Ben

Just an independent economics student and data analyst.

Currently translating and sharing news from Ukraine.

[Mick Ryan, AM @WarintheFuture]

15/ As we step into the 2nd year of the war, we are all changed by its conduct. It is no longer a world where, as Xi’s describes, “the west is declining, and the east is rising”. The Russians & Chinese have been shocked by our unity & determination. This must continue.

[Ben @Stockso_]

@Ana67185758 @ValentiaYalToro @KyivIndependent Another Russian bot, wow you really are all out today on the year anniversary of your "3 days to take Kyiv"

[Ben @Stockso_]

@ValentiaYalToro @KyivIndependent Russian bot

[Dimko Zhluktenko 🇺🇦⚔️ @dim0kq]

On the other hand, the only right thing for Ukraine is to fight as good as we can, and anyhow get more ammo and weapons.

This is our only chance, and there should be no other option.

This is an ultimate question of survival for our nation.

[WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 @WarMonitor3]

The Netherlands will send patriot missile defence system to Ukraine

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

❗️BREAKING: A helicopter carrying the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, his deputy and other top officials on board fell onto a kindergartner in Brovary, Kyiv region. 16 people killed (no one on board survived), including 2 children. 22 hospitalized.

[Ben @Stockso_]

@bornasgenius @KyivIndependent Russian bot

[Madi Kapparov @MuKappa]

There are no separatists in the Donbas. The War in Donbas was an elaborate russian ploy. Some global media sources keep referencing the so-called DPR and LPR patched russian troops as "pro-russian separatists." In this thread, I aim to explain why it is russian propaganda. 1/

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Good evening. Day 5 after the latest Russian attack on Kyiv. Day 277 of the war. I am president of the Kyiv School of Economics, a former minister of economy of Ukraine, and a professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh. I left the US for Kyiv 4 days before the war 1/

[Ben @Stockso_]

@RussianEmbassy @rusemb_pl @mfa_russia @BBCWorld @SkyNews @guardianworld @TelegraphWorld @standardnews @MailOnline @TheSun @TheSimpsons Hope you all get arrest for war crimes :)

[Rich Felgate @richfelgate]

Yesterday, myself, a documentary filmmaker and @tomsdinner, a press photographer, got arrested by @HertsPolice whilst filming the @JustStopOil protest from a public footbridge over the #M25.

🧵....

[Rachael Venables @rachaelvenables]

And Hertfordshire police did exactly the same the day before

[Deborah Haynes @haynesdeborah]

NEW: China has recruited dozens of former British military pilots to teach the Chinese armed forces how to defeat western warplanes & helicopters in a “threat to UK interests”, officials have revealed.

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[Ben @Stockso_]

I can imagine that we are only getting half of the actual covid cases due to decreased testing and for those test being conducted, slot won't have a number to report them.

This is a complete failure of this government and prime minister, as well as the last. They put us at risk.

[Ben @Stockso_]

So I've got covid again, fun, but the biggest problem with this is I can't report this.

A lot of the tests on the market do not have a number on the tests that you can use to report this to the Gov. Because of this we can't see how many people have #Covid. Also, for extra fun..

[Ben @Stockso_]

The government are only giving out the Covid case numbers once a week. Because of this you have to transform the data given to show the sum for the week to make it comparable.

So let me paint a picture of where we the week before I got #covid; we are above peak of the first wave

[Ben @Stockso_]

Not so fun fact. I now have a higher marginal tax rate than anyone in my family. It's great that the country invests so much in messing over the young.

[Ben @Stockso_]

@emilyhewertson I must ask, do you have literally any understand of economics or are you just basically a Tory mouth piece?

Based on this I would say you are just here to support the Tories.

[David Carretta @davcarretta]

Silvio Berlusconi explaining the “special military operation”:

Putin’s aim was “simply replace Zelensky government with a government of decent people”.