Posted by “The accident at Chernobyl showed again what an abyss will open if nuclear war befalls mankind. For inherent in the nuclear arsenals stockpiled are thousands upon thousands of disasters far more horrible than the Chernobyl one.” – Speech on the Chernobyl accident, May 15, 1986 Gorbachev
=============
16th March 2023
Dmitry Medvedev ‘has promised Wagner $15million if it assassinates Italy’s defence minister’ | Daily Mail Online
dailymail.co.uk Medvedev ‘promised Wagner $15m if it assassinates Guido Crosetto’ Italian Il Foglio newspaper said the country’s intelligence service intercepted an order from Medvedev – a former Kremlin president – to
17th March 2023
I continue to table PQs about what action UK govt is taking for citizen Vladimir Kara-Murza? Surprising US & Canadian govts have sanctioned a list of Russian officials complicit in Vladimir’s illegal & bogus detention. UK govt must do more to highlight his case globally
==============
‘Putin’s never been a man of moderation – he’s always been a man of escalation.’
says with ‘more military equipment’, Ukraine can ‘end the war’ with Russia.
============
17th March 2023
Slovakia said it will donate 13 MiG-29 warplanes to Ukraine, making it the second NATO member to announce such a shipment following a similar move by Poland. Shortly afterward, the Kremlin vowed that the jets would be “destroyed.”
#Shoigu presented state awards to Su-27 fighter pilots who escorted the American MQ-9 Reaper drone before it crashed in the #BlackSea, the #Russian Defense Ministry said.
Bakhmut: Russian casualties mount but tactics evolve, our latest report from south of the city with with Ukrainian forces, camera
===============
17th March 2023
Ruh roh
Quote Tweet
Paul Myers
@PaulMyersBBC
17th March 2023
Replying to @EliotHiggins
17th March 2023
Trump Media executives worried over murky $8m loans, emails reveal
theguardian.com Trump Media executives worried over murky $8m loans, emails reveal Exclusive: financing with suspected Russian ties came at a critical time as company was running out of cash after a planned merger
17th March 2023
GeoConfirmed UKR. On March 14, 2023, the US released a statement that an MQ-9 “Reaper” was hit by a Russian SU-27 fighter. Russia claimed it did not came into contact with the unmanned aerial vehicle. Who is lying? 1/x to xx/End
16th March 2023
Ukraine government organization
Imagine Ukraine had F-16s on March 16, 2022, when russian jets bombed and destroyed the Mariupol drama theatre. How many could we have saved? Western weapons mean more alive Ukrainians. We need F-16s.
=============
17th March 2023
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his Chinese counterpart, Qin Gang, discussed the significance of the principle of territorial integrity and the “peace formula” offered by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Targeting the lawyers, bankers, accountants and financial experts who manage oligarchs’ offshore wealth would be more effective than imposing sanctions on individuals close to the Kremlin, says a new academic study using ICIJ data. #Russia #Putin https://bit.ly/3JHiti7
With the help of China, Turkey, and Hong Kong, Russian semiconductor imports are nearly back to prewar levels. Official customs data from a non-profit, C4ADS, shows how western sanctions on Russia are “WORKING.”
ISW: Prigozhin speculates there is Kremlin conspiracy to undermine, ‘neutralize’ Wagner Group. Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed he received a press question exposing a plot spearheaded by Vladimir Putin and Russian Security Council Secretary to undermine and “neutralize” Wagner.
===============
Mikhail Khodorkovsky (English)
Reuters tracked down and interviewed five Russian prisoners who fought in Ukraine in return for freedom. They gave the most detailed insider account yet of Wagner’s convict army. Great report on those fighting for Prigozhin by
& Filipp Lebedev
Wagner’s convicts tell of horrors of Ukraine war
Reuters tracked down and interviewed five Russian prisoners who fought in Ukraine in return for freedom. They gave the most detailed insider account yet
=================
Mikhail Khodorkovsky (English)
Karelian historian Yuri Dmitriev, who is serving a 15-year sentence in the Mordovia colony, couldn’t receive a big parcel with clothes and food. The administration considered that he had already used up his chance to receive a large parcel because he had ordered glasses before.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky (English) Retweeted
Basic military training courses are due to be rolled out in Russian secondary schools later this year. But one school in Russia-annexed Crimea has already introduced the lessons. This video was released by Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.
=============
17th March 2023
Slovakia on Friday approved a plan to give Ukraine its fleet of 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the second NATO member country to heed the Ukrainian government’s pleas for warplanes to help defend against Russia’s invasion
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-mig-slovakia-jets-4d72dfd433950a23bea7655870ce0e24
17th March 2023
The United States has sent a new reconnaissance drone toward the Ukrainian Crimea annexed by Russia. According to the Flightradar service, the RQ-4 Global Hawk with the call sign FORTE10 headed for the Black Sea. Source: Crimea.Realities
We continue to support our Ukrainian friends who are fighting to protect their homeland. Another batch of Leopard 2s is on its way to Europe as part of the Government of Canada’s commitment to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia’s illegal invasion.
Who Watches the Watchers? 