Today, we are going together with PM of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, deputy PM Jarosław Kaczyński and PM of Slovenia Janez Janša to Kiev as representatives of the European Council to meet with president Zelensky and PM Shmyhal.https://t.co/Q52Ur8hybu
— Petr Fiala (@P_Fiala) March 15, 2022
Polish convoy has crossed the border, details treated as secret. For Polish government goal is to send the strongest of political signals of support to Ukraine.
— Maria Tadeo (@mariatad) March 15, 2022
Czech, Polish, Slovenia prime ministers visit Kyiv by train to show support. "It’s not about us, but about the future of our children who deserve to live in a world free from tyranny," said Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki.https://t.co/XdSuSVbiey
— Kirsty Needham (@KirstyLNeedham) March 15, 2022
In new message, Zelensky appeals to Russian soldiers: “You won’t take anything fm Ukraine. You will take lives. But we will take your lives too. We offer you choice: if you surrender, we will treat you as people should be treated. With dignity. Not like your army has treated you" pic.twitter.com/xrZ9ImDuxJ
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) March 15, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, speaks out to @ABC via WhatsApp on what her message is to Russia’s President Putin: “My message is very similar to the one the whole world delivers. Only two simple words: STOP WAR.” https://t.co/Kfix9iHp48 pic.twitter.com/tW1sUCV9SF
— ABC News (@ABC) March 15, 2022
Another day of tragedy across Ukraine as Russia continues its offensive despite ceasefire talks.
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) March 15, 2022
Meanwhile in Moscow, an editor for state TV stages a one-woman antiwar protest during the evening news. My report on Day 19 https://t.co/Q0zmX1TuVD pic.twitter.com/P54ECnjpFG
Day 19 of the Russian invasion of #Ukraine. Today I examine the implications of Russian personnel commitments and losses, and what this now means for their campaign. 1/25 (Image – @IAPonomarenko) pic.twitter.com/995yZAOPkh
— Mick Ryan, AM (@WarintheFuture) March 14, 2022
More than 3 million people have fled Ukraine, migration organization says https://t.co/GNuTVdUoYj pic.twitter.com/22bMuJF4Mn
— The Hill (@thehill) March 15, 2022
"Do not believe the propaganda. They tell you lies here."
— CNN (@CNN) March 15, 2022
Maria Ovsyannikova, an employee at one of Russia's major state television networks, interrupted a live broadcast to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine. @NdosSantosCNN reports for @NewDay. pic.twitter.com/ex0aa4fGJq
This is how yesterday’s news protest is being reported in Russia. But in honesty, that’s pretty much the picture viewers of state tv get any day of the week. pic.twitter.com/jGWdhBbNY9
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) March 15, 2022
Statement by Marina Ovsyannikova before she stormed the live broadcast of Russia’s largest news program. She calls for anti-war protests, says she’s ashamed about working for Kremlin propaganda. Arrested, she faces up to 15 years in prisonhttps://t.co/eOToYfQmxi
— Alfons López Tena 🦇 (@alfonslopeztena) March 15, 2022
Woman in Moscow just holds up a sign that says, “Two Words” in Russian. Watch what happens. From @EvaHartog pic.twitter.com/IeMDvJLbhp
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 13, 2022
.@NicolleDWallace: "The human rights group OVD-Info says Russia has arrested nearly 15,000 protestors there. They've been arrested for holding up signs saying as little as the phrase 'two words' or in some cases, even holding up a blank piece of paper." https://t.co/KKlkH8efCa
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 15, 2022
Hey @TuckerCarlson…there's a word for Americans who aid and abet our Russian enemy: TRAITOR. https://t.co/ttw2sauUNQ #TuckerCarlson #Russia #Putin #Ukraine #FoxNews
— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) March 14, 2022
"I don't see how [Tucker Carlson] can not understand the things that he is saying is prolonging the war in Ukraine. It is gathering support for Vladimir Putin within Russia, and it is causing needless death" – @petestrzok w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/k8G8R3f6jT
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) March 14, 2022
Remember when Tucker Carlson was unmasked when the NSA was monitoring the Kremlin and found out they were calling him a lot? Yeah, I remember that. https://t.co/Y9Yzmf8WJS
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) March 14, 2022
This should be good. @Navalny makes a statement today, in his umpteenth sham trial. No doubt he’ll have some powerful words about Putin’s insane war in Ukraine & Ovsyannikova crashing state TV to protest it; showing just how profoundly Putin has lost his grip on reality & Russia. https://t.co/fLxIWUfwef
— 🇺🇦Paula Chertok🗽 (@PaulaChertok) March 15, 2022
Artists, curators and museums around the world are shaping the protest movement against Putin's war in Ukraine https://t.co/ex8n8qlNa6
— Bloomberg CityLab (@CityLab) March 15, 2022
Protesters take to the streets in Kherson: “We want to show that Kherson is Ukraine.” https://t.co/9oZ6Ms7c1W
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 13, 2022
Russia’s London embassy is still pushing the thoroughly discredited claim that the US was running military labs in Ukraine and “have their citizens as potential test subjects”. pic.twitter.com/KQ38xcn4Rf
— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) March 14, 2022
Meanwhile, from an increasingly panicked Londongrad…
Squatters have seized a property in Westminster that they say is owned by a Russian oligarch.
— London Live (@LondonLive) March 14, 2022
They have released a statement saying "Russian Oligarchs: You occupy Ukraine, we occupy you".
Photo courtesy of @resist_london#russia #ukraine #oligarch #protest pic.twitter.com/DVudyc5UOg
The world is watching British Govt & @metpoliceuk pick side of Genocidal Putin & #PoliceState fascism.
— Cathy 🌻@Narcaware@social.snorklr.com (@NarcAware) March 14, 2022
Dirty money laundered in Londongrad via That Belgravia mansion Deripaska is sanctioned.
Yet half of London police Turn up in riot gear to protect Putin's favourite Klept. https://t.co/pWBvk04iE3
By sending in loads of heavies, the Met has unintentionally made a small protest infinitely more newsworthy – and has no doubt allowed people to not just think about Putin's authoritarianism, but Britain's as well… https://t.co/pfIgtU01vP
— princess diana is in all of us 🚩👑🏳️🌈 (@joinaunionpls) March 14, 2022
London’s Financial Giants Have Made Billions from Russia’s State-Linked Companies – Byline Times https://t.co/01PiuOUjZk
— Bob/Roy Miller @BobRoyMiller@mastodon.ie (@BobRoyMiller) March 14, 2022
The bankers, accountants, and lawyers of the City of London have done everything they could to enable rich foreigners, notably but not only Russians, to come and make London the money-laundering capital of the world, writes Geoffrey Wheatcroft. https://t.co/SPGTWZrGHx
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) March 14, 2022
"It is now clear that the country that has acted as the key enabler for Russian kleptocracy for the past few decades is the UK. What is less clear is how far London is willing to go to take responsibility for this role, and to clean up its own backyard"https://t.co/lxognaubSU
— The Citizens (@allthecitizens) March 15, 2022
Same tactics as Johnson. Everything is propaganda… https://t.co/YYwcSZanOL
— Archmaester Rigney (@rigney) March 15, 2022
Of course you can read the original version by me and @HarryYorke1 here.
— Gabriel Pogrund (@Gabriel_Pogrund) March 13, 2022
“How Boris Johnson’s friendship with Evgeny Lebedev deepened despite MI6 concerns”
How Boris Johnson’s friendship with Evgeny Lebedev deepened despite MI6 concernshttps://t.co/WmjFdRIaMf
It appears as though the Telegraph had been paid £500,000 a year to push Kremlin-produced stories.
— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) March 12, 2022
Looks like ‘Conservative friends of Russia’ and the Johnson-Lebedev partnership were only part of the broad Tory infiltration by Putin’s team. pic.twitter.com/4aM0grWcic
Boris Johnson says the West made a "terrible mistake" in trying to appease Putin after Russia's invasion of Crimea. Whoever could he be thinking of? pic.twitter.com/BQj4KMjJJB
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) March 15, 2022
EU hits Roman Abramovich with sanctions in new action against Russia https://t.co/7NmWnn6J01
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 15, 2022
Wow, BBC has an exposé on how Putin used dirty sweetheart business deals to create fake oligarchs like Abramovich. https://t.co/0bSME8JHgY
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 14, 2022
— dwinfrey73 🟧 (@dwinfrey731) March 15, 2022
Chelsea “with extreme reluctance” ask FA board to direct that FA Cup match v Middlesbrough be played behind closed doors “for matters of sporting integrity” https://t.co/6x4tL3150d
— Dan Roan (@danroan) March 15, 2022
Looks like Chelsea are seeking to pander to the slavishly uncritical wing of their fanbase and bolster a siege mentality, deflecting focus away from Abramovich. Classy. https://t.co/SdAUAT5rvF
— Adam Powley (@adampowley) March 15, 2022
Unsurprisingly, it’s Klopp who has spoken out: “Did anyone really care when Abramovich took over Chelsea? Did anyone really care about Newcastle? I think it’s obvious where the money’s coming from. But we accepted it. That’s our fault… society’s fault.” pic.twitter.com/oc7akZhfQ8
— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) March 12, 2022
The Overnight Note 