Jessica Berlin
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Russia thinks they can scare allies from coming to Ukraine by attacking the trains to Poland.
Nope.
Nope.
September 15, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Russia thinks they can scare allies from coming to Ukraine by attacking the trains to Poland.
Nope.
Nope.
Drones over Lithuania, flares fired at Danish aircraft, the Polish border strike. These attacks are a direct result of Europe’s weak response to Leipzig & all other provocations.
It’s past time. The EU must ban Russian tourists. NATO must help defend western Ukrainian airspace.
It’s past time. The EU must ban Russian tourists. NATO must help defend western Ukrainian airspace.
September 15, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Drones over Lithuania, flares fired at Danish aircraft, the Polish border strike. These attacks are a direct result of Europe’s weak response to Leipzig & all other provocations.
It’s past time. The EU must ban Russian tourists. NATO must help defend western Ukrainian airspace.
It’s past time. The EU must ban Russian tourists. NATO must help defend western Ukrainian airspace.
Putin’s aspirations
September 8, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Putin’s aspirations
An alle, die glauben, die AfD werde sich irgendwie mäßigen, sobald sie regiert: Nein. So läuft der rechte Hase nicht. Genau das haben viele Republikaner über Trump gesagt. Wie ist das ausgegangen?
September 8, 2026 at 9:36 AM
An alle, die glauben, die AfD werde sich irgendwie mäßigen, sobald sie regiert: Nein. So läuft der rechte Hase nicht. Genau das haben viele Republikaner über Trump gesagt. Wie ist das ausgegangen?
Spoiler alert: it wasn’t Guatemala
September 1, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Spoiler alert: it wasn’t Guatemala
It has taken nearly a month for the German government to state the obvious: Russia was behind the Leipzig airport attack.
An announcement of what consequences Russia will face expected later today. Merz apparently not bothering to announce it himself so I doubt Putin is worried
An announcement of what consequences Russia will face expected later today. Merz apparently not bothering to announce it himself so I doubt Putin is worried
September 1, 2026 at 11:31 AM
It has taken nearly a month for the German government to state the obvious: Russia was behind the Leipzig airport attack.
An announcement of what consequences Russia will face expected later today. Merz apparently not bothering to announce it himself so I doubt Putin is worried
An announcement of what consequences Russia will face expected later today. Merz apparently not bothering to announce it himself so I doubt Putin is worried
Wie würdest du reagieren, wenn jemand dir eine Kaffeetasse der russischen Armee schenken würde? Und würdest du vergessen, wer das war?
August 30, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Wie würdest du reagieren, wenn jemand dir eine Kaffeetasse der russischen Armee schenken würde? Und würdest du vergessen, wer das war?
Even if CIA Director Ratcliffe flew to Moscow to warn Putin against attacking Europe — so what? Then-CIA Director Burns flew to Moscow in Nov 2021 to warn against invading Ukraine. How’d that go?
This changes nothing for Europe. We must deter Russia now — and arm Ukraine to win.
This changes nothing for Europe. We must deter Russia now — and arm Ukraine to win.
August 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Even if CIA Director Ratcliffe flew to Moscow to warn Putin against attacking Europe — so what? Then-CIA Director Burns flew to Moscow in Nov 2021 to warn against invading Ukraine. How’d that go?
This changes nothing for Europe. We must deter Russia now — and arm Ukraine to win.
This changes nothing for Europe. We must deter Russia now — and arm Ukraine to win.
Fixed it for you
August 25, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Fixed it for you
Russian airspace violations in Finland. A Russian bomb at a German airport. A bomb-laden Russian sea drone at a Romanian gas plant.
Russia is attacking Nato by land, sea & air. Now, because we’re not ready.
Our leaders must wake up & warn the people: Russia is at war with us.
Russia is attacking Nato by land, sea & air. Now, because we’re not ready.
Our leaders must wake up & warn the people: Russia is at war with us.
August 21, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Russian airspace violations in Finland. A Russian bomb at a German airport. A bomb-laden Russian sea drone at a Romanian gas plant.
Russia is attacking Nato by land, sea & air. Now, because we’re not ready.
Our leaders must wake up & warn the people: Russia is at war with us.
Russia is attacking Nato by land, sea & air. Now, because we’re not ready.
Our leaders must wake up & warn the people: Russia is at war with us.
Zur Klarstellung: Wer auf deutschem Boden Bomben legt, führt keinen „hybriden Angriff“ mehr – sondern einen Angriff.
August 5, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Zur Klarstellung: Wer auf deutschem Boden Bomben legt, führt keinen „hybriden Angriff“ mehr – sondern einen Angriff.
Europe isn’t ready or able to defend itself against Russia. And we can’t rely on Trump’s America.
But Nato-Europe has an ally more reliable than Article 5: Ukraine. If Russia attacks, Ukraine will come to our aid. Immediately, despite no treaty. They are our greatest defense.
But Nato-Europe has an ally more reliable than Article 5: Ukraine. If Russia attacks, Ukraine will come to our aid. Immediately, despite no treaty. They are our greatest defense.
August 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Europe isn’t ready or able to defend itself against Russia. And we can’t rely on Trump’s America.
But Nato-Europe has an ally more reliable than Article 5: Ukraine. If Russia attacks, Ukraine will come to our aid. Immediately, despite no treaty. They are our greatest defense.
But Nato-Europe has an ally more reliable than Article 5: Ukraine. If Russia attacks, Ukraine will come to our aid. Immediately, despite no treaty. They are our greatest defense.
Instead, we aim to be the belligerent, chaotic kerosene poured onto the West’s self-made civilizational dumpster fire.
August 1, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Instead, we aim to be the belligerent, chaotic kerosene poured onto the West’s self-made civilizational dumpster fire.
Silver lining: if the Trump Administration can’t find you on a map, they can’t invade
July 31, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Silver lining: if the Trump Administration can’t find you on a map, they can’t invade
Prime Minister @andyburnham said security would be his first priority — this appointment puts the Treasury where his mouth is. John Healey leading the Exchequer sends a strong signal to Europe, Ukraine, Washington, and above all the Kremlin: Britain means business on defence.
July 20, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Prime Minister @andyburnham said security would be his first priority — this appointment puts the Treasury where his mouth is. John Healey leading the Exchequer sends a strong signal to Europe, Ukraine, Washington, and above all the Kremlin: Britain means business on defence.
Last night, Russia attacked a European capital with over 40 ballistic missiles.
That leads nowhere in European news headlines this morning.
Russian terror, murder and destruction are simply taken in stride as a normal story.
That leads nowhere in European news headlines this morning.
Russian terror, murder and destruction are simply taken in stride as a normal story.
July 19, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Last night, Russia attacked a European capital with over 40 ballistic missiles.
That leads nowhere in European news headlines this morning.
Russian terror, murder and destruction are simply taken in stride as a normal story.
That leads nowhere in European news headlines this morning.
Russian terror, murder and destruction are simply taken in stride as a normal story.
It is astonishing that @TheEconomist expects us to believe this interview wasn’t pre-approved by the Kremlin.
Also, “Russia’s most enigmatic oligarch”? Really? Melnichenko is a key member of the Kremlin-linked business elite, not some mysterious outsider. Stop romanticizing him.
Also, “Russia’s most enigmatic oligarch”? Really? Melnichenko is a key member of the Kremlin-linked business elite, not some mysterious outsider. Stop romanticizing him.
July 15, 2026 at 1:21 PM
It is astonishing that @TheEconomist expects us to believe this interview wasn’t pre-approved by the Kremlin.
Also, “Russia’s most enigmatic oligarch”? Really? Melnichenko is a key member of the Kremlin-linked business elite, not some mysterious outsider. Stop romanticizing him.
Also, “Russia’s most enigmatic oligarch”? Really? Melnichenko is a key member of the Kremlin-linked business elite, not some mysterious outsider. Stop romanticizing him.
As Americans, Lindsey Graham & I didn’t agree on much. But in Kyiv in 2022, that didn’t matter. He was there to aid a far greater cause & embraced all allies in it, even across deep political divides.
His tireless commitment to Ukraine will remain an honorable part of his legacy.
His tireless commitment to Ukraine will remain an honorable part of his legacy.
July 12, 2026 at 10:43 AM
As Americans, Lindsey Graham & I didn’t agree on much. But in Kyiv in 2022, that didn’t matter. He was there to aid a far greater cause & embraced all allies in it, even across deep political divides.
His tireless commitment to Ukraine will remain an honorable part of his legacy.
His tireless commitment to Ukraine will remain an honorable part of his legacy.
Fixed it for you @theeconomist
July 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Fixed it for you @theeconomist
Russia has turned the home front into the frontline. National defence needs to come home too. Future PM Andy Burnham can be a transformative leader on defence, if he applies his domestic political vision to it: resilience. My piece in the @theguardian.com t.co/ME74DNqzld
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/07/europe-andy-burnham-ally-defence-nato
t.co
July 7, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Russia has turned the home front into the frontline. National defence needs to come home too. Future PM Andy Burnham can be a transformative leader on defence, if he applies his domestic political vision to it: resilience. My piece in the @theguardian.com t.co/ME74DNqzld
In a propaganda rant, former FSB head & paranoid Putin advisor Nikolai Patrushev called Estonia, Latvia, & Lithuania "Baltic mice" pulling at a "cat with nuclear claws".
Here, kitty kitty.
Here, kitty kitty.
July 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
In a propaganda rant, former FSB head & paranoid Putin advisor Nikolai Patrushev called Estonia, Latvia, & Lithuania "Baltic mice" pulling at a "cat with nuclear claws".
Here, kitty kitty.
Here, kitty kitty.
For 250yrs America‘s greatest power has been reinvention.
Reinvention of power & who wields it. Of identities & industries, statecraft & storytelling, machines & music, of the very limits of human possibility. But its ceaseless reinvention isn’t manifestly destined to result in a more perfect union.
Reinvention of power & who wields it. Of identities & industries, statecraft & storytelling, machines & music, of the very limits of human possibility. But its ceaseless reinvention isn’t manifestly destined to result in a more perfect union.
July 4, 2026 at 1:00 PM
For 250yrs America‘s greatest power has been reinvention.
Reinvention of power & who wields it. Of identities & industries, statecraft & storytelling, machines & music, of the very limits of human possibility. But its ceaseless reinvention isn’t manifestly destined to result in a more perfect union.
Reinvention of power & who wields it. Of identities & industries, statecraft & storytelling, machines & music, of the very limits of human possibility. But its ceaseless reinvention isn’t manifestly destined to result in a more perfect union.
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⚡️Russia is practicing the scenario of the Ukrainian naval landing in Crimea: the military command conducted staff exercises, — Russian media.
July 2, 2026 at 5:59 PM
⚡️Russia is practicing the scenario of the Ukrainian naval landing in Crimea: the military command conducted staff exercises, — Russian media.
Russia can’t stop Ukraine from blowing up their weapons & oil infrastructure. So they blow up Ukrainian homes, playgrounds, cafes, hospitals, schools, museums, churches...
Forget morals for a moment — do the math & tell me which side is winning.
Now morals back on: Fuck Russia.
Forget morals for a moment — do the math & tell me which side is winning.
Now morals back on: Fuck Russia.
July 2, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Russia can’t stop Ukraine from blowing up their weapons & oil infrastructure. So they blow up Ukrainian homes, playgrounds, cafes, hospitals, schools, museums, churches...
Forget morals for a moment — do the math & tell me which side is winning.
Now morals back on: Fuck Russia.
Forget morals for a moment — do the math & tell me which side is winning.
Now morals back on: Fuck Russia.