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August 19!
A perfect day for a "State Committee on the State of Emergency" to do something -- this time about some idiot's "Special Military Operation" that's gotten 42K Russians killed.
We Kremlins just love meaningless anniversaries but avoid mentioning the important ones
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"The aim of this thread is to explore five foundational requirements for Ukraine to win this war."
Typically clear, compelling analysis by Mick Ryan
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The Ukrainian attack on Russian bases in Crimea in the past week has brought attention back to a war which many in the west have largely lost sight of. In this thread, an examination of the prospects for a Ukrainian victory. 1/18 
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NOW: 18 former Trump officials say Trump’s claim that he had a “standing order” to declassify documents is a lie.
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Why explosions are called "cotton", Operator Starsky explains.
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This map is basically a political representation of this meme:
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Updated the map regarding Russian tourist visa ban in Europe.
Curious, how most of the countries calling for ban tend to be closer to Russia. Almost as if they know something. 🙃
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Russian aggression against Estonia continues. But Estonia is prepared.
The aggressive intentions are always there for everyone to see. It's another matter whether they're taken seriously.
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Yesterday, Estonia was subject to the most extensive cyber attacks it has faced since 2007. Attempted DDoS attacks targeted both public institutions and the private sector. (1/4) @e_estonia
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🚨ATTENTION🚨
Apple found two 0-days actively in use that could effectively give attackers full access to device.
For most folks: update software by end of day
If threat model is elevated (journalist, activist, targeted by nation states, etc): update now
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IPhone lietotāji - nospiežam UPDATE podziņu (zem Settings pie General) tagad. Negaidām paziņojumu.
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Apple found two 0-days actively in use that could effectively give attackers full access to device.
For most folks: update software by end of day
If threat model is elevated (journalist, activist, targeted by nation states, etc): update now techcrunch.com/2022/08/17/iphShow this thread
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A 33 yo captain killed with an opponent with 4 shots. Their discussion topic was Russian aggression with Ukraine. Victim was against it. Do you really want people who kill because you don’t agree with them, in your country. #visabanforrussians #visaban
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Какой пиздец, ребята.
У нас в центре города, на главной набережной, 33х летний капитан ВС из московской области убил человека из-за спора о войне в Украине. 4 выстрела из пистолета Макарова за осуждение вторжения в Украину. Мужчине было 51. Я в ахуе.
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TikTok 😡 - atverot kādu mājas lapu caur TikTok, tiek ielikts izsekošanas kods, kas turpina novērot to, ko jūs dariet šajās lapā, tajā skaita ievadot paroles. 🤬
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"TikTok, when opening any website in their app, injects tracking code that can monitor all keystrokes, including passwords, and all taps." Paging @FTC h/t @macargnelutti twitter.com/KrauseFx/statu…
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After USSR attacked Finland in 1939, it was excluded from League of Nations, after Russian attack on Ukraine in 2022 it should be excluded from UN. Especially, if UN wants to be respected again.
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🇷🇺Russians hit a dorm in 🇺🇦Kharkiv. At least 6 dead and 16 injured as of now.
They keep killing Ukrainians for no defensible reason - in front of the whole world. For almost 6 months now.
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We're the self declared successor state to the USSR. Western countries denounce the past policy of Nazi appeasement whereas justifying our own is Kremlin policy. All my trolls are morons.
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Other treaties we properly honored ofc being the other ones we signed with Nazi Germany.
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OTD in 1989 USSR admitted the secret clause of the Ribbentrop/Molotov pact.
It remains one of very few treaties we have actually honored.
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Russian terrorists placed military equipment and explosives in the engine room of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. Russian forces are abandoning Enerhodar and surrounding villages.
The Russians will blow up the plant because no country wants to help Ukraine stop them.
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When I teach on the one single Baltic studies module that we have, many students have already studied other regions in EE, and done a lot of Russian language, literature and history. For them, the Baltics is a bit of an afterthought. Of the type 'what else is there.'
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Russians visiting a European country did this. Russians visiting a European city did this. So why is Europe still granting visas to Russians? Asking for a reap what you sow friend. #Ukraine
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That's how we volunteers sleep during our deliveries after been driving for thousands of kilometers with no sleep..anywhere on the street as long as not sitting up position in the vehicles! That was 10am!
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Meanwhile in Russia: propagandist on Kremlin-controlled state TV announces that Ukraine and the U.S. are planning "to shell the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant," preemptively blaming Ukraine and the Pentagon for Moscow's own sinister ploys in course of Russia's ongoing invasion.
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In Eastern Europe, on the other hand, you need to be prepared and determined and don't have time to peddle myths about 'escalation' after escalation has already happened.
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They somehow never understand that aggressive behaviour doesn't make them friends. At this stage, it doesn't even make people scared. It just incites disgust.
A difference between EE and Western Europe BTW: in the latter, people still have the luxury of being scared of Russia.
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I made this point in the first days of the war. It’s become conventional wisdom since then
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Seems increasingly obvious to me reading these opinions that Russia’s fate is sealed: a Chinese economic colony twitter.com/ABarbashin/sta…
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There is another strategic consideration. If Russia suffers a humiliating defeat in Ukraine a la 1905 there could be substantial change in Moscow. If there is a stalemate Russia will be economically absorbed by China, not the best news for the US
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More importantly, regime limits political career choices for young ambitious Russians. That's why many young and ambitious hate it, irrespective of consumption choices. That's why they ignore/endorse the far-right agenda of . They see him as an icebreaker for their career
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Funny enough, the main problem the russian opposition has with putin is the corruption in russian fascist regime, that supposedly limits their consumption options. These suckers couldn't care less about the fascist aggressive nature of the regime
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Putin’s Ukraine genocide is rooted in Russian impunity for Soviet crimes
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This is very true.
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Yes. There's another thing. Do you *personally* feel the danger or not? If you do, you'll be genuinely interested in what's happening. If not, you'll engage into abstract rhetorical exercises. That may explain the difference between Western vs Eastern Europe's attitude to the war twitter.com/Operation_Ryan…
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Lots of room for carrying looted washing machines and toilets though.
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Breakthrough. As in, western antitank weapons breakthrough it very easily. twitter.com/tassagency_en/…
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“Your Bolshevism is alien to us, and you will not be able to subjugate the Lithuanian spirit by any force.”
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These are the final words of Lithuanian guerrilla fighter Juozapas Streikus-Stumbras (1923-1962) at the USSR "court" where he was sentenced to death for resisting the occupation. Very important in the light of current war. 80 years of history didn't change anything. (Part I)
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It doesn't mean that the Russian army will all run to surrender. But some will, which will impact the mutual trust. Besides, even 0,1% of active hustlers destroying equipment to earn money will have a major effect on morals. They're literally recruiting in prisons now. The end
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Organising a green corridor to far away would be a great deal. Because it would give an option of not returning to Russia back. "Somewhere" should not necessarily be the West. It would be also great idea to offer monetary compensations for the equipment/weaponry destruction
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Ominous. Russia’s defence spox claims Ukraine is planning a “false flag provocation” in Zaporizhzhia (Enerhodar) power station for Aug 19. “Russia will be blamed for the man-made catastrophe,” he warns. In reality, Russia is using the plant as a nuclear shield.
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What was the most revolting for me is that the guy mostly complained about how corrupt and inefficient the Russian army was. If they managed to offer him better conditions to kill Ukrainians more efficiently, he probably wouldn't have spoken out.
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humanizing, normalizing genocide criminals is not ok. what’s next? a memoir “how i mass murdered ukrainians. it wasn’t what i expected”? revolting how some western journalists are rabidly enthusiastic to amplify a russian terrorist while his buddies keep mass murdering my people
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Any resemblance between the BPR national anthem and the Russian national anthem is completely accidental and everyone who doesn't agree is a Nazi and their whole country is fake.
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Medvedev took over Zhirinovsky's role
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What I think is not clear to many is that this is very effective. You can only enter Schengen via the country that issued the visum. So without planes only the border countries have to do this. Serbia is not Schengen. Very effective without EU decision.
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