Janek Lasocki
@janeklasocki.bsky.social
British-Polish Londoner.
About Eastern Europe/Poland/Ukraine/Belarus/Russia +UK/Brexit.
(Views expressed are my own)
About Eastern Europe/Poland/Ukraine/Belarus/Russia +UK/Brexit.
(Views expressed are my own)
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"I'll ask Putin"
Trump on Zelenskyy’s claim that Russia is helping Iran target the US bases in the Gulf: “I’ll ask Putin. I don’t think they do and if they do, it’s been very unimpactful”
July 28, 2026 at 11:22 AM
"I'll ask Putin"
Crazy to think this is the 6th (!!) British Prime Minister since President Zelensky came to office.
(At least British support to Ukraine seems to remain consistent)
#Ukraine #AndyBurnham
(At least British support to Ukraine seems to remain consistent)
#Ukraine #AndyBurnham
July 27, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Crazy to think this is the 6th (!!) British Prime Minister since President Zelensky came to office.
(At least British support to Ukraine seems to remain consistent)
#Ukraine #AndyBurnham
(At least British support to Ukraine seems to remain consistent)
#Ukraine #AndyBurnham
Incredible that western Europe has been buying this much Russian gas 4.5 years after the full-scale invasion.
www.ft.com/content/de9b...
www.ft.com/content/de9b...
July 13, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Incredible that western Europe has been buying this much Russian gas 4.5 years after the full-scale invasion.
www.ft.com/content/de9b...
www.ft.com/content/de9b...
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For Fathers' Day, Keir Starmer posts a photo of his own father, who died in 2018, and a non-political message.
The replies are a torrent of vitriol & cruelty, all with hundreds of Likes.
We complain a lot about the quality of leadership, but there's a huge problem with the way we treat politicians
The replies are a torrent of vitriol & cruelty, all with hundreds of Likes.
We complain a lot about the quality of leadership, but there's a huge problem with the way we treat politicians
June 21, 2026 at 1:48 PM
For Fathers' Day, Keir Starmer posts a photo of his own father, who died in 2018, and a non-political message.
The replies are a torrent of vitriol & cruelty, all with hundreds of Likes.
We complain a lot about the quality of leadership, but there's a huge problem with the way we treat politicians
The replies are a torrent of vitriol & cruelty, all with hundreds of Likes.
We complain a lot about the quality of leadership, but there's a huge problem with the way we treat politicians
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God I love this country. We're just so ridiculous.
June 19, 2026 at 7:21 AM
God I love this country. We're just so ridiculous.
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"The evidence shows the earth is round but there is a genuine debate about whether it is flat"
There isn't. There is reality and then there are malicious lies and fantasies.
"Two tier policing" falls into the latter
There isn't. There is reality and then there are malicious lies and fantasies.
"Two tier policing" falls into the latter
June 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
"The evidence shows the earth is round but there is a genuine debate about whether it is flat"
There isn't. There is reality and then there are malicious lies and fantasies.
"Two tier policing" falls into the latter
There isn't. There is reality and then there are malicious lies and fantasies.
"Two tier policing" falls into the latter
April 9, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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Russia struck a bus in Nikopol with an FPV drone. People were both inside the bus and at the stop.
Three people were killed, and 12 were injured.
Three people were killed, and 12 were injured.
April 7, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Russia struck a bus in Nikopol with an FPV drone. People were both inside the bus and at the stop.
Three people were killed, and 12 were injured.
Three people were killed, and 12 were injured.
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Shameful behavior novayagazeta.eu/articles/202...
Apple reveals it bowed to Kremlin pressure to remove 190 apps from Russian App Store over three years — Novaya Gazeta Europe
Apple removed 190 apps from its Russian App Store at the request of Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor between 2022 and 2024, the company’s own annual transparency reports for those three years sh...
novayagazeta.eu
March 31, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Shameful behavior novayagazeta.eu/articles/202...
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Today, three people were killed in a russian attack on Kramatorsk, including a 12-year-old boy.
For the fifth year in a row, russia has been waging a ruthless war against civilians, yet some still choose to shake its bloodstained hand.
For the fifth year in a row, russia has been waging a ruthless war against civilians, yet some still choose to shake its bloodstained hand.
March 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Today, three people were killed in a russian attack on Kramatorsk, including a 12-year-old boy.
For the fifth year in a row, russia has been waging a ruthless war against civilians, yet some still choose to shake its bloodstained hand.
For the fifth year in a row, russia has been waging a ruthless war against civilians, yet some still choose to shake its bloodstained hand.
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Atrocity upon atrocity.
Every detail here is worse than the last.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Every detail here is worse than the last.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Israeli police kill two young Palestinian boys and their parents in West Bank
Mother, father and brothers aged five and seven shot in the head as they returned from Ramadan shopping trip
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Atrocity upon atrocity.
Every detail here is worse than the last.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Every detail here is worse than the last.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Ceausescuesque
March 6, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Ceausescuesque
200 thousand Russian soldiers have been killed in the past four years' invasion of Ukraine (this not counting the injured and missing).
200 thousand.
And yet the majority of Russians still seem unmoved.
en.zona.media/article/2026...
200 thousand.
And yet the majority of Russians still seem unmoved.
en.zona.media/article/2026...
Four years of war. 200,000 confirmed dead and the geography of Russian losses in the war with Ukraine
Today marks exactly four years since the start of the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, and the true scale of the bloodshed is only now coming into focus. Since the early m...
en.zona.media
February 24, 2026 at 1:57 PM
200 thousand Russian soldiers have been killed in the past four years' invasion of Ukraine (this not counting the injured and missing).
200 thousand.
And yet the majority of Russians still seem unmoved.
en.zona.media/article/2026...
200 thousand.
And yet the majority of Russians still seem unmoved.
en.zona.media/article/2026...
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It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear colleague and friend, Dr Peter Duncan. Professor Simon Dixon pays tribute to him here: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Peter J.S. Duncan (1953-2026)
We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Dr Peter Duncan.
www.ucl.ac.uk
February 16, 2026 at 9:42 AM
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear colleague and friend, Dr Peter Duncan. Professor Simon Dixon pays tribute to him here: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
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In Kryvyi Rih, russia killed 78-year-old Olha. She lived in this house with her daughter and son-in-law — all of them displaced from Donetsk Oblast.
In September 2024, russia killed her grandson with a missile strike on a police building. He was three days away from turning 31.
In September 2024, russia killed her grandson with a missile strike on a police building. He was three days away from turning 31.
January 29, 2026 at 6:17 PM
In Kryvyi Rih, russia killed 78-year-old Olha. She lived in this house with her daughter and son-in-law — all of them displaced from Donetsk Oblast.
In September 2024, russia killed her grandson with a missile strike on a police building. He was three days away from turning 31.
In September 2024, russia killed her grandson with a missile strike on a police building. He was three days away from turning 31.
Obviously, the headline should actually be: Trump refuses to apologise for offending war dead of allies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says UK soldiers in Afghanistan 'among greatest of all warriors'
The US president's praise follows his claim that allied forces avoided the front lines during the Afghanistan conflict.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Obviously, the headline should actually be: Trump refuses to apologise for offending war dead of allies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I'll be called hysterical, but if what ICE is doing in US were to happen in many other countries – including traditional allies (see Turkey) – the West would put out coordinated statements calling for calm
Aware probably pointless, but this feels like a new definition of American exceptionalism
Aware probably pointless, but this feels like a new definition of American exceptionalism
January 24, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I'll be called hysterical, but if what ICE is doing in US were to happen in many other countries – including traditional allies (see Turkey) – the West would put out coordinated statements calling for calm
Aware probably pointless, but this feels like a new definition of American exceptionalism
Aware probably pointless, but this feels like a new definition of American exceptionalism
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Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
Excellent to see this nominated for an Oscar.
Seeing what Putin's Russia is doing to its children, the next generation, and how much more difficult it will be to change Russia
Seeing what Putin's Russia is doing to its children, the next generation, and how much more difficult it will be to change Russia
January 22, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Excellent to see this nominated for an Oscar.
Seeing what Putin's Russia is doing to its children, the next generation, and how much more difficult it will be to change Russia
Seeing what Putin's Russia is doing to its children, the next generation, and how much more difficult it will be to change Russia
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> Go to famously neutral Switzerland
> Give speech in German-speaking part of Switzerland
> Tell them they'd all be speaking German if it wasn't for the US
> Give speech in German-speaking part of Switzerland
> Tell them they'd all be speaking German if it wasn't for the US
Trump in Davos, Switzerland:
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
January 21, 2026 at 3:41 PM
> Go to famously neutral Switzerland
> Give speech in German-speaking part of Switzerland
> Tell them they'd all be speaking German if it wasn't for the US
> Give speech in German-speaking part of Switzerland
> Tell them they'd all be speaking German if it wasn't for the US
Who saw this headline coming a year ago....
Poland will not send soldiers to Greenland, Polish PM says reut.rs/4jFfN4V
Poland will not send soldiers to Greenland, Polish PM says
Poland will not send soldiers to Greenland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday, adding an attack by one NATO country on the territory of another would be "the end of the world as we know it".
reut.rs
January 15, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Who saw this headline coming a year ago....
A little embarrassing for Telegraph editors that they don't know the definition of "third world.."
#Poland
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
#Poland
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Poland was once a ‘communist, third-world country’. Now, it’s overtaking Britain
The European superpower is luring a record number of UK immigrants with its restored economy and robust patriotism
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 3:06 PM
A little embarrassing for Telegraph editors that they don't know the definition of "third world.."
#Poland
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
#Poland
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
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The highly defensible/hard to object to demand that should be coming from every European politician now is a rapid timeline for free and fair elections in Venezuela
The government’s had 24 hours to agree a line on this. There are obviously diplomatic reasons they might not condemn things as forcefully as many of us would like.
But this weird “we respect international law but won’t say anything further” line is nonsensical and cannot hold.
But this weird “we respect international law but won’t say anything further” line is nonsensical and cannot hold.
January 4, 2026 at 10:21 AM
The highly defensible/hard to object to demand that should be coming from every European politician now is a rapid timeline for free and fair elections in Venezuela