1-4 Israel and Russia are now listed by the United Nations as "credibly suspected" of practicing sexual violence in conflict. The other states already listed (as states / state forces) are: CAR, DRC, Iraq, Myanmar, Somalia, S. Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Yemen.

EU Ambassador to Ukraine: ‘diplomats will not leave Kyiv’ in response to Russia’s threats of striking the capital again

Every single Trump-era US foreign policy: what if we just sold out our allies? The exception is Israel, but they aren’t meaningfully a US ally anyway.

Poll Finds Lego Trump “More Grounded,” Mainly Because It Must Be Operated by a Child

Easily the best way to get screwed by Donald Trump's America is to be a democratic and free state which just wants to live peacefully within its own borders.

There is information about at least 20 people missing as a result of a Russian Federation attack on a high-rise building in Kyiv. Search and rescue operations are ongoing, — DSNS

1-3 Tucker Carlson operates within America's large and unregulated grifter economy and he evidently believes that fascist aggression is a natural phenomenon that must be allowed to run its course. The question then is if someone financed this encounter, and if so, how much each received.

🇺🇦🇪🇺 Zelensky: We should not be afraid to discuss more integrated and, in some areas, more self-sufficient European military capabilities. Europe cannot depend on changing geopolitical moods.

Trumpese is a bit like Kremlinese. Translation example: "We don't need China" = "We need China" "We don't need Ukraine's help" = "We need Ukraine's help" And so on.

German Defence Minister Pistorius signed an agreement in Kyiv today to launch "Brave Germany", based on the Brave1 defence cluster. Brave1 successfully funds many advanced Ukrainian defence technologies, and this deal accelerates innovative German defence growth as well. 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇦

This 1952 memo from the Pentagon UFO files is superb There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣 www.war.gov/medialink/uf...

An interesting use of the word "tested". Broken or violated seems more apt. And what a roundabout way of describing a ship being attacked.

Putin is FUCKING CRAZY. Another Mad Max. He will not get tired of war, unlike Trump. There is only one solution: the destruction of the Putin regime by any means. There should be no other tasks. Talking to Putin is a waste of time. More, it's a shame, a disgrace. >>>

WTFing point??? No one will persuade Putin to compromise. No one! Europe should also understand this. Moreover, a "compromise in the European way" will mean only a temporary respite - at best. Putin does not intend to stop and will not stop. >>>

🧵 We still keep on saying this. One more time: We have said a thousand times: it is pointless for Kyiv to transfer to Putin any proposals for a compromise end to the war. It's just stupid. It's either a misunderstanding of Putin or a pointless, useless, and thus stupid political game, or PR. >>>

It wouldn't surprise anyone if Trump found ways of ignoring this and doubled down on his submission to Moscow.

Russian state-scum strikes civilians in Ukraine while requesting a ceasefire for their parade in Moscow.

Russia and China continue to win the Iran War. www.ft.com/content/f87a...

Donald Trump: “We … land on top of it and we took over the ship. We took over the cargo, took over the oil. It’s a very profitable business,” said Trump at a rally in Florida on Friday. “We’re like pirates,” he added to cheers from the crowd. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Messages in my itw w/ @kyivpost.com while in Kyiv: 1 Ukraine is winning the war, but Europe must fully support it to accelerate & save lives; 2 Leaders must speak out about mass crimes so that everyone understands there can never be a return to normalcy with russia. www.kyivpost.com/interviews/7...

⚡️General Staff: Russia has lost 1,332,950 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. Russia has lost around 1,332,950 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. The number includes 1,240 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

The suspension of US delivery of defence equipment (like ammunition to Estonia - orders that the buyers had already paid for) will cause allies and partners to buy more equipment elsewhere. foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/29/t... Estonia must now find ammo elsewhere. Me @foreignpolicy.com. Gift link.

July Brent crude now sitting above $110/bbl, a new Hormuz crisis high.

No modern president has glorified violence as much as this one

Merz: US "quite obviously went into this war without any strategy whatsoever". Difficult to end the conflict now "especially since the Iranians are obviously very skilled negotiators – or rather, very skilled at not negotiating. An entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership."

Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades. In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%. Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.

A disgraceful reality of our era is the lack of anger and condemnation towards Moscow for the enormous massacres of Ukrainian civilians it perpetrated especially in Mariupol. Nobody knows the death toll, but it is clearly in the tens of thousands. And the criminal state is destroying the evidence.

I would like to draw your attention once again to one of my most recent articles, which I have just updated with some new information which further supports my reporting. Germany is set to support Ukraine in developing a lower-cost Patriot alternative. READ HERE: deaidua.org/news/2026/04...

An important reminder of the key factor in the outbreak of the First World War, namely German and Austrian aggression.

After saying on Wednesday that the Trump administration would not extend a temporary sanctions waiver on Russian oil, the White House did exactly the opposite on Friday and renewed the Russian oil waiver.

The U.S. gov has to reimburse the tariff costs that arose from Trump's tariff decision of April 2025, now struck down by the Supreme Court. There are many thousands of potential plaintiffs / recipients - any foreign company with a U.S. subsidiary. The bill: 166 billion dollars.

Yes... Wouldn't it be better if American media would just do as they're told by the American Secretary of War. The fascist ideation is plain to see.

Meanwhile, the usually very discreet Lord Robertson, former NATO Secretary-General, has had enough and accused the British Government and all opposition parties (!) to be complacent about defence. www.ft.com/content/88b1...

President Zelenskyy: ❗️For the first time in the history of this war an enemy position was taken using only unmanned platforms - ground robotic complexes and drones. Russian soldiers in the position surrendered into captivity.

Russia fixed capital investment, seas. adjusted quarterly 2021 bn RUB: *peak in investment 2013 before Crimea&sanctions-Putin's general crackdown (2020 still below 2013) *Increase of more than 25% 2020-24, big part public funding&subsidies *peak 1Q2025, then clear decline - public money runs out

'Belgium and Spain to provide €1bn each in support for Ukraine – Ukraine's defence minister' www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

Pro-Moscow traitor Viktor Orban has been defeated. A great day for Europe, for democratic values, and for European security. And a delightful slap-down of the foreign agitators - Putin and Trump - who hoped to continue to undermine Europe. www.euractiv.com/news/hungary...

Save Patum Peperium, a traditional anchovy paste known to generations of Britishers. c.org/FrB4TBL2Hd

Fascinating, Zelensky coming out publicly more and more and saying that Trump is working with/for Putin. The Ukrainians seem to have determined that telling the truth is preferable to lying to please Trump.

Norway pledged six F-16s to Ukraine in 2023. More than two years later, all six are still in a Belgian repair facility. A source within the Ukrainian Air Force says the jets were urgently needed this winter and could have saved lives. euromaidanpress.com/2026/04/09/n...

Some official messages from the Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the United States of America.

Trump is considering firing Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, FBI Director Kash Patel and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer as the White House expands a purge of senior officials after the ousters of Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

Translation: whatever is good for Moscow is good with me.

In the midst of criticism of the Israeli government - I have also voiced some - one shouldn't forget the context, e.g. Khamenei's slobbering jubilation on 7 October 2023. The Iranian regime has long been an implacable enemy of the Israeli state and its people.

One can guess that Russian targeting helped the Iranians pull this attack off, which seems to have destroyed very valuable US equipment. But will Trump criticise Putin? No he will not. When will people wake up to the reality that the US president is a Russian agent of influence?

If the US war on Iran ends up with the Iranian regime still in power and Iran able to charge tolls in the Straits of Hormuz, it will be the quickest and most comprehensive defeat that the US has ever suffered—and alarms bells should start ringing loudly about the future of US power.

Older voters are highly susceptible to political agitation and propaganda, whether through television (think old pro-war Russians, old American Fox News viewers) or through astroturfing on social media. The problem exploded in the early 2010s. We're still living through it.

Europe is going to hope that the Republicans never win the Presidency again.

A healthy failure for U.S. diplomacy.

1-4 If the Iranian claim is true, hard questions need to be put to the Israeli government. Destroying steel factories is a generalised assault on the economy and future prosperity of the entire nation. Sure enough, Tehran-backed Hamas would gun down thousands of Israeli children if they could, but