Cécile van Berkel

18 jr gemeenteraad / CDA, lid orde Oranje-Nassau,founder Kiwanis HvBr, bestuur Jazz Make-It Tb,Ambassadeur Kamerata Zuid,groot zilveren legpenning Gem. tilburg

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Russia launched a missile strike on Dnipro, targeting infrastructure. Rescue operations are still underway at the site. All emergency services are involved, helping people with everything they need. Tragically, five people have been confirmed killed as of now. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Twenty-nine people were wounded in the attack.

Russia also struck Zaporizhzhia today, targeting an ordinary passenger minibus. Three lives have been lost in this drone attack. My condolences. Six others were wounded, including a child. In Nikopol, the Russians carried out a double-tap strike on first responders and a fire engine. They also attacked energy infrastructure in the Sumy, Odesa, and Chernihiv regions, and launched strikes on Kherson and the Kharkiv region.

It is very important to counter this Russian terror. People need greater protection from such horrific attacks. Above all, we need anti-ballistic capabilities. It is essential that Europe is as active as possible in developing its own anti-ballistic defense – its own systems and missiles. The sooner we have more of these capabilities, the more lives we will be able to save.

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

In other words--Democrats will go after the most corrupt administration in the history of the USA and one of the most corrupt administrations anywhere in the world today.
Sign me up.

[NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @NOELreports]

A new inspector report says the Pentagon failed to obligate $910 million in Biden-era USAI funding for Ukraine weapons production before the funds expired. Congress had allocated $33.5 billion for the program, with $32.5 billion ordered in time. The report says $19.2 billion in USAI-funded weapons has already been delivered to Ukraine, with $13.3 billion still in production. #Ukraine

[Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU]

🇺🇦 160 Ukrainian warriors held captive since 2022 came home today.

Among them are 58 officers and 116 defenders of Mariupol.

They held Azovstal and fought across the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy fronts — Armed Forces, National Guard, Border Guard, Special Transport Service.

We remember everyone still in captivity. We will bring them all home.

[Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU]

Small drones. Big hits.

Ukrainian interceptor-drone crews are knocking Russian UAVs out of the sky over the border — Shaheds, Lancets, Orlans, Molniyas, all of it — long before they reach their targets.

A toy-sized drone, a serious weapon that saves lives in the rear.

📷: 114th Territorial Defense Brigade

[Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU]

Last night, our long-range sanctions targeted the occupiers’ military logistics, oil industry, and air defense. All of this is a just response to Russia’s brutal attacks against our people. I thank the warriors of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, and the Special Operations Forces for their successful work at a distance of about 300 kilometers from the frontline.

Facilities on both sides of the Crimean Bridge were hit: maritime logistics used to transport oil in the Krasnodar region and an oil depot in temporarily occupied Kerch. In addition, military logistics facilities were successfully struck, along with four radar stations belonging to S-400 systems and two Pantsir systems.

I am grateful to all our warriors for their precision and professionalism. Russia understands only strength, and our long-range strength is certainly working for peace. Glory to Ukraine!

President @ZelenskyyUa

[Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU]

This is how Russia shows the world its intention to continue the war. It is very important that there be a response from the G7 countries, which are now gathering for their summit – and that this response be decisive and substantive: more pressure on the aggressor and more support for Ukraine’s air defense, especially anti-ballistic capabilities.

[Karim Sadjadpour @ksadjadpour]

The US-Iran conflict hasn’t been resolved. A hot war has potentially been paused, but a very Cold War continues. The core sources of tension (nukes, missiles, proxies, and even Hormuz) have yet to be negotiated. This isn’t the birth of a new Middle East.

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️The Defense Forces struck a railway bridge and a pontoon crossing in the Chongar area in the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson region, — commander of the 🐺 1st Separate Assault Regiment, Captain Filatov.

Due to the damage to the bridges, the enemy has begun building pontoon crossings, which lack the high carrying capacity and strength of permanent bridges. As a result, truck convoys are gathering next to them — targets that can also be hit — while the pontoons themselves can be sunk.

[John Jackson @hissgoescobra]

The contrast between Reagan’s speech at Point-Du-Hoc and Pete Hegseth today are like two different galaxies. Listen to how much reverence he gives to the same allies that Hegseth attacks.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

⚡️ Budapest has reached an agreement with Kyiv on the rights of the Hungarian minority in Ukraine.

This opens the way for Ukraine’s EU accession. Hungary will no longer block it.

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: World Food Programme says Middle East conflict is pushing millions to the brink of hunger

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/0VGHpYMBCh

[ABC News @ABC]

BREAKING: The House passed a measure to provide almost $2 billion in aid to Ukraine and impose new sanctions against Russia on Thursday, sending the measure to the Senate behind a 226-to-195 tally — despite GOP leadership in full opposition to the measure.
https://t.co/N0bcE7baze

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Open Letter
To the President of the Russian Federation
From the President of Ukraine

When you came to power in Russia more than 26 years ago, many people in Ukraine viewed you positively. That is how it was. But that is now in the past.
Now, the overwhelming majority of Ukrainians view it positively that our long-range drones paid a visit to the opening of your forum in St. Petersburg, covering a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers. As you know very well, that distance is not the limit of our capabilities.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Overnight, our warriors applied Ukraine’s long-range sanctions against an oil refinery in Russia’s Saratov – about 700 kilometers from the frontline. An important result. Thank you! There were also strikes in the Rostov and Kirov regions, as well as at a military base on the Caspian Sea coast.

Our Defense Forces of Ukraine are carrying out long-range missions in line with the approved priorities of the plan for such sanctions. This week, targets were also reached in the Yaroslavl, Ryazan, Voronezh, Volgograd, Rostov, Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod and Krasnodar regions at distances ranging from 300 to 1,200 kilometers from Ukraine’s state border.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, our intelligence agencies – thank you!

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

The first reporter who fires back at Trump’s “You’re a terrible reporter” with “You’re a terrible president” deserves a Pulitzer on the spot.

Raise your hand if you agree ✋.

[Arend Jan Boekestijn @ajboekestijn]

Hier zegt Mevrouw de Vos dus letterlijk: mensen met een Nederlands paspoort met een migratie achtergrond zijn nog geen Nederlanders. Let this sink in.

[Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU]

Russian forces shelled residential neighborhoods in Kherson with multiple launch rocket systems.
A father was killed. A mother and her two young daughters were injured.
This is what Russia’s war looks like: daily terror against Ukrainian civilians and children.

📹: @United24media

[Henri Bontenbal @HenriBontenbal]

Wij willen geen land zijn waarin de grootste mond zijn zin krijgt. Het CDA staat pal voor alle lokale bestuurders, zij verdienen onze volledige steun. Wie de wet uitvoert, staat niet alleen.

Lees mijn gehele inbreng via de link hieronder 👇🏻.

[Arend Jan Boekestijn @ajboekestijn]

Lidewij de Vos heeft haar ware kleuren getoond. Het spel staat op de wagen.