If you, like me, are tired of shallow and short-term reporting on China, and need to zoom out, I'd like to tell you a story. It's about an ancient, hidden force influencing its policies today, from Xinjiang to the Pacific, from Tibet to Beijing.

If you want to know the story behind these men's dead bodies, read the interview with someone who stayed with them in a bomb shelter...until Russian soldiers came and shot each of them who had served in 2014-2105, or even had a tattoo of Ukraine's trident. vot-tak.tv/novosti/03-04-…

This weekend has seen Russian officials, the MFA Russia 🇷🇺 and Минобороны России make various attempts to debunk and dismiss videos coming from the town of Bucha. Bellingcat, along with the online community, took a look at those claims. bellingcat.com/news/2022/04/0…

Add to this something I've said earlier (and will portray with this hand-drawn graphic): Movement. RU must use exterior lines to reposition units, while UKR can use interior lines. It's about 1400 miles - the distance between Boston & St Louis - around UKR. 16/

Spoiler: The answer is Apple

Why do so many Russian-speakers support Putin and this war? Still. Even in Ukraine (though their number is declining). And in other former satellites, or even Canada and the US. Why? How? WHY? It’s not just the Kremlin propaganda. Let me tell you a deeply personal story. 1/n

Here is what the Russians are being told about the Kremlin's goals in Ukraine by their lawmakers and state TV pundits: Ukraine must be part of Russia even against its will, all of its nat'l symbols have to be replaced with Russian/Soviet ones, denazification means killing, etc.

Ukrainian soldier dismantled the Russian Orlan drone, debunking the Russian drone myth.

Since the Bucha massacre was made public, Germany has paid ~$1.5B in gas to Russia Yet 🇩🇪 will still close its nuclear power plants in 2022. Why? I dug up the details. Not pretty. The only conclusion is that 🇩🇪 would rather kill nuclear than fight Putin & defend Ukraine 1/

neskutečný frajer = niesamowity zuch

Putin answers first question about the sinking of the Moskva. “Everything is going according to plan”

This photo looks like evidence that the Retroville shopping mall in Kiev, which was hit by Russian missiles, was used to hide military vehicles. I've found the location on Google Maps: goo.gl/maps/FDQP29MP7…

Russian platoon leader asks his troops if they really know what the Z means.

I am going to go out on a limb here and make a prediction that Putin will not do a full mobilization call on May 9th or anytime in the near future I could be wrong and I don’t have as much confidence in this call as I did in my invasion prediction back in December 👇 but… 🧵

Americans think they have big trucks. Belarusian BELAZ eats American monster trucks for breakfast and washes them down with vodka!

Jest sukces! Zanieczyszczenie pyłami zawieszonymi we Wrocławiu cały czas spada – jest szansa, że za 5-10 lat osiągniemy przeciętny poziom zachodnioeuropejski czyli okolice 10 μg/m³. Wroclaw Mateusz Bratkowski