19.11.2025 11:13 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
๐บ๐ฆโ๏ธ Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned Ukraine is running short on soldiers as many men flee abroad, - POLITICO
He said Russian forces attack in relentless "waves" and urged lowering the draft age from 25 to around 22.
12.11.2025 09:07 โ ๐ 148 ๐ 26 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 2
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Russia: budget deficit grows and new "tax on gadgets"
In todayโs Russian papers:
โช๏ธ Russiaโs budget deficit gets bigger
โช๏ธ plans for a new โtax on gadgetsโ
โช๏ธ a โcooling off periodโ for SIM cards
โช๏ธt he dangers of rehabilitating Joseph Stalin
#ReadingRussia
12.11.2025 09:10 โ ๐ 201 ๐ 40 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 5
In Kyiv, a court is deciding pre-trial measures for Dmytro Basov, a key figure in the "Mindych tapes" case. Basov, ex-security director of Energoatom and a former prosecutor, is accused by NABU of co-leading the scheme under the alias "Tenor." SAP seeks his arrest with bail set at 45.4 million UAH.
12.11.2025 09:16 โ ๐ 164 ๐ 15 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Ukraineโs justice minister suspended amid $100M corruption probe
Growing scandal rattles Volodymyr Zelenskyyโs government in Kyiv.
Ukraineโs Justice Minister German Galushchenko has been suspended amid a sweeping corruption probe into the countryโs energy sector, Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko announced.
12.11.2025 09:25 โ ๐ 24 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1
Vladimir Putin has no plan for winning in Ukraine
Fighting in Ukraine will grind on in 2026. Vladimir Putin will continue to throw away Russian lives pointlessly, but sooner or later a reckoning is coming
Fighting in Ukraine will grind on in 2026. Vladimir Putin will continue to throw away Russian lives pointlessly, but sooner or later a reckoning is coming
12.11.2025 09:40 โ ๐ 24 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The phrase โWe tried to tell youโ springs to mind for some reason
30.10.2025 02:27 โ ๐ 1609 ๐ 249 ๐ฌ 55 ๐ 7
Rob Jetten grote winnaar, maar VVD heeft sleutel van formatie in handen
Rob Jetten grote winnaar, maar VVD heeft sleutel van formatie in handen
30.10.2025 05:41 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 1
Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons
The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesnโt seem to know why.
The president wants to resume nuclear testing. This is a really bad idea - and he can't even get his facts right about why he wants to do it:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
30.10.2025 03:39 โ ๐ 1851 ๐ 654 ๐ฌ 128 ๐ 60
Russia attacked Ukraineโs energy, railway, and residential infrastructure last night.
โช๏ธ In Zaporizhzhia, private houses and apartment buildings were damaged. One person was killed. More than a dozen people were injured, including six children. Russia struck a dormitory, destroying several floors.
30.10.2025 06:14 โ ๐ 313 ๐ 121 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 7
Pretty scary that a dottering man who wrongly thinks Russia and China are testing nukes, who doesnโt know which part of his government is in charge of US nukes, and assumes they can be tested โimmediatelyโ has sole authority to order their launch.
30.10.2025 04:19 โ ๐ 49 ๐ 13 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
Intellectueel zijn is een doodszonde in zompig Nederland.
30.10.2025 06:23 โ ๐ 120 ๐ 21 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 1
That Putin will not accept.
17.10.2025 15:02 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Benoeming omstreden Oekraรฏense historicus rakelt oorlog om het verleden op
De benoeming van Oleksandr Alfjorov tot directeur van het Oekraรฏense Instituut voor Nationale Herinnering in Kyiv heeft de afgelopen weken tot ophef...
De benoeming van Oleksandr Alfjorov tot directeur van het Oekraรฏense Instituut voor Nationale Herinnering heeft tot ophef geleid. Het laat zien hoe geschiedenis een wapen in een oorlog op leven en dood is geworden, schrijft @laurastarink.bsky.social.
platformraam.nl/artikelen/28...
24.07.2025 16:26 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Die Versuche Karl Schlรถgel als Kriegstreiber darzustellen offenbaren den Amoklauf gegen die Wirklichkeit, wenn es um Russlands Krieg in der Ukraine geht, schonungslos. Historiker, die seit Jahren vor russischer Aggression warnen, die klar die wahren Wurzeln des Konflikts 1/
31.07.2025 14:53 โ ๐ 53 ๐ 21 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
15 killed, record number of children injured in Russiaโs massive attack on Kyiv
Three police officers and 12 children were among the injured. Thirty people, including five children, remain hospitalized as of 2:40 p.m. local time, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
โก๏ธUpdate: 15 killed, 135 injured in mass Russian strike on Kyiv.
"Unfortunately, the worst predictions regarding the number of people who may be trapped under the rubble have been confirmed," Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city's military administration, said.
31.07.2025 17:16 โ ๐ 196 ๐ 71 ๐ฌ 13 ๐ 13
Pjotr Sauer schrijft een afscheidscolumn voor zijn overleden vader Derk: โIk ga ontelbaar veel dingen aan hem missenโ
Pjotr Sauer schrijft een afscheidscolumn voor zijn overleden vader Derk: โIk ga ontelbaar veel dingen aan hem missenโ
31.07.2025 16:45 โ ๐ 169 ๐ 44 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 8
Zijn hele leven deed Chomsky zijn best om de kille politiek achter de zachte diplomatie te ontmaskeren, maar nu kan iedereen live op zijn scherm zien hoe wereldleiders over kleinere staten denken.
buff.ly/m6zlbyR
14.06.2025 05:10 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
This is also what happened in Nazi Germany. Only there the firings were antisemitic rather than ideological in motivation. The effect is the same: science is made subservient to the ruling party.
11.06.2025 18:12 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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