Can sanctions be improved?
"It is necessary to implement sanctions completely and remove any opportunities to bypass them. Otherwise, all sanctions become artificial." 7/14
Don’t be stubborn, @_HadleyGamble, give Putin your leg. Just wait a bit & he will return to get your arm.
Don’t push us to give our land to Russia, because that’s how you encourage genocide of Ukrainians. Heard of Bucha massacre? Heard of Izolyatsia prison in Donetsk? Google
If west is so bad, & russia so good, why do russian elite all leave?
Western education, holidays, homes, banks?
And then, share all this on western social media.
Lavrov's daughter went to Columbia, her husband to Cambridge. Step daughter at Imperial.
Why not Moscow state?
This is what #Mariupol looked like before the #RussianInvasion. Now everything in the city is destroyed. Thousands of people are buried in mass graves.
These photos were taken by Viktor Dedov, a Mariupol resident who died because of shelling in his flat in mid-March.
⚡️Zelensky: 'The territory where Russia should protect the rights of Russian speakers is Russia itself.'
A country where there is "no freedom of speech, no freedom of choice, no right to dissent, where poverty thrives and human life is worthless," Zelensky said of Russia.
A video message from 🇺🇦 Marines in Mariupol.
“This might be our last address to the world… We have over 500 wounded and hundreds of civilians (at the Azovstal). We ask the world leaders to help take us to a third country.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov:
“If Ukraine continues its provocations by attacking Russian cities, Russia will be forced to declare war against Ukraine”.
The Empire of Lies and Evil...
9/31 The fact is that most Russian citizens have a completely distorted view of what is happening in Ukraine. For them, Putin is waging a small, very successful war with very little blood shed. Our soldiers are heroes and there are hardly any casualties.
Wow. This nice woman from Russian Fed. Council says there's a problem in the so-called "liberated territories" that Ukrainian children doesn't know russian, so they will be urgently re-educated.
I don't even know where to begin here...
It looks like a photo of Ukraine after the bombing, but this is Russia. Another gas explosion in Stupino killed 6 people, three of them children
Across the country, gas pipes need to be replaced, or at least sensors installed.
But Putin needs money for war, yachts and mistresses.
Putin’s justifications for the war in Ukraine:
– “the main goal is to help people”
– “we were forced to do it”
– “we couldn’t put up with it any longer”
– “a clash was inevitable”
– “it was just a matter of time”
– “we didn’t have a choice, this was the right thing to do”
Why do so many Russian-speakers support Putin and this war? Still. Even in Ukraine (though their number is declining). And in other former satellites, or even Canada and the US. Why? How? WHY?
It’s not just the Kremlin propaganda. Let me tell you a deeply personal story. 1/n
Ukrainian defense minister: “To win, we need different help…”
“We need other weapons:
air defence systems and combat aircraft
Long-Range Artillery Missile complexes, MLRS and heavy artillery
tanks and AVs
anti-ship missiles
reconnaissance and strike drones.”
As a Russian-speaking person of color who was born and raised in Ukraine, I believe that I am in a position to speak on the issue of nationalism and neo-Nazism in Ukraine. A long thread 👇
Why Russia is losing this war?
First I'll discuss why Russia *is* losing. Then I'll give my version of how it could happen. The key to understanding lies in the Soviet/Russian military doctrine. It gives context for current events and helps to predict further Russian actions🧵
My latest:
“The Battle of Kyiv may be over, but what comes next is the even more decisive and difficult Battle of Donbas. This fight is likely to define the war’s outcome.”
https://t.co/Q8Voa4qBnu
Russia invaded Ukraine with 75% of its permanent readiness BTGs as well as conscripts and Rosgvardia troops. They had to stretch the military thin to achieve this, which meant there was never much of a reserve if things went poorly. It isn't about trust, it's about numbers.