Not the welcome they were expecting? The lead Russian soldier is walking around with two hand grenades held in the air. Presumably with their pins out. https://mobile.twitter.com/Osinttechnical/statu… (View Post)

Over the past days, Russian forces have tried to creep past several of these cities, that refuse to surrender, to try and press their offensive. This is a very risky strategy, as Ukrainian forces pos… (View Post)

The idea that Russia-sympathetic or typically neutral states would let their banks test the limits of combined US/European sanctions was always pretty silly but it's still impressive to see how … (View Post)

Britain accused creating massive loophole in sanctions designed to hobble Putin’s regime by granting Russia’s second biggest bank #VTB an “absurd” month-long examption before assets are frozen. via @… (View Post)

That will start p*ssing off some Muscovites: https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-says-it-halted-all-product-sales-russia-2022-03-01/ (View Post)