🤬 Hungary still denies Ukrainian consuls access to 7 abducted cash-in-transit workers from Ukraine

🇭🇺🇺🇦 Hungarian authorities detained seven Ukrainian citizens who work for the cash collection service of Oschadbank. The employees transported cash and valuables between Austria and Ukraine. Their current whereabouts remain unknown. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/hungary-deta...

Zelensky said that the EU must change its legislation to confiscate Russian oil, saying Europe should not release detained shadow fleet tankers after a few days. "We don't want Russians to earn because they use that income for war against us." #Ukraine

Yesterday was an exchange of rhetoric from both sides But now Orban seems to have escalated into outright hostage taking in order to pressure Ukraine to restore the damaged Russian oil pipeline This is madness and the EU needs to come down on Orban like a ton of bricks

Imagine if US and European countries had gone through this effort to defend Ukrainian air space and infrastructure against Russian strikes? … and then Gulf countries would have joined in the effort? No, cannot imagine? Then how is it different from efforts in Gulf now?

Where we are now

Finland plans to lift its ban on hosting nuclear weapons for the first time since 1987 to strengthen NATO defense, Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen announced. #NATO

The United States, Russia, China and ‌Niger voted against an International Atomic Energy Agency resolution denouncing attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure as a threat to nuclear safety. Russian terrorists occupy the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. Trump works for Russia.

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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

🇺🇦 Zelensky: For some reason, some in the world have begun to believe that Putin’s words are true that if Ukraine is not in Donbas, the war will end. Despite all the words that were previously heard from Russia, aggression has only increased, and we simply cannot trust the Russian side.

As the <checks notes> drone interceptor discourse handily demonstrates, having a highly battlefield experienced and armed to the teeth Ukrainian state as part of the EU / closely integrated into Europe is a bit of a game changer for perceptions of European military capability…

The Pentagon and Gulf states are planning to procure Ukrainian interceptor drones costing a few thousand dollars each to defend against Shahed drones. Zelensky should simply say: restart full military aid, send Tomahawks, and then, maybe, we'll talk. #GreatestSalesmanOnEarth

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Look what a good "friend" Putin is. He wants to stop gas exports to Europe, meaning to Hungary and Slovakia. 🤡 Lucky that we, the rest of the Europeans, got ahead of him.

Great response! Source: @rshereme.bsky.social Facebook account

Starting to like Mannheim

Something to pass the time bahn.bet

🇪🇺 Ten European countries are working together to prepare evacuation plans for the population in the event of a major war, — Reuters Denmark, Germany, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland.

Remarkable spread of Iran war in days. You now have attacks not just in the Gulf & Israel, but also Cyprus & Turkey in the west & off Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean in the east. Had an Iranian missile struck Turkey today, there is a good chance that Article Five would be invoked by allies.

Apti Alaudinov, commander of the special unit "Akhmat", said he is ready to "go and help Iran even now", but so far all Russia does with its allies is abandon them.

🔴 Gulf states now face the same Iranian drone threat as Ukraine. 🧵 1/11 ⬇️

“Publicly available documentation and archived sources point to long-term involvement by Rosatom-affiliated institutes in conventional weapons development, including research, testing, and certain production stages,” writes Olena Lapenko in this op-ed.

Many say travelling with German trains is horrible. It seems pretty easy to me! Just look at the scheduled time, add between 30 and 90 minutes, and you are good to go. That is, unless your train gets cancelled.

The Iranian Embassy in Ukraine invited Ukrainians to sign a book of condolences for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from March 4–6. The move sparked backlash from Ukraine’s Ambassador to South Africa, who condemned the initiative and reminded that Iran helped Russia wage war against Ukraine.

I have just held a call with President Pedro Sánchez to express the EU’s full solidarity with Spain. The EU will always ensure that the interests of its Member States are fully protected.

🇹🇷 Missile debris was removed in Turkiye

All major typewriters can be used to either commit academic fraud or facilitate junk science, a test of 13 models has found.

Keeping Trump engaged in Ukraine is essential for Europe.

Comparison from comrade @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social on Ukraine & Iran. -Russian forces "enter" Ukraine, US & Israel make "illegal attack" -Russia excused cos of NATO. US & Israel are "rogue states" -Russia created a "crisis" & offered diplomacy. US & Israel "endanger us all"

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946. In 2007, the US president was born in 1946. In 2017, the US president was born in 1946. And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

the burden-sharing thing was always about not wanting to support Ukraine, you could see this most clearly in the SignalGate leaks where JD Vance was grousing about strikes on the Houthis "bailing out" Europe (when obviously those were mostly "bailing out" the Saudis & Israelis not Euros)

"From the perspective of international law, Iran is complicit in at least two of Russia's international crimes: the crime of aggression and the crime of genocide against the Ukrainian people," writes Oleksandr Merezhko, People's Deputy of Ukraine, in this op-ed.

An important perspective, which should not be viewed with complacency but rather with concern about how far the US and Israel will keep going long after any Iranian missile and drone threats are ground down

EU seeking solutions to prevent Iran crisis from affecting air defence supplies to Ukraine #UKRAINE :ua_flag: #EUNews https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/03/03/8023724/

They may launch a ground operation within days, possibly with U.S.–Israeli air support.

Hungary's veto on the €90 billion loan to Ukraine proves the European Union needs less unanimity, says Rob Jetten, the new Dutch prime minister. "We cannot explain to our constituents that Europe is sometimes way too slow," Jetten said on his first trip to Brussels since taking office.

Iran, differently from Russia, is not a Feudalmafian State held together by personal allegiance of regional mafia bosses to the warboss. In a Feudalmafian State™️ killing the warboss likely plunges the lieutenants into a confrontation. The same can't be said about Iran.

So, let me get that straight. Iran helps Russia against Ukraine. Russia is helping Iran against US. US and Ukraine are, literally, NATURAL ALLIES. You really need to be very very dumb, or alternatively be Donald Trump, not to see that and "remain neutral between Ukraine and Russia".

🚨 Russian-Iranian Shahed kamikaze drone struck the US Embassy in Dubai. Iran has been using Shahed drones upgraded in Russia, which are more effective and resistant to electronic warfare than the original Iranian version, to strike targets in the Middle East.

🤔 Russia is dismayed by US and Israeli attacks on Iran but mostly powerless to aid its ally, and sees potential benefits for Putin’s war on Ukraine, - Bloomberg Demand for air-defense missiles from Gulf states facing Iranian attacks means there may be fewer resources for Ukraine,…

LRT reports that Lithuania would consider participating in a war with Iran and could, hypothetically, even deploy troops if formally requested by the United States. www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...

⚡️Russia 'deliberately and brutally' execute 337 Ukrainian POWs by end of 2025, ombudsman says. "Russia has turned torture into state policy and uses it as a weapon,” Ukraine's Human Rights Ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, said on March 3 during a meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council.

Italian PM Meloni accused Russia of shattering international law and causing global chaos, stating that the "explosive situation" in the Middle East is a direct consequence of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.

Also, almost everything he says is a lie. The US gave Ukraine far less than he claims, and has not given anything for a year. Biden did restart weapons manufacturing all over the country. There are still shortages of air defense ammunition, everywhere, because it takes a long time to make.

Sergey Lavrov stated that Russia will not impose sanctions against the United States over the attack on Iran because "this is not our method".

Netherlands too

To my account, so far Macron's Nuclear Alliance has seen overtures from Britain, Germany, Belgium, France, Sweden, Denmark and Poland (but I might have missed some). 1/x

DENMARK SAYS ITS WILLING TO FUND FRENCH EU+ DETERRENT POLICY After Macrons speech yesterday Denmark is willing to assist in funding an EU+ nuclear deterrence policy. Others are expected to follow. It’s quite extraordinary how quickly the realities of the situation are dawning on EU+ nations.

According to @reuters.com France is sending anti-drone systems and a frigate to Cyprus after the attack by Iranian drones, following two frigates send by Greece. This to me underscores French ambition to provide for European security: