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Ukraine Fact Sheet - February 21, 2025: isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

submitted 2 days ago • 37 comments

Ooooops. Another big Trump, Kennedy and Musk screw-up... USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them.. An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 4 days ago • 87 comments

Shockwaves at Vermont’s USDA research unit as half the team is laid off At least nine employees have been fired so far, including six scientists, stripping the team of years of institutional knowledge focused on building a more sustainable agricultural future. vtdigger.org/2025/02/18/s...

submitted 4 days ago • 13 comments

There is nothing easy about setting up an E.U army. We have to agree on its purpose. What to do with neutrals. The language. The procurement. If its assets can be used for interventions. And even so... I doubt the proposal will be all that popular.

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

Poland is heavily invested in the U.S alliance and will now do whatever it can to save it.

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

btw, do not hope for the U.S mid-terms. American foreign policy is entirely the responsibility of the U.S president. We will have to deal with this shit in Europe for the full 4 years.

submitted 4 days ago • 18 comments

Europe had a clear and significant opportunity to strengthen its influence and reputation by supporting Ukraine—while standing on the right side of history. It’s not too late. A strong commitment to military aid can still secure a seat at the table

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

I'm really happy the French decided to invite and include Canada in discussions and negotiations over how the free world can defend itself in an American absence. This is no longer just about Europe now. Next invites should go to South Korea, Japan, and Australia.

submitted 4 days ago • 19 comments

❗️🇬🇧Britain is considering patrolling 🇺🇦Ukraine's airspace after the war, The Times reports, citing sources in the British Air Force. This could involve military aircraft, including Eurofighter Typhoon fighters based in Poland. The mission would resemble NATO's Baltic Airspace Protection Program.

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

I hope our leaders are already thinking about and drawing up plans for the possibility that the Americans pull out of NATO and their security obligations. As insane as it sounds, it became a lot more likely last week.

submitted 8 days ago • 11 comments

I hate that I was right on this.

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

I wouldn't be opposed to us doing pre-emptive strikes on russia the moment the Americans leave Nato. russia can bitch and whine about it's "security interests" as much as it wants. Fact is, without the American security assurance, we can't afford a militarised Kaliningrad to exist.

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

We should more openly talk not just about rearming Europe now, but our security interest. The russians opened that pandora box, now they can get burned by it.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

The most ridiculous thing about this proposal, it would cost billions to rebuild NordStream. And who is going to pay for that? Who would make the least secure investment there is?

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

The reason NordStream is not coming back is the same reason why Venezuela's oil economy collapsed. The Venezuelan refineries broke down after years of mismanagement, it would cost billions to fix them, but no one trusts Venezuela enough to make that big of an investment.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

I'm old enough to remember when the European far-right was anti-American. It's very strange seeing them gush all over Trump and his deranged MAGA vision of the world. Especially since in it, Europeans are condemned to servile beings under an American master.

submitted 8 days ago • 12 comments

⚡️European leaders are set to gather in Paris on Feb. 17 for an emergency summit over concerns that the U.S. is advancing peace talks with Russia without Europe, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski announced on Feb. 15.

submitted 8 days ago • 51 comments

Happy Independence Day Lithuania! 💛💚❤️

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Russian attack under fucking Soviet flags. t.me/pozyvnoy_ist...

submitted 7 days ago • 13 comments

The already minuscule Russian advances in Donbas have further slowed down. In the last 3 weeks Russians took not more than 23 square kilometers, or in other words, around 1 square kilometer per day.

submitted 7 days ago • 15 comments

Vance embarrasses U.S. on world stage. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...

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Ukrainians reveal what they really think of Donald Trump - 'humiliating betrayal' As Ukrainians mark Saint Valentine's Day, the mood in the capital more resembles that of a jilted lover than the celebration of a healthy relationship. www.express.co.uk/comment/expr...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

President Zelenskyy addressed Europe at the Munich Security Conference. #MSC2025 Here are the main points 👇 (1/6)

submitted 8 days ago • 11 comments

A ceasefire and a peace treaty are not success for Ukraine. The definition of success will be when the ceasefire is violated for the first time and how all parties react, - Kellogg said Everyone understands that russia will violate any ceasefire agreement. Ukraine knows it, russia

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

I find the fact that this is being negotiated in Saudi Arabia even more gross. It's the rotten cherry on top of the shit cake.

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

If the Americans insist that Europe shouldn't be at the negotiating table, then Europe should feel under no obligation to lift any of the sanctions placed against russia.

submitted 8 days ago • 9 comments

French President Emmanuel Macron is convening European leaders for an emergency summit in Paris in the coming days to discuss the challenges posed by Donald Trump, according to Polish FM Radosław Sikorski.

submitted 8 days ago • 61 comments

Good that @elysee-france.bsky.social has called for the extraordinary meeting of #EUCO and other European states! Such amateurism of the U.S incumbent leadership is untenable. www.euractiv.com/section/poli... via @euractiv.com

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EU Council President says Europe is not giving up on support for Ukraine

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🇫🇷 French President Macron is convening European leaders for an emergency summit in Paris on Monday. Leaders will discuss challenges posed by Trump’s approach. EU officials confirm the meeting, but the attendee list remains unclear. www.politico.eu/article/macr...

submitted 8 days ago • 29 comments

“There won’t be any lasting peace if it’s not a European-agreed peace," @abaerbock.diplo.de Foreign Minister of Germany We might argue that “there won’t be any lasting peace if it is not a united Europe secured peace” Europe needs to invest more in its own security capacity.

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🇵🇱🇺🇦🇪🇺

submitted 8 days ago • 64 comments

That's a lot of wishful thinking. The Russia-China-Iran-North Korea axis is a manifest reality now. To think Putin will just give it away is a delusion.

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

Planless, clueless, incompetent, belligerent, self-destructive. Trump's foreign policy in Europe.

submitted 8 days ago • 9 comments

Yeah. That's the most Schmittian thing he has ever said.

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

It's time to stop sharing intelligence with the USA. As part of the "Five Eyes" alliance, they've shifted from ally to security threat. #Trump and his administration now pose a significant risk to our national security. Learn more: [Five Eyes] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

He’s right, and he’s been saying it for years. The leaders of the Baltic states have been saying it for years. Biden was an unreliable partner, but Trump 1.0 should have galvanized them into action even before him. Trump 2.0 (Elon’s Version) is the last chance to act. I’m sorry we failed you all.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

🤔 "A ceasefire and a peace treaty will not be a remarkable success for Ukraine," — Kellogg ❗️In his opinion, the definition of success will be "when the ceasefire is violated for the first time and how all parties react." What do you think?

submitted 8 days ago • 23 comments

At the Munich Security Conference, Zelensky called for the creation of a unified European Armed Forces, stressing that Europe can no longer rely on the US. He condemned Russia's nuclear plant attacks & recruitment efforts, and warned of rising threats from countries like North Korea.

submitted 8 days ago • 133 comments

69,700 km² 🇬🇪

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

This is nauseating. Vance wants Europe to make room for the Nazi Party?!? Holy crap. wapo.st/3WX0ri4

submitted 9 days ago • 8 comments

It's such a punch to the gut that outsiders will be deciding the fate of a European country.

submitted 8 days ago • 11 comments

💬 Polish PM Tusk: "Europe urgently needs its own plan of action concerning Ukraine and our security, or else other global players will decide about our future. Not necessarily in line with our own interest. This plan must be prepared now. There’s no time to lose."

submitted 8 days ago • 14 comments

The Kremlin’s energy myths melt away

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Ok folks, deep breaths. There is very real reason to worry about the dynamic emerging between Washington and Moscow when it comes to Ukraine. But there is also very real reason to believe that Ukraine and Europe can create a better outcome. (A rather long 🧵, obviously) /1

submitted 10 days ago • 72 comments

The Gulf of America. As Trump abandons Ukraine and Europe, this my theme in the editorial for the new print edition. For Brexit Briaint our 1940 moment, but turned to the Atlantic rather than the Channel "Very well, alone"

submitted 10 days ago • 10 comments