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Feb 27 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Russia sent in the Chechens — it's a psy-op. foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/26/rus…
I've seen this: I don't think this is an accurate read of the situation. Kadyrov repeatedly called for war in Ukraine in recent months, and he has been gleefully cheering on Chechen troops in Ukraine in recent hours.
Moscow's attempted to build this ethos around the Chechens: That they were these mad shock troops, skulking through the forest.
Severely undercutting that notion, of course, is that Chechens are just soldiers like anyone else. Some were volunteers, some were conscripts to a war they didn't start.
Video shows Zamid Chalaev — "hero of Russia," according to Putin, human rights abuser according to watchdogs — is heading to Ukraine to bolster the Chechen forces who've been hit hard by defenders around Kyiv. (Background: eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/55488/)

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Feb 27
The West has faced its "never again" test. Ottawa and London spent the past four days making sure it didn't fail. politico.com/news/2022/02/2…
"Measures that were described as a 'last resort' just days ago are now moving forward with consensus," Canadian foreign minister Melanie Joly said just now.
Joly says she has fielded requests from Ukraine for more equipment. "Today, we are announcing that Canada will send an additional $25 million worth of protective equipment to Ukraine. And let me be clear: We will send more."
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Feb 26
Fighting continues in Kyiv and Kharkiv right now. This is reportedly a gas storage facility near Kharkiv.
This, reportedly in Kyiv.
I'm seeing conflicting reports as to whether that second video is Kyiv or Kharkov. Strikes are hitting cities around the country.
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Feb 26
NEW: A senior Canadian official tells me that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has been working the phones since Tuesday to build support for cutting Russia off from its foreign currency reserves.

It looks like the EU has reached consensus on that point tonight.
The official says Freeland's call with her American counterpart was particularly key.

Both Freeland and Trudeau spoke to Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal today. Trudeau spoke directly to EU Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen shortly before her announcement last hour.
Canada has not been as vocal in its support for some of these financial measures as Boris Johnson, but it has been working behind the scenes — it was a kind of good cop, bad cop situation, it seems.
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Feb 26
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a call with his Latvian counterpart today, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš. A readout says the two discussed cutting Moscow from SWIFT — the two "praised transatlantic cooperation in this regard." That's interesting language.
Trudeau has also lined up calls with Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă and Moldovan Prime Minister Maia Sandu (which was added just now.)
The Conservative Party, after a pretty miserable few weeks for cross-party relations in Canada, is lauding what's been done to date and offering some smart ideas on next steps.
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Feb 26
I see people saying that it's time for Canada to end crude oil imports from Russia.

Good sentiment, but problem is: We already did. Canada's energy imports with the Russian Federation dropped significantly in recent years. (We don't import Russian natural gas.)
This data is from StatsCan: www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.…

I don't profess to have an explanation as to why crude oil imports dropped so drastically in 2020.
If anyone has an explanation, I'm all ears!
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Feb 26
President Volodymyr Zelensky steps back onto the streets of Kyiv, even after a night of fighting in and around and city, to urge Ukrainians to not trust disinformation.
Translation for Zelensky's call-to-arms.
Residential buildings in Kyiv damaged in last night's fighting. Still images coming in of missiles still being fired around Kyiv.
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