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After #Witkoff finished his sixth round of meetings with #putin, a #russian company sent him home with 11 pounds of red #caviar. In fact, it was a mid-tier brand of roe that the company now wants to market as “#Trumpovka.”
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December 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
After #Witkoff finished his sixth round of meetings with #putin, a #russian company sent him home with 11 pounds of red #caviar. In fact, it was a mid-tier brand of roe that the company now wants to market as “#Trumpovka.”
www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
An iconic rendition of the #Ukrainian carol “#Shchedryk” by #Leontovych, known globally as “Carol of the Bells,” was performed at one of #DTEK’s heavily damaged thermal power plants.
This performance serves as an appeal from DTEK Energy to international partners for support.
This performance serves as an appeal from DTEK Energy to international partners for support.
December 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
An iconic rendition of the #Ukrainian carol “#Shchedryk” by #Leontovych, known globally as “Carol of the Bells,” was performed at one of #DTEK’s heavily damaged thermal power plants.
This performance serves as an appeal from DTEK Energy to international partners for support.
This performance serves as an appeal from DTEK Energy to international partners for support.
#russia’s leadership has flailed for excuses for its #invasion, tossing idea after idea into the ether to see what might succeed.
Such #narrative confusion has stemmed, in large part, from #russia’s overall #failures in #Ukraine.
www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-seri...
Such #narrative confusion has stemmed, in large part, from #russia’s overall #failures in #Ukraine.
www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-seri...
December 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
#russia’s leadership has flailed for excuses for its #invasion, tossing idea after idea into the ether to see what might succeed.
Such #narrative confusion has stemmed, in large part, from #russia’s overall #failures in #Ukraine.
www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-seri...
Such #narrative confusion has stemmed, in large part, from #russia’s overall #failures in #Ukraine.
www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-seri...
The recent publication of the #Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy showed that unilateral #disarmament is now official policy. Because this National Security Strategy is not really a strategy document. It is a #suicide note - #Applebaum
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The recent publication of the #Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy showed that unilateral #disarmament is now official policy. Because this National Security Strategy is not really a strategy document. It is a #suicide note - #Applebaum
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A growing number of people in the #UK support deploying #European #troops to #Ukraine in the event of a #peace deal than they did two months ago, new polling shows.
While trust in vladimir #putin to respect any #ceasefire stands at just 19%.
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While trust in vladimir #putin to respect any #ceasefire stands at just 19%.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A growing number of people in the #UK support deploying #European #troops to #Ukraine in the event of a #peace deal than they did two months ago, new polling shows.
While trust in vladimir #putin to respect any #ceasefire stands at just 19%.
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While trust in vladimir #putin to respect any #ceasefire stands at just 19%.
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Most #Czechs believe that the new government of Andrej #Babiš should continue to help #Ukraine.
57% of the population is in favor of #humanitarian #aid, but only 29% support #military assistance.
www.novinky.cz/clanek/domac...
57% of the population is in favor of #humanitarian #aid, but only 29% support #military assistance.
www.novinky.cz/clanek/domac...
Exkluzivní průzkum: Babišova vláda by měla pomáhat Ukrajině, myslí si většina Čechů - Novinky
Jen 18 procent Čechů si myslí, že by nová vláda Andreje Babiše (ANO) neměla vůbec pomáhat Ukrajině. Naopak 57 procent dotázaných podporuje humanitární pomoc napadené zemi. Podobné množství Čechů, 56 p...
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December 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Most #Czechs believe that the new government of Andrej #Babiš should continue to help #Ukraine.
57% of the population is in favor of #humanitarian #aid, but only 29% support #military assistance.
www.novinky.cz/clanek/domac...
57% of the population is in favor of #humanitarian #aid, but only 29% support #military assistance.
www.novinky.cz/clanek/domac...
Pokrovsk, the city behind "Carol of the Bells", is fighting for its life - Jess Daly
#CaroloftheBells #Leontovych #Pokrovsk #russia #Shchedryk #Tribune #Ukraine #war
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#CaroloftheBells #Leontovych #Pokrovsk #russia #Shchedryk #Tribune #Ukraine #war
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Pokrovsk, the city behind "Carol of the Bells", is fighting for its life - Jess Daly -
russia has deployed one-third of its troops—a force larger than most European armies—to destroy and capture Pokrovsk, a city I used to stop in between trips to
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December 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Pokrovsk, the city behind "Carol of the Bells", is fighting for its life - Jess Daly
#CaroloftheBells #Leontovych #Pokrovsk #russia #Shchedryk #Tribune #Ukraine #war
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#CaroloftheBells #Leontovych #Pokrovsk #russia #Shchedryk #Tribune #Ukraine #war
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#US #Democrats released more than 60 photos from Jeffrey #Epstein’s estate. A #Ukrainian passport, with some information redacted, is seen in the undated picture released.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
#US #Democrats released more than 60 photos from Jeffrey #Epstein’s estate. A #Ukrainian passport, with some information redacted, is seen in the undated picture released.
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#Belgian politicians and senior #finance executives have been subject to a campaign of #intimidation orchestrated by #russian intelligence aimed at persuading the country to #block the use of €185bn assets for #Ukraine
#EU #war
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
#EU #war
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December 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
#Belgian politicians and senior #finance executives have been subject to a campaign of #intimidation orchestrated by #russian intelligence aimed at persuading the country to #block the use of €185bn assets for #Ukraine
#EU #war
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
#EU #war
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
The EU sanctions an additional 41 vessels of the russian shadow fleet
#EU #russia #sanctions #shadowfleet #Ukraine #war
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#EU #russia #sanctions #shadowfleet #Ukraine #war
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The EU sanctions an additional 41 vessels of the russian shadow fleet -
The European Council imposed restrictive measures on an additional 41 vessels, that are part of russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers and contribute to russia’
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December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The EU sanctions an additional 41 vessels of the russian shadow fleet
#EU #russia #sanctions #shadowfleet #Ukraine #war
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#EU #russia #sanctions #shadowfleet #Ukraine #war
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#russia will be paying for its #invasion of #Ukraine for years to come even if the fighting ended tomorrow, as the government plugs a widening gap in the #military #budget with increasingly costly #borrowing.
#war
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#war
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December 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
#russia will be paying for its #invasion of #Ukraine for years to come even if the fighting ended tomorrow, as the government plugs a widening gap in the #military #budget with increasingly costly #borrowing.
#war
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#war
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The term “business as usual,” popularized by Winston #Churchill, once meant to maintain the order in a country at #war.
But now it means doing #business while disregarding the morale-eroding changes in the behavior of those you are dealing with.
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But now it means doing #business while disregarding the morale-eroding changes in the behavior of those you are dealing with.
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Business as usual — was it ever a thing? -
The term "business as usual" coined or at least popularized by Winston Churchill during the First World War, once meant to maintain order and a stable functioni
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December 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The term “business as usual,” popularized by Winston #Churchill, once meant to maintain the order in a country at #war.
But now it means doing #business while disregarding the morale-eroding changes in the behavior of those you are dealing with.
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But now it means doing #business while disregarding the morale-eroding changes in the behavior of those you are dealing with.
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#Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis #Budrys has said that the #Soviet #Union's #impunity, and that of its successor state #russia, for the occupation of the #Baltic states in the 1940s is one of the reasons behind #putin's actions.
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
December 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis #Budrys has said that the #Soviet #Union's #impunity, and that of its successor state #russia, for the occupation of the #Baltic states in the 1940s is one of the reasons behind #putin's actions.
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
#moscow's agents are posing as " #Ukrainian #Nazis ", spraying anti-russian #graffiti, and plastering #Vienna with stickers. Their goal: to erode trust in #Ukraine.
www.profil.at/investigativ...
www.profil.at/investigativ...
Chats: Wie Putin seinen Krieg der Desinformation auf Wiens Straßen führt
Moskaus Agenten geben sich als ukrainische Nazis aus, sprühen anti-russische Graffitis und pflastern Wien mit Stickern voll. Ziel: Das Vertrauen in die Ukraine soll schwinden.
www.profil.at
December 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
#moscow's agents are posing as " #Ukrainian #Nazis ", spraying anti-russian #graffiti, and plastering #Vienna with stickers. Their goal: to erode trust in #Ukraine.
www.profil.at/investigativ...
www.profil.at/investigativ...
#EU member states are discussing a raft of new measures against the shadow fleet to further clamp down on #russia’s circumvention of #oil #sanctions, according to #Estonian Prime Minister Kristen #Michal.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
EU Mulls Targeting Visas in Shadow Fleet Crackdown, Estonia Says
European Union member states are discussing a raft of new measures against the shadow fleet to further clamp down on Russia’s circumvention of oil sanctions, according to Estonian Prime Minister Krist...
www.bloomberg.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#EU member states are discussing a raft of new measures against the shadow fleet to further clamp down on #russia’s circumvention of #oil #sanctions, according to #Estonian Prime Minister Kristen #Michal.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#Trump sued the #BBC for at least $10 billion over an edit in a documentary last year that gave the impression he’d made a direct call for #violence in a speech leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the #US #Capitol by his supporters.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
There is more than a little irony in the fact that #Ukrainians are bleeding and dying for #Western #democracy and the #EU at a time when so many are losing faith in both. But they are. And they have shown that they can win — Chrystia #Freeland
www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/wes...
www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/wes...
Give Ukraine Back Its Future
Chrystia Freeland explains what Western support for defeating and deterring Russian aggression must entail.
www.project-syndicate.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There is more than a little irony in the fact that #Ukrainians are bleeding and dying for #Western #democracy and the #EU at a time when so many are losing faith in both. But they are. And they have shown that they can win — Chrystia #Freeland
www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/wes...
www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/wes...
The whole of the #UK - not just its #armed #forces - needs to step up to deter the #threat posed by #russia of a wider #war in #Europe, #Britain's military chief will say.
news.sky.com/story/everyo...
news.sky.com/story/everyo...
December 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The whole of the #UK - not just its #armed #forces - needs to step up to deter the #threat posed by #russia of a wider #war in #Europe, #Britain's military chief will say.
news.sky.com/story/everyo...
news.sky.com/story/everyo...
#Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich #Merz compared #russian #putin to #Hitler in a speech Saturday evening, warning that the #kremlin leader’s ambitions won’t stop with #Ukraine.
www.politico.eu/article/merz...
www.politico.eu/article/merz...
Merz compares Putin to Hitler: ‘He won’t stop’
“Just as the Sudetenland was not enough in 1938, Putin will not stop,” Merz told a party conference in Germany.
www.politico.eu
December 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
#Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich #Merz compared #russian #putin to #Hitler in a speech Saturday evening, warning that the #kremlin leader’s ambitions won’t stop with #Ukraine.
www.politico.eu/article/merz...
www.politico.eu/article/merz...
#Germany has accused #russia of a #cyber-#attack on air traffic control in August 2024 and attempted #electoral #interference in February this year
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
#Germany has accused #russia of a #cyber-#attack on air traffic control in August 2024 and attempted #electoral #interference in February this year
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...