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Russia launches war's largest air attack on Ukraine, kills 13 people - www.reuters.com/business/aer...

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"Turkey will now route its gas payments through Austria’s Raiffeisen Banking Group, which operates a subsidiary in Russia that is not subject to any sanctions, the senior Turkish official told MEE. The official added that Washington is comfortable with this solution."

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The world may take a weekend, but the war continues, regardless of weekends or weekdays. This cannot be ignored. The silence of America, the silence of others in the world, only emboldens Putin, — Zelenskyy

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Another night in Ukraine. More than a dozen russian drones are already swarming around Kyiv. More incoming. The night will not be easy — russia may use both drones and missiles from strategic bombers.

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Good morning, although it isn't. I'm still emotional & angry, as you may have witnessed if you were with me last night Most of the west shrugs on the sidelines as Russia fires FOURTEEN ballistic missiles on a European capital. The US allows, encourages it. It's Day 1186, Here is THE 🧵for Saturday.

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Last night's Iranian/Russian bombardment of Ukraine's civilians was proudly made possible by Trump's clear message that it's permitted - consequence free.

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Warnings on Telegram monitoring channels in Ukraine of an upcoming massive combined attack by fascist Russia involving sea-launched missiles, land-launched ballistic missiles, Kinzhal aero-ballistic missiles, cruise missiles from Tu-95 strategic bombers, and flying bomb drones.

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Here are more than 19,000 examples of pro-Russia disinformation. This database exposes how the Kremlin spreads lies across various platforms, languages and borders. euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformati...

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The Hungarian government is about to pass a law that will allow it to destroy the tiny online outlets that represent the last vestiges of independent Hungarian press 444.hu/2025/05/22/v...

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Spanish intelligence says Russia pumped out misinformation to exploit the floods in Valencia in 2024 in a bid to destabilise public order. Russia is now looking to take advantage of any sudden crisis anywhere. This is asymmetric war.

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The top holder of $TRUMP coin faced SEC charges for market manipulation, and was avoiding coming to the US for fear of arrest. Now his lawsuit is paused and he’s invited to a VIP dinner with Trump. This guy is bribing the President in plain sight. www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

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Ukrainian monitors warning of high chance of large Russian missile attack on Ukraine, with fascist Russia mustering its fleet of Tu-95 strategic bombers. Meanwhile, Russian airports are in chaos, with delays and cancellations as 485 🇺🇦 drones swoop into Russia over two days.

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Radio communications intercepted by Ukraine and obtained exclusively by CNN capture russian orders to execute surrendering Ukrainian troops - in grave violation of international law. Do you also hear a defeaning silence of the world on these crimes? edition.cnn.com/2025/05/21/e...

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🚨 CNN published intercepted calls revealing Russian forces directing the execution of Ukrainian POWs: “Capture the commander, kill the others.” These atrocities happened late last year, with over 20 investigations now underway into POW executions ordered by senior commanders.

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You think the Russian proxy behind this media campaign is ever going to figure out using the same format of email over and over is going to clue us in to it being the same campaign? Or do they just do this for KPIs so they can extract more money from the government?

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The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine reported that Russian forces continue to use banned chemical weapons. In an intercepted conversation, a Russian commander is heard ordering an attack on Ukrainian military positions using chemical weapons prohibited under international humanitarian law.

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None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.

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Today’s Russian papers react to the Putin-Trump call: * “Russia wins extra time” * “Memorandum instead of ceasefire.” * “Moscow continues to oppose a comprehensive ceasefire until a compromise is found…we’re talking about Ukraine making the compromises.” #ReadingRussia

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In a war defined by constant innovation, the new fiber optic FPV drone is a deceptively simple tweak to standard FPV drones that makes them immune to electronic warfare (EW) and free of limitations brought by radio horizon.

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"So this is how we fight for Russia — not a single Russian here!" - The entire essence of the Kremlin's national policy in 45 seconds.

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Russian forces have been building military infrastructure near the Finnish border, according to recent satellite imagery, in moves that could reveal their strategy for what happens after the Ukraine war.

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A very important piece. It describes how - Musk created Grok replies in Twitter - Musk biased Grok replies to push his pro-oligarch political views - Musk screwed up this time. But this is the future of disinformation. It's smart, in fact: tie AI into Twitter replies then manipulate the AI.

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“Russia launched 273 Shahed drones in one night, the Ukrainian Air Force said, predominantly targeting the central Kyiv region.”

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Russia: Putin planted a Russian spy posing as a translator sent by the US embassy in Moscow for Witkoff's latest meeting in the Kremlin in April. She is from SVR - Russia's foreign intelligence.

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Russia attacked #Ukraine with 273 Shahed drones and various types of imitation drones last night. A 28-year-old woman was killed and three other people were injured, including a 4-year-old child, as a result of a massive Russian attack on Kyiv region.

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Indeed

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'Nobody in their right mind wants to think that a European war is around the corner again. But the reality is an increasing number of European intelligence officials have been telling us that,' said @cerianbond.bsky.social of the @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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"[ICC prosecutor Karim Khan] has lost access to his email [as a result of Microsoft cancelling], and his bank accounts [in UK] have been frozen (...) the US sanctions are hampering work on a broad array of investigations, not just the Israeli one." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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The Trump administration takes the weaponisation of the US economy to a whole new level. Every country and every individual needs to become as independent as possible from US products and services. They can be turned against you at any point in time. Exhibit A 👇🏻

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this is the best one imo

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Multiple Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet operational flights before noon over the harbour city of Kotka located in South-East of Finland. (follows the yday evening aborted attempt by Estonian navy trying to inspect the shadow fleet tanker JAGUAR when a russian Flanker fighter jet intervened)

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Yesterday afternoon two ships, a helicopter and a maritime surveillance aircraft of Estonian forces ordered shadow tanker JAGUAR towards EE national waters, north of Tallin. The attempt attracted a Russian fighter jet but the EE navy pursuit continued 4h to just 7 miles from Russia. Baltic hot.

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Russian Telegram channels report that the Estonian Navy tried to seize an oil tanker flying the flag of Gabon in the Baltic Sea en route to a Russian port. The crew refused to be boarded, and the standoff apparently ended when a Russian Su-35 fighter jet buzzed in. t.me/new_military...

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For the whole of 2025, Orbán's party has consistently polled behind the opposition — something that never happened since 2014 It's not surprising that he's escalating his attacks on democracy www.politico.eu/europe-poll-...

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"Before and after" Russia's "help" in Toretsk, Donetsk region.

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🇷🇺 Ukraine’s intel reveals specs of Russia’s new S8000 “Banderol” cruise missile, used since April to hit southern Ukraine. Launched from Orion UAVs, it flies 500 km and carries a 115kg warhead. Despite sanctions, it’s built with many parts from foreign countries. war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/components

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Reposting because I have rarely read an article I found so insightful

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This chart is incredible, have used it myself in the past. www.ft.com/content/f867...

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I think this is quite useful for the general population to think things through. (And yes if course I am thinking of Europe) Taiwan TV drama to give public a visceral vision of war with China

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The recent fire in the Warsaw shopping centre was ordered by Russian officials and carried out by freelancers. More greyzone aggression. And once again, it's carried out by low-lives recruited for the task via apps and for good pay. Exactly what MI5 head Ken McCallum warned of a few months ago.

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This story requires a great deal more attention. The Trump administration is doing everything it can to get Russian gas back into Europe. This is Washington and Moscow now in full strategic alignment via a shared vision of a fossil fuel future.

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The US trying to sell US LNG to Europe, I can understand. But the US helping Russia to sell Russian LNG to Europe is rather perverse...

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Japanese OSINT researcher AS22 reports on X that Russian forces are deploying decoy S-300/400 air defense systems in the Far East to replace actual units redeployed to European Russia, in an effort to keep up the appearance of a strong air defense presence in the region.

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