Martin Sauerbrey

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Historian | LBI for the Research of the Consequences of War | (South-) Eastern Europe | Byzantium | Maps | All views are my own

BREAKING: Ukraine is still fighting for its survival. Last year I haven´t written long threads on Ukraine because the main points didn´t change: 1) On the frontline: Russia still grinds on. Ukraine still puts up fierce resistance. Ukraine faces still the same problems 1/

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Vor vier Jahren. Erste Reaktion: „Diese Idioten haben es wirklich getan.“ Nachrichten von Freunden und Verwandten (ich war damals noch nicht auf Twitter). Am Abend schrieb ich ein paar schnelle Einschätzungen. Dann kam mein ukrainischer Nachbar vorbei.

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BREAKING: Ukraine is still fighting for its survival. Last year I haven´t written long threads on Ukraine because the main points didn´t change: 1) On the frontline: Russia still grinds on. Ukraine still puts up fierce resistance. Ukraine faces still the same problems 1/

a man in a military uniform is holding a small animal with the word army on it

ALT: a man in a military uniform is holding a small animal with the word army on it

media.tenor.com

Vor vier Jahren. Erste Reaktion: „Diese Idioten haben es wirklich getan.“ Nachrichten von Freunden und Verwandten (ich war damals noch nicht auf Twitter). Am Abend schrieb ich ein paar schnelle Einschätzungen. Dann kam mein ukrainischer Nachbar vorbei.

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SMUTA - TIME OF TROUBLES A story of intrigue, murder, rebellion and war. Act I - Prelude On January 17, 1598 Fedor, the last heir of Ivan IV. Grozny, died, plunging the Czardom of Russia into a crisis that would shook it´s foundations. [Thread] 🧵

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Today lets talk about Russian propaganda and disinformation. 🧵 Every kinetic war waged is also accompanied by the massive use of propaganda and disinformation. Over the last century the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation have developed a distinctive toolset to influence 1/

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Annum novum felicem omnibus sectatoribus meis et inimicis opto! Prosit Neujahr! Happy new year! З Новим роком! Срећна Нова година! Srećna Nova godina! I am proud that you consider me worth following, discussing, critising. Thank you!

The new US National Security Strategy is very telling on their plans for Europe and the EU. Let´s take a look: They want Europe to "restore civilizational self-confidence and Western identiy." Didn´t realize until now that we lost it, but well. What do they mean by that? ⬇️

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That's all for now. I apologize, but I don't know when I'll be back, because what's been happening lately surrounding the Russian-Ukrainian war disgusts me. It's not about the US's attitude, but that of European countries, and not just Hungary, but others joining them... 😓

The new US National Security Strategy is very telling on their plans for Europe and the EU. Let´s take a look: They want Europe to "restore civilizational self-confidence and Western identiy." Didn´t realize until now that we lost it, but well. What do they mean by that? ⬇️

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Usually, I don't post personel stuff but today my step-father died and my brother told me that he had always kept cigarettes for me. I quit smoking 6 years ago but one last is left in this package. It's likely years old. This one is on him.

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Finally, a few words from me. Please approach the news from the Pokrovsk direction with great caution and don't panic. And especially ignore the "experts" who write that defending the metropolitan area is a political decision that will end in the garrison's capitulation.

Do you know the real drama of Russias war in Ukraine? To understand what the Nazis were up to you had to read 700+ pages of Hitlers "Mein Kampf". To understand what Putin was up to you had to read ~ 15 pages of Putins “On the Historical Unity”. Still many fail to understand.

Do you know the real drama of Russias war in Ukraine? To understand what the Nazis were up to you had to read 700+ pages of Hitlers "Mein Kampf". To understand what Putin was up to you had to read ~ 15 pages of Putins “On the Historical Unity”. Still many fail to understand.