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Brian Taylor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social · 8h

"Russia’s ambition is to freeze Ukrainians into submission...The ultimate goal is to cut off major Ukrainian cities from power, heat and water, which could set off a humanitarian crisis."

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Russia Is Planning Its Most Powerful Blow Yet to Try to Freeze Ukraine (Gift Article)

Ukraine showed European partners what it said were intercepted Russian plans to cut off major cities from power, heat and water this winter.

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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 9h

Since it is regularly asserted on social media that reunification was somehow illegitimate, I think it important to note that the process of German reunification was driven by a democratic process supported by a supermajority of the East German population.

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

European political elites need to understand that if they say European security isn't possible without the US, they are actually saying that European security isn't possible. For many reasons, they don't want to accept that, but they urgently need to.

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And yet Putin himself has done precisely that. He has brought into being a Russia which exists primarily to service war - a war he started through poor judgement and imperialist hubris and on which his regime now depends.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If the Baltic states, the UK and France are not invited to discuss the state of NATO with the USA, then the other European NATO states should refuse to attend as well. European security needs to be seen as a whole, only Putin (and Trump) wants to divide it up. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

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Pentagon excludes key allies from NATO meeting

Some of Europe’s biggest defense spenders — and U.S. allies — were not invited to a Pentagon-led meeting to discuss the alliance.

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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Russia rattles the nuclear sabre, again. It's always the way: bullies have to bully. Russia believes that threats will cause NATO to back off and accept a new Russian empire in Europe.

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Russia issues NATO nuclear warning amid Baltic tensions

Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear ⁠weapons if the Western alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the Baltic Sea.

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Dénis van Vliet @denisvanvliet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wat een verhaal. Belarussische nonnen verkochten jarenlang matroesjka's, honing en iconen in Franse kerken, 'voor weeskinderen'. Zogenaamd dan, want hun klooster hielp voertuigen en drones voor het Russische leger te financieren. www.rfi.fr/fr/europe/20...

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Derrière la vente d'icônes en Europe, le soutien d'un monastère de Minsk à l'armée russe

Depuis plusieurs années, dans des églises et cathédrales françaises, on peut croiser des religieuses biélorusses vendant des icônes, des matriochkas ou du miel. Elles viennent du monastère Sainte-Élis...

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

After attacking Ukraine when it gave up nukes, Russia says Iran shouldn't have them, failing to connect the dots on non-proliferation works...

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today, in Russian propaganda:

Schaeffer Marlyse. @Schaef... • 6h
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I am a French mother with beautiful children.
I did not give birth to them for them to be sent to the trenches.
French and Russian mothers do not want their children to fight against each other.
We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemy

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I'm a Dutch mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. Dutch and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies. #RuslandIsNotMyEnemy

Nadja @EuropaNormal • 9h
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I am a German mother with a beautiful son. I didn't give birth to my child to send him into the trenches. German and Russian mothers do not want their boys to fight against each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemy

Dday @DdayohneZiffern • 12h
I'm a German mother with beautiful sons. I did not give birth to my children to be sent into the trenches. German and Russian mums don't want their boys fighting each other. We are not enemies.
#RuslandIsNotMyEnemy

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Oekraïne Vandaag @oekrainevandaag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Het probleem is dat de vrede waar een aanzienlijk deel van Europees links over spreekt, abstract is (…) het is een vrede van overgave, van onderdrukking. Een vrede die zou betekenen dat heel Oekraïne ondergaat wat er in de bezette gebieden gebeurt – namelijk een vorm van fascisme."

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If the last 15 years of work on things like MH17 and chemical weapon use tells me anything is you'll need a lot more than mere evidence to change the mind of any denialist.

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...

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Charles McPhedran @charliekreuz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not even the SPD in the Schröder era was this penetrated.

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Pieterjan Huyghebaert (VRT NWS) @pjhuyghebaert.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

De Europese Unie kan met een verordening de tegoeden van Rusland weghalen bij Euroclear in Brussel en zelf beheren. Voor België verdwijnt zo elk risico op miljardenclaims vanuit Moskou. Dat staat in 'The Russian Transfer', een voorstel om het heikele dossier vlot te krijgen.

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'The Russian Transfer': hoe EU miljarden van Rusland bij Euroclear kan overnemen (en België van alle risico's kan verlossen) | VRT NWS Nieuws

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Janis Kluge @jakluge.de · 28/09/2026

Putin just expropriated the next foreign investor: Germany's retailer Metro decided to stay in Russia after 2022, but has now lost control over its Russian assets anyway. After 26 years of presence in the Russian market, around $3 billion in annual revenues, this story has ended.

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In the 1990s, Ru didn’t hold clean elections; the oppo rejected democracy; the constitution-writing process ended in a shootout; it leveled Chechnya, occupied parts of Moldova/Georgia, supported the aggressor in the Yugoslav wars. Still some fantasize about how it could've joined the EU. Laughable.

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Dave Sinardet @davesinardet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wat we zelf doen, doen we hetzelfde. Aflevering elfendertig: Vlaamse begrotingsonderhandelingen 2026.

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Floor Rusman @floorrusman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Er was ook een poppenkast. Onverstaanbaar helaas want hij stond vlak achter het podium, waar de Belgische politicus Jos D’Haese bulderde dat Oekraïners de dood worden ingejaagd omdat Mark Rutte een wereldwijde oorlog om grondstoffen voorbereidt.

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Hubert Smeets @hubertsmeets.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Waar kernorganisatie @nieuwevredesbwging.bsky.social, @lsvb.bsky.social en FNVYoung in geen velden of wegen waren te bekennen, gingen deze jonge Oekraïners gaan dialoog aan met pro-Russische kar op Dam.

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David Eerdmans @davideerdmans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Zoals je kan verwachten: de drijvende krachten achter die 'vredesdemonstratie' morgen hebben alle begrip voor Poetin en het is allemaal de schuld van het westen. Poetin is rationeel, terecht dat hij de Russischtaligen in Oekraïne steunt en dat soort shit. 🤮 www.gelderlander.nl/rheden/we-ho...

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We hoeven niet bang te zijn voor de Russen, vindt Jeroen: ‘Ik zie Poetin als een heel rationele leider’

Terwijl Nederland zich voorbereidt op een mogelijke oorlog, kiest vredesactivist Jeroen Kuijpers uit Dieren een andere route. Hij haalt geen noodpakket in huis, maar voert actie: zondag staat hij op d...

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's absurd that the self-styled proponents of "peace and diplomacy" and tireless opponents of arms and militarization criticize Ukraine--the side that has offered an *immediate and unconditional ceasefire*-- instead of Russia-- the aggressor who rejects it.

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The comparison with Japan and Germany doesn't really work. Russia wasn't a defeated and occupied state, for which the occupying powers had responsibility. It was a state that had emerged from the dissolution of the USSR by Russians and non-Russians, and whose shape had to be determined by Russia.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

OTD in 1938 Hitler gave a speech demanding the Sudetenland be handed to Germany. He said his countrymen were being mistreated and needed protection. Also promised it was his last territorial demand. He was lying. Imagine that happening today.

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Levi @levi98k.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026

Haha, FVD krijgt geen antwoord op vragen n.a.v. publicaties van o.a. Glenn Diesen. En daar is Duk alweer om deze Kremlinpropaganda goed te praten door de analyses van Diesen en co te presenteren als "legitieme analyses vanuit de realistische school binnen de leer van de internationale betrekkingen."

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is a poor take that suggests Owen Jones doesn't know much about Russia in the 1990s, including Russia-US or wider Russia-West relations in the 1990s. By giving only one part of the story, he is repeating the Russian political elite's self-serving line that it was all the West's fault. Long 🧵

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On top of the immorality of casting Russian aggression and Ukrainian self-defense as the same, there’s a huge practical problem: doing so prolongs the war. Putin and Russia are the ones choosing war. They’re doing it in pursuit of conquest. We get peace only when they’re forced to choose otherwise.

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Hubert Smeets @hubertsmeets.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Langzaam verhongeren de inwoners van het door Rusland bezette en afgesneden stadje Olesjki. Verslag van een Russische oorlogsmisdaad in aan de linker oever van het district-Cherson. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water

The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".

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Thomas Muntz @thomasmuntz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ga alsjeblieft een keer op de ringweg van Moskou zitten en kom dan daarna naar de Dam met je studentikoze praatjes waarin je lekker allemaal concepten met elkaar gaat verbinden.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It takes a loading error to produce such candour.

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Hidde Bouwmeester @hiddebouwmeester.nl · 25/09/2026

Dit is dus echt zo makkelijk. De hele tijd roepen er moet gepraat worden, terwijl dat al gebeurt. Het loopt stuk vanwege dat Rusland haar capitulatie-eisen voor Oekraïne niet intrekt. Vredesbeweging: wij gaan niet over de inhoud. Dit is goedkoop populisme.

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lavrov told the UN today that Ru was forced to invade in 2022 because Ukraine was about to try to retake Donbas. First, 💯💯 false. But also, now you know the exact line he will use to justify Ru’s third invasion if Ukraine were to agree to give up all of Donbas in this round of useless "peace talks".

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Peter Neefs @peterneefs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

De huidige situatie is uiteraard ABSOLUUT niet te vergelijken met 'de koude oorlog'. De CVSE vond plaats tss '73 en '75 na een periode v détente toen de USSR status-quo nastreefden in Europa. Poetin is per definitie een revisionist, die veiligheidsarchitectuur Europa omver wil werpen. 1/

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Casper Wits @casperwits.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In de Volkskrant bespreek ik het "Nationaal Vredesprotest" dat zondag plaatsvindt. De boodschap klinkt verleidelijk: “ik ben voor vrede” is de slogan vd deelnemers. De vraag is of de vrede van de demonstranten voor anderen niet vooral onderwerping betekent. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

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Opinie: Het Nationaal Vredesprotest negeert de geopolitieke realiteit en drijft Oekraïners in het nauw

De ‘vrede’ waar demonstranten over spreken, komt voor Oekraïne neer op onderwerping. Want minder westerse militaire steun aan Kyiv brengt Rusland in een uitstekende positie om de oorlog voort te zette...

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Russia says the quiet part out loud at the UN-- they reject a ceasefire because they don't want Ukraine to rearm. Why? Clearly, because they don't want Ukraine to defend itself from their aggression. Their goal remains Ukrainian capitulation. Never forget that…

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Oekraïne Vandaag @oekrainevandaag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🇺🇦 Activiste Inna Shevchenko (Femen) reageert op pacifisten die militaire steun voor Oekraïne willen beëindigen. "U kunt besluiten om de Oekraïners niet meer te helpen. Maar u kunt niet voor hen besluiten dat ze zullen stoppen met verzet."

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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 23/09/2026

So it's official. EU sanctions on Russia are no longer only for the benefit of Ukraine's existential fight against Moscow's invasion - they are now currency for EU capitals to trade for prisoners. Welcome to the Brussels bazaar.

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Pieterjan Huyghebaert (VRT NWS) @pjhuyghebaert.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"We moeten al hun kinderen afmaken." Het zijn de woorden van de presentator van een populaire dagelijkse Israëlische talkshow op Channel 14. Onze redactie bekeek meer dan 30 uur aan uitzendingen en vond tientallen dergelijke uitspraken over Gazanen en Palestijnen terug in het programma.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

OTD in 1939 the German–Soviet victory parade took place in Polish town of Brest-Litovsk. As allies, we celebrated liberating Poland from the Poles

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's Monday. You might think your job is pointless. But at least you don't work as Russia's "Head of Human Rights Council". And you don't have to pretend our elections are ideal.

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Realism met Reality. It ended with Realism becoming penniless

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Bieke Purnelle @biekepurnelle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Wat Karel zegt.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 17/09/2026

“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”

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Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’

The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is the type of AI disaster scenario that I ACTUALLY worry about. (1) AI industry oversells the capabilities of its products to score fat government contracts. (2) govt puts the AI in charge of critical shit. (3) AI fucks up, because it has a nonzero error rate. (4) shit, now we’re at war.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 18/09/2026

“It was only just before the planned operation that officials dug deeper into the report put together by a special operations command analyst and found it had been generated with the help of AI — and that a chatbot the analyst had used inaccurately identified the material the ship was carrying.”

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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Pensioenspook @pensioenspook666.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Het is gewoon absurd dat een regering waarvan iedereen zegt dat het geld op is nog eens 5 miljard lastenverlagingen wil doorvoeren. Dan ben je gewoon doelbewust bezig om Belgische staat droog te leggen. Mag ook wel eens worden aangehaald.

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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 17/09/2026

OTD in 1939, following a secret treaty with Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union invaded Poland under the pretext of ‘protecting’ Ukrainians and Belarusians and claiming a ‘historic right’ to the territory. 87 years later, the Kremlin again seeks to redraw Europe’s borders by force using the same pretext.

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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I personally blame the aggressive expansion of NATO into Canada for these tensions.

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