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❗️The United Nations' aviation council ruled that Russia was responsible for downing of the Malaysian Airlines flight over Ukraine, which killed all of the nearly 300 people on board in 2014. The majority of passengers and crew, 196 people, were from the Netherlands.

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Really great piece on the history between Russia and their "new" allies in the Global South, and the through-lines of colonialism in their past and present relationships newlinesmag.com/essays/the-h...

submitted 38 days ago • 2 comments

🇺🇦🗣️ Zelensky: This war will end, just as eternal dictatorships fall. Just as any empire built on the principles of war, disrespect for people and their rights, disdain for human life, comes to an end.

submitted 44 days ago • 34 comments

Good night! Sleep well! Stay safe! 🫡

submitted 46 days ago • 3 comments

I love talking to Sarah Longwell www.thebulwark.com/p/nothing-is...

submitted 52 days ago • 28 comments

"Russia decided that Odesa is our territory, it goes ahead and does what it needs to. If you don't agree, die." Russian propagandists are no longer trying to pretend that civilians in Ukraine are not being killed on purpose. They are openly proclaiming that anyone who disagrees with Russia must die

submitted 53 days ago • 50 comments

It was an honour to discuss Victoria Amelina's piercing, moving book about Ukrainian resistance to the invasion for @hayfestival.bsky.social with Tetiana Teren, who was part of the amazing team who brought this book to publication. It was a great conversation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q5L...

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Giggling Putin Pals Cheer Trump’s ‘Shocking’ Surrender ‘COMPLETELY INCREDIBLE!’ Even the Kremlin’s top propagandists could not conceal their surprise at Trump’s total abandonment of Ukraine. My latest for @thedailybeast.bsky.social: www.thedailybeast.com/giggling-put...

submitted 54 days ago • 17 comments

Kyiv last night during a combined Russian attack. Reuters reports that a North Korean KN-23 ballistic missile hit the residential building in Kyiv, citing its own sources.

submitted 54 days ago • 24 comments

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski @radek-sikorski.bsky.social an annual address to the lower house of the Polish parliament: "The times have changed.I have a message for Mr. [Alexander]Dugin's patrons: u will never rule here again.Neither in Kyiv,nor in Vilnius,nor in Riga,nor in Tallinn…

submitted 55 days ago • 41 comments

🙏 There are about 63,000 missing persons in Ukraine, - authorized representative for missing persons Dobroserdov. ❗️There is confirmation that more than 10,000 of them are in captivity in Russia. The search continues constantly. But the scale is colossal.

submitted 57 days ago • 5 comments

‼️🇺🇸🇷🇺 "Trump’s priority is to be able to deal directly with Russia, to put Ukraine to one side and proceed with business and other deals with Russia," said Fiona Hill, the Putin biographer. 🗣️ "It’s the trajectory that Trump has always wanted to be on. This is exactly what Putin wants too," she added.

submitted 59 days ago • 16 comments

Fellas, it is the biggest fundraiser so far, but very very crucial to get these pickups ASAP🙏

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

Russian masscres of civilians only happen because the West keep allowing them. Russia is a terror and crime syndicate that has been given freedom to act with impunity. Ukrainian civilians, children, pay the price.

submitted 65 days ago • 14 comments

Not a word of sympathy from the official US leadership. Not a word condemning the actions of the Russian Federation. Not a word of support for the Ukrainian people after today's horror! That's all we need to know.

submitted 65 days ago • 12 comments

Doesn’t get more pro-russian than this. It wasn’t a mistake and he knows it. He is lying to justify russia’s killing of Ukrainian civilians

submitted 64 days ago • 169 comments

After the recent developments, I will focus more than ever on my project, "Disinfo Resilience Network". United efforts are essential to counter foreign interference and Kremlin mouthpieces in all their forms! Thank you for your support! www.gofundme.com/f/building-r...

submitted 108 days ago • 6 comments

🇪🇺👀 "It takes two to want peace. It takes only one to want war. We can clearly see that Russia wants war", — Kaja Kallas 🇨🇳 She also said that without Chinese support, Russia would not be able to sponsor the war at the current level. And if China stopped support, it "would seriously affect Russia."

submitted 69 days ago • 7 comments

🤬 This morning, Russia launched ballistic missiles at Kyiv, fires in 3 districts. Three people were injured, including 2 hospitalized. ▪️In Sumy, 8 Shaheds struck industrial sites. ▪️In Kupyansk, Russian bomb hit a nine-story residential building, two people injured.

submitted 72 days ago • 7 comments

NEW: There's no reason to act like Trump is pursuing a trade policy or an industrial revitalization strategy. These are just sanctions, imposed to intimidate countries and companies into submission like they're universities or law firms. They're what a mob boss would do. prospect.org/economy/2025...

submitted 75 days ago • 131 comments

I’m really looking forward to delivering this talk on 24 April! If you’re in Harvard, do join us in person—if not, please tune in online. More info: www.huri.harvard.edu/event/olesya...

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Russian Special Forces capture the Crimean Cabinet of Ministers on the night of the 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟰. They lead the intimidated guards away as a paramilitary group likely commanded by Igor Girkin walks in with bags and an AGS automatic rocket launcher www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3AP...

submitted 74 days ago • 3 comments

Totalitarian regimes fall when police and army no longer follow their orders. #FreeHungary 🇭🇺🇪🇺

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Keep reading #Ukrainian #literature! Artem Chekh's ROCK, PAPER, GRENADE is now available from Seven Stories Press: sevenstories.com/books/4668-r....

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

OTD in 2022, Ukrainian defense forces liberated Borodianka in the Kyiv region. The devastation left after a month of russian occupation was immense. At least 171 people were killed, w/ nearly 60 still missing. Many civilians were buried under the rubble as russia deliberately bombed their homes.

submitted 77 days ago • 2 comments

Bucha massacre. The names of everyone tortured, murdered, starved and shot dead-carved into the monument and in our memories. In total, russia killed 554 people in the Bucha community (the town plus neighbouring villages), among them 12 kids aged 1,7-15. The massacre lasted for 28d.

submitted 78 days ago • 3 comments

I spent my Tuesday at an event in Warsaw listening to representatives from Polish civil society discussing their experience in fighting back against authoritarianism. Maybe it's time for pro-democracy groups in the US to start engaging with them because that's clearly not happening at the moment.

submitted 83 days ago • 47 comments

Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century." snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

submitted 79 days ago • 273 comments

Financial Times: the Trump administration has sent a letter to some large companies in the EU warning them to comply with an executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

submitted 79 days ago • 105 comments

I agree with @edwardburke.bsky.social & @keohanedan.bsky.social . Trump's decision to back Russia instead of Ukraine would do less harm if Europeans had listened to Kallas & other Central/Eastern European leaders from the invasion of Georgia onwards, & invested in defence & resilience.

submitted 82 days ago • 5 comments

🇬🇱❤️🇩🇰 #StandWithGreenland #standwithDenmark #Grønland #Greenland #Denmark #GreenlandNotForSale #yankeegohome #TrumpIsACriminal #TrumpIsATraitorAndAConvictedFelon #TrumpIsARussianAsset #usagohome

submitted 82 days ago • 12 comments

I showed my wife, a historian, the Kristi Noem video. She said “holy shit!” It’s a lot. A brief thread on bodies. It begins in the alt text below… 1/

submitted 82 days ago • 717 comments

RT if you think that Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard, and Ratcliffe should resign immediately

submitted 83 days ago • 47 comments

💯⚠️ Russians cannot be trusted, they have violated over 190 agreements, - Sky News analyst

submitted 83 days ago • 32 comments

Extraordinary. Denmark is spending a higher percentage of GDP on defence than the UK is. I wonder what J D Vance thinks Denmark's "job" is, other than acting in Denmark's interests? "If you don't do what we want, we'll steal your land" is what we expect to hear from Putin, not the US administration.

submitted 85 days ago • 38 comments

Ukrainian teenagers who live on Russian-occupied Ukrainian lands have secret book clubs to discuss Ukrainian books.They take great risks doing that as anything Ukrainian is prohibited. The teenagers can be taken away from parents,be interrogated or face other dire consequences

submitted 86 days ago • 101 comments

If you ever wondered how the KGB manipulated foreigners and got them to repeat Soviet propaganda, spend some time listening to Steve Witkoff talk about his wonderful conversations with Vladimir Putin.

submitted 86 days ago • 354 comments

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No amount of “404 Not Found” will wipe their bravery and achievement off the record. They were the Women Airforce Service Pilots and they will not be forgotten.

submitted 87 days ago • 21 comments

Drawings by one of the children abducted by Russia and returned from captivity. Ilya, 11, from Mariupol

submitted 88 days ago • 20 comments

I wrote this in July 2016 www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

submitted 87 days ago • 254 comments

Meters away from the site where Russia usually launches billions of dollars worth of missiles at sleeping Ukrainians a Russian walks on roads made of soil to film it all going up in smoke without killing sleeping Ukrainians and is sad.

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In which I talk to @dworkin.bsky.social about patterns of autocratic takeover www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/anne-apple...

submitted 88 days ago • 19 comments

The type of people Musk wants to boost on X

submitted 90 days ago • 21 comments