#Australia's new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he is considering accepting the invitation of #Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky to visit Kiev during his upcoming European trip to the #NATO meeting in Spain on 29 June. apnews.com/article/russia…
#France's President Macron generally shifted his rhetoric over #Ukraine during his visit to Kiev with President Zelensky, but at the end shifts right back to where he was.
https://twitter.com/vonderburchard/status/1537461681915191297
A third #American is missing in #Ukraine. Two of them are known to have been captured by #Russia.
https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1537669073714094080
MUCH better from the #US on the role #China is playing in #Russia's assault on #Ukraine: "We hear from the PRC a stance of stated ... neutrality ... [but] China is still choosing to stand by Russia".
https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1537672008015568896
#Ukraine's Navy says it struck a #Russian ship that is part of the Black Sea Fleet, the "Vasily Bekh", as it moved ammunition, weapons, and soldiers to Snake Island.
https://twitter.com/UA_NAVY/status/1537682084088651776
#Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov starts the day by torturing the language
https://twitter.com/SamRamani2/status/1537609087285870592
The Biden administration rejects the reports that they are worrying the sanctions on #Russia's government are contributing to the global food crisis the Russians have caused by trying to eradicate #Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1537678506133360640
Michigan Congresswoman supports escorts to break the Russian naval blockade of Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/RepSlotkin/status/1537541121559216130
Video of the #Ukrainian hit on the #Russian ship trying to resupply Snake Island earlier today
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1537692491406770177
#Russia's losses overall have been staggering, something between a fifth and a third of the troops deployed in #Ukraine, but the losses among Russia's senior officers are perhaps even more notable, if only for highlighting the army's structural weaknesses.
https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1537701980705005569
It is interesting that some external analysts have said #Ukraine is not losing as many men each day as Kiev says, and that the artillery already delivered is having a larger impact. The assumption has to be this is political messaging aimed at the West.
https://twitter.com/akoz33/status/1537736009806405633
If this is true, it would mean #Ukraine had staked its existence on the assumption that the best way to appeal to the West is to appear as weak as possible - which would seem to be data point in favour of @holland_tom's thesis.
https://twitter.com/KyleWOrton/status/1537770589859069952
Gazprom's "nationalisation" is often perceived by Russians as an example of Putin making Russia great again, but as Navalny and other Russian investigative journalists show, the money goes to Putin personally and the intelligence officers around him. themoscowtimes.com/2022/06/16/why…
As so often, the threat and exploitation Russia's government imposes on foreigners - in this case, by using Gazprom against them - is also imposed on Russians.
https://twitter.com/KyleWOrton/status/1537772414116970497
Meduza argued that Azot in Severdonetsk is not quite the same as Azovstal in Mariupol: it is almost twice the size, making it more difficult to defend and the bomb shelters are less durable, but on the other hand Azot is not (yet) completely surrounded meduza.io/en/feature/202…
Three analysts - @TobiasBunde @SophiaBesch @MollingDGAP - look at why #Germany's military is so weak. Consensus that Berlin simply has not believed since the end of the Cold War that force has a serious role in geopolitics. thehundred.substack.com/p/why-is-germa… v @marceldirsus
Putin in the midst of an "extremely important speech at @SPIEF
https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1537779558035906561
Surprise visit from #Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson to #Ukraine to meet President Zelensky
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1537805704081309701
Boris' visit to meet Zelensky seems to have unhinged most of Twitter. Even US liberals and EU loyalists who have been sober about Ukraine, and acknowledged the positive role Britain has played, just don't seem to be able to take this one; have spun off into all kinds of crazy.
#Ukraine's Prime Minister announces the final severing of ties with #Russia, whose citizens have now been barred from visa-free travel
https://twitter.com/Denys_Shmyhal/status/1537781062612443138
Perhaps more alarming even than the content is the fact that Putin was still talking at this time, an absurdly prolonged speech
https://twitter.com/jkjourno/status/1537828144308273153
See where this goes
https://twitter.com/vonderleyen/status/1537738723777028096
Pictures released by #Ukraine's President Zelensky of his meeting in Kiev with #Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. 
#pt More pictures released by #Ukraine's President Zelensky of his meeting in Kiev with #Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Doubtless, the Ukrainians will think this is an excellent idea
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1537872066363416577
After Britain sanctions the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Vladimir Solovyov, who is Jewish, rants against Protestantism, says Britain "betrayed" Christianity under Henry VIII, is persecuting the "holiest Patriarch", and @trussliz will go to hell.
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1537656561430147082
#Russia trying to use Gazprom (again) against #Europe. Is going to cause a problem for #Germany, certainly in the short-term. Unclear the Russians benefit in the long-term from forcing energy decoupling.
https://twitter.com/jakluge/status/1537742209621151746
The #Taliban delegate to @SPIEF nodded off during #Putin's Castro-length speech.
https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1537795521087152130
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