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President Zelenskyy’s comment on US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s remarks that the war in Ukraine is at a "strategic stalemate" and that there are now "no prospects for a negotiated settlement":
"You cannot negotiate future economic projects with Russians on the one hand and, on the other,
"You cannot negotiate future economic projects with Russians on the one hand and, on the other,
October 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
President Zelenskyy’s comment on US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s remarks that the war in Ukraine is at a "strategic stalemate" and that there are now "no prospects for a negotiated settlement":
"You cannot negotiate future economic projects with Russians on the one hand and, on the other,
"You cannot negotiate future economic projects with Russians on the one hand and, on the other,
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So, in Russian-occupied Oleshky, people are boiling soup from grass and eating dogs; there are reports of people starving to death. Russia is completely blocking people from leaving the city and preventing humanitarian aid from getting in.
Today it became known that Ukrainian drones...
Today it became known that Ukrainian drones...
September 27, 2026 at 12:37 PM
So, in Russian-occupied Oleshky, people are boiling soup from grass and eating dogs; there are reports of people starving to death. Russia is completely blocking people from leaving the city and preventing humanitarian aid from getting in.
Today it became known that Ukrainian drones...
Today it became known that Ukrainian drones...
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An unelected American 🇺🇸 with no diplomatic experience is telling me to surrender my home, and telling Ukraine 🇺🇦 to surrender even more land, to an imperialist, fascist dictator committing acts of terrorism every day.
I never thought I’d see the day, but here we are 🇺🇸
I never thought I’d see the day, but here we are 🇺🇸
September 13, 2026 at 2:05 PM
An unelected American 🇺🇸 with no diplomatic experience is telling me to surrender my home, and telling Ukraine 🇺🇦 to surrender even more land, to an imperialist, fascist dictator committing acts of terrorism every day.
I never thought I’d see the day, but here we are 🇺🇸
I never thought I’d see the day, but here we are 🇺🇸
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⚡️Exclusive: EU lawmakers join pressure to use 200 billion euros in Russian assets to help Ukraine
Ukraine needs substantial, long-term financing now, but Belgium should not have to shoulder Europe's responsibility alone, EU lawmaker Karin Karlsbro told the Kyiv Independent.
Ukraine needs substantial, long-term financing now, but Belgium should not have to shoulder Europe's responsibility alone, EU lawmaker Karin Karlsbro told the Kyiv Independent.
Exclusive: EU lawmakers join pressure to use 200 billion euros in Russian assets to help Ukraine
Ukraine needs substantial, long-term financing now, but Belgium should not have to shoulder Europe's responsibility alone, EU lawmaker Karin Karlsbro told the Kyiv Independent.
kyivindependent.com
September 9, 2026 at 11:18 AM
⚡️Exclusive: EU lawmakers join pressure to use 200 billion euros in Russian assets to help Ukraine
Ukraine needs substantial, long-term financing now, but Belgium should not have to shoulder Europe's responsibility alone, EU lawmaker Karin Karlsbro told the Kyiv Independent.
Ukraine needs substantial, long-term financing now, but Belgium should not have to shoulder Europe's responsibility alone, EU lawmaker Karin Karlsbro told the Kyiv Independent.
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Not only is this circus act an embarrassment, but endlessly cycling between listening to Putin's demands and pressuring Ukraine only prolongs the war. It signals clearly to Putin that he can keep going with zero added consequences.
September 8, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Not only is this circus act an embarrassment, but endlessly cycling between listening to Putin's demands and pressuring Ukraine only prolongs the war. It signals clearly to Putin that he can keep going with zero added consequences.
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Somebody remind this doofus that Germany became an ally because Hitler was dead and defeated not because the Allies offered him a win-win business arrangement.
Source: @osint613 on X
Jared Kushner: "There is no such thing in the world as forever enemies or forever allies."
Jared Kushner: "There is no such thing in the world as forever enemies or forever allies."
September 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Somebody remind this doofus that Germany became an ally because Hitler was dead and defeated not because the Allies offered him a win-win business arrangement.
The Belgian government cannot, in fact, veto the reparation loan. All it takes is a qualified majority vote.
Bart De Wever and his government must realize that failing to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine before French elections and a new Russian mobilization would be a historic blunder.
Belgium would bear responsibility for the catastrophic fallout
Belgium would bear responsibility for the catastrophic fallout
September 2, 2026 at 12:12 AM
The Belgian government cannot, in fact, veto the reparation loan. All it takes is a qualified majority vote.
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After killing EU's long-term predictable funding for Ukraine and delaying weapons promised long ago (F-16s), Belgian De Wever now wants the EU to negotiate with russia over Ukraine.
These people are badly unfit for challenges that are looming over Europe.
These people are badly unfit for challenges that are looming over Europe.
March 15, 2026 at 10:11 AM
After killing EU's long-term predictable funding for Ukraine and delaying weapons promised long ago (F-16s), Belgian De Wever now wants the EU to negotiate with russia over Ukraine.
These people are badly unfit for challenges that are looming over Europe.
These people are badly unfit for challenges that are looming over Europe.
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The Bart De Wever Guide to Eroding European Solidarity
The Bart De Wever Guide to Eroding European Solidarity – Le Taurillon
In December, the European Council finally resolved the months-long deadlock over funding for Ukraine. The decision to abandon the reparations loan model in favor of joint borrowing, raising €90…
www.taurillon.org
February 24, 2026 at 2:23 PM
The Bart De Wever Guide to Eroding European Solidarity
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Ex-collega @marijntriovrt.bsky.social maakte een indringende documentaire over het leven na het front, vanavond op VRT Canvas om 21u20 /
120.000 veteranen in Oekraïne leven met amputaties: "Als het vandaag vrede wordt, moeten we nog 10 jaar prothesen maken"
vrtnws.be/p.JNnXv4kYo
120.000 veteranen in Oekraïne leven met amputaties: "Als het vandaag vrede wordt, moeten we nog 10 jaar prothesen maken"
vrtnws.be/p.JNnXv4kYo
120.000 veteranen in Oekraïne leven met amputaties: "Als het vandaag vrede wordt, moeten we nog 10 jaar prothesen maken" | VRT NWS: nieuws
Door de oorlog met Rusland telt Oekraïne al meer dan 120.000 veteranen met geamputeerde ledematen. In de documentaire 'Oekraïne na het front' spreekt VRT NWS-journalist Marijn Trio met veteranen over ...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Ex-collega @marijntriovrt.bsky.social maakte een indringende documentaire over het leven na het front, vanavond op VRT Canvas om 21u20 /
120.000 veteranen in Oekraïne leven met amputaties: "Als het vandaag vrede wordt, moeten we nog 10 jaar prothesen maken"
vrtnws.be/p.JNnXv4kYo
120.000 veteranen in Oekraïne leven met amputaties: "Als het vandaag vrede wordt, moeten we nog 10 jaar prothesen maken"
vrtnws.be/p.JNnXv4kYo
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Over the night, russians heavily bombed Odesa, sending there 50+ drones which targeted energy facilities and households. Tens are injured, more people may still be under the rubble.
This is a daily horror that ordinary Ukrainians are enduring 24/7. Trump wants to reward this w/ the Donetsk region.
This is a daily horror that ordinary Ukrainians are enduring 24/7. Trump wants to reward this w/ the Donetsk region.
January 27, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Over the night, russians heavily bombed Odesa, sending there 50+ drones which targeted energy facilities and households. Tens are injured, more people may still be under the rubble.
This is a daily horror that ordinary Ukrainians are enduring 24/7. Trump wants to reward this w/ the Donetsk region.
This is a daily horror that ordinary Ukrainians are enduring 24/7. Trump wants to reward this w/ the Donetsk region.
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3 jaar geleden sorteerde hij nog post in België, vandaag patrouilleert hij bij -18 graden langs de Oekraïense grens met Rusland: Sphinx is één van de Belgische vrijwilligers die na de Russische invasie naar Oekraïne trok. Voor @vrtnws.be zocht ik hem op.⬇️
vrtnws.be/p.5w9Eax8x8
vrtnws.be/p.5w9Eax8x8
Ex-bpostbediende, nu soldaat aan de bevroren grens met Rusland: "Hier leer je vooral volhouden" | VRT NWS: nieuws
3 jaar geleden sorteerde hij nog post in België, vandaag patrouilleert hij bij -18 graden langs de Oekraïense grens met Rusland: Sphinx (39) is één van de Belgische vrijwilligers die na de Russische i...
vrtnws.be
January 19, 2026 at 7:44 AM
3 jaar geleden sorteerde hij nog post in België, vandaag patrouilleert hij bij -18 graden langs de Oekraïense grens met Rusland: Sphinx is één van de Belgische vrijwilligers die na de Russische invasie naar Oekraïne trok. Voor @vrtnws.be zocht ik hem op.⬇️
vrtnws.be/p.5w9Eax8x8
vrtnws.be/p.5w9Eax8x8
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This is Kyiv. Ukraine’s capital. An apartment building where the temperature is below 0. Where people live. Some of them can’t leave. (UNITED24)
January 18, 2026 at 1:54 AM
This is Kyiv. Ukraine’s capital. An apartment building where the temperature is below 0. Where people live. Some of them can’t leave. (UNITED24)
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I don’t understand the thinking— do people believe there’s something unsaid so far that could make Pu end the war, accept a secure, independent Ukraine, and restore security in Europe? Massive wishful thinking! What’s inevitable at some point, unless he dies soon, is helping Ukr fight Ru
EU says direct talks with Putin inevitable ‘at some point’
EU says direct talks with Putin inevitable ‘at some point’
France and Italy have also both recently called for negotiations with the Russian leader
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January 12, 2026 at 2:24 PM
I don’t understand the thinking— do people believe there’s something unsaid so far that could make Pu end the war, accept a secure, independent Ukraine, and restore security in Europe? Massive wishful thinking! What’s inevitable at some point, unless he dies soon, is helping Ukr fight Ru
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Empty demands, unbacked by pressure, do not deter colonial revanchism. They invite, incentivize, and assure it.
If 🇺🇦 were to offer preemptive concessions, it would derail peace negotiations. Only the willfully blind wouldn't see that yielding to a violent aggressor, is a path to a larger war.
If 🇺🇦 were to offer preemptive concessions, it would derail peace negotiations. Only the willfully blind wouldn't see that yielding to a violent aggressor, is a path to a larger war.
December 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Empty demands, unbacked by pressure, do not deter colonial revanchism. They invite, incentivize, and assure it.
If 🇺🇦 were to offer preemptive concessions, it would derail peace negotiations. Only the willfully blind wouldn't see that yielding to a violent aggressor, is a path to a larger war.
If 🇺🇦 were to offer preemptive concessions, it would derail peace negotiations. Only the willfully blind wouldn't see that yielding to a violent aggressor, is a path to a larger war.
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There are three pathways to peace in Ukraine: a just peace through Russian defeat, an unjust peace through compromise, and genocidal occupation euphemistically called peace through Ukrainian surrender. Ukraine is working towards the first goal, Europe for the second, Trump for the third.
December 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
There are three pathways to peace in Ukraine: a just peace through Russian defeat, an unjust peace through compromise, and genocidal occupation euphemistically called peace through Ukrainian surrender. Ukraine is working towards the first goal, Europe for the second, Trump for the third.
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I don't think attacking the Russian oil industry-the working engine of russia's war machine, is the same as burying 4-year-old girls under the rubble of their homes before Christmas, or plunging a city of a million people into cold and darkness in the dead of winter.
Q: Some are saying Russia's recent attacks show Putin isn't serious about peace
TRUMP: Ukraine has made some very strong attacks also. I don't say that negatively. There have been explosions in various parts of Russia. I don't think it came from the Congo. I don't think it came from the USA.
TRUMP: Ukraine has made some very strong attacks also. I don't say that negatively. There have been explosions in various parts of Russia. I don't think it came from the Congo. I don't think it came from the USA.
December 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I don't think attacking the Russian oil industry-the working engine of russia's war machine, is the same as burying 4-year-old girls under the rubble of their homes before Christmas, or plunging a city of a million people into cold and darkness in the dead of winter.
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💔 Toretsk. Another ghost town in Donbas that no longer exists. The war brought the most terrible destruction of cities in Europe since World War II.
December 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
💔 Toretsk. Another ghost town in Donbas that no longer exists. The war brought the most terrible destruction of cities in Europe since World War II.
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1994-2001: US disarms Ukraine of nuclear warheads & intercontinental ballistic missiles
After 9/11: Ukraine sends over 5,000 troops to a "war on another continent" to help the US. 18 die.
2014: Russia invades Ukraine.
2025: US - "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
After 9/11: Ukraine sends over 5,000 troops to a "war on another continent" to help the US. 18 die.
2014: Russia invades Ukraine.
2025: US - "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
December 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
1994-2001: US disarms Ukraine of nuclear warheads & intercontinental ballistic missiles
After 9/11: Ukraine sends over 5,000 troops to a "war on another continent" to help the US. 18 die.
2014: Russia invades Ukraine.
2025: US - "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
After 9/11: Ukraine sends over 5,000 troops to a "war on another continent" to help the US. 18 die.
2014: Russia invades Ukraine.
2025: US - "It's not our war. It's a war on another continent."
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There’s a very dangerous illusion Europe is still living in: trying to play legal chess with russia — an enemy that is playing russian roulette with Europe itself.
December 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
There’s a very dangerous illusion Europe is still living in: trying to play legal chess with russia — an enemy that is playing russian roulette with Europe itself.
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Europeans and Americans spent 3 years withholding weapons
Now Ukraine makes their own weapons and all it needs is funding
Europeans and Americans are now withhold funding
Now Ukraine makes their own weapons and all it needs is funding
Europeans and Americans are now withhold funding
December 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Europeans and Americans spent 3 years withholding weapons
Now Ukraine makes their own weapons and all it needs is funding
Europeans and Americans are now withhold funding
Now Ukraine makes their own weapons and all it needs is funding
Europeans and Americans are now withhold funding
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Contrairement à ce qu'affirment les dirigeants belges, l'utilisation des avoirs russes gelés pour garantier un prêt à l'Ukraine est conforme au droit international.
Une tribune que je signe dans Le Soir avec cinq Professeurs d'université belges.
www.lesoir.be/714850/artic...
Une tribune que je signe dans Le Soir avec cinq Professeurs d'université belges.
www.lesoir.be/714850/artic...
Utiliser les avoirs russes gelés en Belgique pour aider l’Ukraine est conforme au droit international
Au regard du droit international, l’usage des avoirs russes gelés pour financer l’aide à l’Ukraine est légal. Les objections d’Euroclear, du Premier ministre Bart De Wever et du ministre des Affaires ...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Contrairement à ce qu'affirment les dirigeants belges, l'utilisation des avoirs russes gelés pour garantier un prêt à l'Ukraine est conforme au droit international.
Une tribune que je signe dans Le Soir avec cinq Professeurs d'université belges.
www.lesoir.be/714850/artic...
Une tribune que je signe dans Le Soir avec cinq Professeurs d'université belges.
www.lesoir.be/714850/artic...
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There’s something doubly grating about the pious invocation of “Western civilization” by the sort of incurious dolt who wouldn’t know a Titian canvas, a Beethoven quartet, or a Socratic dialogue if whapped them upside the head.
It has long been clear that unalloyed racism lies at the core of Trumpism, and he is becoming increasingly explicit about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
There’s something doubly grating about the pious invocation of “Western civilization” by the sort of incurious dolt who wouldn’t know a Titian canvas, a Beethoven quartet, or a Socratic dialogue if whapped them upside the head.
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I swear to god if I hear about another western piss-soaked escalation management shit who wrote a memoir about how they managed the "escalation" - I will [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted]...
#UkrainianView
#UkrainianView
November 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I swear to god if I hear about another western piss-soaked escalation management shit who wrote a memoir about how they managed the "escalation" - I will [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted]...
#UkrainianView
#UkrainianView