Defence On The Brink
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Britain needs to be war ready. Run by @TedJourno, @PhilipIngMBE, @SimonLeoDiggins, @CormacS63 & @EliotWilson2
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The most powerful short video of our time. "He went from being a good leader to being a great leader, to being Winston Churchill with an iPhone.". If you haven't already then please do watch The Zelensky Story on BBC iPlayer.
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Ukraine has unveiled the FP-5 "Flamingo". A domestically made long-range cruise missile. "It starts to give the Ukrainians a strategic non-nuclear deterrent, although we haven't seen it be used yet operationally.". @SimonLeoDiggins
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"Diplomacy with Russia simply does NOT work. They only respond to force. Putin sabotaged peace on 24th February 2022.". Keir Starmer accused Putin of "sabotaging peace" this morning after Russia fired two missiles into a British Council building in Kyiv. @CormacS63
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Putin's demands. ⚠️Replace Zelensky's Government. ⚠️No NATO membership. ⚠️Force Kyiv to cede territory. ⚠️Turn Ukraine into a subject of Russia. General Sir Richard Barrons warns there is "no sign Putin has changed his war objectives" since he started his invasion of Ukraine.
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RT @TedJourno: "It's no good asking politicians to lead the debate on defence because they like getting elected. This is a debate for wide….
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RT @SimonLeoDiggins: Gen Sir Richard Barron is correct but the projection is even worse than he states: 3.5% of GDP on defence will not be….
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🚨 '3.5% of GDP on defence by 2030 is NOT soon enough.'. "We need to spend more money on defence and that's going to have to come from our welfare state.". Co-author of Britain's Strategic Defence Review General Sir Richard Barrons speaks exclusively to On The Brink.
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The threat to Taiwan has got even bigger!. "If Ukraine is forced to cede any land to Putin, Xi Jinping will be calculating whether he can stand the wrath of the international community if he takes the island.". @PhilipIngMBE | @MPIainDS
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US will offer NATO-like security guarantees to Ukraine. "There's already an agreement in place it's called the Budapest Memorandum. The US & Russia agreed the security of Ukraine in exchange for them giving up nuclear weapons. That hasn't worked out very well!". @PhilipIngMBE
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"Hopefully the coalition of the willing can stop Trump from forcing anything that would have global repercussions.". Concern that if Zelensky went on his own to the Oval office then it would be an ambush like last time. @PhilipIngMBE
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"I really hope this is a sign that Europe, once and for all, is finding the steel in our spine!". Keir Starmer and European leaders will accompany Ukrainian President Zelensky to Washington tomorrow. @CormacS63 | #Coalitionofthewilling
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"The Alaska summit appeared to be one more big step by Donald Trump to ultimately stop support for Ukraine.". Trump pimping out America to Putin. The scenes of US soldiers on their knees rolling out the red carpet for an indicted war criminal were sickening. @CormacS63
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Reporter: "President Putin, will you stop killing civilians in Ukraine?" . Putin:🤷
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Friendly reminder to all the Tucker Carlson's of the world ahead of tonight.
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The West constantly seeks to apply higher standards to Ukraine than we would apply to ourselves. Ukraine fights a war on two fronts. Against Russia and then internal corruption. Despite the war, Kyiv has continued to make progress with anti-corruption reforms. @CormacS63
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Putin cannot be trusted going into the Alaska summit. He's violated every bi-lateral treaty Russia has signed. Budapest Memorandum (1994), Friendship Treaty (1997), Border Treaty (2003). @PhilipIngMBE
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Russia and the US have discussed a model for Ukraine that mirrors the West Bank. "Witkoff is hopelessly out of his depth. The idea someone would look at the West Bank and say 'yes, that is something we can replicate' is insanity of the first order.". @EliotWilson2
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"All the way through these negotiations Russia has been required to do almost nothing. Ukraine is the one who has suffered all the penalties.". Fears are considerable ahead of the Trump-Putin Alaska summit tomorrow. @EliotWilson2
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🚨 Zelenskyy is to meet Keir Starmer in Downing Street today. Meeting comes just a day before Donald Trump and Putin meet face to face in Alaska.
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The outlook for Ukraine ahead of the Alaska summit looks bleak. Kyiv will be expected to give away yet more of its sovereign land. No matter what Trump says, Putin's war aims have not changed one iota. He still wants to subjugate Ukraine and eradicate its identity. @CormacS63
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