppressed, or lost? Russian infiltration of the UK is definitely corruptionworthy material. Who knows why he bought that particular piece of land. Did he always want to live in Scotland in the way that Mo Johnson always wanted to play for Celtic and Rangers, or what? We should be told.

[Hibrandenburg]

I think Scholz can be safe that sending heavy weapons won't cause escalation, Poland and Slovakia have sent some huge stuff. Russia can obviously do nothing

@IAPonomarenko

So!
🇵🇱Poland sends to Ukraine over 200 T-72 tanks (prolly T-72A and T-72M1) several dozen IFVs (BMP-1s?), BM-21 Grads, 2S1 Gvozdika, WB Electronics UAVs, and air-to-air missiles for MiG-29s and Su-27s.
In fact, it has donated at least 25% of its 808-strong total tank arsenal

German tanks rolling into combat against Russian troops will be a huge propaganda scoop for Putin.

[Stairway 2 7]

German tanks rolling into combat against Russian troops will be a huge propaganda scoop for Putin.

There's heavy weapons from every major nation in Poland already. Germany has already sent thousands of deadly weapons to Ukraine. Anti tanks, guns and vehicles, all without comment in Russia. Russia is framing this as a nato war.

I'm not sure who really cares what Putin thinks or says anymore. His army is getting blootered by nato weapons and there's not much he can do. Poland has sent 200 tanks and putin is saying nowt, Slovakia air defences, Finland shares a border and its openly sending heavy weapons.

Germany is sending 50 Gepards anyway now which is braw. Brazil have sorted the ammunition problem too

https://mil.in.ua/en/news/brazil-will-provide-300-000-shells-for-the-german-gepard-in-ukraine/
Brazil will provide 300,000 shells for the German Gepard in Ukraine

[Ozyhibby]

German tanks rolling into combat against Russian troops will be a huge propaganda scoop for Putin.

The Russians are taking an absolute hiding in Ukraine just now and all the propaganda in the world won’t save Putin.


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[Stairway 2 7]

A depressing read for Russians, from the Professor of Strategic Studies at the University St Andrews. Donbas could go the way of Kyiv. Might be overly optimistic, but he predicted the poor Russian war effort pre war

https://mobile.twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1520313940688912384

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

The governor of the #Bryansk region reports "explosions" in the locality of Zhecha.

According to him, the Russian air defense system prevented a #Ukrainian plane from entering the region.

The blast wave damaged the cladding of the technological buildings of an oil terminal

[degenerated]

The Russians are taking an absolute hiding in Ukraine just now and all the propaganda in the world won’t save Putin.


Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkSurely the best thing would be for the Russian people to turn on their leaders. If Putin gets the opportunity to spin it as Germany against Russia then I would suspect there is little chance of that happening.

[Ozyhibby]

Surely the best thing would be for the Russian people to turn on their leaders. If Putin gets the opportunity to spin it as Germany against Russia then I would suspect there is little chance of that happening.

When Russians start going hungry, can’t heat their homes and their army is being soundly beaten, they will turn soon enough.


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[degenerated]

When Russians start going hungry, can’t heat their homes and their army is being soundly beaten, they will turn soon enough.


Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI think you underestimate the scars from 1941

[Stairway 2 7]

Surely the best thing would be for the Russian people to turn on their leaders. If Putin gets the opportunity to spin it as Germany against Russia then I would suspect there is little chance of that happening.

It's already spun as NATO and America against Russia, most Russians blame USA. Even so the approval ratings for the war have went from 90s to 70s in a month. As the loses mount and sanctions hit , it will decrease further

Plus Germany has been sending weapons for months

https://mobile.twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1520332071348187137
Visegrád 24
@visegrad24

41m
Ukrainian soldiers armed with 4 German Panzerfaust 3s defending a trench in Eastern Ukraine

[Ozyhibby]

I think you underestimate the scars from 1941

You talk as if the west has a choice but to defeat him?


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[Stairway 2 7]

👏

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

⚡️German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said that #Germany will no longer pay for #Russian gas supplies in rubles.

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Fish and chips is Russian

https://mobile.twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1520120085133897728

Francis Scarr
@francis_scarr
This hilarious tirade by MP Andrei Isayev on state TV is a crash course in all the bizarre Russian stereotypes about Britain

Make sure you watch the whole thing (with subs)

[Ozyhibby]

Fish and chips is Russian

https://mobile.twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1520120085133897728

Francis Scarr
@francis_scarr
This hilarious tirade by MP Andrei Isayev on state TV is a crash course in all the bizarre Russian stereotypes about Britain

Make sure you watch the whole thing (with subs)

To be fair, I think a lot of our white fish comes from Russia?


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[Jack]

Fish and chips is Russian

https://mobile.twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1520120085133897728

Francis Scarr
@francis_scarr
This hilarious tirade by MP Andrei Isayev on state TV is a crash course in all the bizarre Russian stereotypes about Britain

Make sure you watch the whole thing (with subs)

Astonishing given the billions various Russians have invested/spent here over the past few decades and gone into overdrive with the torys making the UK the money laundering centre of world.

[Stairway 2 7]

Astonishing given the billions various Russians have invested/spent here over the past few decades and gone into overdrive with the torys making the UK the money laundering centre of world.

Probably because they found out it was money unwell spent. As uk had trained up over 20,000 Ukrainian soldiers since 2015. Armed them with thousands of nlaws pre war also.

https://medium.com/voices-of-the-armed-forces/operation-orbital-explained-training-ukrainian-armed-forces-59405d32d604

[Ozyhibby]

Probably because they found out it was money unwell spent. As uk had trained up over 20,000 Ukrainian soldiers since 2015. Armed them with thousands of nlaws pre war also.

https://medium.com/voices-of-the-armed-forces/operation-orbital-explained-training-ukrainian-armed-forces-59405d32d604

Our arming of Ukraine has been impressive but let’s not kid on that we haven’t enabled Putin for the last 20 years.


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[stu in nottingham]

Fish and chips is Russian

https://mobile.twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1520120085133897728

Francis Scarr
@francis_scarr
This hilarious tirade by MP Andrei Isayev on state TV is a crash course in all the bizarre Russian stereotypes about Britain

Make sure you watch the whole thing (with subs)

'The British were never our allies...except when they were our allies.'

You may take our lives, you may take our freedom but you'll never take our fish and chips.

[Stairway 2 7]

Our arming of Ukraine has been impressive but let’s not kid on that we haven’t enabled Putin for the last 20 years.


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Definitely have and if he'd had a quick victory in Ukraine and a puppet government, we'd be dealing with Putin and the puppet. Money talks to the ruling class.

But saying Putin ran the government ect is just stupid, when you look at how the specialist training to the Ukraine army is working now. If Putin controlled Westminster would they have sent tens of millions of pounds of weapons pre war.

Tories will work with anyone who pays but you won't get loyalty from snakes

[superfurryhibby]

I'm not sure of the corruption bit and the nato bit is just daft. The question is should the children of oligarchs property be seized. Most haven't, but there could be an argument for it

What do you mean, the Nato bit is just daft?

Scotland facilitates a range of bases that are an essential part of the Nato effort.

https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,scotland-plays-significant-role-in-nato-security-minister-tells-mps

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What do you mean, the Nato bit is just daft?

Scotland facilitates a range of bases that are an essential part of the Nato effort.

https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,scotland-plays-significant-role-in-nato-security-minister-tells-mps

Yep there is lots of nato bases, also lots of houses in the 6 miles round them like this house is.

[Keith_M]

Our arming of Ukraine has been impressive but let’s not kid on that we haven’t enabled Putin for the last 20 years.


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:agree:


They invaded Georgia... we did nothing

They obliterated Chechen... we said nothing

They threatened the Baltic States and Finland... the UK gave their billionaires British Passports and gratefully took their money.

They interfered in Syria, backing up an evil dictator with arms and soldiers.... we hid their ill gotten gains in our financial system.

They illegally annexed Crimea, a part of an independent foreign nation... we gave some of them peerages, took contributions to party funds, allowed others to buy our media outlets and visited their oligarchs on yachts and private islands.


But hey, Boris Johnson has now visited Ukraine and sent them some weapons, so all is well...

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:agree:


They invaded Georgia... we did nothing

They obliterated Chechen... we said nothing

They threatened the Baltic States and Finland... the UK gave their billionaires British Passports and gratefully took their money.

They interfered in Syria, backing up an evil dictator with arms and soldiers.... we hid their ill gotten gains in our financial system.

They illegally annexed Crimea, a part of an independent foreign nation... we gave some of them peerages, took contributions to party funds, allowed others to buy our media outlets and visited their oligarchs on yachts and private islands.


But hey, Boris Johnson has now visited Ukraine and sent them some weapons, so all is well...

Point is we didn't do nothing after crimea. We trained there army along with the US. Totally changed the command structure. We also trained 1000 on anti tank weapons and gave them the weapons, this is credited as the main reason Russia never managed the initial Blitzkrieg. No other nation did anything

The tories are putting 400,000 more people in poverty in the uk through benefits cuts in the next 2 years. They haven't got a moral leg to stand on. But saying Russia ruled them makes people look daft

[Ozyhibby]

https://twitter.com/velentaosint/status/1520382790898012163?s=21&t=2nVODfJJRilKvlOpGfxN5g

Hope this is genuine.[emoji1696][emoji1696][emoji1696]


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[Hibrandenburg]

I think you underestimate the scars from 1941

:agree: Every Russian military museum I've visited calls WW2 the Great War 1941-1945, they see themselves as victims whilst conveniently forgetting they were allied with the Nazis prior to Barbarossa.

[stu in nottingham]

https://twitter.com/velentaosint/status/1520382790898012163?s=21&t=2nVODfJJRilKvlOpGfxN5g

Hope this is genuine.[emoji1696][emoji1696][emoji1696]


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Tweet has been deleted.

[Glory Lurker]

https://twitter.com/velentaosint/status/1520382790898012163?s=21&t=2nVODfJJRilKvlOpGfxN5g

Hope this is genuine.[emoji1696][emoji1696][emoji1696]


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What did it say, even if it must have been rubbish?

[Jack]

Point is we didn't do nothing after crimea. We trained there army along with the US. Totally changed the command structure. We also trained 1000 on anti tank weapons and gave them the weapons, this is credited as the main reason Russia never managed the initial Blitzkrieg. No other nation did anything

The tories are putting 400,000 more people in poverty in the uk through benefits cuts in the next 2 years. They haven't got a moral leg to stand on. But saying Russia ruled them makes people look daft

Let's be honest here.

If there hadn't been such an international outcry, mostly from the public to start with, BJ and Russian loving tory cronies would lapping up the roubles and Russian backed holidays as we type.

Bumbling Boris did his usual. As has often been said on here he saw a crowd and ran to the front waving a flag shouting follow me! Also a great diversion from all their sleaze. Nothing like a good war to hide behind.

[speedy_gonzales]

What did it say, even if it must have been rubbish?

Video of an apparent Russian cruiser running over a sea mine. Another Twitter account was tagged to verify the claim/ship but nothing was proven before being removed.

[Just Alf]

Video of an apparent Russian cruiser running over a sea mine. Another Twitter account was tagged to verify the claim/ship but nothing was proven before being removed.there was a follow up tweet showing old footage, turned out to be a mine test on an old ship... ah well..

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Let's be honest here.

If there hadn't been such an international outcry, mostly from the public to start with, BJ and Russian loving tory cronies would lapping up the roubles and Russian backed holidays as we type.

Bumbling Boris did his usual. As has often been said on here he saw a crowd and ran to the front waving a flag shouting follow me! Also a great diversion from all their sleaze. Nothing like a good war to hide behind.

It's been training Ukraine since 2015 though.

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Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
·
2h
Dutch port workers have joined their Swedish colleagues in refusing to offload a ship with Russian diesel in Amsterdam.

The trade union FNV Havens refused the ship access to the Amsterdam port.

The port workers in Stockholm had done the same, demanding an EU ban on Russian oil


https://nos.nl/index.php/artikel/2427027-havenmedewerkers-amsterdam-weigeren-schip-met-russische-diesel-te-lossen

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Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
·
Looks like the rumors were true after all.

The Ukrainian Army has killed another Russian General.

Major General Andrei Simonov was at a forward command post near Izyum when it was hit.

He is the 9th Russian general killed so far (or 11th if counting 2 unconfirmed in Kherson).

[cabbageandribs1875]

Vladimir Putin set to vanish for cancer surgery, mystery Russian Telegram account says - World News - Mirror Online (https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/vladimir-putin-set-undergo-cancer-26838452)



hope the evil **** never sees the light of day again when he goes under that knife

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Raf Sanchez
@rafsanchez
·

NEW: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in Kyiv to meet Zelenskyy.

Accompanied by Adam Schiff, chair of House intelligence, and Gregory Meeks, chair of House foreign affairs.

[Bridge hibs]

Vladimir Putin set to vanish for cancer surgery, mystery Russian Telegram account says - World News - Mirror Online (https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/vladimir-putin-set-undergo-cancer-26838452)



hope the evil **** never sees the light of day again when he goes under that knifeI dont believe that, probably more lies, the ******* will see out his victory parade and then scuttle down to his bunker in the Urals or wherever it is. If he is meeting his maker anytime soon then he will make sure a lot more people suffer too. He has very much lost his war and with zero chance of any peace talks then he has zero to lose, he couldnt give a **** about his own people as has been proven with his loss of thousands of his soldiers, generals and equipment

[Stairway 2 7]

An amazing thread. Commercial drones are the new snipers. A drone can cost 1 thousands strap on 500 quid bomb and it can destroy 700,000 pound tank.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1520561969153073153

[Stairway 2 7]

https://mobile.twitter.com/tvtoront/status/1520417465099948032

A mother of a Ukrainian war prisoner from Mariupol received from a Russian occupant a photo of her killed son. Earlier he was surrounded by Russians and appeared in a video of Russian propagandists where they guaranteed not to kill those who would surrender

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Danylo Mokryk
@DMokryk
·

"In 2 months, Russians have killed 2x more civilians in #Mariupol than Nazis in 2 years during the WW2", - city mayor.

Nazi occupation: approx. 10 000 dead.
Russian "liberation": approx. 20 000 dead

[Kato]

Came across this - its a pretty fair representation of what some Russians think of Ukrainians. Makes it pretty clear bigots are small minded idiots. Made me think of our own, homegrown morons.

https://twitter.com/messsy_bun/status/1518967520706932737?t=UP93ts4lksDPnKr9Z558RA&s=19

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Michael A. Horowitz
@michaelh992
Explosion reported around half an hour ago in Belgorod #Russia, with initial reports suggesting it may be a weapons depot

The Governor of the Belgorod Region confirmed that there is a fire in a facility belonging to #Russia's Ministry of Defense

[stu in nottingham]

Russian officers killed.

https://twitter.com/MrKovalenko/status/1520757617437683713

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Getting there

Noah Barkin
@noahbarkin

Update from the
@BMWK
(German economic & climate ministry) on the country’s current energy dependence on Russia compared to the state of affairs in 2021:

Oil
12% vs 35%
Coal
8% vs 50%
Gas
35% vs 55%

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David Patrikarakos
@dpatrikarakos
·

Odesa security expert tells me: “Security is really tight atm as there's a real fear of infiltration by saboteurs. Last week the security services caught someone skulking around post-curfew. When then grabbed him, he screamed: "It's ok, it's ok, I'm just a drug dealer

[Stairway 2 7]

https://mobile.twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1520766944328224769

Christo Grozev
@christogrozev
Bellingcat

And Russia admits that "fire ongoing" at Russian military base near Belgorod, "casualties and damage unknown

https://mobile.twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1520784868027813890

Russia now also admits "saboteurs" blew up a railroad bridge near Kursk

[Ozyhibby]

David Patrikarakos
@dpatrikarakos
·

Odesa security expert tells me: “Security is really tight atm as there's a real fear of infiltration by saboteurs. Last week the security services caught someone skulking around post-curfew. When then grabbed him, he screamed: "It's ok, it's ok, I'm just a drug dealer

[emoji23]


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[Stairway 2 7]

Redemption may be possible

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/8edd5c4a-c8ae-11ec-9868-6fd925016a0c?shareToken=3045bbd07b50149249801bab95 f2f358

Former Tory minister Brooks Newmark saves thousands from Ukraine

[grunt]

When Russians start going hungry, can’t heat their homes and their army is being soundly beaten, they will turn soon enough.
Two out of these three are happening right here in the UK, and there's nary a whimper against the Gov. from the population.

[Stairway 2 7]

https://mobile.twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1520850902915108869

@visegrad24
Let’s take a look at what Russian state TV is talking about tonight...

Russia using nuclear weapons to launch a Tsunami that would wipe United Kingdom off the face of the earth.

So, nothing out of the ordinary then.

[Stairway 2 7]

After tucker carlson on fox praised Corbyn, we've now got chomsky praising trump

https://mobile.twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1520846733764345859

Phillips P. OBrien
@PhillipsPOBrien
·
I think we can probably but the Carlson-Corbyn coalition to bed and speak of the Chomsky-Trump concordat

Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Noam Chomsky, in an interview this week, says "fortunately" there is "one Western statesman of stature" who is pushing for a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine rather than looking for ways to fuel and prolong it.

"His name is Donald J. Trump," Chomsky says

[Stairway 2 7]

https://mobile.twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1520841601274236928

@Osinttechnical
Ukrainian forces, with assistance from IRC and UN personnel, evacuated civilians from the Azovstal plant

[Ozyhibby]

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1520854344551260160?s=21&t=ov90h5DJmBgzgO-IEoDn8g
Scholz coming good.


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[Ozyhibby]

After tucker carlson on fox praised Corbyn, we've now got chomsky praising trump

https://mobile.twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1520846733764345859

Phillips P. OBrien
@PhillipsPOBrien
·
I think we can probably but the Carlson-Corbyn coalition to bed and speak of the Chomsky-Trump concordat

Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Noam Chomsky, in an interview this week, says "fortunately" there is "one Western statesman of stature" who is pushing for a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine rather than looking for ways to fuel and prolong it.

"His name is Donald J. Trump," Chomsky says

All 4 hate what the west stands for.


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[Stairway 2 7]

No I don't think we should..

Hugo Gye
@HugoGye
Green party co-leader Adrian Ramsay confirms that the party would like the UK to leave Nato, but not until the Ukraine war is over.
@RidgeOnSunday

[Ozyhibby]

No I don't think we should..

Hugo Gye
@HugoGye
Green party co-leader Adrian Ramsay confirms that the party would like the UK to leave Nato, but not until the Ukraine war is over.
@RidgeOnSunday

Why wait until Ukraine war is over? Surely if he thinks it’s a good idea we should just go for it?


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[Renfrew_Hibby]

https://mobile.twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1520850902915108869

@visegrad24
Let’s take a look at what Russian state TV is talking about tonight...

Russia using nuclear weapons to launch a Tsunami that would wipe United Kingdom off the face of the earth.

So, nothing out of the ordinary then.

These TV news propagandists are pure evil. Should be a legitimate target, sanctions or otherwise imo.
Could you imagine Huw Edwards on the 10 O'clock news coming out with dramatic p**h like this?

[Glory Lurker]

No I don't think we should..

Hugo Gye
@HugoGye
Green party co-leader Adrian Ramsay confirms that the party would like the UK to leave Nato, but not until the Ukraine war is over.
@RidgeOnSunday

Wired to the Moon.

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Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
·

The Russian ambassador to Israel has been summoned to the Israeli Foreign Ministry after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s statements on Italian TV yesterday in which he said that Zelensky is running a Nazi country and that “Hitler had some Jewish blood too

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Reuters
@Reuters
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Finland will decide to apply for NATO membership on May 12, says Iltalehti newspaper http://reut.rs/38KKdlT

[Stairway 2 7]

https://mobile.twitter.com/guyelster/status/1521041848529297412

Guy Elster
@guyelster
#Ukraine says a Bayraktar drone destroyed two #Russia|n Raptor-type boats near Snake Island #UkraineRussiaWar

[Stairway 2 7]

Gas is obviously the big one, but might get somewhere on oil

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

⚡️#Austria is ready to support the #EU embargo on oil supplies from #Russia

[Stairway 2 7]

https://mobile.twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1521132312821383168

@visegrad24
Massive explosion moments ago at the Perm gunpowder plant in Russia, which produces components for Grad and Smerch missiles as well as air defense systems.

At least two people killed in the explosion according to early reports.

Another case of sabotage

[Renfrew_Hibby]

https://mobile.twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1521132312821383168

@visegrad24
Massive explosion moments ago at the Perm gunpowder plant in Russia, which produces components for Grad and Smerch missiles as well as air defense systems.

At least two people killed in the explosion according to early reports.

Another case of sabotage

Good stuff, keep them coming.
I'm sure the city of Perm is where the Russian 'mint' is located. Produces all of Russias coins and notes as well as the currencies for various other countries. The Stans of Central Asia, some African countries and even the likes of N.Korea, Pakistan and India, though that may no longer be the case.
Funny if that was destroyed as in much of Russia now, its cash only for many purchases.

[hibsbollah]

After tucker carlson on fox praised Corbyn, we've now got chomsky praising trump

https://mobile.twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1520846733764345859

Phillips P. OBrien
@PhillipsPOBrien
·
I think we can probably but the Carlson-Corbyn coalition to bed and speak of the Chomsky-Trump concordat

Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Noam Chomsky, in an interview this week, says "fortunately" there is "one Western statesman of stature" who is pushing for a diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine rather than looking for ways to fuel and prolong it.

"His name is Donald J. Trump," Chomsky says

Have you bothered to read the original piece?
Chomsky is clearly NOT praising Trump, he’s making the point that ‘moderate’ western leaders aren’t during for peace. Which is true.
And Calling those on the left ‘west hating’ for discussing the absence of peace talks is the stuff you normally hear actual fascists come out with.

[hibsbollah]

All 4 hate what the west stands for.


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Idiotic comment. Again, something you normally hear from the far right.

[Stairway 2 7]

Have you bothered to read the original piece?
Chomsky is clearly NOT praising Trump, he’s making the point that ‘moderate’ western leaders aren’t during for peace. Which is true.
And Calling those on the left ‘west hating’ for discussing the absence of peace talks is the stuff you normally hear actual fascists come out with.

It's not a peice it's a video in the link that you clearly never bothered to watch 😆 he says there's one very high statesman from the US and Europe who made a very sensible comment on stopping fighting and talking, that's Donald J trump. He said stop fighting and move to talks.

I nay bothered they are butchering and raping or civilians, can we please just talk.

Chomsky has pretty much said all the way through its an inevitability Russia will win. Would he have fought against the Nazis or said please let's talk.

And bolt with your pish about saying calling for weapons for Ukraine to push back the invaders is right wing. Russia has lied all the way through. Putin talked to everyone and swore it was a training exercise, then invaded and flattened. He talked and said if I can have half your country I'll think about it. He refused a ceasefire when talks were to take place.

After Bucha and many other sites of masks graves. Why should Ukraine have to talk when they have got 50% of land back in 4 weeks. They have a huge chance of pushing Russia out there land.

[Ozyhibby]

Have you bothered to read the original piece?
Chomsky is clearly NOT praising Trump, he’s making the point that ‘moderate’ western leaders aren’t during for peace. Which is true.
And Calling those on the left ‘west hating’ for discussing the absence of peace talks is the stuff you normally hear actual fascists come out with.

Who in the west is against peace talks?


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The 230 upgraded Russian tank have arrived in the Ukraine, gifted from Poland

https://mobile.twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1521046529645195264

TheDeadDistrict
These T-72s are equipped with PCT-72 thermal sight with KLW-1 Asteria 3rd generation thermal camera developed by PCO S.A. This thermal camera is big advantage in night battle. Thank you Poland

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Jack Detsch
@JackDetsch
NEW: Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia near Kharkiv has pushed invading troops nearly 25 miles outside of 🇺🇦's second-largest city: senior U.S. defense official

"They were hoping to get Kharkiv and hold it" to push down into the Donbas, the official said

[hibsbollah]

It's not a peice it's a video in the link that you clearly never bothered to watch 😆 he says there's one very high statesman from the US and Europe who made a very sensible comment on stopping fighting and talking, that's Donald J trump. He said stop fighting and move to talks.

I nay bothered they are butchering and raping or civilians, can we please just talk.

Chomsky has pretty much said all the way through its an inevitability Russia will win. Would he have fought against the Nazis or said please let's talk.

And bolt with your pish about saying calling for weapons for Ukraine to push back the invaders is right wing. Russia has lied all the way through. Putin talked to everyone and swore it was a training exercise, then invaded and flattened. He talked and said if I can have half your country I'll think about it. He refused a ceasefire when talks were to take place.

After Bucha and many other sites of masks graves. Why should Ukraine have to talk when they have got 50% of land back in 4 weeks. They have a huge chance of pushing Russia out there land.

Your line of argument is now just be rude ( ‘bolt’ :faf: get a grip of yourself) and claim I said stuff I didn’t. I’m well aware of Chomskys argument, because I read his website. What you are doing is repeating what you are told he’s saying.

[hibsbollah]

Who in the west is against peace talks?


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Liz Truss? Did you hear her speech the other day? She wants to ‘weaken Russia to the point where they can’t do anything like this again’. Extremely extremely dangerous talk. That would be nice, but it’s not diplomacy.

Boris Johnson? The longer the war lasts the better he likes it.

Any ****er involved in the arms industry?

There is a simple question to ask at this point in a war. You ask, at what point in proceedings do we decide that we have achieved a victory, a partial victory or the best possible outcome in the circumstances and sue for peace, withdrawal, from key areas, whatever. The fact that some people with a brain are discussing when this point comes does not mean they ‘hate the west’, whatever the **** that means. Hating Putin and hating what he’s doing does NOT mean want total, eternal war.

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Your line of argument is now just be rude, ‘bolt’, and claim I said stuff I didn’t. I’m well aware of Chomskys argument, because I read his website. What you are doing is repeating what you are told he’s saying.

I literally watched the video in the link you've obviously not. You started the rudeness, saying did you even bother to read the peice. It isn't a peice it's a webcam interview. Then said it's usually fascists that say what you're saying.

Don't act innocent.

You only come on this thread to mention azov Batallion or bucha not seeming real. There's been dozens of articles about rape and slaughter independently verified, but never a peep. Yes we know you want to wait until more proof and less fighting more talks. I want Russia defeated which I now believe is possible. Both opinions are allowed

[hibsbollah]

I literally watched the video in the link you've obviously not. You started the rudeness, saying did you even bother to read the peice. It isn't a peice it's a webcam interview. Then said it's usually fascists that say what you're saying.

Don't act innocent.

You only come on this thread to mention azov Batallion or bucha not seeming real. There's been dozens of articles about rape and slaughter independently verified, but never a peep. Yes we know you want to wait until more proof and less fighting more talks. I want Russia defeated which I now believe is possible. Both opinions are allowed

Don’t even know what you’re banging on about now.
It’s dead simple.
I don’t think talking about peace at this point is somehow ‘anti West’.
And Chomsky is NOT saying Trump is right, he’s saying that peace should be on the table, and it’s incredible that such a man as Trump is the only guy in the room discussing the possibility.
And yes, I agree, both views should be allowed.

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Don’t even know what you’re banging on about now.
It’s dead simple.
I don’t think talking about peace at this point is somehow ‘anti West’.
And Chomsky is NOT saying Trump is right, he’s saying that peace should be on the table, and it’s incredible that such a man as Trump is the only guy in the room discussing the possibility.
And yes, I agree, both views should be allowed.

He literally said trump is right on this in the video. Trump wanted Putin to win but seems has now switched sides, he's recently been saying we should arm them with planes and Biden is being to timid.

Talking won't work with Russia. There words have been false all the time. Ukraine should be allowed and helped to win. I never said its anti West although it's hugely nieve to think talks with Putin will work. Remember they were only training in Belarus and the refused all ceasefire, even civilian ones one of which the bombed

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https://mobile.twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1521163752296660992

Good detailed thread on the state of play

[Ozyhibby]

I’m not sure who peace talks are supposed to be with? Putin? Would he be a trustworthy partner for peace? We have appeased this guy for 14 years now and it hasn’t worked at all. Now he needs to be defeated. There is no other choice now. We can’t stop until he is stopped. The Russian army must be driven from Ukraine completely, then we can talk peace. Likely with his successor.


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Chomsky previously wanted Ukraine to take the deal. Fact is Russia never took the peace talks seriously no matter how hard everyone tried. They refused to have a ceasefire during it. They wanted to conquer. They are now much weaker. Good on Ukraine they could push Russia out.

Chomsky

We could provide Zelensky with jet planes and advanced weapons. Pretty soon Putin would be radically escalating the attack on Ukraine, would wipe it out which he has the capacity to do. He would be attacking the supply chains that are providing advanced weapons. And we’d be in a war, which would be a nuclear war, which would wipe us all out.

I’m not criticizing Zelensky; he’s an honorable person and has shown great courage. You can sympathize with his positions. But you can also pay attention to the reality of the world
there are basically two options. One option is to pursue the policy we are now following
to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian. And yes, we can pursue that policy with the possibility of nuclear war. Or we can face the reality that the only alternative is a diplomatic settlement, which will be ugly

We know the basic framework is neutralization of Ukraine, some kind of accommodation for the Donbas region, with a high level of autonomy, maybe within some federal structure in Ukraine, and recognizing that, like it or not, Crimea is not on the table. You may not like it, you may not like the fact that there’s a hurricane coming tomorrow

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1 and a half times that of the French army has. Wonder what the actual number is if that's visually confirmed

Oryx
@oryxspioenkop
#UkraineWar: #Russia is now visually confirmed to have lost 600 tanks since it began its invasion of Ukraine on February 24.

Full list: https://oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
·

UEFA suspended the Russian national soccer team from participating in the 2022/23 League of Nations.

Russia has also been suspended from the Women's EURO 2022/22.

In addition, #Russian clubs have been suspended from #European Cups for the 2022/23 season

[The Tubs]

Chomsky previously wanted Ukraine to take the deal. Fact is Russia never took the peace talks seriously no matter how hard everyone tried. They refused to have a ceasefire during it. They wanted to conquer. They are now much weaker. Good on Ukraine they could push Russia out.

Chomsky

We could provide Zelensky with jet planes and advanced weapons. Pretty soon Putin would be radically escalating the attack on Ukraine, would wipe it out which he has the capacity to do. He would be attacking the supply chains that are providing advanced weapons. And we’d be in a war, which would be a nuclear war, which would wipe us all out.

I’m not criticizing Zelensky; he’s an honorable person and has shown great courage. You can sympathize with his positions. But you can also pay attention to the reality of the world
there are basically two options. One option is to pursue the policy we are now following
to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian. And yes, we can pursue that policy with the possibility of nuclear war. Or we can face the reality that the only alternative is a diplomatic settlement, which will be ugly

We know the basic framework is neutralization of Ukraine, some kind of accommodation for the Donbas region, with a high level of autonomy, maybe within some federal structure in Ukraine, and recognizing that, like it or not, Crimea is not on the table. You may not like it, you may not like the fact that there’s a hurricane coming tomorrow


I might not agree with what he may be suggesting as the best path, but it’s fairly obvious that non-appeasement increases the risk of nuclear consequences. It’s really not that controversial or novel.

[hibsbollah]

Chomsky previously wanted Ukraine to take the deal. Fact is Russia never took the peace talks seriously no matter how hard everyone tried. They refused to have a ceasefire during it. They wanted to conquer. They are now much weaker. Good on Ukraine they could push Russia out.

Chomsky

We could provide Zelensky with jet planes and advanced weapons. Pretty soon Putin would be radically escalating the attack on Ukraine, would wipe it out which he has the capacity to do. He would be attacking the supply chains that are providing advanced weapons. And we’d be in a war, which would be a nuclear war, which would wipe us all out.

I’m not criticizing Zelensky; he’s an honorable person and has shown great courage. You can sympathize with his positions. But you can also pay attention to the reality of the world
there are basically two options. One option is to pursue the policy we are now following
to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian. And yes, we can pursue that policy with the possibility of nuclear war. Or we can face the reality that the only alternative is a diplomatic settlement, which will be ugly

We know the basic framework is neutralization of Ukraine, some kind of accommodation for the Donbas region, with a high level of autonomy, maybe within some federal structure in Ukraine, and recognizing that, like it or not, Crimea is not on the table. You may not like it, you may not like the fact that there’s a hurricane coming tomorrow

All of that is correct. Chomsky is 100% spot on, as he normally is. It’s realpolitik.

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I might not agree with what he may be suggesting as the best path, but it’s fairly obvious that non-appeasement increases the risk of nuclear consequences. It’s really not that controversial or novel.

Appeasement means you lose your country, Putin isn't dealing. I don't know where people are getting that Ukraine hasn't tried. The talks were a joke. Ukraine said it wouldn't join nato, Russia said no ceasefire at any point.

Who is anyone to tell Ukraine and Ukrainians what they should do. They want to stop Russia destroying their country and committing genocide. Who are we to say stop.

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All of that is correct. Chomsky is 100% spot on, as he normally is. It’s realpolitik.

If Ukraine wins its territory back and there isn't any nuclear bombs, would you concede your wrong

[The Tubs]

Appeasement means you lose your country, Putin isn't dealing. I don't know where people are getting that Ukraine hasn't tried. The talks were a joke. Ukraine said it wouldn't join nato, Russia said no ceasefire at any point.

Who is anyone to tell Ukraine and Ukrainians what they should do. They want to stop Russia destroying their country and committing genocide. Who are we to say stop.

That's almost just what he says — except it's half the country. It's all fairly bland.

[hibsbollah]

Appeasement means you lose your country, Putin isn't dealing. I don't know where people are getting that Ukraine hasn't tried. The talks were a joke. Ukraine said it wouldn't join nato, Russia said no ceasefire at any point.

Who is anyone to tell Ukraine and Ukrainians what they should do. They want to stop Russia destroying their country and committing genocide. Who are we to say stop.

Talking about ‘appeasement’ endlessly suggests there are no geopolitical lessons to be learnt from any period in history since the late 1930s. Bashing Chamberlain and his piece of paper doesn’t change the fact that diplomatic solutions will inevitably be the endgame.

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That's almost just what he says — except it's half the country. It's all fairly bland.

But why should they do that when Russia has half the territory it had four weeks ago and lost 25% of its army

[hibsbollah]

If Ukraine wins its territory back and there isn't any nuclear bombs, would you concede your wrong

I certainly hope they do. But you’re mistaken if you think that’s the main thrust of Chomskys argument. Ukraine can ‘beat’ Russia and his central argument can be correct at the same time.

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Talking about ‘appeasement’ endlessly suggests there are no geopolitical lessons to be learnt from any period in history since the late 1930s. Bashing Chamberlain and his piece of paper doesn’t change the fact that diplomatic solutions will inevitably be the endgame.

It's nieve to think Putin would have taken a deal, Infact no its not it's stupid as they didn't even want to know.

If Putin did want to deal 6 weeks ago when Chomsky said they should concede, they would have lost massive swathes of their country. They would have had to have made massive concessions on their future ability to defend, fin/swe wouldn't be joining nato, the West wouldn't have set plans to stop buying Russian fuel, Russia wouldn't have an army 50% smaller.

Thank god they fought and everyone helped to prevent further genocide. Hopefully the negotiations start when Russia is out Ukraine, Ukraine in the EU with defence guarantees and Putin the way of Hitler in his Bunker

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Myroslava Petsa
@myroslavapetsa
BBC
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Since the beginning of full-scale war, Russia has forcefully taken 180K+ of Ukraine's children, including 2K orphans, into Russia and Russia-controlled Donbas territories - Daria Herasymchuk, Commissioner of UA president for children's rights

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https://mobile.twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1521182849000423426

Russia using Soviet era tires and the results showing

[Ozyhibby]

https://mobile.twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1521182849000423426

Russia using Soviet era tires and the results showing

That man knows a lot about tyres.[emoji106][emoji23]


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That man knows a lot about tyres.[emoji106][emoji23]


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This time last year I'd laugh if I knew I'd enjoy multiple tyre threads

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Great thread on Russias war expenditure

https://mobile.twitter.com/tomiahonen/status/1520463608135749634

@tomiahonen
Russia War Costs Thread

Putin thought he could take Ukraine in 3 days, and his war would cost $1 Billion. His 'Plan B' would take 6 months, cost $12 B

Reality is that in 2 months this war cost Russia $34 B, adding $1 B more every 2 days. A war he cannot win

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@UkrWarReport

🇺🇦⚡️THERE WILL BE NO PEACE TREATY WITH RUSSIA - ZELENSKY'S ADVISER ARESTOVICH & SECRETARY OF NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DANILOV

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https://mobile.twitter.com/mattia_n/status/1521226385422966788

Thread from the head of Ukrainian military intelligence.

At the end of the interview, Bodanov says he sees two scenarios for ending the war: the disintegration of Russia or the removal of Putin and relative preservation of RU. Giving Putin a face-saving way out of the war is almost impossible

[Ozyhibby]

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220502/5059c582a2d06b736b39076a5a976e09.jpg

Zelensky hinting at cutting the gas supply? Big move.


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[Kato]

Liz Truss? Did you hear her speech the other day?

Boris Johnson? The longer the war lasts the better he likes it.




If they dragged us into it officially they'd be delighted.



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Will not go down well in Russia. Why public mobilisation in you say your winning. Huge financial and political cost. Will probably take until the end of the year to get them on the field apparently.

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
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#Putin may officially declare war on #Ukraine on May 9 and start general mobilization,
@CNN
reports, citing U.S. and Western officials

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https://mobile.twitter.com/Acyn/status/1521280811168714752

Tucker carlson: The war in Ukraine is designed to cause regime change in Moscow. They want to topple the Russian government. That would be payback for the 2016 election

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
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#Britain is preparing to transfer another package of military aid to #Ukraine worth 300 million pounds

Josep #Borrell announced new disconnections of #Russian banks from #SWIFT.

In particular, #Sberbank may be disconnected from SWIFT

[Smartie]

https://twitter.com/Flash43191300/status/1521393321507229696?cxt=HHwWgMC4wcnKiZ0qAAAA

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Lahav Harkov
@LahavHarkov
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1h
Welp, looks like Russia wants a fight with Israel. Russian Foreign Ministry says that Israel "supports the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv" and that Lapid saying "“The Jews did not murder themselves in the Holocaust" is "anti-historical.

This comes after Lavrov said that Hitler had Jewish blood and the worst antisemites are Jews. Israeli Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador and the sides agreed not to discuss the matter in public anymore. That clearly didn't last very long

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Russian Foreign Ministry: #Israel "supports the neo-Nazi regime in #Kyiv"
"We paid attention to the anti-historical statements of the head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry
@yairlapid
, which largely explain the course of the current Israeli Government to support the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev"

The official Twitter account of the #Russian Foreign Ministry published a post stating that "the current Israeli government allegedly supports neo-Nazi ideology in #Ukraine

Lavrov said "What kind of Nazism can they have if he is a Jew [Zelenskyy]. I could be wrong, but A. Hitler also had Jewish blood. It means absolutely nothing. The wise #Jewish people say that the most ardent anti-Semites are Jews. "The family has its black sheep," as we say.”

[Smartie]

I was chatting to a guy on Friday about the events in Ukraine. His wife is Ukrainian and they fled the country on 24th February (they'd been looking after her ill father, who sadly passed away).

He was telling me about where the whole "nazi" thing comes from. Seemingly there was a "holodomor" in Ukraine in 1932/ 1933. This was a famine that killed millions and over the past few decades has been acknowledged (in most places, although it is disputed) as a genocide, inflicted on the Ukrainians by Stalin.

Obviously this stirred up a fair bit of anti-Russian sentiment within Ukraine so when the Germans invaded during WW2, many Ukrainians fought on the side of the Germans rather than the Soviet Union.

This has given way to a general misapprehension amongst many Russians that the Ukrainians are "Nazis". When you get the odd case like the Azov battalion, it is easy to amplify their significance (in terms of numbers and power) in order to paint Ukraine as a nation in need of "denazification", when in truth the opposite is the case.

[hibsbollah]

I was chatting to a guy on Friday about the events in Ukraine. His wife is Ukrainian and they fled the country on 24th February (they'd been looking after her ill father, who sadly passed away).

He was telling me about where the whole "nazi" thing comes from. Seemingly there was a "holodomor" in Ukraine in 1932/ 1933. This was a famine that killed millions and over the past few decades has been acknowledged (in most places, although it is disputed) as a genocide, inflicted on the Ukrainians by Stalin.

Obviously this stirred up a fair bit of anti-Russian sentiment within Ukraine so when the Germans invaded during WW2, many Ukrainians fought on the side of the Germans rather than the Soviet Union.

This has given way to a general misapprehension amongst many Russians that the Ukrainians are "Nazis". When you get the odd case like the Azov battalion, it is easy to amplify their significance (in terms of numbers and power) in order to paint Ukraine as a nation in need of "denazification", when in truth the opposite is the case.

This historical context absolutely matters. Ukraines role in the old soviet union, spheres of influence, the ghosts of WW2, etc.

The problem is, if you start pretending that the existence of the Azov batallion in a modern armed forces doesnt matter, either because they are 'only' 900 soldiers, or they're entitled to have a neo nazi batallion because they are under existential threat, or its just an anomaly or whatever, you are ignoring something disgraceful and giving Putin all the PR ammunition he needs. Azov have actually played a key role in the early months of the war, were referenced specifically in The Guardian as organising the defence of Mariupol, but with no reference that they were 'that' batallion. Its a strange decision by an administration that is otherwise winning the PR campaign hands down.

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Azov has been done to death on here. Its such a small part of the invasion. Not many speak about it now except Russia. Especially as since then there has been a literal genocide happening, Russian soldiers pictures with ss tattoos, the hugely racist wagner group joining Russian fight, Russian soldiers getting medals with nazi symbols on their sleeves and 2 Holocaust survivers being killed by Russia.

Of course just because Russia has Nazis like wagner fighting for them doesn't mean their army is Nazis. But likewise for Ukraine. They have been at war for a decade and have used every able bodied man to protect from the invasion.

As I said before they freed every able bodied man for prison bar dangerous criminals, but you wouldn't say they are pro criminal. They are stopping a slaughter in a war footing

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https://mobile.twitter.com/mashant/status/1521452492084629507


Maria Antonova
@mashant
Russia has shipped 300 Ukrainians from Mariupol to a town in the Far East, over 7,000 km away (actually further than Rwanda is from England).
https://primamedia.ru/news/1279614/?from=37

[Ozyhibby]

Azov has been done to death on here. Its such a small part of the invasion. Not many speak about it now except Russia. Especially as since then there has been a literal genocide happening, Russian soldiers pictures with ss tattoos, the hugely racist wagner group joining Russian fight, Russian soldiers getting medals with nazi symbols on their sleeves and 2 Holocaust survivers being killed by Russia.

Of course just because Russia has Nazis like wagner fighting for them doesn't mean their army is Nazis. But likewise for Ukraine. They have been at war for a decade and have used every able bodied man to protect from the invasion.

As I said before they freed every able bodied man for prison bar dangerous criminals, but you wouldn't say they are pro criminal. They are stopping a slaughter in a war footing

Just because we worked with the Russian to beat Hitler did not make us communists. My enemy’s enemy is my friend. Ukraine faces an existential threat and can’t be picky. To be honest, Europe faces an existential threat with Putin. Democracy is in danger here. Once we defeat him, we can go back to disagreeing with the people we are fighting him with.


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Great

Thorsten Benner
@thorstenbenner
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Scholz: „We will only be able or willing to take back sanctions if 🇺🇦agrees. I believe many in Kremlin haven‘t quite grasped this. For 🇷🇺 this has devestating consequences“.
„Only Ukraine can negotiate on conditions for peace“. „We cannot allow others to decide for or on 🇺🇦“

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NEXTA
@nexta_tv
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“This is EVIL, and I am on the GOOD side”: Russian banker Oleg Tinkov spoke again about the war in #Ukraine.

In his post on Instagram, he condemned the Russian aggression, said goodbye to #Russia and stated that he was taking the TINKOFF and LA DATCHA brands from the country

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Great

Thorsten Benner
@thorstenbenner
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Scholz: „We will only be able or willing to take back sanctions if [emoji1255]agrees. I believe many in Kremlin haven‘t quite grasped this. For [emoji635] this has devestating consequences“.
„Only Ukraine can negotiate on conditions for peace“. „We cannot allow others to decide for or on [emoji1255]“

Scholz really going up in my estimation again.[emoji122]


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Kevin Rothrock
@KevinRothrock
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31m
Filmmaker Karen Shakhnazarov tells Russian state TV viewers that opponents of the war in Ukraine should be herded into “concentration camps,” “reeducated,” and “sterilized.” That’ll show those Nazis

[hibsbollah]

My enemy’s enemy is my friend.

...is a very dangerous line of thinking, if you know your history.

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Alex Luck
@AlexLuck9
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German media reporting on alleged (ie unconfirmed) government decision in Berlin to deliver seven Pzh 2000 SPH to Ukraine. Said to have been decided against military position arguing Bundeswehr needs the guns themselves due to only 40 being operational

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@hdevrei

'Israel now does not ban Estonia to deliver Spike anti-tank missiles to Ukraine' https://armyrecognition.com/defense_news_may_2022_global_security_army_industr y/israel_does_not_ban_estonia_to_deliver_spike_anti-tank_missiles_to_ukraine.html (Nederland gebruikt ook de Spike LR)

[Hibrandenburg]

Scholz really going up in my estimation again.[emoji122]


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[Ozyhibby]

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1521542041376899077?s=21&t=c7jq8wvoSVXH1J64Jxq3nA
More good news.


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