“Words fail me when I read that Alex Kleytman, an 87-year-old Ukrainian Holocaust survivor, was celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach with his wife of 57 years, also a Holocaust survivor. He was killed while shielding Larisa from the bullets with his own body.” www.thebulwark.com/p/shock-horr...

All Trump supporters must acknowledge this. Their backing of the president means that they support the forced transfer of millions of Ukrainians from a democracy to a corrupt and brutal dictatorship. This is the America you have made. Own it.

Poland marks December 13 as a day of remembrance for victims of communist repression after martial law in 1981, but the message resonates across the entire region. Every country the Red Army once occupied still remembers the terror that came with Soviet rule. 🧵 1/12

Don’t even have the heart to monitor these negotiations and the betrayal of Ukraine. I just hope the Europeans are engaging to relieve the pressure on Ukraine and to pin the blame on Russia for it failing. Naive to think trump will ever stop trying to undermine Ukraine and get something for Putin

An absolutely appalling document that must finally, finally wake Europe up to what trump is

One of the worlds most corrupt people giving his kindred spirit a fake peace prize a truly putrid spectacle in the middle of the draw But still they can’t spoil the magic of the World Cup

This is what casually giving Ukrainian land away for corrupt bargains means

God speed Friedrich Merz. The use of these funds is essential for Ukraine and securing them for the long term. Hence why trump and Putin are so desperate to sabotage the process and get their greedy hands on it instead

Crucial to show the real choice to Europeans. And by using the frozen Russian assets they’re already well on the way to meeting this target. Russia meanwhile is rapidly running out of resources

One of the mistakes of the Biden Administration was not to pursue justice against the trump team for their crimes. They thought they were doing a magnanimous Ford to Nixon thing not realising they were dealing with shameless crooks and traitors. Democrats shouldn’t make that mistake twice

Kelly is the guy who has the authority to take down these corrupt clowns. If Democrats have any sense he’ll be the nominee in 2028

I hope Ukraine are negotiating with the US in order to placate them while making a deal unacceptable to Russia. Any drug deal cooked up by witkoff and trump for their personal enrichment is not going to serve Ukraine or Europe well

#OTD in 1863, 23,000 Union Troops storm Missionary Ridge in one of the all time epic charges in American military history decisively routing Confederate forces and opening the literal and symbolic “Gateway to the South” (1

The Poles aren’t f***ing about. Good for them. Time we got a bit of that spirit Europe and dealt with Russia ourselves

It's hard to over-state how important Trump admin subordination is to Putin, and not just because it hugely increases the pressure on Europe, above all on Ukraine. It's also because it gives Russia much more great power credibility, for which the Kremlin is absolutely desperate. 🧵

Leaving this here.

If Rubio had a tiny shred of his soul left he would resign And if republicans still believed in anything they would be losing it at trump for selling America out to Putin

The confusion of the last couple of days has only arisen because Rubio admitted to republican senators that this is a Russian plan. Apart from that trump/vance/Witkoff were all happy to go along with it and blackmail Ukraine to sign Amazing that this is where America is now. Not very ‘Great’

Kallas has always had the Russians number. Thank god she is guiding Europe at this point

This really is an evergreen post. We’ve had a full year of this. Trumps interest in ‘peace’ is a charade to break Ukrainians. We need to be focused on getting clear of American dependence and helping Ukraine win. Putin desperately needs a ceasefire which is why he has his dog try and get one

Petr Pavel is one of the few statesman Europe has

Good thread on just how absurdly weak the security guarantees America is offering are. Basically a green light for continued Russian aggression

As a result of Russia’s attack on Ternopil, a Polish citizen, 7‑year‑old Amelia, was killed. The girl died together with her mother, Oksana.

Another moment of clarity but really if you haven’t learned by now you never will. Russia wants to destroy Ukraine. America is happy for that to happen. Only the Europeans and other democratic countries are with Ukraine in this defining struggle for freedom in the world. GET REAL NOW!!!

We're not giving Biden, Sullivan, Scholz, Macron & the rest enough credit for letting me hang on this long so Trump could surrender to me.

Radio Free Europe to also apologise for destabilising the communist bloc all these years

As expected Trump and Witkoff want total surrender from Ukraine. This is the point of departure where Europe must say no and kill this deal. American help is a bonus but cannot be expected in any way. Trump is a traitor and can only be coerced to do the minimal amount to help

Russians murdered this entire family this morning in Ternopil.

Russia is carrying out acts of war across Europe Even if we don’t want to declare war we should funnel weapons to Ukraine and cut Russia off economically as if we were at war with them

Blows my mind that we don’t do everything possible to get these brave men home safely and enable more of these reunions

Putins war on Ukrainian people will be very grim this winter. With trump standing back and not providing air defence it’s going to be harder than last year. Be a good question how many Ukrainians he’s got killed if the American media ever want to have some guts

Great from Shaun Pinner on the battle for Pokrovsk. Clueless western journalists predicted its imminent fall 18 months ago. Since then Ukraine has held its positions and made Russia bleed itself white. Meanwhile sanctions and strikes on oil facilities wreck the Russian economy t.co/DPlfWZhzpa

Shameful.

America is not an ally of the democracies. We have to face facts and act accordingly

Trump went from saying Ukraine should take back all of its territory and discussing Tomahawks to screaming at Zelensky to give up all of the Donbas. Amazing how one call from his boss is able to change everything Ukraine and Europe standing together just have to ignore the pathetic traitor

"It is the eternal struggle between these two principles — right and wrong. The one is the common right of humanity, and the other the divine right of kings...[When] a king seeks to bestride the people of his own nation, it is the same tyrannical principle." -- Abraham Lincoln #NoKings

Just when Ukraine thinks maybe, just maybe trump will SELL them Tomahawks, Putin gives him a call and restores his factory settings. Another bullshit photo op summit and Putin gives Orban a boost at election time too. Ukraine and its allies just have to hold their ground and focus on victory

Anastasiia Hrytsiv and her family were killed by the Russian strike on Lviv region last night. Anastasiia's school wrote about her death. She had her life ahead of her, but Russia's damned war against Ukraine took the lives of the whole family. Deepest condolences...

How to sum up the state of Britain at the moment? A stagnant economy drowning in debt. Discord and division with a society that feels totally out of control. Deep pessimism about the future. Weakly surrendering to China and unable to rebuild our armed forces. Labour has failed but what next?

We got good news from Moldova last week. Now we hope for good news from Czechia. I have faith in you my friends 🙏 🇨🇿

Russia now erecting ‘cope nets’ around its refineries. Sure sign of how much Ukraine’s long range campaign is hurting them, their desperation and total inability to stop it. More please Ukraine! 🇺🇦

Not just victory but clear majority in parliament now for the pro-European party so it can drive reforms forward. Bravo Moldova! 🇲🇩

Maybe guns should be harder to get, and mental health treatment should be easier to get, in today's America. Kind of the opposite of what the Trump administration and the Republican Party want.

Sandu is seriously impressive. Clean competent government but also the political savvy and steel to defeat the massive interference operation against her. Tops off a rough couple of weeks for Putin 👍

After all the crazy turns Europe and Ukraine have got trump to probably the best possible place for him-in NATO, sanctions stay and he sells weapons for Ukraine Russia is running out of men and money and its only cash generator is being destroyed. Let’s keep on this path until they are defeated 🇺🇦

Trump says Ukraine can win back all the territory currently occupied by Moscow. I agree but I’m sincere-for him it’s just today’s bullshit to distract from his pivot to Putin Watch his actions. Don’t listen to his bluster

Needs repeated a million times because so few understand this basic truth. The USSR was an instigator of the war and a co-belligerent alongside Nazi Germany. It only fought Hitler because he turned on them. The USSR then used the victory of the allies to occupy and subjugate half of Europe

The Russian attempt at a breakout at Pokrovsk that all the bots hailed as decisive has instead ended in their troops isolated in pockets ready to be destroyed. It’s the same story up in Sumy Meanwhile Russias oil industry is being systematically destroyed Don’t believe Russia is winning!

Putin’s agent trumps comes up with new excuses not to sanction Russia despite the bill sitting there waiting for his green light Knowing his and Putin’s friend Orban won’t stop buying Russian oil he uses that as an excuse AND demands more tariffs on China than he’s done himself! Totally exposed!