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Sergey Radchenko

@DrRadchenko

Ukraine has been prompt to accuse Russia of blowing up the dam, and although the Russians have issued their usual conflicted denials/counteraccusations, I find Kyiv's claims a lot more credible. For one thing, Kyiv warned as far back as Oct. 2022 that Russia had mined the dam.

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Alongside all the war crimes and attempted genocide those ruling the Russian state have now decided to perpetrate ecocide on a colossal scale too

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The Kyiv Independent

@KyivIndependent

Video footage of the dam shows a major breach in the section of the dam closest to the Russian-occupied eastern bank of the river. Flooding is expected to reach critical levels at around 11 a.m., according to local authorities. kyivindependent.com/southern-opera

Important thread from

@mefimus

, head of Ukraine’s State Agency for Restoration, who lays out the history and implications of the Nova Khakova dam in light of its destruction today.

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Mustafa Nayyem

@mefimus

1/6 Last night, Russian occupation forces blew up the Kahovka hydroelectric power station. This object is one of the largest energy facilities and contains about 18 million cubic meters of water.

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On Sunday, we saw hundreds of thousands Poles marching for democracy. But what about the country’s regime? What state is it in? My and

@kuiszjaroslaw

take in

@nytimes

today.

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New York Times Opinion

@nytopinion

"In the rush to acclaim Poland and present a united front, Western politicians have overlooked something at their cost,” write @KarolinaWigura and Jaroslaw Kuisz. “Far from receding, Polish illiberalism is alive and well.” nyti.ms/3OX97l1

This is big and potentially very bad.

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max seddon

@maxseddon

The enormous Kakhovka dam, which spans frontlines across the Dnipro river in southern Ukraine, has been blown up. The flooding could submerge areas downstream, putting parts of Kherson (controlled by Ukraine) and the nearby Zaporizhzhiya power plant (held by Russia) at risk.

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That’s actually likely.

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Shashank Joshi

@shashj

Stakhanovite dam spontaneously collapses through overwork, says Russia. twitter.com/wolfe321/statu…

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Aric Toler

@AricToler

The tweets are pretty specific, saying that the explosion happened at 2:35am. However, nothing from local channels yet. t.me/romanov_92/388

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And doesn’t the the water from Kakhovka Dam also supply the water to cool the Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactors?

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But I found this in the internet “Азербайджанская ЧВК Мистер Сидр совершила контрнаступ в Ульяновской области”

Cannot find information why Azerbaijani businessman Anar Guseinov named his cider company “Andi”..

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Anna Nemtsova

@annanemtsova

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Dozens of Russians have got poisoned, at least 16 died from drinking "Mister Cider" in three regions.... Police is confiscating thousands of liters of the poisonous drink from Russian shops. kommersant.ru/doc/6028057

The EPP Group wants a #DemocraticRussia! To facilitate this transformation, we will host a two-day roundtable event with leaders and activists of the Russian democratic forces. More than 250 representatives of the Russian opposition and media are expected to attend the event.

As Ukraine has received overwhelmingly positive coverage since Russia invaded, officials have also become increasingly sensitive and controlling.

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Max Tani

@maxwelltani

Jun 5

New in the @semafor media newsletter: NYT and NBC reporters covering the war in Ukraine had their press credentials revoked by Ukrainian officials over stories and images the government didn't like. semafor.com/article/06/04/

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PSYOPs, 2023 edition.

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Matthew Luxmoore

@mjluxmoore

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A deep fake Putin announcing mass mobilisation in Russia may be one part of what seems to be a hacking attack coinciding with Ukrainian counter-offensives in the east & south today. TVs in Crimea were reportedly broadcasting Ukrainian propaganda yesterday

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And he is not a random LtCol. And he was clearly beaten. Whose next?

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Dmitri

@wartranslated

PMC Wagner detained and interrogated no other but the commander of the 72nd Brigade, Roman Venevitin. Wagner and the 72nd Brigade shared positions in Bakhmut. They detained the man, beat him, broke his nose, and forced to record a video admitting to firing at a car of PMC… Show more

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Really enjoyed this podcast today.

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Brian Whitmore

@PowerVertical

Jun 3

On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, I discuss Ukraine on the eve of its long-awaited spring offensive with @sherr_james & @apmassaro3 powervertical.org/2023/06/02/ukr

..The RU officer is standing in a cellar (sort of) and answers questions yelled at him by an invisible Wagner interrogator. Next escalation in #Prigozhin's conflict w the Russian Defence Ministry

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Prigozhin publishes video in which a Russian armed forces (!) lieutenant colonel "confesses" ordering his men to shoot at a lorry w Wagner mercs...

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The Insider

@the_ins_ru

«Вагнеровцы» взяли в плен подполковника ВС РФ. Его обвиняют в минировании путей отхода из Бахмута для наемников — видео допроса theins.ru/news/262295

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"The Polish man stripped off his clothes and stood on the altar as the basilica was closing on Thursday. He had an inscription painted on his back reading: "Save children of Ukraine"."

Oh.

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Philip Pullella

@PhilipPullella

Purification rite in St. Peter's after naked man desecrated pope's altar reuters.com/world/europe/p

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#Ukraine: The Chinese peace plan did not address the full de-occupation of Ukraine from Russian forces and restoration of the territorial integrity to the pre-2014 borders. The Indonesian is ten times worse, as it suggests⤵️

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Pollatschek@social.anoxinon.de

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@NRPollatschek

Jun 3

Wisst ihr noch, wie wir alle es krass unnormal fanden, dass Leute wegen Geld für Springer schreiben und jetzt schreiben wir alle umsonst für Elon Musk.

Ever wonder why you don’t hear much about the oil price cap anymore?

Jun 3

Very good article! Turns out that these gas formations are a relatively minor contribution to Russian forces.

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Polina Ivanova

@polinaivanovva

Jun 2

“They said: ‘don’t worry, you won’t be getting all that sour cabbage from the army. Everything will be provided by us’.” An investigation into the Gazprom recruits fighting in Ukraine, in battalions called Potok and Fakel — on.ft.com/42j8uW4

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If Nato sticks to the principle that a Nato-Russia military confrontation is to be avoided, Ukraine will only be able to join the alliance after the end of the ongoing war. Which means there will be zero interest in Moscow in formally ending hostilities. Dilemma.

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On Ukraine's Nato membership, Washington, Paris and Berlin have not really moved on from the 2008 Bukarest promise that the door is open in principle. Some do package this reality more nicely than others, but on substance they're not (yet?) willing to provide a defense guarantee.

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Worth watching #Tolstoy confessing his sins (RU) vesti.ru/television/art

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Jens Siegert

@jenssiegert

This form of self-criticism remembers the darkest times of communism, in Stalin's SU as well as in Mao's CPR. Pyotr Tolstoy, vice speaker of the Duma says on TV that he feels "global guilt" for "my terrible sin" of having once studied in the US. rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/64

Putin Pledges Slow Change

Jun 2

Fun fact: Editors did not bother mentioning (or did not recognize) #Prigozhin on the photo they picked to accompany the text...

A search in the (recently fixed)

@MoscowTimes

archive reveals that Prigozhin first appeared in this 2011 story from a

@valdaitweets

dinner in a fancy resort near Putin's residence

themoscowtimes.com

POZDNYAKOVO, Moscow Region — Converted from a dairy barn, a restaurant in this elite neighborhood outside Moscow served dinner Friday to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and an international group...

Random Georgian language tweet of the day: I find pronouncing "Baqaqi tsqalshi qiqinebs" doable, but keep struggling with the (noble?) family name წინამძღვრიშვილი (Tsinamdzghvrishvili)

Can anyone confirm?

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Mykhaïlo Golub

@golub

The Crimea bridge is fucked

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This is an excellent article -

@ElenaChernenko

is star as always. But there are deeper reasons for possible collapse of OSCE, too - the decision-making stalemate. Cannot get deeper in a tweet-size post, but hope OSCE survives as we might need it in the future.

"Konstantin Kalachev... described #Prigozhin as someone who has evolved with the zeitgeist in Russia, shifting from convict to children’s author, friend of the president and mercenary leader."

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The Moscow Times

@MoscowTimes

Almost 20 years ago, the Wagner leader penned a playful children’s story with his son and daughter. themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/01/wag

Nothing to see here. Just a little 4,500-word disclaimer on the bottom of the live24.ru news site, listing all "Foreign Agents", "Extremists" and "Undesirables"...

Guess whose birthday is today 👀

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Донбасс Сегодня

@DonbassSegodnya

С Днём Рождения, Евгений Викторович!

Not surprisingly, this also affects the #OSCE field operations. "Under pressure" ‐- a recommended backgrounder in 👇 tinyurl.com/FuturePeaceOps

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