In light of recent developments in the information-sharing community/OSINT & news— the team has decided to end our coverage of the Ukraine-Russia war. It’s too risky for some members of our team who reside in countries where authorities don’t tolerate people providing alternative coverage to the mainstream narrative and they refuse to take that risk. We hope you guys find good coverage elsewhere. We will continue to cover the Middle East as normal.

Alternative channels where you can find accurate coverage:
https://news.1rj.ru/str/anna_news
https://news.1rj.ru/str/intelslava <— in english, very reliable
https://news.1rj.ru/str/Doninside
https://news.1rj.ru/str/milinfolive

For twitter, we can recommend @RWAPodcast

🇷🇺🇱🇻 The author of one of the main Russian-language YouTube channels on military topics was arrested in Riga. European authorities want to accuse him of treason because of the pro-Russian orientation of his videos

The History of Weapons YouTube channel has become one of the main patriotic amateur sites on YouTube in recent weeks. Its author, Kirill Fedorov, published in it analyzes of hostilities and did not hide his pro-Russian positions. The videos went into trends and gained millions of views, which the EU authorities did not like very much.

Permanently residing in Latvia, Kirill decided to emigrate to Russia, seeing how the foreign policy situation was deteriorating. Moreover, from the very beginning of the military operation, the blogger began to receive regular threats - he was obsessively offered to change the direction of his videos to anti-Russian, promising otherwise serious problems with the authorities. But on March 17, just before his departure, right in his parents' apartment, he was detained by state security agencies without explanation. After the 48 hours required by European law, he was not released, and his relatives and lawyer were threatened with problems if they spoke to the Russian press. As Readovka managed to find out, Fedorov was detained upon appeal to Latvia by the European authorities - he is accused of cooperation with Russia and will be charged with treason. In particular, he is charged with cooperation with Russian intelligence.

The situation is complicated by the fact that Fedorov is a citizen of Latvia, and that pressure is being exerted on his relatives, who are currently in Riga - people are extremely intimidated and afraid to talk to anyone. It is obvious that the European authorities will use this case to put pressure on everyone who provides at least some media support to Russia. In modern Europe, there can no longer be two opinions on the issue of our country.

Possible compromise agreements with Russia, including on security guarantees, should be put for nationwide referendum, Ukrainian President Zelensky said on Monday.
"I explained to every negotiating team: when you are speaking about all these changes, they may be historic. We will come to a referendum," he said in an interview with TV companies, which was posted on the website of Ukraine’s Public television. "People will have to say and give an answer about these or those compromise formats. And what these compromises will be about is a matter of our talks and understanding between Ukraine and Russia. Anyway, I am ready to do everything which is needed if I am together with our people."
According to Zelensky, a "normal compromise" is a situation when Ukraine agrees to drop its NATO-wards plans but receives security guarantees from NATO member countries.

The narrative sounds simple: sanctions will crash the Ruble, isolate Russian economy, create massive inflation and hopefully Russia will cave
BUT ...
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1505962132676001796.html

#Ukraine #Mariupol evacuation

"THREAD - I read everywhere that Russians are blocking civilians in #Mariupol . False. I was there on Saturday: a humanitarian corridor is in place, thousands are coming out, care/food is being provided. That's factual. The video below is mine, see for yourself👇"

📍https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1505882318682177537.html

📍 Translation
https://threadreaderapp-com.translate.goog/thread/1505882318682177537.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

#Ukraine #Zelensky

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/3/21/why-did-ukraine-suspend-11-pro-russia-parties

Update #Ukraine .
Today is not going to be an overview of the situation at the front, but rather a somewhat deeper look at two side effects of the Ukraine war
(use Google translate)

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1506236138696105986.html

#Ukraine #Mariupol

If you're surprised at the way civilians are being treated by Asov battalion in Mariupol you might want to read up about it.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1506168789611819008.html

Maajid Nawaz challenges the narrative on Zelensky being the poster boy for democracy

https://rumble.com/vy3mbv-maajid-nawaz-challenges-the-narrative-on-zelensky-being-the-poster-boy-for-.html

WATCH:

“Allying with NAZIS in Ukraine to defeat Putin is as ABSURD as allying with ISIS in Syria to defeat Putin”

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1506248101039947780.html

Lavrov's History Lesson - Germany's Downfall - Russian Forces Develop Routine
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/03/lavrovs-history-lesson-russian-forces-develop-routine.html

Th Saker has reproduced the trannoscript of a talk Russia's Foreign Minister Sergej Lavrov has given three days ago. It is quite long with a Q&A at the end but it is a very good history lesson on how we...

US To Bring Back Pirates To Seize Russian Yachts

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/us-bring-back-pirates-seize-russian-yachts

You can watch a full account of what happened that day in Odessa here:
https://youtu.be/QxcB0PI4ZLg