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Regardless of the outcomes of peace negotiations, Russian war criminals must face justice. This has not been ‘a few bad apples’; it has been a systemic approach to barbarity endorsed from the top. There can be no ‘get out of jail free’ card for them.
kyivindependent.com/russian-mili...
kyivindependent.com/russian-mili...
Russian military reportedly executes 5 Ukrainian POWs
Five Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) were executed by Russian soldiers, Ukrainian mapping and analytical organization DeepState reported on Nov. 22.
kyivindependent.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Regardless of the outcomes of peace negotiations, Russian war criminals must face justice. This has not been ‘a few bad apples’; it has been a systemic approach to barbarity endorsed from the top. There can be no ‘get out of jail free’ card for them.
kyivindependent.com/russian-mili...
kyivindependent.com/russian-mili...
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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The opening of Poland's prime minister, Donald Tusk, in reference to the 28 point paper is quite something.
This is trolling on the most professional level politics can give. It is even questionable whether the US side will be understanding this subtlety. Hilarious!
This is trolling on the most professional level politics can give. It is even questionable whether the US side will be understanding this subtlety. Hilarious!
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The opening of Poland's prime minister, Donald Tusk, in reference to the 28 point paper is quite something.
This is trolling on the most professional level politics can give. It is even questionable whether the US side will be understanding this subtlety. Hilarious!
This is trolling on the most professional level politics can give. It is even questionable whether the US side will be understanding this subtlety. Hilarious!
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I have just released my regular update on war and strategic competition. This week, it is focused on Trump & Putin's 28-point plan they wish to impose on #Ukraine, but also includes Pacific security and my regular Big Five recommended reads.
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
The Putin-Trump Pact is Afghanistan All Over Again, But With Much Worse Outcomes. The Big Five, 23 November edition
My regular update on war and strategic competition, with a focus on Trump and Putin's 28-point capitulation document imposed on Ukraine, as well as my regular Big Five recommended reads.
mickryan.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I have just released my regular update on war and strategic competition. This week, it is focused on Trump & Putin's 28-point plan they wish to impose on #Ukraine, but also includes Pacific security and my regular Big Five recommended reads.
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UK:
“When we speak about victory, it is honest to say that it is the destruction of the Russian empire and defeat is the complete occupation of Ukraine with its collapse. All the rest is just a prolongation of the war.
Art: Volodymyr Rebrov
“When we speak about victory, it is honest to say that it is the destruction of the Russian empire and defeat is the complete occupation of Ukraine with its collapse. All the rest is just a prolongation of the war.
Art: Volodymyr Rebrov
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UK:
“When we speak about victory, it is honest to say that it is the destruction of the Russian empire and defeat is the complete occupation of Ukraine with its collapse. All the rest is just a prolongation of the war.
Art: Volodymyr Rebrov
“When we speak about victory, it is honest to say that it is the destruction of the Russian empire and defeat is the complete occupation of Ukraine with its collapse. All the rest is just a prolongation of the war.
Art: Volodymyr Rebrov
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All this shows is that the US has no idea what it’s doing and it’s being played by Moscow. Complete humiliation.
#BBCNews - Trump says US plan to end Ukraine war not 'final offer' for Kyiv
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#UkraineWar
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#UkraineWar
Trump says US plan to end Ukraine war not 'final offer' for Kyiv
US President Donald Trump says the plan is not his "final offer" for Kyiv, and security officials are set to meet in Geneva on Sunday.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
All this shows is that the US has no idea what it’s doing and it’s being played by Moscow. Complete humiliation.
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Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed.
time.com/7336204/meta...
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed.
time.com/7336204/meta...
time.com/7336204/meta...
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What was true of the Trump administration's original, extortionate minerals plan is equally true of this peace plan. It will probably be true of the next White House plan, and the one after that.
To repeat: the Trump administration peace deal was always a deal for peace between Russia and the US, not Russia and Ukraine. In it, it seems, the US gets Ukraine's resources, Russia gets Ukraine's land, and Ukraine gets to say thank you.
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
What was true of the Trump administration's original, extortionate minerals plan is equally true of this peace plan. It will probably be true of the next White House plan, and the one after that.
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Occupation is not peace.
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Occupation is not peace.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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The grovelling strategy, while imo justified for the sake of getting Ukraine patriots and the PURL scheme set up, always had an expiration date.
Agree that time is up now.
Agree that time is up now.
And Trump is weak right now. He just suffered a humiliating loss in Congress & the GOP was roundly defeated in the recent off-year elections. Trump’s approval ratings on the economy are dismal & SCOTUS may remove his ability to impose tariffs at will. Now is the time for Europe to stand up to him.
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The grovelling strategy, while imo justified for the sake of getting Ukraine patriots and the PURL scheme set up, always had an expiration date.
Agree that time is up now.
Agree that time is up now.
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Btw, I do hope people understand what they have seen today. It was a well-planned and deliberate ambush of Ukraine by Trump, to force the Ukrainians to bend the knee to Putin's dictatorship. It was not slip-shod, rushed, impulsive or an accident. It was prepared malice.
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Btw, I do hope people understand what they have seen today. It was a well-planned and deliberate ambush of Ukraine by Trump, to force the Ukrainians to bend the knee to Putin's dictatorship. It was not slip-shod, rushed, impulsive or an accident. It was prepared malice.
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We need to stop calling it a ‘peace plan,’ even with sarcastic quotes around it. Call it the US-Kremlin plan or similar.
‘US-Kremlin plan’ shames the US and makes it sound deeply unappealing to the broader US and European publics.
‘US-Kremlin plan’ shames the US and makes it sound deeply unappealing to the broader US and European publics.
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We need to stop calling it a ‘peace plan,’ even with sarcastic quotes around it. Call it the US-Kremlin plan or similar.
‘US-Kremlin plan’ shames the US and makes it sound deeply unappealing to the broader US and European publics.
‘US-Kremlin plan’ shames the US and makes it sound deeply unappealing to the broader US and European publics.
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As I predicted only yesterday, Trump and Putin will now go all-in. Time is running out. The Russian armies are bleeding to death and Trump is on the verge to lose influence in the Republican party thanks to the Epstein case. Both have to move now and fast.
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
As I predicted only yesterday, Trump and Putin will now go all-in. Time is running out. The Russian armies are bleeding to death and Trump is on the verge to lose influence in the Republican party thanks to the Epstein case. Both have to move now and fast.
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This is Zelenskyy's "if necessary for years, if necessary alone" moment.
A chapter in history that will be remembered both for the shame of Washington's betrayal, and for the dignity, bravery, defiance and resolve of the Ukrainian people in the face of it all.
A chapter in history that will be remembered both for the shame of Washington's betrayal, and for the dignity, bravery, defiance and resolve of the Ukrainian people in the face of it all.
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is Zelenskyy's "if necessary for years, if necessary alone" moment.
A chapter in history that will be remembered both for the shame of Washington's betrayal, and for the dignity, bravery, defiance and resolve of the Ukrainian people in the face of it all.
A chapter in history that will be remembered both for the shame of Washington's betrayal, and for the dignity, bravery, defiance and resolve of the Ukrainian people in the face of it all.
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The proposed ‘peace plan’ is essentially a Kremlin wish list with amateurishly formulated attempts at Trumpian grift sprinkled on top.
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The proposed ‘peace plan’ is essentially a Kremlin wish list with amateurishly formulated attempts at Trumpian grift sprinkled on top.
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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If Russia and the US were genuinely willing for NATO states, including the US, to provide an "Art. 5-style" security guarantee they could just suggest that Ukraine joins NATO. They are doing the opposite, which tells us all we need to know.
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
If Russia and the US were genuinely willing for NATO states, including the US, to provide an "Art. 5-style" security guarantee they could just suggest that Ukraine joins NATO. They are doing the opposite, which tells us all we need to know.
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Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵
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🇷🇺📉 Russia is at its weakest & poorest ever. 🏦💰 The #Kremlin is literally selling off gold reserves because they’re out of money.
#Putin’s mismanagement + sanctions = empty federal budget and broke regions. Now is not the time for fake peace deals — now is the moment to defeat & demilitarize Russia.
#Putin’s mismanagement + sanctions = empty federal budget and broke regions. Now is not the time for fake peace deals — now is the moment to defeat & demilitarize Russia.
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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The so called peace plan is meant to delay the new sanctions. @svtnyheter.bsky.social
This so-called “U.S.–Russia peace framework” is total BS. 🚨 It’s just Putin’s trick to delay the new U.S. sanctions hitting #Lukoil and #Rosneft on Nov 21 sanctions that can wreck his economy. If talks were real, Ukraine & the EU would be at the table, not random #Kremlin proxies who decide nothing.
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The so called peace plan is meant to delay the new sanctions. @svtnyheter.bsky.social
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No signs of compromise in Moscow. Today one Russian newspaper states: “Putin is ready for talks on Ukraine on Russia’s terms.” Another paper points out: “After the Alaska summit, from our side there were no good will gestures. Just an intensification of attacks.” #ReadingRussia
What messages was Vladimir Putin sending from a command post? And who to?
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
No signs of compromise in Moscow. Today one Russian newspaper states: “Putin is ready for talks on Ukraine on Russia’s terms.” Another paper points out: “After the Alaska summit, from our side there were no good will gestures. Just an intensification of attacks.” #ReadingRussia
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The best part of "peace plan" is part of Russian seized assets go to "developing US-Russia trade".
Which is euphemism for "Donald takes his bribe".
Which is euphemism for "Donald takes his bribe".
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The best part of "peace plan" is part of Russian seized assets go to "developing US-Russia trade".
Which is euphemism for "Donald takes his bribe".
Which is euphemism for "Donald takes his bribe".
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A former UK prime minister held responsible for tens of thousands of deaths while the US president calls for elected politicians to be hanged.
A jolt of a reminder that law and policy are ultimately about life and death.
And politicians are often not up to dealing with such things.
A jolt of a reminder that law and policy are ultimately about life and death.
And politicians are often not up to dealing with such things.
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A former UK prime minister held responsible for tens of thousands of deaths while the US president calls for elected politicians to be hanged.
A jolt of a reminder that law and policy are ultimately about life and death.
And politicians are often not up to dealing with such things.
A jolt of a reminder that law and policy are ultimately about life and death.
And politicians are often not up to dealing with such things.
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In case anyone had any doubts about which direction the US is going in:
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In case anyone had any doubts about which direction the US is going in:
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...