🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇳 The United States did not join a joint statement by nearly 50 UN member states condemning Russia’s new threats to strike Kyiv and calls to evacuate foreign embassies. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/u-s-declines...

❗️The United States did not support a joint UN statement condemning Russia’s threats of “systematic strikes” on Kyiv, AFP reports.

The administration plans to use claims that "China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.” The premise, it almost goes without saying, is a total lie. trib.al/dD7xx4n

🇺🇦❗️"Negotiations are underway about the fate of Ukraine without Ukraine's participation in them, such a track unfortunately exists," — Zelensky at a meeting with people's deputies

Ilarion, vlastním jménem Grigorij Alfejev, zastával v letech 2009 až 2022 klíčovou funkci vedoucího oddělení vnějších vztahů Moskevského patriarchátu a byl považován za jednoho z možných nástupců ruského patriarchy Kirilla. irozhl.as/BFK

The American-led negotiations in Ukraine prolonged the war by encouraging Putin. The Russians dangled ludicrous business"deals" in front of Witkoff and Kushner who were too gullible to understand that they were being manipulated. Good to hear the US has abandoned this failed policy.

Trump: "I hate having lunch with somebody that's really, really successful. Because he or she is bragging about how great they are stops me from talking about the fact I became president."

Would absolutely love for a reporter at his next press conference to ask him “sir what is two plus two minus two plus two minus two plus two minus two plus two minus two?”

This is literally the Mindy Kaling bit

Wut

1/ While the Russian army has had some success in adapting to the conditions of the Ukraine war, this has often relied on bypassing the existing military bureaucracy. A Russian commentary highlights how a "self-defensive bureaucratic carcass" is hindering Russia's war effort. ⬇️

1/ Vladimir Putin's reversion to 'February 2022 mode' is meeting with a stony response from Russian warbloggers. Many have refrained from commenting, but some are reacting with open and sharp criticism, calling him "completely divorced from reality". ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/24ho...

🇺🇦🇨🇿 Czech President Calls on NATO to "Show Teeth" to Russia The alliance should respond to Russian provocations "quite decisively, potentially even asymmetrically," says Petr Pavel.

🇺🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺 Zelensky responds to Merz on Ukraine's "cut" EU membership - Reuters In a letter to EU leaders, Zelensky said that Germany's proposal to grant Ukraine the status of an "associate" EU member is "unfair" because it would deprive Kyiv of its voting rights within the European Union.

No wonder.

Donald se poslední týdny zoufale snaží přebít katastrofu s Íránem. Problém pro něj a republikány směrem k midterms spočívá v tom, že mu jaksi hrabe, takže ty pokusy končí podobně jako dneska v noci...

Díky kolegovi Skywlakerovi za foto Krakonoše. Teď máme perfektní srovnání. 😀

🔥 Ukraine has struck 24 / 33 refineries! At this moment, only two (!) Russian refineries remain outside UAVs range - Omsky and Angarsky.

Zničené instituce a zničená pověst Česka a Babišovy kapsy nadité dotacemi. To bude výsledek této vlády.

Reuters says China secretly trained about 200 Russian troops in late 2025, with some later identified as drone operators in occupied Crimea and Zaporizhzhia. Courses covered strike drones, FPV, counter-UAV systems, EW, explosives, demining and combined-arms combat. #China

Admiral Cooper seems to get completely obliterated, not significantly degraded.

Je to bourák.👌 www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov...

I’m following this fine, young, brave journalist. Thank you Caolan Robertson @caolanrob.bsky.social #pinks #vote

Důležité je zde to slovní spojení "stejně jako loni", kdy jsme, ale měli jinou vládu. Dnes máme ve vládě parlamentní fašistické hnutí SPD a slabého premiéra. www.novinky.cz/clanek/domac...

Tohle mainstream média nezajímá. Petr Pavel se přihlásil k vícerychlostní Evropě a pragmatické federalizaci Maria Draghiho!!!

Hi. Not really sure how to promote this story...but it is about AI and the overwhelming feeling of it bleeding into everything with no concrete articulation for what a good version of that future looks like. It's about feeling like every 8th person is living on another planet. Hope you'll read it

🇺🇸🇨🇳 Canadian Toronto Star, summing up the first day of Trump's visit to China, published an eloquent cartoon.

A horrendous night in Ukraine. Russia carried out one of its most massive combined strikes against the country. A residential building collapsed in Kyiv following the attack, trapping people beneath the rubble. Dozens have been wounded.

The moral, political, strategic, and economic cases for supporting Ukraine remain as strong as ever. It’s JD Vance’s math that hasn’t held up. And it's Putin who is facing down a dwindling force.

OTD in 1901 Witold Pilecki was born. He voluntarily entered Auschwitz to prove its existence and was later shot by Stalin's secret police for “working with foreign imperialism”.

Oproep aan Jetten: bezoek de bewoners en medewerkers van de noodopvang in Loosdrecht om hen alsnog een hart onder de riem te steken en persoonlijk uw medeleven over te brengen. Kamervragen: www.partijvoordedieren.nl/vragen/vrage...

Polici nezklamala a opět se přidává zpět na stranu vládnoucích ANO kolaborantů. www.forum24.cz/hakovy-kriz-...

Als dit Jiskefet was geweest hadden we er ooit smakelijk om kunnen lachen. Helaas, het is echt.😓 “Ik denk, vervelend, Maar of ik daar nou medelijden mee heb….?” De Nederlander nadat een pand met gevluchte mensen in de hens is gezet door zijn buurtgenoten. 🥺 #Loosdrecht #Vervelend #GeenEmpathie

1/ Even as Hezbollah pounds Israeli forces in Lebanon with FPV drones, Ukraine's ambassador to Israel says that the Israeli government has rebuffed offers of help from Ukraine and hasn't extended an invitation for President Volodymr Zelenskyy to visit. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/malc...

Ze zijn prima te beheersen. Je zult er alleen wat harder voor moeten ingrijpen. Deze lui doen dit omdat er te weinig consequenties aan hangen. Behandel ze als terroristen. Dan is de lol er heel snel vanaf.

Is dit het? Volstrekt onvoldoende! Jetten weigert te benoemen wat dit is: politiek gemotiveerd extreemrechts geweld. Héél ernstig. En je verwacht van de premier ook medeleven met de mensen in het AZC die alles achter hebben moeten laten en nu ook in NL slachtoffer worden van intimidatie en geweld

We zien foute logo’s en vlaggen. Mensen herkenbaar in beeld. Er wordt druk gebeld, dus dat verkeer is te traceren. Waar blijven de grootschalige arrestaties? Het snelrecht?

As Trump does everything to curry favor with Putin, for reasons that make sense to no one, Putin makes a display of how he's going into overdrive to produce drones for Iran to deploy against the US military in the Gulf. It's a great demonstration of the insane world of national security under Trump.

As Ukraine continues to target Moscow, Russians “can clearly see the contrast between propaganda and reality,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues.

Trump has major operations being prepared for hostile action against Canada and Mexico. The US media isn't reporting on any of it. The Milei-Hernández tapes are a roadmap for Mexico. And here's on outline of the Canada scheme. Worth reading.

The EU flag was raised above Hungary’s parliament for the first time since 2014. This marks a sharp visual break from Viktor Orbán’s long-standing EU-skeptical stance and signals a new tone in Budapest. #Hungary

❗️The Dutch government wants emergency legislation to crack down on Russia’s shadow fleet in the North Sea, De Telegraaf reported. The plan would allow inspections, escorts to anchorages and, in extreme cases, seizure of falsely flagged ships carrying sanctioned Russian oil. #Netherlands

❗️The United Kingdom, Canada, and the EU have imposed new sanctions on individuals and organizations involved in the abduction, deportation, Russification, and militarization of Ukrainian children.

USF commander Madyar says today marks a historic castration ritual and desacralization of the bunker. Moscow held a victory parade only with Kyiv's written permission for three days of silence.

Kremlin on Zelensky's parade permit: "Even embarrassing to comment, but there are other Russian words we don't want to use."

Azov strikes near Mariupol put Russia's entire land corridor to Crimea within range of Ukraine's 100-200km drones. This makes the Kerch bridge strategically critical again for Russian logistics, "Taras Hryhorovych informs" reports.

In the German city of Augsburg, Russians held "Grandfathers on sticks" march on May 9. However, there was a catch: for several hours, the procession also featured portraits of Stepan Bandera, Mykola Khvylovy, and Vasyl Malyuk. Neither the participants nor the organizers noticed anything suspicious.

"Three-day ceasefire from 9th to 11th May?"😵‍💫 Note that these charts use data from the previous day. What we are seeing in the most recent data point is the shelling from May 10, the middle of the so-called cease-fire.

1/ The Russian ultranationalist community has exploded into a fit of apoplectic rage over Volodymr Zelenskyy's decree 'permitting' Russia to hold its Victory Day parade. They condemn it as a humiliation for Russia and call for maximum retaliation. ⬇️

1/ Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin thinks things are terrible in Russia, which is "being beaten and will continue to be beaten" and is being "humiliated before the entire world" due to the failures of "the cretins in power." He also ridicules his prison's motley Victory Day parade. ⬇️