"There was plenty of evidence of the systematic and coercive nature of the Russian federation’s policies attempting to erase the identity of the Ukrainian children under its control."

We investigated Russia’s military indoctrination of Ukrainian children in occupied territories – what we found was more shocking than we could have imagined

International law forbids the indoctination and militarisation of children in occupied territories.

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It's just amazing how much time and political capital Europeans invested in discussing an imaginary peacekeeping mission in Ukraine. And for what? The French and Germans and Brits won't go to war with Russia over Ukraine anyway. Use whatever resources you have to get more guns to Ukraine. And faster

"Akti"@aktenfresser.bsky.social · 10h ago

Sollten jemals westliche Truppen in die Ukraine entsandt werden, kann das ukrainische Militär schon aus Eigeninteresse nicht wollen, dass diese Kräfte dauerhaft an einer Waffenstillstandslinie oder an der Grenze zu Belarus stationiert werden.

The first review of my next book, "American Overthrow", on Russia's long-term programme of political subversion of the USA. It's a heartfelt one, because it's by Heidi Cuda, who has spent many years watching Russia succeed. (Link to book in first reply.) www.bettedangerous.com/p/american-o...

'AMERICAN OVERTHROW' - A Book Review

Russia watcher and author Keir Giles upcoming book, American Overthrow, is a devastating document of US destruction and what the future looks like if people continue to remain passive

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It would be nice if peace were at hand. But I don't understand Graham's statement in the 1st para that Putin has "been clear in recent months" that he wants "to bring the fighting to an end." Just last week Putin was talking about Ukrainian "neo-Nazis" and how all of E Ukraine belongs to Russia. 1/3

Opinion | Trump’s Chance for Peace in Ukraine Is Real. But It Won’t Last. (Gift Article)

There’s a narrow chance for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal before things go south.

nytimes.com

Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister: "We have detected intensive Russian propaganda campaign across Europe using pictures from Ceuta to sow destabilisation." Far-right from EU (& US!) falls with open eyes for hybrid threats from the weaponisation of migration, even fan the flames. #unity #solidarity

OTD in 1975 USSR signed Helsinki Accords promising to respect borders & let countries join what orgs like they want. As we, the self declared successor state, have *always* followed this, you can trust over a peace deal with Ukraine now.

A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a ⁠global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Time and again climate change is treated as though it were binary: we cannot prevent it, so ok, it’s there let’s embrace it. That’s entirely wrong: it is a sliding scale. We cannot prevent 1.5 degrees. But maybe 3? Or 5?

Eindopdracht 'strategische communicatie' Deloitte summer leadership academy uitgelekt

I'd love to have the confidence of a self-declared pacifist who is 100% certain that Putin will never attack Estonia because doing so would be stupid

Impossible to square the circle of (1) opposition to territorial acquisition by force must be a bedrock of the global order and (2) Russia should get to conquer Ukraine, it's not Russia's fault for trying and it's wrong for anyone to help the Ukrainians work to thwart Russia's aggressive war effort.

Joe Stieb@joestieb.bsky.social · last wk.

Taking these in turn: 1. Sure. That's part of the rules-based world order. 2. Sure. That's part of the rules-based world order. 3. This feels like a snide way to say the US is fighting a proxy war through Ukraine. Coming to the aid of an invaded country isn't instigating or intensifying. 4. Sure.

"Russia's invasion becomes a 'war in Ukraine.' Moscow's neo-imperial bid for a sphere of influence, where neighbors are to be murdered until they give up sovereignty, becomes "security interests." Ukraine's refusal to be massacred morphs into an obstacle to peace," writes Andrew Chakhoyan.

When righteous calls to end the war become warmongering

Russia's war on Ukraine has yet to end because Russia keeps waging it. It is shocking, though regrettably unsurprising, that in the fifth summer since the 2022 escalation by the aggressor, and 12 yea...

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Russian Mass Mobilization? A Non-Denial Denial When Putin’s mouthpieces talk about something, there’s always a reason. Russians have renewed cause to worry. My latest for @cepa.org: cepa.org/article/russ...

Russian Mass Mobilization? A Non-Denial Denial

When Putin’s mouthpieces talk about something, there’s always a reason. Russians have renewed cause to worry about mobilization.

cepa.org

"Power is the ability to shape the world to your advantage. This should not be confused with constantly declaring how powerful you are." Me on why Trump's potency on the world stage is vanishing. as.ft.com/r/d4b0f81f-b...

Trump’s waning sway over the world

The habitual trolling that serves him at home is sapping his potency on the global stage

as.ft.com

LEESTIP Met alweer een hete week, slaat Belgische klimaatwetenschapper Jean-Pascal van Ypersele hartenkreet: "Ja, ik ben woedend" vrtnws.be/p.M9Xa4daGp

Met alweer een hete week, slaat Belgische klimaatwetenschapper Jean-Pascal van Ypersele hartenkreet: "Ja, ik ben woedend" | VRT NWS Nieuws

Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, misschien wel de meest vooraanstaande klimaatwetenschapper van ons land, laakt het volgens hem ontoereikende klimaatbeleid. Dat heeft er mee toe geleid dat er in België deze ...

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Russia is turning propaganda into lawfare. Claims once dismissed as Kremlin disinformation are now feeding a planned ICJ case against Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania—with help from a Moscow law firm and propagandists linked to Russian intelligence. VSquare.org

From Propaganda to the Courtroom: How Russia Is Building a Legal Case Against the Baltic States - VSquare.org

A joint investigation by Re:Baltica, Delfi and LRT has found that as part of that effort Russia enlisted a Moscow law firm that has represented it in international litigation with Ukraine. The firm, in turn, sought help from propagandists tied to Russia’s intelligence services.

vsquare.org

People need to step back and understand what they are seeing. After a few months of war, the USA is running out of munitions and options fighting a country with no air force, no navy and a damaged infrastructure. US decline is real and self-inflicted.

Putin has given his answer to Tokayev’s statement that no one knows what this war is about - a bunch of nonsense about history that has no bearing on the legitimacy of Ukraine’s post-1991 borders. In 2003 Putin himself signed a formal treaty recognizing those borders.

ChrisO_wiki@chriso-wiki.bsky.social · last wk.

1/ Vladimir Putin has strongly hinted that Russia should claim the entire eastern half of Ukraine, going far beyond the existing annexation of the Donbas and southern Ukraine. He foresees a future in which western Ukraine is also annexed by its neighbours. ⬇️

Nope. No way. Causing mass death, breaking laws, corruption, and essentially executing a big cyber attack on the US is not the sort of thing one accidentally stumbles into. “Oops, I got carried away” is a reasonable reaction when you eat extra brownies that were saved for someone else. Not for this.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

‘I got carried away’: Elon Musk expresses regret about Doge and wading into Trump’s orbit

Very interesting new commentary by Tatiana Stanovaya @ceip-politika.bsky.social: “It Has Begun: On a New Crossroads for the Putin Regime.” Key claim is that there has been a “tectonic shift” in Russia, “where the elite is beginning to realize that ‘the cat isn’t catching any mice’.” 1/5

Началось, или О новой развилке путинского режима

В России рождается два разнонаправленных тренда, рвущие режим на части. Первый — это путинская логика войны, где эскалация влечет за собой еще большую эскалацию, второй — запрос на перемены, на реалис...

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If you think the world is miserable now, wait until another 5 or 10 countries get nuclear weapons. Saudi nukes! Japanese nukes! Polish nukes! More Korean nukes! Maybe some German nukes. It'll be bad

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 2w ago

U.S. President Donald Trump approves a nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that may allow the kingdom to enrich uranium, two AP sources say.

Hungarian President Sulyok has signed the 17th Amendment to the constitution therefore removing himself from office. It’s been amazing to watch. Orban's Fidesz has been falling apart before our eyes. 🧵

Every month of EU inaction towards israel is a choice. And it has a price, paid by people who don’t have the luxury of waiting for Europe to find its nerve. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Far-right AfD member Noah Krieger announces plans for “German” anti-drone battalion in the Russian army “Everything is official, and there we will be able to defend our German values,” Krieger wrote on Instagram.

Far-right AfD member Noah Krieger announces plans for “German” anti-drone battalion in the Russian army

Noah Krieger (birth name Murad Dadaev), a member of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party, has announced his intention to create a battalion made…

theins.press

Is this translated from the original German? www.whitehouse.gov/releases/202...

European Password Manager Shares Origins and Updates with State-Certified Russian Firm www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

European Password Manager Shares Origins and Updates with State-Certified Russian Firm

Passwork, a Spain-based password manager used by European government agencies and universities, shares technological ties with a Russian counterpart — an arrangement that experts say poses a state-level...

occrp.org

Danube Institute ain’t gonna fund itself post-Orban

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3w ago

The State Department has just put out a tender, offering funding of up to $3 million to European organizations who want to fight against "Supra-national institutions" - presumably the EU - and governments who seek to regulate the internet and end Western Civilization. www.state.gov/drl-nofo-dev...

Aan de KU Leuven lijken specifieke onderzoekslijnen te koop. Future of Life Institute – bruidschat van Musk en vooral Buterin à $660 miljoen – financieert een AI lab via een donatie en plaatst de *eigen policy director* aan het hoofd van het lab aan de KU Leuven. www.demorgen.be/niet-te-miss...

Geld van Elon Musk en crypto-ondernemers voor KU Leuven: waarom het Future of Life Institute vragen oproept

Het kreeg miljoenendonaties van Elon Musk en crypto-ondernemers en luidt al jaren de alarmklok over de existentiële gevaren van AI. Wat is het Future of Life Institute, dat een nieuw AI-veiligheidslab...

demorgen.be

Today, Viktor Orbán’s former foreign minister Péter Szijjártó stunned everyone by quitting parliament—not to join Gazprom’s board, as some expected, but to lead external relations at Chinese EV giant BYD, which he had backed with billions of forints as minister. Quite shameless.

Yet the crisis of US shipbuilding is so bad that the US Navy is ordering ships from Korean or Italian firms and US logistics depend on bases among allies Colby is typical for an elite so marinated in myths of its power that it forgot to sustain real structures it needs to survive