‘A Rare Cease-Fire, Brokered by Melania Trump, Begins in a Besieged Ukrainian City’ www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w...
Hans de Vreij
Hans de Vreij
@vreij.bsky.social
Dutch journalist (ret.). I follow news about Russia's war against Ukraine and other defence issues. Former correspondent in Brussels (EU/NATO), Geneva (UN), Prague, Berlin. Was defence specialist at Radio Netherlands & a JDW correspondent.
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Finse en Noorse leiders bellen met Poetin over Oekraïne
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Vierde tanker met Russische diesel vertrekt woensdag naar VS
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Oekraïne: wapenstilstand Olesjky van kracht tot en met 1 november
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Russische aanvallen op energiesector Oekraïne zijn oorlogsmisdaad, stelt VN-rapport
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A good summary of the House Judiciary Dems' 50-p report on Trump's history as a violent sexual predator, including a well vetted, under-oath account from Beatrice Keul of how Trump raped her in an Atlantic City hotel room in 1993, after the pair were introduced to one another by Jeffrey Epstein.
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🇳🇱 The Royal Netherlands Army will receive additional CV90 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), tank bridge layers, new engeneer vehicles and heavy recovery platforms. militarnyi.com/en/news/the-...
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- Een federale rechter oordeelt dat Maurene Comey, aanklager en dochter van voormalig FBI-directeur James Comey, onrechtmatig is ontslagen door Justitie en beveelt haar heraanstelling met terugwerkende kracht. Dezelfde dag klaagt Justitie James Comey voor de derde keer aan.
Trump dag 645: Trump noemt winst Lula verdacht, belooft $1 miljoen voor rapporteren bewezen kiezersfraude, zegt dat Iran de oorlog begon, Justitie klaagt Comey weer aan, dochter Comey onterecht ontslagen, rechter blokkeert apart houden 20.000 stemmen: reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-64....
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- Trump zegt dat Iran de oorlog met de VS begon. De VS en Israël voerden op 28 februari de eerste aanvallen op Iran uit.
Trump dag 645: Trump noemt winst Lula verdacht, belooft $1 miljoen voor rapporteren bewezen kiezersfraude, zegt dat Iran de oorlog begon, Justitie klaagt Comey weer aan, dochter Comey onterecht ontslagen, rechter blokkeert apart houden 20.000 stemmen: reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-64....
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Trump has repeatedly proven impervious to scandals that would end anyone else. Siding with Russian imperial revanchism, however, might just be his kryptonite. His submission to Putin is something that GOP elites who had reliably supported him on other issues cannot abide. www.wsj.com/opinion/codd...
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In today's Russian papers, surprise at the the defeat of Moscow ally Aleksander Vučić in Serbia. One paper: “Russia can expect nothing good from this.” Another: “The results benefit the EU.” But several point out: “The Serbs are dependant on Russian gas.” #ReadingRussia
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Ukraine says it is honoring a US-brokered ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where 1,700 to 2,000 people remain trapped amid a humanitarian catastrophe. The truce is intended to deliver aid and prepare civilian evacuations. www.kyivpost.com/post/88245
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Zelenskyy: injured in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district rises to 12, Russia fires 16 ballistic missiles overnight #Ukraine
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Zo maar, voor de taalkundige lol. We horen de volgende leenwoorden voorbij komen: vajbik (vibe), aeroport, rejs (vlucht), terminal, passazjir, zona, kafè, nomer (nummer = kamer), otel, avijakompanija, zala, whiskey, cognac.
Why is it important to close down Moscow airports? Because it has a huge impact on Russian economy and logistics. The Moscow Aviation Hub is essentially a bottleneck for Russian logistics. Whenever its work is disrupted, it creates a cascading effect on the Russian logistics as a whole.
'Patriot Missiles Used in Middle East Could Have Protected Ukraine for Years' thegaze.media/news/patriot...
'Russia has seized a Japanese journalist, freezing an icy relationship' www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/r...
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'Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine by attacking its energy grid, UN-backed inquiry says' apnews.com/article/un-r...
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'Five European Powers Rush Winter Military Aid to Ukraine' thegaze.media/news/five-eu... #E5
'Kyiv's Brussels blunder leaves EU scrambling over phantom Zelensky visit' kyivindependent.com/how-zelensky...
'Local ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump starts in southern Ukraine as Russia attacks other areas' apnews.com/article/russ... #Oleshky
'Russian Missiles Strike Kyiv University Campus – One Killed, 10 Wounded, Mostly Students' www.kyivpost.com/post/88241
'Russische tv-producent Alexander Kondratov (52) overlijdt onder verdachte omstandigheden: stond bekend als Kremlin-criticus. In 2012 verhuisde de tv-producent naar Oekraïne. Begin dit jaar keerde hij terug naar zijn thuisland om zijn paspoort te verlengen.' www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/r...
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Voormalig FBI-directeur Comey voor derde keer aangeklaagd
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Local ceasefire in besieged Oleshky begins, Ukrainian, Russian officials say #Ukraine
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Replying to @wartranslated.bsky.social
A university campus and a park. Moscow's "military infrastructure" claim needs the target list to be a campus full of students. The interceptor gap over Kyiv is what lets these ballistic launches keep landing, and long-range strikes on the launch sites are how you close it.
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Netanyahu wilde nog vóór de verkiezingsdag nieuwe aanval uitvoeren op Iran
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Truce between Ukraine and Russia aimed at allowing humanitarian aid into the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky begins. AFP was not able to immediately verify whether there had been a decrease in fighting. Neither Russia, Ukraine nor the US have said who would monitor the truce u.afp.com/Sy5n
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Roemenië: door Russische geheime dienst aangestuurd sabotagenetwerk ontdekt
'Oekraïne wacht bijna maand op luchtverdediging VS, EU geeft miljoenensteun' www.nu.nl/spanningen-o...
'Ukraine changes tactics for using Patriot systems, Ihnat says. "The number of missiles used in the Middle East would have been enough for Ukraine to operate these systems for several years."' www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...
'Councillors in the Polish city of Przemyśl agreed on Monday 26 October to suspend cooperation with Lviv following a recent decision by the Lviv Oblast Council to designate 2027 as the Year of the UPA and Roman Shukhevych, one of its commanders-in-chief.' www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
'Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy sector deemed crimes against humanity by UN commission' www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
'On Monday, Zelensky said Ukraine would again raise delayed US deliveries of Patriot and NASAMS missiles, awaiting Hegseth’s signature for nearly a month. Kyiv is also seeking interceptors from European partners' www.kyivpost.com/post/88208
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Kyiv's Brussels blunder leaves EU scrambling over phantom Zelensky visit At the center of the confusion was a proposed four-way meeting between Ukraine, the U.S., the EU, and NATO on efforts to end Russia’s war.
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