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Jan 29 9 tweets 2 min read
A titushki rent-a-mob has descended on Ottawa, under the cover of protesting public health measures in Canada.

It is organized, directed, financed with dark money, and primed for violence.

Participants have mixed motives, but the agents provocateurs come from far-right groups.
As I was driving through Ottawa this morning I saw a significant police presence. I noticed one access route to Lowertown was blocked by police with heavy snow removal machinery.
Canadians get a taste of far-right, titushki violence with which Ukrainians and Americans are familiar.

Ukrainians know it from the organized attacks on public buildings at the start of Russia’s invasion in March-April 2014.

Americans know it from the January 2021 insurrection.
This odious titushki rent-a-mob has already disrupted the “Peace, Order and Good Government” that’s guaranteed in the Canadian constitution.
Another indicator this supposed protest is an anti-Canadian active measure:
As an Ottawan I'm appalled at the assault on my community by these outsiders, these bullies.

Although it's late, just now I experienced the intimidation tactics of the rent-a-mob. They're stop-and-go driving around the city: honking horns, blocking bridges and slowing traffic.
I know how Ukrainians felt when "Russian tourists" descended on their cities in 2014 to attack public buildings and intimidate local people. The malice of the outsiders went straight to the heart of peaceable communities. The feeling of loss takes the ground from under your feet.
Titushki violence is backed by aggressor Russia and targets elected officials in pluralist democracies.

"Russian tourists" attack Ukraine.

"Yellow Jackets" riot in France.

Far-right groups engage in an insurgency against the USA.

Organized rent-a-mobs now afflict Canada.
When the titushki rent-a-mob (in the guise of "separatists") attacked Luhansk, Ukraine in 2014 they looted the supermarkets.

In Ottawa, Canada, the titushki rent-a-mob pretending to be "freedom truckers" have raided a food bank and homeless shelter.

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Jan 31
The Russian Federation's army of occupation in the east of Ukraine is composed of the so-called 1st (Donetsk) and 2nd (Luhansk) Army Corps. The soldiers are colonial troops – auxiliaries who are mostly mercenaries. These illegal armed formations are commanded by Russian officers.
The Russian occupation army in Donetsk and Luhansk regions is in abysmal shape. Staffing is perilously low because mercenaries don't want to sign contracts and Ukrainians resist being conscripted. Theft by Russian officers means matériel doesn't make it to the front.
Morale among Russian-terrorist troops in Donbas is poor. Desertion is common, including crossing the front line and surrendering to Ukrainian defenders. Alcohol and drug abuse is rampant. More Russian soldiers die by their own hands than in combat with Ukrainian defenders.
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Jan 30
"Keep our Canadian armed forces safe and secure" is the primary goal of a military, right?
Being pulled out of harms way before enemy action will demoralize Canada's military. The Trudeau government's defeatist order will encourage Russian aggression, just as the Zelenskyy administration's order to withdraw Ukraine's military from Zolote and Petrivske in 2019.
In the face of Japanese armed aggression, in November 1941 Canada sent two battalions (from the Winnipeg Grenadiers and the Royal Rifles of Canada) to defend Hong Kong. Canadian troops were not withdrawn when Japan attacked on December 7. They fought bravely in the losing battle.
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Jan 16
As Russia mobilizes for an offensive against Ukraine the Biden administration pushes hard to stop sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 war project.
Aggressor Russia uses oil and gas as a weapon – always. Nord Stream 2 has no other purpose than economic warfare against Ukraine and energy blackmail against the rest of Europe.
#RussiaInvadedUkraine in 2014. Since the aggressor began mobilizing for an offensive last year it has been cutting the gas supply to Europe, targeting vulnerable countries like Moldova. The Putin-Kremlin crime syndicate is using its monopoly to send gas prices soaring.
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Dec 30, 2021
#RussiaInvadedUkraine in 2014. The Russian Federation temporarily occupies Ukrainian territory of Crimea plus parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. The Russian Federation violates the Minsk Agreements and ceasefires made under it unrelentingly and has faced no consequences. 1/11
Aggressor Russia was supposed to respect an “immediate and comprehensive” ceasefire starting from 15 February 2015. Instead, the invaders from Moscow have been shelling Ukrainian defenders almost every day. There’s never been a ceasefire. 2/11
Both sides were to withdraw artillery systems of 100-plus calibre at least 25km back from the battlefront. Ukraine complies but the Russian Federation deploys and uses large-bore artillery regularly. Death and destruction from Moscow’s guns is a constant visitor. 3/11
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Dec 29, 2021
Horrific appeasement and capitulation. More deal-making about Ukraine without Ukrainians.
Ukrainians look at this insanity and fear another Yalta betrayal is coming. After the Nord Stream 2 sanctions waiver and previous talks about Ukraine without their participation, Ukrainians see Biden as a feeble U.S. president like Roosevelt was in 1945.
Three “engagements” with the Russian dictator by the U.S. president without the participation of Ukrainians is a betrayal of Ukraine. #RussiaInvadedUkraine
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Dec 28, 2021
Ukrainian military intelligence reports:

The high command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued to increase the combat capabilities of Russian occupation forces in the temporarily occupied territory in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.

mil.gov.ua/news/2021/12/2… Image
Russian occupation forces in the east of Ukraine are made up of the 1st (Donetsk) and 2nd (Luhansk) Army Corps, 8th Combined-Arms Army, Southern Military District, Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
During December the occupiers secretly imported fuel, war matériel, weapons, ammunition, electronic warfare equipment and UAVs by road and rail from the Russian Federation to the 1st & 2nd Army Corps. Fake “humanitarian convoys” were a component of this military resupply.
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