"[Ukraine] chose to stand and fight rather than surrender — a gift the Free World has yet to fully appreciate. Ukraine’s valour is Europe’s shield. A NATO-integrated Ukraine isn’t a liability — it’s what a credible and effective deterrent looks like."

It’s as if the Iran war was fought to sustain the Russian economy. Lifting sanctions for Russians does nothing for Americans. It just makes it easier for Russia to continue its war in Ukraine.

This film really recalibrates your sense of normal life. While we stress over small problems, people in Kherson live under drones and shelling yet still work and plant for the future. Deep respect to Ukrainians and to @caolanrob.bsky.social for sharing this. youtube.com/watch?v=hE4T...

Because this is exactly what people miss when they reduce this war to ‘haggling over a bit of territory,’ Mr. Vance @JDVance . It’s not about land, it’s about what happens to the people living on it after you sell them out. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...

Trump leaving the umbrella for someone else to close, because he can’t do it himself, is a perfect illustration of what he did with Iran.

None Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Am I allowed that one?)

If any other world leader tweeted this, you’d assume their account had been hacked…

From Catherine Belton, on why Vance is going to Budapest www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

It’s not 2022, things have changed 🇺🇦 open.substack.com/pub/shaunpin...

This Ukrainian cat has learned to avoid Russian drones in the Kherson region by living in a tree. Denis from the Hachiko team put a feeding station below so this little floof and other cats living nearby the destroyed Kherson airport have something to eat.

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He also said: "When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus."

The only elephant with his own china shop...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

🔥 🚨 🔥 🚨 🔥 🚨 🔥 French Senator Claude Malhuret says what the majority of the world is thinking

Trump has insulted and tariffed his European allies, persuaded Denmark to prepare for a US invasion and, by pressuring Ukraine and not Russia, encouraged Putin to keep fighting. All of which he has forgotten. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Can you imagine how many people approved it before publishing? Shameful.

Europeans might ask themselves this question. If Trump does not care about Putin helping the Iranians to kill Americans, do you think he will care at all about Putin trying to kill Europeans?

This B1 bridge west of Tehran is civilian infrastructure. It was still under construction and not yet open to vehicular traffic. It had zero strategic military value. Therefore, this likely constitutes a war crime under international humanitarian law. More evidence for the 'Nuremberg Trials'.

Tremendously important article by @johnsipher.bsky.social in The Bulwark. The damage that Trump is doing to the US IC is deeper and more profound than you might understand. He is changing its very structure. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-d...

Man, if Mark Rutte had a superpower, it would be the most extraordinary power to deny reality in the universe.

“It will just open up naturally,” Trump says about the Strait of Hormuz. He also once said, at the beginning of the pandemic, that COVID would end by itself. "One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear"

That’s one hell of a cover…..

The most wholesome April fool joke

❤️‍🩹 In the darkest of times, finding time to show love to the smallest of souls is what makes us truly human.

@realjakebroe.bsky.social: They [RU] are going to open up new supply chains with the US. ..they could just go to the US and Trump will make anything happen. Putin just has to say, ‘Hey, can technicians from Chevron come to Moscow to help us..?’ youtu.be/-fyd-Vuw-Po with @caolanrob.bsky.social

This photo.

"(..) the USA is not the preferred partner of choice, nor are any of the traditional European defense firms—it is the Ukrainians. Let that sink in. Ukraine is now a world leader in one of the most important strategic capabilities all states face."

One can guess that Russian targeting helped the Iranians pull this attack off, which seems to have destroyed very valuable US equipment. But will Trump criticise Putin? No he will not. When will people wake up to the reality that the US president is a Russian agent of influence?

NATO structures and processes work. They have been honed over three quarters of a century. There is no need to ditch or reinvent them. Yes, some adaptation. But nothing that takes time. A comprehensive reformulation or redesign of 'NATO' could take several years; decades even, due to reframing.

Attacking civilian targets such as power plants is exactly what Putin’s Russia is doing to Ukraine. As always, the pupil is emulating his master.

You know how in a library no one’s trying to sell you anything? That’s how the internet was.

1/x This article shows that the US Navy and many militaries do not understand commercial shipping and ships. www.twz.com/news-feature...

I can’t recommend the @markrussinovich.bsky.social episode of the @fafo.fm podcast with @justingarrison.com and @withenoughcoffee.bsky.social enough. A great listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA-Y...

To be clear, the Republicans who policed all of our speech when Charlie Kirk was killed, & who jump on anyone who doesn’t mourn their heroes correctly, have just opened the door for every liberal & leftist in America to post ‘Good, I’m glad he’s dead” when Trump eventually dies.

Trump lies "about American support for Ukraine,which he repeatedly describes as worth $300 billion or more.The real number is closer to $50 billion,over 3 years.At current rates,Trump will spend that much in 3 months in the Middle East,in the course of starting a war rather than trying to stop one"

You know who does believe in Rules of Engagement? Ukraine Does. You know who does not? Putin's Russia. Guess who the USA is now modelling itself on?

Andrew Parsons should be forced to resign for this morally obtuse statement. He should probably be investigated for corrupt links to the russian state. The russian team he allowed to compete includes a frigging shooter and someone who served in the division that occupied Kyiv region (i.e. Bucha)!

Imagine Russian soldiers ticking boxes in their Shengen visa applications for the Paralympics. Promising that they haven't committed crimes against humanity, the crime of genocide and didn't do other bad things 🤝

Putin has the tape. Trump. 13-15 year old girl(s). He will never make a move against Russia. Even whilst Russia is helpinp Iran to kill Americans.

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

⚙️Ukrainian defense company The Fourth Law has developed Zerov-8, an interceptor drone with an autonomous targeting system. militarnyi.com/en/news/the-...

Was browsing the Eisenhower Library site this morning trying to find a quote I remembered. President Eisenhower, WW2 military hero: “In my opinion, there is no such thing as a preventive war… none has yet explained how war prevents war.”

Extraordinary! A rant worthy of Mussolini or Hitler. (I won't insult Napoleon by including him here.)

Me writing an email: “AI makes mistakes, check your work.” Department of Defense: “When if we hooked it up to a machine gun”

CNN reporting that the strikes on Iran tonight are joint US and Israeli strikes. Which means Donald Trump should be impeached for a third time. What he has done tonight is illegal under the US constitution and the UN charter.

Schlecht gealtert.

The non-stop gaslighting of Zelensky abt what Ukr can do for peace needs to stop. Let's be clear: Ru hasn't agreed to ANYTHING. The US is badgering Ukraine to offer concessions up front. There is zero commitment from Ru to stop the war if the Ukrainian army started retreating from Donbas tomorrow.

People who don’t understand that we are about to witness a massive attempt to corrupt American democracy by Trump, are living in a dream land.

Verhandlungen bringen nur etwas, wenn die Ukraine stark genug ist, Russland zu echten Gesprächen zu zwingen. Frieden hängt nicht von Trump ab, sondern davon, ob Europa endlich handelt. /END