29th April 2023. Tweets, videos, a quotation. A conversation with Stephen Kotkin (The Foreign Affairs Interview) is highly recommended. An academic, writer, orator and so much more but with one amazing quality, humility, talks Putin and Ukraine.

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In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.

Recommend: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/world/europe/finland-misinformation-classes.html

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Glasnost Gone

@GlasnostGone

29th April 2023

Morning #Ukraine: Here’s the weather forecast for occupied #Crimea. 1: Very cloudy. 2: The taste of orc panic in the air. 3: A strong smell of burning fuel. Large fuel depot at Cossack (Kazachya) Bay – Sevastopol harbour is burning bright. Said to be  drone attack

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Euromaidan Press

@EuromaidanPress

29th April 2023

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Friday it was necessary to ensure Russia’s invasion of Ukraine does not succeed and that Seoul was considering its options when it came to lethal aid to Kyiv.

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks at
                    the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy
                    School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., April 28,
                    2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

reuters.com

On lethal aid to Ukraine, South Korean leader says Seoul considering its options

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Friday it was necessary to ensure Russia’s invasion of Ukraine does not succeed and that Seoul was considering its options when it came to letha

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Simon Carswell

@SiCarswell

29th April 2023

Russian embassy warns Government that official sympathy extended to family of Irish man Finbar Cafferkey killed in Ukraine could lead to Ireland being considered a ‘participant of the conflict with all the ensuing consequences’ 

https://irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/04/28/russian-statement-on-finbar-cafferkey-death-condemned-as-threatening-and-chilling/

via

@IrishTimes

irishtimes.com Russian statement on Finbar Cafferkey death condemned as ‘threatening’ and ‘chilling’ Embassy warns official sympathy extended to family could see Ireland considered ‘participant of the conflict’

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Bill Browder Retweeted

Lesia Vasylenko

@lesiavasylenko

28th April 2023

#putin launches 23 missiles on #Ukraine tonight, and

@Pernod_Ricard

decides to re-launch sales of

@jamesonwhiskey

to #russia. Guess #kremlin needs more money to kill more Ukrainians 

@GarretAhearn

thank you for raising this issue in #Ireland

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Garry Kasparov

@Kasparov63

Anyone still surprised, or acting surprised, by the openly genocidal and imperialist acts and statements of Putin’s regime is ignorant or thinks everyone else is and is lying to them. Believing he will stop without being stopped is simply stupid at this point.

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Garry Kasparov

@Kasparov63

Feb 24, 2022

Written in 2014 after Putin invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea, there are many Winter Is Coming excerpts that are painfully timely now, but I’ll leave this one here before I start working on Winter Is Here. (As I often joke, “I <Bleeping> Told You So!” will be the subtitle.)

Show this thread

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky

@mbk_center

29th April 2023

The destruction caused to Mariupol is heartbreaking and infuriating. There should be no doubt that if Putin is not defeated in Ukraine, he will go further into Europe.

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Jason Jay Smart

@officejjsmart

29th April 2023

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Polish authorities  gave until 19.00 Moscow time, today, for the staff of the school at the Russian Embassy  in Warsaw to leave the building. If they do not like it – they can go back to Moscow.

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Ukrainska Pravda in English

@pravda_eng

29th April 2023

 Prigozhin says Wagner Group may soon cease to exist, as it’s running out of Wagnerites

pravda.com.ua Prigozhin says Wagner Group may soon cease to exist, as it’s running out of Wagnerites Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the private military company Wagner, has stated that the Wagnerites are running out, and the company may soon cease to exist.

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The Moscow Times

@MoscowTimes

29th April 2023

Sevastopol, the home of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, has been hit by a series of drone attacks since the Kremlin’s Ukraine offensive launched.

themoscowtimes.com Huge Fire at Crimea Fuel Depot After Drone Strike – Authorities A huge fire broke out on Saturday at a fuel depot in Sevastopol, the main port in Moscow-annexed Crimea, with authorities saying it was the result of a drone attack.

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The Moscow Times

@MoscowTimes

29th April 2023

Denmark’s defense command refused to provide access to images of the Russian special vessel designed for underwater operations due to ongoing intelligence work.

themoscowtimes.com Russian ‘Special Vessel’ Spotted Before Nord Stream Blasts – Danish Media A Russian special vessel had been spotted near the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea four days before it was sabotaged, Danish
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Володимир Зеленський

@ZelenskyyUa

29th April 2023

Mariupol. Almost half a million people once lived there. And now there are almost no intact houses left. The  terrorist state did everything to kill this city. Over 90% of Mariupol is destroyed.

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Dmytro Kuleba

@DmytroKuleba

28th April 2023

I was glad to welcome in Odesa NB8 colleagues from Latvia, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Strong solidarity with Ukraine, continued support for our initiatives to strengthen economic flow in the Black Sea region and ensure global food security.

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Anniken Huitfeldt and 7 others

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Charlie Flanagan

@CharlieFlanagan

28th April 2023

Threatening, intimidating & chilling statement by Russian embassy Dublin. These hostile remarks are unacceptable. Beyond time Ambassador Filatov & his crew were asked to leave our country.

telegra.ph Remarks by the Embassy of Russia in Ireland We have noted that on April 28 Tánaiste has expressed his sympathies to the family of Finbar

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Chay Bowes

@BowesChay

29th April 2023

An absolutely fascinating speech by Hungarian leader

@Viktor_Orban

He describes the “Complete restructuring of #Europe” and suggests the War in #Ukraine is being perpetuated to benefit a single economic power, and it’s not the #EU, #Russia or #China

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The Kyiv Independent

@KyivIndependent

29th April 2023

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of April 29, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Foreign Affairs

@ForeignAffairs

29th April 2023

“If Russia wins and Ukraine falls, Central Europe may well be next.”

@P_Fiala

@MorawieckiM and

@eduardheger

—prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia, respectively—urge the West to stay the course in Ukraine.

foreignaffairs.com The Free World Must Stay the Course on Ukraine A frozen conflict or partial victory will solve nothing.

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Euan MacDonald

@Euan_MacDonald

29th April 2023

“F-16s, longer-range missiles could help Ukraine beat Russia, U.S. general privately tells lawmakers” – Ukraine has been telling its allies this for over a year, pleading with them to send more aid.

politico.com F-16s, longer-range missiles could help Ukraine beat Russia, U.S. general privately tells lawmakers Gen. Christopher Cavoli’s comments go further than other administration officials. ============

Visegrád 24

@visegrad24

29th April 2023

Russia claims it invaded Ukraine to “denazify it.” Have they taken a look in the mirror?

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Ben Hodges

@general_ben

28th April 2023

“I’m dumbfounded as to why diplomats are pressing Ukraine to give up Crimea for the sake of peace,” Hodges said. “Not just in Ukraine, but pretty much nobody in Europe, actually trusts Russia to live up to any agreement.” The Russian Case For Crimea

newsweek.com The Russian case for Crimea Crimea is the cornerstone of Putin’s revanchist regime. Losing it might prove a fatal blow for the Russian system.

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Ukrainian Community in Ireland Retweeted

Kildare Library Service

@kildarelibrary

Edel Finn has donated these beautiful books in Ukrainian to Kildare Library Service. Thank you so much. Available to borrow in your library.

@UkraineIreland

@scoilmhuirescmj

@PPSNewbridge

@smallenwood

@StCorbansBNS

@StMarysCollege

@CBSNaas

@CountyKildareLP

@leinsleadernews

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