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Rubio: What's the problem? All Putin wants is the Donbass. It's just 11% of the country.... Prez: I demand full control over Ukraine and expect their unconditional surrender. Rubio: See, it's just the Donbass.

🌍 Russia is expanding military recruitment in some of Africa’s poorest countries to offset heavy losses and manpower shortages in Ukraine, - Bloomberg Recruitment surged in Burundi (699 recruits) and Zimbabwe (530), with increases also reported in Sierra Leone, Sudan, Cameroon and DR Congo.

What “poor Russian conscripts” is he talking about? The Russian soldiers fighting against Ukraine serve under official contracts and are paid for it.

Russia requires a security guarantee that Ukraine will not defend itself the next time we attack it.

Can you recall the faux outrage that Biden let the Ukrainian military use cluster munitions on the battlefield? It stands in contrast to the silence that we use them on civilians.

Die deutsche Strategie zur Ukraine war bisher: Wir halten die Amerikaner bei Laune und hoffen, dass sie irgendwann böse auf Putin werden. Diese Strategie ist gescheitert. Europa muss sich überlegen, wie es Putin zu einem Waffenstillstand drängen kann. www.n-tv.de/politik/An-d...

The trilateral talks with Russia are irrelevant. They've been going on for 18 months now without getting anywhere. What's interesting is the US-Ukraine relationship.

Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff just told Putin he is a humanitarian. This is completely fucking insane.

Over the past 2 weeks I’ve met with defense tech and cyber whizzes, soldiers, officers, policymakers, diplomats, and security experts from countries across Europe and beyond. We have one message for Ukraine: You are not alone. We have one message for Russia: You are going down.

Me too. Many commentators say that the Trump-Putin diesel deal is about the midterms, but it doesn't fit as a campaign strategy. It makes much more sense as a helping hand to Putin at the verge of Russia's winter campaign — with the aim of making winter more miserable for Ukrainians.

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No amount of support for Russia can end the war, because Russia is the criminal aggressor. A modicum of support for Ukraine could, however, end the war, by making it impossible for Russia to continue. This should not be a hard choice.

@support.bsky.team I can't find a setting for the default language for new posts. Changing the language for a post is apparently no longer remembered. And the settings only offer UI language and preferred language for reading and translations.

If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

Europe has stood by Ukraine since Russia started its war. And that is one of the reasons Russia has failed to achieve its goals. To end the war, we must pressure Russia, not Ukraine. Europe has the strength and influence to make a difference. My doorstep ahead of today’s European Council meeting↓

Dieses ganze Gejammer „Kein Geld mehr für die Ukraine, wir brauchen das Geld für uns“ führt am Ende zu mehr Krieg, mehr Toten, mehr Flüchtlingen, mehr Zerstörung, mehr wirtschaftlichen Schäden und noch viel höheren Kosten.

There will be no energy ceasefire. Putin wants his winter campaign.

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Donald has lifted sanctions on Russian diesel. We will use the money to help Iran. Who are fighting the USA. Donald is paying us to help kill American soldiers.

Apparently the Trump regime will prevent Sharia Law in the USA by having....(checks notes)....public executions.

Es ist beschämend, wirklich beschämend für Deutschland, dass der ehemalige Bundeskanzler Schröder da in Moskau diese Show abzieht, während wir gleichzeitig erfahren, dass Russland 33 friedliche Menschen in Kramatorsk ermordet hat und 20 Menschen in Pryluky, darunter fünf Kinder.

Raketenangriffe auf Kyjiw, in Deutschland eine Mischung aus Selbstbeschäftigung. Zynismus, Selbstmitleid, Angst vor Putin und gleichzeitiger Hoffnung, dass es mit Putin „irgendwie wieder gut wird“. Putins Terror und Kriegsverbrechen werden nur enden, wenn wir sie stoppen.

Unsurprisingly the Russians are paying off the Americans to take their side in the Russia’s criminal war of aggression. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

Anyone still whining that we need more diplomacy with Russia, while the Russians respond to all diplomatic efforts by killing more Ukrainian civilians, is just helping spread the Kremlin’s propaganda.

🇸🇪✈️ "In the event of a Russian attack, Sweden will no longer limit itself to defense," stated head of Royal Swedish Air Force's Center. The new concept calls for a transition to offensive operations and the destruction of targets deep within enemy territory. This is about deterrence.

Mit dem Treffen zwischen Lawrow und Wadephul stellt die deutsche Regierung wieder einmal ihre Strategielosigkeit und Selbsttäuschung zur Schau. Was sie als diplomatische Initiative betrachtet, wird vom Kreml als weiterer Beweis Deutschlands Schwäche und Leichtgläubigkeit gewertet.

Rheinmetall plans to ramp up production of Skynex and Skyranger air defense systems to around 400 units annually by 2027, reaching eight systems per week. Ukraine already operates Skynex systems and has been receiving Skyranger 35s mounted on Leopard 1 chassis since November 2025. #Ukraine

Europe can win, and the war can be stopped, if the Europeans make a conscious decision: we want to end this now; we want to defeat Putin. As European members of NATO, we are stronger than Russia. ghall.com.ua/en/2026/09/1...

Diplomatie ist notwendig, sie erfordert starke Ausgangspositionen und Kompromisse. Diplomatie bedeutet nicht, als Deutschland mit Russland Vereinbarungen zulasten der Ukraine oder Osteuropas zu treffen. Diplomatie bedeutet auch nicht Unterwerfung aus Angst vor Putins Gewalt.

In Wahlkämpfen hat es gerade Konjunktur, Leuten vormachen zu wollen, man sei für "Frieden" und deswegen wolle man die Ukraine nicht mehr unterstützen. Ein Ende der deutschen Unterstützung für die Ukraine würde mehr Gewalt und Krieg, Unfreiheit und Unterdrückung zur Folge haben.

Interactive Map: The Kremlin is expanding its network of global media partnerships, state-run international journalism training initiatives, and building a global media recruitment pipeline. Explore the pillars of Russia's cognitive warfare infrastructure: isw.pub/CWInteractiv...

Canadian PM Mark Carney: Canada and Europe should secure our strategic autonomy through deep cooperation in the full range of strategic capabilities, including critical minerals, defense industrial capacity, AI and compute, energy security, and space.

Kaum sind Witkoff und Kushner wieder weg, greift Putin Kyjiw mit Drohnen, Marschflugkörpern und ballistischen Raketen an. Bei uns reden dennoch viele, man „müsse nur reden“ und „Putin will Frieden“. Sie meinen damit Unterwerfung unter Putins Gewalt.

Germany has launched the serial production of more than 5,000 long-range strike drones for Ukraine. The drones will have a range of up to 1,500 km. www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deut...

Wie würdest du reagieren, wenn jemand dir eine Kaffeetasse der russischen Armee schenken würde? Und würdest du vergessen, wer das war?

Even if CIA Director Ratcliffe flew to Moscow to warn Putin against attacking Europe — so what? Then-CIA Director Burns flew to Moscow in Nov 2021 to warn against invading Ukraine. How’d that go? This changes nothing for Europe. We must deter Russia now — and arm Ukraine to win.

Fully agree. This smells like infoops. The idea that Putin would use nukes at a point when there isn't even officially a war going on but just a "special operation", is just silly.

Just two weeks ago, the federation also basically said that everything was fine, that there was nothing wrong with Russia returning to the world championships, music and culture. We must not allow this, because this is exactly how normalization happens, and support [for Ukraine] may decrease.

🇱🇻 Latvia’s PM Andris Kulbergs: Russia wants to return to the stage again. It wants to normalize itself. And one of the areas where we are allowing this to happen — and where we need to be very strong in Europe — concerns Russia returning to sport, to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Das "Russische Haus" in Berlin endlich zu schließen, ist für uns auch eine Frage der Selbstachtung, des Stolzes und der nötigen Botschaft: "Hört mal zu, wir lassen nicht alles mit uns machen!"

This sounds like yet another example of sane-washing Trump. The reality is that for 19 months, he has repeatedly signaled that any moment now he might get tough on Russia and actually help Ukraine — and it still hasn't materialized. Let him explain it instead of finding excuses for him.

Have sent Donald a message thanking him for helping make this possible.

For comparison, Ukraine is asking for 300 Patriot missiles to get through the winter.

Zur Klarstellung: Wer auf deutschem Boden Bomben legt, führt keinen „hybriden Angriff“ mehr – sondern einen Angriff.

Deutschland muss sich endlich wehren. Die hybride Kriegsführung trifft uns täglich – und wir reagieren noch immer zu langsam, zu zögerlich, zu fragmentiert. Hybride Kriegsführung einfach hinzunehmen, kann keine Lösung sein. dgap.org/de/forschung...

Russia lost 42,860 troops in July, a 2026 record, per Ukraine's General Staff. Also hit all-war records in destroyed vehicles and fuel trucks at 13,998 units, with near-record losses in air defense, artillery and MLRS.

Instead, we aim to be the belligerent, chaotic kerosene poured onto the West’s self-made civilizational dumpster fire.

Exactly. At least in Denmark I've seen too many commentators confidently state that it's got to be an accident because Russia wouldn't dare do such a thing on purpose. Of course they would! Putin is losing a war and that makes people very tolerant of running risks.

This is true. Putin will rather run Russia into the ground than stop the war. So that is the trajectory we are on.