🇺🇦 Winning Hearts And Minds (of Cat Lovers)

Ukrainian soldiers with cats 🐱 pic.twitter.com/R2MTzoqMWN

— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) February 27, 2022

Oh, well, that's why:

.@RadioFreeTom https://t.co/8WvcAXfLMM

— Rachel Vindman 🌻🇺🇦💙💛 (@natsechobbyist) February 28, 2022

One little-told story here is that throughout this crisis Biden has performed in unconventional and highly effective ways, from jangling Putin with intel releases to uniting the west with devastating sanctions to keeping his cool re nuclear provocation. https://t.co/zgD1OooXyM

— Timothy Noah (@TimothyNoah1) February 28, 2022

Just gonna say, I don't give a 💩 about Biden's "approval rating." Trump's never got above 45%, and yet he won a massive popular vote count (voter fraud!!!!!). I'd rather have a quietly confident and wholly competent POTUS than one obsessing over his polls.

Worth noting that this has been a key part of Ukraine's messaging: Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials have repeatedly emphasized the tragic toll of young Russian soldiers' lives, often with empathy for their families back home & speaking directly to Russian mothers.

— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) February 28, 2022

Some say the Russians expected the Ukrainians to welcome them. And they have. They have welcomed them as children misled by their elders. Which, sadly, they are:

Here's a transcript of a Russian soldier's last text messages to his mother that Ukraine's Ambassador to the UN just read out from screenshots at the emergency session of the UN General Assembly pic.twitter.com/j8fTAz3xwr

— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) February 28, 2022

The rest they welcomed with molotovs....

Mom, can I get the car keys? I gotta do something. https://t.co/vZebC2nTYE

— Titus (@TitusNation) February 28, 2022

And directions:

Digital billboards reportedly in Kyiv:

“Russia soldier, stop! Putin has lost. The whole world is with Ukraine. Leave without blood on your hands.”

“Russian soldier, stop! Remember your family. Return home with a clean conscience.” pic.twitter.com/RVSfQmXtwd

— Ilya Lozovsky (@ichbinilya) February 28, 2022

Can you imagine a place of business running every single customers credit card and having the transaction “not authorized”.

That’s what’s happening because of SWIFT in Russia.

Oh guess who did that?

Brandon.

But I call him Mr. President.

— YS (@ReallyActivist) February 28, 2022

Let's go, Brandon!

And you know, even Switzerland and Sweden are in; but crapto crypto?  It stands with North Korea and Iran:

"if oligarchs can't launder their ill-gotten gains then what is crypto even for" https://t.co/cQQQNAjVfX

— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) February 28, 2022

And this:

Florida has $300 million in holdings in "Russian domiciled investments" out of $195 billion in assets, according to the State Board of Administration, which manages state retirement funds.

— Skyler Swisher (@SkylerSwisher) February 28, 2022

Makes me think I know understand why Abbott did this:

Only 1.2% of U.S. vodka imports come from Russia, according to data from the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. #GregAbbott #Russia #vodka #BoycottRussia #Texas #TexasRepublicans #Ukraine #UkraineRussia #2022Election https://t.co/4hIELTvBrx

— San Antonio Current (@SAcurrent) February 28, 2022

"Look! Over there! VODKA!!!!" Or it's primary time, and he wants a few more votes. Lots of tee-totallers among Republican voters in Texas. He's probably going for them.

Meanwhile:

Deeeeeelicious https://t.co/tb6vupPuYJ

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 28, 2022

What was that Napoleon said about an army traveling on its stomach? Oh, well, he was French!