Cometh the hour, cometh the man

[elisi]

This will end up in the history books, and rightly so. Truly incredible speech.

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(with thanks to Owls)

And:

Here’s a great lesson in leadership! pic.twitter.com/WYeigeNikj
- Tim Aynes (@timaynes) February 26, 2022

ETA: Prominent Russians join protests against Ukraine war amid 1,800 arrests

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Ukrainian woman confronts Russian soldiers in Henychesk, Kherson region. Asks them why they came to our land and urges to put sunflower seeds in their pockets [so that flowers would grow when they die on the Ukrainian land] pic.twitter.com/ztTx2qK7kB
- UkraineWorld (@ukraine_world) February 24, 2022

Full transcript: https://twitter.com/FutureBoy/status/1496999905839050757

Why sunflowers: https://twitter.com/otdderamin/status/1497137066810871810

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Really good thread:

Watching Putin's attack on Ukraine play out, I am struck by the thought that Putin learned the lesson from the wrong Afghanistan war. And he has also vastly misunderstood post-Zelenskiy Ukraine. 1/?
- Zoya Sheftalovich (@zoyashef) February 26, 2022

Direct link: https://twitter.com/zoyashef/status/1497378894529589250

(Unsure if I will keep cross-posting, if not then this will make a good final post...)