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THREAD ON INTERNATIONAL SECURITY: Every additional Russian missile or drone hitting Ukrainian civilian buildings or critical infrastrucure has wider implications for Europe and the world. /1
(Picture: Summer 2019 @vostoksos mission: Recording gunfire at the Donbas contact line.)
(Picture: Summer 2019 @vostoksos mission: Recording gunfire at the Donbas contact line.)
The March 2022 decision by #NATO to reject #Ukraine's request for a #NoFlyZone was taken quickly & resolutely. However, deeper repercussions of this seemingly clear-cut case have remained under the radar screen. What Kyiv wanted was not NATO's active participation in the war. /2
Instead of inviting an out-of-area mission comparable to NATO's bombing of Serbia in 1999, the Ukrainian request for a #NoFlyZone was about protection from rather than an attack on Russia. It would be a bilateral agreement between Brussels & Kyiv regarding Ukraine's territory. /3
#Russia's war on #Ukraine - this is the start of the daily thread.
Day 46 begins with both sides claiming they've inflicted significant losses on its opponent. That can only mean the war is hotting up significantly in the east.
Read on...
Day 46 begins with both sides claiming they've inflicted significant losses on its opponent. That can only mean the war is hotting up significantly in the east.
Read on...
It's taken me quite a while this morning to log all the claims and counter claims.
#Ukraine says it destroyed a "large column of enemy equipment" heading towards #Izium in the #Kharkiv region.
No significant proof yet on either side; just one photo supposedly from #Izyum so far
#Ukraine says it destroyed a "large column of enemy equipment" heading towards #Izium in the #Kharkiv region.
No significant proof yet on either side; just one photo supposedly from #Izyum so far
1/2
Another nasty development yesterday evening was the reported use by #Russia of "parachute bombs" in #Kharkiv for the first time.
These are purely intended to kill civilians. Let me explain in the next tweet how/why:
#SaveUkraine #PutinIsaWarCriminal
Another nasty development yesterday evening was the reported use by #Russia of "parachute bombs" in #Kharkiv for the first time.
These are purely intended to kill civilians. Let me explain in the next tweet how/why:
#SaveUkraine #PutinIsaWarCriminal
#Draghi: "Sia il #NATOSummit che il #G7 hanno mostrato un'unità straordinaria fra tutti gli alleati nel condannare l'aggressione all'#Ucraina, nel mantenere le sanzioni alla #Russia e nell'insaprirle se necessario".
#Draghi: "Le sanzioni nelle varie discussioni sono state descritte come straordinariamente efficaci. L'economia russa è fortemente indebolita. Questa è stata un'analisi unanime. Si è poi discusso di come affrontare il problema della sicurezza energetica ed agroalimentare".
1/6
Civil activists of Kazakhstan have joined a global action to urge democratic countries to set up a no-fly zone over Ukraine in order to protect it from bombing and shelling by Putin's occupation forces.
@profGrodzki
@GovtofMacedonia
@koninklijkhuis
@MinPres
Civil activists of Kazakhstan have joined a global action to urge democratic countries to set up a no-fly zone over Ukraine in order to protect it from bombing and shelling by Putin's occupation forces.
@profGrodzki
@GovtofMacedonia
@koninklijkhuis
@MinPres
2/6
Sergey Shnur:
#StandWithUkraine
#NoFlyZone
#NoWar
#GloryToUkraine
#LongLiveBelarus
#GoKazakhstan
#ActivistsNotExtremists
A lack of initiative is an absolute evil.
"We beg you to do something; we are being killed!" This is how Ukrainians are appealing to Russians.
Sergey Shnur:
#StandWithUkraine
#NoFlyZone
#NoWar
#GloryToUkraine
#LongLiveBelarus
#GoKazakhstan
#ActivistsNotExtremists
A lack of initiative is an absolute evil.
"We beg you to do something; we are being killed!" This is how Ukrainians are appealing to Russians.
3/6
Any sane person from any country wants to stop this madness. This is not a war between countries. This is a war of ideologies, political technologies and systems.
We, the civil society of Kazakhstan, are against the war,⤵️
@RichardFerrand
@gerard_larcher
@niinisto
Any sane person from any country wants to stop this madness. This is not a war between countries. This is a war of ideologies, political technologies and systems.
We, the civil society of Kazakhstan, are against the war,⤵️
@RichardFerrand
@gerard_larcher
@niinisto
1/7
TOKAEV DRAGS KAZAKHSTAN INTO THE WAR WITH UKRAINE
Russia is intensively looking for ways to circumvent sanctions imposed by democratic countries. China and the Kazakhstani government are helping Russia to do that.
@fxbellamy
@F_Alfonsi
@MAndrouet
@DominiqueBilde
TOKAEV DRAGS KAZAKHSTAN INTO THE WAR WITH UKRAINE
Russia is intensively looking for ways to circumvent sanctions imposed by democratic countries. China and the Kazakhstani government are helping Russia to do that.
@fxbellamy
@F_Alfonsi
@MAndrouet
@DominiqueBilde
2/7
Large convoys of long-distance tractor trucks go from China through Kazakhstan to Samara (Russia's transport hub). In addition, the Kazakhs are also moving their troops ostensibly "for exercises" in the direction of Russia.
@mbompard
@GillesBoyer
@ZelenskyyUa
@RepSires
Large convoys of long-distance tractor trucks go from China through Kazakhstan to Samara (Russia's transport hub). In addition, the Kazakhs are also moving their troops ostensibly "for exercises" in the direction of Russia.
@mbompard
@GillesBoyer
@ZelenskyyUa
@RepSires
3/7
Between 11 February and 17 March 2022, Kazakhstanis recorded and warned human rights defenders/oppositioners about the movement of military equipment in Kazakhstan from the southern part of the country to the north, in the direction of Russia.
@arestovych
@syl_brunet
Between 11 February and 17 March 2022, Kazakhstanis recorded and warned human rights defenders/oppositioners about the movement of military equipment in Kazakhstan from the southern part of the country to the north, in the direction of Russia.
@arestovych
@syl_brunet
1/6
🔴 What should Kazakhstanis do when the regime drags you into the war?
Clearly state your position against the Tokayev/Nazarbayev regime's support of the war against Ukraine.
@alexanderdecroo
#NoFlyZone #StopPutin #StandWithUkraine
#WeStandWithUkraine
#RussianWarCrimes
🔴 What should Kazakhstanis do when the regime drags you into the war?
Clearly state your position against the Tokayev/Nazarbayev regime's support of the war against Ukraine.
@alexanderdecroo
#NoFlyZone #StopPutin #StandWithUkraine
#WeStandWithUkraine
#RussianWarCrimes
2/6
Participating in hostilities with Russia against Ukraine is imminent death for the military and total isolation for the country. An example of the photo is in the post.
Therefore, it is important not to remain silent right now,⤵️
@KirilPetkov
@GeorgeFureyNL
@Statsmin
Participating in hostilities with Russia against Ukraine is imminent death for the military and total isolation for the country. An example of the photo is in the post.
Therefore, it is important not to remain silent right now,⤵️
@KirilPetkov
@GeorgeFureyNL
@Statsmin
3/6
to report and record the movement of troops in Kazakhstan. It is also important to call on the international community to:
1) impose personal sanctions on NAZARBAYEV,⤵️
@AnnitaDemetriou
@bodoramelow
@baerbelbas
@kmitsotakis
to report and record the movement of troops in Kazakhstan. It is also important to call on the international community to:
1) impose personal sanctions on NAZARBAYEV,⤵️
@AnnitaDemetriou
@bodoramelow
@baerbelbas
@kmitsotakis
This 👇 piece contains some dangerous assumptions, which appear to be gaining traction in Washington DC thinking regarding Russia's war against Ukraine. 🧵 #StopRussia #ArmUkraine 1/ atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainea…
First, the view that US/NATO should refrain from enforcing a #NoFlyZone over Ukraine due to the risk of an all out NATO-Russia war is "mired in appeasement thinking". 2/
Wrong. It has nothing to do with appeasing Russia. There is a very real risk of tipping Russian decision making across the nuclear threshold. A #NFZ involves US/NATO combat missions against Russian aircraft, ground-based and naval air defence systems, and airfields. 3/
Declaring a #NoFlyZone over Ukraine (more specifically, the western half) is realistic; it need not lead to WWII or nuclear winter; and should at least be in NATO's quiver of available options. I support it.🧵
As the saying goes, "In for a penny, in for a pound." The U.S. and NATO are already in for much more than a penny in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This is not a far-off conflict of little relevance. The Cold War has remerged and territorial demarcations must be established.
NATO Countries are currently supplying materiel and aide, and there's serious talk of MiG fighter jets and more. There is, of course, a distinction between NATO pilots flying aircraft over Ukraine vs. just supplying arms; but again, we're already in for more than a penny...
Oggi non ero presente quindi faccio un tweet lungo ma molto importante 1/12
Notizia gravissima di cui non si parla in tv,il 10/3 notte a #Zagabria cade un drone ucraino (un giocattolo di ca 15 metri e 6 ton di peso, arrivato a 700km/h dopo aver "bucato" lo spazio aereo
SEGUE
Notizia gravissima di cui non si parla in tv,il 10/3 notte a #Zagabria cade un drone ucraino (un giocattolo di ca 15 metri e 6 ton di peso, arrivato a 700km/h dopo aver "bucato" lo spazio aereo
SEGUE
2
#rumeno e #ungherese, e passato come se nulla fosse
Si va ad infilare (letteralmente..) nel terreno di un parcheggio a 30 metri dagli alloggi studenteschi di Zagabria, palazzine quindi piene di ragazzi (infrasettimanale,quindi in molti erano presenti). Impatto talmente
SEGUE
#rumeno e #ungherese, e passato come se nulla fosse
Si va ad infilare (letteralmente..) nel terreno di un parcheggio a 30 metri dagli alloggi studenteschi di Zagabria, palazzine quindi piene di ragazzi (infrasettimanale,quindi in molti erano presenti). Impatto talmente
SEGUE
3
violento che anche i sismologi locali lo hanno registrato.
Non ci sono vittime, né feriti, per fortuna.
Salta fuori dalle autorità croate (che scavavano per rimuovere i rottami, dato che si è infilato nel terreno come un chiodo) che sono state rilevate
SEGUE
violento che anche i sismologi locali lo hanno registrato.
Non ci sono vittime, né feriti, per fortuna.
Salta fuori dalle autorità croate (che scavavano per rimuovere i rottami, dato che si è infilato nel terreno come un chiodo) che sono state rilevate
SEGUE
Happening now: US @SecDef Lloyd Austin news conference w/#Slovakia Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad' in #Bratislava
TREAD: Ho letto la ormai celeberrima intervista del #Riformista a #lucianocanfora e faccio la seguente valutazione: 1. La storia di #Zelensky in affari con #BidenJr è una cazzata sesquipedale. 2L’articolo del @guardian su #Zelensky è molto bello, ben documentato e inquietante👇
III wojna światowa
Streszczenie
Wojna Rosji z Ukrainą to II faza TRWAJĄCEJ globalnej wojny Rosji/Chin z Zachodem. W I fazie Zachód był osłabiany atakami informacyjnymi i gospodarczymi. Nieudolność Putina na Ukrainie dała Zachodowi szansę na odwrócenie losów wojny.
Wątek ⬇️
Streszczenie
Wojna Rosji z Ukrainą to II faza TRWAJĄCEJ globalnej wojny Rosji/Chin z Zachodem. W I fazie Zachód był osłabiany atakami informacyjnymi i gospodarczymi. Nieudolność Putina na Ukrainie dała Zachodowi szansę na odwrócenie losów wojny.
Wątek ⬇️
1. Sojusz autokratów Chiny - Rosja.
1.1. Putin prezydentem Rosji (1999) z misją odtworzenia wielkiej Rosji.
1.2. Chińsko-rosyjski traktat o Przyjaznych Liniach Sąsiedzkich i Przyjaznej Współpracy (2001) - współpraca wojskowa.
1.1. Putin prezydentem Rosji (1999) z misją odtworzenia wielkiej Rosji.
1.2. Chińsko-rosyjski traktat o Przyjaznych Liniach Sąsiedzkich i Przyjaznej Współpracy (2001) - współpraca wojskowa.
1.3. Szanghajska Organizacja Współpracy (2001) - import broni przez Chiny pobudzający sektor zbrojeniowy Rosji.
1.4. Xi Jinping prezydentem Chin (2013) z misją odtworzenia wielkich Chin.
1.4. Xi Jinping prezydentem Chin (2013) z misją odtworzenia wielkich Chin.
Should #NATO consider placing a #NoFlyZone over #Ukraine️ ? I flew in support of a NoFlyZone in Iraq prior to the Second Gulf War and have some thoughts from a #Legal/JAG + operational perspective that I unpack for @just_security here. 🧵
justsecurity.org/80641/the-oper…
justsecurity.org/80641/the-oper…
2/ A #NoFlyZoneOverUkraine zone does not equate to a "no-combat zone." Quite the opposite. It does not magically occur by mere declaration. It requires a massive military presence and military enforcement, a point made 10 years ago by @Schmitt_ILaw and others.
3/I sympathize with the no-fly zone’s animating idea—to protect human lives—but a #NATO no-fly zone simply presents an unacceptable, escalatory risk to the United States and its allies. Why?
🔴 #EXCLUSIVE - "There are a lot of victims".
Deputy PM of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 Olha #Stefanishyna spoke with @FRANCE24's @mperelman in an exclusive #interview about the #Russian attack on a children's hospital in #Mariupol:
f24.my/8SAx.t
Deputy PM of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 Olha #Stefanishyna spoke with @FRANCE24's @mperelman in an exclusive #interview about the #Russian attack on a children's hospital in #Mariupol:
f24.my/8SAx.t
@FRANCE24 @mperelman 🔴 #Russian bombing of a children's hospital and maternity ward in #Mariupol: "there's no doubt that this has been a targeted attack".
Deputy Prime Minister of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 Olha #Stefanishyna tells @France24_en's @mperelman in an exclusive interview: f24.my/8SAx.t
Deputy Prime Minister of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 Olha #Stefanishyna tells @France24_en's @mperelman in an exclusive interview: f24.my/8SAx.t
@FRANCE24 @mperelman 🔴 "#Russia has entered a new phase of this war, which is to target civilian population and infrastructure, including bombing hospitals and households."
Watch the Deputy PM of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 Olha #Stefanishyna's exclusive interview with @mperelman: f24.my/8SAx.t
Watch the Deputy PM of #Ukraine 🇺🇦 Olha #Stefanishyna's exclusive interview with @mperelman: f24.my/8SAx.t
Why I think now is the time for full-scale military support to #Ukranie (or at least an enforced #NoFlyZone ):
At this point in time is when Russia is at its weakest: (1) with troops and military material spread up and tied up elsewhere, e.g., Siria, (2) a demoralised invasion force, (3) a shock to the system due to the rapid economic/financial/business sanctions
(4) incompetence in the field of battle, (5) a growing Russian domestic discontent,
I have been against the imposition of a no fly zone by NATO in Ukraine, believing that it would surely escalate the conflict. But Putin seems hell bent on escalation. So the question is becoming: does NATO fight him now or fight him later? #SlavaUkraini #NATO #NoFlyZone
But let’s not impose a No Fly Zone unless we are willing to back it up with ground troops, if necessary
He will likely respond with nuclear threats. But there is no fundamental reason why these are more useful to Putin than they are to NATO. Our logic has to be that his threats are meaningless. Whatever he can do to us, we can do to him.
Putin kills kids. Several children have died, according to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
Source: cnn.it/378oByX
OK, so in response to the content of the video in the link given below, I would like to address the thread further below especially to @SecBlinken @USAmbUN @POTUS @vp @EmmanuelMacron @NDeRiviere @jensstoltenberg
In case you prefer to read this online rather than from tweets, here’s the link to the material I will be discussing : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_…
And before I start I finally want to thank @ZevShalev ´s @NarativTv for bringing this to my attention in the last episode of his podcast where the no fly zone is discussed very astutely by two of his guests @mhmck and @ericgarland .
Saturday, March 5th, 2022
News you can use. 🧵
News you can use. 🧵
I'm going to keep repeating it:
#NATO, or The U.S. and other partners, need to make a #NoFlyZoneOverUkraine now, or the blood of this #WarInUkraine is on their/our hands.
#StopPutin
#StandWithUkraine
#NATO, or The U.S. and other partners, need to make a #NoFlyZoneOverUkraine now, or the blood of this #WarInUkraine is on their/our hands.
#StopPutin
#StandWithUkraine
Putin’s killers in Ukraine tried to murder British journalists. The Sky News crew clearly identified themselves; Russian soldiers continued firing.
If the U.K. & NATO do not take this attack seriously and understand they are officially involved in this war, then they’re cowards.
If the U.K. & NATO do not take this attack seriously and understand they are officially involved in this war, then they’re cowards.
If the U.K. and NATO look the other way after Putin’s killers tried to assassinate their citizens, that’s cowardice of another level. It’s bad enough they’re watching a nuclear terrorist destroy Ukraine with missiles and refuse to help protect Ukrainian sky.
The UK and NATO are officially involved in this war. Their first job is to protect Ukrainian sky with a #NoFlyZone as @ZelenskyyUa has made clear. No more cowardice.
news.sky.com/story/sky-news…
news.sky.com/story/sky-news…
🔴 இன்று முதல், உயிரை இழக்கப்போகும் அனைத்து உக்ரேனிய மக்களுக்கான காரணம், நீங்கள் மட்டுமே.
உங்கள் பலவீனத்தாலும் உங்கள் ஒற்றுமை இன்மையாலும் தான், மக்கள் உயிரிழக்க போகிறார்கள்.
- உக்ரைன் அதிபர் ஜெலென்ஸ்கி, NATO நாடுகள் மீது கடுமையான விமர்சனம் (1/5)
உங்கள் பலவீனத்தாலும் உங்கள் ஒற்றுமை இன்மையாலும் தான், மக்கள் உயிரிழக்க போகிறார்கள்.
- உக்ரைன் அதிபர் ஜெலென்ஸ்கி, NATO நாடுகள் மீது கடுமையான விமர்சனம் (1/5)
வெறும் 50 டன் டீசலை உங்களால் உக்ரைனுக்கு வழங்க முடிந்துள்ளது. அதை வைத்து நாம் "Budapest குறிப்பாணையை" வேண்டுமானால் எரிக்கலாம்.
#BudapestMemorandum: சோவியத் கால அணு ஆயுதங்களை உக்ரைன் கைவிட்டதற்கு ஈடாக, 1994இல் அந்நாட்டுக்கு வழங்கப்பட்ட பாதுகாப்பு உத்தரவாதங்களின் குறிப்பாணை ஆகும்.
#BudapestMemorandum: சோவியத் கால அணு ஆயுதங்களை உக்ரைன் கைவிட்டதற்கு ஈடாக, 1994இல் அந்நாட்டுக்கு வழங்கப்பட்ட பாதுகாப்பு உத்தரவாதங்களின் குறிப்பாணை ஆகும்.
அவர் மேலும் கூறியதாவது: உக்ரைனின் வான்வெளியை மூடினால், ரஷ்யாவின் ஆக்கிரமிப்பு நடவடிக்கையை நேரடியாகத் தூண்டும் என NATO நாடுகளே ஒரு கதையை உருவாக்கியுள்ளன.
இது பலவீனமான, தன்னம்பிக்கை இல்லாதவர்களின் செயலாகும். 3/5
இது பலவீனமான, தன்னம்பிக்கை இல்லாதவர்களின் செயலாகும். 3/5
🧵1/ There's something weird about #NoFlyZones. Opponents to setting one up over Ukraine say that #NATO would have to implement it, which would mean shooting down Russian planes, which means #WW3.
2/ But here's the thing: In effect #NATO *already has* a #NoFlyZone--over NATO countries. If #Russian military aircraft violate it, we would see it as a hostile act, and shoot the aircraft down. (Or at best, give them a military escort out of NATO airspace--more on that later)
3/ A key to a #NoFlyZoneOverUkraine that people seem to be missing is this: while yes, #NATO would be obliged to shoot down violators, Russian aircraft would have to violate the airspace FIRST. NATO and the international community recognize #Ukraine as a sovereign nation.
#RussiaUkraineConflict Looks Prez Putin will stop carrying out further operations, once d immediate goals set, are met. Eastern #Ukraine may fall within d areas of extended influence of Russia while no operations may be carried in the Western Ukraine, thus securing gas pipelines.
#RussiaUkraineConflict has inflicted huge blow to rabble rouser West & #NATO. Putin committed in securing one of d important objectives of d operations, that is d #NordStream offshore natural gas pipelines, running under Baltic Sea from Vyborg Russia to Greifswald North Germany.
#RussiaUkraineConflict
Holding Kiev, one of the oldest & most populous city & the capital of Ukraine close to Russia is important for Putin. Kiev/Kyiv is home to many high-tech industries besides an important scientific, educational and cultural centre in Eastern Europe.
Holding Kiev, one of the oldest & most populous city & the capital of Ukraine close to Russia is important for Putin. Kiev/Kyiv is home to many high-tech industries besides an important scientific, educational and cultural centre in Eastern Europe.
