Shocking, but in a good way. The https://liveuamap.com/ map has no Red/Russian occupation zones north of Kyiv.

Belarusians fighting back however they can. I also heard, from an informed friend, of their veterans going to Ukraine to fight for Ukrainians.
https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/30-march-the-purge-on-the-belarusian-railways-is-in-full

A friend of mine with close contacts in Ukraine tells me that many Russian soldiers are being abandoned by their officers. Many are switching to fight for the Ukrainians instead of deserting and returning home. Their families are being threatened if they are found to be deserters. And, many are being forced to sign a contract so that they can be called "contractors" instead of soldiers.

I'd like to see metrics on the following:
- Qty of Russian tanks destroyed before firing a shot
- Qty of Russian tank munitions that failed to fire
- Qty of Russian tank crews that abandoned their vehicle and A) Ran home, B) Found a Ukrainian to surrender to
.. and finally...
- Qty of dead Russians that actually wanted to kill Ukrainians
My anger is directed at them.

But, many are young, ignorant and/or threatened.
That's where it gets sad and tragic.

Russian soldiers are savages.

What I would like to know is how much of their savagery is via the culture in the Russian armed forces, and/or how much is due to the Russian culture itself.

My current opinion is boarding on racism. But, if a homogeneous culture is dominated by savages, and seems to continually create savages, doesn't it deserve broad judgement?

That would be a tank turret unceremoniously detached from it's standard location and lofted skywards.
https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1506924842884472833

This is absolutely fucking brilliant: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1500766790871224320.html

Thanks @Render https://counter.social/@Render/108004040303644668

Apparently WW2 has not ended between Japan and Russia:

"Russia and Japan have still not formally ended World War II hostilities because of the standoff over islands just off Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido"

https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/21/asia/russia-halts-japan-war-peace-talks-intl-hnk/index.html

First use of AI in warfare?
Probably not, but at least this is documented:
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-drones-russia-ukraine

"..standing orders for the urban defenders"
https://twitter.com/SpencerGuard/status/1503585108195872768

Imagine standing in front of a thousand people. All of them are staring at you. Then they all drop dead.
Then, you get up in the morning and one thousand new people are staring back at you and standing on the bodies from yesterday. Then they all drop dead.
Do that for 2 years.

That's COVID in the US alone.

Holy fuck, are we a resilient animal or what?

The US is still experiencing a THOUSAND DEATHS A DAY from COVID.
I know this isn't "news", but the lack of news discussing it sure shows how numb we are 2 years into this pandemic.

I'm expecting the terrorism to come from outside of Russia.

I'm surprised we're not seeing terrorist strikes within Russia.
There are plenty of angry people and plenty of funding to support them.
Maybe it is happening, but there are no western journalists still reporting outside of Moscow?

Pooty's rambling, fascist speech with subtitles.
https://twitter.com/just_whatever/status/1504144895501557762