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Aug 23 • 5 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Prigozhin expected to die days before his jet exploded in Aug 2023, The Guardian.

He told this to his mother two months after Wagner’s failed march on Moscow.

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His mother Violetta said he never tried to topple Putin, only to pressure the generals. He stopped 120 miles from Moscow after Lukashenko’s calls, saying he wouldn’t kill conscripts.

Western intel says Putin ordered the onboard bomb that killed him.

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After Prigozhin’s death, the Kremlin seized Wagner, his Africa mining, catering empire, and bot farms.

Fighters moved into Russia’s new Africa Corps. His son Pavel, 27, was sidelined.

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Violetta beat EU sanctions in 2024 but still faces travel bans. She now runs a pro-war gallery in St. Petersburg, with a portrait of her son in Ukraine.

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Source: theguardian.com/world/2025/aug…

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Aug 25
[Russia really thinks it can decide whether Ukraine can exist or not]

Lavrov: Ukraine has the right to exist, provided it must let people go. The people who, during a [illegal and rigged] referendum, decided that they belong to the Russian culture.

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Q: Did Russia invade Ukraine? [Russia still evades answering this simple question]
Lavrov: Democracy is when people...
Q: Did Russia invade Ukraine?
Lavrov: We launched a special military operation to protect people the Ukrainian regime called enemies and bombed.
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Lavrov: The countries that prepared the anti-Russian coup in Ukraine, supplied modern weapons, and supported a regime violating human rights [everything a lie] shouldn’t expect us to accept security guarantees on their terms.
It must be decided by consensus, not unilaterally.
3/
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Aug 25
Putin’s main fear is another 1991 — Moscow losing central power, says Peter Pomerantsev in The Telegraph.

Yet he feeds on Western timidity. He gains when Trump treats Russia as US's equal and makes Europe plead for approval. 1/ Image
Russia runs war on two fronts: land and perception.

On the battlefield it counts miles. In the “psychosphere” it counts Western hesitation. Kremlin propaganda now shows US and Russian bayonets stabbing Ursula von der Leyen — Europe cast as the victim of a new axis. 2/
Russia’s leaders still carry the trauma of 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed overnight.

When they sense control slipping, they retreat. Reviving that fear is the way to stop Putin from eroding Western unity. 3/
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Aug 25
WP: Trump says he’ll decide in “two weeks” whether to pursue sanctions or leave Ukraine to fight alone.

He met Putin in Alaska and Zelenskyy with European leaders at the White House but saw no progress.

Moscow resists any proposals short of full war aims.

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Trump may impose economic penalties, including tariffs or sanctions, but previously abandoned deadlines for Russia.

Russia rejected NATO troops in Ukraine, despite Trump proposing them as security guarantees.

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European officials continue negotiating security support for Ukraine, with Rutte meeting Zelenskyy in Kyiv.

Trump expressed mixed views on Putin, showing a photo he received from Russian president but condemning a Russian strike on a U.S. factory: ~600 drones, 40 missiles.

3/
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Aug 24
Timothy Snyder in FT: Putin grounds his war on Ukraine in a myth.

He uses a medieval Kyiv chronicle, The Tale of Bygone Years, as prophecy. He claims it proves Russia and Ukraine share “the same roots” and Moscow must rule Kyiv.

Snyder proves the claim is absurd. 1/ Image
Monks in Kyiv wrote the Tale in the 12th century about 9th-century events.

They invented Rørek’s dynasty to glorify their own rulers. They gave him a biblical lifespan, a deathbed child, and a secret heir smuggled to Kyiv. None of it happened. 2/
Rørek, a Danish chieftain, never set foot in Kyiv. He operated a thousand miles away in the Baltic.

Scandinavians reached Kyiv only a century later. No link exists between his raids and the modern Russian state. 3/
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Aug 24
Zelenskyy: Ukrainian people walked one of the hardest paths in Europe. We preserved ourselves, didn’t fall, didn’t dissolve, didn’t lose our state.

Ukrainians deserve their own country, their own independence — just like all other nations. 1/
Zelenskyy: I’m proud of everyone who stood to defend our state. Ukrainians united instantly. Our unity works for our strength.

4 years into full-scale war, we have no doubt: We protected independence. Ukraine will always be sovereign and free. 2/
Zelenskyy: Together with partners, we’re pressing Russia toward peace. The end of this war must mean guaranteed security.

Neither war nor the threat of war should be left as inheritance to our children. This's our goal. For this we’re fighting. 3/
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Aug 24
Zelenskyy: Today we have very positive results in Donbas. Good “surprises” for the Russians. Commander-in-Chief will provide all the details later. 1/
Q: Did the strikes on the “Druzhba” pipeline increase the chances of lifting Orbán’s veto?

Zelenskyy: We have always supported “druzhba” [in Ukrainian - friendship] between Ukraine and Hungary. Now the existence of this “friendship” depends on Hungary’s position. 2/
Q: Did the U.S. ban strikes on Russia with its weapons, and do you need permission if using your own?

Zelenskyy: Today we are using long-range weapons of domestic production. We don’t discuss such issues with the U.S. That was a long time ago. 3/
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