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NEW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied that Ukraine would concede to the vague terms of Putin's unilateral May 8-11 Victory Day ceasefire proposal. The Trump admin appears to have finalized its first military equipment sale to Ukraine. Latest on Ukraine: isw.pub/UkrWar050325

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Press freedom in the United States has hit a record low, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index.

submitted 25 days ago • 76 comments

NEW: Russia continues preparations to deport tens of thousands of Ukrainian children to summer camps across occupied Ukraine & Russia, including to areas of Crimea that are unsafe. Russia is systematically torturing Ukrainian POWs and civilians held in Russian detention.🧵1/3 isw.pub/OccupationUp...

submitted 26 days ago • 4 comments

Trump on his faith advisers: "They work right out of the White House. That's never been done before. No other president allowed that. They say 'separation between church and state.' I said, alright, let's forget about that for one time."

submitted 26 days ago • 480 comments

BREAKING: Federal judge finds that Trump exceeded his authority in his Alien Enemies Act proclamation addressing alleged members of Tren de Aragua, issuing a permanent injunction barring AEA proclamation-based removals from the Southern District of Texas.

submitted 26 days ago • 94 comments

Updated estimate 10 x SRBM, likely KN-23 20 x LACM, Hwasal-2 8 x AShM, likely KN-19 44 x SAM, Meteor-1 1 x CIWS, Pantsir-M (Ru) 2 x AAA, 30mm 1 x 130mm DP gun

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

Some notes on this morning’s remarkable emergency stay order granted by SCOTUS, stopping Trump Adm from summarily removing Venezuelans under his Alien Enemies Act proclamation. SCOTUS acted while the NDTexas & 5th Circuit courts dragged their feet. Thread: 1/10 bsky.app/profile/anna...

submitted 38 days ago • 11 comments

Putin declared an Easter truce, says the Kremlin. Russians will supposedly halt combat from 6:00 PM April 19 to midnight April 21.

submitted 38 days ago • 29 comments

Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service reports a coal crisis in Russia, cutting coal transport by 30% in 2025. A surplus of 295,000 railcars strains infrastructure. Sanctions and export issues may also collapse Russia’s transport system.

submitted 38 days ago • 10 comments

NEWS: DOJ is appealing both today's order finding probable cause for criminal contempt from Judge Boasberg in the AEA case to the D.C. Circuit and the April 10 order from Judge Xinis in Abrego Garcia's case finding the government in noncompliance with that court's orders to the Fourth Circuit.

submitted 40 days ago • 49 comments

My story about @kevinh-phd.bsky.social, nutrition and metabolism scientist at N.I.H., who felt compelled to take early retirement after experiencing censorship of his work under the new administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...

submitted 40 days ago • 20 comments

JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)

submitted 40 days ago • 6969 comments

New Russian law: 5 yrs jail for tearing down propaganda posters. There is a growing problem with people damaging pro-war posters and symbols, lawmakers explain

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A new study by the Arctic University of Norway (UiT) shows that meltwater from glaciers on #Svalbard releases methane. To study a particular glacier, researchers lived in a remote cabin for a total of 9 months. Only a reduction of fossil fuel emissions can help improve the situation, experts warn.

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An estimated 27,000 #salmon escaped from a #fish farm in northern #Norway.

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Police investigations come to an end with the main question unanswered. Who intentionally cut the fiber optic cable to Evenes Air Station in Northern Norway?

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Moscow declares the Barents Observer an 'undesirable organisation'

submitted 109 days ago • 14 comments

The European Court of Human Rights rules in favour of the Barents Observer in the case against Russia's censorship agency Roskomnadzor

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

A Soyuz-2 rocket that carried several military satellites was this morning launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

"It was like sexpionage" Russian journalists have exposed a woman who allegedly faked being a lawer and lied about her human rights work to gain access to sensitive information. The "fake biography" began in Murmansk.

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

It’s a coup. It’s a strategic alliance with Putin. It’s the end of the post-war international order. It’s the triumph of lies over truth and in Putin’s case, evil over good. We are through the looking glass & we all now have to decide who we are & what we stand for

submitted 97 days ago • 151 comments

European stocks outpace Wall Street since Donald Trump took office - @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/3436...

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

Trump’s dismantling of USAid raises risk of mpox global emergency, experts warn www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

President Trump said he would have had a “very nasty life” if he lost the presidential election, a surprisingly public acknowledgment that his legal challenges could have consumed his life and brought jail time.

submitted 96 days ago • 289 comments

North Korean troops are back in action in the Kursk region. They are now using smaller assault groups of 10-15 people instead of the previous 50. Lieutenant Stanislav Krasnov explained that this is part of their new cautious tactics. youtu.be/Rf_lKz_bQO8

submitted 96 days ago • 7 comments

Plaintiff unions seek discovery in a DOGE case. They want to ask, among other things, a fair question: Who's running it? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... /1

submitted 96 days ago • 5 comments

This should make debates about what the US nuclear force should look like post-New START interesting.

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

I summarized Vladislav Gorin’s excellent interview with Carnegie Center fellow Maksim Samorukov. He doesn’t quite get to this point, but US disengagement, Euro indecision, and Ukraine’s isolation seem to suggest a rolling back of some of Europe’s post-1991 realignment. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

If protests keep getting larger, and they will, we’re quickly approaching the point at which Trump tells Hegseth to order the military to fire on protesters. Trump yearns for this. The question is if the soldiers under Hegseth will carry out these illegal orders. I don’t think the answer is clear.

submitted 96 days ago • 90 comments

SCOOP: The director of data science and engineering for the United States Digital Service—which Elon Musk rebranded as the US DOGE Service—has resigned from her position. “I do not believe that DOGE can continue to deliver the work of USDS, based on their actions so far,” she said.

submitted 96 days ago • 50 comments

New EU sanctions on Russia will target the aluminum industry and the shadow fleet, according to FT. The list also includes several individuals and entities aiding Russia in its war against Ukraine. www.ft.com/content/8735...

submitted 97 days ago • 21 comments

EU capitals have agreed a fresh sanctions package against Russia, as Brussels vows to step up pressure on Moscow and increase its support for Kyiv despite a rapid push by US President Donald Trump to end the war in Ukraine. www.ft.com/content/8735... @financialtimes.com

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The downing of flight MH17 in 2014 inspired a movement of online researchers to search for answers... Now, you can see how the Bellingcat team helped uncover those answers in a new three-part documentary series on National Geographic.

submitted 111 days ago • 22 comments

Peace talks could happen by late 2025, says Ukrainian serviceman Kyrylo Sazonov. "Russian forces are advancing slowly but are exhausted, while Ukraine prepares counterattacks and regains initiative. The current positions at the front are not even close to what they will be at that time," he said.

submitted 110 days ago • 12 comments

Ukraine war briefing: I will sit down with US, Europe and Putin, says Zelenskyy

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Russia attacked Izium, Kharkiv region. It is already known about five dead and 20 injured. A part of the city council building was destroyed, the regional military administration reported. "We must put pressure on Russia,…to stop terror and protect lives," Zelenskyy wrote.

submitted 112 days ago • 11 comments

"This was part of Zelenskyy's victory plan." - the OP said, responding to Trump on rare earths. Ukraine has key resources, including rare earth elements, and must prevent them from falling into Russia’s hands. Zelenskyy proposed securing them and using them with key partners.

submitted 112 days ago • 22 comments

"In the spring,summer,or fall, Putin will deploy forces on the territory of Belarus&drag it into the war." -Zelenskyy "I don't know if there will be an invasion. In my opinion, after they attacked Ukraine with missiles, they were already in this war," he said.

submitted 111 days ago • 3 comments

⚡️ Zelenskyy: Ukraine will push to de-occupy Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant in first talks with Russia. Russia took two Ukrainian energy workers hostage.

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"If we are not joining NATO, then Russia must return all occupied territories because that was the very reason they invaded - to prevent us from joining the Alliance." - Zelenskyy.

submitted 112 days ago • 7 comments

🔴 Zelenskyy warns Russia may deploy troops in Belarus in 2025 to pressure NATO.

submitted 110 days ago • 2 comments

Massive story from @andybounds.bsky.social - The EU has made preparations to hit US Big Tech companies with “bazooka” tool in retaliation for any possible Trump tariffs against the bloc www.ft.com/content/7303... @financialtimes.com

submitted 111 days ago • 4 comments

Cable sabotage suspect VEHZEN dropped her anchor as she was exiting Gulf of Finland. After traveling 304 km or 21 hours with the anchor bouncing on the bottom of Baltic Sea she severed the comms cable LVRTC SE-LV. In her track was SILVER DANIA and they joined at the crime. Story from their AISs.

submitted 115 days ago • 21 comments

Day 1074 of my 3 day war. Today is the 2nd deadline I set to remove to Ukraine from Kursk. I remain a master strategist.

submitted 115 days ago • 25 comments

Trump's purging of the organisation that chases Chinese, North Korean, Iranian & Russian spies is such a win for us that even @foxnewspolitics have deleted their tweet on it.

submitted 115 days ago • 17 comments