A good example of why I do not always agree with progressives.

Azerbaijan’s state-controlled TV channel (AzTV) has gone on the offensive:

Today called Russia an occupier, aggressor and condemned Moscow for crimes against humanity in Ukraine;

Yesterday, threatened Iran with the separation of Azerbaijanis from Tehran’s rule.

Another incredible translation from Julia Davis . Please watch it. Twice. So much to unpack. Elsewhere, Putin finally ackowledges a unique Ukrainian identity (once). Here we see the true Russian mindset. Ukrainians must be obliverated as an ethnicity.

Peskov claims the threat of Ukraine using a dirty bomb is real, whether or not the US, the UK and France believe it. Apparently peeved that no one is interested in the trash the Kremlin is spreading.

Putin is counting on that number dropping as winter gets going.

Marine Security Guard detachments of this size are stationed at the vast majority of US Embassies abroad, to include in Moscow.

This has got to be embarrassing for Russia. They treat Iran as a third world country.

Kirby: Our assessment is that the Iranians have put trainers and tech support in Crimea, but it is the Russians who are doing the piloting (of the Iranian UAVs)

NSC’s John Kirby confirms Russian personnel have been piloting Iranian UAVs to conduct strikes across Ukraine, including in Kyiv.

Lukashenko expecting mass demonstrations for some reason?

They seem nice…

These places are scattered across the Baltics, and are creepy

Estonian Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur said he expects more Russian attacks against cities in Ukraine with Sergey Surovikin in place, noting that 'this person is well-known as a person who has no dignity.'

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‘In gen­eral, all this looks not so much as a strug­gle with an ex­ter­nal en­emy, but as an at­tempt to pre­vent a rev­o­lu­tion ripen­ing within the coun­try,’ writes Abbas Gallyamov, a for­mer Krem­lin speech­writer now liv­ing out­side Russia. wsj.com/articles/russi…

The military correspondent for Komsomolskaya Pravda gives a priceless summary: “There won't be any good news in the next two months, that's for sure.” But he’s being optimistic. There may not be much Russian logistics capability left in two months.

Russia's GDP would be 15% larger next year - had Putin not ordered the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

So much for Iranian denials of providing military help to Russia. Common thread of disinformation practiced by authoritarian states: deny the facts until (or even after) they are proven true...👇

Russia to limit diplomatic presence in the west

.. gotta call 'em back before they all defect and sing like canaries!

If the Russians abandon Kherson, it’ll be a big deal.