The "Russian large landing ship" the Ukraine yesterday proudly attacked? https://t.co/okvdKIq1zO

— Moon of Alabama (@MoonofA) March 3, 2022

If they were telling us the truth about Russia they wouldn't be censoring Russian media.

— Caitlin Johnstone ⏳ (@caitoz) March 3, 2022

Russian news crew captures Ukrainian shelling on the outskirts of Donetsk city. You can hear shrapnel falling all around pic.twitter.com/Htup5BtDDR

— Murad Gazdiev (@MuradGazdiev) March 1, 2022

Most fascinating thing about the Ukraine war is the sheer number of top strategic thinkers who warned for years that it was coming if we continued down the same path.

No-one listened to them and here we are.

Small compilation 🧵 of these warnings, from Kissinger to Mearsheimer.

— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) March 1, 2022

the famous TIME cover about bombings in serbia is being projected onto the US embassy in moscow pic.twitter.com/l7fAaoJ8Bm

— Russians With Attitude (@RWApodcast) March 2, 2022

Bulgarian media reports that despite the official position of its government during the current international crisis, there was a protest with chants “NATO out!”.

Source: https://t.co/eKifB2MjfV pic.twitter.com/ntsJzgrtcc

— Nina 🐙 Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) March 3, 2022

whoops 😅 pic.twitter.com/rd2WKkE175

— Orikron 🇵🇹 (@orikron) March 3, 2022

"The #Russians don't even want to talk to #NATO . They don't want to talk to #Stoltenberg They want to
talk to the US. They want to talk to Jo Biden because they know that the Europeans basically do what the Americans asked them to do… " #Ukraine

— aspals legal (@aspals) March 3, 2022

In 2007 Time named Putin its "Person of the Year." Here is his answer to the question, "Do you think Ukraine will ever again become part of Russia?"https://t.co/YjDyjGQnsf pic.twitter.com/0IwblWqMhN

— Brian Taylor (@bdtaylor_SU) March 3, 2022

EMPIRE UBER ALLES

Lavrov:

"At some point, Napoleon and Hitler tried to subjugate Europe. Now it is dominated by the US (…) It is clear that NATO has no questions about it, and the EU knows its place."

— Pepe Escobar (@RealPepeEscobar) March 3, 2022

Russia has stopped deliveries of rocket engines to the Empire of Chaos and Lies.

Roscosmos director Rogozin:

"Let them fly into space on their brooms."

— Pepe Escobar (@RealPepeEscobar) March 3, 2022

THE LONG VIEW

Lavrov:

Impossible to analyze Ukraine without considering the FULL context of relations between Russia and the West for the past 30 years.

"One day we will be in agreement with the West, but on equal terms. For now, they're not ready for it."

— Pepe Escobar (@RealPepeEscobar) March 3, 2022

The convenience of online shopping with a touch of war crimes. pic.twitter.com/CuUQ2UfSqf

— Nina 🐙 Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) March 3, 2022

seems like this war has finally settled the race question for eastern europe: ukrainians are white, democracy-loving, progressive europeans while russians are backwards asians with a penchant for authoritarianism

— anna/аня (@bademjanbitch) March 3, 2022

Those recently walking out on Lavrov's speech at the UN Human Rights Council practised shutting their ears to Russia's pleas for a very long time – despite voices in the West urging them to listen.

(thread) https://t.co/uM7PhMKxO9

— Bernd Neuner (@Bernd__Neuner) March 2, 2022

US intervention has begun – short of boots on the ground. https://t.co/iFmTEVCktL

— M. K. Bhadrakumar (@BhadraPunchline) March 3, 2022

pic.twitter.com/hFDzgNgJa4

— Nina 🐙 Byzantina (@NinaByzantina) March 3, 2022

The Western political establishment has demonstrably been incapable of listening to Russia's concerns for more than a decade.

Yet we get constantly drowned in drivel spewn out by "analysts" claiming to be able to read Putin's mind.

Stop mindreading.

Start listening.

— Bernd Neuner (@Bernd__Neuner) March 3, 2022