ECB does not approve transferring Russian assets to Ukraine. Next, ECB officials, together with Belgium officials and Euroclear management, should ship this money to Russia. By foot, in suitcases. And they must stay in Russia if they love it so much.

Now everyone can witness in real time what would have happened if the US sided with Nazi Germany. The European countries occupied, the genocide in the midst of Europe ongoing with everyone looking the other way etc. voxukraine.org/en/rashism-o...

"Security guarantees could include: Ukraine's accession to NATO, the deployment of nuclear weapons on Ukrainian territory, or the deployment of a large military contingent capable of confronting Russia." This and more insights in Valeriy Zaluznyi's article: www.liga.net/en/politics/...

Witkoff-Dmitriev plan RE #Ukraine is wrong & it'd be crazy to start negotiations w an extreme RUS position. @tderyugina.bsky.social @ilonasolohub.bsky.social, Anastassia Fedyk, James Hodson & I have a counter-proposal that would give genuine peace. Our 28 points vs RUS 28 points. #UkrainianView

This is the plan that would really lead to peace. But its implementation requires some courage: voxukraine.org/en/the-genui...

Today, Ukraine is withstanding combined forces of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. Forcing Ukraine to capitulate is the worst crime - it is betrayal. Please read and sign if you wish a realistic proposal for the lasting peace. ukraineinsights.substack.com/p/what-a-rea...

The major irony is that even if Ukraine signed putin's "peace plan" today, the war would not stop. On the contrary, Russia would escalate the war to other parts of Ukraine and to other countries.

The new "peace plan" is nothing else than the same demands for capitulation of Ukraine that Russia has been repeating for 11 years. When will useful idiots from Western media stop publishing it?

Some reflections on Ukraine's corruption scandal from @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social , @tderyugina.bsky.social , Anastassiya Fedyk voxukraine.org/en/more-ammu...

With little success in the battlefield, Russia hopes for a diplomatic victory. A long-read but must read by Valeriy Zaluzhnyi www.pravda.com.ua/eng/columns/...

Read the new @projectsyndicate.bsky.social op-ed by Econ4UA leadership Anastassia Fedyk, @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social, and @ilonasolohub.bsky.social on the most effective donor support for Ukraine: www2.project-syndicate.org/commentary/u...

In 2022, Ukrainians joked that soon NATO would ask Ukraine to admit it. Now it's no longer a joke. Admitting Ukraine is in the best interest of NATO that is likely to lose to the combined Russia-China aggression.

"More dangerously, however, Russia uses democratic institutions against democracies.[]" "Thus, in addition to helping and increasing cooperation with Ukraine, the democratic world should also strongly improve internal security." - learn from Moldova! voxukraine.org/en/europe-ha...

Pro-European party in Moldova won because Maia Sandu and Moldovan special services actively counteracted malign Russia's actions to disrupt democracy in this country. Other leaders should learn from Ms. Sandu.

Congratulations to Moldova! Despite all the Russian disinformation attacks it elected its European future.

Hungary (at Russia's will of course) started flying its reconnaissance drones over Ukraine. Interesting, what would NATO do if some NATO country attacked another country? E.g. if Hungary attacked Ukraine

The fact that Europe recognizes terrorist state of Gaza instead of preparing for the war with the terrorist state of Russia means that it will be very easy for Russia to conquer European states. Even without a large-scale war, just with the help of fear and terrorism. 1/2

For a long time, me and my friends have been writing that appeasement would lead to escalation. We see it now: since there is no adequate support of Ukraine and sanctions on Russia, Russia started attacking Poland and Estonia. More attacks will follow if there is no adequate reaction from NATO.

Poland tries really hard to distance itself from the war. One of the main narratives is "NATO will protect us". Dear Polish friends. NATO today - is YOU!

It's amazing how developed countries believe that rewarding terrorism would bring to some good results. No, rewarding terrorism results only in more death and suffering. And there is no guarantee that paying for your welfare with lives of other people will work.

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This night Poland had to close airports and shoot down Russian Shakheds. Europe, do you still think that "it's not your war"?

Today Russians dropped a bomb on the line of pensioners who came to collect their pensions and killed 24 people. If someone thinks that it would not do this to Polish or Hungarian pensioners - they are very wrong. They are not doing it only because they can't - because of Ukrainian Army.

Our new op-ed that in the current world Europe can rely only on itself for its security

Russia withdraws from Europe's anti-torture treaty. It never implemented it anyway, so this move shows only that it no longer wants to pretend. Russia persistently displays to the world its real face. But everybody is too afraid to look, desperately clinging on to Tchaikovsky.

Putin's puppet Orban says "it's not our war". But it is the European war! What signal can be more clear than Russia's bombing of the EU Commission and British Council premises in Ukraine. Unfortunately, Hungary in this war is on the other side of the frontline

Putin never said "give us some Ukrainian territories and then we will stop the war". He always says "give us Ukrainian territories". Thus, assuming that giving some Ukrainian territories to Russia would stop the war is as far from reality as Earendel is from Earth.

China offered to send its "peacekeepers" to Ukraine. We must remember that China is on the Russia's side in this war, and therefore all it REALLY wants to do is help Russia win. Specifically, these "peacekeepers" will only help Russia occupy Ukrainian land.

US and European countries like to remind that they never recognized occupation of Baltic states by USSR. What they fail to remember is that they did not recognize restoration of the statehood by Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in 1990. Moreover, they asked these states "not to destroy USSR"

"Security guarantees" for Ukraine is the wrong concept. European leaders should discuss European security that is no longer guaranteed by the US. And of which Ukraine is the strongest part.

This night Russia stroke a US company plant in Zakarpattya, the most Western reason of Ukraine. This is a clear signal to Trump: weakness leads to escalation. (I'm tired of repeating this)

Putin's "willingness to negotiate".

Lavrov said that only Russia can guarantee security of Ukraine. It is very clear that Russia only jeers everyone.

Interesting, how does humiliation in Alaska make America great again?

Trumps plan from the very start was to give to Putin whatever he wants and blame Ukraine for this. The sooner we start treating the US government as a constraint rather than opportunity, the better. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...

China helps Russia produce weapons: theins.press/en/inv/284017

Putin has one clear advantage over EU leaders: he can tell Trump what he wants to hear - that 2020 US elections were rigged. No person who cares about truth or their reputation would tell that. In reality, Russia helped Trump win both in 2016 and in 2024

Summary of the summit: 1) no sanctions on Russia, China or India 2) Trump shaked hands with the war criminal 3) China and Global South see the US weakness (this weakness will be even worse if Trump comes to moscow) 4) China and Russia won

Some media are now describing how Russia sold Alaska to the US in 1867. However, many fail to state the underlying reason - Russia struggling with debt and internal unrest after its defeat in the Crimean war (1853-1856). They also fail to note that Russia did not own Alaska at the time 1/3

Russia does not help to solve problems, Russia creates problems. For example, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed peace agreement as soon as Russia was out of the process. Why is it so hard to understand for some people?

Why are some media talking about "swap" of Ukrainian territories? What are they "swapped" for? Leaving Ukrainian territories under occupation means continued terror against people who live there and environmental catastrophe. It is also showing dictators that you can get what you want by force.

We've already been there. In 2014, Western "allies" convinced Ukrainian government not to oppose Russia's annexation of Crimea. What happened next? Russia immediately attacked in the East of Ukraine.

Can someone tell Trump that Russians consider Alaska "theirs"? Or maybe he knows and is ready to cede it to Russia? Everything for the dear friend Vladimir...

Congratulations to Armenia and Azerbaijan on signing peace agreement. This agreement became possible because Russia's war in Ukraine showed one more time that (1) Russia is weak and (2) Russia will always betray its allies. P.S. Of course, Trump can pocket the Nobel prize if he wants

On this day 27 years ago Russia invaded Georgia. Ukraine was among the first to provide both political and military support to Georgia. In 2009, the EU issued the report stating that "both sides were guilty". This was a clear signal to Russia that it can invade other countries as long as 1/2

Putin's "negotiations" is the carrot in this picture. And being a donkey is the choice of some governments.

Statements of world leaders about recognition of Palestinian state convey one clear message: "Terrorism works." Thus, we can expect more terrorism around the world. In the same way, all the talks with Putin convey only one message: "War works". Thus, we can expect more wars around the globe.

The Russo-Ukrainian War is just one destructive trend in today’s international order. But its outcome will help determine the direction in which the world will develop. @foreignpolicy.bsky.social @sceeus-ui.bsky.social @uisweden.bsky.social @nordicukraine.bsky.social @cfr.org @ukrainki.bsky.social

Bravo, Niall Ferguson! This liberal hypocrisy must stop! www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

Switzerland invites a few Russian "parliamentarians" directly responsible for the war to some kind of summit. Moreover, the head of Russian parliament is provided a tribune to distribute Russian propaganda. This is not a "neutrality". This is support of genocide. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...