Emily Jones
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Tag: Russia
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uKRAINE UPDATE:
MONDAY 14 MARCH 2022 Another day of destruction in Ukraine. The Pentagon, through Kirby, is saying over and over again that we will not put soldiers into Ukraine or establish a no fly zone. So, another day, we sit and watch Ukraine being destroyed. As a number of people have pointed out, this is a… Read.
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Ukraine Update: 7:30 PM
SUNDAY 13 MARCH 2022 (7:30 PM) MSNBC MSNBC is reporting that the police chief reported that a burning chemical was dropped in the village of Popasna. There will be negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in about nine hours. Interview with Melinda Haring, Deputy Director for Foreign Policy Research Institute, Eurasia Center. “The White House is… Read.
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Sergey Beseda: Putin’s Purge
BLOG ENTRY Sunday 13 Marcy 2022 Putin Arrests Head of FSB’s Fifth Service The leadership of the Fifth Service of the FSB, Russia’s main intelligence service, have reportedly been placed under house arrest. The Fifth Service has been in charge of providing Putin with intelligence on political developments in Ukraine up to and on the… Read.
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Ukraine: A great Podcast
SATURDAY 12 MARCH 2022 IN MOSCOW’S SHADOWS (Podcast and blog) Mark Galeotti (A Short History of Russia, 2021; We Need to Talk about Putin, 2019; Russian Political War: Moving Beyond the Hybrid, 2019; The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia, 2018). Information War • Galeotti argues that the support rate in the polls for the war inside… Read.
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[Part 2] Ukrainian sacrifice has created the opportunity for a better future with Russia.
Ukraine sees how to fight Putin. But they also see a chance for a different future between the West and Russia. We must take it. — Read on www.greatpower.us/p/ukrainian-sacrifice-has-created-the Read.
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UKRAINE: Brutal partisanship, which side are you on?
FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2022 UKRAINE WORLD (@ukraine_world) Ukraine World has a new podcast available. Ukraine intelligence says that the Russians are planning an attack on Chernobyl. Russian aircraft have made an airstrike from Ukraine into Belarus on the Ukraine-Belarus border. Ukraine asks the West to close the sky over Ukraine. Ukraine may be attacked from… Read.
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Ukraine: Morning Update Notes
Ukraine CNN Russians are bombing the humanitarian zone in Mariupol. MSNBC All the usual suspects following along with the “too risky” narrative for the jets from Poland. Jane Harmon is on Way Too Early. The war is going very badly for Putin. Harmon supports (surprise, surprise) the Biden administration refusal to implement a No-Fly Zone… Read.
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Ukraine: Notes from Last Night
UKRAINE, Wednesday Night: There will be jets from Poland and no No-Fly zone. I had to turn off the bullshit from Kirby at the Pentagon. I cannot sit and listen to the U.S. government insulting our intelligence by telling us that the situation would be worse if we implemented a no=fly zone. Alexander Vindman, Ted… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE: Blinken and more excuses about the No-Fly Zone, Fox News and Petraeus, Vindman
WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH 2022 Ukraine Update: 11:30 AM MSNBC Blinken speaking. More excuses about the No-Fly Zone. Blinken: Ukrainians are amazing, I (like Zelensky) would be asking for everything possible. The US and UK have done “extraordinary things,” we have made sure they have everything to defend themselves. (Note: If they lose it’s their… Read.
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Update:
I’m going to put two of my nine cats in carriers and take them to the vet for booster shots. I am dreading the disapproval. I, however, can come home with my cats. They will be fed and safe tonight. I will have dinner and sleep in a warm bed. Democracy is not a given,… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE: Evacuation routes, Corporate media, What Putin is experiencing
CNN • The Russians want to use the evacuation routes as targets according to military commentator on CNN. • Kimberly Dozier on CNN. This tactic (attacking routes) creates fear and distrust of evacuation routes. Men will escort women and children because they don’t trust the routes. This will leave less men to fight. It makes… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE: Yanukovych, Luke Harding, Putin’s stability, No-Fly Zone
MONDAY 7 MARCH 2022 MSNBC: 4 pm • A dozen cities shelled to dust in Ukraine. • People are without water and heat and food. They are freezing to death while they are being shelled and cannot leave shelters. • There is no trust for the humanitarian corridors because of the shelling of them by… Read.
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UKRAINE: UPDATE: “Putin will defeat himself” narrative, Afghanistan, no-fly zone, Zelensky, Azov Battalion
SUNDAY 6 MARCH 2022 MSNBC Commentator talking about Putin: “He’s made a mistake.” (Note: This is part of the “Putin will defeat himself” narrative. Ergo, we don’t have to do anything.) Velshi says: “This is going to be like Afghanistan.” What Velshi means is that the Russians have involved themselves in a quagmire and this… Read.
Law, Power, and Justice 