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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · 6d

If you want to know how shamelessly fucking evil Russians are then read this.

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Without shame, Russia’s children’s commissioner casually discusses kidnapping a Ukrainian child

Maria Lvova-Belova openly said around 20,000 Ukrainian children have been taken by Russia,

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · Sep 14

Everything you need to know about Russia's attack drones in two charts:

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · Sep 7

Recorded this a couple of weeks ago but even more relevant in light of Russia’s record attack on Ukraine overnight.

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · Sep 4

Interesting report from Steve Rosenberg talking to everyday Russians. Such blind support for the man doing such harm to their country. A mediocre State led by a malign leader. #UkraineWar #r4today @chrisdyork.bsky.social

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · Sep 7

"There was a young woman living on the 6th floor, who had recently given birth. She was thrown out into the street by the blast wave.

"She was found under the slab of the building at 5 a.m. The child was also found dead."

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · Sep 7

⚡️Update: 2 killed, 17 injured in Russia's overnight attack on Kyiv.

The number of injured victims has again risen to 17 amid Russia's large-scale attack on residential buildings in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

Seven people have been hospitalized as a result of the attack.

At least 2 killed, including infant, 17 injured in Kyiv amid Russian drone, missile attacks on residential buildings

Russia launched hundreds of attack drones towards Ukrainian cities overnight on Sept. 6-7, striking multiple residential buildings in Kyiv, officials reported.

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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thanks to @chrisdyork.bsky.social for quoting me in this @kyivindependent.com article about Medvedev and his role in Russian foreign policy rhetoric (also, regarding the 5th on the list in the article: who else remembers 'dance like the president' flash mobs? 😹)
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The Kremlin's 'bad cop' — 5 things you might not know about Dmitry Medvedev

An international war of words erupted on July 30 when U.S. President Donald Trump squared up on social media to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. "(...)Tell Medvedev, the failed former presid...

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · Jul 25

Zelensky's big blunder, explained.

Zelensky's big blunder, explained

For many who came to know Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky only after Russia's full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the president's recent move on anti-graft agencies was jarring. In the early...

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · Jul 22

"Last week, we warned of a coming anti-democratic backslide. Now, we see it happening."

Editorial: Zelensky is one signature away from betraying Ukraine’s democracy

Last week, we warned of a coming anti-democratic backslide. Now, we see it happening. A parliamentary vote, led by President Volodymyr Zelensky’s lawmakers, today took away the independence of Ukrain...

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · Jul 22

This is very, very bad

Ukraine's parliament about to vote on bill destroying independence of key anti-corruption bodies

The proposed legislation would grant the prosecutor general new powers over investigations led by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and cases led by the Specialized Anti-Corruption...

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · Jun 30

A pretty bleak chart showing how much Russia is ramping up drones strikes on Ukraine.

Full story here: kyivindependent.com/russia-launc...

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · Jun 19

Whoops.

Russia just accidentally admitted to its staggering troop losses in Ukraine

A senior Russian official on June 19 inadvertently confirmed the staggering troop losses incurred by Moscow's forces during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In an interview with CNN, Russian Ambas...

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Jun 7

The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · Jun 12

Thank you!

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · Jun 12

Yeah 1 million is cool, but what about the economic time bomb

As Russian losses in Ukraine hit 1 million, Putin faces an economic time bomb

Russian losses in Ukraine hit a massive, and grim milestone on June 12 — 1 million Russian soldiers killed or wounded during the 39-month-long full-scale war, according to figures from Kyiv. Although...

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · May 27

Dude, he definitely fucking realises.

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · May 23

Kyiv is under a massive Russian ballistic missile and drone attack.

This is what it sounds like sitting in your hallway listening to them explode, as the walls shake.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · May 22

Any notion of a peace process is effectively over, and there's only one remaining hope — those Americans who actually mean what they say and truly want the war to end must follow through and finally apply some good old-fashioned global superpower pressure on Russia.

Editorial: Russia just said it doesn’t want peace. This is what you need to do

Russia is now saying the quiet part out loud. It has no intention of stopping the war in Ukraine. We in Ukraine knew this all along, of course, but to sate the demands of international diplomacy, Mo...

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · May 20

After all that time spent accusing Biden of being mentally unfit for office, and Trump can't even remember one of the main things his administration has been working on for 119 days.

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · May 20

I know it's a high bar these days but this is fucking astonishing.

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · May 19

But if you do want more details, we've got em here:

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After call with Trump, Putin still refuses full ceasefire, again cites Russia's 'root causes' of war in Ukraine

The Russian president made no mention of an immediate and unconditional ceasefire — the key demand pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump and accepted by Ukraine back in March.

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Chris York @chrisdyork.bsky.social · May 19

All you need to know about the Trump-Putin call is that Russia has, once again, refused to a full ceasefire.

It's almost as if they don't really want to stop the war...