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Alec Luhn

9 months

Our @VICENews report ‘Inside Somalia’s Nightmare Drought’ has been nominated for an Emmy 🙌 6.5m people are still going hungry there. Please consider donating to NGOs like @trocaire / @RESCUEorg 👏 @MohaBulbul @littlemountain @vergaracam & @CosentinoRob

CNN Leads News and Doc Emmy Nomination Tally; Canceled ‘Vice News Tonight’ Dominates Among Programs

CNN leads this year's News & Documentary Emmy nominations, with 45 overall. Also: "Vice News Tonight," which was canceled this spring, landed 28 nods.

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While the world's been focused on the bloody war in Ukraine, at least 2x more children have died in a record drought in Somalia. But countries have failed to fund the @UNOCHA emergency response by $400m

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Breakfast in Novosibirsk, where it was -40 yesterday

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Life imitates art

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Polar bears at an abandoned Soviet weather station on Kolyuchin Island, Dmitry Kokh @NatGeoru

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Ukraine has held out 4x as many days as Russia thought it would take & has "already achieved a strategic breakthrough," @ZelenskyyUa says. "We are heading towards victory." Meanwhile Putin is clearly doubling down on his invasion...

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A quiet dinner in Moscow

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Russian blogger/alpinist Katya Lipka climbed Everest ... and unfurled the Ukrainian flag at the top 🇺🇦

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When a picture says more than words. The Gazprom tower in St Petersburg yesterday, by Dmitry Lovetsky

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There are so many dead & wounded Russian soldiers in Homel region, Belarus, that they've started loading corpses on trains at night "so as not to attract attention." 2,500 KIA sent back to Russia, hospital staff say. That's 5x the official number

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The secret service & Pentagon didn’t want Biden to visit Kyiv. He was presented with plans to meet Zelenskiy at the Polish border or in Lviv. Instead he went to the capital, which often comes under Russian missile attack. A strong statement of support

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Russia is so toxic now that reports Putin asked Xi for military aid caused Chinese stocks to suffer their biggest drop since 2008. Chinese tech stocks lost $2.1 trillion today

Panic Selling Grips Chinese Stocks in Biggest Plunge Since 2008

Chinese stocks listed in Hong Kong had their worst day since the global financial crisis, as concerns over Beijing’s close relationship with Russia and renewed regulatory risks sparked panic selling.

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Erdogan gives Putin a little taste of his own medicine

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Wow. Video of a missile hitting an airport, reportedly in Ivano-Frankivsk in Western Ukraine. The geographic scale of this thing is crazy

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A Ukrainian sailor in Mallorca opened the valves & "partially sank" a €7m yacht belonging to the director of Russia's arms exporter. After he explained it was in retaliation for Russian missile strikes on Kyiv, a judge released him pending trial.

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Wow. It seems the Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island really did tell Russian warships to "go to hell" before they were killed. @unian

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"Russia don't touch Ukraine!" 6 people unfurled banners against invasion in downtown Moscow. Waiting police immediately arrested them

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At least 829 detained at antiwar protests in Russia today. The numbers don't seem that impressive, but consider that people are coming out for the 4th day now despite facing almost certain arrest & having no way to coordinate or even gather in one spot

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"Boris, you were right." Hundreds of people are laying flowers at the spot were Nemtsov was killed. He had spoken out against the 1st Russian attack on Ukraine in 2014

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Russian tourists are butthurt over the "unfriendly" reception they got with their Z bumper stickers in Kazakhstan. "They attacked us with accusations that were fascists, that we attacked Ukraine!" 😭

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The "Isolation" Facebook group where Russians stuck at home impersonate famous paintings is by far the best thing to come out of the #coronavirus lockdown. I'm going to post my top 3

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. @ZelenskyyUa says Ukraine has gotten Europe to agree to cut Russia off from SWIFT. "This is an important victory. It means billions & billions in losses for Russia. That's the cost of its backstabbing invasion." (Germany reportedly supports a "targeted" partial SWIFT cutoff)

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It's 17F & snowing near the Mexican border in Del Rio, which reached an all-time high of 112F just this July

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Am ammo depot was burning in Belgorod region near Ukraine this morning after air defenses were firing at something in the neighboring Kursk region. The authorities won't say what. Bryansk oil depot was on fire Monday. Has the war crossed into Russia?

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Zelenskiy says 137 Ukrainians have been killed so far in the Russian operation. After talking to Western leaders he says, "We're alone for defense of our country. Who will fight along with us now? To be honest, I see no one"

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"These are the ones that insulted you?" Putin asked Trump, gesturing at the journalists being ushered out of the room. Chuckles all around

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"Вот эти тебя обижали?": Путин и Трамп обсудили на встрече журналистов

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While police use batons to put down protests in Moscow & St Petersburg, in Dagestan they're already firing in the air. The risk of getting sent to Ukraine is much higher there, and the anger is too

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At least one of Notre Dame's three stained glass rose windows dating to 1260 appears to have survived. Via @incunabula

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Ruble down 3% Russian stock market down 15% $11bn gas pipeline dead in the water New sanctions on the way Russian parliament:

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I took a photo of police detaining a guy at @navalny protest so they detained me as well even though I repeatedly said I was a journalist

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I've lived & reported in Russia for more than 10 years & have seen people get kicked out of the country. But this was the 1st time there seemed to be a real risk of being kept in it. (Though you'd hope foreigners would be allowed to slide)

Если в России введут военное положение, меня могут призвать в армию? Отключат ли интернет? Можно...

Война в Украине продолжается уже больше недели. Российской армии не удалось захватить крупные города, конфликт затягивается, а сама Россия начинает ощущать первые катастрофические последствия...

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Zelenskiy calls Europeans to the streets to put pressure on governments too slow to help Ukraine. "Annulling Russians' visas? Turning off from SWIFT? Complete isolation of Russia? Withdrawing ambassadors? Oil embargo? Closing its airspace? Today everything should be on the table"

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Russia's interior ministry tells TV viewers to "refrain from unsanctioned protests" & or they'll be "arrested & brought to responsibility." That's because there are "coronavirus restrictions, including on public events." Not because of calls to protest the war or anything

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A gas tanker & icebreaker made it from China to Yamal in the 1st transit of the Northern Sea Route in February, "confirming that year-round safe navigation is possible," Russia says. There's no multi-year ice left there. @BarentsNews

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State employees remove flowers laid for @Navalny in Yekaterinburg. Around Russia, police have been cordoning off memorials, dispersing mourners & arresting people with signs

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St Petetsburg protest against the war. At least 252 arrested there

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Arctic fox ran with tracking collar ran 2,200 miles across the ice from Norway (Svalbard) to Canada in only 2.5 months. Arctic foxes were previously known to migrate between Norway's Jan Mayen island & Iceland but the ice on that route is now gone for good

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Stanislav Petrov, who didn't nuke US, has died. That it wasn't known for 4 months shows how underappreciated he is

Stanislav Petrov, the 'man who saved the world' dies at 77

The former Soviet military officer credited with saving the world from nuclear destruction has died at the age of 77.

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"Go home!" Ukrainians chant at Russian soldiers at the city council building in Berdyansk

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If a woman who survived the Siege of Leningrad is willing to get arrested protesting your "de-Nazification" of Ukraine, it probably should give you pause

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Smoke over Kyiv, left bank. @unian

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Riot police run away (!) from protesters in Minsk. I've never seen anything like it

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The aerodrome in Kharkiv Ukraine says was hit by a Russian missile after Putin announced the special military operation in Ukraine

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Bulgaria will give Ukraine 14 Su-25 & 16 MiG-29 fighter jets, Poland will give it 28 MiG-29s & Slovakia will give it 12 MiG-29s. More importantly--given Russian missile strikes on military airbases--they can fly missions over Ukraine from Poland

Европа передаст Украине 70 истребителей МиГ-29 и Су-25 для авиаударов по агрессору

Отметим, что россияне наносят удары по украинской военной и гражданской инфраструктуре

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A video of the moment that the 2nd through 5th floors of the St Petersburg IT university began to collapse. 20 or more people may be trapped

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Dr Alexander Shulepov fell out a hospital window & is in critical condition after complaining in a video he was forced to work while sick with #COVID19 . He's the 3rd Russian doctor to fall out a window in the past 10 days

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What flying *to* Russia is like right now

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An artist for the Assassin's Creed video game spent two years modelling the inside and outside of Notre Dame, creating a virtual likeness that may help restore the cathedral now. A late Vassar art historian also 3D-mapped the building with laser scanners

Silver lining: Late art historian's work, 'Assassin's Creed' could help rebuild Notre Dame

Reconstructing the intricate French Gothic cathedral is bound to be no simple task, and...

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Also big thanks to @VICENews for being so concerned with correspondents' security

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With its head @navalny now jailed @fbkinfo posts its biggest ever investigation into "Putin's palace" near Gelendzhik. Floorplans seem to suggest it's the biggest home in Russia, with wine cave, theater, gym, pool, "aquadisco" & hockey rink, & cost $1.35bn

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Jesus. This is where some of the strikes have been reported. It's all Ukraine not just the east. And Kyiv too

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One source of the martial law info was Zelenskiy's aide, which makes you think the Russians wouldn't do it just so they could ridicule him. But we all know how that went with Biden's "hysterical" invasion warnings

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4 марта обе палаты российского парламента соберутся на экстренное внеочередное заседание. На повестке, как я понимаю, превентивное введение военного положения в РФ.

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"Freeing people from genocide is the reason, motive & goal of the military operation we started in the Donbas & Ukraine," Putin says, then quotes the Bible: "There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends." It's like Billy Graham meets North Korea

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The Russian embassy in Latvia has a new neighbor across the street

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"Russian soldiers were found to have committed crimes of sexual or gender-based violence – with victims ranging in age from 4 to 82 years old." 4 to 82 years old.

UN rights experts present evidence of war crimes in Ukraine

A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body to look into rights violations in Ukraine says its initial investigation has turned up evidence of war crimes in the country...

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The moment the flaming Aeroflot Superjet makes an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo. Reports that a lightning strike may have lit the engine on fire

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"We appeal to the European Union to immediately admit Ukraine as a member under a new special procedure," Zelensky says. "I'm convinced Ukraine has earned the right & that this is possible." Putin would hate that almost as much as if it joined NATO

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More metadata gold. Last night Luhansk published a vid of separatists removing a car of explosives before it could blow up a train of women & children evacuating to Russia. Turns out it was filmed in 2019

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. @IlyaYashin 's reaction after he was sentenced to 8.5 years for criticizing the war in Ukraine: "Don't worry, anyone who thinks Putin's going to rule for 8 years is being very optimistic."

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A @navalny activist posing as a military official asks Nikolai Peskov, son of Putin's spokesman, to report to the draft office. "You should undersand, if I'm Mr Peskov, it's not entirely correct for me to be there," Peskov says. "I'm going to resolve this at a different level" 🤝

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LOT of national guard moving in downtown Moscow. 1st few protesters already arrested

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People place flowers across from the Ukrainian embassy. They can't place them in front of the embassy because it's blocked off by police

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Russia's Novaya Zemlya is considering a cull to repel a "mass invasion" of polar bears, like this 1 in a young family's hallway. 52 bears counted in Belushya Guba. They should be hunting seals on sea ice but global warming is driving them to land @joli_mai

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Ukraine army base reportedly hit in Vinnitsiya region

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Since Putin announced the mobilization: - at least 10 draft offices have been firebombed - several city halls have been firebombed - 1 man set himself on fire to avoid getting called up - 1 man shot a draft officer

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@navalny Police have detained several people at a makeshift gathering in memory of @Navalny in Moscow, as others throw snow & shout "shame!"

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Moscow's infrastructure is not able to handle the <50mm of rain that's falling today. Subway stations have been flooded, roofs & cranes have collapsed & one suburb lost electricity after lightning hit a transformer

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I was released 5.5 hours after being arrested at @Navalny protest & charged w/"holding an unsanctioned rally"—Thanks for messages & support!

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Anyway, I hope to return & continue reporting in Russia soon, depending on the situation

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Moscow protester barely has time to say "Ukraine is burning" before police are chasing him down @SotaVision

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Zelensky says Russia is trying to create a "Kherson People's Republic" but 44 regional deputies voted to remain Ukraine. He tells those tempted to collude "you sign your sentence to follow 12,000 invaders who failed to understand in time why Ukraine should not be encroached upon"

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Good thing Prigozhin didn’t hold up a “No war” sign or he would have been jailed for 7 years

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3.8 million (!) people left Russia in the 1st quarter of the year, according to official stats. Anecdotally that included most of the pro-Western, opposition-minded folks. Don't hold your breath for a revolution

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ФСБ опубликовала статистику о пересечении границы - за первые 3 месяца 2022 году из РФ уехали 3,8 млн человек. Самые популярные страны выезда: Грузия, Турция, Казахстан, Финляндия

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"Putin is a dickhead! Putin is a dickhead!" Ukrainians in Berdyansk are reportedly chanting slogans against the Russian troops that took the city last night

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Kyiv 💥 @unian

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Zelenskiy: "Russia will try to break our resistance with all its might. Tonight the enemy will begin storming us. We need to withstand them!" He says Chernihiv, Symy, Kharkiv, Donbass, the south & especially Kyiv could come under attack

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Unfurls banner "No to war in Ukraine", immediately arrested. Have seen several arrests and protest hasn't even started

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Russian soldiers in Kherson throw a grenade & open fire at residents yelling "go home." Incredible how Ukrainian civilians keep standing up to troops. At least 2 injured. @u24_news

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Moscow sanitation workers sent to occupied Shchastia aren't ready to tighten their belts for the motherland. "When we decided to come restore the Luhansk People's Republic, we didn't even suspect that we could be cheated" & not paid, they say to Putin

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I tried to take pic at @navalny protest, was detained tho I said I'm journalist, I'm being charged for participation in unsanctioned protest

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Putin: Greta Thunberg is a "kind and sincere" teenager but "poorly informed" about global issues Greta Thunberg:

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"Fascists!" Snowballs vs batons in Moscow

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Russia telling Ukraine "we are one people" as it lobs missiles at it is the whole situation in a nutshell

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Мирным гражданам Украины спецоперация РФ ничем не грозит, мы один народ — Володин

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. @pussyrrriot member Pyotr Verzilov, who rushed the field during the World Cup final to protest police brutality, has been hospitalised in critical condition in the toxicology department of a Moscow hospital. His relatives reportedly suspect poisoning

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Yikes. Officer at the funeral of 14 sailors killed in the fire on Russian nuclear submarine Monday says "they saved the ship & prevented a catastrophe of a global scale." Russia didn't even admit there was a reactor on board until Thursday. @OpenMedia_io

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The Snowball Revolution

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At least 442 people have been arrested at anti-war protests in Russia today per @OvdInfo

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"Thanks to Gorbachev ... we have Pizza Hut!" Now Russia has neither. And is quickly winding back glasnost & perestroika as well

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Ukraine's delegation, including the defense minister, has arrived at the Belarus border for talks with Russia. "The main issue of negotiations is an immediate ceasefire & withdrawal of troops from Ukraine" @verkhovna_rada

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. @navalny at Moscow airport: "This is a government of thieves...truth is on my side...so I'm not afraid of anything"

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. @ZelenskyyUa again calls on Europe to strengthen sanctions & enforce a no-fly zone after Mariupol maternity ward bombing. "Were pregnant women going to fire at Rostov? Did someone in the maternity hospital abuse Russian speakers? ... Was it the de-Nazification of the hospital?"

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This Kharkiv playground had a castle & a locomotive, now it has a rocket @unian

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Antiwar protester detained in Moscow

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Norwegian state expert says Russia's admission that barium, strontium & lanthanum istotopes were released by the Arkhangelsk accident shows a nuclear reactor blew up, not an "isotope fuel source" for a missile/rocket engine, as Moscow claimed @BarentsNews

Isotopes composition proves a reactor was involved in Nenoksa

Analyses of the radionuclides in the fallout over Severodvinsk show several isotopes that would not have been present if was a simple RTG in the explosion.

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European countries delivering to Ukraine 🇩🇪: 400 RPGs 🇳🇱: 200 Stingers 🇵🇱: 100 mortars, 8 drones, ammunition, Javelins 🇧🇪: 2,000 machine guns, 3,800 tonnes fuel 🇸🇰: 12,000 mines, fuel 🇪🇪: Javelins, ammunition 🇱🇻: Stingers 🇨🇿: Machine guns, guns, ammunition

Germany to send Ukraine weapons in historic shift on military aid

Until Saturday, Germany had a longstanding practice of blocking lethal weapons from being sent to conflict zones.

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"Did you break down? Want me to tow you back to Russia?" a Ukrainian driver asks the invading soldiers 😅

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Multiple videos on social media of Russian military out of fuel, food and stuck on highways

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Zelensky calls on Donbas to rise up against the Russians: "Just compare Donetsk after 8 years of war & Kharkiv after 8 days of war. They told you that we were destroying cities. Look at Kharkiv, at Chernihiv, at the 500kg bombs they dropped on Ukrainians' homes."

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Alec Luhn

@AlecLuhn

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This actually seems to check out: Agata Burdonova, who worked for the Russian troll factory that bashed Clinton on Facebook, moved to Washington state, applied for an SSN & started a blog about life in the US after her husband GOT A JOB OFFER FROM FACEBOOK

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Alec Luhn

@AlecLuhn

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The sarcasm of the Russian guy filming there missiles says a lot: "No, no, there won't be any war, everything will be okay..."

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Alec Luhn

@AlecLuhn

2 years

Ukraine's military says it shot down an Il-76 transport plane full of Russian paratroopers near Kyiv. Calls it revenge for the Ukrainian transport shot down in Luhansk in 2014 (which was grim, 49 killed, I saw the wreckage)

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Alec Luhn

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2 years

Major Russian companies have lost half of their value in start of trading on London Stock Exchange Lukoil -58% Novatek -55% Phosagro -51% Novolipetsk Steel -51% Rosneft -45% Nornickel -44%

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Alec Luhn

@AlecLuhn

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Arms depot in Kalynivka blown up, @nexta_tv reports

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