Important RUSI-piece: "Ukrainians should not be treated as half-human and half-robotic characters from a science fiction film, fighting evil forces on a distant planet. The war is in Europe, and Europe must respond with action. Launching a humanitarian military mission focused on helping […]

"Ukrainians would much rather have the United States on their side than on Russia’s [...] But Ukrainians do not believe that losing American support will inevitably lead to their defeat. They see how they have sustained the war effort, using their own resources and with the help of European […]

Iran is winning: The IRGC Navy is publicly calling Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi an "idiot" on international maritime Channel 16,broadcasting that the Strait of Hormuz "is still closed" and "we will open it by the order of our leader Imam Khamenei,not by the tweets of some idiot" (@HormuzLetter)

I'm off for the weekend after seeing this hilarious poster in the prison of nations. VPN is the devil! “Today, you’re installing VPN — tomorrow, you’ll be surrendering to NATO.” (source: United24)

If you're still in any doubt as to why the Iranian terror regime needs to fall, you can watch its own propaganda television admitting to killing thousands in January (video below). Alternatively, you can read the HRA's chilling The Crimson Winter report […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

If only every European foreign minister could speak as clearly as the Latvian foreign minister, Baiba Braze, about the need to completely isolate the russians, we would all be more effective in containing the russian death cult within its borders.

The Ukrainian Yak-52 crews who are clearing the skies of russian drones using nothing but shotguns are true heroes of our time.

After a Turkish supplier for the UN purchased grain stolen from Russian-occupied Mariupol, and another Russian vessel unloaded stolen grain at Haifa port despite Ukraine’s request to arrest the shipment, the Ukrainians' only option is to target and destroy illegal Russian ships en route […]

The Permanent Missions of Latvia and Germany to the United Nations co-hosted an informal briefing with the Institute for the Study of War on how Russia’s war against Ukraine is testing the international rules-based order. https://www.kyivpost.com/post/74186

The US is betraying Ukraine. "The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is issuing Russia-related General License 134B, "Authorizing the Delivery and Sale of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products of Russian Federation Origin Loaded on Vessels as of April 17, 2026 […]

"European intelligence agencies suspect that hostile states, like Russia and Iran, are providing equipment and infrastructure to fuel illicit smuggling networks, while launching disinformation campaigns to direct migration flows in an attempt to spike tensions across the continent." […]

Something is happening in Belarus. While Ukrainian intelligence reports indicate that artillery positions are being prepared and roads are being constructed at the Belarusian border with Ukraine, Lukashenka has signed a decree to conscript reserve officers into the Armed Forces and border […]

🔴This is pretty serious: "According to intelligence, the construction of roads toward Ukrainian territory and the development of artillery positions are underway in the Belarusian border areas. We believe that Russia may once again attempt to drag Belarus into its war." (President Zelenskyy)

According to recent polls by reliable firms such as YouGov and the German public broadcaster ZDF (Politbarometer), the majority of Germans seem to favour returning to life under russian occupation, with the russia-aligned neo-Nazi party AfD leading the polls.

'Class struggle' in the business class: Emma Fourreau of La France Insoumise claims to want to 'eat the rich', yet she herself receives a net remuneration of €8,419 for her position as a Member of the European Parliament placing her among the top two per cent of the highest-paid people in France.

Unconfirmed, but highly likely arms delivery from China. As has happened before, and will happen again, the Iranian regime —like the russian regime and other terrorist regimes — will exploit ceasefires to replenish their weaponry with the help of their allies […]

"Russia is the main accomplice of Iran in blocking the Strait of Hormuz through the abuse of its veto power. This malicious policy is a stab in the back of the Global South, which Russia has betrayed. The Moscow–Tehran axis of evil poses the gravest threat to […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

This is a reminder that negotiating with terrorists will always make things worse, not better. Hamas, their sponsors the Iranian regime and their allies the russians never negotiate in good faith. These parties must be defeated, not negotiated with. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4vvxxg8lgo

I hope the German authorities are aware that the Iranian Embassy in Germany is currently running a campaign called 'Sacrificing Life', actively recruiting 'Martyrs' who are ready to confront the 'American Zionist enemy'. They are even recruiting 12 year olds. The Iranian embassy must be closed!

In a hilarious twist, Europeans complaining about high fuel prices due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are being confronted by Persian accounts, who are reminding them of their condescending attitude towards the Persian people when they rose up against their Islamist oppressors in January.

"Latvians are basically tired of waiting for Russians to learn Latvian. They argue that these people have been living here for over 30 years since the restoration of independence. And if they do not learn Latvian, they do not respect us. And if they do not respect us, and are still connected to […]

Unless the European house is cleansed of Russian fossil fuels, the flies will continue to swarm around it. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/16/8030437/

For those wondering why Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez talks so much about Israel but not so much about russia, the answer is that he receives something in exchange for his silence.

Maxym Eristavi is an eloquent expert on the poorly understood topic of russian colonialism, and his analyses of russian propaganda aimed at winning the hearts and minds of Westerners through arts and culture are well worth subscribing to […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Sergei Shoigu has lied once again in order to threaten Finland and the Baltic states with violence, citing Article 51. In order to contain russian aggression, every russian threat must be met with resolute rebukes from the EU and NATO, instead of being ignored […]

The death toll of 17 civilians killed and at least 98 injured during last night's air raid on Ukrainian cities is a stark reminder to the world that ordinary russians are deliberately targeting and killing civilians in pursuit of their senseless ambitions to conquer and commit genocide […]

Russian prostitutes are not very innovative. The Hungarian autocrat has only just lost his election campaign, yet the German left-wing nationalist party BSW has already decided to recycle Viktor Orbán's anti-Ukrainian and anti-Semitic campaign posters in […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

When asked which of her characters she would like to be stuck with, U.S. actress Elle Fanning replied 'Catherine the Great', the brutal russian empress who significantly expanded russia's territory by annexing Crimea, Belarus, Lithuania, and parts of Poland. Who's next, Eva Braun? Leila Khaled?

The Director General of the Estonian Internal Security Service (ISS/KAPO) Margo Palloson has said that 18 people were expelled from Estonia last year. "These included groups such as the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church, who posed a threat to Estonia's security, and Russian far-right […]

'Totally disregarding the reality of their imploding world, delusional Russians continue to look forward to the conquest of Ukraine. Famed Russian actress Irina Apeksimova says she still dreams of the day when the people of Odesa greet Russians "as their masters".' (@StratcomCentre)

The russian barbarians have once again desecrated the graves of Polish officers at the Polish military cemetery in Katyn, Smolensk. Removing Polish flags and replacing them with busts of the mass murderer Stalin, they staged an exhibition about 'Polish russophobia' in an attempt to further […]

While CNN's Frederik Pleitgen is currently 'embedded' with the Iranian theocracy, there was a time when CNN was embedded with the oppressed people. During the 'barricades' in Latvia, for example, people wrote 'paldies' (thank you) on a CNN satellite antenna […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

"I was born in Latvia during the Soviet occupation. My birth certificate is approximately 50% in Russian. Recently, I found out that it’s possible to request a new birth certificate. As of today, I have a beautiful certificate entirely in Latvian." (@Winnettaa) Picture: red army entering Riga, 1940

Not only has the Chinese dictatorship provided Iran with armaments, Iran also used a Chinese-built satellite to monitor US military bases across the Middle East ahead of drone and missile strikes, according to a Financial Times investigation published on Wednesday, April 15 […]

Ordinary russians have murdered at least four civilians in Kyiv and seven in Odesa in a mass overnight attack. While populists like Pedro Sanchez claim that "international law is being violated today, fundamentally by one country: the Israeli government", the russians' ongoing genocide is met […]

The Pedro Sánchez government has turned Spain into a cesspool of hatred against Jews, while the country invading Europe and sowing death and destruction in Ukraine is miraculously spared any comparable strong emotions. (image source: @AlejandroCence2)

The Green Party in the UK is exploiting Palestinians by running a local election campaign coined 'vote against genocide'. Council candidates openly express hatred towards Jews and glorify 7 October. The Spectator reports on candidate Saiqa Ali's hateful posts […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Some of the most accurate observations of the phenomenon of Southern European communist psychosis come from those European countries that had the misfortune to suffer under both German nazism and russian communism

The russian death cult finds bizarre ways to remind the civilised world every day that it is a sickness that can only be cured by defeat if the world is to become peaceful again.

The russians continue to cause destruction and pollution. They have halted the mandatory moisture control measures at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which endangers nuclear safety and leads to toxic mixtures of heavy metals and radionuclides seeping […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A russian classic: a russian-German émigré to Germany and politician of the neo-Nazi AFD party that advocates close ties with russia,has fled the German authorities to her beloved homeland. Now, however, she has learned that her homeland isn't what she […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

"This project is like a wedding after which the couple moves into the parents' house. Because there are two businesses, but also two states that have to reach an agreement with each other." This is how Frontline Robotics describes its partnership with Germany's Quantum Systems […]

Dear US citizens, As someone whose family has suffered under russian occupation and celebrated the freedom that followed the collapse of the USSR, I urge you not to support individuals who label this event a 'tragedy'. By doing so, you are perpetuating […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz could deplete Iran's fuel reserves in about two weeks and end the regime. “The blockade is doing something that 20 years of sanctions couldn't actually do,” said Mohammad Machine-Chian, a senior journalist covering economic affairs at Iran International" […]

Like his hapless predecessor Scholz, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz does not seem to have the strategic foresight to cooperate closely with Germany's closest neighbour to the east. Otherwise, he would have invited Donald Tusk and signed a trilateral defence pact to deter the crazed russians […]

The russian federation remains one of the regions most affected by HIV/AIDS and the russian armed forces actively recruit infected patients. A reader of the Barents Observer photographed enlistment advertisements in the Karelia Centre for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Infectious Diseases […]

A study drawing on lessons from the Iran war shows how Russia could force Lithuania to capitulate within 90 days without crossing the border. The Baltic Defence Initiative highlights the specific vulnerabilities of Lithuania's defence posture with the aim of addressing them as soon as possible […]

Additional to causing death and destruction in Ukraine, the russians also support the Yemeni Houthis with intelligence and arms; they are destroying Sudan by aiding the Rapid Support Forces as well as the Sudan Armed Forces; they are helping Iran with drones […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Today, ordinary russians produced the following headlines in Ukraine: -Woman killed, fire breaks out after russian drone attacks -eight year old boy killed, twelve people inured -russian strike hits Dnipro office building, injures three -russia attacks Ukraine with Iskander Missiles and 324 drones