marathon @marathon0@social.cleverlibre.org

#ukraine Not surprised at the corruption! Hang the officers for abandoning their troops!

Paratroopers of the Ukrainian 79th Airborne Assault Brigade complaining and blame the command - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcTiEjb-Z-0&t=259s

Citizen Journalist Gonzalo Lira SPEAKS OUT About His Arrest in #Ukraine
https://youtu.be/AhjcVTCDLLI

A German journalist, Thomas Rapper, is present at the International Public Tribunal for #Ukraine conference and gives his thoughts.

#Canada _The article makes a good case_

The economic case against low-wage temporary foreign workers
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/april-2022/temporary-foreign-workers-wages/

#Ukraine #Russia #Donbass #Donetsk
Ukraine-Russia War Events for April 27, 2022 https://www.slacktivism.org/2022/04/ukraine-russia-war-events-for-april-27.html

Russia’s state-run energy company #gazprom cuts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria
Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Wednesday it halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland for failing to pay for gas in roubles.
Gazprom also warned that transit via the two countries, which host pipelines supplying Germany, Hungary and Serbia, would be cut if gas was taken illegally.

Separately, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian “special services” are behind a series of blasts in a pro-Russian breakaway region of Moldova.

@freemo I'm getting some '500' errors. Had several just now whilst reading the timeline.

#ukraine From the Birdsite. 'Tis the truth!

FYI
A Recap Of The War In #Ukraine - by Gonzalo Lira https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/04/a-recap-of-the-war-in-ukraine-by-gonzalo-lira.html

Yes indeed. Did they ever ask the small Pacific Island nations about the US-AUS military pact before announcing it? No, they did not.

The misbegotten notion that the South Pacific is a US sphere of influence - Responsible Statecraft

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/04/22/the-misbegotten-delusion-that-the-south-pacific-is-a-us-sphere-of-influence/

I have a feeling most Twitter refugees on Mastodon will be temporary. If it is anything like what happened when G+ shuttered. It'll be telling how many new accounts are inactive after a month has passed.