Ukraine, Russia, and the West

5am passed 50 minutes ago. At least they haven’t been nuked yet.

Maybe not nuked, but there’s now an ammonia “leak” from a chemical plant that Russia is already trying to spin as something nefarious.

They stayed at a “tiny” safe house which had no beds or running water in western Ukraine with several other volunteers, he added.

Mr Spann told Sky News: "It was like walking into a crack den in England, to be honest with you.

“That was a bit of a shock thinking: ‘F****** hell, this is the reality’.”

Dude.

Now I have to hate Staind

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https://twitter.com/VerstyukIvan/status/1505799659654197250

Apparently this is hilarious in Finland and/or Estonia.

https://twitter.com/maxwelltani/status/1505722207389077506

Reuters has been pretty bad throughout this war. Now I know why.

I listened to them when I was a kid, but It’s Been Awhile and those years feel So Far Away

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“Now”?

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The story of the AP reporters who got smuggled out of Mariupol

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https://twitter.com/jaredlholt/status/1505904474757517315

Did we hear anything about the Russian financial markets that were supposed to reopen today?

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Long but good

Soviet implies old 1970s/80s technology since the Soviet Union no longer exists.

If that’s the case, giving old shit to Ukraine would probably do more harm than good.

Ukraine was exclusively operating 1970s and 80s Soviet air defense systems, I don’t think Russia has sold them any new stuff since 1991.

Good article on the history of US and Soviet/Russians nuclear strategy and capabilities:

shit, half of OUR stuff was originally made/designed before 1991…I’m sure the Russian military is still using old soviet stuff too.

If the Ukrainians know the systems, then send it, I say.

Stuff from the 90s is probably fine. It’s not exactly rocket science.

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