Allied intelligence points to more trouble ahead. Prime Minister Donald Tusk says he has reasons to believe the situation in the Middle East will deteriorate, as the Polish government puts forth a fuel price-cap bill.

We in Bucha watched the second half of the film on a diesel power generator!

Maybe they should try reading international newspapers? Just a suggestion.

What a tragedy in Ivano-Frankivsk. The two who died were a soldier, Volodymyr Shkrumelyak, and his daughter, 15. They were in the city centre to visit his wife, who was in the maternity ward, having given birth to their son just days ago. Photos also of the maternity hospital.

I'm 7 hours late, but congratulations, Prof. Popova. I'm so happy for you.

GEN. GRYNKEWICH: Russia invaded Ukraine thinking it would be a two-week war. As a friend of mine recently said: "The hardest part of a short two-week war is the first couple of years". I think Putin has learned that the hard way.

Ignored in US media—the Trump administration has presented demands for three new military installations in Greenland—beyond Pituffik Space Base (aka Thule Air Base) in the country's north. This was confirmed by Gen Gregory Guillot (USAF), CINC USNORTHCOM, during a Senate hearing on Thurs, Mar 19.

I got rid of my old tube TV in 1992 because "the production theater" and "bells and whistles" were already there, 4 years before Fox came on the air. I've never looked back. I wish Scott the very best in his new endeavor, and am looking forward to his reports.

Hard for me to believe that this wasn't known before now.

Here is what I don’t understand about AI: we’ve already given up our ability to do the most basic things - remember phone numbers, read a map, have an attention span. And now people are like, “yes, please, tech overlords! Please also take away my ability to read, think, and write!”

It's about time!

It will last however long Russians illegally occupy Ukraine + maybe 70 years after that

SEN. ANGUS KING: We're shooting down $35,000 drones with $2.7 million missiles. The math simply doesn't add up. HOST: Why were we so unprepared? SEN. ANGUS KING: Great question. We should've learned from Ukraine — the war there has been drone-dominated for 3 years.

Hungary under Orban has been a Russian client state for years. The corruption levels are on par with those of its Russian masters. There is virtually no difference. The revelation that secret communications inside the EU have been delivered to Russia comes at no surprise.

I’m also pretty certain that even NATO secrets have been delivered to Moscow.

Seeing the Russian intelligence agencies such as the SVR actively interfering and promoting Orban is no surprise as well. Putin has to keep Hungary in his sphere of influence, in order to perpetuate the malicious character of that puppet state inside the EU. Losing Orban would be a huge blow.

The EU should be fully prepared for more aggressive actions by Orban and his Russian masters. Despite the good polls of Peter Magyar and the clear will of the Hungarian people for freedom we should never discount the chance that there will be electoral fraud in the game.

Russia is after all a master in this. The EU has to prepare for this eventuality.

One of the most interesting articles I've read recently on Ukrainian developments in missile and drone technology. It really does leave one breathless. Other countries, including the US, are so far behind. www.thetimes.com/world/russia...

“In one scenario, Ukrainian forces ['Red' crew] scored so many simulated hits on a frigate that, in a real battle, the ship would have sunk—yet the 'Blue' crew was still asking in the general chat five minutes later whether the attack had even started.” odessa-journal.com/ukraine-wins...

You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her. Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day

The U.S. uses Patriot missiles to take down drones, while Ukrainian forces are taking down Russian helicopters with drones:

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“And when someone stands up again and says, 'you don’t have the cards,' it will be worth remembering this: Ukraine *is* the card. The only one that actually matters for the wars that are coming.” www.theconcis.com/p/without-uk...

#Belarus On sanction relief for banks controlled by the regime - what this will facilitate is transactions involving dual-use goods, including with military applications. Keep this in mind and be clear about what's happening. More focus on EU sanctions and closing loopholes.

Merz roasting AfD in Bundestag: "Ladies and gentlemen, the reality of life for people in Ukraine is different from what you experience at your cocktail receptions at the Russian embassy here in Berlin or during luxurious trips to Moscow." (Applause) Watch Alice Weidel's face.

Blep.

After a long and cordial evening in a sauna, Khrushchev says to the Finnish president Kekkonen that in the view of eternal friendship between Finland and Soviet Union, they should finally join the Union. Kekkonen replies: “thanks for the offer, but I’m getting too old to rule such a large country.”

In the famous "Was bleibt?" interview of 1964, Hannah Arendt said that the only reason she writes is to understand.

"Four years on ​from Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv has become a world leader in drone and anti-drone technologies." www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Yes, but even more so for Slovakia. I keep wondering what Fico thinks he's going to get if ru wins. Surely he doesn't think he'll be awarded Zakarpattia, though his complaints about the "mistreatment" of Slovak-speaking people there are a tell. Maybe he's looking to get gobbled up by Hungary again?

I'm assuming it was you, @phillipspobrien.bsky.social , who is the “great war historian” who told Трамп that "Nobody would have thought you could do that much damage in that little time"?

Thanks, Tim. I know it's cliché, but sometimes you really do need to laugh to keep from going out of your mind.

It's unfair to us all that the EU has allowed a situation to develop where the union's response to the biggest security challenge to Europe since the end of the cold war rides on one election - Hungary's. 👇🏻

Can opener. Always works.

My late rescue German Shepherd Stella used to do this in subfreezing temps. She'd just sit on the ground looking around like it was a fine spring day w/ a temp of 70°. When I'd check on her to make sure she was OK, she'd look at me for a few seconds, then go right back to surveying the back yard.

President Zelenskyy is visiting the UK today to explore security opportunities for Ukraine.

1/ Russia's block on Telegram, crackdown on VPNs and mobile Internet shutdowns are threatening to destroy the 'People's Military-Industrial Complex' – a vast ecosystem of volunteer and start-up efforts that manufactures and supplies the army with drones and other equipment. ⬇️

3/ They supply many things that the Russian MOD and the slow and expensive state-directed military industrial complex does not: drones, signal repeaters, masts, armour plates, charging stations, sighting devices, electronic warfare equipment, and so on.

4/ It's not an exaggeration to say that the Russian army would be crippled without their support. Yet, say Russian warbloggers involved in the People's VPK, this is exactly what is about to happen due to the sudden Internet crackdown.

The EU's Kaja Kallas: “Following the US decision to ease sanctions on Russian oil, Europe will maintain sanctions and continue to move away from Russian fossil fuels.”