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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - September 22
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‘It’s a 100% mobilisation’: Day one of Russia’s drive to build its army
The Guardian – Andrew Roth – 22nd September 2022
Inside the Ukrainian Counterstrike That Turned the Tide of the War (Time)
This is a profile of Valeriy Zaluzhny, who has been commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces. Time magazine put him on the cover.
Zaluzhny is getting a lot of attention also for his quips. I can’t find the original, so I’m paraphrasing his response to Russia’s recent mobilization: “We’ve already defeated Russia’s professional army and now it’s time to defeat their unprofessional army.”
US Embassy warns Americans to leave Russia (CNN)
Over 194,000 Russians flee call-up to neighboring countries (AP)
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Here's a Twitter thread (unrolled) about the Nord Stream leaks.
EU debates whether to take in those fleeing Russia
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Given the degree to which Russia has used the existence of Russian minorities in adjacent countries as casus belli, I don't blame the countries near it for their resistance to accepting anyone from Russia.
My 11 year old (in the US) is practically best friends with a Russian girl who is one of the sweetest, gentlest, most conscientious kids I’ve ever met — and who, I think, is pretty heavily shielded from dialogue about the war. While I agree that the prudent immigration policy is to fall on the restrictive side, it is heartbreaking to see that there are so many innocent victims on all sides because of this geopolitical power game.
Perun released an excellent analysis of the Ukrainian counter-offensive. It's a long watch.
Ukraine fears 'massive' Russian cyberattacks on power, infrastructure
They've already done that, and I don't see how repeating themselves would do anything besides result in their own government and public services eventually being hacked to near-standstill. It would be open season on Russia's cyber infrastructure. Really not a smart thing for a hated state experiencing brain drain to do...so they probably will (again), and it will backfire (again) and the memes will be hilarious (again).