Heel goed en hard nodig. #Soedan

The EU and its members have provided Ukraine with more than €187,3 billion of support (financial, economic, humanitarian & military) since Feb 2022. The EU's members have purchased more than €216 billion in Russian fossil fuels (oil & products, gas & LNG) since Feb 2022 - CREA.

In de afgelopen drie weken zijn er minstens 60.000 mensen vermoord en 150.000 vermist in de Soedanese stad El Fasher. De wereld laat het gebeuren

The US has just sent its sharpest message to Europe since the end of the Cold War amid the new Cold War with the DragonBear. Reuters reports that Pentagon officials told European diplomats this week that Europe must assume the majority of NATO’s conventional defense capabilities

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Op deze dag in 1975 overleed politiek filosoof Hannah Arendt. Zij is o.m. bekend om haar analyse over totalitaire systemen. Een van haar bekendste begrippen is de banaliteit van het kwaad (nav proces van Eichmann): het ‘kwaad’ is niet radicaal, maar eigenlijk beangstigend gewoon

Russia spends ~40% of its entire GDP on military spending. And it still cannot complete its military objectives in Ukraine. Yet, suddenly Putin is now making threats to all of Europe. A continent with a collective GDP of $19.9 bn (10x + of Russia's), a population of 500

“It has happened many times where we had co-ordinated our position with the US and then Witkoff goes to Moscow and, after seeing Putin, Trump puts out a statement that takes us back to square one,” said a senior Ukrainian official.

Interesting commentary by Zaluzhnyi

Dit filmpje moet een grap zijn toch? 😳

China is a better ally for Russia than the West is for Ukraine. What a shame, and what a strategic failure. https://t.co/2z1qvYLJ7k

My two cents: Putin will push for the U.S. to sign on Ukraine‘s behalf to avoid any direct negotiation with Zelensky and any formal legal document between Russia and Ukraine. He eyes armistice, not a peace treaty, just enough to ratify Russian territorial gains through ceasefire.

Toch hier op X naar Nieuwsuur kijken 👇 Dit zeiden we over de poging van het gevallen kabinet om alsnog te scoren op asielbeleid. En snel…

Good analysis of the thinking in Moscow. Putin is in no rush (unlike, for some reason, Trump) and feels he can wait for Ukraine to either be delivered to him by Washington or to collapse on its own. Time will tell whether this is as delusional as his belief in a swift Ukrainian

Wat een verhaal. Ex-medewerker: Amerikaanse drugsbestrijders DEA ‘opzettelijk’ illegaal actief in Nederland - NRC

Briljante uitvinding van Nienke (21) lost problemen in de zorg op: ‘Klaar binnen 15 seconden’ Mooi bericht dit

There are three distinct hierarchies in the whole negotiation process: First Tier: The US, China, and Russia – the key global powers that dictate the broader geopolitical landscape amid Cold War 2 between the US and the DragonBear. Moscow engages predominantly at this level with

"EU imports from Russia worth €124 billion have exceeded the amount of aid provided to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion." - stated Sweden’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard. Europe has given Ukraine €187 billion in support, while importing Russian oil

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a somber address to the nation this morning from outside the Presidential Office in Kyiv, reminiscent of his speech the morning of the Russian invasion in February 2022, stating that Ukraine is now facing “one of the most difficult

The latest "peace plan" has many problems, but this is a big one: There is ZERO credible enforcement if Russia violates it. Security guarantees? The US under Trump is not a credible security guarantor. Reimposing sanctions later? It would be weaker than what we have today.