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Mar 4 3 tweets 2 min read
Dramatic scene as 14 wide-bodied aircraft landed near Ukraine’s border today with a bristling array of Javelin antitank missiles, rocket launchers, guns and ammo.
Troops from 22 countries worked around the clock to then get the arms by land to Ukraine.
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The weapons have quickly found their way into the hands of Ukrainian soldiers.
“All of us have been tremendously impressed by how effectively the Ukrainian armed forces have been using the equipment that we’ve provided them,” a Pentagon official said.
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Weapons:
• Stinger antiaircraft missiles from the US, Germans, Poles and Latvians
• rocket launchers from the Dutch
• Javelins antitank missiles from the Estonians
• machine guns and sniper rifles from the Czechs
By @helenecooper @EricSchmittNYT
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🚨Cuomo Is Accused of Sexual Harassment by a 2nd Former Aide
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Cuomo said today that governors were not responsible for sounding warnings about coming pandemics: “Where were all the experts? Where was The NY Times?”
Let’s look at just three of numerous examples from our coverage:
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Just in: Mayor de Blasio orders an inquiry in response to the groundbreaking NYT investigation into exploitative loans in the taxi industry by ⁦@brianmrosenthal
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• $709 million in digital revenue last year.
• 3.3 million people pay for NYT digital products, 27 percent jump.
• Total paid subscriptions for digital and print reached 4.3 million, a high.
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@nytimes .@nytimes CEO Mark Thompson:
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Breaking: NY attorney general is starting a civil investigation into whether dioceses and other Roman Catholic institutions potentially covered up allegations of sexual abuse of minors within NY.
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