Belarus says it is unable to pay off debt due to sanctions https://t.co/N4vP3ucNgF pic.twitter.com/ZDVWtUF4Zo
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 19, 2022
Very serious question — what does the public opinion in the Netherlands think about Igor Girkin, the notorious Russian terrorist and the key suspect in the MH17 downing case?
— Illia Ponomarenko ?? (@IAPonomarenko) October 19, 2022
This walking $150,000 cheque is trying to get back to the war front. pic.twitter.com/C5kN0vdflj
Russian appointed officials in occupied Mariupol remove a Holodomor monument. Some “official” says Ukraine didn’t actually suffer that much compared to Russia and Kazakhstan. Another lady says it is better not to dwell too much on the past pic.twitter.com/fv71MdyhQR
— Pjotr Sauer (@PjotrSauer) October 19, 2022
Putin says he's introducing martial law in the four partially occupied Ukrainian regions he annexed last month. This is portrayed as a technicality – he said it de facto already exists – but is a clear response to recent military setbacks as Ukraine's counteroffensive advances. pic.twitter.com/zTOanR1N1C
— max seddon (@maxseddon) October 19, 2022
Putin's decree also states that restrictions will be introduced in neighboring Russian regions - Belgorod, Kransodar, Bryansk, Voronezh, Rostov & Crimea (annexed in 2014), including "special regime for entry into and exit from the territory, restriction of freedom of movement"
— Mary Ilyushina (@maryilyushina) October 19, 2022
The Kremlin's actual decrees go much further than Putin let on in his speech (as usual) on martial law, outlining sweeping new security measures, movement restrictions, vehicle checks and wholesale "economic mobilisation" across much of western & southern Russia
— Jake Cordell (@JakeCordell) October 19, 2022