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🇺🇦🇳🇱 📚 a realistic optimist, born in Donbas, based in Amsterdam. Opinions are my own (had to mention this for my employer).
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Russia is targeting the families of Ukraine’s fallen with a new psychological operation—claiming Kyiv “refuses” to retrieve the bodies. It’s a lie meant to fracture trust and break morale. This is hybrid warfare disguised as compassion. 1/7

A joke right? While Russia bombs Ukrainian cities, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio congratulates Russians on "Russia Day" and says the U.S. remains committed to a "bright future" for the Russian people — and seeks "mutually beneficial relations" with the Kremlin.

🤬 Russians burned "Glory to Russia" into body of freed Ukrainian POW: intelligence confirms photo is real

Israel has declared the Madleen (With Greta Thunberg on) a security threat, it is jamming their electronic systems and circling them with combat drones. If it blows them up Israel will surely declare it an 'accident' but it will be their most blatant War Crime yet.

đź”´ Russian forces dropped four guided aerial bombs on central Kherson, damaging the Kherson Regional Military Administration building and destroying the entrance of a high-rise building. Two people were reported wounded.

This is something to keep an eye on and research further for Ukrainian veterans and civilians. #ptsd #ukraine

This pitch is exasperatingly stupid. Their "crucial question" is an unanswerable false dichotomy, the assumption that an imperialist genocidal invader and the victim can talk it out is offensive, and the bothsiding is despicable.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: "There are no longer any range restrictions on weapons supplied to #Ukraine,not from the British,not from the French, not from us,not from the Americans either.This means that Ukraine can now also defend itself by attacking military positions in Russia,for example

If Trump was President in 1944: “I’ve always had a very good relationship with Adolf Hitler of Germany, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY!”

❗️Massive attack on Ukraine at night again! 🙏 Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Khmelnytskyi regions were under attack!

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...

This is the message #RTVE, the Spanish National Broadcaster showed before the #Eurovision Final yesterday. Y'all got balls over there in Spain for saying this despite the #EBU "asking"you not to. Respect!

Europe is fragile. Europeans are not ready for a major war. Most Europeans do not realize that the battle for Europe is already underway. Most Europeans do not understand the danger looming over them. Russia wants #Europe. Russia is ready for a major war and ready to kill.

Today is Vyshyvanka Day - Ukrainian national dress that Russians especially hate. Meanwhile, even supermarket salespeople wear it today. This is our national code and another separation from fascist Russia.

Marjorie, I know the truth confuses you and facts ain’t your strong suit—so let me break it down real slow: George Floyd didn’t die from drugs. He died because Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 minutes. That’s called murder.

The Royal Ballet and Opera is welcoming Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko back to the big stage in London this summer. Here’s her long history of ties with the Kremlin 👇 🧵1/10

Which "Putin" would Putin even send to Istanbul?

So many layers of corruption.

The race for the title of most incompetent cabinet member has never been more fiercely contested

Ik vind deze campagne erg belangrijk - doe je ook mee? actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/mo...

MERKLEY: Are you gonna launch an investigation of the reported violation of the due process of several hundred people? P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process

It is worth remembering that life didn't change instantly for people following VE Day. Rationing continued, shortages persisted, and many servicemen were still fighting in the Far East or waiting to return home. Cities remained scarred by bombing, and the long process of rebuilding had only just

‼️🤯 Astonishing: Viktor Orbán’s gov’t very likely manipulated Hungary’s income stats in the late 2010s–early 2020s by inflating the number of households just above the poverty line, Valasz Online reveals. The goal: make living standards look better than they were: www.valaszonline.hu/2025/05/06/h...

Poland reports significant RU interference in its upcoming presidential election on 5/18 Min of Digital Affairs revealed hybrid attacks are targeting critical infrastructure, incl water supply systems, power plants, and gov institutions. RU cyber activity has reportedly doubled compared to last year

New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...

When a country can do this with impunity and in full sight of the world there is no international community.

Ukrainian military again doing what was thought impossible just a few years ago, setting historical precedent, shooting down a Russian SU-30 aircraft with a naval drone. We're a loooong way from "Kyiv in 3 days".

Look at Georgians, protesting in pouring rain, on Day 156! I wasn't able to attend today and now I feel so guilty :( And let me prevent your thought that there are only few people - the minute there's some incident, like them not allowing us to close the road, it's thousands.

To the pint! I still have an aversion to May marches

Russian dictator Putin says the world should remember the lessons of World War II. He's absolutely right. The only way to to end Russia's war is to defeat the Russian invaders and force their unconditional surrender.

Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47

Why did Russia just begin a huge propaganda campaign announcing that Ukrainian forces are no longer in Russia's Kursk region? Because Ukrainian forces ARE still in Kursk - and now ALSO in Russia's Belgorod region.

"Are you a Palestinian?" "Yes" "Goodbye" Apartheid in Israel. I wonder where else certain racial groups were treated as 2nd class citizens? From Louis Theroux's new documentary The Settlers on the BBC until Israel forces them to remove it.

There wont be any peace with the current Russian regime. People who say there will be peace with Putin's regime are either extremely ignorant or are lying to you.