Russian invasion of Ukraine

If true, that forces hard decisions for Ukraine, give up the Donbass and much of eastern Ukraine to defend Kyiv or risk a cauldron
https://twitter.com/DrAlakbarov/status/1504595638817853450

I started ready that, but I stopped fairly quickly, as it soon became apparent it was a total load of old bollocks.

I got a bit further, but came to the same conclusion.

Good interactive explainer, even has a NSFW toggle at the start
https://ig.ft.com/russias-war-in-ukraine-mapped/

I've got to admit, I was reading it and felt like I don't have enough brain capacity to understand the point of the article.

Basically Russia has leverage over US because of the denuclearisation deal with Iran?
Would that mean that US wouldn't interfere too much in Ukraine because the deal with Iran is more important to the US?

Think the author goes off in to the weeds/ conspiratorial but the basic premise is one a lot of neo cons are spouting that the Biden administration is obsessed with keeping the Iran deal alive and willing to consede too much to Russia to keep the deal alive as Iran is thier priority above all else

Hi hi, Canadian UN delgation being sassy.

^
https://twitter.com/CanadaUN/status/1504464863510335488

Oh that’s brilliant

Can’t believe they used “reaching out” in line one.

https://unherd.com/2022/03/why-the-left-is-split-over-ukraine/

Russians made to attend pro war rally
https://twitter.com/BBCWillVernon/status/1504838568514052098

Public sector workers pressured to attend a rally is so soviet union core <3

In the Soviet Union weren’t they all public sector

Was thinking more about pressuring people to attend something part but fair point!

Masses of detail here about how the Russian air force operates differently from Western ones, and why so many of its aircraft have been shot down https://taskandpurpose.com/analysis/russian-aircraft-shoot-down-ukraine/?utm_source=Task+%26+Purpose+Today&utm_campaign=53f1021b0d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_03_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_67edd998fe-53f1021b0d-76767083

How Russia-Ukraine makes existing global challenges harder
https://twitter.com/EdConwaySky/status/1504494681543135232

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-has-very-reliable-evidence-china-is-considering-military-aid-for-russia/

https://www.ft.com/content/0f774fdb-c000-4cbe-ba51-f6586269bb57

China doing its own thing

When we say Kyiv is winning the information war, far too often we only mean information spaces we inhabit.

Pulling apart the most obvious RU info op to date (as we did using semantic modelling), very clear it is targeting BRICS, Africa, Asia. Not the West really at all.

https://twitter.com/carljackmiller/status/1504896238826700800

I'm wondering if that Putin rally was originally designed as a victory rally?

If nothing else that article has given me a more polite phrase for edgelord

contrarian narcissists who trade as “free-thinkers”.

very interesting interview w/ukraine’s lead negotiator
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/03/18/they-don-t-know-ukraine

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers that was interesting

This is extremely interesting.