Chris A'Court

Regular reposts of (mostly) significant news, comment and observations during the fight to save the Free World.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

As always, a good audience with His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I thank His Majesty, the people, and the entire United Kingdom for their ironclad support for our people.

Photo: The Royal Family.

@RoyalFamily

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: In a stunning display of unity, Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Freidrich Merz just met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Notably absent was Donald Trump. He’s turned America into a global pariah.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

"If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it." - Roald Dahl

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

I thank @Keir_Starmer, @EmmanuelMacron, and @bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz for their support. We met in the important E3–Ukraine format. A substantive discussion focused on our defense. I informed them about the situation on the battlefield and Russia’s losses. For five consecutive months now, the aggressor has been losing more than 30,000 troops killed and wounded. It is important that our assessments align with those of our partners: Russia is not winning on the battlefield, and our mid-range strikes and deep strikes are significantly limiting its ability to expand its aggression. But it is also extremely important to have protection against ballistic threats, with which the Russians are terrorizing our cities and communities.

We also discussed possible ways to reinvigorate diplomacy and Europe’s role in this process. For Ukraine, it has always been a priority that Europe’s position and voice in the negotiations be strong. I thank Britain, France, and Germany for their support and readiness to help. We agreed that our teams will work on the next steps.

[Chris A'Court @ChrisAcourt]

@ShaneGermany2 @diana_blamires Blame is warranted if EWR continues to spread misinformation creating false hope of a service opening soon. EWR must understand that having passenger trains running on the completed section would be the biggest boost for the company’s reputation, this situation simply damages it.

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

This is your reminder that JD Vance is the lapdog of Peter Thiel, a multi billionaire tech bro whose ideology involves the complete removal of democracy, in favour of a technocracy.

This is your reminder that Vance was linked to Georgescu in Romania who was arrested for collusion with Russia.

This is your reminder that Nathan Gill, Reform’s leader in Wales, was jailed for ten years for taking Russian bribes.

This is your reminder that the British frontman for MAGA is Nigel Farage.

This is your reminder that the US government has fallen to authoritarian far right extremism and is openly engaging in foreign interference.

This is your warning that tech billionaires are the only dangerous minority that anybody who calls themselves a patriot should be concerned about.

[Chris A'Court @ChrisAcourt]

@Textrant @paultrowntree @diana_blamires @danielmgmoylan @LordPeterHendy Thanks for the information, didn’t know that. It seems our hopes for a start to any EWR passenger services are just being raised and then immediately dashed nearly every day now.

[TheFrenchie @ML3democrats]

Remember when they said Zelensky desecrated the sanctity of the White House by not wearing a suit

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Pathetic little man. Helps fuel race riots to take the heat off the limited media probing into his crypto financing. Avoids anything but tame interviews which allow him to spout his slogans. Takes sides with a fascist South African tech bro also whipping up racial hatred against the elected PM of UK, the country he claims to love and wants to lead. Demands apologies for word slips on the BBC (which made him). Yet to apologise for the Brexit which has made British people financially worse off (not him though)

[Chris A'Court @ChrisAcourt]

@paultrowntree @diana_blamires @danielmgmoylan @LordPeterHendy The service hasn’t been on any timetable before. This seems a real advance that should be welcomed.

[John Jackson @hissgoescobra]

Russia and the U.S. will play a hockey game on July 1st in Moscow. This is humiliating and disgraceful. Any U.S. hockey player that attends this barbaric sportswashing of Russian genocide should be canceled and shunned for life. Let’s start exposing them.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Thank you to every member of Congress who chose conscience, common sense, and the national interests of the United States and the entire free world over madness and a corrupt, criminal accommodation with a hostile authoritarian dictatorship, and voted in favor of military aid to Ukraine.

Unfortunately, we do not expect this bill to make it through the Senate, but it is undoubtedly a step in the right direction. The American people support helping Ukraine in its desperate struggle against a vastly larger aggressor. A great many members of Congress understand the importance of supporting Ukraine and are willing to overcome even the most elaborate procedural obstacles to advance this legislation. Ukraine has appealed, and continues to appeal, to America for help, while doing everything it can to ensure that this assistance is mutually beneficial.

The only obstacle standing in the way of basic common sense is Donald Trump’s insane and destructive “policy,” which undermines the free world and America’s leadership within it in pursuit of illusory gains from dealings with the Kremlin, combined with his childish fascination with authoritarian rulers and dictatorships.

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Bob Harris to step down from Radio 2 after 56 years on air https://t.co/oQZfFc5mGP

[Joni Askola @joni_askola]

People are finally waking up to the reality on the ground in Ukraine.

The defeatist narrative is over, and the world is realizing that Russia has completely botched this invasion.

The tone of the conversation has fundamentally changed. For a long time, outside observers mistakenly thought Russia would eventually win a war of attrition through sheer mass. But well over four years into this full-scale invasion, people are realizing that mass does not always equal victory.

The data speaks for itself. Out of the 23 regional capital and special status cities under Ukrainian control at the start of the full-scale war, Russia has failed to take a single one. Ukraine still proudly controls every single one of those 23 cities today. Russia is completely stuck, and their grand strategic goals of total subjugation are entirely out of reach.

Things are going to get progressively worse for Russia as their economy and military capacity continue to erode. But we cannot afford to be complacent. Russia has little to lose.

The war will still last, and Russia will undoubtedly cause massive amounts of suffering before they are decisively defeated.

The trend line is clear, but the struggle is far from over. Russia is on track to lose the war.

Buckle up

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Richard Gere on Trump: “We’re living in the darkest moment that I’ve experienced on this planet. Whoever thought America could turn like this? Whoever thought that a maniac like this would be president and dismantle all the good things? America’s never been a perfect place, but it has a perfect ideal. First day this guy dismantled almost everything that was good about the US government and people”

[Shaun Pinner @ShaunPinnerUA]

🔥 This is what St. Petersburg looks like just two hours before the opening of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) and Vladimir Putin's keynote speech.

Bahaahaahaaa!

Notably, a representative of the Trump administration is reportedly attending the forum as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine and Trump continues to “WHITEWASH WAR CRIMES ”

The optics could hardly be more striking. 🇺🇦

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

A humiliating day for Putin, as things at the St Petersburg Economic Forum start off with a bang.

Despite Putin flying in all the American influencers, Ukraine just blew things up.

[Chris A'Court @ChrisAcourt]

@BorisJohnson @John_ForemanCBE Tell that to your friend Trump and make it stop.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Left: Nigel Farage using the murder of Henry Nowak to sew division in society, "rights of white people matter less than ethnic minorities"

Right: Henry Nowak's father, "We do not want his death used to create further division hated or tension"

[Victoria @victoriaslog]

Russians managed to kill 4 civilians during the night and morning in Kyiv and injure more than 50 others. There are children among them.

The explosions just wouldn’t stop for hours at 2-3 am, and when it seemed safe to leave the shelters in the morning, russians struck again with ballistic missiles.