NATO backs Ukraine’s push to hit Russia harder, says 🇫🇮 Finnish president Alexander Stubb tells FT that long range drone strikes have changed 🇺🇲US views on the war and put Kyiv in ‘best’ position since 2022 #US #Kyiv #Ukraine #NATO #Russia www.ft.com/content/b559...

Mindestens 12 Menschen wurden heute bei russischen Angriffen auf Kyjiw getötet. Die Ukraine konnte diesmal keine ballistische Rakete abwehren – weil die dafür notwendigen Patriot-Abfangraketen fehlen. Die Unterstützung der Partner reicht nicht aus, um den Himmel zu schützen.

⚡️Death toll rises to 17 following massive Russian strike on Kyiv and region. The strike hit multiple residential buildings for the second time in four days, as officials warn Moscow is heavily exploiting Ukraine's critical shortage of Patriot air defense systems.

🚂 At night, Russia attacked the railway infrastructure of the Kyiv region, which temporarily restricted train traffic in some areas, — Kuleba Currently, traffic has already been restored.

"Oh my God, this is my mom! My mom is alive!" A residential building in Kyiv has been under the Russian attack for the second time within a month. Residents had just installed new windows after the first strike - Russia blew them out again.

Consistent with international law, FIFA determines that rules that apply to everyone else don’t apply to the US.

The NYT reports that Trump personally called FIFA President Gianni Infantino and asked him to review Team USA’s Folarin Balogun’s World Cup suspension after his red card Days later, FIFA reversed the suspension It’s the first time since 1962 that FIFA has overturned a World Cup red-card suspension

Dear European friends: If you don’t like the FIFA decision and think Trump/FIFA/USA is corrupt my suggestion is to BOYCOTT AND DIVEST FROM THIS FUCKING COUNTRY like I’ve been freaking begging you to because of our multiple HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS!!

Belgians Hot Over FIFA Waffle

FIFA just effectively cancelled a US player's Red Card because Donald Trump asked them to. It's time for an end to the corrupt FIFA they are now fixing the games and disgracing the sport.

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For America’s 250th Independence Day, I chose a Ukrainian painting. Serhii Vasylkivskyi, Guarding the Zaporizhzhian Free Lands (1890). Freedom must not only be declared, but also guarded. Happy Independence Day, America, from Ukraine.

Greetings from Kyiv. A day of mourning in the city. Even the rain feels heavy today. 30 people were killed in the latest russian attack on Kyiv.

Not enough people are paying attention to this. The UAE is fueling the civil war in Sudan, arming the RSF who the Trump admin admits is committing a genocide. And yet, this admin refuses to hold them accountable. We should be asking why. x.com/nickkristof/...

Um Angriffe wie der vergangenen Nacht abzuwehren, braucht die Ukraine Patriot-Systeme. Doch die sind rar. Für eine bessere Flugabwehr will Präsident Selenskyj nun eine eigene Produktionsstätte – und die US-Lizenz.

🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: Unfortunately, there is a shortage of anti-ballistic capabilities – a shortage of Patriots – while Putin still intends to “vanquish” residential buildings rather than end his war.

Reminder: This exact and only strategy to collapse Russia by destroying oil refineries was blocked by Biden, even accusing Ukraine of "war crimes" for striking Russian oil infrastructure. Biden, Burns, Sullivan, Blinken et al bear responsibility for thousands of Ukrainian deaths.

Many senior people have fallen out of windows -I don't know if anyone among them is really close to Putin. It is rumored that Alina Kabaeva with her children with Putin is on Putin's yacht Graceful, which he salvaged to Kaliningrad two weeks before he started the war, on their way to Turkey, Bodrum?

This does sound terrible, but I have read a little about him and he severed ties with russia in 2022 due to the invasion of Ukraine. (Better late than never I suppose). He now has Israeli and British citizenship and set up a philanthropic foundation in 2024.

52,500 people spent the night in Kyiv’s metro stations as Russia launched its overnight attack on the capital, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration. It was the highest number of people to seek shelter in the metro in recent years. Among them were 4,500 children.

I need to find a clearer way to express the urgency and danger of what's happening in the USA. My fellow American citizens seem not to care at all that our judicial system is now functioning like Mussolini's. substack.com/@alisavaldes...

Injustice is as American as cherry pie But the outrageous 30-to-100-year sentences for the Prairieland 9 anti-ICE protesters mark a new low in punishing Americans for their ideas Progressives get virtual life sentences. Right-wingers get pardons. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/prai...

‘As the Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a US strike that killed over 100 Iranian children’ apnews.com/article/iran...

Understandable. He probably should be.

institut scientifique, un hôtel et des entreprises ont également été détruits. À l'heure actuelle, on sait que 13 personnes ont malheureusement été tuées par cette attaque. Mes condoléances aux familles et aux proches. Plus de 90 personnes ont été blessées. Toute l'aide nécessaire est apportée à 🧵

V. Zelensky À Kyiv, la liquidation des conséquences de l'attaque 🇷🇺 se poursuit : les secouristes déblaient les décombres, recherchent des survivants & apportent leur aide. Plus de 20 sites ont été endommagés dans la ville, principalement des immeubles résidentiels. Une station d'ambulance, un 🧵

Zelensky condemned Russia's attack on Kyiv, declaring that "Russia chooses ballistic missiles over the negotiating table." The 11-hour attack overnight targeted energy infrastructure, railways & residential zones, killing at least 13 people & injuring over 85 others.

EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : après une attaque russe qui a tué au moins 13 personnes à Kiev, Volodymyr Zelensky demande une licence aux Etats-Unis pour des missiles Patriot

* Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is deeply worried that Iran will target & destroy Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure. In fact, his worst fears have already been realized during the 2026 U.S.-Iran war, which heavily damaged Saudi refineries & forced a drastic shift in his regional strategy. *

* What truly broke the alliance was MBS’s defiance. The Crown Prince concluded that Trump's unpredictable, rogue military maneuvers against Iran were reckless, risked making Saudi Arabia a target, and lacked sound strategic judgment. *

* Trump had already announced Project Freedom unilaterally on social media without consulting Riyadh. MBS’s immediate lockdown of Saudi airspace and the Prince Sultan Airbase caused the U.S. protective air cover to completely collapse, killing the operation in less than 48 hours. *

Aww, MBS lost faith in Trump? Welcome to the club. We're gonna get jackets made. I suspect all of Trump's ME allies are kicking themselves for betting on the dementia addled moron's warfighting acumen. But when even a psychopath like MBS thinks you gotta rein things in, you know you lost the plot.

From NYT: “An outraged Trump ordered his top aides to press MBS to allow the US to use Saudi airspace for Trump's effort to force open the Strait of Hormuz. Vance, Rubio, Witkoff and Kushner made separate calls. MBS didn't back down — he had lost confidence in Trump.”

Kyiv. Morning. So glad to see it. As of now, 13 people have been killed and more than 80 injured in the night attack, according to Kyiv’s mayor. I made a cup of strong warcoffee. Life has a different taste here.

Russia suffering 'one crisis after another' as Ukraine's drones hammer Crimea, Fedorov says; Ukraine strikes Russian missile, satellite components manufacturer, Ufa refinery, Zelensky confirms; Ukraine to unveil weapons export details in coming days, defense minister says; and more.

‼️Jet drones continue to fly into Kyiv from several directions. The city reports a fire after one of them crashed.

I don't know if you saw the mess in Washington last week…

This Ukrainian Defender lost his arms and his sight in the war. Now his daughter and wife, who are always by his side, are caring for him. Russia has brought so much grief and suffering to our people. 📹: Aliona Mosiichuk/Facebook

is such activity allowed in NATO waters?!

One more Putin-linked superyacht has sailed to Turkey. Following the Graceful, the 71-meter Victoria, associated with Putin’s circle, has passed through the Bosphorus and is heading to Bodrum.

Have to state the obvious: Republic of Turkey and its predecessor, the Ottoman Empire, have been involved in actions widely recognized as colonialism, imperialism, and severe oppression.

In contrast, US healthcare model relies heavily on voluntary, employer-sponsored private insurance, leaving a segment of population uninsured or underinsured.

Some competing countries (like Brazil) legally guarantee healthcare as constitutional right through public programs like the Sistema Único de Saúde. However, public health orgs note that lower-income nations often face funding gaps, long wait times & high out-of-pocket costs.

United States is the only highly developed country competing in the FIFA World Cup that does not guarantee universal healthcare for its citizens. Every other nation participating in the tournament guarantees medical access through various public, private, or mixed national health systems. Details ⬇️

The number keeps growing. According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture, russia has damaged 1,949 cultural heritage sites and 2,576 cultural infrastructure facilities since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.

Graceful, the "superyacht" widely believed to be part of Putin's personal yachts, was spotted off the coast of Denmark today escorted by two Russian warships. According to DR, this is the vessel's first public sighting since August 30, 2022.

Following the detonation of a bomb in Monaco, Minister of State of the Principality of Monaco confirmed that the explosion was likely an attack and that the device was likely equipped with bolts and other materials for maximum damage. All of the victims are of Ukrainian origin.-AFP

Monaco explosion injures three and triggers police hunt