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@kkarlson.bsky.social
Policy; good governance; long-distance running. Views are my own. Alumna of @UvA_Amsterdam, @ucl, @unitartu.
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⚡️The International Criminal Court (ICC) will continue to carry out its functions in holding Russia accountable for crimes committed during the full-scale war against Ukraine, regardless of U.S. sanctions, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said during a Feb. 7 briefing.
Trump's ICC sanctions won't hinder Russian war crimes investigation, Kyiv says
"I think that the U.S. decisions are not related to the Ukrainian context, and we hope that they will not affect the court's ability to achieve justice and justice for the victims of Russian aggressio...
kyivindependent.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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This tells you who their constituents are. Not American voters. Not Americans at all.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Pam Bondi ends FBI effort to combat foreign influence in U.S. politics
The order also curbs prosecutions of Americans who improperly lobby for foreign nations. President Donald Trump says Republicans were unfairly targeted in the past.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"The new North Korean troops will boost Russia’s long-range fires in both Kursk and Ukraine. [---] In addition to the artillery, Pyongyang is expected to send 150 more KN-23 short-range ballistic missiles to Moscow in 2025."
January 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"Anything that the US theoretically might want to do in Greenland is already possible, right now. DE has never stopped the US military from building bases, searching for minerals, or stationing troops in Greenland, or from patrolling sea lanes nearby."

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trump Triggers a Crisis in Denmark—And Europe
"Trump might forget about Greenland. But also, he might not. Nobody knows. He operates on whims," @anneapplebaum writes.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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NEW: The rapid collapse of the Assad regime in Syria – a regime that the Kremlin helped prop up since 2015 – is a strategic political defeat for Moscow and has thrown the Kremlin into a crisis as it seeks to retain its strategic military basing in Syria.
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December 8, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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Putin's introduction of North Korea as a new belligerent in his invasion of Ukraine was a major escalation.

Allowing Ukraine to use US missiles against legitimate military targets in Russian territory in accord with all international laws and laws of armed conflict is a very limited response...
NEW | RUS Off. Campaign Assessment, Nov. 18: Russian officials continued to use threatening rhetoric as part of efforts to deter the United States from publicly authorizing Ukraine's use of US-provided ATACMS in limited strikes against Russian and North Korean military targets in Kursk Oblast. 1/4
November 19, 2024 at 12:52 AM