1/ Russian allies are saving much more valuable Slavic lives by fighting for Russia, according to a notably cynical commentary from a Russian warblogger. Thousands of Africans, North Koreans, and Cubans have perished on Russia's behalf, but 'better them than us'. ⬇️

🇺🇦🇲🇩 Ukraine is capable of quickly deoccupying Transnistria by military means, - Deputy Commander of the Third Army Corps Zhorin Moldova's consent is required for this…

Zelenskyy: “Ukrainian long-range sanctions reached Moscow region, and we are clearly telling the Russians: their state must end its war. (..) The distance from Ukraine’s state border is over 500 km. … concentration of Russian air defense in Moscow region is the highest. But we’re overcoming it.”

🇺🇦 Zelensky: Today, together, we honored the memory of those who died due to political repressions in the National Historical and Memorial Reserve “Bykivnyanski mohyly”, and also laid flowers at the memorial sign of 🇵🇱Polish burials.

📍Bakhmut, Donetsk region, under Russian occupation Just ruins, graves, destroyed lives, and another city erased from the map in the name of the “Russian world.”

orf.at/av/video/new... Fr. Bayr glaubt offenbar daran, dass die “Russische Föderation“ den Krieg überleben wird. Vielleicht hat sie damit recht. Vielleicht aber auch nicht. Und vielleicht sollte sie auch mal über Letzteres nachdenken, statt sich die Rückkehr Russlands in den Europarat zu wünschen.

At the premiere of the documentary 2000 Meters to Andriivka in Kyiv, relatives of fallen Defenders were present One of the film’s heroes, a soldier with the call sign “Sheva,”speaks in the documentary about his wife After the screening, she approached director Mstyslav Chernov and said: “Thank you

„Züge eines Staatsstreichs“ - Innenminister warnen vor #AfD -Regierung in Sachsen-Anhalt. www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deut...

It bears watching as we pull out of Europe. But Europe is aware, war is comming to the continent. And no, most people are ignoring the Baltic’s, or Poland. I won’t, neither should you, even if this sounds nuts. open.substack.com/pub/nadinabb...

"Dementsprechend öffnen sich immer neue Möglichkeiten für die Ukraine, russische Industrie zu treffen", so Militärexperte Gustav Gressel. www.zdfheute.de/video/heute-...

Meanwhile in Moscow… 😂

“Massive drone attack on Khimki. On the bright side, we’ve started getting to know the neighbors.” 🤔 Who knew that getting attacked by Ukrainian UAVs would have such a positive effect on Russians?

„Tyrannei beginnt mit Angst und Schweigen und endet mit Massengräbern. Sandarmokh, Bykivnia, Bucha – das sind Glieder derselben Kette des russischen Terrors. Der entscheidende Unterschied besteht jedoch darin, dass die Ukraine heute eine Stimme, eine Armee und einen Willen hat. 1/3

The third Sunday of May commemorates the millions of victims of Soviet repression, particularly those of Stalin’s Great Terror of 1937-38. It marks one of the darkest chapters in Ukraine’s history. Hundreds of thousands of innocent people were executed, and millions were deported.

In meiner Sonntagskolumne warne ich vor allzu grosser Überschwänglichkeit, was die Lage in der 🇺🇦 betrifft. Ein verbreiteter analytischer Fehler besteht darin, aus einer bestimmten Phase eines Krieges lineare Schlüsse über dessen zukünftige Entwicklung & den Charakter der Kampfhandlungen zu ziehen.

Moscow oil refinery under a drone attack. Reportedly, this is the largest drone attack on Moscow region since the beginning of the war. For now, I guess?

Unmanned Systems Forces commander Magyar said “Moscow never sleeps” after the May 17 strike wave, and showed images of drones attacking Moscow. He also warned Lukashenko to watch the outlook after renewed Belarus-related threats. #Ukraine

Defense forces first struck the Moscow Oil Refinery, Solnechnogorskaya oil depot, and several microelectronics factories. "Previously, these facilities were protected by a huge number of air defense systems. But something strange happened," the Defense Ministry added.

🚫 Zelensky: Without Western components, Russia would not be able to produce missiles. Zelensky said that the missiles with which the Russian Federation attacked Kyiv on May 14 were manufactured in 2026 - from components of companies from Europe, Japan and the US.

Seit 535 Tagen gibt es *täglich* Massenproteste für Demokratie in Georgien gegen das Oligarchenregime. Immer viele EU-Fahnen darunter. Das wird im EU-Raum nicht hinreichend gewürdigt.

Ukraine's General Staff published details for the first time of its successful strikes on the Ryazan refinery. There were also other important strikes - here's the translation of the post.

🇹🇼🇨🇳🇺🇸 Taiwan's Foreign Ministry responded to Trump's statement that Taipei should "cool down" on the issue of independence: "Taiwan is a sovereign democratic state. Beijing has no right to claim jurisdiction over Taiwan. Taiwan will continue to deepen cooperation with the US,..."

Partisan group "Black Spark" claims to have sunk a $100 million Russian "Buyan" artillery ship protecting shadow oil fleet at Kaspiysk naval base. Ammunition exploded on board causing fire and sinking with no crew survivors reported.

"Antizionismus"... Allerdings in UK - bei uns in Österreich ist das natürlich vollkommen was anderes.

Military-Political Animation Collection #16 [ENG SUB]

Russians don't even argue when they're given another deadline to capture all of Donbas anymore. They just stare like this.

Die AfD kann sich nicht entscheiden, ob Putin friedliebend ist und nur durch den „bösen Westen“ zum Angriff gedrängt wurde oder ob Putin so brutal und gewalttätig ist, dass man ihn nicht reizen darf, weil er uns sonst bombardiert. So oder so redet die AfD dem Feind das Wort.

Natürlich wollen wir nicht, dass du das lesen kannst, aber du wirst uns niemals sagen, dass du es nicht hast lesen können (Ober- und Unterseite der Verpackung eines Druckers von HP)...

AfD leader, Alice Weidel: “We consider Ukraine’s conduct of the war to be a major security risk, including for the Federal Republic of Germany.”

Kyrylo Budanov,head of Ukrainian Presidential Office,in an interview with Max Tucker for The Times: - While you were in military intelligence,the Kremlin has tried to assassinate you several times& now you are leading negotiations with the Russians.Are they still trying to kill you now? - So,what?

"Gleichzeitig wird immer klarer, dass der russische MIK [militärisch-industrielle Komplex] nicht mehr als wirtschaftliche Lokomotive für die Gesamtökonomie Russlands dienen kann. Vier Jahre Krieg haben die Wirtschaft des Landes schwer erschüttert und zerrüttet. 1/6

Gerade auf dieses Buch gestoßen, sicher für SlawistInnen und Osteuropa-HistorikerInnen interessant: „The Unpredictable Past?“ versammelt Beiträge von 30 internationalen Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern, die sich mit den Folgen des russischen Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine für die 1/4

Das ist schon ein Grund, nicht in die USA zu reisen. Als Vater würde ich meine Kinder darauf hinweisen. Als Kanzler würde ich diplomatisch auf eine Änderung dieser Bestimmung hinwirken

Putin signed a decree simplifying Russian citizenship for residents of Transnistria. The move follows Russia’s adoption of a law allowing the army to be used to “protect Russians” abroad, creating a direct threat near Ukraine’s southern border with Moldova. #Russia

L With the recently approved permission to "protect Russians" in other countries this looks like an escalation step/threat from Putin. If Russia is not stopped, it will not stop.

Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles that struck Kyiv contained more than 100 Western-made components, FT reported. Ukrainian experts found the assessed missiles were built in Q2 2026 and carried chips from Texas Instruments, AMD, Kyocera AVX, Harting and Nexperia. #Ukraine

Die Gruppen, die maßgeblich hinter den Protesten gegen den ESC stehen (Palätina Solidarität, AIK,...) verbreiten auf ihren Social-Media Kanälen Beiträge des staatlichen iranischen PropagandaTV-Senders "Press TV".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH3g... Besten Dank an Lena Mosel für das Gespräch bei Phoenix über Trumpf Bilanz nach dem Besuch in China

⚡️“I must go. Life is unbearable since Putin attacked Ukraine and kills innocent people.” 👉 Granddaughter of USSR Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov, Masha Slonim, 80, died by her own hand. She also condemned the jailing of thousands who oppose war & murder.

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‼️The mystery of the collapsing Russian economy has been solved! It was growing way too fast, and now it needs to cool down. 🙄 “We were growing and, moreover, even outpacing growth in the American economy.” — Maxim Reshetnikov, Minister of Economic Development, at a meeting with Putin.

The show elements in the first Eurovision semi final in Austria are so egregiously bad that I feel embarrassed as a Hungarian.

On Saturday Vladimir Putin seemed to suggest the war in Ukraine was “coming to an end.” Today one Russia paper claims that “trying to interpret what he meant is like fortune-telling.” And will there, or won’t there, be talks with Europe? #ReadingRussia

Meanwhile, in 2025, Schengen countries issued 10.2% more short-stay visas to Russian nationals than in 2024.

🔴 Vietnamese man reveals the brutal reality of Russia's foreign recruitment. Watch: youtu.be/rEgAA_LnYyQ

Berlin: Ein russischer Antifaschist.

🥴 The face of "victory" in Berlin

Putin spielt mit Deutschland und macht sich gleichzeitig darüber lustig. Dass nach 26 Jahren Putin, 12 Jahren Krieg gegen die Ukraine, endlosen Lügen, Manipulationen und hybriden Angriffen so viele losrennen, wenn er etwas sagt, ist beschämend.