Thread by @ejmalrai

Be ready: The war is not between #Russia and #Ukraine. It is between the #USA & Russia. It is between #NATO and Russia. Ukraine is only the beginning and if Europe wants to avoid what comes next, diplomacy is the only way forward. Warmongers are thrilled to see more conflicts.

Prsdnt Putin explained that NATO should return to the limit of 1997 before 16 new countries were added. The #US violated the spirit of the 1990 agreement between Gorbachev & Regan. The Ukrainian military op is only the beginning of a harsh wrestling match between Russia & the US.

The problem is the fact that the 16 countries added to NATO have also US military bases. If #Russia wants to de-nuclearise all former Soviet Union countries, it means a much larger scale conflict that has only begun in #Ukraine.

Don't be driven by the fig of war, the ripple effect of what is after #Ukraine is much stronger and more serious.

The #US is leading the confrontation and pushing Europe (and the world) to a place most European state leaders are fully aware of and would like to avoid.

The confrontation between #Russia & #Uklraine was coming and @JoeBiden knew about it. Last Year, since April 2021, Russia gathered 30,000 men then 70,000, then 100,000 and then 150,000.

The #US admin survives on wars and pushed Russia into it for the world to rally behind Biden.

We don't want a war in #Ukraine & perhaps another war afterwards in another NATO country. This means playing with the world's security.
We will all pay the consequences of the sanctions, including the American people and not only #Russia. The war of sanctions began, sit tight.

The solution of this war and any other future conflict is not very difficult:

The #US should allow all former Soviet Union states to become neutral and without strategic missiles and nuclear capabilities. That was the US promise in 1990 and 1993. 👇

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All Russian banks who receive money from #Europe (for the Russian gas provided) and from the #US (for the oil and other products provided) are NOT included in the sanctions.

#Russia still provides gas to Europe and #Ukraine. Russian Energy is not (yet) weaponised.

#US has the courage to occupy any country, kill as many people intentionally or by "collateral damage", rebuff international laws & institutions, & challenge any country in the world in the name of "democracy". It doesn't have the courage to say: I do it in the name of DOMINANCE.

Shame on you
Next: Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak or Leo Tolstoy, Alexander Pushkin, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Nikolai Gogol, or Ivan Bunin.

#Italy Milan Bicocca University cancels Paolo Nori’s course on Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Let’s avoid controversy”. ruetir.com/2022/03/02/bic…

#BreakingNews:

Consequences of #US - #EU sanctions and policy in supporting #NATO's expansion:

Gas: $2200
Oil: $112

Consumers pay, politicians are happy to applaud a few enthusiastic speeches.

A second new round of #Russia-#Ukraine meetings will be held this evening.

#Kyiv main exists and entrance have become more difficult now for the inhabitants.

Without the #US behind, #Ukraine would have offered the guarantee of neutrality #Russia is asking for. Instead, Pr Joe Biden is asking Ukraine to fight to the last Ukrainian, exactly as he asked the #Afghan army to fight and die for 6 months before capitulating to the #Taliban.

In both countries, #Afghanistan and #Ukraine, the #US left people to their destiny.

Remember this when the US asks you to fight and die for its own objectives.

Is #Ukraine expecting a #US President to fight on its half when he doesn't know the difference between Ukrainians and Uranians?

Watch: Did Joe Biden say ‘Iranian‘ instead of Ukrainian livemint.com/news/world/wat…

One front with #Russia is insufficient: the #US open fire against #China. This brings China and Russia closer.

Biden sends former top defence officials to Taiwan in a show of support reuters.com/world/china/ex…

Foreign #Africans & Middle Eastern students attempting to leave #Ukraine say they are experiencing racist treatment by Ukrainian forces & border officials ordered off the public transit. The Bus drove off with only Ukrainian nationals.

I am NOT Ukrainian.
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Students from #americalatina #India #Pakistan et al said having suffered for days on the borders by #Ukraine security borders. Taxi drivers asked 200$ for a ride to drop them 80 km away from the borders.

And Ukraine wants to be part of #Europe.

Journalism is not writing what your country wants you to write about or following your government's policy. It's about having the courage to write what people need to know - in defiance of the mainstream - and allowing them to reach whatever conclusion they want. #Russia #Ukraine

Welcome to the real world.

Our freedom and selective democracy in reality:
Twitter will impose the #EU sanctions on all #Russia/n media and outlets affiliated to Russia once the #EU sanctions are implemented.

#Russia announced :
498 Russians killed in action & 1598 wounded
2870 Ukrainians killed & 3700 wounded
572 Ukraninans prisoners
Losses were due to the plan to break into cities in a "silent manoeuvre". This tactic has changed now, particularly in Donbas and the south of Ukraine.

We did not see the same behaviour of the #Russia/n air force in #Ukraine as we saw in #Syria. We did not see the pre-bombing of cities before the advance of the infantries and armoured battalions. We didn't see destruction in this war, like in Syria. The tactic is different here.

#Ukraine announced:
1166 Russian soldiers have been killed every day with a total of almost 7000 killed since the start.
Ukraine most probably hopes the war could last 128 days to exterminate the entire Russian army (150000) injected in the country since the beginning of the war.

.@EmmanuelMacron said: "We are not at war against #Russia; War in #Europe is no longer a question for the history books; There would be severe economic consequences for #France (the world) which Govt wld try to ease with a resilience plan; #EU should have its own defence policy".

#US President @JoeBiden just said: "We shall keep #Europe united".

I wonder why does Europe need several Leaders for each of the 27 countries when there is one who decides for all?

We can have governors to administrate cities and that would be sufficient, no?