Haiko van der Schaaf

👀🇺🇸 A new book alleges that Dutch intelligence hacked Jared Kushner's phone and watched him access a Dubai bank account holding hundreds of millions of dollars that came from a bank in Azerbaijan, - Vanity Fair The claim comes from Princes and Thieves, a book by investigative journalist Matthew Cole

Outgoing Ukrainian MoD Fedorov, (long thread) It has been a great honor to serve the Ukrainian people as Minister of Defense. Our team has achieved the following: 1. We cut off Starlink access for the russians, which significantly reduced their ability to wage an effective drone war. 🧵 1/15

I have seen some dumb stuff in my life, but an American president explaining on national television how you spell the word dumb is topping the charts for me now. America, you really have talent in picking the right guy for the job 👏👏👏

The current developer productivity dilemma: wait for Claude to come back online or do some programming

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The Ombudsman said Ukraine will appeal the decision. He also reported systemic violations in Italy, Germany, and Switzerland, and warned of risks for another 82 children.

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Mega-lekken gascentrales goed voor een kwart opwarming aarde, en Turkmenistan is kampioen   

Guess F1 racing in the middle east is probably this and maybe next year off the table. Maybe Zandvoort can prolong its stay on the F1 calendar? Would not mind to see a comeback for Hockenheim.

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Poetins buren: niets gemerkt van massale droneaanval op woning

‼️🇺🇦 The strikes on Putin's Valdai residence are fake, no one hit there, - Zelensky "Our negotiating team connected with the American one, they discussed the details. We understand that this is a fake. And our partners can always verify that it was a fake, thanks to technical capabilities."

Russia still hasn’t provided any evidence of the alleged “attack” on Putin’s residence because it simply didn’t happen, says FM Sybiha. He criticized the UAE, India and Pakistan for expressing concern while staying silent after a real Russian missile hit Ukraine’s government building on September 7.

For everyone who is enjoying a well deserved holiday break: Russia’s agression and terror never take a break. Ukrainians are not allowed take a break from hardship. Not even during Christmas, or during negotiations. The only right answer: unbreakable support to Ukraine! 🇺🇦

They do not want to end the war and seek to use every opportunity to cause Ukraine even greater suffering and increase their pressure on others around the world. And this means that the pressure in response is still insufficient. It is equally important to continue supporting Ukraine’s defense.

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62% of Americans want Ukraine to win the war against Russia, and 64% support continued US arms deliveries, up 9 points from last year. Support has grown in both parties: 59% of Republicans and 75% of Democrats back it, according to the latest Reagan Institute survey.

‼️🇺🇦 Militarisation of Ukrainian Children: From Russia to North Korea At least two Ukrainian children abducted by Russian forces were forcibly transferred to a camp in North Korea. Data indicates at least 20,000 stolen Ukrainian children. Read more 🔽 theukrainianreview.info/militarisati...

Ukrainian children abducted by Russia are being sent to military camps in North Korea. Legal expert Rashevska told U.S. Senate that a 12-year-old from Donetsk and a 16-year-old from Simferopol were taken to Songdowon camp, 9,000 km from home, exposed to militarized training and propaganda.

Simple, really

Dodental Gaza veel hoger dan gedacht: meer dan 100.000 Palestijnen gedood door Israël

China verlengt oorlog in Oekraïne, ‘Westen moet daadkrachtiger optreden tegen Beijing’

Swarovski-dochter levert vizieren voor Russische sluipschutters

PFAS-houdende pesticiden zijn in NL in 4 jaar tijd verdubbeld. De groei kan doorzetten als een verbod op #PFAS, zoals nu voorligt in Brussel, pesticiden blijft uitzonderen. De PFAS bereiken ook ons grond- en drinkwater. Drinkwaterbedrijven vrezen voor onherstelbare verontreinigingen. buff.ly/r301CXi

🇳🇱🇺🇦 Today, the Netherlands announced €10 million for the UK’s Ukraine Cyber Programme.

Aanrader op NPO met de serie 'Others people money'. Hoe banken en beleggers € 146 miljard gestolen hebben van de gewone burger. En in Nederland maar een beetje lopen zeuren over migratie. Wat zijn nu nou de echte problemen?

💔🇺🇦 Video of the consequences of the Russian drone strike on a kindergarten in Kharkiv

🇳🇱🇺🇦 The Netherlands is providing Ukraine with another €90 million aid package, according to the Ministry of Defense. The funds will be used for the purchase and development of Ukrainian UAVs.

🇳🇱🤝🇺🇦 Ukraine recently received an Alkmaar-type minehunter ship from its partners, and we expect another one to be delivered by the end of the year, — Neizhpapa Illustrative photo 🛳️

In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City, the financial district, by two to one. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam and Copenhagen. 3/

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Milrem Robotics will deliver over 150 THeMIS unmanned ground vehicles to Ukraine in a Netherlands-led defense initiative. Ukrainian crews will receive training from Milrem Robotics. The new vehicles add to 15 THeMIS units already active in Ukraine since 2022.

Utterly shameful and embarrassing. Frau Merkel would rather blame those who were right than admit she was wrong.

More tragic accidents in Russia.

🕯️💔 Charity worker Viktoriya Hrebenyuk and her 2-month-old son were killed in a house attack in Kyiv...

😢The youngest person killed in the Russian strike on Kyiv was not even three years old, she died in the house with her mother. In the photo 24-year-old Nadiya and her two-year-old daughter Angelina. She was born under Russian shelling in October 2022 and died from Russian shelling in August 2025.

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Weet u nog; die “grootscheepse Bulgarenfraude” (die neerkwam op handjevol Nederlandse handlers die Bulgaren misleidden) die opgeblazen werd tot Het Toeslagenschandaal? Dit is de reboot.

💔🇺🇦 Our soldier before captivity and after the recent exchange… Terrible, and the worst thing is that the world has switched to Iran/Israel again, there are fewer and fewer words about Ukraine, which suffers every day. And how is peacemaker Trump doing? 24 hours? Two weeks?

He has been noted for his focus on destroying the agency tasked with tackling Kremlin propaganda. Mr Beattie, the acting under-secretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, is married to a woman whose uncle once received a personal “thank you” message from Vladimir Putin.

💔 The Russians are holding the bodies until the cause of death cannot be identified, sometimes without internal organs or with hidden injuries, a representative of the Coordination Headquarters notes.

On this day in 1903, several thousand white people lynched a Black man and attacked Black neighborhoods in Joplin, Missouri, burning homes and forcing every Black person to flee the city.

😔 The Russians in Sumy took the lives of the entire Martynenko family - the boy Maksym, who was in the 6th grade, died with his parents.

💔🇺🇦 This video was filmed just 30 minutes before the tragedy in Kryvyi Rih, where the terrorist state killed 9 children. 🕯️ Some of the children in this video were murdered by a Russian ballistic missile.

🇺🇸🕯️ The former US attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia who was found dead Saturday morning had been in charge of some of the biggest cases targeting leaks in the CIA and Russian nationals (!) carrying out fraud in America, - NYP

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This is what childhood looks like for Ukrainian children when your neighbor is Russia.

❗️U.S. aerospace company Maxar Technologies has cut off Ukraine’s access to its satellite imagery services following a U.S. government request – Militarnyi. Another step in restricting intelligence sharing from the U.S. to Ukraine. mil.in.ua/uk/news/maxa...

🇳🇱 The Netherlands will invest €700M in drone production for Ukraine, PM Dick Schoof announced. In fall 2024, the Netherlands had already pledged €400M for UAV production, meaning this could be an additional €300M.

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