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The Trump-Putin Pact already exists, and we should act accordingly. There are some things we will never change with nice words or smart clothing. If you are worried about those things, you should understand where Trump's tactics come from. From Russia. A thread. 🧵1/14

submitted 11 days ago • 56 comments

Macron, it turns out, is not French, but Estonian. "Emmanuel Macron, has warned that Russian aggression “knows no borders”, will not stop at Ukraine and is a direct threat to France and Europe which must prepare in case the US steps away from its side." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

submitted 11 days ago • 10 comments

❗️Photo of yesterday's flight of the 🇺🇸American strategic bomber Boeing B-52 Stratofortress accompanied by 🇳🇱Dutch F-35A fighters and 🇫🇮Finnish F/A18s in 🇪🇪Estonia in honor of Independence Day

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

“Europe needs a single envoy to talk to Ukraine, Russia and America. It should tighten its embargo on Russia even if America loosens sanctions. Europe should unilaterally exploit the €210bn ($220bn) of Russian cash frozen in European banks.” www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

submitted 24 days ago • 17 comments

SitRep - 20/02/25 - Trump -again- called Zelensky a dictator An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trump called Zelensky a dictator again, but is desperate for Ukraine's rare minerals and sent another 'proposal'. REPOST=appreciated 1/X

submitted 24 days ago • 16 comments

I was electrocuted, beaten, stabbed in the leg and starved after being captured while defending my home and family in Mariupol. We held back Putin’s invasion for several weeks while Russia slaughtered over 25,000 predominantly Russian speaking Ukrainians including women and children.

submitted 26 days ago • 737 comments

🔺Baltic Fleet activity Return to Cold War communications architecture signals Russia's move towards confrontation. New article 🔽 open.substack.com/pub/jamesdro...

submitted 28 days ago • 11 comments

Elon Musk has never criticized the russians for slaughtering innocent Ukrainians for three years, but now he is openly praising the russian leadership. He has waited a long time to do this, but as a lackey of the first dictator of the USA, he can get away with anything.

submitted 27 days ago • 18 comments

Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.

submitted 30 days ago • 2388 comments

European leaders react to Trump-Putin call: UK pledges more military aid, Sweden reaffirms Ukraine’s NATO prospects, and Estonia warns Putin’s promises can’t be trusted.

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

If European leaders fail to do anything significantly, tangibly useful to advance Ukrainian victory in response to the Trump Administration, then they have zero right to complain. An existential war for the future of Europe is underway. Play hardball to win or get off the pitch.

submitted 31 days ago • 21 comments

Miks ei kuulata inimesi, kes ka tegelikult seda teemat tunnevad?? www.err.ee/1609592000/h...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

🇷🇺 armed forces engaging in war crimes and filming it all. Not for the faint-hearted

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Twenty years ago, Otto von Habsburg (Karl's father) foresaw who Putin would become, warned Europe against fascination with Putin and urged European countries to focus on their defense. This is a compilation of a 2003 and 2005 videos. They turned out to be prophetic.

submitted 55 days ago • 25 comments

In his speech called "Integrity. Direction. Hope" Karl von Habsburg called for Europe to develop scenarios "for a crumbling Moscow colonial empire as soon as possible. "

submitted 56 days ago • 24 comments

This story is very painful. But please read Ihor's story. Learn how evil Russia is and help us defeat evil. Please help share the news of this horrible tragedy. Ihor buried his wife in Russian-occupied Kherson in 2022. Today, his second wife was killed in a Russian strike on Kryvyi Rih

submitted 59 days ago • 14 comments

Russian Presidential Aide and former Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev rejected the suggestion that Russia could be willing to cede any occupied territory to Ukraine in future negotiations during an interview on January 14 and stated that this idea is "not even up for discussion." (1/3)

submitted 61 days ago • 3 comments

🔴 General Ben Hodges criticizes Jake Sullivan’s call for Ukraine to lower conscription age, saying it deflects from Biden administration’s failure to prioritize aid. He stresses that lowering the age isn’t the solution.

submitted 62 days ago • 10 comments

🚨 NEW RESEARCH The B4Ukraine coalition exposes how foreign businesses are still funneling billions in taxes to Russia. We demand swift corporate exits from Russia, name the Kremlin’s top tax contributors, and call on the G7/EU to set clear standards for ethical corporate behavior. bit.ly/B4U_2025

submitted 63 days ago • 3 comments

Two top EU officials warned the United States government that limiting exports of microchips used in artificial intelligence — including to selected European countries — was not in America's own commercial or security interests.

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

👀 Mark Rutte: "Russia’s economy is no bigger than the economies of the 🇳🇱Netherlands and 🇧🇪Belgium combined. But they produce in three months what all of NATO produces in a year. They don’t have our high salaries, our bureaucracy, and they have created a military economy." What do you think? 🤔

submitted 63 days ago • 28 comments

💯 "You will have to learn Russian in 4-5 years or go to New Zealand, if you do not allocate significantly more money for military needs than the current 2% of GDP," — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in a speech to European Parliament.

submitted 63 days ago • 57 comments

All three power cables between Baltic and Nordic countries were targeted by ship anchors within weeks. SE govt today stated that anchor tracks believed to be from YI PENG 3 was found by Nordbalt, the largest one. This was not known previously. EAGLE S targeted Estlink 1 & 2 and succeeded with 2.

submitted 63 days ago • 12 comments

New: After an eighteen-month investigation, @theins.press has uncovered new evidence suggesting that Russia’s GRU paid tens of millions of dollars to the Taliban to target American, coalition, and Afghan military forces. Unit 29155 was behind this operation. theins.press/en/politics/...

submitted 68 days ago • 33 comments

This, at least until 5 pm EST tonight, when another blockbuster news story hits, is THE article to read today. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

submitted 68 days ago • 5 comments

160 Ukrainians including human rights activists, MPs, diplomats, academics, artists, business associations and religious communities (Christian, Muslim and Jewish) published an open appeal to the world leaders and the international community “Do not appease evil" eutoday.net/do-not-appea...

submitted 70 days ago • 3 comments

Ka energiajulgeolek on üks osa julgeolekust. Kus on sinu generaator? www.err.ee/1609568005/a...

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Here are just some of the children whose lives were taken by russian forces in Ukraine 😢😭 We must never forget, and we must never forgive. 🖼️ Memorial Platform

submitted 72 days ago • 16 comments

33 years ago, today, the USSR made its greatest contribution towards humanity by ceasing to exist.

submitted 82 days ago • 128 comments

If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control. www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...

submitted 82 days ago • 434 comments

1/ Ex-Mossad Agents Reveal Details Of How They Turned Hezbollah’s Communications Devices Into Bombs “We create a pretend world... We write the screenplay, we’re the directors, we’re the producers, we’re the main actors, and the world is our stage.”

submitted 81 days ago • 4 comments

“Don’t waste your independence!” Powerful warning from Polish Hero of post-WWII #EdwardRaczynski. Unfortunately it feels as if we are wasting our Independence in our failure to adequately support Ukraine and Georgia and our failure to fully defend independence and democracy in our own countries.

submitted 88 days ago • 6 comments

Õppige Soomelt ja pange see piir ükskord juba kinni! www.delfi.ee/artikkel/120...

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

What??? ekspress.delfi.ee/artikkel/120...

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

❗12./14.12.2024 The LNG tanker Clean Ocean loaded 162,000 m³ of LNG in Zeebrugge, Belgium, with a draft of 9.2 m upon arrival and 11.4 m upon departure. Given that Belgium does not produce or extract its own LNG, this gas can be labeled as russian #BloodGas 1/6

submitted 93 days ago • 2 comments

Aru ma ei saa, miks kogu X on üle ujutatud Bolti reklaamidega. Kange soov Muski nuumata? 🤔 Kuhu on jäänud korporatiivsed väärtushinnangud ja kõik muu see, mida kogu aeg tuututakse?

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

Hardcore.

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

GIFT LINK Russia’s Military Found a Surprisingly Easy Way to Buy US Chips Internal Russian documents seen by Bloomberg show how Putin’s been able to keep buying US semiconductors www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... via @bloomberg.com @albertonardelli.bsky.social Ian King @imandylin2.bsky.social

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

The National Testing Institute for Cybersecurity (NTC), a Swiss-based independent organization that carries out #cybersecurity tests on network infrastructures, devices and applications, recommends to question the use of TEMU app. en.ntc.swiss/news/temu

submitted 97 days ago • 3 comments

It's out! @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social's new report on the shadow fleet. The immediate and long-term harm caused by it, and suggestions for how it can be (partially) curtailed. Part of the Council's Maritime Threats initiative www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res.... No paywall.

submitted 100 days ago • 2 comments