Latest @DefenceHQ update focuses on the de facto annexation of #Belarus by #Russia: notes the missiles fired from Belarus at #Ukraine, the escalating repression, concludes: "likely indicate that [Lukashenko] has become almost wholly dependent on Russia." 
#Russia's "Wagner" unit is encouraging illegal migration across from #Libya to #Italy. This causes immediate chaos for border authorities and then, when it leads to broader social tensions, the Russians will exploit those, too.
https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1552942400200478720
#Russia's diplomats casually offering support for one of the worst crimes of the twentieth century.
https://twitter.com/shashj/status/1553398578097360896
After the summer break, #Russia's schoolchildren will attend classes called, "Conversations About Important Matters", which will focus on "the values of Russian society", as enshrined in the national security strategy. Not clear how many hours per week. zona.media/news/2022/07/3…
From September, #Russian schools will begin the day by singing the national anthem and raising the flag. Modern history for 14-15-year-olds will include recognising the independence of the Donbas statelets, and textbooks have been "de-Ukrainized".
https://twitter.com/KyleWOrton/status/1553744900033855489
Tim Anderson reliably took #Russia's side over the invasion of #Ukraine ... and then picked a fight with the #NAFO Fellas.
https://twitter.com/J_Jaraczewski/status/1553626162743726080
#Russia now visually confirmed to have lost 5,000 vehicles and other pieces of heavy equipment since the invasion of #Ukraine began five months ago.
https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop/status/1553748432011071491
In #Bulgaria this morning, an arms depot exploded. It was owned by Emilian Gebrev, who has had a previous such depot blow up and was nearly murdered by #Russia's special services in 2015. The Occam's razor explanation of this is that Moscow is behind it.
https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1553689519496593459
#Ukraine is applying pressure on #Russian-occupied Kherson, and from within the guerrilla activity is getting more frequent, widespread, and capable. The collaborationist regime is struggling to control things.
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1553732834354929668
Gazprombank—the one major #Russian bank not under Western sanctions—is directly paying salaries and combat allowances to the Russian Army. In short, #EU states are directly paying for the war on #Ukraine. radiosvoboda.org/a/skhemy-hazpr…
The #Russian Army is a hopelessly ineffective institution from top to bottom.
https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1553645594064723968
Pentagon takes note of #Ukraine's progress on #Russian-occupied Kherson
https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1553645293412855808
The "ambassador" of #Russia's "Donetsk People's Republic", Olga Makeeva, has asked #North_Korea to send officials to participate in the "international tribunal" where the Russians intend to stage show trials for #Ukraine's prisoners of war. Seems #Iran will be asked, too.
Email traffic shows how closely far-Right parties in #Italy, #Germany, and #Austria coordinate with #Russia, and receive cash from Moscow, coordinated through "Tsargrad", run by Konstantin Malofeev, an oligarch described as more Orthodox than the Patriarch newlinesmag.com/reportage/excl…
Thread. Shows how deeply #Russia was involved in the coup in #Sudan in October 2021 and the creeping takeover of the state using "Wagner" since then, coordinating with "Hemedti" and his rebranded Janjaweed to plunder the country's gold and other resources.
https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1553647761186164736
#pt: The new United Nations report on #Al_Qaeda and the #Islamic_State points to #Africa as an area where the jihadist expansion is most notable in 2022, and this is particularly true where #Russia's influence has been most significant. kyleorton.substack.com/p/reduced-but-…
Rally in support of #Ukraine in London today. #Britain
https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1553777404044353538
Oppositionist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was imprisoned after his return to Russia on 12 April, is accused of spreading "false" information about the Russian military. If charged and found guilty, Kara-Murza could face an additional six years in prison. themoscowtimes.com/2022/07/27/jai…
#Ukraine resumed shipping through the Danube's Bystre mouth earlier in July after Russian forces were evicted from Snake Island, but restrictions have now been reimposed after a motorboat struck an explosive.
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1553772458204958721
Anatoly Chubais, former #Russian official and head of RUSNANO, a tech company, has been hospitalized in Europe with the symptoms of Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare autoimmune neurological disorder. He left Russia in March in protest at the war on #Ukraine. theins.ru/news/253702
#Russia bombed Odesa again today
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1553783419087241218
#Russia's operatives have never hidden their view of these things: it's all a war with #NATO/the West
https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1270681621331456001
Anton Herashchenko, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, suggests #Ukraine is preparing a WRATH OF GOD operation to bring to justice #Russia's war criminals.
https://twitter.com/lilygrutcher/status/1553730703954681858
At the present time it *looks* like #Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vučić, is just sabre-rattling for the sake of wounded pride over #Kosovo, but after the events of the last few months, leaders in Pristina and #NATO doubtless want to be *absolutely* sure.
https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1553816490805166082
#Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs, Anton Gerashchenko, says overnight 29-30 July "a high-precision HIMARS strike destroyed a railway echelon of more than 40 [#Russian] wagons that arrived from the Crimea with manpower", allegedly killing 80 soldiers. news.storyua.com/news/35242.html
What unforgiveable things #Russia has done in #Ukraine
https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/1553699536517865475
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