Russian missiles hit aircraft plant near Lviv airport in western Ukraine https://t.co/Rvt2zpFOMl

— The Guardian (@guardian) March 18, 2022

Russia steps up assault on civilian targets. @ianpannell reports from Kyiv.

LATEST: https://t.co/anY8VQjP1F pic.twitter.com/iHBbXlBPWg

— Good Morning America (@GMA) March 17, 2022

🔴 Several Russian missiles have destroyed an aircraft repair plant near the airport in Lviv, the western Ukrainian city’s mayor said

Follow live updates from Ukraine throughout the day ⤵️🧵https://t.co/yEr3M17She

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 18, 2022

Putin is shit scared of the notion of Ukraine getting MiGs so he's attacking infrastructure that could be used for them.

I'll shout now.

CAN YOU THINK OF A SINGLE BETTER ARGUMENT FOR DELIVERING MIGS TO UKRAINE??#FuckUPutin. https://t.co/ttbGobUAQ9

— Paul Niland (@PaulNiland) March 18, 2022

“The risk of transferring the MIGs [Ukraine has urgently requested] is low, [but] the need is great. Russia’s control of the skies has visited a humanitarian catastrophe on Ukraine.” So this option relying on Poland’s cooperation must be greenlighted ASAP https://t.co/MLpGL2fOTM

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) March 17, 2022

“I’m grateful to U.S. President Biden for new effective aid for our country.”

Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy praised the latest wave of military assistance from the U.S. and declined to provide details of his country’s negotiating tactics with Russia https://t.co/MvMFQI9wNM pic.twitter.com/QPQLmOY3eC

— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) March 18, 2022

The nature of the conflict doesn't require them as it stands currently. Also, support infrastructure required for MIGs is orders of magnitude more complex than "cutting-edge" US single-use drones

— Tyler West (@ActuallyMrWest) March 17, 2022

The official Twitter account for the president of Russia follows 22 others — and one of them is Arnold Schwarzenegger, who in a video posted on Thursday debunked Russian disinformation about the war on Ukraine and urged Putin to end the conflict.https://t.co/O1kTCsoenr

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 17, 2022

“It would be very hard to intimidate someone like Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the real substance could go on behind the scenes.” https://t.co/xKxcSNm3iA pic.twitter.com/GwU54uTYRf

— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 17, 2022

The formidable Klitschko brothers could have taken their millions and retired to ice their knuckles in luxury far, far away from Ukraine. Instead, they're leading the resistance in Kyiv. Here's a piece on them, with @GarethADaviesDT https://t.co/Er59vOHMzP

— Guy Kelly (@MrGuyKelly) March 18, 2022

"President Biden was absolutely right to call this guy a 'pure thug'," Fintan O'Toole says about Vladimir Putin. "There's no excuse in the world for what he's doing."https://t.co/5PoKuChJ1i

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 18, 2022

“The Kremlin does not understand all these niceties, they understand brutal force.” @andreivkozyrev, Russia’s former foreign minister, explains how he thinks the West should be responding to war in Ukraine, on “The Economist Asks” podcast https://t.co/FkbRNoEcKf

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) March 18, 2022

.@JoyceWhiteVance: Trump demanded the translator’s notes after a 2017 conversation with Putin. He kept concealed details of five face-to-face interactions with Putin. He called Putin’s actions “genius.”

Trump is not the champion of besieged democracies. https://t.co/jZDWXHn90X

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 18, 2022

Former President Donald Trump withheld aid from the same nation that Republicans are accusing Joe Biden of slow-walking aid to. They don't see the parallels https://t.co/zpwpxiX3pQ

— POLITICO (@politico) March 18, 2022

THE KREMLIN'S REPUBLICANS
Bought and paid for. Eight House Republicans voted in support of Putin to keep Russia's normal trade status with the United States. #donors #dictatorship #trump #maga #russia #invasion https://t.co/RiCkEtgKM7

— Bombshell DAILY 💣 (@BombshellDAILY) March 18, 2022

Tokyo is set to welcome its first Ukrainian refugees, and will provide apartments for them as the city seeks to demonstrate its opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Governor Yuriko Koike says https://t.co/cHn1f8HlSO @BloombergTV pic.twitter.com/qs5ivDXDLF

— Bloomberg (@business) March 18, 2022

Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion arrived in Madrid with the help of a group of Spanish taxi drivers who volunteered for a 40-hour trip to Poland and back to support the mass evacuation https://t.co/ENjK3I0wL9 pic.twitter.com/6wdCbtc361

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 18, 2022

Braverman: people would be outraged if we drop security checks on Ukrainians refugees

Streeting: you didn't worry about security checks when Johnson put Lebedev in the lords

Hastings: The Tory parties relationship with Russian oligarchs is a badge of shame #BBCQT pic.twitter.com/ASgWDzDwgq

— UK is with EU (@ukiswitheu) March 17, 2022

P&O statement confirming what was in videos sent to us about the immediate firings “without these changes there is no future for p&o ferries”… follow @KatyAustinNews for more… pic.twitter.com/lpS8vqcL8h

— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) March 17, 2022

Some dark ironies in the fact that British sailors have been sacked without notice from a ship called "the Spirit of Britain", their union recommended they vote Leave to protect workers' rights, and their French colleagues are keeping their jobs.

— Anthony Zacharzewski (@anthonyzach) March 17, 2022

Brexit trade deals may not deliver any ‘actual economic benefits’, MPs warn – The Independent https://t.co/lx4UuT87dX

— Right Hon. Helen Of Coy ©️ 😉 (@florencerounda2) March 18, 2022

https://t.co/WwDdHXMeYQ

— 'PK' 🏳️‍🌈 (@PKBook22) March 16, 2022

The hope: "tentative 15-point peace plan including a ceasefire and Russian withdrawal if Kyiv declares neutrality and accepts limits on its armed forces"

The fear: "Moscow could be buying time to regroup its forces and resume its offensive"https://t.co/lI6V9Z09C5

— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) March 16, 2022

#Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar

🔴 Ukraine and Russia ‘make significant progress on 15 point peace plan’
🔴 Ukraine theatre hit by airstrike where hundreds were sheltering had ‘children’ written on pavement in Russian

Follow live ⬇️ https://t.co/5DEPTGQcTk

— The Independent (@Independent) March 17, 2022

BREAKING: Kremlin spokesman says reports that Russia and Ukraine have made progress on a possible peace deal are, on the whole, 'incorrect'.

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) March 17, 2022

.@lesiavasylenko to UK journalists just now on Ukraine's terms for a peace deal: "Russia deoccupies Ukraine, 🇷🇺 retreats to 🇺🇦's recognised 1991 borders, & 🇷🇺 pays for all the damage. The only concession 🇺🇦 is prepared to make is a discount on the reparations 🇷🇺 will have to pay"

— Harry Lambert 🌻 (@harrytlambert) March 17, 2022

What would a Ukraine peace deal look like? Will the country give up its ambitions for Nato and pledge neutrality? How might the west feel safe and could Putin tolerate an independent Ukraine?

🎧 Listen to our podcast episode about these questions: https://t.co/jc1lKW5SP4 pic.twitter.com/Zmd5w7IRR7

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) March 16, 2022

Ukraine is sceptical Putin’s committed to peace.

“There’s a likelihood this is trickery and illusion. They lie about everything — Crimea, the build-up, the ‘hysteria’ over the invasion. We need to put pressure on them until they have no other choice.”https://t.co/eGl2qD4G6U

— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 16, 2022

English translation plus explainer thread of Putin's Stalinist speech https://t.co/BlKrtDuLZn

— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) March 17, 2022

Peace deal? BBC’s John Simpson makes the Ukrainian comparison I’ve been surprised not to see more often, namely that Finland beat Stalin’s much purged army in 1940’s Winter War invasion, lost territory but saved its independence https://t.co/K0WUTri47l

— MichaelWhite (@michaelwhite) March 17, 2022

Ukraine gained a complete victory in its case against Russia at the International Court of Justice. The ICJ ordered to immediately stop the invasion. The order is binding under international law. Russia must comply immediately. Ignoring the order will isolate Russia even further

— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 16, 2022

Russia’s rapid thrust into Voznesensk was meant to showcase its military prowess. Instead, the Ukrainian town dealt Russian forces one of the most humiliating defeats of the war. My report from the battlefield where Russian bodies are still being collected https://t.co/bZf1ZmDRDK

— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) March 16, 2022

Stalemate on the battlefield is a necessary condition for serious peace talks. So that's "Why the West must boost military assistance to Ukraine." https://t.co/qvA2U2MCy8

— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) March 17, 2022

Ukraine president Zelenskiy calls for Russia to be named a 'terrorist state' – video https://t.co/2IAxmOlvZj

— Guardian news (@guardiannews) March 17, 2022

"I think he was getting what he needed from Trump and so he didn't need to escalate into a war," Marie Yovanovitch says. "But then Zelenskyy was elected president. I think Putin thought he could manipulate Zelenskyy…then Trump lost." https://t.co/W19X6dwnny

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 17, 2022

A few weeks ago at CPAC, the right was divided over how to message Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The right has been full of Vladimir Putin fanboys going back to the Trump administration, but here was their favorite authoritarian just cruising into Ukrainehttps://t.co/4WaRXhH9LH

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 16, 2022

Good reminder that if Trump were president and Kevin McCarthy were speaker, Putin would have addressed Congress today. https://t.co/V2phla49wi

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) March 16, 2022

The far right – or at least the Trump-aligned far right – is already too deep into conspiracy theories to break with Russia, or at least to side cleanly with Ukraine, writes @emilyctamkin.

https://t.co/ctgOKb84Q4

— The New Statesman (@NewStatesman) March 17, 2022

The Tories ignored Labour’s warnings on Russia – then came the invasion | John Healey https://t.co/zsauxrGMsv

— The Guardian (@guardian) March 16, 2022

Read this article as well as Danny Finkelstein's in the Times today. To put it politely, to Tories, Russian-oligarch friendships were convenient & not altogether unpleasant symbiotic relationships. Extraordinary that the PM can survive this – but he will. https://t.co/NwxDkMBxEx

— Jessica Simor QC (@JMPSimor) March 16, 2022

– not my job to defend Farage but £548,573 was the figure for assets in Thorn In The Side (of which Farage was the sole director) for the year to May 2018

– seems fair to presume that various income streams went into that company? https://t.co/H9qy7tePH5

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) March 15, 2022

Imagine having to explain to your children why you chose Farage, Dorries, Johnson & Rees-Mogg over being an integral part of this. https://t.co/2FzhSfDpuJ

— James Oh Brien (@mrjamesob) March 11, 2022

Auction houses Christie's, Sotheby's and Bonhams have cancelled sales of Russian art in London in June, part of the art market's response to Western sanctions on Russia as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/5dLFv03DfC https://t.co/5dLFv03DfC

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 17, 2022

"Plans to cap UK MPs’ earnings from second jobs dropped"

The Tories got away with Partygate and PPEGate and PutinGate and an entire battalion of other gates, so why not one more… https://t.co/HgkUn7bjuV

— Edwin Hayward 🦄 🗡 (@uk_domain_names) March 17, 2022

The moment Richard, Nazanin and Gabriella finally reunited after 6 long years. This picture makes me so happy and so proud of all 3 of my brave constituents. Thank you everyone for your constant support for this incredible family. #NazaninIsFree pic.twitter.com/KZYMtFEA48

— Tulip Siddiq (@TulipSiddiq) March 17, 2022

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is free. We’ve looked at why, after six years, this moment has come now. Just like her original detention, it’s about diplomacy and politics. 4 mins produced by Michael Cox, Priyanka Deladia, and Mary Fuller. https://t.co/BKGrSNRAzh pic.twitter.com/JDnt0EKFew

— Ros Atkins (@BBCRosAtkins) March 16, 2022

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:

"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."

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 16, 2022

"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.
And this is my main mission as the leader of my people, great Ukrainians."

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 16, 2022

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.

That's a lie.

We at the @MehdiHasanShow have the receipts. Roll the tape:pic.twitter.com/zWEN0SSbYZ

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) March 16, 2022

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

He's checking lost & found to see if his testicles were located yet

— ♍️🔮 Miriam B Sayer 🏳️‍🌈🌈🌹🇺🇦 (@SayerMiriam) March 16, 2022

A month ago it would have been hard to imagine French President Emmanuel Macron trying to copy President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Now it’s the reality we live in. pic.twitter.com/WbDm1UZhFq

— Oleksiy Sorokin (@mrsorokaa) March 14, 2022

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

https://t.co/2jRH8ZM2rs

— GreenJJNews (@GreenJJNews) March 16, 2022

Powerful

Opinion | How Putin Weaponized London’s Greed – The New York Times https://t.co/yG8EY9Jdqw

— Scott Galloway (@profgalloway) March 12, 2022

It is extraordinarily good news that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe appears to be in her way home
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

— nazir afzal (@nazirafzal) March 16, 2022

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.
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

— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) March 15, 2022

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

— Major General (just retired!) Mick Ryan (@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."

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

— CNN (@CNN) March 15, 2022

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 prisonpic.twitter.com/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

Squatters have seized a property in Westminster that they say is owned by a Russian oligarch.

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

— London Live (@LondonLive) March 14, 2022

The world is watching British Govt & @metpoliceuk pick side of Genocidal Putin & #PoliceState fascism.

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

— Cathy 🇺🇦 #StandsWithUkraine (@NarcAware) March 14, 2022

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

— Robert Miller (@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.

“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

— Gabriel Pogrund (@Gabriel_Pogrund) March 13, 2022

The boss has his own questions to answerhttps://t.co/5bBP0WKIKk

— George (@George_T_Truth) March 14, 2022

It appears as though the Telegraph had been paid £500,000 a year to push Kremlin-produced stories.

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

— Mike Galsworthy 🇺🇦 (@mikegalsworthy) March 12, 2022

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

https://t.co/gbWZEycGGE

— 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

⚡️ Russian airstrike destroys maternity, children's hospital in Mariupol.

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

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 9, 2022

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."

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.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 10, 2022

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.

The Syria playbook is being rolled out – step by step by step.https://t.co/QwL0lq0NEx

— David Patrikarakos (@dpatrikarakos) March 9, 2022

I took a look at how Russia’s Ukrainian bio lab conspiracy theory harkens back to myths the Soviets promoted during the Cold War.

Useful idiots abound in the US now thanks to QAnon. https://t.co/NRdJq5j7Yy

— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) March 10, 2022

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.
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

— David Beard (@dabeard) March 10, 2022

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.

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.”

thread/1 pic.twitter.com/JVbYxnTfXh

— Peter Strzok (@petestrzok) March 10, 2022

🔥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

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

https://t.co/IKU7AyPjwm

— 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

Ukraine turned on Monday to the International Court of Justice at The Hague — the UN's highest court — saying that "Russia must be stopped, and the court has a role in stopping it." Russia boycotted the hearing. https://t.co/HbMFetadVx

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 7, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy to @DavidMuir on new conditions from Kremlin: Putin needs to "start the dialogue, instead of living in informational bubble without oxygen…He is in this bubble." https://t.co/EPUvsRMUrD pic.twitter.com/XddUVMBTt2

— ABC News (@ABC) March 7, 2022

Peskov just essentially confirmed this, less the PM part of course (screen via @bazabazon ) pic.twitter.com/v9tO3HvVIb

— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) March 7, 2022

🇷🇺Russia cannot sustain its current air losses for any more than a fortnight after at least nine aircraft were shot down in just 24 hours, analysts have said https://t.co/mTkanpZXOB

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 7, 2022

Personal account of horror in Volnavakha & Mariupol — days sheltering from hellish bombardment in freezing basements

“If we had imagined for even a second what was coming, we would have risked trying to escape the very first moment the shelling started"https://t.co/dUFbGl8VZ3

— Emma Graham-Harrison (@_EmmaGH) March 7, 2022

Shame on them https://t.co/blfbjrhn2B

— GerryC76 (@GerryC76) March 7, 2022

"Another Berlin airlift": in under a week, the US and #NATO have pushed 17,000+ antitank weapons, including Javelins, over the borders of Poland & Romania, unloading them from giant military cargo planes so they can make the trip by land to Kyiv #Ukraine️ https://t.co/AuwNG8ZMAg

— Julie Laumann (@Otpor17) March 7, 2022

Businesses in Ukraine will be exempt from paying taxes for employees who are drafted into the military or serve in the nation’s territorial defense forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced as part of an effort to boost the country’s reeling economy.https://t.co/62Bp6dySe5

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 7, 2022

Activists put blue and yellow balloons in the hand of a Lenin statue towering over the small square where the rally took place, and the crowd shouted slogans such as “No to war” and “Putin is a dickhead” while waving Ukrainian flagshttps://t.co/uaugT2AC4Z

— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) March 7, 2022

I am now free to tell you that yesterday 4631 Russians were arrested yesterday in 64 cities for opposing Putin’s war. Russian charity OVD calculates 13,028 Russians have now been arrested. pic.twitter.com/Vd4fmPkB75

— alex thomson (@alextomo) March 7, 2022

From @Breakingviews: Russia spent three decades integrating itself into the global economy. The repercussions of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine are winding the clock back in a matter of weeks, writes @peter_tl https://t.co/Nj6oexeo2J pic.twitter.com/Xqu3X6ARM9

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 7, 2022

"Russia is now as totalitarian as China — but without the functioning economy, foreign travel and consumer goods that help to keep the Chinese middle class in line"https://t.co/hyGWYFRdyE

— Aidan Regan (@Aidan_Regan) March 7, 2022

Mother Russia thanks its loyal GOP comrades 🇷🇺 pic.twitter.com/zdGy9Xvp0N

— 𝖠𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋 🌊 (@AnIllicitWriter) March 5, 2022

“President Trump at a pretty critical period withheld military assistance to Ukraine,” which was “desperate for it at that particular junction, basically to get [Ukrainian President] Volodymyr Zelensky to do him a personal favor,” said Fiona Hill. https://t.co/eMGurJUs8N

— Jennifer 'I stand with Ukraine' Rubin 🇺🇦🇺🇦 (@JRubinBlogger) March 7, 2022

When someone says "but Trump was tough on Russia!", here's me yelling at them for you https://t.co/2XR20qHhYR

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 7, 2022

And before I pushed back on the "Trump was tough on Russia" stuff, I explained the difference in the GOP between the crackpots and the opportunists.
Not that the difference matters to Putin, since both of them help him. https://t.co/oZ4Ta5blB3

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 7, 2022

A lot of my ledes are maybe mediocre. But I did enjoy this one. “NEW ORLEANS — Former president Donald Trump mused Saturday to the GOP’s top donors that the United States should label its F-22 planes with the Chinese flag and “bomb the s–t out of Russia.” https://t.co/v29e4qRan2

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 7, 2022

https://t.co/yYqFVn9YlD

— Nick Carmody JD, MS Psych (@Nick_Carmody) March 7, 2022

when you hear Republican politicians snipe at Biden on the crisis, remember:

the Republican president who left office last year used his term to strengthen Russia's hand and weaken Ukraine's

his party protected him as he did it

he still leads the party https://t.co/HchKLTqfQe

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 7, 2022

As @mikepompeo runs his mouth bashing President Biden’s widely-praised handling of the Ukraine crisis, do not let people forget POMPEO WAS ON THE CALL when Trump tried to extort Ukrainian President Zelensky. And he didn’t admit it for months.

— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) March 6, 2022

TODAY: Fiona Hill recounts the Trump administration’s steps when it came to supporting Ukraine.

Hill: “President Trump, at a pretty critical period, withheld military assistance to Ukraine … basically to get Volodymyr Zelenskyy to do him a personal favor.” pic.twitter.com/Zqc0OfEPmk

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) March 6, 2022

A point that gets missed b/c we get caught in the details— tfg leveraged something other than weapons, he was bartering with the prestige of the United States. More than anything the newly elected reform president, @ZelenskyyUa, wanted a WH photo op as a signal of a new Ukraine. https://t.co/bBTIUVN31L

— Joanna Lamb Looby 🇺🇸🌎🇺🇦 (@joannalamblooby) March 7, 2022

Just a reminder that @LeaderMcConnell’s little old Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System is somehow the second largest investor in Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank.

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence. 🧐 https://t.co/Mi6fZ3yvoZ pic.twitter.com/JyLciCdPHL

— Gertrude the Squid (@SquidGertrude) March 7, 2022

Remember when you said “I think there are two people Putin pays. Rohrabacher and Trump”? #GOPtheRussianPartyofTraitors#GOPTraitorsToDemocracy https://t.co/gA8nbIvmL6

— Andrew Wortman 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@AmoneyResists) March 7, 2022

Bitch, please… https://t.co/XO4xi10Kkq

— Rachel Vindman 🌻 (@natsechobbyist) March 7, 2022

1min 16 seconds: spot the Dupers Delight smirk as he works his lie out: pic.twitter.com/qVXqJdLkuH

— ThisName (@Willdo4now) March 7, 2022

Boris Johnson denies overruling spooks when he got peerage for Russian-born pal https://t.co/nydSLWYXBc

— Rachel Wearmouth (@REWearmouth) March 7, 2022

Boris Johnson pushed ahead with the nomination of his friend Evgeny Lebedev, the Moscow-born son of an ex-KGB agent and media mogul, after intelligence officials raised concerns https://t.co/csoUqUbZea

— The Times (@thetimes) March 7, 2022

Cleverly also neatly sidestepping the crux of the issue here. As a Lord, Lebedev Jr. has access to HUGE caches of sensitive documents and information from across ALL government departments. His voting record is entirely irrelevant.

— Richard (@ProbablyADick) March 7, 2022

🔴NEW: Boris Johnson has warned that the use of Russian oil and gas cannot be cut off overnight, as he pledged to unveil a new energy strategy in the coming days.

Follow the latest updates on our politics liveblog here👇https://t.co/fenToLM2Yg pic.twitter.com/QZvilVZ4iT

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 7, 2022

Lord Barker, or better known as Oleg Deripaska’s concierge, resigned from Deripaska’s company today. His previous work got Deripaska’s company off US sanctions list for which he was paid millions. Wonder if he plans to donate that to Ukrainian relief https://t.co/vcDnYMx7Y5

— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) March 7, 2022

UK rejects opening borders to Ukraine refugees https://t.co/0l2JpcaIgH pic.twitter.com/3J8hK3whVw

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 7, 2022

Wow… this is…. quite something. 🤯

This organisation which advocated a hard Brexit now wants to exploit a humanitarian crisis and access the Ukrainian workforce to ease the labour shortage it created… https://t.co/GkCp8rMf67

— Anna Turley 🌹💙🇺🇦 (@annaturley) March 7, 2022

It's a little known fact that Gardaí are all trained to stop trucks with their bare hands like the Hulk or something. https://t.co/MJmU6HEZdR

— Elaine Crory (@ElaineCrory) March 7, 2022

The last two sentences… pic.twitter.com/nIo5hprb9s

— Peter Parker. (@NordieIreland) March 7, 2022

#Ukraine latest 🇺🇦

⚫️ Putin targeting populated areas, says British intel
⚫️ Putin warns West that sanctions 'akin to act of war'
⚫️ 2nd attempt at Mariupol evacuation later today

Follow live ⬇️https://t.co/FbSbKs2Lx8

— The Independent (@Independent) March 6, 2022

Ukraine's Mariupol says civilian evacuation under ceasefire will start at midday https://t.co/SYGWsK9Sw9 pic.twitter.com/qEBg8lMclm

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 6, 2022

Another view of the same convoy: https://t.co/eTAHJJ0JPV

— ChrisO (@ChrisO_wiki) March 6, 2022

So much about Russia’s invasion plan was really nuts, but the idea they could waltz into Ukrainian towns and install their own rule without local pushback looks so out-of-touch with reality as to be actually bizarre. https://t.co/PiYUi2fR9k

— Joshua Yaffa (@yaffaesque) March 5, 2022

Just checked and yes, the German Embassy really did say this 💪🏻 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/eV1ZyifF85

— Tits McGee 🇺🇦 (@Scientits) March 5, 2022

"Follow the Ukrainian government's advice about how to officially register, and do not go there telling them where and how you want to participate in the fighting. … You are not Rambo, there to single-handedly slay Russians and post your selfies"

— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) March 5, 2022

More than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed into neighbouring countries in 10 days — the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.

— Filippo Grandi (@FilippoGrandi) March 6, 2022

Since the begining of the war in #Ukraine, 201,133 🇺🇦refugees entered #Moldova. Our country currently offers shelter for over 96,000 🇺🇦citizens, including about 40,000 minors. Moldova is by far the country with the highest number of refugees per capita.

— Nicu Popescu (@nicupopescu) March 6, 2022

Herculean Polish efforts to help shine a light on the EU’s limp response to shocking refugee crisis https://t.co/Qs8BTCaEZh

— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) March 6, 2022

Britain must not ignore its obligations to vulnerable refugees https://t.co/G4KNJK0Gzp | opinion

— Financial Times (@FT) March 5, 2022

🔴 French interior minister Gerald Damanin has written to Priti Patel accusing Britain of “lacking humanity” in its response to Ukrainian refugees https://t.co/nyggf5gKGJ

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 5, 2022

The most beautiful photo:

Polish moms left strollers at the train station, for Ukrainian moms who may need them when they arrive in #Poland with kids. 🇵🇱🇺🇦.

(Pic: eduard koller) #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/dVCY2TUBxA

— World updates ( NATH ) (@itswpceo) March 6, 2022

So there you have it. Despite serious concerns from spooks and vetting committees about granting Lebedev a peerage, the trolley overruled them all and gave him one anyway claiming it was “anti-Russianism” not to.https://t.co/FqnQ3yfCYs

— Otto English (@Otto_English) March 6, 2022

God, give me strength.

a) @pcaruanagalizia revealed this 3 days ago.

b) My colleagues @lukeharding & @dansabbagh & @TownsendMark & I & @openDemocracy’s Jim Cusick & @BylineTimes’ @johnsweeneyroar have done MULTIPLE stories on Lebedev & never a PEEP from you. Not a single one https://t.co/orUjRiRk5f

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) March 5, 2022

Kyiv: good to see @thesundaytimes
today catching up with my scoop from two years ago that Baron Siberia @mrevgenylebedev
was a security risk.

And then, magically, he wasn't. @BorisJohnson has been compromised. @BylineTimes @carolecadwallahttps://t.co/0cllVPy6y6

— John Sweeney (@johnsweeneyroar) March 6, 2022

Well this is fascinating resurfaced video.

Putin was insistent that May completed on Brexit. He seems to really care about it.

He, of all people, citing the “democracy” imperative to remove public power to reevaluate it, is bemusing. pic.twitter.com/g6sek28uNG

— Mike Galsworthy 🇺🇦 (@mikegalsworthy) March 6, 2022

Can we all agree that we’ve had more than enough of these jingoistic loonies? https://t.co/TY8nvgul0W

— Mike Galsworthy 🇺🇦 (@mikegalsworthy) March 5, 2022

In addition to all of the obvious reasons it's a moronic idea, the EU has:

a) Never been this united;
b) Never been this willing to accept some economic pain to punish threats to regional security and the legal order.

You do not want to fuck with them right now.

— Dmitry Grozoubinski (@DmitryOpines) March 5, 2022

Great post mortem report @FT Where was the financial newspaper all these years as Londongrad was in the making?? https://t.co/tTqbeYXw8L

— Roman Borisovich (@r_borisovich) March 5, 2022

No one dares mention this. https://t.co/4EAOiXeDrY

— Jessica Simor QC (@JMPSimor) March 6, 2022

Londongrad will stand until tory recipients of £millions of Russian money decide it was a bad idea and put money into enforcing action against the corrupt.

https://t.co/KgdWZOUmA3

— PutneyDebates #DemocraticAlliance #FBDA #FBPR (@PutneyPolitics) March 1, 2022

Still enjoying this splendid self-own from the firm founded by a Chair of the Tories.

Anyone care to venture a theory as to why none of his clients have been sanctioned? pic.twitter.com/VGvZPWF2gJ

— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) March 5, 2022

and are only now beginning to realise the scale of their pusillanimous misjudgment. This will be yet another devastating blow to confidence in how we run this place and the people who run it.

— Robert Peston (@Peston) March 5, 2022

Buckle up. Come on a tour of London with a difference and find out how Putin's oligarchs hide and spend their money in the capital. Money-laundering expert @OliverBullough is your guide. 💰 pic.twitter.com/0nC1LJgWOe

— Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) March 4, 2022

As he ‘moves to assume leadership of global efforts’ to end the war in Ukraine. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 he can’t even remember if he went to his own birthday party pic.twitter.com/WA9gsGjKlC

— Simon Gosden. Esq. #fbpe 3.5% 🕷🇪🇺🇬🇧🏴‍☠️🦠💙 (@g_gosden) March 6, 2022

How can people take this nonsense seriously? https://t.co/XD1DQKPvm5

— Sam Thompson (@JarrieSam) March 6, 2022

“I am a big fan of yours!” pic.twitter.com/zU0cF4PHQc

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) March 6, 2022

Pence says there’s no room in the GOP for “apologists for Putin,” in veiled swipe at Trump https://t.co/XAszfYOqdc

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 5, 2022

That Pence even needs to have this conversation is sickening and shows just how in bed with Putin the GOP has been. That Putin didn't take Ukraine in 3 days as they expected, has them all now scrambling. https://t.co/EfGz8PpAMo

— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) March 6, 2022

Douglas MacGregor, nominated by Trump as ambassador to Germany; appointed by Trump as sr advisor to the Secretary of Defense, says Russian forces have been “too gentle” and “I don’t see anything heroic” about Zelensky.

This is the Putin wing of the GOP.

pic.twitter.com/Orz8krh1it

— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) March 5, 2022

John Bolton says that he, Pompeo and Esper were “appalled” at how Trump treated Ukraine, that he believes that Trump was going to pull the US out of NATO in his 2nd term, and that is what Putin was waiting for before moving forward with plans to invade Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/nlw1H0yJkW

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 5, 2022

.@MaddowBlog: Why didn’t Russia invade Ukraine during Trump’s term? Perhaps because Putin was so pleased to see Trump pursuing goals in line with Moscow’s agenda.https://t.co/w5oS2o8h1w

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 6, 2022

https://t.co/bGHYebjZs8

— Shelley Persists (@FreckledShelley) March 5, 2022

The leader of your party withheld security aid from this leaders whose bravery & leadership you now claim inspires you & you enabled it by voting to acquit when Trump was impeached for trying to extract a polical quid pro quo from Zelensky. https://t.co/zh3gdgtsAC

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) March 6, 2022

Didn’t this party change the party platform in 2016 re Ukraine? https://t.co/dwTze1QqMW

— Doug Munn (@WDMunn) March 6, 2022

This lady knows the truth

Words matter. The first freedom that fascists want to deprive you of is your ability to speak the truth

Putin is engaged in an unprovoked and genocidal invasion of a sovereign nation and people. He is a war criminal and terrorist. Do not mince words https://t.co/curWYH5dbp

— Lindy Li (@lindyli) March 6, 2022

Russia-Ukraine War:

Moscow's forces besieged two strategic Ukrainian seaports, Mariupol and Kherson.

Bombardment of Kharkiv continues, explosions in Kyiv.

1 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's attack began, swiftest exodus this century. https://t.co/S3EUsZMnoD

— The Associated Press (@AP) March 3, 2022

A million refugees have fled Ukraine in a week after Russia invaded the country, the head of the United Nations refugee agency said https://t.co/dIuVISZLf4 pic.twitter.com/TkDpVhv6f1

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 3, 2022

UKRAINE Day 8:
*UK intel report says Russian advance on Kyiv has been stalled by “staunch Ukrainian resistance, mechanical breakdown and congestion.”
*Despite heavy shelling, Kharkiv, Chernihiv & Mariupol are still in Ukraine hands.https://t.co/S8Woy9dhtY pic.twitter.com/4tRUKLq53h

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) March 3, 2022

Lavrov says Russia will continue Ukraine war till 'the end' https://t.co/QJheIma31h pic.twitter.com/WYWylJO96S

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 3, 2022

The bombardment of Kharkiv has wrecked local government buildings, schools and a maternity hospital. But it has also destroyed something more intangible — the respect and even affection that millions of people in eastern Ukraine used to feel for Russia https://t.co/XNwDKaJtUO

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) March 2, 2022

Re fall of Kherson there are around 25 cities in Ukraine of that size or larger – many significantly larger – which just gives an indication of how hard it would be to occupy the whole country. It's not Chechnya. https://t.co/Nk8IpyNGis

— Sam Freedman (@Samfr) March 2, 2022

NBC News: The European Commission has proposed to allow refugees from Ukraine to seek residency and work permits in member countries for up to three years. @NBCNews

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 3, 2022

Poland has revolutionized migration policy. We have received 500,000 refugees and do not have a single refugee camp. Most of them are taken in by Polish families. Almost all my friends in Warsaw have someone from Ukraine at home tonight. pic.twitter.com/4d4DTBWJ8P

— Tomasz Wróblewski (@tomaawroblewski) March 2, 2022

Boris Johnson just told MP’s the UK has taken more refugees since 2015 then any other country in Europe

NOT TRUE – Germany took in more refugees in a single year (2019) than the UK did in the six years from 2015 to 2020

THIS RELENTLESS LYING HAS TO STOP pic.twitter.com/TgrRtOTQtj

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) March 2, 2022

When this all started, people tweeted at me saying Germany’s response was weak & pathetic. Since then, they’ve started seizing yachts, cancelled Nord Stream 2, and co-ordinated a vast EU response that goes further than ours on both sanctions & refugees.

Not a 🇩🇪 flag in sight.

— Brendan May 🇺🇦 (@bmay) March 2, 2022

The Dutch, Estonians, Poles, Latvians and also Czechs: In all, about 20 countries — most members of NATO and the EU, but not all — are funneling arms into Ukraine to fight off Russian invaders and arm an insurgency, if the war comes to that. https://t.co/djFlGPlPgY

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 2, 2022

This is shaping up to be a death spiral. The longer it goes the more dangerous it will get. Maximum support to Ukraine now, to recalibrate the Russian Armed Forces and Putin, that his military operation will not succeed, is essential. https://t.co/v7kKGkxnKp

— Alexander S. Vindman (@AVindman) March 2, 2022

Remarkable and saddening image from Russia as riot police bundle away babushka protesting against nuclear war pic.twitter.com/AOum9szH5D

— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) March 2, 2022

🔴Police in Moscow detained five children, reportedly aged between seven and 11-years-old, with their two mothers for carrying flowers and colourful hand-drawn anti-war banners to lay outside the Ukrainian embassy building

Thread ⬇️🧵https://t.co/OYMo4EPMuv

— Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) March 2, 2022

"You have a generation now that is going to be forever affected and will look at the world in a completely different way… and Ukraine will forever be different. This war if it widens… is going to be a humanitarian catastrophe" – @CalNBC w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/E5KVCJdiRa

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) March 2, 2022

Can we please stop pretending that the Olympics are not first and foremost a propaganda tool? It’s bread-and-circuses on a global scale. (Maybe seeing drugged teenage girls breaking down finally brought that home to some people.) This is 100% unsurprising. https://t.co/I38QpmKHd3

— Julia Kite-Laidlaw (@juliakite) March 3, 2022

Factbox: Russia's response to Western sanctions over Ukraine https://t.co/sjS3gE92gH pic.twitter.com/pr8SsfJ29Q

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 2, 2022

Russian billionaire says proceeds from Chelsea sale to be donated to "victims of war" in Ukraine https://t.co/BV5w4NkJqG pic.twitter.com/rWM3irysrv

— The Hill (@thehill) March 2, 2022

Igor Sechin, known as "Darth Vader" in Russia, is one of the most powerful and terrifying men in the country. He is close to Putin and was a "translator" in Mozambique during the civil war there. He then gobbled up the majority of Khodorkovsky's oil company when he was arrested. https://t.co/AEEmHkwwW3

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 3, 2022

The Germans have now seized oligarch Alisher Usmanov’s yacht.

Usmanov also owns Sutton Place in the UK.

Is @BorisJohnson going to keep pace with the EU… or is he, very mysteriously, dragging his feet on tackling oligarchs? pic.twitter.com/0MALqV0bmn

— Mike Galsworthy 🇺🇦 (@mikegalsworthy) March 3, 2022

What's the difference?

As you descend the tree of incompetence towards the roots of hell, you realise that the stuff Tories have kinda sorta done ok is very obvious and general.

Helping refugees hurts them with some of their voter base.

Chasing oligarchs hurts their wallets.

— Edwin Hayward 🦄 🗡 (@uk_domain_names) March 3, 2022

Boris Johnson said he would immediately freeze assets in Russia’s second largest bank, and then quietly gave it a one-month reprieve.

Asked if the decision was due to a senior figure at VTB donating to the Conservative Party, a spokesman replied “no.” https://t.co/16j0FmwYq5

— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) March 3, 2022

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday faced pressure from lawmakers to take specific measures to expose the assets of Russia's oligarchs in Britain. https://t.co/FT1rHn7s2S

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 2, 2022

The Russia report revealed the UK Government failed to investigate Kremlin interference

Johnson tried to suppress it, misrepresented its findings & ignored its conclusions

Journalists need to step up & deal with this pic.twitter.com/w1F2EdwxmT

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) February 24, 2022

a great refresher https://t.co/4EVKyb9vQ9

— Bruno J. Navarro 🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦 (@Bruno_J_Navarro) March 3, 2022

A convoy of Russian tanks and vehicles — stretching some 40 miles in length — massed north of Kyiv on Tuesday. As Russian forces struggle to subdue the Ukrainian capital, there is concern that they will step up their bombardment.

Follow our updates.https://t.co/A9oZLrjn8J

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 1, 2022

There are indications that Russian forces are "regrouping" after their haphazard operation so far hasn't yielded the results they expected. They continue to deal with fuel shortages, and the senior U.S. defense official said food shortages have come up, too.

— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) March 1, 2022

BREAKING: U.S. believes Russia has committed more than 80 percent of pre-staged troops into Ukraine: senior U.S. defense official.

Russia has not been able to advance on Kyiv due to fuel & sustainment problems. "Not only are they running out of gas, they're running out of food"

— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) March 1, 2022

Plagued by poor morale as well as fuel and food shortages, some Russian troops in Ukraine have surrendered en masse or sabotaged their own vehicles to avoid fighting, a senior Pentagon official said on Tuesday. https://t.co/i1K9cuq7sH

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 1, 2022

Whoa.

Ukrainians are uploading instructional TikTok videos to operate abandoned Russian military equipment.pic.twitter.com/E3JQuXe4vj

— ❤️🧡💛ᗰia💚💙💜 (@mommamia1217) February 28, 2022

… And here is the actual Russian plan of invasion and occupation. https://t.co/MJ9NhFu2tI

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) March 1, 2022

⚡️Russia strikes at TV tower in Kyiv.

Ukrainian TV channels stopped broadcasting several minutes ago.

Photo: Ukraine NOW/Telegram pic.twitter.com/bdNW2EcyJ7

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 1, 2022

Video shows severe damage in the center of Kharkiv after Russian troops fired artillery at Ukraine's second-largest city https://t.co/p50Q5eqIdx pic.twitter.com/DdQ0a1xboq

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 1, 2022

Downtown Kharkiv before and during the Russian aggression. Kharkiv is the second-largest city in Ukraine. Its residential areas have been targeted by Russian shells, rockets, bombs, missiles for days now.

📷@Mariana_Betsa pic.twitter.com/re2hMpS03z

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) March 1, 2022

Amnesty International’s Crisis Evidence Lab analyzed digital evidence — including photos, videos and satellite imagery of indiscriminate attacks in #Ukraine. They have verified violations of international law which could amount to war crimes. pic.twitter.com/4HvPykiYVn

— Amnesty International (@amnesty) March 1, 2022

HRC members walk out once Lavrov’s video began to play in the session of the Council. Enough of exposure to the deranged lunacy of war criminals. We will listen to you at International Tribunal for War Crimes of Putin’s Regime pic.twitter.com/neDqBYccxk

— Sergiy Kyslytsya (@SergiyKyslytsya) March 1, 2022

Senior international correspondent @mchancecnn asks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky if there's any hope for diplomacy following the Ukraine-Russia talks in Belarus. pic.twitter.com/inMFGdsfqO

— CNN (@CNN) March 1, 2022

⚡️BREAKING: European Parliament recommends giving Ukraine EU candidate status.

The decision follows President Zelensky’s speech, where he called on the EU to “prove” that the union is with Ukraine. The resolution also demands that Russia withdraws all its troops from Ukraine.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 1, 2022

JUST IN: Ukrainian Pres. Zelensky tweets that he spoke with Pres. Biden: "The American leadership on anti-Russian sanctions and defense assistance to Ukraine was discussed. We must stop the aggressor as soon as possible. Thank you for your support!" https://t.co/YAknlXBOVr pic.twitter.com/EjijnOAnXO

— ABC News (@ABC) March 1, 2022

Nearly 700,000 people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries since Russian forces invaded the eastern European country on Feb. 24, according to the United Nations refugee agency.

Where they are heading: https://t.co/L0qaZSxfkK pic.twitter.com/wkcVxYMKgz

— ABC News (@ABC) March 1, 2022

Kyiv's central train station was packed on Monday as Ukrainians attempted to flee the capital.

The mass exodus of refugees from Ukraine shows no sign of stopping, with the UN estimating that more than 500,000 people have already escaped pic.twitter.com/eDTzd2pv1C

— TIME (@TIME) March 1, 2022

Jarring interview of Dominic Raab by Mark Austin while sirens blare in Kyiv.

Austin: “The siren’s just going off here. How does the 75 year old woman living in a basement, get to her son who’s living in London?”

Raab: “I can’t comment on every potential hypothetical case…" pic.twitter.com/tHcrxPWAYO

— Dan Bloom (@danbloom1) March 1, 2022

Here’s our latest explainer on Putin putting his nuclear arsenal on high alert, how Russia blamed Liz Truss for this & the history of nuclear tensions and nuclear deals between the US and Russia. Produced: Mary Fuller, Catherine Karelli, Priyanka Deladia https://t.co/BKGrSNRAzh pic.twitter.com/3GCa9Zlfji

— Ros Atkins (@BBCRosAtkins) February 28, 2022

Unfortunately:https://t.co/ko7jKWs4PT

— Mike C. (@macaac3) March 1, 2022

"We could use that on our southern border." https://t.co/utatKO2AMb

— Georgia Jase (@GeorgiaJase) March 1, 2022

Don't let them memory-hole this:

* Trump spread propaganda about Ukraine interfering in 2016

* He withheld WH meeting from Zelensky after freezing military aid

* He ousted US ambassador to Ukraine

* He turned Ukraine policy over to Giuliani

More here:https://t.co/skCkJbtgKr

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 1, 2022

I don't watch @FoxNews, but I feel like I do, since multiple clips from their shows are constantly being aired on #Russia's state TV. Unlike @CNN, which the Russians condemn and attack, Fox News messaging is praised and boosted by Kremlin-controlled media. pic.twitter.com/hvrHrRKIzq

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) March 1, 2022

Exclusive: Roman Abramovich will receive bids to buy Chelsea this week with parties believing that, for the first time, he will consider a sale #cfc https://t.co/zpwvz8dVfF

— Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) March 1, 2022

Extraordinary scenes at Boris Johnson press conference. Attacked by journalist for not doing enough. You are not sanctioning Abramovich. She says he is still in London. Putin's children in the EU…yet people in Ukraine are dying.

— Lisa O'Carroll 🇺🇦 (@lisaocarroll) March 1, 2022

Ukrainian journalist makes emotional plea to Boris Johnson. Pleas for NATO cover on the border to allow refugees cross safely, asks why Abramovich and Putin’s children she claims are in London and the EU are not sanctioned while people in Ukraine dying pic.twitter.com/KGxL0VwzVY

— Lisa O'Carroll 🇺🇦 (@lisaocarroll) March 1, 2022

Russia had hired lawyers in the UK to gather dirt on politicians in order to compromise them and get leverage over them? Intimidating the press too? Well, that could never happen here. This is called kicking ass and naming names. https://t.co/ox7LQgZnfH

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 1, 2022

#UPDATE Ukraine says it will hold talks with Russia at its border with Belarus — near the Chernobyl exclusion zone — after a phone call between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko pic.twitter.com/A4dLmWuu1N

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 27, 2022

Ukraine and Russia agree to talks without preconditions, Zelenskiy says https://t.co/3XL0HFqMBd pic.twitter.com/fJYONVmDPq

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 27, 2022

Ukraine “won’t give up one inch of Ukrainian territory" to Moscow during talks with Russia on the Belarusian border, says Ukraine's foreign minister. "We are going there to say what we think of this war and Russia’s actions.” U.S. is skeptical of talks https://t.co/z3MPjMFGXs pic.twitter.com/eGKRHtHHot

— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) February 27, 2022

U.N. Security Council calls rare General Assembly session on Ukraine https://t.co/9HED4nGbUA pic.twitter.com/0M2mkqPc0u

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 28, 2022

Russia, Ukraine agree to talks; Putin puts nuclear forces on alert https://t.co/kJaHPSIPBy pic.twitter.com/9TWIPfX4Et

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 27, 2022

The Ukrainians are strong students of the English language. After Russian FM Lavrov said ceasefire talks can begin after Russia “restores democratic order” in Ukraine, MP Oleksiy Goncharenko responded. pic.twitter.com/Wal231njre

— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) February 27, 2022

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian nuclear deterrent forces on alert amid tensions with the West over Ukraine.

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) February 27, 2022

An isolated dictator threatens nuclear war after his ground troops meet resistance from a non-NATO country after only four days of fighting. Putin puts the world at its most dangerous nuclear posture since the Cuban Missile Crisis. https://t.co/mCMJT3dazM

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) February 27, 2022

Remarkable in the midst of a global crisis with Vladimir Putin engaged in nuclear saber-rattling. https://t.co/yY17ThGOGv

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) February 27, 2022

We #StandWithUkraine. Today's GOP stands with Putin. pic.twitter.com/Cdi9MRMH5B https://t.co/HwjOQ7scrL

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) February 27, 2022

As Putin puts nuclear forces on alert we learn of Russia-Ukraine talks. What we dont know is the tie between the two & whether the nuclear threat is an effort to impose harsh terms rather than negotiate reasonable ones. Both tho suggest Putin realizes his strategy isnt working.

— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) February 27, 2022

Strongly in favor of offering Putin a dignified off-ramp from his war … but when you remember how many dignified off-ramps he sped past on his way to his present predicament, it's difficult to be optimistic about the next one.

— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 28, 2022

Everyone please stop trying to get inside Putin’s head. You have no idea what he’s thinking or what he’ll do. We went through this with Trump. Stop guessing and rationalizing. You don’t have the cheat code. You don’t know. The only thing we can predict from Putin is ruthlessness.

— Paul Rieckhoff🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@PaulRieckhoff) February 28, 2022

We are stepping up our support for Ukraine.

For the first time, the EU will finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and equipment to a country under attack.

We are also strengthening our sanctions against the Kremlin.
https://t.co/qEBICNxYa1

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 27, 2022

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tells @euronews the EU wants Ukraine in the bloc:

"They belong to us, they are one of us, and we want them in." pic.twitter.com/DX7VcYgJDc

— The Recount (@therecount) February 28, 2022

MiG-29 (updated version) used by Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia are still great fighter-jets, even better than F15E, just with less autonomy. Until 2021 Russia was still providing parts to these countries. However, there won’t be a lot of MiG-29 available: 🇵🇱 30, 🇧🇬 14, 🇸🇰 11 pic.twitter.com/251F6ERf6k

— Franco Spicciariello (@spicciar) February 27, 2022

Denmark will donate 2,700 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine, prime minister Mette Frederiksen said. Sweden will send 5,000 anti-tank weapons, 5,000 helmets, 5,000 body shields and 135,000 field rations, Sweden’s minister for foreign affairs said on Twitter. https://t.co/TgazsBWNZI

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 27, 2022

Several Russian government websites down and Russian TV channels hacked to broadcast Ukrainian music after #Anonymous declared war on Putinhttps://t.co/2rLQLaRqUE

— Anonymous (@LatestAnonPress) February 27, 2022

European Union to Ban Russia Today and Sputnik, Close Airspace as President Putin Threatens Nuclear Action https://t.co/WN0x69Y90Q

— Variety (@Variety) February 27, 2022

To clarify – it appears this is a Ukrainian defence min vid from 2014 after Russia’s invasion of Crimea that is doing the rounds again. V powerful, but not new.

— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) February 27, 2022

Seven years ago today, Vladimir Putin ordered the assassination of my friend and ally Boris Nemtsov. As we grieve for Putin’s victims in Ukraine we should take a moment and remember this great man and how he stood up to Putin and paid the ultimate price. RIP Boris. pic.twitter.com/PFJFpCyjKn

— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) February 27, 2022

Signs of cracks in Russian elite. First Fridman, then Deripaska. Now Anatoly Chubais has just posted picture of Boris Nemtsov on his Facebook page. Nemtsov, seen by some as Yeltsin’s first choice 4 president, was murdered in front of the Kremlin seven years ago today pic.twitter.com/2jrLm4A3Oe

— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) February 27, 2022

BP quits Russia in up to $25 billion hit after Ukraine invasion https://t.co/Ijh9wgOASe pic.twitter.com/nxEzycGJ4g

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 28, 2022

Thermobaric weapons are on trucks moving towards Kiev. If they are deployed, it will be a humanitarian catastrophe of our worst fears.

Yet Boris Johnson has not even taken BASIC steps against his London proxies. Why?https://t.co/9YHsZAYw7s

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) February 27, 2022

Chelsea have lost the Carabao Cup. 3 mins on the 'uncertainties' that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has created for the club – which is owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. Produced by Eliza Craston. https://t.co/BKGrSNRAzh pic.twitter.com/pFD9SPZxnU

— Ros Atkins (@BBCRosAtkins) February 27, 2022

Chelsea was never an eccentric hobby for Abramovic. It was always about Sportswashing

Putin's oligarchs planned to buy up visible cultural assets in the UK in order to embed themselves in the establishment to such an extent that they could operate with impugnity

— Glasgow RK Spurs (@GlasgowRKSpurs) February 24, 2022

I’m worried that the British press (with some notable exceptions) have fallen for the Abramovich line on ceding control. Unless and until he condemns the criminal invasion of Ukraine I will continue to call for the UK to sanction him and seize/freeze assets.

— Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) February 27, 2022

🚨 FIFA will shortly announce Russia must play in neutral venue, without anthem, fans or flag. Unlikely to be enough for Poland, Sweden and Czechs that have refused to play them at all. https://t.co/z9Nk8j56q6

— tariq panja (@tariqpanja) February 27, 2022

• Ukrainian forward Roman Yaremchuk comes on for Darwin Núñez and is handed the captain’s armband.

• Every single Benfica supporter gives him a standing ovation, moving Yaremchuk to tears

Goosebumps. An incredibly emotional moment… 🙌pic.twitter.com/AvW752glIe

— SPORTbible (@sportbible) February 27, 2022

This picture of today’s peace protest in #Berlin. Wow! #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/XvFuJMyI2D

— Thomas Sparrow (@Thomas_Sparrow) February 27, 2022