Richard Ensor @richardjensor

ex-@TheEconomist correspondent in Mexico, Ukraine and Singapore Joined January 2015

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Michael Kofman @KofmanMichael

4 years ago

I would add if they take Mariupol they can also claim to have achieved 'denazification,' since this is the base of Azov - often trotted out as proof of nazi influence etc. At least one can imagine how this story might be spun into a success narrative for domestic audiences.

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José Díaz Briseño @diazbriseno

4 years ago

🚨 NEW: "I would point out that the largest portion of GRU members in the world is in 🇲🇽 Mexico right now. Those are 🇷🇺 Russian intelligence personnel. And they keep an eye very closely on their opportunities to have influence on US” — Glen VanHerck, USNORTHCOM via @Reforma

REFORMA @Reforma

4 years ago

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Alexey Navalny @navalny

4 years ago

9 years. Well, as the characters of my favorite TV series “The Wire” used to say: “You only do two days. That's the day you go in and the day you come out" I even had a T-shirt with this slogan, but the prison authorities confiscated it, considering the print extremist.

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Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof

4 years ago

Komsomolskaya Pravda, the pro-Kremlin tabloid, says that according to Russian ministry of defense numbers, 9,861 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine and 16,153 were injured. The last official Russian KIA figure, on March 2, was 498. Fascinating that someone posted the leaked number.

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Paul Ronzheimer @ronzheimer

4 years ago

Aftermath of the attack in Kyiv.

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Michael Kofman @KofmanMichael

4 years ago

Thoughts on the current state of the war and where things might be heading. About 2 weeks ago I suggested that Russian forces have ~3 weeks before combat effectiveness becomes increasingly exhausted. I think that's generally been right, but we're not quite there yet. Thread. 1/

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Dmitri Alperovitch @DAlperovitch

4 years ago

Australia bans export of aluminum ores, including bauxite, to Russia in an effort to limit their production of aluminum. Russia relies on Australia for 20% of its alumina needs. Russia is 4th largest aluminum exporter in the world amp.theguardian.com/australia-news…

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Richard Ensor @richardjensor

4 years ago

“Suppose that winter draws near and energy prices remain high. Ukraine’s example early in the war inspired support across Europe that stiffened governments’ sinews. The time may come when political leaders will have to find the resolve within themselves” economist.com/leaders/2022/0…

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Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss

4 years ago

Second time today Chinese state media is airing a segment critical of Russia's war.

Alexander Clarkson  @APHClarkson

4 years ago

Second time today Chinese state media is airing a segment critical of Russia's war.

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Richard Ensor @richardjensor

4 years ago

In an announcement the Mariupol mayor suggests that this theatre had a bomb shelter Civilians were—hopefully—taking cover there, but the mayor claims the shelter’s entrance was destroyed along with the theatre. If there are survivors, retrieving them may not be simple. Horrid

Nolan Peterson @nolanwpeterson

4 years ago

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Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof

4 years ago

Russia’s rapid thrust into Voznesensk was meant to showcase its military prowess. Instead, the Ukrainian town dealt Russian forces one of the most humiliating defeats of the war. My report from the battlefield where Russian bodies are still being collected wsj.com/articles/ukrai…

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Jim Geraghty @jimgeraghty

4 years ago

There is one factor that might lessen the odds of Russia’s using a nuke: In the spring, Ukraine’s winds generally blow in an eastern or southeastern direction. In eastern Ukraine, that would blow any radioactive fallout back toward Russian territory. bit.ly/3tUYQtG

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max seddon @maxseddon

4 years ago

Putin just spoke to the EU's @CharlesMichel. He said "Kyiv is not demonstrating a serious commitment to searching for mutually acceptable solutions," per Kremlin readout. Not a good sign, for all the positive noise around Russia-Ukraine peace talks. t.me/rian_ru/153683

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Natalia Smolentceva @ananats

4 years ago

During the broadcast on Russian state 1 Channel this woman appeared holding "No war" poster just behind the presenter. It was shown live to the whole country. One can only imagine what it will cost her

Andrey Zakharov @skazal_on

4 years ago

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Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov

4 years ago

Russia has destroyed about 15-20% food warehouses around Kyiv: Tomas Fiala. Russia targets medical facilities and warehouses: Official, state health agency / Director, pharma company Russia is trying to hit infrastructure to deny Ukrainians access to food and medicine.

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Franak Viačorka @franakviacorka

4 years ago

Propaganda in Belarus & Russia is preparing a justification for the use of more dangerous weapons, incl. nuclear weapons. It is aimed to intimidate Ukraine & the West. The regime's "Constitution" comes into force on Tuesday. It'll allow Putin to deploy nuclear missiles in Belarus

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Volodymyr Yermolenko @yermolenko_v

4 years ago

It's remarkabe how a big number of western academics and intellectuals were hunting for traces of Ukrainian "far-right" (always politically marginal and failing to enter parliement for years) and failed to notice 140 mln Russia sinking into a new fascism