“During the daily beating ritual, the men were forced to recite poems begging forgiveness from the “fraternal Russians” for Ukraine’s errant ways… One fragment went: “There is no Ukraine without Russia/ It’s as pointless as a lock without a key…”
theguardian.com/world/article/…

It seems this interview sums up Western approach to Ukraine, as it has been defined under US leadership. Ambiguous goals and no credible path to achieve them. Some comments 1/
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”Intelligence chiefs have warned ministers they fear Britain and other key Ukrainian allies are being targeted by Russian saboteurs following a series of suspicious incidents in recent months.” dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Significant rise in hostile Russian activity in Ireland - John Mooney writing in today’s Sunday Times, Ireland edition, spells out how Russia is increasingly using Ireland as a base for operations against neighbouring countries and for disinformation.
thetimes.co.uk/article/a0b726…

Est-ce que nous allons partir en guerre ?

Il s'agit seulement de dire :

Si vous allez trop loin et que vous menacez les intérêts de la France et la sécurité de l’Europe, alors nous n’excluons rien.

🇬🇪 World, are you still watching? Tonight might have just been the biggest gathering of Georgians marching in Tbilisi against the russian violations and law infiltrating the Georgian government! Please watch, share, stand with the brave people of Georgia!🇬🇪 #NoToRussianlaw

Das was Ronen Steinke, SZ-Rechtsexperte, sagt

This is the most alarming story I've worked on in a while. The French billionaire Vincent Bollore, described as 'the French Rupert Murdoch', is trying to bring Africa's biggest broadcaster - MultiChoice, that's DStv, ShowMax and SuperSport - into his 'right wing media empire'.

“Heartbreaking” in this case a euphemism for how people’s hearts stopped working when East German border guards shot them for trying to cross the Wall

💯 ”Russia needs to lose, and lose badly. That's what every dictator on the planet needs to see.”

It’s a shame that some in Germany’s security establishment would want the zero-accountability culture to continue

… but that would be no good for Germany & no good for its allies.

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann did the right thing by speaking out.

'Almost every point I have made in this essay has been made, sometimes more sharply, by German scholars and commentators ... There is less evidence, unfortunately, that the country’s politicians and business leaders are listening. Yet Germany today needs open, critical thinking…

Strom kommt aus der Steckdose, Sicherheit fällt vom Himmel. So der Stand der sicherheitspolitischen Debatte bei Nils Gründer (via Frankfurter Allgemeine).

Russia can lose this war, and should. A defeated Russia means not only the end of senseless losses of young life in Ukraine. It is also Russia's chance to become a country where Russians might be protected by law and able to cast meaningful votes.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/05/08…

Andreas Fulda 🇺🇦 🇹🇼 Jessica Berlin Wolfgang Ischinger Wolfgang Schmidt Tu ich Dir nichts tust Du mir nichts.
Unter 'Beratern'. Wenn Objektivität subjektiver nicht sein könnte. Dabei sollte man gerade in diesen Zirkeln Diskurs erwarten. Ist er doch das vorrangige Konzept zur Überprüfung/Gewinnung von Erkenntnis.
Eine Kultur die genau dazu führte das…

The shadow fleet of oil tankers enabling Russia's war and undermining global sanctions. Russia is making between $500 million and $1 billion US every day by selling oil.

They're rubbing it on our face and laughing at us.

cbc.ca/news/business/…

Russia needs to lose, and lose badly. That's what every dictator on the planet needs to see. Our ability or failure to stop and punish Russia's crimes in #Ukraine will deter or encourage the aggression of dictatorships worldwide, and thereby determine the course of this century.

“It’s normal for Russia to lose wars. And, in general, this led RU to reflect & reform. Defeat in Crimea forced an autocracy to end serfdom. RU’s loss to Japan led to an experiment with elections. Soviet failure in Afg led to Gorbachev’s reforms & thus the end of the Cold War.”

“I will fuck your commander.”

This video reveals the mentality of Russian soldiers. It starts with evident abuse, but the situation is complex. The soldier is drunk, and many in Russia might endorse such a form of discipline.

So, what’s happening? 1/

1/5 Am 9. Mai laden wir euch herzlich ein, uns von 13:00 bis 15:00 Uhr in Berlin zu begleiten, wenn wir das Dekoloniale Haus vorstellen. Diese Initiative erhebt sich aus dem russischen Haus, um die Wahrheit über russische Verbrechen…