“During intense fighting in the eastern Donbas region this summer, Russia used more ammunition in two days than the British military has in stock.”ft.com/content/a781fb…
“But for all the logical speculation, the roads and military positions near the front line show little evidence of a buildup of troops, and there are no indications that the Ukrainians are looking to mount an offensive in Zaporizhzhia region anytime soon”washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/…
The Russian government formally told the US Embassy last week about Brittney Griner’s transfer to a remote penal colony, weeks after the wrongfully detained WNBA star had been moved, according to the Biden administration. cnn.com/2022/12/01/pol…
Lots of caveats given by both sides
Putin is open to talks on a possible settlement to the conflict in Ukraine and believes in a diplomatic solution, the Kremlin said on Friday after Biden suggested he was prepared to speak to the Russian leader reuters.com/world/kremlin-…
The UN said Thursday that it is asking member states for a record $51.5 billion in aid funding for next year, as disasters and the ongoing war in Ukraine drive up humanitarian needs worldwide. apnews.com/article/europe…
Vessels linked to Russia’s largest grain trader shipped thousands of tons of stolen Ukrainian grain to global buyers, using a sophisticated system of feeder vessels and floating cranes, according to an investigation by WSJ wsj.com/articles/ships…
Nov 22, 2022 • 46 tweets • 13 min read
One of the largest railroad unions narrowly voted to reject a contract deal brokered by the WH, bringing the country once again closer to a rail strike that could paralyze much of the economy ahead of the holidays, union officials announced on Monday. washingtonpost.com/business/2022/…
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A neo-Nazi pro-Kremlin group active in Ukraine is inciting atrocities against prisoners of war and explicitly advocates the torture of captives including “removing body parts”. “Task Force Rusich” is linked to the notorious Wagner Group mercenaries. theguardian.com/world/2022/oct…
In their first extensive interview since being freed, US veterans Alex Drueke and Andy Tai Huynh recount the physical and psychological abuse they endured over 104 days in Russian captivity washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Several people were killed Saturday night after a professional soccer match in Malang, Indonesia, led to riots at the stadium and tear gas being fired into tightly packed crowds by the police, according to league officials and local news reports. nytimes.com/2022/10/01/wor…
jeezus
Soccer fans in Indonesia rushed the field after a professional soccer match on Saturday night, prompting the police to fire tear gas into tightly packed crowds and setting off a stampede that killed at least 125 people, local officials said nytimes.com/live/2022/10/0…
Oct 1, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Arg.
Crystal Palace scores first chance they get stealing ball in midfield in 7 minutes. #EPL
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in a new interview condemned “nuclear saber-rattling,” and said while he hasn’t seen anything to suggest Putin has decided to use nuclear weapons in the ongoing war on Ukraine, the choice is up to the Russian President. cnn.com/2022/09/30/pol…
A US-led effort to win UNSC support for a resolution condemning Russia’s staged referendums and its attempt to illegally annex four regions of Ukraine, failed to pass Friday when Russia, as anticipated, vetoed the measure. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
Sep 30, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Trump berated ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, descending into a profanity-laced tirade after the journalist asked him in a 2016 interview about Russia, according to a forthcoming book set for release next week. cnn.com/2022/09/28/med…
NYT reporter Maggie Haberman reports in her book — "Confidence Man," out Tuesday — that former President Trump had threatened internally to go after her phone records to expose leakers. axios.com/2022/09/30/tru…
Sep 30, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Gunfire rang out and the state television channel went off the air in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, on Friday morning, raising fears that another military coup was unfolding in the West African nation nytimes.com/2022/09/30/wor…
Military officers announced late on Friday that they had taken power in the West African nation of Burkina Faso, in what appeared to be the second coup in eight months to rock a nation struggling to quash growing violence from extremist groups. nytimes.com/2022/09/30/wor…
With less than 4 days before the vote, Bolsonaro’s political party released a document that claimed, without evidence, that a group of govt employees and contractors had the “absolute power to manipulate election results without leaving a trace.”nytimes.com/2022/09/29/wor…
And why Bolsonaro is so desperate
“Now a surge in [Lula] numbers suggest he could win outright on Sunday with more than 50 percent of the vote, avoiding a runoff with Mr. Bolsonaro.” nytimes.com/2022/09/29/wor…
Sep 15, 2022 • 32 tweets • 10 min read
Migrants sent on planes and buses to the liberal bastions of Martha’s Vineyard and D.C., found themselves on Thurs at the center of a political spectacle staged by the GOP govs of FL & TX to protest the large numbers of immigrants allowed into the country nytimes.com/2022/09/15/us/…
“The Homeland Security Department has been pressing the WH for months to adopt a plan that would allow lCE to transport immigrants released at the southern border to the cities where they wish to wait for their immigration court proceedings, such as Miami”
Some two-thirds of the world could starve to death in the event of a nuclear war between Russia and the US, according to a Rutgers University-led study published Monday. washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/…
Russia has “no need” to use nuclear weapons to achieve its objectives in Ukraine, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday. cnn.com/europe/live-ne…
