"More than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war, Gazan medical officials say. Hamas has said 6,000 of its fighters are among the fatalities. Israeli officials say the Palestinian combatant death toll is more than twice as high." 1/4 🧵 reuters.com/world/middle-e…
"There is no war without mistakes - quite the opposite," [Israel] Ziv said. "But usually in this kind of combat the number of non-combatants killed, in relation to enemy dead, is higher than what the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) has caused (in Gaza)." 2/4 🧵
May 25, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
🧵 on Prigozhin's rant:
I'm no expert on Russia or Prigozhin, but I doubt that a 1917 style Revolution is likely.
My guess is that Prigozhin is motivated by ambition and greed, that he originally saw taking of Bakhmut ...
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... as a way to advance his interests with battlefield success, but that it has proved to be much more difficult and costly than he anticipated. With Ukraine now having captured much of the high ground around it, allowing Ukraine to use artillery ...
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Oct 17, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Better late than never:
"The minister said #Crotale air defense missile batteries that France is preparing to send to #Ukraine “will be particularly useful in the fight against drones and against aerial bombardments.” @APNews
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"France has 12 of the batteries, the minister said. He didn’t specify how many of them will go to Ukraine but said “it will be significant to enable them to defend their skies.” @APNews
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