#Tw_maxseddon
Finnish PM @MarinSanna: “It’s not right that at the same time as Russia is waging an aggressive, brutal war of aggression in Europe, Russians can live a normal life, travel in Europe, be tourists. It’s not right.”
The first ship has left Odesa’s port under a deal to end a global food crisis.
But how long Russia will lift its Black Sea blockade is an open question – especially given it bombed that same port right after the deal was struck
@MehulAtLarge @laurapitel
But how long Russia will lift its Black Sea blockade is an open question – especially given it bombed that same port right after the deal was struck
@MehulAtLarge @laurapitel
Another major rollback of the west’s sanctions on Russia – important story by @thomas_m_wilson @harrydemps @oliver_ralph
Blockbuster FT investigation into the illicit Crimean grain trade – which is helping Russia skirt western sanctions and could be a conduit for stolen Ukrainian grain.
Amazing work by @xtophercook @polinaivanovva @laurapitel @EmikoTerazono & @felschwartz
Amazing work by @xtophercook @polinaivanovva @laurapitel @EmikoTerazono & @felschwartz
“Putin is now hurling men and munitions at the last remaining major population center [ . . . ] as if taking it would win the war for the Kremlin. He is wrong,” writes @TheStudyofWar
Vladimir Putin has lost interest in diplomatic efforts to end the war, according to three people briefed on conversations with the Russian president.
Instead, he appears set on seizing as much Ukrainian territory as possible.
New, with @HenryJFoy:
Instead, he appears set on seizing as much Ukrainian territory as possible.
New, with @HenryJFoy:
At least a thousand Russian national guardsmen are disobeying orders to go fight into Ukraine, wary of meeting the same fate as others wiped out in the war’s early days. @polinaivanovva reports: