Focus on the surprise rebellion in Russia --
BREAKING:
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 24, 2023
The first Wagner units have reached the Moscow region pic.twitter.com/A1ZwvDgYMF
Russian Telegram channels report that Wagner PMCs have entered Voronezh and are on the outskirts of Krasnodar and Volgograd. No one is resisting the militants.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 24, 2023
One small observation. Tell me that Putin is popular in Russia. A group of officers and soldiers took over Rostov-on-Don, a city of 1.15 million, the 10th largest in the country. Zero resistance from the police, zero protests from locals. pic.twitter.com/3TOPFZCqCd
— Konstantin Sonin (@k_sonin) June 24, 2023
BREAKING: The chairman of the joint chiefs General Mark Milley cancelled his trip to Israel which was planned to start on Sunday and to stay in Washington to follow the events in Russia, two Israeli defense officials told me
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) June 24, 2023
Authoritarian regimes of kind that #Putin has built in #Russia can turn out to be brittle. That is, they appear strong ... until they suddenly break.
— Steven Pifer (@steven_pifer) June 24, 2023
We will soon see how brittle Putin's regime is. pic.twitter.com/xNGKd7L7jG
Asked a friend in Moscow how they're doing, if they're scared. Their response?
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) June 24, 2023
"There's not enough popcorn."
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is wondering why russian soldiers are still sitting in muddy trenches rather than running to the aid of their comrades on both sides of the conflict. That would be far safer than confronting the Ukrainian army.
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) June 24, 2023
Flights out of Moscow have sold out
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) June 24, 2023
Putin is reportedly hiding in the bunker of his dacha on Lake Valdai, located between Moscow and St. Petersburg. pic.twitter.com/fNBBzStmEj
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) June 24, 2023
A war to take Kyiv in three days has turned into taking Moscow in two! 😂 https://t.co/jPk24ygrSY
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) June 24, 2023
And for the Russian caucus here in the U.S. --
The Republican National Committee will demand that presidential candidates pledge to support the eventual winner of the Russian civil war.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) June 24, 2023
Well worth a read on this sad anniversary of Dobbs --
If you read nothing else today, on the first anniversary of the Dobbs abomination, please, PLEASE read this. In her inimitable way, and with an eye to history, Linda Greenhouse makes clear how only your vote in 2024 can erase this utter disaster. https://t.co/ZwcHfAscU9
— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) June 24, 2023
One look says it all --
— Out of Context Human Race (@NoContextHumans) June 24, 2023
