Still digesting the news. The scale of Putin's war on Ukraine surprised me. Wow. Spoke with my friends in UKR and I fear for them, but their spirits are high and the will to defend their homeland unbroken. My profile picture has never been more true: 🇺🇦, peace be upon you.

Cool. https://t.co/TZtDG1X0zN

Russische Regierungsquellen bestätigen, dass Russland ukrainische Kinder nach Russland bringt und sie adoptieren lässt. #DieLage https://t.co/qyCML1b8bb

(KS) „Jede Artilleriegranate, die die Russen auf ukrainische Stellungen schießen, bedeutet, dass auf ukrainischer Seite Soldaten getötet werden, verletzt werden, mürbe gemacht werden. Die Russen kommen nur langsam voran, aber sie kommen…stetig voran.“ https://t.co/vU5ZrZJJEF

Er galt als der letzte russische Oppositionelle, der in Russland in Freiheit war: Heute ist in Jekaterinburg Jewgeni Roismam festgenommen worden, ex-Bürgermeister der Stadt.

Number 10's front door has been decorated with a flower arch of sunflowers and blue hydrangeas to commemorate six months since the start of the war in Ukraine. Latest: https://t.co/X3flQUk9BR

A smorgasbord of AP style and preferred spellings for your menu: naan, kimchi, BLT, PB&J, doughnut, Fluffernutter, horchata, ketchup, meatloaf, omelet, po'boy, chiles, chili, whoopie pie, shawarma, shepherd's pie, s'mores, coffeecake, cornbread, french fries, microgreens.

PM @BMVg_Bundeswehr Unterzeichnung Absichtserklärung #Ringtausch mit Slowakei. Jene erhält für an die #Ukraine abgegebene Schützenpanzer 15 Leopard-2A4 aus dt. Industriebeständen plus Munitions-, Ausbildungs- und Logistikpaket. Der erste Panzer soll dieses Jahr geliefert werden.

OTD in 1939 Stalin signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact with the Nazis. It totally did not have a secret clause that divided Europe into imperialist spheres & we definitely did not invade anyone in accordance with it in coordination with Nazi Germany.

Yevgeny Prigozhin is at the funeral for Darya Dugina and he is wearing the Hero of Russia medal, which he was awarded earlier in the war. Recently, he has adopted a more public-facing role, taking photographs of himself in the Donbas. https://t.co/EgUZ1iv9Jv

#OTD Aug 23/24 1991 15-ton statue of #Felix_Dzerzhinsky in #Lubyanka_Square torn from pedestal by cranes, crowd cheers. In U.S. many believe the statue is of Lenin.

With a salute from the horizon, we welcome Kashif Anwar and "The Battle for Global Chip Dominance". "How to assess the #CHIPS and Science Act as a strategic move by the #USA to regain its global in the #semiconductor #industry?" https://t.co/S9dXUp1vx0 #geoeconomics #PRC #TDHJ

When did you hear of an Arab town where a street is named after a Jew? This morning in Al-Sed in the Negev, a street was named after Michael Ben Zikri, who drowned 2 years ago in Lake Zikim after saving Arab children from from drowning.

#Russland: Moskauer Waffenmesse endet im Fiasko Wie https://t.co/FBIrKLYvHy berichtet, kamen kaum Kunden, Bestellungen ausländischer Kunden brachen ein. Die veraltete Technik der Waffen sei im Krieg gegen die #Ukraine sichtbar, so Experten. #Армия2022 https://t.co/wF8ndbgLnI

It‘s a trap

Do it:

1/9 🧵on @KyivIndependent’s latest investigation about the International Legion. We revealed endemic commanders’ misconduct in the unit’s intelligence-run wing. One of the people in question is allegedly a gangster from Poland.

Energy prices continue to skyrocket. At this rate British coal miners will be back at work. https://t.co/lhaijddDrC

'Do colleges HAVE to hire red professors?' — Cover of The American Legion Magazine, November 1951.

It's quite an interesting progress from "Russian soldiers already booking restaurant tables in Kyiv" in February to "Russian occupational authorities urgently checking air raid shelters in Sevastopol" in August, don't you guys think?