Doug Klain
@dougklain.bsky.social
Deputy Director for Policy and Strategy @razomforukraine.org | Nonresident Fellow @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social | Writing and speaking on Ukraine, America, and the global fight for democracy. Opinions mine 🫡
Siding with Russia at the UN earlier this year was a terrible choice by the Trump administration that only emboldened Putin to continue his war on Ukraine. The United States shouldn't repeat that mistake.
Trump Administration Pushes to Weaken Ukraine Resolution on Russian Occupation at UN, Sources Tell Kyiv Post
Western allies are warning that the White House push to strip references to “territorial integrity” and “aggression” will undermine the international consensus.
www.kyivpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Siding with Russia at the UN earlier this year was a terrible choice by the Trump administration that only emboldened Putin to continue his war on Ukraine. The United States shouldn't repeat that mistake.
By giving Hungary a free pass to keep funding Russia's war on Ukraine, President Trump is undermining his own policy of pushing for peace in Ukraine. Hungary isn't trying to wean itself off Russian energy, it *doubled down* on Moscow after Russia invaded Ukraine.
💥🇺🇸🇷🇺 The White House says Trump only gave Hungary a one-year exemption from US sanctions on Russian fossil fuels. But Orbán and his allies insist it’s “indefinite” and call anyone saying otherwise a liar. This chart sums up what’s wrong with Orbán’s pro-Kremlin policies and Russian energy dependency.
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
By giving Hungary a free pass to keep funding Russia's war on Ukraine, President Trump is undermining his own policy of pushing for peace in Ukraine. Hungary isn't trying to wean itself off Russian energy, it *doubled down* on Moscow after Russia invaded Ukraine.
This is horrifying. Officials in the U.S. government sent men to be beaten, gassed, drowned, and sexually assaulted. Government spokespeople defend it.
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
This is horrifying. Officials in the U.S. government sent men to be beaten, gassed, drowned, and sexually assaulted. Government spokespeople defend it.
Olena's home was hit by a Shahed and she's asking folks to donate to Ukraine's crowd-funded air defense. On her recommendation I just donated to Come Back Alive's interceptor drone fundraiser and you should too. Find the link for "Dronefall" under her post here 👇
My home was attacked by the russian Shahed drone in one of the latest air raids.
If you appreciate my work, please help protecting my sky right now by donating for anti-Shahed fundraisers like Shahedoriz, Dronefall and FreedomSky, — or supporting the defenders in Pokrovsk.
If you appreciate my work, please help protecting my sky right now by donating for anti-Shahed fundraisers like Shahedoriz, Dronefall and FreedomSky, — or supporting the defenders in Pokrovsk.
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Olena's home was hit by a Shahed and she's asking folks to donate to Ukraine's crowd-funded air defense. On her recommendation I just donated to Come Back Alive's interceptor drone fundraiser and you should too. Find the link for "Dronefall" under her post here 👇
If President Trump wants to make progress on ending Russia's war in Ukraine, he should use tomorrow's meeting with Viktor Orban to push for Hungary to drop its veto over Ukraine's EU accession and stop buying Russian energy, writes James Batchik for @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social.
Trump has an opportunity to unblock Ukraine’s EU accession in his meeting with Orbán
Getting Hungary to drop its opposition to Ukraine’s European Union accession would be a strategic coup for Ukraine, Europe, and Washington.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If President Trump wants to make progress on ending Russia's war in Ukraine, he should use tomorrow's meeting with Viktor Orban to push for Hungary to drop its veto over Ukraine's EU accession and stop buying Russian energy, writes James Batchik for @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social.
Here's yet another sign that the anti-democratic movement is a global one, with authoritarians reaching out to strengthen each other across national boundaries. It's also a call for democrats across the world to band together.
Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to US President Donald Trump, told leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany — classified as an extremist party by German authorities — that he sees them as “bold visionaries” shaping the country’s future.
Trump adviser to Germany’s AfD: ‘We are in this together’
MAGA social media guru Alex Bruesewitz visited Berlin to make common cause with the far-right Alternative for Germany at a time when the party is seeking allies in the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Here's yet another sign that the anti-democratic movement is a global one, with authoritarians reaching out to strengthen each other across national boundaries. It's also a call for democrats across the world to band together.
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Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Every single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
I'm looking forward to this important conference at
@giwps.bsky.social on Russia's campaign to erase Ukraine and its people. The Kremlin still isn't interested in peace in part because this war isn't just about land or politics—it's genocidal in nature. giwps.georgetown.edu/events/inten...
@giwps.bsky.social on Russia's campaign to erase Ukraine and its people. The Kremlin still isn't interested in peace in part because this war isn't just about land or politics—it's genocidal in nature. giwps.georgetown.edu/events/inten...
Intent to Destroy: Confronting Russia’s Campaign to Erase Ukraine and Its People - Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
giwps.georgetown.edu
November 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'm looking forward to this important conference at
@giwps.bsky.social on Russia's campaign to erase Ukraine and its people. The Kremlin still isn't interested in peace in part because this war isn't just about land or politics—it's genocidal in nature. giwps.georgetown.edu/events/inten...
@giwps.bsky.social on Russia's campaign to erase Ukraine and its people. The Kremlin still isn't interested in peace in part because this war isn't just about land or politics—it's genocidal in nature. giwps.georgetown.edu/events/inten...
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“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
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New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets
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You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
The Blue Angels flying over DC today!
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The Blue Angels flying over DC today!
It was great to moderate this #UkraineActionSummit panel on why U.S. security assistance to Ukraine is essential (and why it should resume). Thanks to Laura Cooper and @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social’s Amb. John Herbst for joining me!
October 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It was great to moderate this #UkraineActionSummit panel on why U.S. security assistance to Ukraine is essential (and why it should resume). Thanks to Laura Cooper and @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social’s Amb. John Herbst for joining me!
Credit where it’s due, these sanctions are most welcome and sorely needed. Sanctioning Russian oil just as Ukraine is pounding its production is good policy to help end the war. Better policy is to keep escalating sanctions to make sure Moscow stays under pressure to make peace.
⚡️US imposes sanctions on Russia's oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil; Trump cancels meeting with Putin.
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, in an effort to pressure Moscow into agreeing to a ceasefire, the U.S. Treasury announced on Oct. 22.
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, in an effort to pressure Moscow into agreeing to a ceasefire, the U.S. Treasury announced on Oct. 22.
US imposes sanctions on Russia's oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil; Trump cancels meeting with Putin
"Now is the time to stop the killing and for an immediate ceasefire," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. "Given President Putin’s refusal to end this senseless war, Treasury is sanctioning Russia’...
kyivindependent.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Credit where it’s due, these sanctions are most welcome and sorely needed. Sanctioning Russian oil just as Ukraine is pounding its production is good policy to help end the war. Better policy is to keep escalating sanctions to make sure Moscow stays under pressure to make peace.
Big day in the Senate as these bills passed through the Foreign Relations Committee:
-Sanctions on China for supporting Russia's war on Ukraine
-Strengthening the REPO Act to transfer frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine
-Designation of Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
Time to pass them!
-Sanctions on China for supporting Russia's war on Ukraine
-Strengthening the REPO Act to transfer frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine
-Designation of Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
Time to pass them!
October 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Big day in the Senate as these bills passed through the Foreign Relations Committee:
-Sanctions on China for supporting Russia's war on Ukraine
-Strengthening the REPO Act to transfer frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine
-Designation of Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
Time to pass them!
-Sanctions on China for supporting Russia's war on Ukraine
-Strengthening the REPO Act to transfer frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine
-Designation of Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism
Time to pass them!
Trump’s “failure to apply more pressure on Russia is all the more frustrating because Ukraine is making good progress in applying pressure on its own,” writes @maxboot.bsky.social.
If Trump were to start turning the screws, it just might convince Putin that he had better negotiate in earnest — or else. Yet every time it looks like Trump is starting to get it, he allows himself to be sweet-talked by the former KGB agent in the Kremlin. wapo.st/49eip6r
Opinion | Trump keeps getting played by Putin. Will Budapest be different?
A Russia-Ukraine ceasefire might be possible if only Trump would apply more pressure on Putin.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Trump’s “failure to apply more pressure on Russia is all the more frustrating because Ukraine is making good progress in applying pressure on its own,” writes @maxboot.bsky.social.
Ukraine had a full-court press in DC this week expecting big announcements today—a US-Ukraine drone deal, energy support, maybe even Tomahawks. Putin appears to have successfully dashed those hopes by offering Trump yet more talks. We’ve been here before.
October 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Ukraine had a full-court press in DC this week expecting big announcements today—a US-Ukraine drone deal, energy support, maybe even Tomahawks. Putin appears to have successfully dashed those hopes by offering Trump yet more talks. We’ve been here before.
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It’s amazing how Trump is convinced that China and others screwed us for years, but think Russia is a good partner.
Here we go. Trump and Zelenskyy speaking now with press. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz8n...
President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Lunch with the President of Ukraine
YouTube video by The White House
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It’s amazing how Trump is convinced that China and others screwed us for years, but think Russia is a good partner.
Here we go. Trump and Zelenskyy speaking now with press. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz8n...
President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Lunch with the President of Ukraine
YouTube video by The White House
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Here we go. Trump and Zelenskyy speaking now with press. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz8n...
Perhaps more important than whether or not the US gives Ukraine Tomahawks is whether it sanctions Russia—if Putin just convinced Trump to oppose congressional sanctions legislation, that's a massive win for Moscow that will prolong the war.
Q: Thune said he'd like to proceed with the bill that would put sanctions on Russia?
TRUMP: Well we're gonna see. He doesn't know about the call yet. And it was subject to what I wanted to do.
TRUMP: Well we're gonna see. He doesn't know about the call yet. And it was subject to what I wanted to do.
October 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Perhaps more important than whether or not the US gives Ukraine Tomahawks is whether it sanctions Russia—if Putin just convinced Trump to oppose congressional sanctions legislation, that's a massive win for Moscow that will prolong the war.
Istanbul, Alaska, now Trump is preparing to meet Putin in Budapest. If he doesn't want a repeat of the last 9 months, it'll require the White House following through on arming Ukraine and sanctioning Russia.
a man is holding a microphone in front of a crowd and says " well it 's groundhog day ... again "
ALT: a man is holding a microphone in front of a crowd and says " well it 's groundhog day ... again "
media.tenor.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Istanbul, Alaska, now Trump is preparing to meet Putin in Budapest. If he doesn't want a repeat of the last 9 months, it'll require the White House following through on arming Ukraine and sanctioning Russia.
What could a US-Ukraine drone partnership look like? We're already getting a glimpse with Artemis, co-developed between Washington and Kyiv as a Ukrainian version of the Shahed drone. Already passed tests in Russian airspace and entering mass production.
US Artemis Drone Co-Developed in Ukraine Enters Mass Production After Successful Battlefield Trials
Auterion has completed the DIU's Artemis program, delivering a long-range strike drone system informed by insights from Ukraine’s defense operations.
united24media.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
What could a US-Ukraine drone partnership look like? We're already getting a glimpse with Artemis, co-developed between Washington and Kyiv as a Ukrainian version of the Shahed drone. Already passed tests in Russian airspace and entering mass production.
Here's the best piece yet on potential Tomahawks for Ukraine. How they work, how many the US has to give Ukraine, what they'd be used for, and what the bar is for Trump to make Tomahawks an actually effective pressure mechanism rather than symbolic.
The Tomahawk missiles Trump is considering for Ukraine
The US president has floated selling Kyiv a long-range weapon capable of striking Moscow
www.ft.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here's the best piece yet on potential Tomahawks for Ukraine. How they work, how many the US has to give Ukraine, what they'd be used for, and what the bar is for Trump to make Tomahawks an actually effective pressure mechanism rather than symbolic.
What a pleasant surprise to walk into a bar and see my former @razomforukraine.org colleague Allegra on @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social tonight! Go Allegra!
October 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
What a pleasant surprise to walk into a bar and see my former @razomforukraine.org colleague Allegra on @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social tonight! Go Allegra!
Aw, is someone nervous about the U.S. helping Ukraine strike Russian oil refineries?
October 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Aw, is someone nervous about the U.S. helping Ukraine strike Russian oil refineries?