I just woke up to the sounds of the air defense in Kyiv. Very loud and close. We heard sounds of multiple rockets and then the sky went super bright as the air defense worked. The media reports Russia missiles over Kyiv. It looks like the air defense got them all.
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Agency Detains Supreme Court Chair
Breaking from Ukraine: the National Anti Corruption Agency is reported to detain the chair of the Supreme Court for a 3 million dollar bribe. Details are to follow tomorrow; and be verified.
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Chancelier allemand annonce aide militaire en ukrainien
German chancellor tweeting in Ukrainian announcing more military aid to Ukraine. Would you imagine anything like this a year ago?! There’s nothing Ukrainians and our friends cannot do if we put our minds and hearts to it
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Sanctions objectives: denying Russia war financing and weapons production
What is the purpose of sanctions? To topple the Kremlin? No it doesn't work like that. The sanctions have five distinct objectives: 1. Deny Russia capability to finance the war.
2. Deny Russia capability to produce weapons. https://
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NYT confirms Russian weapons smuggling from Ukraine
Now, the NYTimes reports that indeed there are confirmations of Russians smuggling weapons out of Ukraine. It also says that there might be a handful of other potential cases, but provides no detail. 9/
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Russian Propaganda’s Effect on Ukraine Aid
This is so unfair to Ukrainians. The media buys Russian propaganda and dismisses the warning from Ukrainians about it. It is impossible to quantify the effect of this FT article on the delays in weapons delivery to Ukraine, but it is there and people died. 10/
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Russian sabotage operations exposed by FT reporting
When the FT article came out I spoke with some people who gave comments to the outlet. I was told that Ukrainians informed the FT that it is likely there were active Russian sabotage operations to make it look like Ukraine was smuggling weapons to Europe. 7/
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Swedish grenade launcher smuggled from Ukraine to Russia
It turns out it was not true. The NYTimes reports "one confirmed report of a Swedish-made, anti-tank grenade launcher being smuggled out of Ukraine." Where? By Whom? By Russians to Russia. 5/
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Weapon theft and explosion injure retired Russian officer
NYTimes: "But the theft was discovered only after the weapon exploded in the trunk of a car about 10 miles outside Moscow, injuring a retired Russian military officer who had just returned from eastern Ukraine." 6/
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Ukrainian lawmaker monitors foreign arms transfers to Ukraine
I quote NYTimes: "The lawmaker, Oleksandra Ustinova, a former anti-corruption activist who now monitors foreign arms transfers to Ukraine, does not believe there is widespread smuggling. 2/