Russia never paid for the USSR’s biggest crime: a 45-year occupation of Central and Eastern Europe, marked by deportations, prisons, and secret police. Now Russia repeats the crime in Ukraine: forced passports, torture, renamed streets, settlers. 1/
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Lebedev: Russia’s war crimes began in 1939, not Bucha
Lebedev for The Guardian: it’s not liberation. It’s re-occupation. Russia’s war crimes didn’t start in Bucha — they began in 1939. With the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the USSR invaded the Baltics, Poland, and Romania. For 22 months, it was Nazi Germany’s ally. 2/
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Putin: Trump conversation constructive; urges peace compromises
Putin: I found the conversation with Trump very constructive. Ultimately, it’s up to both the Russian and Ukrainian sides to show a strong commitment to peace and to seek compromises acceptable to all sides.
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 19 mai 2025
4X pic.twitter.com/dyv2L07GexPutin: I found the conversation with Trump very constructive. Ultimately, it’s up to both the Russian and Ukrainian sides to show a strong commitment to peace and to seek compromises acceptable to all sides.
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Putin thanks Trump for restarting Russia-Ukraine peace talks
Putin: I am grateful to Trump for restoring direct talks between Russia and Ukraine on a possible peace agreement that were cut off in 2022.
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 19 mai 2025
3/ pic.twitter.com/7veoV8r7uNPutin: I am grateful to Trump for restoring direct talks between Russia and Ukraine on a possible peace agreement that were cut off in 2022.
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Putin: Russia ready to work on peace memorandum with Ukraine
Putin: Trump and I agreed that Russia is ready to work with Ukraine on a peace memorandum outlining principles, timelines, and a possible temporary ceasefire.
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 19 mai 2025
2/ pic.twitter.com/0bfbvQ2hWTPutin: Trump and I agreed that Russia is ready to work with Ukraine on a peace memorandum outlining principles, timelines, and a possible temporary ceasefire.
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Mylovanov advises no concessions to Putin without ceasefire and lasting peace
Brink: My strong advice is not to give a single meeting, concession or legitimacy until Putin agrees to an unconditional verifiable ceasefire and moves toward just and lasting peace. 10Х pic.twitter.com/NpFy9FDL5k
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 19 mai 2025Brink: My strong advice is not to give a single meeting, concession or legitimacy until Putin agrees to an unconditional verifiable ceasefire and moves toward just and lasting peace. 10Х
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Peace must serve US interests: free Ukraine, deter Russia, signal China
Brink: It has to be a peace in the interest of the United States: how to keep Ukraine free, how to deter Russia, and how to send the right signal to China. 9/ pic.twitter.com/8ErC2YSKRA
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 19 mai 2025Brink: It has to be a peace in the interest of the United States: how to keep Ukraine free, how to deter Russia, and how to send the right signal to China. 9/
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Brink accused of attacking Ukraine’s energy grid and war crimes
Brink: Tried to take down the energy grid for millions of Ukrainians to take out the power, heat, and light in the middle of winter. Committed war crimes and atrocities at a level we haven't seen since WW 2. 7/
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Russia launched missiles and drones at sleeping civilians in Ukraine
Brink: What I saw in Ukraine was horrifying. For 3 years, Russia launched missiles and drones at men, women, and children sleeping in their homes. 6/ pic.twitter.com/CAaV5ZAMKP
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 19 mai 2025Brink: What I saw in Ukraine was horrifying. For 3 years, Russia launched missiles and drones at men, women, and children sleeping in their homes. 6/
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@mylovanov — 2025-05-19
Brink: Russia and Putin have invaded a sovereign, independent, democratic country in the heart of Europe with the help of North Korea, Iran and China.
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 19 mai 2025
This is fundamentally against U.S. interests. 3/ pic.twitter.com/PYVc0jlg4vBrink: Russia and Putin have invaded a sovereign, independent, democratic country in the heart of Europe with the help of North Korea, Iran and China. This is fundamentally against U.S. interests. 3/

