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Finnish architect rants about geopolitics, politics, and culture Russia's war in Ukraine as seen from the frontline states The future of Europe and global democracy 🇪🇺🇫🇮🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇵🇱🇺🇦
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" #Russia is intensifying its hybrid warfare against #Poland through cyberattacks, sabotage, and disinformation, while portraying Polish defensive actions as provocations to fuel domestic narratives and justify ongoing hostility." jamestown.org/program/krem...

Loistavaa! Haluan parempia eurooppalaisia palveluita hyvällä yksityisyydensuojalla!

How can they be tired of negotiations? They haven't negotiated at all.

A scientist told me the real story is the unfolding of climate change. And a doctor told me the real story is the ongoing pandemic. And an activist told me the real story is the rise of fascism. And a historian told me the real story is that these are all the same story.

You can count on us always being there. It's very much in our own interest as well to stop Russian aggression for good. We're in a huge debt of gratitude to Ukrainians. 🇫🇮 🤝 🇺🇦 Ukraine will prosper, I'm sure. I just wish the sacrifice wasn't so great.

"If American democracy can survive ten years of Greta Thunberg scolding, you guys can survive a few months of Elon Musk." - the Vice President of the United States to Europe in Munich 2025

Nearly a thousand homes in Koumboli village, in the southeast of the Central African Republic, were reportedly set ablaze by Russian paramilitaries last week. One villager who attempted to flee his compound when it was set on fire was reportedly shot dead corbeaunews-centrafrique.org/urgent-koumb...

Imagining the look of disbelief on 2024 me’s face if someone told him that he’d have Germany’s 2025 Eurovision entry on repeat a month after the contest

Finally. European leaders are no longer laughing it off and pretending that everything's business as usual. I hate that the USA is undermining NATO at every turn but we can't do anything about that. What we can do is build solidarity among remaining members. NATO minus one.

Orban’s latest talking point is just another attempt to sabotage aid to Ukraine and pave the way for russia’s next moves in Europe. Don’t listen to him. He has been working against Ukraine from day one of this war

Passive voice obfuscates responsibility for actions. That's why journalists should avoid it 99% of the time. Like this lede: She "was hit." But it was an officer who shot her, not a rogue rubber bullet that autonomously took flight and slammed into her.

If history is any guide, fake emergencies are intended to lead to real crackdowns.

⚡️Ukraine shoots down nearly 500 drones, missiles in Russian record strike, Air Force says. Ukraine had reportedly neutralized 479 Russian drones and missiles, with 292 shot down, and 187 jammed or lost via electronic warfare.

It turns out that maintaining a democracy is hard and requires real work.

Rumours of Spiderweb 2.0 on train carrying RU tanks and IFVs, with a carriage holding secreted UA drones, if completely untrue is strong psychological warfare—originating from an AFU unit, according to Denys Davidov earlier today. Maybe all trains need to be stopped and searched... 🕸

There will be negotiations when Russia feels that it can no longer continue. Let's hurry that along.

"The group’s salience has grown in the new geopolitical era of great-power rivalry in which the Arctic, the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea have once again become strategically contested zones. ...the Nordic and Baltic allies have the advantage of being stable, like-minded democracies...

🇵🇱 Poland’s National Electoral Commission will review erroneously completed protocols from the second round of the presidential election at a meeting on Monday at 17:00, PKW member Ryszard Kalisz announced. The Supreme Court will ultimately decide on the election’s validity.

This is a Kharkiv firefighter -- right after rescuing people from a russian airstrike that set a civilian enterprise on fire. Covered in ash, exhausted yet decisive. Siding with russia means siding with terrorists who unleash horror on innocent people -- every single day.

"Armenia understands that its future lies not in the shadow of a declining empire but among liberal democracies that value sovereignty and partnership. ... If Russia truly wants to remain relevant in the South Caucasus, it needs to reckon with the fact that coercion no longer works."

Ukraine regains momentum. Now is not the time to prolong the war by withholding support from Ukraine, but to increase pressure on Russia militarily, economically, and diplomatically. Force Russia to negotiate in earnest by demonstrating that their war of choice is destabilizing and costly.

There is a window for Russia to try and destroy NATO once and for all by attacking a NATO country. That's a tempting prospect. How successful it'll be depends on whether our allies respond to the invocation of Article 5. If this is going to happen, it's going to happen in the next three years.

Ukrainian Lyutyi drones hit reached hit the VNIIR Progress facility in Cheboksary, Russia. They make jamming-resistant satellite navigation systems for Russian weapons like Geran-2 drones, Iskander missiles, Kinzhal, UMPK/UMPB kits, Orlan UAVs, and others. The strike halted the plant’s operations.

Don’t ever forget every single human deserves human rights and there’s no other qualifications you need to bring up on that matter

Sweden's public service TV company SVT has been under a DDOS-attack since yesterday, kicking their public facing systems (news, TV, etc) offline for parts of Sunday evening. The attack might still be ongoing but is fully remedied. SVT are among other things responsible for public announcements.

This is the most insightful interview on Ukraine and Russia I have seen in a while. youtu.be/UIo6QI-k6hM?...