The always excellent annual Yalta European Strategy Conference took place in Kyiv September 12-13. Trump's envoy General Kellogg was there, so the Russians did not bomb Kyiv for 2 nights... 2 things stand out: The US has left & Ukraine produces its own arms but needs money. /1

Kellogg: If he [Putin] was winning, he’d be in Kyiv, west of the Dnipro, on Odesa, and he’d have changed the government. Russia is losing. Losses are World War II scale — over a million dead and wounded. First-line units are gone. Tanks pulled from museums. 1/

Kanzler Merz begeht (auch) außenpolitisch Wortbruch, wenn er weiter auf die massive Ausweitung der russischen Angriffe auf zivile Ziele in der Ukraine NICHT reagiert. In Bundestagsreden hat er in der Opposition Scholz massiv fürs Nichtstun kritisiert und gesagt, Putin müsse eine

So Zelensky did everything Trump asked him to do, signed away mineral rights, agreed to an unconditional ceasefire, and the U.S. still cut off previously funded weapons supplies, leaving Ukrainian cities defenseless against Russian missile strikes. A lesson to all here.

Anduril had people/hardware in Ukraine two weeks into the invasion. Our autonomous weapons have destroyed hundreds of millions worth of Russia's war machine. The United States should give them the tools they need to win. It is the fastest path to peace, one way or another.

American weapons created to destroy the Russian military are rotting in warehouses instead of doing their job in Ukraine. Putin asks, Trump delivers. Or in this case, doesn't deliver. Perhaps he can go to Moscow to deliver some of his perfume.

The Russians are not preparing for a ceasefire. They are stepping up their air attacks, which are now larger than they have ever been

Again we must ask, though we may never know why Trump does everything he can to help Putin and Russia, if he were a Russian agent, what would he do differently?

And he'll keep murdering them every day until they agree with him.

Tick tick… ⏰ A war economy can only last so long. If Europe stopped funding Russia with energy purchases and the US applied strong sanctions, Putin would be forced to end the war. Instead, he gets billions from the EU and two weeks forever from Trump & the GOP Congress.

I summarized the Trump-Putin call before it happened, to recap: Trump didn't pressure Russia or ask for any concessions & Putin didn't offer any. Putin agreed to keep murdering Ukrainian civilians and Trump agreed to keep pressuring Ukraine to surrender so he can call it peace.

Can only expect more of this BS from the Trump-Putin call today, pretending that Putin wants peace when he could create it with the snap of his fingers and get the hell out of Ukraine. The answer that Russia somehow deserves to keep invaded & occupied territory is criminal.

near-record turnout as romania votes for more europe..

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Russia is closer to losing than Ukraine will ever be. Just stop throwing Putin lifelines with negotiations and diplomacy he only exploits for time. Crushing sanctions on Russia, overwhelming military support for Ukraine—both should have been in place from the start.

1/Das Magazin Kontraste und die ZEIT decken auf: geheime Gesprächs- und Verhandlungskanäle von einflussreichen deutschen Politikern mit hochrangigen russischen Putin-Vertrauten und Gazprom-Funktionären. Es geht um möglichen Geheimnis- und damit Staatsverrat - so lautet die

Warum darf @Ralf_Stegner als Teil der @spdbt seine anti-ukrainische Arbeit ungestört fortsetzen? Dieser Skandal dauert jetzt schon Jahre. Was sagt @larsklingbeil, der mir eine andere Politik versprach?

free and fair elections in canada. campaign a few weeks long, not very expensive. ballots counted same day. nobody contests the outcome. when democracies work they’re the best political systems we have.

While claiming to seek peace, Russia launched a deadly airstrike on Kyiv. This isn't a pursuit of peace, it’s a mockery of it. The real obstacle is not Ukraine but Russia, whose war aims have not changed.

It has been 44 days since Ukraine agreed to a full ceasefire and a halt to strikes. This was a proposal from the United States. And it has been 44 days of Russia continuing to kill our people and evading tough pressure and accountability for its actions. It is extremely