Maria Drutska

The US asked for Ukraine's help against Iranian drones in the Mideast because they can't stop them.

At the same time, Trump again said Zelenskyy "doesn't have the cards" and should make a deal with Putin.

Is this inability to recognize cards how Trump bankrupted his casinos?🃏

Orban's desperation is reaching new levels:

🔹They took 2 Ukrainian POWs from Russia in violation of international law
🔹He threatened to reopen Druzhba "by force"
🔹2 registered bank vehicles with 7 Ukrainians onboard transiting between Ukraine and Austria were seized

Asshole.

Populism 101

1989: Orban goes to Oxford on a Soros scholarship.
'10s: Targets Soros as the enemy
'15-20: "Soros is flooding EU with migrants”
'18: KESMA (media conglomerate) formalised, run by Orban allies
'22-26: Targets Zelensky as the enemy

Same strategy, new enemy.

"The US is demolishing Iran far ahead of schedule," (initially, 4 to 5 weeks?), whilst 'Centcom' has requested additional intelligence officers to help with planning & operations for at least 100 days (a little more than 14 weeks)

Something doesn't seem to add up here...

One of my favourite things about Twitter is watching people getting into fights with Grok

🔸Zelensky:

When we asked one country for missiles for Patriot, they said they had very few left.

I don’t remember asking: “Can I come to your warehouses and check if you’re telling the truth?”

Ukraine is an independent state. Respect goes both ways.

🔹Journalist: On the status of repairs to the Druzhba oil pipeline.

Is it true that we are not allowing representatives of the European Commission there? And if that’s not true, when do we plan to allow them in?

“The spirit of Anchorage is evaporating.”
– Sergey Lavrov

Where did it go, spirit? Maybe it also accidentally fell out of a window?

Welcome home!🇺🇦
200 Ukrainians have returned from Russian captivity.

Among those returning are defenders of Mariupol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia.

The defenders of Mariupol spent nearly four years in captivity.

As the US ignores Mideast requests for more air defence interceptors, Ukraine is sending specialists to help defend against drones.

With "several years worth of production" of US interceptors used in the last few days, Ukrainian drone interception experience will be critical.

🚨Russia can no longer afford to plug budget gaps with the National Wealth Fund.

As oil and gas revenue gets worse, the Kremlin is trying to prevent the National Wealth Fund from being zeroed this year.

Expect massive budget cuts, deficit explosion, or both at the same time.🍿

Arming "insurgencies" without a plan for the day after has always turned out well. I mean, it's not like we've seen it before with the Mujahideen in the 80's or anything, right?

There are reports that Trump's advisors are telling him to hurry up and declare victory over Iran as signs appear that it may not be as easy as expected to defeat Iran.

Do they still have that "Mission Accomplished" banner lying around? Sounds like they will need it again.

The drones are posing a bigger problem than anticipated, - Pete Hegseth

NO SHIT

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Sorry, but this sounds a bit like:

“Let me show you from which directions they were planning to attack us.”

Do you remember the Budapest Memorandum the US signed, which assured Ukraine's security and sovereignty?

If you consider respecting treaty obligations "stupid", we have a problem, and this is a great example of why any security guarantees must be absolutely reliable.

Bunker midget meets outgoing Hungarian Foreign Minister.

Putin and Hungary’s FM Szijjártó will meet in the Kremlin today to complain about Ukraine blocking oil via the Druzhba pipeline.

Go on, cry to Putin.
Just don’t forget to ask him to stop bombing the infrastructure that’s supposed to deliver your oil.

🔹Russian LNG tanker hit by Ukrainian sea drones operating out of Libya
🔹Iranian frigate sunk off Sri Lanka by US submarine
🔹Pakistan and Afghanistan war growing
🔹US launches operations in Ecuador

What's the threshold for a world war again?

If possible, please don’t shoot down Shaheds with Patriot missiles.
If possible.

In case anyone forgot: Russia is a terrorist state.

A Russian Shahed drone attacked a passenger train in Mykolaiv.

Ukraine is offering highly successful interceptor drones to Mideast countries in exchange for Patriot missiles.

With one PAC-3 costing $4m, and a Sting interceptor costing $2500, a partnership could solve 2 problems at once.

Mutual defence against a mutual threat helps us all.

As US security commitments become uncertain, many EU countries are interested in European nuclear deterrence.

Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Poland are all looking at options, with some huddling under France's nuclear umbrella while others plan to build their own nuclear weapons.

Russia is standing by their ally Iran as it is being attacked by Israel and the US.

LOL JK, they cut off shipments of everything, including even grain.

Maybe now's a good time to ask Khamenei what he thinks about Russian support.

Oh right, nm.🪦

It's crazy how fast things changed in the global order.

Trump casually threatened to invade NATO ally Spain during a press conference in the Oval Office, and it's not even surprising anymore.

Things like this make it really hard to take US security guarantees at face value.

Rubio's words here are even more true of Russia.

Look at the damage Russia is doing right now. And this is a weakened Russia.

A year after a ceasefire, Russia will have so many drones and short-range missiles they will be able to hold the world hostage.

Unless we stop them.

Your regular reminder: the Kremlin is full of clowns for whom words are meaningless.

After years of widespread killing of Ukrainian civilians, Russia said attacks on Mideast civilian targets must stop and the use of force must be renounced.

And Putin even offered to mediate.🤡

Guys I don't think Witkoff or Jared are great negotiators tbh

Guys I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I'm pretty sure someone lied about it being a 4 day special military operation