Dozens of shadow fleet tankers have traversed the English Channel since promises of tougher stance. Danish Straits see about the same numbers. BBC is not clear on if they mean flagless or flagged tankers, but either way there are lots. Pic related, sanctioned tankers this minute.

Apparently we really are still clinging to the idea that we can't provoke Russia cos we have an amazing military & we have serious red lines & if you cross us it's war. Even as we near the 5th year of this disaster. Seek help.

Just waiting for western vatniks to spread this message in different forms.

It is certainly official. US administration has totally lost their marbles. Why do you need enemies when you have former allies like this?

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Now sink it with all onboard. US says that's legal. Ask kegseth

Indian journalists smiling and cheering for an international war criminal. This is digusting. Shame on you India.

Russia and India continue to strengthen economic ties. By 2030, the planned trade turnover between the countries is expected to reach $100 billion, and new infrastructure for mutual trade is already emerging. 1/3

🇩🇪🇺🇦🇺🇸 German General Christian Freuding says the most unsettling change in Europe isn’t happening on the battlefield but in Washington, - The Atlantic The direct lines he once had to U.S. defense officials “day and night” have been “cut off—really cut off.”

Russi..sorry, USA officially has one negotiator dumber than Witkoff.

This is ominous (from Politico):

We have now reached the point in history where the status of the US Presidents anus dictates US world affairs. In the real world we see that Russia will not be able to sustain the war and will have to sue for peace within 3-15 months. 3/4

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has accused US President Donald Trump of poor negotiating tactics in the struggle for a ceasefire in Ukraine. "He simply misjudged the negotiating situation with Putin," the Minister of Defense said.

Trump has been more faithful to me than he has to any of his wives

Trump played like a violin as usual. Drops ceasefire demand painstakingly agreed with allies. Puts pressure back onto Ukraine. Woeful. “Donald Trump has demanded that Ukraine should "immediately" agree to direct talks with Russia in a bid to end the war.” news.sky.com/story/have-t...

This man should be in a mental asylum, not in the white house. He is a menace to the world.

russia needs to be dismantled as a state.

It’s sad and embarrassing how Trump and his idiots just keep laying their cards on the table. Like are they even trying. How can one be so bad at this

I think these discussions are a bit silly if they start from the premise that Russia would be threatening the existence of UK or France. It won't. What is at risk is the independence and alignment of the countries near Russia. And of them, France and UK have made deals with Russia before.

Trump is trying to dismantle Nato by tearing it apart with internal disputes and even by invading sovereign western territory.

Well actually, Envoy Kellogg, the Finnish President Sauli Niinistö contradicted President Trump in 2017, when the latter falsely claimed 🇫🇮 had decided to purchase US jets. The actual decision was eventually made in 2021, after a super tough procurement process.

President Trump likely sees little value in leveraging pressure against Putin and instead views forcing Ukraine into capitulation as the easiest path to achieve his goals. He shifts blame on Zelensky, portraying him as the obstacle to peace, to excuse his own failure to deliver on election promises

This was directly dictated by Russia, as was Pete Hegseth's speech. In Trump's world, with neither law nor principles, there is no longer an aggressor or an aggressed one, a culprit or a victim, but submission to the one who appears—wrongly—to be the strongest. Everything depends on Europe now.

on.ft.com/4huMuQ5 Not looking great, Europeans.