Eastern Europe

Time for a new thread from "Karl," the Estonian military analyst. As told to @holger_r and myself:

Michael Weiss

@michaeldweiss

A new study came out: An unprecedented mortality crisis struck Eastern Europe during the 1990s, causing around 7 million excess deaths...the first quantitative analysis of the asso...

Sopo Japaridze

@sopjap

🧵An interesting exchange occurred today between three large Russian military reporters (and fighters), Rybar (800k), Voennyi Osvedomytel (450k+) and GREY Zone Wagner page (311k), d...

Dmitri

@wartranslated

Brief recap: Mid-July to late August, Ukraine systematically targeted russian supply lines around Kherson, Kharkiv, Crimea, Donbas & other areas. The 80km HIMARS range, and other...

Maria Drutska 🇺🇦

@maria_drutska

Fair enough. While Crimea had separatist attitiudes, Donbass did not. In fact, it was a major power center of pre-2014 Ukraine. While Russia is picturing Ukrainian political system...

Kamil Galeev

@kamilkazani

We're in Budapest as Hungary goes to the polls today. Election is taking place in the shadow of Ukraine's war amid fears about Hunary being dragged into the fighting. Orban is f...

Raf Sanchez

@rafsanchez

One of the interesting aspects of the war is the incredible Ukrainian cohesion as a whole and those of the local elites usually at odds with the central government. From the Odesa...

Mattia Nelles

@mattia_n

Thread with excerpts from “A History of Ukraine: The Land and Its Peoples” by Paul Magocsi https://t.co/BYhEdaH8Gj

Nemets

@Peter_Nimitz