Lars Jarvad

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Putin & Russia don't give a shit about NATO as something of a military threat.

They don't care about it -- at all, at all, at all.

And they never did.

Just like now that Finland is part of NATO and Sweden is coming soon, the Kremlin couldn't care less.

Because, unlike independent thinkers on X, they are evil but not stupid, and they always knew the West is most obviously of no threat to Russia.

They always knew NATO & the West were way too heterogeneous, relaxed, comfortable, disarmed, unprepared, and too busy minding their own business in a world where a war of conquest is a stupid idea that just doesn't work -- especially when it comes to messing with the world's top nuclear power.

The only way Russia cares about Ukraine's "NATO membership" is that it effectively removes Ukraine from a list of countries against which the Kremlin can unleash yet another Great Patriotic Special Military Operation, thus prolonging and justifying its never-ending rule over Russia -- you know, the fortress all surrounded by enemies since the dawn of time.

So next time they talk about Ukrainian "neutrality" -- let me give you a simple translation: "We need Ukraine out of NATO so that we can conquer it and triumphally bring its severed head on a plate to the Russian public -- until the euphoria dies down again and we have to decide who's next."

[Mette Mayli Albæk @mettealbaek]

Han går i 4. klasse. Hun går i 6. klasse. Deres far er fra Israel. Her er, hvordan de oplever antisemitisme i skolegården
https://t.co/Xf8l7NZjdx

[Asaad Sam Hanna @asaadhanna]

This is my city Homs in the middle of Syria, and that’s what’s the Syrian government, Russia, and Iran did to it.
No rage no ceasefire no intifada for Homs…

[Dmytro Kuleba @DmytroKuleba]

To those who have missed the previous 30 years, here is a short list of the results of negotiations with Russia that it never respected:

1. The Budapest Memorandum of 1994. Russia agreed to “respect independence, sovereignty, and the existing borders of Ukraine” as well as “refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine”. Breached by Russia invading Crimea in 2014.

2. The Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty of 1997. Russia agreed to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity and “reaffirmed the inviolability of the borders” between the two countries. Russia breached it in 2014.

3. The OSCE Istanbul Summit in 1999. Russia committed to withdrawing its troops from Moldova’s Transdniestrian region and Georgia until the end of 2002. That never happened.

4. The 2008 Georgia ceasefire agreement following Russian aggression against the country. Russia agreed that “Russian military forces must withdraw to the lines prior to the start of hostilities”. That never happened.

5. The Ilovaysk “Green Corridor” in August 2014 and other “humanitarian” death corridors. Russia pledged to let Ukrainian forces leave the encircled town of Ilovaysk in the east of Ukraine, but instead opened fire and killed 366 Ukrainian troops. In the following years, Russia attacked numerous humanitarian corridors in Syria.

6. The “Minsk” agreements of 2014 and 2015. Russia agreed to cease the fire in the east of Ukraine. There had been 200 rounds of talks and 20 attempts to enforce a ceasefire, all of which the Russian side promptly violated. On February 24th, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

7. The 2022 Black Sea Grain Initiative. Russia pledged to “provide maximum assurances regarding a safe and secure environment for all vessels engaged in this initiative." It then hindered the initiative's operation for months before withdrawing unilaterally a year later.

NB: I am only focused on deals made with Russia to address specific issues and conflicts. I am not mentioning almost 400 international treaties that Russia has breached since 2014.

There are no conclusions to be drawn here, except that no one can seriously use the words "Russia" and "negotiations" in the same phrase.

Putin is a habitual liar who promised international leaders that he would not attack Ukraine days before his invasion in February 2022.

Russia's tactic has remained consistent in its many wars over the last three decades: kill, grab, lie, and deny.

Why would anyone genuinely believe that Russia in 2023 is any different from Russia in 1994, 1997, 1999, 2008, 2014, 2015, and 2022?

[Jesper Olsen @JEOCPH]

Selv den legitime magt kan misbruges af legitimt valgte ledere. Det er demokratiets udfordring globalt. Magt er kun legitim når den kan holdes til ansvar. Medier der ikke har det for øje er ikke ‘den 4. statsmagt’. https://t.co/r1rtnTCZDJ @sorenpind @TomJensen1966 #dkpol

[Firing Line with Margaret Hoover @FiringLineShow]

As Israel clashes with Iran's proxies, Kimberly Kagan, president of the Institute for @TheStudyofWar says Tehran has been preparing for a broader regional conflict for years.

"Iran and its axis of resistance are largely in control of the escalation of this war."

[Yuval Noah Harari @harari_yuval]

Every peace treaty in history was based on compromise, not absolute justice. Justice is essential, but the pursuit of absolute justice can lead you to perpetuate conflict indefinitely, never reaching peace. Full @piersmorgan interview for @PiersUncensored:
https://t.co/3LIYyhB0DT

[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

I explained in an interview to @LEXPRESS that for Russia to change, it must lose its last colonial war.

As long as Russians associate the word "war" with notions of glory and conquest, they cannot escape the cycle of violence in which they are trapped.

https://t.co/MBl6T6MoWm

[Lars Jarvad @LarsJarvad]

@yanisvaroufakis Wrong question. It’s not what would - but what COULD happen?

[Maria Pevchikh @pevchikh]

Putin’s family is perhaps Russia’s most forbidden topic. No one is supposed to know and discuss this. But we of course will.
Here is the new video on our English language channel.

https://t.co/9ZUETN34Au

[Lars Jarvad @LarsJarvad]

@JudahAriGross @b_judah And they …. where, when women are fighting for their (lives)?

[Maria Pevchikh @pevchikh]

Navalny's family isn't allowed to visit him in prison. Navalny's lawyers are arrested. Now, Navalny is cut off from the outside world. I'm sorry for stating this so bluntly, but we no longer have a way of even knowing whether Navalny is alive.

[Lars Jarvad @LarsJarvad]

@brianklaas Clickbait politicians

[Lars Jarvad @LarsJarvad]

@vtchakarova Let’s leave X/Twitter. To crazy to part of a social media with an agenda. It feels embarrasing

[Lars Jarvad @LarsJarvad]

@PhillipsPOBrien I’ve come the same conclusion. I feel uncomfortable being here and being part of the Musk show.

[Lars Jarvad @LarsJarvad]

@Gerashchenko_en Looks like a religious cult

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Just watched this.
If there’s ever a chance to see this documentary, don’t miss out.
The worst horrifying mass murder of this century filmed by our friends. https://t.co/69ssRUDype

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

#Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa decided to drink beer in the center of #Kyiv.

[Lars Jarvad @LarsJarvad]

@Mylovanov Thank you for sharing

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

👏 What real solidarity looks like, not treating an ally under genocidal invasion as just another chip on the geopolitical table. There is good and there is evil.