Markos has a major article tonight about how the Russians apparently thought they had bribed the leadership of many cities of southern Ukraine to surrender as the Russian troops were driving in. No wonder the officers brought their dress uniforms for the parades, instead of packing extra ammo.According to @bellingcat the Russian FSB paid billions of $ to ensure that some shadowy political class in Ukraine supported this war & created an internal coup d'état immediately after the invasion. But Ukrainian agents who took the money ditched them.They just screwed them over
— Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) March 27, 2022
It didn't work - except apparently for one city near Odessa called Kherson, and even these folks have now expelled their turncoat government and taken their city back.So the question, which I highlighted above, is whether it was stupidity or betrayal that cost Ukraine the city of Kherson—a loss that is costing them dearly in blood.Maybe the answer is simple—did the governor run north, into Ukraine, a coward? Or did he flee south, into the arms of Russia.Given the sums of money Russian intelligence was handing out, the latter might be the best bet.But this story is also one of hope, because this could've easily been the story of that entire region of Ukraine, seduced by FSB payoffs, handing over entire cities without a real fight.Things might look different if Mykolaiv, Odesa, Zaporizhia, Kharkiv, Sumy, and lots of other smaller cities had taken Russia up on its offers. Instead, Ukraine held fast everywhere except in Kherson, and the rest has been history.
They’re getting spanked, having to retreat from Kyiv area so they can commit their “elite” VDV forces to the one place it’s still making incremental gains–Donbas front. https://t.co/yDsuej0WwY
— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) March 29, 2022
Roman Hrybov "is credited with telling an approaching Russian warship to 'go f--- yourself' in a recording that attracted widespread attention and became a rallying cry for supporters of Ukraine."
— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) March 29, 2022
On Tuesday, he received an award for his actions.https://t.co/JMtLKDmolT
⚡️Ukraine restores power for 150,000 residents.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 30, 2022
After repairs by engineers, numerous settlements regained access to electricity on Mar. 28, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy.
However, an estimated 831,000 Ukrainians in 1,491 settlements remain without access to power.
There may or may not be some peace talks happening soon - nobody quite believes Russia is truthful when it says it wants to pull back from the Kyiv area. But people are edging closer and closer to describing the Russian movement as an actual "retreat".That’s an interesting way to say retreat https://t.co/d7egMaw3qs
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 29, 2022
Or maybe not:The first phase, setback, will now be followed by the second phase, collapse. https://t.co/fRGAIB0zwq
— Anders Östlund (@andersostlund) March 29, 2022
The Former Guy is trying to make himself relevant again - by asking Putin to make up some dirt about Biden.As I watch Russian deployments in Belarus & Donbas I’m increasingly convinced that another major RUS offensive is about to begin. If so, it may prove to be decisive. #Ukraine needs to do its utmost to hold out against it, and once this RUS offensive fails, anything is possible.
— Andrew A. Michta (@andrewmichta) March 29, 2022
Would Republicans have wanted Herbert Hoover to ask Hitler for some trash-talk about Roosevelt? Did Nixon publically ask Khrushchev to dish the dirt on Kennedy?His party won’t make a peep, either. Craven unpatriotic quislings.
— Helen Kennedy 🌻 (@HelenKennedy) March 30, 2022
In Canadian news today, First Nations, Métis and Inuit delegates continue their discussions in Rome with Pope Francis about the shame and horror of Canadian residential schools -- Monday the Pope met with Metis and Inuit delegates, today the delegations participated in several tours, Thursday he will meet with First Nations delegates, and Friday with all delegations.Z is the new swastika. https://t.co/jp5kiJ7PkF
— Euan MacDonald (@Euan_MacDonald) March 29, 2022
From @CatholicNewsSvc: Canadian Indigenous meet with Pope Francis and ask him to walk with them on path of "truth, justice and healing." https://t.co/RQIrA4HdOI
— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) March 29, 2022
Indigenous artifacts in Vatican collection 'need to come home,' advocates say https://t.co/9WwgUdYtFI pic.twitter.com/91siMncjJI
— CTV News (@CTVNews) March 29, 2022
Today, I visited Anima Mundi, part of the Vatican Museum with Indigenous “artifacts” kept in the Church’s private collection. There is an “Ontario”pipe stove from the 18th century, Haida Gwaii masks from the 18th Century, much more. I photographed them and was asked to leave. pic.twitter.com/WaT3Wt09yw
— Tanya Talaga (@TanyaTalaga) March 29, 2022
It was an emotional moment for many of us. There were centuries old wampum belts and boxes. Racist, controlling laws such as the Indian Act and residential schools took away our ceremonies. Many things were destroyed. What is held in the Vatican is sacred. Priceless. pic.twitter.com/ynKpZ3sJGv
— Tanya Talaga (@TanyaTalaga) March 29, 2022
Canadian researcher challenges Vatican's claim that its Indigenous artifacts were gifts https://t.co/Cc5CpAtkLahttps://t.co/Cc5CpAtkLa
— Loonie Politics (@LooniePolitics) March 30, 2022
The thing about Will Smith slapping the shit out of Chris Rock is: Canada is going to the World Cup.
— Tanio (@Tanio_S) March 28, 2022
The thing about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock is Clarence Thomas needs to resign.
— Mark Banker (@themarkbanker) March 28, 2022
The thing about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock is that an 8,000 year old immortal wolf was just discovered in Hungary
— Hyrulean Perspective (@DerekPutin) March 29, 2022
The thing that people don’t get about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock is that between 1981 and 2017, China reduced its poverty rate from 88% to 2.1%, accounting for 79% of the entire global reduction in poverty, according to the UN and World Bank
— Marxist-Clay Higginsist ☭ ⚜️🇨🇳 (@MasterPCakeShop) March 29, 2022
The thing about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock is that an ice shelf in what's supposed to be the stable part of Antarctica just collapsed https://t.co/Ex2gdtjHZI
— Brian Kahn (@blkahn) March 28, 2022
So anyway, the most important thing about Will Smith is that the illegal mining in the Amazon forest, supported by Bolsonaro & his allies, is intoxicating the indigenous population with mercury and killing rivers while the gold price hit record levels because of the Ukraine war.
— Alice Braga (@AliceBraga) March 28, 2022
The thing to remember about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock is that it confirms all my priors and really exposes all the societal faults that I am personally interested in and proves that I am once again Right about the state of politics/the world/race/masculinity/class divides
— coastmalone (@Braylesong) March 28, 2022
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