100% this. In fact, “Russia Watcher” should be a pejorative term, given the dangerous lack of genuine expertise on the country in the Anglosphere & level of disinformation in US/UK media.

If it were raining soup, most of these quacks would be out on the street with forks.

🇷🇺🇺🇲⚡️NATO attributes aggressive intentions to Russia to justify its military activity on the eastern flank - Grushko

🇧🇫⚡The military in Burkina Faso say they are in charge of the country now.
▪️A transitional governing body will be established.
▪️The Western African country will remain committed to all its international obligations, the military said.

🇺🇦 Members of the Territorial Defense detachments of Ukraine, in anticipation of the "Russian invasion", are being trained in handling the Degtyarev light machine gun of the 1927 model.

🇪🇺🇩🇪⚡️Germany, as part of the discussion of possible sanctions against the Russian Federation, removed the issue of disconnecting from Swift from consideration - EU diplomat

🇭🇺 We do not want a new Cold War in Central and Eastern Europe - Hungarian Foreign Minister

🇱🇹 Lithuania will hand over U.S. Stinger man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) to the Ukrainian army as Russia is concentrating forces on the Ukrainian border, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

The same MANPADS will be allocated to Ukraine and Latvia, and Estonia plans to transfer Javelin anti-tank missiles. Such assistance is provided upon approval by the US Government of the transfer of US-made equipment to a third country.

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡The head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that American Javelin anti-tank missiles are already in Donbass

🇦🇺🇺🇦⚡Australia begins evacuation of families of diplomats from Kiev, recommends its citizens to leave Ukraine

🇪🇺⚡The EU will allocate 1.2 billion euros in aid to Ukraine, the head of the European Commission said.

🇩🇪⚡Relatives and friends of German diplomats in Ukraine who wish to leave the country can do this at the expense of the German Foreign Ministry - a representative of the department

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡The threat of provocations from Ukraine in Donbas is now higher than before, Peskov said

🇷🇺⚡Putin is taking the necessary measures to ensure that the security and interests of the Russian Federation are provided at the proper level, the Kremlin said

🇺🇦⚡⚡President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrainian intelligence has learned to effectively counteract external aggression and believes that it is time to move on to offensive actions to defend national interests.

🇺🇦⚡Minister of Youth and Sports of Ukraine Vadim Gutzeit said that athletes were advised not to stand next to the Russians during any events at the Olympic Games in order to avoid provocations

🇫🇷⚡France advises its nationals against travel to Ukraine

🇬🇧⚡The hypothetical Russian invasion of Ukraine will lead to numerous casualties on the Russian side and "may become a new Chechnya" for Moscow

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

🇪🇺⚡Gas price in Europe + 19%.

🇩🇪⚡Germany will increase participation in NATO air patrols in Romania - Ministry of Defense

🇮🇱🇺🇦 A meeting on the situation in Ukraine was held today in the Israeli government.

The main question is the fate of people who, according to local laws, can immigrate to Israel in the event of a war. There are up to 75,000 such people in the east of Ukraine today.