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Jan 17,, 4 tweets, 2 min read
'In 2011, for example, the German defense contractor Rheinmetall signed a $140 million contract to build a combat simulation training center in Mulino, in southwest Russia, that would train 30,000 Russian combat troops per year'
thedailybeast.com/germany-helped…
'The U.S. officials believe that some of the German training over the last few years was given to the GRU Spetsnaz, the special operations forces that moved unmarked into Crimea and who can now be found stirring up trouble in eastern Ukraine.'
“It’s unfortunate that German companies were directly supporting and training Russia’s military even during the attacks against Ukraine,” one senior Senate aide told The Daily Beast.
'Rheinmetall’s partner in the deal was the Russian state-owned Oboronservis (“Defense Service”) firm. The training center, modeled after one used by the German Bundeswehr, was to be “the most advanced system of its kind worldwide.”
thedailybeast.com/germany-helped…

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Jan 17,
German position that it will not supply defensive weapons to Ukraine is 'unchanged', foreign minister @ABaerbock said at the press conference with the Ukrainian FM @DmytroKuleba in Kyiv. 'Our restrictive position to weapons supply is well-known and is rooted in history', she said
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Jan 13,
For the last three days, Italian public TV @RaiUno has been broadcasting reports from occupied Donetsk. In these reports, Russia is praised for rebuilding the city, war is described as between Russia and the US, and Ukrainians are called fascists
Reporter says things such as "Up to 2014, Donbas was the most productive and richest part of Ukraine. Today is keeps afloat thanks to the help from Russia, the great mother of this piece of land'
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Jan 12,
"We must not only condemn Russia’s illegal occupations of Ukraine and Georgia, but we must demand a withdrawal from both countries by a certain date and organize coalition forces willing to take action to enforce it."
A strong take by @EvelynNFarkas
defenseone.com/ideas/2022/01/…
"The horrible possibility exists that Americans, with our European allies, must use our military to roll back Russians—even at risk of direct combat. But if we don’t now, Putin will force us to fight another day, likely to defend our Baltic or other Eastern European allies."
"I believe Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is even more likely after watching Russian forces quell the current round of demonstrations in Kazakhstan. The demonstrations in Almaty and throughout the country likely only intensified Putin’s alarm for democratic uprisings"
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Jan 12,
'We will not slam the door shut on the NATO open-door policy', says @DeputySecState after NATO-Russia talks in Brussels. She calls Russian proposals 'non-starters'
As we speak, Russia has amassed more than 100,000 troops at Ukraine's borders and escalated its aggressive rhetoric and disinformation against Ukraine - dep Secretary of State Wendy Sherman
We told the Russians directly today again that if Russia further invades Ukraine, there will be costs and consequences greater than in 2014 - @DeputySecState
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Jan 12,
OTD 50 years ago, in 1972 (the year of 50th anniversary of the USSR creation), 19 Ukrainian artists, poets and writers were arrested for their participation in a Vertep, or Ukrainian Christmas caroling performance. KGB charged them with treason and they were jailed for 5-7 ys:🧵 ImageImageImage
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'Every year, Ukraine becomes more confident, more united, more European. [It] inches a little bit closer to democracy and prosperity. What if it gets there? The idea of a flourishing Ukraine right on Russia’s doorstep is, for Putin, personally intolerable'
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'even the most fanatical Russian military planner must realize that once an invasion begins, events will spin out of control: “You don’t know how many people you are going to lose [...]. And you will certainly have trouble keeping control of anything you have invaded.”
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