Breaking News: President Volodomyr Zelensky of Ukraine made an urgent and emotional appeal for help in a speech to Congress and showed searing footage of civilian casualties.https://t.co/SdC81Xstqn pic.twitter.com/GLdMR3TScH
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 16, 2022
Zelensky: “The wars of the past prompted our predecessors to create institutions to prevent war, but they unfortunately do not work.” https://t.co/OPHPkKQgpD via @nidhiprakash
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) March 16, 2022
❝This is a terror that Europe has not seen for 80 years… Is this a lot to ask for to create a no-fly zone over Ukraine to save people? Is this too much to ask? If this is too much to ask, we offer an alternative. You know what kind of defense systems we need.❞ – @ZelenskyyUa pic.twitter.com/6Ez09cewtj
— Atlantic Council (@AtlanticCouncil) March 16, 2022
At the end of his address to the U.S. Congress, Zelensky switched to English:
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 16, 2022
"Today the Ukrainian people are defending not only Ukraine. We are fighting for the values of Europe and the world, sacrificing our lives in the name of the future."
"Now I’m almost 45 years old. Today my age stopped, when the hearts of more than 100 children stopped beating. I see no sense in life if it cannot stop the death.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 16, 2022
And this is my main mission as the leader of my people, great Ukrainians."
In all of Putin’s staged/prerecorded appearances over the course of his 22 year rule (including military tragedies like the Kursk submarine), he’s never been able to show a fraction of the emotion and leadership that Zelensky displays here. As his city country is being attacked. https://t.co/aM9nC64Jhw
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) March 13, 2022
Listen to Zelensky. The Ukrainians say they want MiG-29’s; we should provide them. We should also send anti-ship missiles, S-300 antiaircraft missiles armed drones, and lots more munitions of all kinds to replenish Ukrainian stockpiles.https://t.co/mabJqvTsRB
— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) March 16, 2022
McCarthy attacks Biden for not providing Ukraine with more military aid earlier. Biden has in fact provided a record amount of aid and McCarthy had no objection to Trump trying to disarm Ukraine in 2019 — in fact he said Trump behaved properly pic.twitter.com/wNdFE1gUhH
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 16, 2022
Trump and the Republicans are now claiming Trump was *tough* on Russia and Putin.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) March 16, 2022
That's a lie.
We at the @MehdiHasanShow have the receipts. Roll the tape:pic.twitter.com/zWEN0SSbYZ
I guess nothing should shock us anymore, but it's rather stunning the way that Fox News has become shrouded in Putin's "Fog of Unknowability." An outstanding @EricBoehlert column https://t.co/6CGh2y6hbi
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) March 16, 2022
Trump called Vladimir Putin “savvy” and a “genius.” He is neither. Putin has fallen into the Dictator Trap: he’s created a fake reality to stay in power and has now badly miscalculated because he started to believe his own lies. My take in @TheAtlantic https://t.co/EehwrsQ61B
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 16, 2022
Putin just said the west is trying to "cancel" Russia
— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 16, 2022
Meanwhile, elsewhere…
A month ago it would have been hard to imagine French President Emmanuel Macron trying to copy President Volodymyr Zelensky.
— Oleksiy Sorokin (@mrsorokaa) March 14, 2022
Now it’s the reality we live in. pic.twitter.com/WbDm1UZhFq
Can someone please explain to me why the Johnson is wearing a face mask here and yet refuses to wear one when visiting the actual NHS? pic.twitter.com/vv4sSJfJSU
— Shiwon (@Shiwon_NZ_Ao) March 16, 2022
Quintessentially is a symptom of disease rife in London https://t.co/NuFpT1NqR9 As @CommonsForeign end their excellent session on SLAPPs @TomTugendhat they ask 'Why London?' The law, the lawyers/accountants + the infrastructure as supplied by Ben Elliott & others
— Jeff Kaye (@Jakdaw09) March 15, 2022
— GreenJJNews (@GreenJJNews) March 16, 2022
Powerful
— Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) March 12, 2022
Opinion | How Putin Weaponized London’s Greed – The New York Times https://t.co/yG8EY9Jdqw
Finally, some good news…
It is extraordinarily good news that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe appears to be in her way home
— nazir afzal (@nazirafzal) March 16, 2022
Delighted for her family & supporters
I will not, however, forgive Boris Johnson for his carelessness which probably increased the time she spent in prison
Best he keep well away from her
The Overnight Note 