The math of military conquests and occupation may be against Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. Estimates of Russian deaths vary widely. Yet even conservative figures are in the low thousands, approaching a month of fighting. https://t.co/OUgQEz5ITA

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 20, 2022

If the history of strongmen is any indication, it may be downhill for the Russian leader from here. https://t.co/p26N6xGxGa

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 20, 2022

Vladimir Putin tried to justify the invasion of Ukraine during a Friday evening rally in Moscow, but his speech was cut off due to what was described by the Russian government as a technical error. https://t.co/nRgPQOuiq7

— Tim Mak (@timkmak) March 19, 2022

Putin ‘channeling his inner Trump’ at Moscow rally, says Sean Hannity https://t.co/KnWUc3sv0W

— The Guardian (@guardian) March 19, 2022

In Opinion
"Trump and Putin, what a pair, shrinking in stature in the eyes of the world. Tiny, tiny Trump and cruel fool Putin," Maureen Dowd writes. https://t.co/yTFX2uJQJV

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 19, 2022

.@MaddowBlog: Is the Republican Party’s “Putin wing” large? Not really. But Marjorie Taylor Greene’s newest video is a reminder that it definitely exists. https://t.co/Ajcts0alQT

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 19, 2022

Russian disinformation is in the news due to the #Ukraine war. But it’s been shaping US political discourse for the past six years. In my #OurLand newsletter, I explain how Trump & Co. boost Putin’s disinfo.

Read/RT: https://t.co/1iTQyTeWSC

Sign up: https://t.co/REX6S9GbFg pic.twitter.com/QgGf3qOt7A

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 19, 2022

Anyone who likes anything Western is a national traitor, declared Putin and two days later appeared dressed in a $10K Loro Piana coat at a rally in Moscow promoting war in Ukraine. Putin has long been a fan of the brand – time to end this. Please, signhttps://t.co/E9LmkLKuc7

— KarineOrlova (@OrlovaKarine) March 19, 2022

Until I listened to these reassurances I didn't take seriously the idea that Putin might have a serious illness. https://t.co/QPaOB5Bpm4

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) March 19, 2022

I spoke to a Sovietologist friend today who told me the widespread assumption that Putin is a Botox fiend — "he's the Kim Kardashian of tyrants" as she put it. So I went to the pictures: pic.twitter.com/Cwf0L1Vhp5

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) March 19, 2022

Three Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station last night in flight suits made in the yellow and blue of the Ukrainian flag, in what appeared to be a daring statement against the war https://t.co/iBEGV12e63

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) March 19, 2022

‘Sometimes yellow is just yellow’: Russia's space agency Roscosmos rejected Western media reports suggesting that its three cosmonauts joining the International Space Station had chosen to wear yellow suits with a blue trim in support of Ukraine https://t.co/vNliuXX1bQ pic.twitter.com/ZtuWWWw9DR

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 20, 2022

"After all, the struggle for Ukraine, as history tells us, is about much more than just Ukraine or Europe. It is the struggle for the shape of the world to come." ~Yaroslav Hrytsak#Ukrainehttps://t.co/ygDscZTZnS

— Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) March 20, 2022

“Russia is heading toward harsher internet censorship akin to China’s Great Firewall to better control its people,” our columnist writes. “The Ukraine crisis has only accelerated a process that started years earlier.”https://t.co/4y1zP4dwnS

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 19, 2022

After 12 days of stealing Putin's tanks, Ukrainian farmers are now unofficially the fifth-largest military in Europe pic.twitter.com/ImLfDYrcjU

— Business Ukraine mag (@Biz_Ukraine_Mag) March 8, 2022

Boris Johnson likens Ukrainians’ fight to British people voting for Brexit. I can still remember the enthusiasm of Putin and Trump after the referendum. Boris, your words offend Ukrainians, the British and common sense.

— Donald Tusk (@donaldtuskEPP) March 19, 2022

Even as a staunch Brexiteer, this is totally cringe from @BorisJohnson. Comparing the vote to leave the EU with the Ukrainian people fighting for their lives against a foreign invader is an insult to their bravery and sacrifice. https://t.co/RwA4PEbG25

— Julia Hartley-Brewer (@JuliaHB1) March 19, 2022

'Putin believed the West was in chronic decline, weakened by internal division and ideological rancour. The election of Donald Trump and Brexit he saw as proof of this.'
Latest from Alan Little https://t.co/ocnblzvOj7

— Sarah Rosemary (@SarahRosemary3) March 19, 2022

It's good to see Europe finally getting its house in order.

Even if we had to be dragged kicking and screaming.

Even Londongrad, aka Moscow-on-Thames, is taking steps.

Over to you now, Cyprus.https://t.co/JheCINWfb6

— Joseph Sexton (@josephsbcn) March 17, 2022

Boris Johnson was accused of being a "threat to national security" following reports he was at a Tory party fundraising event on the night Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/e9P1rKNC7t

— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 19, 2022

Johnson is beyond ironyhttps://t.co/Q18lN21hh4

— Planet Belfast 🇪🇺 (@Planet_Belfast) March 19, 2022

What would it take for Tory party to decide it has had enough of Johnson? So far he has broken the law, cosied up to oligarchs, insulted Ukraine and EU, repeatedly lied and raised taxes. Yet still no one seems that bothered

— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) March 20, 2022

Jacob Rees-Mogg says Partygate is trivial "fluff".
Tories have no moral compass.
170k died from govt negligence whilst PM partied.
People could not mourn or say goodbyes their loved ones. That pain will never go away. But we can make this govt go away.https://t.co/mpTGQthSKx

— Prem Sikka (@premnsikka) March 19, 2022

Sure the Tories have levelled the UK, but not up.

— Laurence the Rarely Right (@Laurence_in_EU) March 19, 2022