⚡️ Russian airstrike destroys maternity, children's hospital in Mariupol.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 9, 2022
According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, there are still adults and kids under the rubble. The number of victims is yet unknown, local authorities report.
Video: Mariupol City Council pic.twitter.com/dBGWRzEQrw
Newspaper headlines: 'Barbaric' children's hospital bombing 'a new low' https://t.co/yHjmiKT0zA
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 10, 2022
Mariupol is under a relentless Russian barrage. There is no heat or electricity, and people are boiling snow for water and chopping trees to make fires so they can cook. A 6-year-old died of dehydration yesterday. And today a maternity hospital was bombed. https://t.co/jQvyB2Rlwb
— Valerie Hopkins (@VALERIEinNYT) March 9, 2022
Because one doesn’t have to look away from gory horror, this picture of a family terrified by a Russian bombardment is an especially compelling evocation of the obscene nature of what’s under way in Ukraine: https://t.co/ir5EpSEJqV
— Robert Wright (@RKWinvisibleman) March 10, 2022
In case you're under the impression that Ukraine's a small country with modest-sized cities, here's a helpful graphic that shows the relative size of the Ukrainian cities that Putin is actively destroying. #LongLiveUkraine pic.twitter.com/qntgcEO6na
— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@NickKnudsenUS) March 9, 2022
Americans & Europeans are moving on understanding & supporting a #NoFlyZone. Because they are hearing @ZelenskyyUa & the people of #Ukraine crying out for it. And they see the brutality with their own eyes. As @Kasparov63 says, easy is over. There are only hard choices left now. https://t.co/4Aa5gA4cnW
— Paul Rieckhoff🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@PaulRieckhoff) March 10, 2022
DOD: “The transfer of combat aircraft right now could be mistaken by Mr. Putin and the Russians as an escalatory step."
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 10, 2022
I trust we’re not conceding Putin a kind of veto on our acts based on his mistaken (or disingenuous) view that helping a nation he’s attacked is escalatory.
A very good article on risk (or, in some cases, gamble) calculations related to escalation based on different scenarios of US/NATO contributing different things to the fight inside Ukraine.https://t.co/cBKW8DaNRq
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) March 9, 2022
"Russia is not going to prevail," former U.S. Amb. to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch says. "Russia may overtime, if it really doubles down…win the war, but they are never going to win the peace." pic.twitter.com/6cRHtnCVJs
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 10, 2022
The White House is rejecting Russian claims of illegal chemical weapons development in Ukraine. Rather, the Biden administration warns that Russia might seek to use chemical or biological weapons in the country it has invaded. https://t.co/CaMoQaEaOn
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 10, 2022
This is coming, make no mistake. And Russia will use it to divide the West politically as well as inflict horrific damage on Ukraine.
— David Patrikarakos (@dpatrikarakos) March 9, 2022
The Syria playbook is being rolled out – step by step by step.https://t.co/QwL0lq0NEx
I took a look at how Russia’s Ukrainian bio lab conspiracy theory harkens back to myths the Soviets promoted during the Cold War.
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) March 10, 2022
Useful idiots abound in the US now thanks to QAnon. https://t.co/NRdJq5j7Yy
Griffin: Those are Soviet era bio-labs that the US has been engaged in since 2005 in trying to help Ukraine convert the research facilities safely. In Uzbekistan, the US eliminated 12 tons of weaponized Anthrax… pic.twitter.com/MyjPw6Vx5u
— Acyn (@Acyn) March 10, 2022
U.K. says that Russia's Ministry of Defense confirmed the use of thermobaric weapons in Ukraine. https://t.co/1FXSdNEw29
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 10, 2022
Let's be honest: The shock therapy of what's happening in Ukraine is an opportunity for the U.S. to see where we must get our own house in order. Importing less (or no) fossil fuels is one, but here's another https://t.co/YTy33fN10S
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) March 10, 2022
A treaty bans cluster bombs. Rights groups say Russia has used them against a pre-school and a hospital, as well as sites in Kharkiv.
— David Beard (@dabeard) March 10, 2022
Also used: "Vacuum" bombs, meant to take out people in tunnels or basements.
These uses may be a war crime. https://t.co/4j1Z5HO5P5 #Ukraine
The letter Z of the Latin alphabet — which does not exist in the Cyrillic Russian alphabet — has been deployed beyond the military, pointing at what some experts say is a state-led effort to ramp up support for the war. https://t.co/vKHivHN8K2
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) March 9, 2022
According to this report: "Students of the Kazan State Institute were driven to participate in a flash mob in support of the Russian army in Ukraine. Participation was mandatory, it was possible to refuse only with an explanatory note, students reported." https://t.co/AhTEWsIOND
— 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 (@Yeah_ThatBloke) March 9, 2022
This is Elena Branson, aka Elena Chernykh.
— Peter Strzok (@petestrzok) March 10, 2022
Yesterday, DOJ and FBI announced a 6 count complaint against her, alleging that for over ten years she “subverted foreign agent registration laws in the United States in order to promote Russian policies and ideology.”
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🔥Putin wouldn't have started this war in Ukraine if Trump hadn't rejected the measures given him to deter Russia — former Trump advisor @MilesTaylorUSA just said to @NicolleDWallace. He says right-wing GOP propaganda support for Putin is our biggest national security threat. pic.twitter.com/Q5iUUrpdXf
— 🇺🇦Paula Chertok🗽🇺🇦 (@PaulaChertok) March 9, 2022
There is a reason Trump did a 180 from the "genius" and "savvy" talk at the start of Putin's invasion and now. https://t.co/wNkOyJKwLU
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) March 10, 2022
Every single Republican elected official or candidate should be forced to watch this clip and then say whether or not they’d vote for Trump for president in 2024.pic.twitter.com/FBIUGEfH8T
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) March 10, 2022
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Meanwhile…
Absolutely brutal Spectator cover. The government are getting this badly wrong. pic.twitter.com/EkAWHUbu2a
— Kevin Schofield (@KevinASchofield) March 9, 2022
Home Affairs Committee: Ukraine's UK ambassador Vadym Prystaiko tells MPs there have been no end of "bureaucratic hassles" for years for his fellow citizens coming to the UK. His own wife couldn't initially get a visa to join him, despite him being his nation's representative… pic.twitter.com/LHhZoHK5oP
— Dominic Casciani (@BBCDomC) March 9, 2022
— Bill Bates (@BillBates01) March 9, 2022
Staff at British embassy in Ukraine not offered refuge in UK, say diplomats | The Independent https://t.co/X9SNV8mf3D
— Lindsey Hilsum (@lindseyhilsum) March 9, 2022
Helle Thorning Schmidt, former PM of Denmark, is not having any of Nadhim Zahawi's "the UK is leading the world" bullshit on @bbcquestiontime #bbcqt #ToryLies #Ukraine #RefugeesWelcome pic.twitter.com/Zf6rusD99Q
— Incorrigible FCA (@ImIncorrigible) March 9, 2022
The Overnight Note 