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
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 19, 2022
"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
.@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
American political journalism seems incapable of calling Republican/Fox (etc) propaganda what it is. @EricBoehlert explains in his latest newsletter post (you should subscribe): https://t.co/kbuQhSAfoN
— Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) 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.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 19, 2022
Read/RT: https://t.co/1iTQyTeWSC
Sign up: https://t.co/REX6S9GbFg pic.twitter.com/QgGf3qOt7A
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull testified Monday that right-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch has done more to divide and damage America with the help of Donald Trump than Russian President Vladimir Putin.https://t.co/ROgsn6r0cm
— Benny the snitch (@Bennythesnitch) 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
In my pinned article, I wrote that—based on the years of research I did for the Proof trilogy—I worry that annexations of Belarus (already a Kremlin vassal state) and Moldova could be next on Putin’s medium-term to-do list. I was attacked.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 20, 2022
Now Putin has hired a man to sing this: https://t.co/WnkBls55l8
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 (@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
Meanwhile in Londongrad…
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.'
— Sarah Rosemary (@SarahRosemary3) March 19, 2022
Latest from Alan Little https://t.co/ocnblzvOj7
It's good to see Europe finally getting its house in order.
— Joseph Sexton (@josephsbcn) March 17, 2022
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
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 💙 Get vaccinated 😷 🇪🇺 (@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
Yes. I wonder why…
Jacob Rees-Mogg says Partygate is trivial "fluff".
— Prem Sikka (@premnsikka) March 19, 2022
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
Sure the Tories have levelled the UK, but not up.
— Laurence Unboxed (@Laurence_in_EU) March 19, 2022
The Overnight Note 