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[Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 @andrii_sybiha]

What an irony. Following tonight's massive Russian air attack on Ukraine, we discovered in Kyiv a component of a Russian-Iranian "Shahed-136"/"Geran-2" combat drone, which was made in China and supplied just recently.

And right on the eve, the Chinese Consulate General's building in Odesa suffered minor damage as a result of Russian strikes on the city.

There is no better metaphor for how Putin continues to escalate his war and terror while involving others, including North Korean troops, Iranian weapons, and some Chinese manufacturers.

Security in Europe, the Middle East, and the Indo-Pacific is inextricably linked. This is not an attention competition. Countering Russian aggression and terror in Europe directly contributes to enhancing security in the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific.

We urge the United States and the international community to increase pressure on both the regime in Moscow and its war budget, as well as everyone else around the world who supports Russia's war effort and enables Putin to continue killing people in Ukraine. There is no more time to wait.

[Kareem Rifai 🌐 @KareemRifai]

Quite literally at the exact same time that Americans were downloading Xiaohongshu and whitewashing Chinese government repression, Uyghurs were starving themselves to avoid deportation to Chinese prison camps.

And I bet you barely heard a word about this through all the noise.

[Andrés Pertierra @ASPertierra]

One of the reasons I was reluctant to see people joining RedNote as having an obvious impact was that as much as a bunch of Americans are going to fall for obvious CCP propaganda, there’s also a reason the Chinese state tries to insulate its users from Americans

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

I’ll say this again. The world isn’t paying much attention to Russian atrocities in Africa, where hundreds have been slaughtered, many women raped, and so much gold and diamonds stolen. That has got to change.

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

A year ago, Russian paramilitaries ordered Central African soldiers to arrest, detain and torture me for attempting to interview victims of conflict in the Central African Republic. I managed to survive and have gone on to tell many stories about human rights abuses in Africa.

[Tatarigami_UA @Tatarigami_UA]

Famous YouTuber @johnnywharris, with 6 million followers, released a video titled "Why People Blame America for the War in Ukraine." He presented his argument in it, essentially blaming the West for causing Russia's imperialistic rise. I find it necessary to respond🧵:

[Aurora Chang 張瓊方 🌻🍉 @aurorachaang]

it's always the people living safe and sound in the imperial core who bitch and moan every time ukraine is given the bare minimum of aid to defend against genocidal russia

📷: reuters 17-11-2024 / residential area in odesa after russian missile strike

[Murdered By Crayons 🖍️ @CrayonMurders]

🚩 I’ll be sharing accounts that I find posting misinformation about Tate’s case today.

The case was not dismissed. The next hearing is December 10th.

🧵 A thread of losers, grifters, and shills:

[Railsplitter Fella 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @Rail_splitter1]

Jake Sullivan: “There's not one weapons system that makes a difference in this battle. It's about manpower. And Ukraine needs to do more, in our view, to firm up its lines in terms of the number of forces it has on the front lines."

So it’s Ukraine’s fault. Manpower. In 2024.

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

Russian paramilitaries kidnapped Central African children as young 11 from their mothers and put them to work in gold and diamond mines. Many Central African kids now face abduction and slavery.

https://t.co/dvzdys4D0L

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

You are being dangerously manipulated by advocates of an aggressor power via irrational propagandistic fearmongering into supporting and justifying the occupation and extermination of a 40-million European nation under the false pretext of "saving the world from World War III."

The aggressor power is right now committing all of its propagandistic resources and assets to manipulate public opinion in the United States and other western nations.

Do not sign up for a crime of historic proportions by blindly siding with the monster.

[Mike Martin MP 🔸 @ThreshedThought]

For the truth is that the West is already in a war with Russia …

… and the Ukrainians are currently fighting it for us and bearing the casualties …

[Mike Martin MP 🔸 @ThreshedThought]

In short … it is too little, too late, too confused, and possibly counterproductive.

I’ve never seen anything like it.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Note to reporters, editors and headline writers working on Russia and Ukraine: the ATACMS is a short-range (tactical) missile, not a long-range missile. This consistent error generates a misleading impression and should be corrected.

[Philip Obaji Jr. @PhilipObaji]

In the last 6 years, I’ve documented over 100 human rights abuses, including rape of children, by Russian paramilitaries in West & Central Africa. The stories survivors have told me are devastating. These crimes should never have been allowed to happen.
https://t.co/zT9NejT1n5

[Oleksiy Goncharenko @GoncharenkoUa]

Everyone is so worried about strikes on Russia. But the fact that Ukraine is being shelled every day seems to have become a usual thing for the whole world.

[Denys from Ukraine @GlushkoDenys]

🤬Russian soldiers shot an unarmed wounded Ukrainian soldier, #Ukraine's human rights commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said.

In the video published by the Russian occupiers, the Ukrainian defender says that he is from #Sumy region, after which the Russians shot him with an automatic rifle burst.

Ombudsman Lubinets submitted a letter to the ICRC and the UN. 49 criminal cases are being investigated in Ukraine over the killing of 124 POWs at the frontline. The majority of such cases have been identified in the Donetsk region.

[Johanna Nyman @JohannaNyman5]

Let Ukraine strike back.

[UNITED24 Media @United24media]

> says he won't invade Ukraine
> invades Ukraine
> says he doesn't need Ukraine's land
> annexes Ukraine's territories
> says gas is just business
> blackmails Europe
> says he wants peace
> makes regular nuclear threats
> mutual trust, anyone?