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Exactly ⬇️
RT @APHClarkson: If Russia loses, all the people on Left and Right in the West that demanded a "compromise" that "accepts Russia's legitimate interests" will shift to accusing the West of having sucked Putin into a deliberate trap to crush Moscow
None of these people will rethink their positions
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Too much “IR Theory” from the “realist”school” with limited exposure to the reality of Russki Mir outside the buffet at Valdai.
RT @amandarivkin: The “no weapons, no war” crowd certainly helped cause a lot of bloodshed by not knowing of what they speak, by not knowing that weapons are deterrents that save lives by preventing an aggressor from wanting to attack, from thinking it is feasible to achieve victory with violence.
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🤣😂😆
RT @pmakela1: Russian T-72B3 tanks abandoned at a bus stop north of Izyum captured by Ukrainian armored unit.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1569215651541139458
ZZ Bottom: When Russki Mir turns into Russki Mire.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1569211067368079360
In this short but absolutely vital thread, @kristjanlepik explains for the uninitiated the nation of Бардакистан, better known in Europe and the US as Russia. Бардак is a concept, like Zen, a way of being. Just its antithesis.
It's a bull's eye🎯.Read it. You'll be much wiser.
RT @kristjanlepik: 1/ Bardak (бардак) means "a mess" in russian. But that needs to be a much more complex translation to understand it properly.
My friend …
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The army general who soon will learn to fly.
RT @ToddKolod: "Russian President Vladimir Putin held a military meeting via video link with the leadership of the security and military blocs. At this meeting, one of the generals of the general staff of the aggressor country told Putin that he had lost the war against Ukraine."
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Simply unbelievable reporting from @washingtonpost on mass flight/desertion by the Russian army https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/11/kharkiv-liberated-retreat-izyum-russia/
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Thread by Lithuania 🇱🇹 foreign minister @glandsbergis. Smarter and wiser on the Russo-Ukrainian War than anything I’ve read from any politician in office today.
RT @glandsbergis: Putin’s genocidal plan to wipe Ukraine off the map has failed. He is in no position to negotiate. The war must end with his unconditional surrender. 🧵
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It’s Time to Prepare for a Ukrainian Victory - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/09/ukraine-victory-russia-putin/671405/
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Great thread. Truly insightful
RT @michaeldweiss: 🧵It's been a while but "Karl" is back -- just in time for his analysis of the Kharkiv recapture. As told to @holger_r and myself:
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If you thought a complete return to Stalin 69 years after his death was impossible... perhaps think again.
RT @OlgaNYC1211: On his Telegram, Kremlin chief propagandist, Soloviev, called for the execution of Russian commanders who allowed the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region 🤷♀️ https://inforesist.org/ua/solovjov-zaklikav-rozstrilyuvati-rosijskih-komandiriv-yaki-dopustili-kontrnastup-zsu/
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Oot, ma ei saa aru. Ma arvasin, et Yana Toom valiti EL riigist Eesti, et esindada Eesti huvisid EL-is, mitte aggressiooni eest sanktsioneeritud EL-välisest riigist Venemaa, et esindada Venemaa huvisid.
Mida @EKeskerakond sellest arvab?
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But above all, don't cut back on visas to the EU!
RT @fermerzpolissia: Russians are gathering to cheer and watch how their compatriots launch missiles into Ukraine. That missile may have killed someone. Tell me more about not all russians and how they are against the war.
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Big Schadenfreude vibes
RT @200_zoka: In addition to all shame, people wait for two days at border. For some reason, they are not allowed to enter Russia
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This.
RT @PhillipsPOBrien: What today is proving is that the war was fundamentally misunderstood from the start because the narrative was set by Russian experts and analysts. Ukraine was and is actually the superior power, just was not so well armed at first.
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Thread⬇️
RT @IntelArrow: Found perhaps the most complete and insightful description of the situation as of now from the Russian war journalist.
Translation:
"So, things are extremely shitty, the reserves that were thrown from near Lysichansk and Donetsk did not reach Kupyansk and were..." 1/🧵
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Good thread explaining Estonia from @DWnews of all places.
RT @BenjaminBathke: Between 1940 and 1953, every 5th Estonian was murdered, imprisoned or sent to labor camps.
I wanted to find out how the Soviet terror influenced 🇪🇪's collective psyche, defense needs and support for 🇺🇦.
🧵 on my @DW_Europe 🎙️ feature from Tallinn & Tapa. https://www.dw.com/en/estonia-haunted-by-ghosts-of-the-past/av-62714122
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We never detained those who came to teach Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians our cultures were inferior. We didn't even kick them out. To this day they whine about our countries, as they enjoy life in an EU country.
Just FYI
RT @OneLoveNLAW: teachers from Russia are detained in Kupiansk. They came to teach Ukrainian children that they are Russian and Ukraine is bad. They were abandoned by retreating Russians
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How the ugly can be transformed into things of beauty.
RT @vitalyvoronenko: Abandoned Russian equipment in #Izyum. A LOT of new toys for #UkrainianArmy. 🔥🔥🔥
#Ukraine #UkraineWillWin #RussianUkrainianWar #ukrainecounteroffensive
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Which shortly thereafter... broke.
It's not symbolic, or even a metaphor. It's just another day in Бардакистан.
RT @ChristopherJM: 🇺🇦Absolutely stunning how quickly Ukrainian forces have retaken territory in the east and forced Russian troops to retreat — and they’re still on the move. Big victory for Kyiv and humiliating blow to Russia and Putin — but at least he opened that Ferris wheel in Moscow today. 🎡
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