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Pure madness that France and Germany continued to send Putin weapons until a loophole was closed on April 8. Sickening greed https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/04/22/exclusive-france-germany-evaded-arms-embargo-sell-weapons-russia/ …
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Extraordinary story about a brave Ukrainian woman who made her way past hordes of Putin regime gunmen to enter Mariupol and rescue her parents https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61178199 …
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Putin angling for a Fox News show once he’s been ousted https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1507355115765874692 …
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The pro-Kremlin tankie strategy now is to argue for "peace," and smear all those in favor of helping Ukraine defend itself for Putin's genocidal war as "warmongers" and "neo-Nazi" sympathizers, while ignoring Russia's relentless bombings and war crimes
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So much for Putin’s goal of “demilitarizing” Ukraine https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/half-of-ukrainians-ready-to-take-up-arms-poll/articleshow/90465816.cms …
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More Uday than Qusay, more Joffrey than Tommen, the 45-year-old Kadyrov is a wannabe social media star pining to get the attention of his father figure: Vladimir Putin. He and his men have also been accused of atrocious war crimes. My piece https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/kadyrov-chechen-putin-ukraine-chechnya-b2052357.html …
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Putin in Ukraine “Downfall” parody pic.twitter.com/fFw3doLZro
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Inside Gazprom, the massive Putin-controlled gas firm that bullies governments and extends Russian power worldwide. “Gazprom has never been a normal company. It has always been a state-owned company with geopolitical interests.” My report https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/world/gazprom-russia-energy-gas-putin-ukraine-war-b2068542.html …
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Thread on Italian PM Mario Draghi’s interview after his grim chat with Putin https://twitter.com/Fatassinari/status/1515773159026352132 …
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Convince Putin to end the war by targeting his key ally, flooding Ukraine with drones, and aggressively maintaining western unity My piece https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/voices/putin-ukraine-invasion-russia-belarus-b2044998.html …
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Spoke to an intelligent, well-educated Russian citizen who reached out to me yesterday on social media, criticizing my coverage. She was very polite, and we chatted for a while. She is a big Putin supporter, and backs the war, even though she has Ukrainian relatives.
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Putin “very casually” declared there was “absolutely nothing wrong with Hitler's foreign policy. “Hitler’s argument was that he was simply re-unifying historical German lands. Putin was now speaking about unity of the Russian world." By
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Pro-Kremlin oligarch offered to pay local Kharkiv thugs between $500 and $1,500 to vandalize city streets with pro-Nazi graffiti, to give Putin excuse to invade, reports
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Putin’s Russia described as “a drug cartel with tanks” https://twitter.com/eugene_finkel/status/1510384485581443084 …
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This is eerily prophetic. “Putin’s goal is Ukraine,” she says over and over again https://twitter.com/JeremyCliffe/status/1514148738952007682 …
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Putin’s war on Ukraine has tightened his grip on Russia, but it risks unraveling Lukashenko’s hold over Belarus, which is under tremendous international and domestic pressure My piece https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/world/russia-putin-ukraine-war-belarus-lukashenko-b2048263.html …
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Not just in Ukraine and Syria: Putin's gunmen are massacring civilians worldwide, including in Africa https://twitter.com/shellykittleson/status/1513528035420651527 …
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Violent Putin enforcers storm residential apartment complex near Kyiv, terrorize and kidnap residents https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/20/world/europe/russian-soldiers-video-kyiv-invasion.html …
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"Every German government since Putin became president has signaled that a smooth relationship with Moscow is more important than the fate of Ukraine. This encouraged the Kremlin's attack.” https://www.dw.com/en/war-in-ukraine-german-foreign-policy-under-fire/a-61436299 …
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