First major surrender of Ukrainian forces in Mariupol, reportedly 267 marines. pic.twitter.com/w5c5U3j4zG
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) April 4, 2022
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 5 April 2022
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) April 5, 2022
Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/C605aP9hlX
🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/t8wlPfCrqd
Ukraine says that Russia is regrouping its troops and preparing for an offensive in the eastern Donbas region. https://t.co/XRqz7VIu0x
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 5, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his plea via video as grisly evidence continued to emerge of civilian massacres carried out by Russian forces on the outskirts of Kyiv before they pulled back from the capital. https://t.co/8wIuyTVt9x pic.twitter.com/irocA4wpV2
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 5, 2022
#UPDATE The EU executive on Tuesday proposed a fresh wave of sanctions against Russia that would include a ban on coal imports and blocking Russian ships from entering European ports ▶️ https://t.co/uHY5fETVmj
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 5, 2022
The ruble has staged a remarkable comeback after taking a massive beating due to Western sanctions on Russia.
— DW News (@dwnews) April 5, 2022
The US says the recovery is fueled by "a lot of manipulation."https://t.co/ssXUEjhSSC
All Ukrainian men considered fit to serve in the military are banned from leaving Ukraine and could be called up to fight.
— DW News (@dwnews) April 5, 2022
Here's what that means to them: pic.twitter.com/nOvXaUDxha
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pushed back against criticism leveled by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for reportedly blocking Ukraine's admission to NATO. https://t.co/CPNKyD7Clt
— DW News (@dwnews) April 4, 2022
Zelenskys lectures to Western European leaders are going to backfire on him. Eventually one of them, feeling backed into a corner and blamed for literal war crimes, says the unspeakable truth in a very public and embarrassing fashion. Some of these figures like Merkel and Sarkozy would be listened to if they choose to reply that his own government could have done more to reign in the far right militias who were allowed to bomb Donbas with impunity and use the threat of their paramilitary might to push through unpopular cultural and language laws. He would do well to remember that US and EU public relations made Zelensky, and if they decided to tomorrow they could just as easily make him into a joke or even worse a villain.
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