☝️Despite #Russia’s announcement of the withdrawal of its troops from the borders with #Ukraine starting from today, there are no grounds to believe the de-escalation is to happen soon (thread) ⤵️ unian.info/politics/russi…
In fact, only the personnel is to be withdrawn to their permanent bases. All the military equipment is staying near the eastern border with #Ukraine. This means that there is still danger that troops will be quickly pulled back again whenever the #Kremlin decides on it.
These facts confirm that still #RussiaEscalates its aggression against #Ukraine:
◾️#Russia keeps refusing bilateral negotiations with Ukraine on the escalation — #Putin agreed to meet the President of Ukraine but explicitly mentioned that discussing Donbas is out of the question;
◾️#Russian hybrid forces have moved 12 Grad multiple-launch rocket system outside the lines of contact, in the #Donbas territories uncontrolled by #Ukraine;
◾️huge military exercises have started in the occupied #Crimea, for which #Russia engaged 10,000 servicemen and 40 warships, thus contributing to the further militarization of the peninsula; #CrimeaIsUkraine
◾️an agent of #Russian Federal Security Services has been detained in the Zhytomyr region — a local resident who, as per FSS’s orders, had been gathering intelligence about #Ukrainian military bases in the region.
#Russia’s unwillingness to restore the ceasefire and contribute to the de-escalation was highlighted by the #EU’s statement announced at the online meeting of the @OSCE Permanent Council on April 22.
⚡️Yesterday, at Putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly, he threatened the West with a harsh response to actions that, in his opinion, would threaten Russia's security. As we all know, they include Ukrainian resistance to Russian aggression and its Euroatlantic aspirations
⚡️The Russian occupation forces have been stepping up measures to recruit locals of the occupied territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions for the so-called "military service" in its army corps since April 20.
❗️#Russia continues its military build-up in #Crimea and the east of #Ukraine, here’s an update of its latest steps on escalation (thread):
🟥detention of a #Ukrainian diplomat by the #Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in Saint-Petersburg;
🟥the 15 ships of the Caspian flotilla have been fully transferred to the Black Sea under the guise of military drills;
🟥relocation of Su-25SMZ attack aircraft from the Stavropol region to the airfields of the occupied #Crimea;
🟥transferring the Motorized infantry units of the 58th All-Arms Army of the Southern Military District of Russia to the Opuk firing range in the occupied Crimea;
However impossible it seems, #Russian rhetoric concerning the escalation in #Ukraine is losing touch with reality even more. 🇷🇺Security Council Secretary says 🇺🇦 may “attack 🇷🇺” by starting military operations against #Crimea and prepare terrorist acts in 🇷🇺 and other countries⤵️
😡But what have the #Russian forces really been doing in the past few days while blaming #Ukraine for the escalation? Not contributing to peace, for sure:
📌moving the 15 Russian ships of the naval forces into the waters of the Black Sea under the guise of military drills;
📌blocking the movement of people across the demarcation line in the #Donetsk region;
📌remote mining of the territory within the humanitarian road corridor next to Mayorske checkpoint with a UAV on April 13, which put the lives of civilians at threat;
Thread:🧑💻In continuation of our rubric about top hybrid influences in Ukraine this week:
📍Kremlin agents are promoting the idea that sanctioned TV-channels, affiliated with pro-Russian politician and oligarch V.Medvedchuk, are an "attack on freedom of speech"
📍Moreover, when the embassy of the United States expressed their support of this decision in the official statement, Medvedchuk's party "Opposition Platform - For Life" renewed dissemination of their most prevalent narrative of "external control in Ukraine"
📍Additionally, the aforementioned party posted without any evidence that they are the most supported political power in the country, which allowed them to pretend that the government is silencing Ukrainians, who allegedly overwhelmingly support reunion with Russia
Thread: 🤔We have prepared the most mouth watering article for you about... culinary deceptions: bit.ly/3mulRPk
😳Or rather, top 8 dishes culturally appropriated by Russia, because food can be instrument of hybrid warfare as well.
👏Ukrainian borsh was recently valiantly reclaimed through a campaign led by Ievgen Klopotenko, but we need to raise awareness about it and the rest of the dishes on our list.
😉Enjoy the article, but be warned - you should have a breakfast before reading.