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Ukraine Stop the War

by Oui Fri Mar 7th, 2025 at 07:54:11 PM EST

Liubov Tsybulska, a Ukrainian specialist in Russian disinformation, described to Le Monde the 'enormous shock' felt by Ukrainians when they heard Donald Trump use the same rhetoric as the Russians.

War in Ukraine: 'For the Russians, it's a dream come true: An American president repeats their propaganda' | Le Monde - 28 Feb. 2025 |

"A Third World War is possible", says Charles Michel at the UN General Assembly | 30 Aug. 2024 |

'If Ukraine is defeated by Russia, nobody in Europe will be able to feel safe' says European Council president

"A Third World War is possible. We must urgently come to our senses.", stated Charles Michel, President of the European Council, on 26 September at the United Nations General Assembly.

In his speech, the head of the European Council defended peace, democracy and international humanitarian law. These are core values and priorities for the EU in a world where "we feel helpless as we watch three major conflicts mix into an explosive cocktail", he stressed.

    'If Ukraine is defeated by Russia, nobody in Europe will be able to feel safe'

BS perpetual war narrative in Europe ... a Nobel Peace Prize unworthy.


Poland Remembers 1939, Prepares for War

It feels like 1939 again in Europe, says Poland's Donald Tusk | The Independent - 29 Mar. 2024 |

Europe is in a "pre-war era" reminiscent of 1939 and nobody will feel safe if Ukraine is defeated by Russia, Donald Tusk has warned "For the first time since 1945, war in Europe is becoming `real' again," he said. Mr Tusk, a former president of the European Council and recently elected prime minister of Poland, said Vladimir Putin was escalating his war on Ukraine, attacking Kyiv with hypersonic missiles in daylight for the first time earlier this week.

US President Joe Biden meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 26, 2024. (Credit Saul Loeb/AFP)

Don't Do Stupid Wars

Leaders will contemplate how they can rapidly redirect resources to bolster national armies, and at the same time they'll try to demonstrate support for Ukraine. (Credit: Tetiana Dzhafaeova/Getty Images)

Anti-war protesters march toward Trafalgar square, demand end to war in Ukraine - February 2023

Ukraine-Russian Madness of War

It has been the 1107 th day of the Ukrainian resistance to the russian military aggression

An additional 82 residents were evacuated from the Velikonovosilkivska, Hrodivska, Pokrovska, Kostiantynivska, Selydivska, Bilozerska, and Oleksandrivska territorial communities of Donetsk region. The evacuees were transported by train to Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, and other cities, according to Ukrzaliznytsia.

Russian troops liberate four communities in Donetsk region over week -- top brass

Russia's Battlegroup Dnepr inflicted roughly 575 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed two enemy ammunition depots in its area of responsibility over the week, the ministry reported

"Battlegroup Center units improved their tactical position and liberated the settlement of Andreyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic... Battlegroup East units kept advancing deep into the enemy's defenses and liberated the settlements of Skudnoye, Burlatskoye and Privolnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic," the ministry said in a statement.

Russian troops delivered an overnight strike by precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on energy facilities of Ukraine's military-industrial sector, the ministry reported.

During the week, Battlegroup North units continued destroying Ukrainian armed formations on the territory of the Kursk Region. They inflicted losses on manpower and equipment of a heavy mechanized brigade, five mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an assault brigade, two air assault brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian army and two territorial defense brigades.

Kremlin and Trump allies attack Biden's 'escalation' of war

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Trump Says It Is “More Difficult …To Deal With Ukraine than Russia In The Push To Peace Negotiations” | Forbes |

Khrushchev's Gift | Slate - Feb. 2014 |

The transfer of Crimea was framed as a goodwill gesture to mark the 300th anniversary of Ukraine's merger with tsarist Russia. The announcement of the merger in Pravda noted "the economic commonalities, territorial closeness, and communication and cultural links," though as Michigan State historian Lewis Siegelbaum notes, Crimea's cultural links had always been closer to Russia. At the time, there were about 268,000 Ukrainians and 858,000 ethnic Russians living in the area. 

Russia Seeks to Invalidate 1954 Transfer of Crimea to Ukraine | Kyiv Post |

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Former PM Rutte had made promise in ten year support for Ukraine strategy.

To balance the budget, this meant cutting costs elsewhere through new austerity measures. PM Dick Schoof agreement in Brussels didn't sit well with the coalition partners. Except for Rutte's VVD party, the PPV, BBB and NSC opposed the spending of €3.5bn for defense.

Dutch MPs vote no to EU's €800bn defense spending plan | NL Times |

Dutch MPs have voted by the narrowest possible margin against an EU plan to increase defense spending by €800 billion, once again highlighting divisions within the cabinet at a time of crisis.

The motion, which is not binding on ministers and was drawn up by the one-man party JA21, was backed by three of the four coalition parties, but not the VVD. MPs voted 73 to 71 in favour of the move, including the Socialists and fundamentalist Protestant SGP.

The defense plan ReArm Europe, presented last week by Ursula von der Leyen, would be financed by a relaxation of the EU's strict fiscal policy and Eurobonds.

Dutch Parliament Urges Government Not to Join EU Defense Plan | US News & World Report |

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Wed Mar 12th, 2025 at 12:17:25 AM EST


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