personal plaything. he s the new undisputed king of twitter. james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. taylor lorenz is a columnist at the washington post, covering social media and internet culture. taylor, in your view, taylor, in yourview, is taylor, in your view, is this a victory, this move a victory for free speech, or is it a victory for proliferation of hate speech? it victory for proliferation of hate speech? victory for proliferation of hate speech? it is absolutely not a victory hate speech? it is absolutely not a victory for hate speech? it is absolutely not a victory for free - hate speech? it is absolutely not a victory for free speech. i mean, the idea that elon musk, who constantly has silenced critics, fired people for speaking out, some sort of champion free speech, is quite shocking, it is really not in line with his track record at all, and i think when we think about free speech, we have to think about whose speech is free, right? a lot of times, these hate grou
yesterday calling on ukrainians to wise up against their government, a government he described as neo nazis and criminals and yet his officials are also calling for talks. so the big question is, if the russian army, which as we have been reporting for many weeks, is massed along the northern, southern and eastern borders of ukraine, if it does not make a rapid advance, if it continues to take losses, and i have to emphasise it is very difficult in the proverbial fog of to emphasise it is very difficult in the proverbialfog of war, to know who is sustaining the most losses, but for ukrainians they are saying we are still standing and that in itself is victory. if this continues, then what will russia do? what will their presidents, their commander tell them to do to advance the front lines, to achieve victory, however it victory is defined in this conflict?
however it victory is defined in this conflict? ., ., ., ,, this conflict? for the moment, thank ou ve this conflict? for the moment, thank you very much. this conflict? for the moment, thank you very much. stay this conflict? for the moment, thank you very much, stay safe this conflict? for the moment, thank you very much, stay safe there. - this conflict? for the moment, thank you very much, stay safe there. lysei you very much, stay safe there. lyse doucet in the ukrainian capital. joining me now is an mep thank you very much for your time today. from your contacts into ukraine, what are your contacts into ukraine, what are you hearing about the situation in the country today, what is their assessment of the fighting? in my 0 - inion, assessment of the fighting? in my opinion. anyway assessment of the fighting? in my opinion. anyway in assessment of the fighting? in my opinion, anyway in europe - assessment of the fighting? in my opinion, anyway in europe we - assessment o
talking about putin s definition of success changing. i think when he went into it ukraine, what he expected was the ukrainian military would fold, that nato would fight amongst itself, and this would be very easy for his military to take kyiv, two do a ridiculous claim to begin with but i think he realises this will be a very long and difficult fight denazify. so perhaps he s coming to understand that this war is not going well, and may be looking for a face saving way out. that might be something along the lines of settling for donbas as an independent region. he may be looking for ways to say he s protected the russian speaking members of ukraine, then call that a victory, and leave. bud members of ukraine, then call that a victory, and leave. victory, and leave. and if that does come to pass. victory, and leave. and if that does come to pass. or victory, and leave. and if that does come to pass, or even victory, and leave. and if that does come to pass, or even if vic
trans people who can t leave the country. and of course, a big amount of the community stays in the country and we are really scared about what weights for us, so what are we looking at. is it occupation and the russian gay propaganda law? is it victory and how the authorities will treat us after victory? so we are now trying to survive and help the community in the cities of kyiv, lviv, chernihiv, where we have opened shelters to help those who have stayed in the country. help those who have stayed in the count . , ., ., country. tell us more about the su ort country. tell us more about the support you country. tell us more about the support you are country. tell us more about the support you are able country. tell us more about the support you are able to - country. tell us more about the support you are able to offer? i country. tell us more about the - support you are able to offer? well, we re ust support you are able to offer? well, we re just trying support you are able