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@MA_Conlin @FRHoffmann1 @Kasparov63 the rim

@FRHoffmann1 @Kasparov63 That is because our Republican politicians kiss the ring of Putin. A travesty!!!!!!

Escalating Russian attacks on Kharkiv, a major population center that remains largely inhabited, constitute another clear example of how Russia purposefully escalates the conflict without having to fear any reciprocal action from the West. 1/3

@DavidAlexandrPF @nexta_tv Do you still believe in Santa Claus? read about real situation a bit - censor.net/ua/blogs/34536…

@nexta_tv Zelensky is preparing him to take over. It is important for generals even good ones to shuffle. Here he can get international political experience, while having some distance from the battlefield to mentally rest and get some perspective. And if the need arises, he can step up

Valerii Zaluzhnyi had been declared unfit for military service by a medical-military commission before he was appointed ambassador to the UK – Ukrainian media

@World_At_War_6 @nexta_tv That means Zelensky puts his own worries about poll numbers before Ukraine's interests. Always did. What mental issues do you people have not to see reality?

The question is what it is really about. It could be that he is mentally in a bad state. It is extremely demanding and it wears on the mental health to lead a war. A soldier's fighting capacity drops drastically after a few months in the field. For that reason, it is important that you get the opportunity to rotate.

@btaychert @AndrewPerpetua Specifics? There is one - Zelensky and company being somewhat good at PR but not anything else.

@AndrewPerpetua I am an outsider. Can you give some specifics?

I hope the Ukrainian government, and particularly Zelensky, is learning right now what their 2 years of terrible policies have lead to and begin to dramatically change their behavior before it is too late. The mismanagement is leading to disaster.

Day 707 of my 3 day war. Large parts of Russian internet are down. In unrelated news, the “America first, stop helping Ukraine” accounts are also very quiet. I remain a master strategist.

@TorgyTorger @J_JHelin @finn_cabbage @IntelCrab most ukrainians don't give due attention to nyt bothsidism and kremlin(nyt moskow korrs) nonsece cos they see mostly positive translations from a familiar big name.

@J_JHelin @finn_cabbage @IntelCrab According to most Ukrainians it is; do you know who Duranti is, btw?

"Several soldiers and marines spoke to journalists out of concern about the high casualties and what they said were overly optimistic accounts from officials about the progress of the offensive."

@TruthRuththe @PaleoWenus @TheresaAFallon Ooops, first word should be "You". And just FYI - youtu.be/um-SEQDQidM?t=…

@TruthRuththe @PaleoWenus @TheresaAFallon I know nothing about exUSSR "oligarchs" - bandits, and real chauvinism and fascism of russian masses. You will never feel it - you are protected by two oceans, reach land and smart people. Few of them become oligarchs. Do not allow your agenda to consume your gray matter.

The demise of the Roman Empire did not come from external attacks but from internal decay. How the Chinese export of fentanyl has created a crisis which has hit every corner of the US. Also contains a depressing video. bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-…

@MichaelOThumann @zeitonline da, fascinating profanity.

In Georgien tauchte ich ein in eine faszinierende russische Exil-Gemeinschaft und sprach mit Moskauern, die ganz anders auf den Krieg schauen als ihre Regierung: "Sie wollen zeigen, wie das bessere Russland aussehen kann" zeit.de/politik/auslan… via @zeitonline

@NatalkaKyiv @Lumieres_mnt 32 years of restoration of independence

Ukrainian warriors from Crimea congratulate Ukraine on its 32 years of Independence! Happy Independence Day, Ukraine!!! 💙💛 #Crimea #CrimeaIsUkraine #Ukraine #UkraineIndependenceDay

@dmunjal @lbiredneck @plamen_neykov @mychinopet @Heritage Ok. I see. Current medicine can't cure stupidity. Bye

@Oleks @lbiredneck @plamen_neykov @mychinopet @Heritage Putin has been ruling Russia for over 10 years. The US has invaded more countries during that time. Hardly Hitler.

Biden gave $700 to Hawaii victims, but he took $900 from them and sent it to Ukraine. On the left is Kyiv, on the right is Maui.

@dmunjal @lbiredneck @plamen_neykov @mychinopet @Heritage Pootin is. Who negotiated with Hitler?

@lbiredneck @plamen_neykov @mychinopet @Heritage JFK worked it out with Khrushev. Reagan with Gorbachev. Putin is no worse than most Russian dictators but there are always options against war. cfr.org/blog/twe-remem…

Tell me it is only Putin‘s war.

Some people really need to hear this: Just because you are learning about other people’s perspectives for the first time, it doesn’t mean these are new ideas. It certainly doesn’t mean their perspectives are the product of your society’s latest culture war. For example, I sometimes get replies like: “Oh, now the Baltics refuse to accept they were even part of the Soviet Union.” My brother in Christ, we’ve been #neversoviet since before you were born. The fact we were occupied by the soviet union and not members of it is the established position of international law and our domestic laws, and the basis of our re-independence movements and restored states. Welcome to the conversation. There was another funny example this week when we were talking about decolonisation in Eastern Europe, which of course always annoys the tankies and vatniks - but also plenty of westplainers who wanted to ‘correct’ us with the russian perspective. One person, frustrated with the fact we have our own perspectives about our own countries and histories based on the reality of our experiences, finally replied: “Look, I just don’t think we should rush to label everything decolonisation”. I turned to the bookshelf behind me to remind myself that - far from a rush - it actually seemed to be more common in the past to talk about decolonisation here. The first book I opened, published in 1993, discusses the impact of soviet settler colonialism in detail, of course as a continuation of russia’s longer colonial history, as well as the challenges of decolonising. It was a nice reality check because the reason that language isn’t as common anymore is because those challenges have actually been pretty well handled in the three decades since as the Baltics have developed as modern democracies. Just because there’s a new debate in your country about decolonising something, it doesn’t mean we can’t use the word. For anyone still confused about how the soviet union could possibly be colonial in nature, note that colonisation in the index of this book is listed with ‘See also: Russification’. That’s one place to start. The counter argument is: “But they didn’t arrive by boats!” - which is such a shamelessly obvious attempt to rig the definition of colonialism. It’s double colonial in that it attempts to both support the russian narrative over their victims but also support the idea that only westerners are special enough to be capable of colonising. Listen, no one on the receiving end of colonialism gives a shit about which mode of transport their colonisers arrived on in order to define the brutality of it. I checked different definitions. None says anything about boats. A small number say, “usually overseas” or “usually from afar”, which is western centric but still not enough to exclude russian colonialism. The other argument is: “But the soviets gave more than they took”, which is: 1. Not true. 2. The same imperial argument used in defence of every empire everywhere. And, just a side note, we can criticise how the soviets treated us like colonies and therefore support the decolonisation of its legacy without ever having to accept the status of once being a colony. By its very definition, colonies have no place in international law anyway. We were always occupied independent nations. A big part of what’s happening here is that too many people around the world grew up with the russian imperial perspective - at least when it comes to understanding russia’s neighbours. But now russia’s return to more blatant imperialism means all that bullshit is crashing into reality. The facade isn’t holding up. More people than ever before are learning about the perspectives of russia’s neighbours. And, boy, it’s very different to what those colonists told you. We’ll continue to celebrate decolonisation every day by enjoying life in our independent countries. Come visit and see it for yourself. 🙂

Remind me why were we forced to do this? And what was promised to us in return?

BTW, @SpaghettiKozak reminded me that (as it seemingly does with everything) the Russian government accidentally leaked a document revealing the *actual* results of the referendum. Shockingly, the vote in favor of annexation was not, in fact, 97%. washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-co…

@robinwagener @zoll_info @BMF_Bund @c_lindner @RKiesewetter Why everybody's (rightly) vocal about easy to smuggle chips but I see few mentions about elephant in the room - heavy and precision CNC industrial equipment makers like Siemens, Heidenhain, Haas etc. are enabling russia to produce nuclear weapon aimed at them?

German parts in Russian weapons against #Ukraine. Completely unacceptable. Germany is doing too little against criminal circumvention of #sanctions despite clear data. @zoll_info @BMF_Bund and @c_lindner please take action against it. With @RKiesewetter in zeitung.faz.net/fas/seite-eins…

Deutsche Bausteine in russischen Waffen gegen die #Ukraine. Vollkommen inakzeptabel. Deutschland tut zu wenig gegen kriminelle Sanktionsumgehung trotz deutlicher Daten. @zoll_info, @BMF_Bund und @c_lindner sind gefragt. zeitung.faz.net/fas/seite-eins… @RKiesewetter

@chucktowngent @George_Friedman hi. thanks for support. do not take my notes as lecturing but interestingly both your intro statements are wrong ). Kyiv is older than Moscow.

@Oleks @George_Friedman I know that Ukraine was never a separate country prior to ‘91. Its name means ‘borderland’. That’s your decision. I’m tired of paying for it, and don’t want it to escalate. We didn’t even give Britain aid in WW2 to fight the Nazis. We gave them loans. 1/

In my view, Washington's decision to give Ukraine cluster bombs is part of the maneuvering over terminating the war. There is little evidence of US-Russian meetings or calls over Ukraine. The Russians need to end the war, but they can’t do so in a way that appears to be a defeat.

@chucktowngent @George_Friedman your post indacates that you know nothing about ruzzia and ukraine. you most certainly don't know even where to start from and whom to listen to. if short - we fight or die, as many generations as needed. if long - find Timothy Snyder's reading or Youtube.

@Oleks @George_Friedman Keep the war going. Spend a generation of Ukrainian lives. What’s it gonna cost you? Nothing.