At Least We Have A Deeper Bench

Shoigu was a political hack. All the research I’ve read on him over the years is he aimed more to please than make valuable changes in the RU military. He destroyed it, in my view.

— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) March 6, 2022

"We’ve observed limited changes on the ground over the past day. Russian forces continued efforts to advance and isolate Kyiv, Kharkhiv and Chernihiv across the north and east are being met with strong Ukrainian resistance."

— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) March 6, 2022

"We assess that the Russians have now committed inside Ukraine somewhere near 95% of the combat power they had amassed along the border."

— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) March 6, 2022

"We are aware of the Ukrainian military’s release of videos and numbers of Russian aircraft shot down," senior U.S. defense official says. "We cannot independently verify those incidents, but neither are we in a position to refute them."

— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) March 6, 2022

ZELENSKY: "We are ready to ... buy more (anti-tank) Javelins from the United States for defense purposes."

TRUMP:
"I would like you to do us a favor though...."

Imagine a president who would make that "perfect" phone call. Now imagine a party that would defend such a president.

— Jay Bookman (@jaysbookman) March 6, 2022

“That sends a message to Putin that Ukraine is a play thing.” https://t.co/C43ASFb3nO

— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) March 6, 2022

And in related news, the Russian troll farms are quiet, but the damage done continues to work its way through our country:

The US is at 957,000 Covid deaths, at a current rate of 1,500 deaths/day we’ll hit 1 million deaths by end of this month/April. Roughly 1/3 of those deaths after Covid vaccines were made widely available 10 mos ago, I estimate 250,000 American deaths from vaccine defiance/refusal

— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) March 6, 2022

Finslly, a word from the Pontiff:

I would also like to thank the journalists who put their lives at risk to provide information. Thank you, brothers and sisters, for this service that allows us to be close to the tragedy of that population and enables us to assess the cruelty of a war. #Ukraine #Peace

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 6, 2022

Or maybe a few words:

Pope Francis, in his weekly address: "In Ukraine, rivers of blood and tears are flowing. This is not just a military operation [as Putin described it], but a war which sows death, destruction and misery."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 7, 2022