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GRAPH SHOWING RUSSIAN LOSSES FOR GAINS This shows you the devastating casualties in the sloping upward line and the bottom how much ground they gained or lost over the same time frame.

People still talk about the foreign policy of the Trump administration as if (a) it's designed to advance US national interests, rather than private ones and (b) there's a reasonable expectation of competence and coherence. Neither of these things is correct.

Repeat after me: Russia has no legitimate security concerns; only its neighbours do. Russia has been the only one invading others.

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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

The explanation that Starlink must not be used for "offensive" means is nonsense, too. Starlink has never been turned on over Russia, and using it in Ukraine is by definition defensive in nature.

Tom Cooper is rarely happy. But Tom Cooper is happy about Drapaty xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/p/drapaty-do... And if Tom Cooper is happy about Drapaty, then I am happy about Drapaty.

❗️Vanity Fair reports that Dutch military intelligence allegedly hacked Jared Kushner's iPhone in 2018 and monitored his access to a UAE bank account holding hundreds of millions of dollars. Kushner denies the allegations. #USA

The US government is now asking Elon Musk to restore the access they say was never removed, Elon says was shut down by the US government, and both briefly tried to pretend was down due to a technical glitch, in between darkly hinting Ukrainians deserve to die for being stubborn or ungrateful.

Denmark has decided to procure Anthem missiles from the US-Israeli company Covenant, owned among others by Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen. The rationale is probably quick delivery, but it misses the point that control with the production line may be more important than the missiles in stock.

Sweden also doubled-down on going American with their recent HIMARs acquisition from what I saw. I do wonder if Scandinavia isn't still more than a bit naive when it comes to relying on US owned productions.

The lady doth protest too much.

The soldier that was evacuated by air drone. www.facebook.com/share/v/18zk... His story is wild. Wounded, holding a position by himself with no legs... Crazy, refused to surrender... And 49 years old. That is what a hero looks like.

"For a rough idea of the numbers, the recent €15.6bn budget for the IRIS² constellation suggests an all-in cost per satellite of more than €40mn. Elon Musk’s most recent version of Starlink comes to $1.3mn on New Street numbers and provides a multiple of the capacity to boot."

Things in the EU are coming to a severe end soon, if just a few more member states fall to the far right and the next EP elections go to the far right, then the EU will be dust. People should question if a continental Brexit is what they want? If a return to squabbling nations is what they want.

*Spoiler alert for anyone who hasn’t yet read a history book.* Rewarding aggression does not avert a world war. In fact, it makes everything so much worse.

Just a friendly reminder, that Donald Trump managed to go bankrupt with a Casino...

Putin has never said that he will agree to a peace agreement if he gets the rest of Donbas. What Putin has said is that if Ukraine gives him he get the rest of Donbas, then he will be willing to begin negotiations about the rest of Russia's conditions for peace.

‘One senior Ukrainian official and two Ukrainian military officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, say Hegseth is holding up supplies of Patriot missiles, which Ukraine relies on to intercept ballistic missiles.’ kyivindependent.com/its-signific...

Maybe EU, Iran and India should get together, in some sort of summit, and discuss how we can end the war in Iran.

Netanyahu says 60% of online activity by Russian users directed against Israel disappeared after the strike on Yandex in Russia. The Israeli prime minister linked the sharp drop in activity directly to Ukrainian attacks. #Russia

Zelensky says the US government ordered the Starlink and Starshield speed restrictions, which SpaceX then implemented technically. He says the restrictions have not been lifted. Ukraine also went three days without US intelligence needed to provide warning of Russian ballistic missile launches.

See you all in an hour... it is Perun Sunday time... youtu.be/cvBFMOiBBsE?... This time with Michael Kofman as guest star.

The goal could be to break Europe politically short of a full war, notably by ensuring that pro-Moscow far-right and far-left forces seize power. Either way, our governments should fight back on all vectors.

Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed the US gave Ukraine $350 billion in aid. That figure is drastically false. ​Here are the actual, verified facts on US aid, where the money really went, and how Europe stepped in. www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...

youtu.be/CIqrr45_VE0?... Marco Rubio claims that Ukraine doesn't have access to StarShield at all. Is that correct? He also categorically deny that the US administration had anything at all to do with the speed-slowdown of Starlink.

"...has identified $9,7 BILLION in realized profits for Trump “from foreign payments, corrupt oligarchs, and others” ... Rounding down to 9 billion, that means that Trump’s corruption is roughly a THOUSAND times worse than the worst corruption scandal in US history before Trump"

Agreed. There are reasons why Europe cannot not expect America to return as a close partner and ally, even if Democrats win in 2028.

9/ What Musk has demonstrated is that the Starlink kill switch is real, that he personally controls it, and that he's willing to use it for purely personal reasons, against the interests of his own company and country. This is utterly disastrous for SpaceX's credibility.

❗️Zelensky says Starlink restrictions remain active in Ukraine, cutting connections above 161 km/h and preventing interceptor drones from working. He says tests in the EU showed the same terminals working above 180 km/h, leading Kyiv to conclude the restriction is deliberate. #Ukraine