The Russia-Ukraine War has begun

[Aribeth Zelin]

Half of them are just clowning, I'm sure.

Considering that I legit got marked off on a college paper on music theory because I use british spellings about half the time [and I honestly couldn't say which ones without a spell checker [which we didn't have then], and my professor's ex spouse was english..... yeah.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

I get a lot of international students, and some come from places where English is taught using English spelling. I don't take points off if it is well written, especially since when they go back to their home country that is what they will use.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Very interesting thread

 

[Innula Zenovka]

'The Russians said beatings were my re-education'

Ukrainian citizens have told the BBC they were punched and electrocuted before being allowed to leave Mariupol.

www.bbc.co.uk

‘It was worse than hell’: life in Mariupol under Russian occupation

Around 90,000 Ukrainians remain in the city with little access to electricity, phone, internet, water or healthcare

www.theguardian.com

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[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Hooray to the Netherlands: The Dutch have stopped a Russian spy posing as a Brazilian intern from infiltrating the International Criminal Court, which is investigating war crimes in Ukraine.

The Russian, identified as Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov, 36, flew to the Netherlands in April using an elaborate deep cover story that he had built up over the past 12 years.

But Dutch authorities said they saw through his fake identity as 33-year-old Brazilian citizen named Viktor Muller Ferreira, and unmasked him as an agent of Moscow's GRU military intelligence.

Cherkasov was put on the next flight back to Brazil, where police said he was arrested for identity fraud.

The Dutch said Cherkasov could have accessed "highly valuable" intelligence on the ICC's probe into war crimes in Ukraine or even influenced criminal proceedings at the Hague-based tribunal.

The head of the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service, or AIVD, said it was "very rare" to catch a Russian agent "of this calibre".

"The GRU has spent years creating this fake identity. It's an enormous effort," Erik Akerboom was quoted as saying by the Dutch ANP news agency.

Russian spy tried to penetrate war crimes court, say Dutch

The Netherlands said Thursday it had stopped a Russian spy posing as a Brazilian intern from infiltrating the International Criminal Court, which is investigating war crimes in Ukraine.

www.france24.com

 

[Sid]

Always nice to catch one, but how many agents manage to slip trough?

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Hasn't Boris been basically continually in crisis since he took the job, though?

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Hasn't Boris been basically continually in crisis since he took the job, though?

John Crace, in The Guardian, has a running gag in his column about Zelensky charging Johnson for telephone counselling and therapy sessions.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

It makes sense, only a counselor who cannot run away will listen to Johnson.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Boris Johnson makes second surprise visit to Kyiv

Boris Johnson has made a second surprise visit to Kyiv for a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

news.sky.com

Johnson is considerably more popular in Ukraine than he is in his own country, I think. I just wish he'd volunteer to join the Ukraine defence forces.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Johnson is considerably more popular in Ukraine than he is in his own country, I think. I just wish he'd volunteer to join the Ukraine defence forces.

I believe Johnson automatically becomes less popular in any country when he is actually there. The only reason he is so unpopular in the UK is the amount of time he spends there.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Soen Eber]

Boris Johnson makes second surprise visit to Kyiv

Boris Johnson has made a second surprise visit to Kyiv for a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

news.sky.com

Johnson is considerably more popular in Ukraine than he is in his own country, I think. I just wish he'd volunteer to join the Ukraine defence forces.

I have just the right job for him.

...and Trump can be his mobile sound man

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Aribeth Zelin]

So, obviously not living in this reality then - because even if Russia somehow managed to take the country, Ukraine is not going to give in. And it really does not look like that's even likely to happen.

Probably a very bad mistake. I wish I could remember the treat I saw yesterday, but A retired Admiral from the US who was part of NATO said this would be a very unwise move.

Personally, I think we should send in elite troops to rescue all the prisoners of war, the protesters in prison, and any other wrongfully detained people. But yeah, I know not the wise decision [but I'm at the point of I'm not willing to quash my ideals, even if they are unrealistic].

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska on being Russia’s target No 2: ‘When you see their crimes, maybe they really are capable of anything’

Her husband Volodymyr Zelenskiy is leading his nation’s resistance to Putin’s invasion – and her family is under threat. In a rare interview, she reveals the toll of sudden war

www.theguardian.com

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[WolfEyes]

Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska on being Russia’s target No 2: ‘When you see their crimes, maybe they really are capable of anything’

Her husband Volodymyr Zelenskiy is leading his nation’s resistance to Putin’s invasion – and her family is under threat. In a rare interview, she reveals the toll of sudden war

www.theguardian.com

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