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A carefully planned Russian propaganda operation is underway. Having starved people in Oleshky for months, Russia, with the 'intervention' of Melania, will allow people to leave and pretend Ukraine was at fault. Read @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social www.kyivpost.com/analysis/88041
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In Venezuela last September, I found people hoping for change, but shocked and surprised by US policy, especially opaque oil deals with former regime cronies. The system looks, one economist told me, like “a coalition of two kleptocracies" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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🧵 All things wrong with this: Neither the Student Ticket nor the ruling bloc wants to join the EU. Students have been competing with Vučić over who loves Russia more from the start. Serbian revanchism and reclaiming Kosovo are also a part of the Student List program. ⬇️
Based on data from the Kiel Institute. www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
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Prof. Timothy Snyder: "It is a big lie [...] to blame the victim and assist the aggressor, to betray the ally and destroy the alliances, to create a world in which everyone must feel unsafe except the wealthy and powerful" #Ukraine snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-big...
The US is now actively sabotaging Ukraine's air defenses as Russia launched its largest air attacks: * hobbling Starshield/Starlink * ended early warnings of missile threats * refuse to approve the transfer of Patriot missiles This is collusion, not coincidence. kyivindependent.com/zelensky-app...
Trump and Musk is publicly berating Zelensky, saying "Ukraine should get 'new president'", that he doesn't want peace and must stop striking refineries/data centers, etc. This is a deliberate US pressure campaign to force Ukraine to capitulate on Putin's terms. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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"Ukrainians who have offered democracies a beacon of light in a world where the forces of authoritarian evil dim our hopes for a better future. The Ukrainians have given us more than we could ever repay." On Trump's "Ukraine has given us nothing" statement. mickryan.substack.com/p/what-has-u...
Russia is a terrorist state! 😡 #RussiaIsATerroristState #Ukraine
A baby girl was killed in her stroller today by a Russian drone strike in Nova Vodolaha, Kharkiv Region. Her name was Anhelina. Her mother died as well. An absolutely barbaric strike on a park full of families with children. 6 people have been confirmed killed so far, including other children.
Meanwhile, in America: bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump: "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much."
@jmhamiltonblog.bsky.social is posting pro-Russian disinformation about Ukraine and its allies, and blames Russia's illegal invasion on the victim Ukraine and on the West/NATO/IMF etc. He completely denies Ukraine and its people any agency. #NAFO #NAFOArticle5
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"The numbers suggest that the collapse of the United States’ tourism industry is accelerating, thanks to Trump, MAGA, the GOP’s extreme xenophobia, and their belief that there’s no problem you can’t brutalize your way out of." — @brynntannehill.bsky.social
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So it's Trump's word against Zelensky's on whether the U.S. has stopped providing (some) intelligence to Ukraine. Add the lifting of sanctions on Russian oil exports, buying their diesel, and an "energy cease-fire" that he unilaterally proclaimed - this is an attempt to force Ukraine to surrender 😡
Look, Zelensky signalling that the US has cut off all warning of Russian missile attacks on Ukraine.
It's absolutely not a coincidence that Russia is launching massive missile attacks to take advantage of the lack of early-warning intelligence from the US. The US and Russia are now colluding to cause maximum harm to Ukraine and Ukrainians. The US is a rogue state. bsky.app/profile/ukra...
It gets worse... Sternenko reports that Ukraine's Starlink service has been hobbled. He says they "lost communication at speeds 160km/h and above. Because of this, a number of important missions were disrupted." t.me/ssternenko/6...
So it's Trump's word against Zelensky's on whether the U.S. has stopped providing (some) intelligence to Ukraine. Add the lifting of sanctions on Russian oil exports, buying their diesel, and an "energy cease-fire" that he unilaterally proclaimed - this is an attempt to force Ukraine to surrender 😡
Look, Zelensky signalling that the US has cut off all warning of Russian missile attacks on Ukraine.
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Jean-Luc “Méluche” Mélenchon. Our soup rebrewed as an expanded substack article (free). vatniksoup.substack.com/p/jean-luc-m...
A ranking member of the U.S. Congress is having her home raided by federal agents for no reason other than being a vocal opponent of the Führer. THIS. IS. FASCISM. #USA #USpol #Fascism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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"The amount of fuel Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight, the narrative too late to shape electoral outcomes: This looks, instead, like something very different: an abrupt, Hail Mary attempt to force Ukraine to surrender" www.theatlantic.com/idea/2026/10...
This video helped me understand just how precarious democracy in the U.S. is now. Anne's article in The Atlantic (that they're discussing) is excellent too - here's an archived copy (no paywall): archive.is/qfLp5
Regime Change and Corruption – a conversation with @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu snyder.substack.com/p/regime-cha...
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"America has fallen. America is alone. America has betrayed Ukraine, democracy and the American dream." deanblundell.substack.com/p/america-ha...
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Trump is lying when he says Zelensky was offered many deals. Ukraine hasn’t been offered ANY deals. They've been repeatedly pressured to make concessions in exchange for NOTHING but a promise to start peace talks. Meanwhile, russia has repeated non-stop that it intends to achieve ALL its goals.
He could literally say "I am Krasnov. A Russian asset and Putin's obedient servant" and Americans would still do nothing to remove him... 😒
Trump stated that Ukraine should elect a new negotiating leader. He argued that Zelensky repeatedly refused opportunities to conclude the war. He asserted that strikes on Russian refineries harm world markets and US farmers. He claimed that Zelensky continually avoids compromises.
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