Pleased to see more and more commentators saying that Putin’s aggression are due to revanchist policy and not some suddenly contrived fear of NATO expansionism. Anyone who has been paying serious attention sees his Soviet tendencies domestically and abroad running parallel
It was really frustrating watching his NATO security demands being discussed seriously but it seems people are now catching on that it was all bs and see Putin’s real strategic goals
In simpler terms Putin’s foreign includes his attempts to reinstate Soviet territorial losses and domestically institute repression during Soviet days
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U.K. said it has exposed a plot by Russia to install a friendly government in Ukraine, supporting an earlier U.S. assessment suggesting that the Kremlin is laying plans to oust its neighbor’s leadership. wsj.com/articles/russi…
Shit! 4 operatives who are being planned to be installed have been in contact with the Kremlin and. Russian intelligence and assisting in planning the invasion
Finally sat down to read this and omg.
“Trump had draft executive order that would have directed the defense secretary to seize voting machines”
Complete dangerous lunacy! We are so lucky we somehow survived this election and better be prepared for next politico.com/news/2022/01/2…
This is absolutely batshit. Thanks @JoshManning23 for warning me to sit down
My mind for some reason was blown with the fake electors and forged documents from 7 states but this is surreal despite them all discussing it very publicly
How exciting! US Treasury imposes sanctions on 4 Ukrainian traitors who were working alongside Russian intelligence agents. A few are Medvedchuk's people. Medvedchuk is Putin's associate and is under investigation for treason. ria.ru/20220120/sankt…
"Russian intelligence services, including FSB, recruit Ukrainian citizens in key positions to gain access to sensitive information, threaten sovereignty of Ukraine, and then leverage these Ukrainian officials to create instability in advance of a potential Russian invasion."
I am angry, stressed, overwhelmed w the news from hell. Have been warning about the threat Kremlin poses forever and there cannot be mixed messaging coming out during Putin’s reckless dangerous escapades. He has spent over a decade attacking democracy and creating complete chaos
Russia has invaded countries, used their tactics to divide countries, attacked elections, installed pro Kremlin fools, and spent a decade doing everything to subvert democracies around the globe. It didn’t have to get to this dangerous juncture had the Kremlin been dealt with
With that said the West must unite and protect Ukraine and Europe because an attack on Ukraine can easily spill over into Eastern Europe. Every single measure needs to be taken against Putin and his criminal thieves including seizing their assets in West/sanctioning them all
Putin is acting like a reckless sociopath endangering all his neighbors. Why didn’t the West stop his a decade ago? Appeasement has led to this dangerous point where he is simultaneously preparing for another invasion while lashing out at Europe and US thetimes.co.uk/article/russia…
US has not once threatened any attack. If anything the strategy was exhaustive diplomacy. Meanwhile one of the insane Duma members called for a nuclear strike against Nevada. Just because. The rhetoric coming out is the worst I have seen in decades
Ukraine was hit with a cyberattack and now Norway. And this happened along with threats to Sweden
Good! The world needs to see this propaganda operations by the Kremlin and how they work
NSA Sullivan stated that they will share info with press within the next 24 hours on what US officials have seen Russia doing in terms of disinfo to create a pretext to further invade Ukraine
Here was one of many disinformation operations that was just plain nuts