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Re @MCTothSTL @JESweet2022 I could be wrong about the political risks to Biden. Since it’s only me saying it! Also last night I looked at the @Channel4 documentary on the UK role in the evacuation of Kabul. Shocking stuff.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns of Russian threat to ‘attack’ Ukraine nuclear power plant via @FT
Not sure these warnings are working and may even backfire. on.ft.com/3PJOHfL

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Louder and louder they are shouting these days!
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TheKremlinYap: Russian propagandists argue about which cities and targets in Ukraine Russia can fire missiles at.
Mirzayan says that it is not worth killing the President of Poland, Duda, because it will create more problems. t.co/UdOSxollHe
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There is no scenario where this could benefit Russia.
So fear mongering.
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Julia Davis: Meanwhile in Russia: Slutsky claims that Ukraine is about to blow up the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. This kind of a statement usually means that Russia is planning to do it and is preemptively trying to pin the blame on Ukraine. It could also be fear mongering. t.co/6jEBH2AH5Z
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Russia-Ukraine war live: Russian governors claim Kursk and Belgorod under cross-border fire
*The claims have not been independently verified*
👆This is by Suspilne the Ukrainian broadcaster
So ⁦@guardiannews⁩ do you write this when it’s the BBC? theguardian.com/world/live/202

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If that is the case then it is possibly an error of judgment for Ukraine to keep talking about it.
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Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦: IMHO, nothing is going to happen to the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power plant neither tonight nor tomorrow or in the nearest time.
Russians have 0 reasons to blow up the biggest European NPP and therefore lose such a precious economic facility and such a handy instrument of… n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/
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This may not happen now because it has been exposed. Of course UKR will be accused of crying wolf.
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Dmitri: Putin massively benefits from destroying both Kakhovka Dam and ZNPP in pursuit of his goal to damage Ukraine's economy as much as possible. In no way it benefits Ukraine which hosts these structures.
There is absolutely no doubt who would be responsible for anything that may or… n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/
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Zelensky’s Fight After the War
⁦@oonuch⁩ and Henry Hale perhaps should also look to a certain former US President
"He will have to end the country’s tendency to shape government around personal patronage networks, which are prone to corruption.." reader.foreignaffairs.com/2023

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Vladimir Putin’s useful idiots
A depressing piece. Orban’s Hungary should have been suspended from the EU years ago. And Slovakian Fico’s Party should have been thrown out of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament. economist.com/europe/2023/07/0

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It’s interesting. Putin’s fear of losing power has overcome his fear of death.
Temporarily.
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Francis Scarr: There’s a new chapter in the Kremlin's post-mutiny PR offensive
Today we’re told that apart from the young girl who got her selfie with Putin, another one was apparently left heartbroken after not meeting him
Putin was so upset when he heard that he invited her to the Kremlin t.co/47u4paM7eF
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Admiral Bauer hasn’t been reading his George Patton lessons…. n.respublicae.eu/berlin_bridge
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Jessica Berlin: NATO: We would never attempt a ground campaign of this scale without air superiority.
Also NATO: should do this ground campaign without air superiority. n.respublicae.eu/kyivindepende
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😮 That is scary. They are preparing for something. Lack of aviation will turn out to be a huge problem. n.respublicae.eu/gerashchenko_
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Anton Gerashchenko: On the Eastern frontlines, the number of Russian troops is over 180,000 people - Spokesperson for the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhii Cherevatyi.
"There (on Lyman-Kupiansk direction) a rather powerful group has been gathered - over 120,000 enemy troops...in… n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/ t.co/D0NyeHZr4e
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Western allies are hedging against Donald Trump via @FT
A horribly depressing piece by @gideonrachman⁩
Ireland shouldn’t bury its head in the sand either. on.ft.com/3NBk2yK

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So. Recently I get nice thumbs up from other mask wearers! Please at least give a smile and a nod. It is a lonely experience otherwise. Oh and

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YAY! Lost cat found! n.respublicae.eu/aliashukua/st
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Алекс Ляшук: Знайшли!!! Шайбусіка знайшли 🥹❤️🙏🏻 Поки вся країна шукала Шайбіка, цей герой любовник став розвідником 🫡, пройшовши не малу дистанцію, знайшов кошечок 🐱, та чилив з ними на другій позиції у військових 😅🐈 . Військові побачили AA оголошення яке я розклеїв поблизу,… n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/ t.co/urBLT8C6I3
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Ukraine: Drowning in despair – POLITICO
⁦@mariamposts⁩ "In a world where perspectives aren’t crafted in a vacuum but shaped by our experiences, a purely rational approach or “gaze from nowhere” doesn’t exist"
We shouldn’t need to be told this. 😥 politico.eu/article/ukraine-dr

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‘Yevgeny Prigozhin will never be discussed again’: Russian media to erase all traces of mutinous warlord
⁦@RothAndrewM⁩ "For some wealthy Russians, Prigozhin is now synonymous with the chaos of a potential battle for power in Russia”
Bad news really theguardian.com/world/2023/jul

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