We can implement @ZelenskyyUa’s plan. We have the ability to step up deliveries and remove restrictions. We have the ability to provide security guarantees so Russia doesn't try again. All this is possible. Choosing a different plan would be a choice we would come to regret. #NB8

Jens Stoltenberg, farewell address @NATO @USNATO ‘Freedom is more important than free trade’ Just as Russia weaponized gas, the #PRC is weaponizing #rare-earths and critical minerals.

This is literal Russian propaganda, and even most Russians laughed at this ridiculous attempt to blame the Ukrainians for the Crocus City Hall attack. Yet, according to the indictment, Benny was "happy to" cover it on his show.

In today’s #vatniksoup, I’ll discuss the Kremlin’s funding of Tennessee-based media company TENET Media. TENET Media is best-known for their promotion of Russian narratives and for strong support for Donald Trump in the upcoming 2024 US elections. 1/20

Genuinely curious: are there examples of an American student protest movement where we now think, with the benefit of hindsight, the kids were on the wrong side of the issue? Every student movement I can think of was vindicated by history. Are there counter-examples I’m missing?

Reminder🧵 🇷🇺 imperialism: Not only Putin. 🇷🇺 useful idiots: Not only the far right. 🇷🇺 narratives/disinfo: Not only on social media. 🇷🇺 propaganda: Not always blatant or obvious 🇷🇺agents of influence: It’s not just about what they say, it’s also about what they leave out

True. Kidnapping children, raping their mothers and killing their fathers and brothers is definitely un-woke and politically incorrect.

Yep - this is what happens when exercises in ‘escalation management’ give a warmongering dictator TWO YEARS to recover from the shock of his initial failure, relaunch his war production and economy, find new markets, adapt to international sanctions, and partner with other rogue totalitarian regimes to buy arms and equipment for a total war. Not that we’ve been saying this out loud all these two years.

We interrupt your usual programming of horrific tortures of suspects by Russian police, barbaric bombings of Ukraine by Russian army and incessant Putin's lies with @NASA coverage of Russian #Soyuz spacecraft delivering a US astronaut to #ISS: plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vide…

I wonder how my tankies would react if terrorist suspects appeared in a US court having had the snot kicked out of them.

Peak democratic elections in Saint Petersburg, Russia

We tried to get Putin to de-escalate by putting limits on how much we help Ukraine. This obviously hasn't worked. Putin is much more likely to be deterred by @EmmanuelMacron's strategic ambiguity and clearly defined goal of defeating Russia.

If you think Macron's bad, consider the alternatives. Trots and far-right loons with a love of Putin

Chernobyl isn't some kind of ''GOTCHA'' proving nuclear energy is bad. All Chernobyl proves is that the Soviet Union sucked. It was the product of a deeply corrupt and dysfunctional Soviet state. The disaster occurred on the territory of modern Ukraine so it is worth mentioning that Ukraine has managed to keep all their reactors safe even in the middle of a horrible invasion. So what was the problem with Chernobyl? The USSR, nothing else

OTD in 1938 the Austrian Anschluss. A dictator sent his army over the border & later had illegal referendum with rigged result that violated numerous treaties. The West expressed only “concern” which turned out not to be enough to prevent war…. Does this sound familiar?

OTD in 2022 I wished Russian women a happy international women's day and promised there would be no mobilization.... So you can believe all my promises.

As a Ukrainian person looking at everything that’s been happening in the world lately, here’s what I really, REALLY need people living in liberal democracies to understand as soon as possible. This isn’t a pleasant conversation. A thread. 1/

Acting like Putin's first move on NATO will be tanks across the border is a strawman. His war on NATO started long ago and his tactics haven't changed. Weaponize the liberties of the free world against it using the media, political corruption, election interference, refugees.

Two years have passed since Russia initiated its full-scale war. Each day Ukrainians show the world what bravery really means. We stand with Ukraine, as you stand for the security of all of Europe. I believe in Ukraine’s victory and that Russia can be defeated. #SlavaUkraini