1).
According to the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (@CSIS), the number of Russian fallen soldiers in Ukraine is 250,000, while Ukrainian soldiers are killed by betwen 60 000 and 100 000.
@jakluge @MarkGaleotti @CSIS 2).
In turn, according to the latest update by @bbcrussian and @mediazzzona, Russian losses are around 110,000 people.
Since both Moscow and Kyiv underestimate their losses, these are estimated data.
1).
โAs a British military officer working with the Ukrainians observed:
โ ยปKyiv traded one night of misery for destroying an appreciable portion of Russiaโs strategic bomber force, and embarrassing Pootinยซ.
2).
This war can often appear to be a contest of the stiletto dagger against the cudgel.
3).
Ukraineโs attack demonstrated pinpoint accuracy, not simply hitting and destroying or damaging many strategic bombers (41 according to Kyiv, more like 20 according to US officials), but also zeroing in on specific points on the aircraft calculated to maximise their effect.
@russia_matters @MarkGaleotti @saradzhyan 1).
Russia attacked Ukraine because Ukraine is not a @NATO member. During the Soviet Unionสผs existence, there was never any armed aggression against any member state of the North Atlantic Alliance, although, of course, the potential danger existed [1] [2] [3].
@russia_matters @MarkGaleotti @saradzhyan @NATO 2).
I therefore believe that it will not happen now as well; the Russian Federation โIs a Potemkin Superpowerโ [4] [5] [6].
@russia_matters @MarkGaleotti @saradzhyan @NATO 3).
Though, on the other side, in the case of a potential withdrawal of the U.S. (the strongest member state) from @NATO structures by the Orange Duce (@realDonaldTrump) [8] [9], such a possibility should now be taken into account.
@mrusk5 @rhonda_harbison @Acyn @RealTomHoman 1).
โPresident Donald Trumpโs border czar Tom Homan was cashing checks from one of the private prison giants now poised to profit from the immigration crackdown heโs overseeing.
@mrusk5 @rhonda_harbison @Acyn @RealTomHoman 2).
The revelation has fueled concerns that Homanโs private sector ties are shaping the @realDonaldTrump administrationโs efforts to detain and deport migrants, The WaPo [1] reported, with @SenatorDurbin (D-IL) warning that ยซthe corruption concerns are too large to ignoreยซ [2].โ
@mrusk5 @rhonda_harbison @Acyn @RealTomHoman @realDonaldTrump @SenatorDurbin 3).
May 27, 2025
1) โWhile working with the Republican Party of Virginia in 2016, Scott Presler ยปengaged in sexual activity inside a Virginia Beach office the RNC shared with the state party โ and posted explicit pictures of the encounter on Craigslistยซ [1] [2]
@RonFilipkowski 2).
In June 2017, Presler was reported to be the coordinator of the ยปMarch Against Shariaยซ events organized by ACT for America in various states [3] [4], as part of the counter-jihad movement [5].
@RonFilipkowski 3).
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit legal advocacy organization, the marches ยปattracted various factions of the radical right, including white nationalists, neo-Nazis and antigovernment extremistsยซ that were all ยปunited by anti-Muslim animusยซ [4]โ.
@RonFilipkowski 1).
โยปLa migra!ยซ: Day laborers recount ICE raid outside L.A. Home Depot
@RonFilipkowski 2).
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation was one of several Friday in L.A. that drew widespread criticism from elected leaders and community activists in a city that is home to one of the largest undocumented immigrant communities in the country.
@RonFilipkowski 3).
As word spread, protesters hit the streets to confront the officers and denounce their actions as a broad attack against immigrant families.