“Army is your prison” — Russian enlistment officer to forcibly mobilized Ukrainian from Kherson region.
Pshenichny: Russians "found" weed in my house, called it mine. Judge gave me 12.5 years, I signed some documents. After that military enlistment took me. 1/
Pshenichny: Russians don’t ask if you want to be assault troop — you have no choice.
One friend, who was also charged, chose army himself. I signed from sentence years, he chose army so he wouldn’t stay here. 2/
Pshenichny: Russians tried to take my child, asked who she is, her mom, her dad. We have only Ukrainian docs, but they wanted Russian.
They take kids if mother alone, no home, no dad. From maternity hospital to Russia — once taken, they will never see her again. 3/
Pshenichny: I raised my hands, thinking maybe they’re Russians — they had guns. One Russian near me grabbed his, I said, “Put it down.”
I saw pixel uniform — Ukrainians. They took us POWs, gave water, listened to Russian radio chatter. 4/
Pshenichny: I didn’t plan to surrender, but was glad I did. Without water I’d die in days. A man with me was so dehydrated he didn't eat.
Russians give 1L for 2 people. I had no water for 5 days. The battalion said that guy smelled like a dead man. 5/
Pshenichny: If you’re wounded, only one way — better not wounded or dead. You’ll rot with no evacuation.
Even if you get back yourself, maybe no one will take you. Easier to stay there and rot slowly, that’s it. 6/
Pshenichny: Russians take your armor, gun, send you to a point; if alive, they give them back so you fight to find firing points or mines. They use people as bait — shots fired, they know. That’s their fate. 7X
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Trump: I think Putin wants to get it done. I feel he wanted the whole thing. If it weren’t me, he would not talk to anybody. I believe now he’s convinced he’s going to make a deal, we’ll see in the meeting. 1/
Trump: Everything has an impact. I told India we’d charge them for buying Russian oil. They called to meet. Losing your second and first largest customers matters. He respects our country now. The market’s raging, companies moving back. Golden age of America. 2/
Trump: Economic incentives and disincentives are very important. Russia has tremendous potential, largest land, great wealth. Oil and gas is very profitable. They have advantages over most countries. Economic sanctions and incentives are very powerful. 3/
McFaul: Trump’s actions show no real strategy. He cut planned sanctions on India from 100% to 25%, delayed them, dropped China. His approach appeases Putin, pressures Ukraine, and has emboldened Putin to demand Ukraine leave land it still controls. 1/
McFaul: I see no sign Witkoff coordinates with others like envoy Kellogg. He flies to Moscow, treats Putin as a friend, acts more like a mailman than a negotiator, and may have even misunderstood Putin’s offer. The system needs tightening. 2/
McFaul: Putin is driven by ideas, not money or transactions. He aims to expand the Russian empire, thinking history will remember him for it. This isn’t about NATO; he sees no security threat from Ukraine. 3/
NYT: Russia is suspected to be behind breach of the US federal court filing system.
CM/ECF has highly sensitive records that could reveal national security case details.
Hackers conducted a years-long infiltration effort to get cases with Russian surnames. 1/
Justice Department issued urgent memo warning that "persistent and sophisticated cyber threat actors have recently compromised sealed records," advising immediate removal of most sensitive documents. 2/
Chief judges across at least eight district courts quietly warned last month to move overseas-tied criminal cases off regular document system and not discuss matter with other judges. 3/