Watch this latest video from russian state TV.
It will be shown at russia’s tribunal. It will be studied in history classes by your children and grand children.
“You understand that this list [of territories to be conquered] is incomplete. Everyone understands that this list is incomplete.”
“It doesn’t matter what you call it …denazification or demilitarisation. Call it whatever you want. Everyone knows what it really means …the restoration of the russian empire.”
“There are some nations whose existence is pointless.”
This is just one clip of thousands of hours of footage in which the hatred and genocidal intentions of russia are on full display. It’s all documented for history.
He’s right when he says everyone already knows what is happening.
This is your regular reminder that future generations will not be in any doubt that you know right now that russia is a genocidal imperial aggressor. It’s very open about it.
Polling in russia shows russians overwhelmingly believe the goal of their war is territorial conquest, not any of the excuses peddled by its supporters abroad.
All of us around the world will have no plausible deniability that we didn’t know what was going on.
You can see these clips.
You can see the dictator literally standing over imperial era maps, comparing himself to other tsars, and discussing the erasure of a sovereign nation.
You can read endless, carefully documented testimonies from people who have escaped the horrors of russian occupation and its very clearly genocidal nature.
You know about all this. You scrolled past it. History will judge what you do now based on the fact that you know.
It’s the reason no one has ever expressed any confusion about russia’s talk of imperial conquest or its use of neo-nazis to achieve it. Not a single person has ever said: “wait, this doesn’t make sense if it’s just a special operation to denazify and demilitarise Ukraine”. No one has ever said that because, as russian TV makes clear, no one is in doubt about what all this is really about.
Russian soldiers who feign ignorance of being invaders when they are captured actually have no problem boasting of their atrocities in intercepted phone calls.
Academics who insist the war is in some way excusable are suddenly very articulate about why imperialism and genocide is wrong when russia is not doing it.
They know. They have just chosen to support genocidal imperialism in this case. Don’t let them gaslight you with excuses.
There’s one irony here though.
Russia’s war is based on denying the agency of Ukrainians and all nations in the way of russia’s expansionist aggression. However, the key to ending this is for us to respect the agency of those who deny ours.
Don’t think of them as brainwashed or too stupid to know what’s going on.
Respect their agency as supporters of imperial genocide. They are responsible for everything they are doing and must face the consequences of that.
One day, the chorus of propaganda offering excuses will fall silent, as it did during the Nuremberg tribunal. The horrors of russia’s genocidal crimes will be more fully documented.
As after Nuremberg, no one in future will give a shit about the excuses offered in our era to deny or delay the defeat of the genocidal aggressor and bring its leaders to justice.
Make sure you can look your children and grandchildren in the eye and tell them what you did now to help achieve that.
Send this clip to The Hague, along with all the others.
#SpecialTribunalNow
I confronted the russian ambassador at Venice Biennale because no one else did.
In the last 24 hours russia bombed city centres & a kindergarten. Dozens murdered in the streets.
The russian pavilion here is filled with free champagne & art to whitewash their war crimes.
Peter Magyar: “We are living through the final hours of the Orbán regime: let us bid them farewell calmly and with dignity, and tomorrow let us set about reuniting the nation.”
Kherson. Horrific scenes.
russian terrorists continue to indiscriminately shell residential neighborhoods.
3 civilians were killed near the entrance of a residential high-rise.
Just outside their home.
How many more must die before the world calls russia a terrorist state?
A Bundestag aide who tried to slow Germany’s Leopard 2 tank shipments to Ukraine was working with an FSB officer, The Insider and Der Spiegel.
Vladimir Sergienko, 52, aide to AfD MP Eugen Schmidt, corresponded with an officer of the FSB’s Fifth Service known as “Alexei.” 1/
Tourists from across the planet just watched drones crash into civilian areas in Dubai. Non military targets. That might sound shocking, but Russia has been doing that to Ukraine for years. They are still doing it tonight. It’s vital to remember.
My family and I stand with Ukraine and all Ukrainians. Stand strong and stand tall. We pray for a fair peace one that is deserving of the brave Ukrainian people. #Ukraine
@Billbrowder@milanocortina26 Come on Kirsty I know you are between a rock and a hard place, but your office needs to stand up for good, and truth.
Hang in there and make the changes.
A report by the Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, Oleh Ivashchenko. Several key areas.
First – Russia’s attempts to move its energy companies out from under global sanctions. They are using other temporary owners and numerous fictitious legal schemes. We are tracking all of this and will communicate with our partners to ensure that pressure continues to work and that Russia is prevented from making money for its war through such manipulations.
Second – the deployment of Oreshnik systems on the territory of Belarus. Intelligence has obtained additional details on this, and it is important that our partners are also aware of them and take them into account in their defensive measures. We believe that the aggressive proliferation of such weapons poses a global threat and creates a dangerous precedent. I have instructed that response options be prepared jointly with our partners.
Third – the state of Russia’s military production and its cooperation with companies and entities from other countries. In particular, we are recording increased ties between Russia and entities in China that may be providing space-based intelligence data. Unfortunately, there have been correlations between Chinese satellite imaging of Ukrainian territory and Russian strikes on the corresponding energy infrastructure facilities. We view such cases as activities that enable Russia to prolong the war and make diplomatic efforts less serious. We will also raise this issue with our partners. Thank you to everyone who is helping Ukraine!