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Ukraine says it will give Russian soldiers taken prisoner back to their mothers, literally.
Russian mothers need to make it to the Ukrainian border -- and they will meet their sons in Kyiv. https://t.co/bb3daEAFdZ— Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko) March 2, 2022
Video shared on Ukrainian channels of a captured Russian soldier apparently being fed by locals. The post says he burst into tears when he was allowed to video-call his mother. So many of these troops are just teenagers, with absolutely no clue what this war is really for. pic.twitter.com/oCPUC8cKcO
— Matthew Luxmoore (@mjluxmoore) March 2, 2022
BREAKING: Russian opposition critic Alexey Navalny calls for Russians to “fight for peace" every Wednesday at 2 PM at their city’s main square — and for everyone else to protest in front of their Russian embassies — to call out Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. RT TO SPREAD HIS CALL!
— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) March 2, 2022
Belarusians resist the Russian invasion of 🇺🇦 Ukraine. They form military units & fight alongside Ukrainians. In Belarus, they hack, disrupt the movement of 🇷🇺 troops, protest on the streets despite mass arrests. Diasporas join solidarity rallies worldwide. pic.twitter.com/qufa9SUb4P
— Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (@Tsihanouskaya) March 1, 2022
"We're trying to reach some people in Russia with the truth."
Dmytro Bilkun calls his efforts to combat Russian disinformation "anti-propaganda." He tells CNN's @jaketapper about his push to motivate Ukrainians to "keep up with the struggle." pic.twitter.com/3mgpjBQfyr
— CNN (@CNN) March 2, 2022
Many people around the world now google: ‘Why Russia invaded Ukraine?’
Indeed, WHY?
Here is a website to explain: https://t.co/L6OkGLYIhg
Please share far and wide pic.twitter.com/F00XkxVknl
— Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) March 2, 2022
Ukrainian Jewish survivors of the World War II Holocaust taking cover in a bomb shelter in #Kiev “Putin, leave #Ukraine! We want peace!” 🌎🌍🌏 pic.twitter.com/aNkdG12VDq
— WORLD PEACE 🌎🌍🌏 (@darren_stallcup) March 2, 2022
More on yachts:
(Reuters) - German authorities have seized a nearly $600 million, 512-foot luxury yacht owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov who has faced European Union sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Forbes reported, citing sources in the yacht industry. https://t.co/pCEwJ5tSVS
— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) March 2, 2022
A group of Ukrainian doctors working here is helping to send vital medical supplies to their home country. 'Medical Help for Ukraine' say they're in contact with several hospitals in the conflict zone | https://t.co/F1So96UEDt pic.twitter.com/xHr5bLC8NV
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) March 2, 2022
Starting this with Johnson’s own statement so that there is some balance. Hopefully the military aid is real because there are questions over just about everything else.
You are giving a 30 DAY delay in the imposition of sanctions on the oligarchs by UK, compared to EU.
This is exactly what Brexit and donations to the Tory Party was about.#ToryRussiaMoney #ToryCorruption pic.twitter.com/XU9QBTzDmt— Lutz & Defoe UTB (@LutsandDefoe) March 2, 2022
Source is....https://t.co/fGgsDY8q3o
UK legal system has been corrupted by kleptocrats, says Tory MP Bob Seely— #PrEuXr 🇬🇧🇪🇺🌍 Vivu la Revolucio! (@PrEuXr) March 2, 2022
Nope, the UK sanctioned just 15 people...
...according to @BBCRealityCheck team.
We are used to @BorisJohnson lying regularly. However, lying to cover up letting Putin's oligarchs off the hook is a whole new level of dangerous.https://t.co/a9YiW1s9Xc
— Mike Galsworthy 🇺🇦 (@mikegalsworthy) March 3, 2022
If you were SERIOUS about sanctioning Russian Oligarchs would you give?
1) 30 days to dispose of valuable assets and move money from UK.
2) 18 months to dispose of property.
3) Freeze/ seize yachts, planes, football clubs.
NO. NEITHER IS HE!#JohnsonOut38#ToryRussiaMoney pic.twitter.com/vlJMYBx8XX
— FightingAnne1 (@FightingAnne1) March 3, 2022
— Ant Walker (@FieldMushroom) March 3, 2022
NEW: Boris Johnson awards Gavin Williamson a knighthood.
Why *now*? In middle of Russian crisis?
He was appointed defence secretary in Nov 2017 at exact moment, FBI revealed its Trump-Russia investigation began in London.
Is this relevant?
1/ https://t.co/0D9cs8711u— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) March 3, 2022
On Nov 14, 2017, Theresa May called out Putin in strongest possible terms. A landmark moment. First time, UK govt acknowledged Russia's attack on our democracy.
But what else was happening inside the cabinet?
9/https://t.co/m3lwGY28Xy— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) March 3, 2022
Was there disagreement within cabinet on what to do with new public info about Russia?
Williamson - it's claimed - tipped off Tice & Oakeshott.
May made her speech.
And Johnson? He said he'd seen "not a sausage"
UK connections to Mueller investigation were buried.
11/
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) March 3, 2022
Final weird oddity. The article I wrote at that time on Russian connections to Brexit includes Johnson's relationship with Russian "diplomat" Sergey Nalobin. He ran an influence op targeting Conservative MPs.
The details are curious.
13/https://t.co/YQB5sm0SCI pic.twitter.com/GMoGm2Rw2W
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) March 3, 2022
As a digital strategist since 2012, I confirm:
The Great Information War started in 2014.
I wrote about it here:https://t.co/k0CLrkcLjg#StopPutin #EUvsDisinfo #StandWithUkraine https://t.co/SBWuDeFelF
— Alice St⭕️llmeyer (@StollmeyerEU) March 3, 2022
Or maybe it was reformatted.
Saw this interview many years ago. Apparently the KGB spent around 85% of their time on disinformation/destabilisation. That was in the 80s, before they had bots to help on Twitter https://t.co/UYFFFx4Agg
— Dawn 💙 (@bletherer1) March 2, 2022
Making Johnson look like an amateur, Putin broadcasts a fantasy where his invasion force are heroes, the defending Ukrainians are framed as neo-nazis placing artillery in residential areas & firing on Indian & Chinese nationals who, as hostages, are being prevented from leaving. pic.twitter.com/Ot6eGfzh6l
— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) March 3, 2022
Last Tuesday, the Wikimedia Foundation received a Russian government demand to remove content related to the invasion of Ukraine on Russian Wikipedia.
We stand by our mission to deliver free knowledge to the world.https://t.co/kf8ItFfWFq
— Wikimedia Foundation (@Wikimedia) March 3, 2022
Former Fox News producer John Hanick has been arrested in London for allegedly violating sanctions against Russia by providing financial assistance to pro-Russian separatists fighting in Ukraine. https://t.co/1llkNzduvS
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 3, 2022