I’ve said this every month for a year.

That’s basically also Trump‘s negotiating tactic.

I like the fact that Vučić's past is finally catching up with him! West is finally mentioning this war criminal in this proper light - as someone who shot at the civillians in Sarajevo, at children! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RlK...

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This is the general choice facing all of Europe at the moment. So far our European leaders like von der Leyen, Starmer, Rutte and Merz have decided Europeans should lose their dignity rather than lose US support. Will that calculation now change?

The Kyiv ultimatum, coupled with Trump’s comments that Ukraine would “have to like” Washington’s deal, prompted late-night discussions among European leaders gathered for the G20 meeting in Johannesburg about how to intervene “It is time for the Trump whisperers to start shouting” said one official

As Ukraine marks Holodomor Remembrance Day, mourning millions of victims of Stalin's genocidal famine, it feels as though the Trump administration is happy to give Putin another chance to finish off what Stalin started. Europe should do everything in its power to help Ukraine & defeat Russia.

An really important thing a lot of people don't realize about Trump is that he doesn't bully people he doesn't think he can bully.

"The philosopher and the sex trafficker.." Noam Chomsky deserves a hot seat in Hell, right between Epstein and that other friend of his, Vladimir Putin.

Let's see - it's bad for Ukraine, bad for Europe, bad for America, so who's left - oh yes - Russia, it's good for Russia.

The 28-point proposal being hawked around by America is so poorly put together, so vague, unbalanced and impractical that, in a more normal world, it would never have seen the light of day

Amélia, une Polonaise de 7 ans, parmi les victimes de l'attaque russe sur Ternopil

On the Holodomor Commemoration Day, spare a thought for all innocent Ukrainian victims of the Soviet-made famine. Impunity is never a path towards peace. It's a highway to violence, slaughter and barbarism.

Dieser kurze Ausschnitt vom Chef des französischen Generalstabes, General Mandon @cemafr.bsky.social , sollte gehört werden. Wir, Europa, sind nicht so schwach, wie wir immer tun. ☝️

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I am sorry to say: even if it is not accepted. The mere fact that Trump & Vance put a deal on the table in which the US is conceived as a) benefiting financially from a deal akin to capitulation and b) the US is the neutral party mediating between Russia and Nato destroys us leadership.

On November 19 russian missile strike on a residential building in Ternopil killed Marichka Palahniuk, pharmacist, her 1.5‑year‑old son, Nazar, and her 5‑year‑old daughter, Kamila.

FM of Lithuania makes a very good point that I’ve been repeating for over a year: it’s not only about Ukraine, Putin is set to dismantle NATO.

⚖️¿Qué poder manifiesta el TS? Su propio poder. Inaudito y sin límites. Y orientado contra el FG. Se sabe que su elección como FG no sentó bien desde un inicio. ¿Por qué? Es posible que por algo más que ser el número dos de la anterior FG. Vete a saber 🤷🏻‍♂️ ✍️ Guillem Martínez ctxt.es/es/20251101/...

A million times spot on.

We can no longer rely on the US. We must build a "NATO minus the US" framework now. Ready for the crunch. It's a relatively easy governance design issue: 🔹 Keep the same NATO structures and processes. 🔹 Establish 'new NATO' framework in parallel 🔹 All withdraw from Washington Treaty 🔹 Switch over

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Not only that. Putin in 2008 threatened Sarkozy that he would release the files of Sarkozy being purchased by the Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi (for which Sarkozy was sentenced and now released from prison) so Sarkozy did not help to stop Moscow's war against Georgia in 2008.

When American generals are going to Moscow to discuss "peace" with the country that started the war and doesn't want to end it, we don't need any more proof. Trump is working for Russia. He is a traitor. NATO is dead. Get used to it.

"Ukraine must “enshrine in its constitution” a promise to never join NATO. Ukraine must shrink the size of its armed forces to 600,000, down from 900,000. Ukraine may not host foreign troops on its soil. Ukraine must hold new elections within 100 days, a demand not made of Russia, a dictatorship"

"Timothy Snyder: Russian invasion is on a world war scale, but Ukraine alone is fighting it, keeping us in a 1938-like historical moment" #BlueSkyFriends Call your Senators & House Member & demand they work against this outrageous betrayal of Ukraine & Europe. Stand With Ukraine 💙💛 #You'reNotAlone

In Ternopil search and rescue operations have been completed after the Russian missile strike on November 19. The work lasted for four days and concluded on November 22 at 18:00. A total of 33 people were killed, including 6 children. 94 were injured, among them 18 children.

And here's the great Ann Telnaes (@anntelnaes.bsky.social) with a savage take on the Tangerine Tyrant's defense of the guy who had Jamal Khashoggi murdered.

A Necessary Air of Venom: Hardening NATO’s Airspace | "Russia’s recent air incursions into NATO airspace are part of a disruptive strategy." Noah Greene and Chris Hoeft

The reality of tricking or forcing alcoholics to join your army en masse.

There is absolutely no reason for the European Union and NATO to behave like we are hostage to the policy choices and objectives of the United States on matters of international affairs, in particular, on Russia's war and genocide against Ukraine. We're not slaves or pawns to Washington. 1/8

An absolute scandal compounded in this case by failure of French government and EU institutions to forcefully react and sanction in turn those who have sanctioned ICC judges and prosecutors. Makes a total mockery of FR/EU's repeated commitment to the rule of law/ICC www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

Today we remember those starved to death by Soviet Russia during Holodomor, and history does repeat itself indeed: these photos are of UN World Food Program warehouse in Dnipro, Ukraine, after Russian drones attacked this Thursday .

Here @pythonmaps shows us all the wildfires of 2024 in a single view. I can’t remember having ever seen a news report about African wildfires as a resident of Germany, the US, and Australia.

My latest #cartoon for Encompass, 22/11/25. I hope he won't touch it, but then what? #zelensky #Putin #DonaldTrump #Ukraine #UkrainePeace

"I can’t believe it… I honestly thought they were taking me out to the forest. I thought they were going to shoot me." #Ukraine has returned 31 Ukrainian citizens from Belarus. Most of them had been detained for their pro-Ukrainian position. Among them is 18-year-old Mariia Mysiuk

Senator Wicker 🇺🇸🇺🇦 This so-called ‘peace plan’ has real problems, and I am highly skeptical it will achieve peace. Ukraine should not be forced to give up its lands to war criminal Putin. The size and disposition of Ukraine’s armed forces is a sovereign choice for its government and people.

“Don’t save me, I beg you. I saw my child burn to death,” a woman told doctors after being pulled from the rubble of her home in Ternopil.

Many people think about cold in Northern Europe if the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC fails. But that wouldn’t be the only problem for Europe by far. This new study shows that severe drought is another one. 🌊

🇳🇱‼️ Several drones were spotted over the Volkel military airbase in the Netherlands yesterday. The military opened fire from the ground in an attempt to shoot them down. The drones flew away and could not be found.

And in 1932, the regime introduced the “law of five ears of grain,” which punished even for picking upr — with up to 10 years in prison or execution. Combined with total grain confiscation, this became a mechanism that deliberately condemned millions of Ukrainians to death during the Holodomor.

I just dipped a toe in the cesspit that used to be Twitter, and I think the surest indication that the “28 points” were translated from Russian is the number of Russian mouthpiece accounts busy shouting, unprompted, that that is absolutely not the case and they were drafted in the White House.

It’s evening in Europe, I know. But I just cannot comprehend anymore how people believe NATO security guarantees for Poland, the Baltics, Finland, Germany etc will work and are our security backbone, when they have read the U.S. „peace plan“. Are you serious you still believe in any of that? 🤯

"For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal."

New research from my colleagues @wm.edu's AidData on Chinese development finance and investments in both developing countries and also the US, UK, EU, and Japan. New report and dataset released tomorrow. Here is a preview from the BBC: www.bbc.com/news/article...

🤬 Occupiers are taking Ukrainians into the army: local media are publishing a video from occupied Berdyansk. Many of them will then be forced to sign a contract and sent to fight.

Buena acción del día: pijas madrileñas que se negaban a dejar de gritar por su móvil hablando sobre La Moraleja expulsadas del vagón del silencio. Me han llamado rojo, podemita y coletas, eso sí. Me sigue pareciendo raro el resorte de suponer de izquierdas a quien te llama la atención por molestar.

Y es seguro tu barrio?

The message seems to be that one must love one's own country before one can love any other. But this week let us do whatever small act we can to "Love Ukraine." Poetry • by Volodymyr Sosiura Reminder: 🇷🇺Their goal isn't territory! Their goal is the elimination of Ukraine as a nation! Thread 1/3🧵