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💥SCOOP: Putin tasked Sergei Kiriyenko to run a Moldova-style election meddling operation in Hungary for Orbán, sending three GRU-linked political technologists with diplomatic or service passports to operate from the Russian Embassy in Budapest. More in my newsletter: vsquare.org/goulash-krem...

Chris, an Irishman, comes to the Russian Embassy in Dublin every day to perform the Ukrainian National Anthem.

Meet the ‘great Russian culture’. Soon, at Venice Biennale!

"The Iranians and their Russian allies had four years of target practice on Ukrainian cities to improve their Shahed drones. And most of the world smiled politely and thought it is just the Ukrainians’ unfortunate problem." @yarotrof.bsky.social

t.me/NewsInsideUk... t.me/c/1966917236... Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski: I suspect Trump thought if there were no further supplemental package, Ukraine would find itself in difficulty much faster, & the war might therefore be brought to an end because Ukraine would be forced into concessions.

This week one Russian newspaper referred to “the machine of persecution & punishment” in Russia. “Everything that a few months ago was not just legal, but natural, is being criminalised.” Plus: “the bomb that destroyed the Stalin myth.” #ReadingRussia

Russian paramilitaries ordered my arrest and torture in the Central African Republic. Russian trolls have targeted me with massive disinformation. Here’s how difficult and dangerous it is to investigate Russian clandestine operations in Africa: inved.eu/insight/inte...

OTD in 2016 @msf.ca stopped sharing the locations of their Syrian hospitals with Russian Air Force cos we kept using the info to bomb them. The EU punished me for this by agreeing to open nordstrean 2. www.theguardian.com/world/2016/f...

Slava Ukraini! A member of our community (Jim from Canada) wanted to show his support for Ukraine by learning to play Ukraine's national anthem on the bagpipes. Impressive!

Defending Canada means more than just increasing the size of our military. It also means the strength of our industries, the resilience of our economy and our capacity to act independently when it matters the most #canada #fucktrump globalnews.ca/news/1167042...

The Government of Yukon welcomes Biathlon Yukon into new facility ahead of the Arctic Winter Games. Read more: yukon.ca/en/news/gove... Photo credit: Government of Yukon

Russian intelligence is now supervising Russia’s influence operations in Africa and Latin America, according to a new investigation which exposed a vast network of lobbying, disinformation, but also destabilization plans, serving the interests of the Kremlin.

🇺🇦🇪🇺 Zelensky to POLITICO: Europeans still didn’t put sanctions on nuclear energy of Russians, on Rosatom, on people, on their relatives, on their children which live in Europe, which live in the United States, which study in the universities of Europe, which have real estate in the United States.

The greatest threat Russia presents right now is that it gains more at the negotiation table than it has achieved on the battlefield. Russia’s maximalist demands cannot be met with a minimalist response. Extract of my speech at Munich Security Conference ↓

Europe can't afford to wait. Russian disinfo in Africa directly threatens Europe. Kremlin networks flood platforms with fake successes of juntas & stories painting Europe as the enemy. These campaigns open doors for Moscow's resource grabs & migration leverage against Europe

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych thanked Ukrainians for their support. “Together we are stronger,” he said, pledging to keep going.

🇺🇸❗️Trump has failed to impose any effective sanctions on Russia, - BBC. He has twice tried to hit the ruble, but both strikes have been meager. Russia’s oil revenues have fallen, but not because of the US but because of the Europeans. Trump will never dare to put pressure on Putin.

This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all

russia’s airstrike on Kharkiv’s Feldman Ecopark - built to protect wildlife - killed birds, wounded lions, and injured a volunteer. The winter aviary was destroyed, leaving animals trapped and rescue efforts desperate.

What we have learned from russia over the decades : never believe her.

361 Days of air terror

We put Putin's 19 December speech next to Hitler's 1939 Reichstag address. Seven steps. Same sequence. Same wording. "I wanted peace." "They rejected everything." "I was forced to act."

While Putin’s propaganda talks about "aggressive" Europe,the children of officials@military officers seem perfectly comfortable enjoying that very same Europe⤵️ 📹The daughter of Russian General Tokarev travels,flaunts her wealthy lifestyle,all while her dad promises Putin to destroy every "Nazi"

🇺🇸🇺🇦 The Reagan National Defense Survey, released Thursday, found that 64% of Americans favor sending lethal aid to support Kyiv’s government, up 9% points from last year and the highest proportion since February 2022, - NYP

A new cross-border investigation ties the russian Red Cross to training child soldiers and backing russia’s occupation of Ukrainian territories. Highlights the organization's involvement in supporting military actions and raising concerns over humanitarian ethics. united24media.com/latest-news/...

Time to kick Trump out of the negotiations on Russia’s war in Ukraine!

US Republican Congressman Don Bacon calls for the firing of Witkoff due to his apparent Pro-Russian stance.

🤬 🖕 GOTTA GO! NOW! This is ridiculous! #News #UkraineNews #FuckTrump

Italian Senator speaks the truth about European appeasement towards Putin after the annexation of Crimea. Not so common in the Italian TV. I hope more politician will follow.

Italian Senator left Jeffrey Sachs literally speechless and shocked by calling him a liar and a propagandist. It happened on Prime Time Italian television. Priceless 🤩 [ENG SUB] (The 2nd part in the next tweet)

The latest UN report mentions the "Dr. Evil" case uncovered by Schemes,an investigative project of Radio Liberty,about a Russian prison doctor who tortured Ukrainian prisoners of war in Mordovia The vast majority of Ukrainian prisoners of war report being tortured,starved&badly treated in captivity

Dog Jessie waited for her owner on the ruins of a Kyiv apartment block after he was killed in Russia’s August 28 attack. Now Jessie has a new family — Ukraine’s rescuers, who promise her love, freedom, and life in nature.

A 2-year-old girl, Anhelina, was killed in a Russian air attack on Kyiv.

Russian representative demonstratively stares at her phone when Ukraine's Prime Minister shows horrific photos of children killed in Russian attacks to the UN Security Council. Ukraine's PM Yuliia Svyrydenko displayed images of 25 civilians killed during the 28 August Russian strike on Kyiv.

"If it were true that Ukraine belongs to Russia in the 2020s because a Russian dictator knows a legend about a Viking in the 860s... millions of people who actually live there would have no voice in their own identity: no choice but to accept the executions, the torture, the kidnapping of children."

With no credible voices left, Russia turned to American director and alleged child sex offender Woody Allen to headline its Moscow film festival. 🧵1/5 ⬇️

⚡️ Woody Allen appeared online at Moscow’s film festival, praising Russian cinema. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry condemned his participation, calling it a disgrace that whitewashes Russia’s war crimes. 🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...

Russian court sentences young Crimean to 15 years for a fictitious ‘terrorist attack’ that khpg.org/en/1608814895

🇫🇮 Finland on Monday became the first Nato country to bring charges against the captain and crew of a Russian “shadow fleet” vessel that had severed underwater cables in the Baltic Sea, - FT

Sanctioned Suezmax Oil Tanker Navigates russian Arctic Without Permit, Unknown Insurance, and Overdue for Inspection russia continues to push the safety envelope for oil shipments via the Arctic. A 19-year old sanctioned Suezmax tanker, Latur, loaded with russian crude oil

⚡️ Revolut, Europe’s largest digital bank, has banned all Russia-origin funds—even those routed through third countries—closing a key sanctions loophole.

Finding myself both complicit in Russia's imperial project & its victim was as confusing as it was unsettling. Raphael Lemkin, the man who introduced the concept of genocide to the world, recognized Holodomor as a systematic effort to destroy 🇺🇦 nation, culture, & people through starvation