This is the first time I see a Russian confirming what I called a feudal relationship system in politics & Rus driven “separatism”, except this time it’s reflected in defense & Russian volunteer efforts to invade Ukraine (confirms prior high support % for this “patriotic” action)

Of course he’s insulted. According to him, the war should’ve ended two years ago & NATO should be west of the Oder. It’s tiresome when reality fact-checks your “Realism” & you keep being asked to explain. Plus, it doesn’t pay nearly as well as talks in Russia, Hungary or China.

Some apparently need to hear it: this is what 'a nation at war' glorifying its conquest and scarring its children looks like.

Allies should not look indifferently at Russia's jamming of the GPS signal and thereby endangering international air traffic.

Some context for those who think Ru can keep up this intensity of assault forever.

Ukrainian artists have released a new powerful song dedicated to their fellow citizens, artists and cultural figures killed by Russia 💔youtu.be/DM1d9gw6tKs?fe…

A few thoughts on what a Western strategy on the war in Ukraine should look like:
1. Clarify the goal: Ukraine must win, recover all its territory from 2013 & defeat Russia.
2. Therefore, Ukrainian attacks on all Russian strategic & military assets must be welcomed.

Russia is already brazenly interfering with aviation in an EU and NATO country. How do you think it will behave if it is allowed to overrun Ukraine?

As the barrage of russian missiles is again coming at Ukraine, Kharkiv continues to endure a large-scale terror campaign, w a mental hospital becoming russia's latest target. The shelling damaged a building w 60 patients & 5 medics inside, all were evacuated
📷 National police

That's RUSSIAN GPS interference, Rahvusringhääling

Second Finnair flight turns back from Tartu due to GPS interference

news.err.ee/1609326360/sec… #ERR

Russia has worked methodically to infiltrate, undermine and destroy our democracies from the inside.

It is high time we fight back.

“Escalation management”

Pro-unity Ukrainian rally in #Melitopol , April 26, 2014. Sloviansk had been captured by then.
Melitopol has been under the russian occupation since March 1, 2022, and has resisted fiercely. My friend's elderly relatives live under occupation, refusing to accept russian passports

On Russian reserves. To answer some of the reasonable objections:
I am not very worried about precedent. I think the contingency is well defined. If you engage in physical war, then you are at risk.
Holding dollar or euro reserves does not imply holding them in the US or in…

Meanwhile, Russian FSB recruiting spies in Canada via fliers in local newspapers across Toronto. With impunity.

Journalists, I beg of you, retire the 'Moscow's backyard' cliche. It's trite, uninformative, and extremely disrespectful. The Baltic states are world leaders in democracy, rule of law, clean government, and well-functioning economies. Ru is eating their dust.

Ukraine marks the #Chornobyl disaster anniversary today. My father was a liquidator in 1986, sacrificed his health,now he has no electricity. #Russia occupied 🇺🇦nuclear power plant and tries to destroy the entire energy system, so this tragedy resonates with all of us in a new way

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Journalists (w the help of a few biased experts) tend to underestimate Ru's desire to control or destroy Ukr state and overestimate Ru's capacity to win the war. The result is that too many people think compromise and independent Ukr in new borders is both wise and realistic.