Dominic Farrell We're now witnessing weakening credibility of another RU military branch. Moskva 1 of 6 largest vessels in the Russian Navy, each 10,000 tons+. With its particular mission, this loss almost as impactful to Black Sea Fleet power projection as loss of a US aircraft carrier would be

More indiscriminate Russian shelling of civilian targets in Kharkiv - this time Maxim Gorky Central Park. No military justification, just to create terror and destroy civilian infrastructure.

Russia's preoccupation with occupying Mariupol might be a strategic fallacy Russia is being forced to deploy sizeable numbers of troops to quell Ukraine's resistance in Mariupol. This could slow down the Donbas offensive.

Ukraine's military intelligence has published the personal data of the generals responsible for Russian army atrocities in Mariupol and near Kyiv (link to story in Russian). nv.ua/ukraine/events…

This is just the beginning. The Ukrainians have promised accountability for war crimes. The've alluded to a willingness to unilaterally bring Russian war criminals to justice if necessary, á la Israel with Eichmann in 1960.

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If this is true and widespread, then Russia's proportional personnel losses are even higher than originally believed.

With 7.7" (19.5 cm) of #snow over the last day, '22/'23 has passed '82/'83 as the 2nd snowiest season (Oct 1 - Sept 30) since the CSSL was built in 1946! We now have a season total of 677" (56.4 feet, 17.2 m). Still far from #1 but we'll get closer over the next week. #CAwx

Obedience is an outward action. Honor is an inward condition.

5.7 Magnitude earthquake is what's happenin! 150 miles north of Sacramento. Shake it. 8:47pm.

London Underground at midnight