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Honestly given the current situation, no way a Russian/Belarusian/Ukrainian leader of prominence from the Cold War era doesn't QO, and I expect that'll be the case for some time now

While unverified on Twitter, the source is a highly reputable Belarussian journalist in exile. Stanislau Shushkevich dead.

Former Dem Senator and Representative Bob Kreuger dead at 86. He was the last Dem to serve as a Senator from Texas. https://herald-zeitung.com/community_alert/article_49910b6c-c8a1-11ec-a8ff-372af5f5376b.html

wrong thread

I mean, if you were wondering if he's gone senile, I guess the question's answered itself

Bellingcat's top reporter confirms Gerasimov's injury

Rumors floating around Twitter and FB that Gerasimov was injured (shrapnel to the leg) and medvaced to safety. Not sure about reliability but if that's true, it didn't take long did it?

The Ghost of Kyiv, if the media is to be believed, has died at least 10 times since the start of the war. Ukrainian military confirms that Ghost of Kyiv, as most expected, is not a real person and was a war rumor that sprung among the people and spread by the media. While Serhiy Tarabalka was a Ukrainian pilot killed in combat, it happened over a month ago. That said, I wouldn't worry - I'm sure the Ghost of Kyiv will die in the media at least 5 more times before the end of the war.

I don't see Harris actually getting the nomination even if she does run (which I wouldn't recommend if I were on her team, but I'm not, so). There's been mutterings that if Fetterman wins the race for the Penn Senate seat this year, he'll run and that he's apparently got a good shot at getting the nomination in that case as well.

seems fine, tbh. wouldn't be surprised if she's got a couple more years in her. as an aside, Wiki has her in the past tense despite the lack of a date of death. curious choice.

Nikolai Leonov, KGB officer, former Duma member, and mentor to one Vladimir Putin, dead at 93: https://vz.ru/news/2022/4/27/1155869.html

I mean at least they have a rich and varied diet?

Any chance you know where the current list is?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRs_tTyz9WOi5BJxz1oF1AvzV6lukUdcq8BW3fM0mqNdxo5OyGYFC1kwdrSMKecbNhishF2Rqg_ffAj/pub Full list of named Russian officers who have been KIA/WIA/MIA since the start of the war. Missing details on the Kherson attack due to lack of names, but I'm sure we'll get there. The source of both your infographic @arghton and this list is a Reddit user by the username panzerfan. IDK if they're also running the Twitter account or not.

Johnnie Jones, D-Day vet, politician, and civil rights activist dead at 102: https://www.wafb.com/2022/04/24/baton-rouge-civil-rights-trailblazer-dies-102/

Back to this, these aren't the first two oligarchs to cark it mysteriously since the invasion. Full list here: https://www.newsweek.com/every-russian-oligarch-who-has-died-since-putin-invaded-ukraine-full-list-1700022 In other news, the Moscow Oblast governor's mansion is burning, following the burning of a number of key defense facilities in Russia, the arson of at least 5 military recruitment locations, and the failure of a dam which lead to a village flooding. In case you were wondering how things were going in the Motherland.

So, this happened. We don't have names yet, but it is worth noting that Arestovich was the first person from Ukraine to say the Moskva had been hit and sunk, which obviously turned out to be as true as it is possible to be. I'm sure once names start to trickle out, there'll be some relevant people on the list. As to why 50 officers were congregating in the same place, your guess is good as mine. But that's my opinion regarding most of Russia's moves thus far, so.

Lamidi Adeyemi, the current Alaafin of Oyo, which is the hereditary monarch of the ancient Oyo kingdom, is dead: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/525342-alaafin-of-oyo-oba-lamidi-adeyemi-is-dead.html This is apparently big enough news in Nigeria that his death is trending internationally on Twitter.

Yup, saw this on a local radio Twitter: Assuming the Habs will confirm ASAP.

Kibaki dead as mentioned elsewhere:

Mwai Kibaki dead:

QO: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/apr/21/robert-morse-star-of-mad-men-and-broadway-dies-aged-90

Major names in Russian business/Putin allies committing suicide:

Hilda Bernard, Argentine actress, dead at 101: https://www.pagina12.com.ar/416433-murio-la-actriz-hilda-bernard

The situation in Mariupol is increasingly looking like it's a matter of days, if not hours. On humanitarian grounds, it's going to be an utter catastrophe, even worse than what it is rn. In terms of names coming out of there, keep an eye out for the statuses of Denys Prokopenko, Azov leader in the city, and Sergiy Volyna, the head of the team of Ukrainian marines fighting w/ Azov. Both are saying they'll go down with the city, and I fully expect they'll refuse to be captured come what may. If they do go down, they'll be the biggest military names the Ukrainians have lost since the start of the war, I'm pretty sure.