Martin B

Patiently. Deliberatly. Free speech and no lies.
I despise those who do not honor alliances, treaties and agreements.

Absent friends.

[Martin B @MartinBehre]

Sometimes we forget how the PRC peacefully influences the world in wars and conflicts.

[Liza Rosen @LizaRosen0000]

This is Germany, not the UK.

A Muslim openly incited calls for the murder of infidels as part of a global intifada during a pro-Hamas protest — and was arrested immediately by the German police.

This is the correct response.

[POLITICO @politico]

Trump wants lower beef prices. Flesh-eating maggots in Texas have other plans. https://t.co/ToXwTYQEaK

[Magnus Ranstorp @MagnusRanstorp]

Folkbildning när den är som bäst!

Statsvetaren @drdanielschatz har forskat i femton år och intervjuat statsministrar, utrikesministrar och andra nyckelpersoner som format och bevittnat svensk Mellanösternpolitik. Hör honom berätta om varför palestinierna älskar @socialdemokrat mest, om Carl Bildts radikalisering och hur borgerliga regeringar gång på gång har fortsatt på Olof Palmes linje.
https://t.co/Rtty9dVBut

[Beefeater @Beefeater_Fella]

🇺🇦🇳🇴 Long-range ammunition, Patriot missiles, and Ukrainian drones: Ukraine and Norway agree on priorities for strengthening Ukraine’s defense capabilities — Fedorov

Head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov discussed priority defense needs with his Norwegian counterpart Tore O. Sandvik during the Ramstein-format meeting.

The parties also discussed the possibility of quickly allocating additional funding for Ukraine’s defense needs before European Union loan funds arrive.

Among the priorities are long-range ammunition under the Czech initiative, Patriot interceptor missiles through the JUMPSTART mechanism, contributions to PURL, and support for Ukrainian drones.

According to Fedorov, the two sides also agreed to continue coordinating efforts to develop air defense and anti-ballistic protection capabilities.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

The greatest lie Russia ever told was convincing people it is a superpower.

Its economy is smaller than Italy's.

Its GDP per capita is lower than Uruguay's.

Its military is the second-best... in Ukraine.

The only things Russia truly invests in and innovates are kinetic warfare and information warfare.

It has one of the worst demographic outlooks in the world.

Russia is a paper bear.

[Sari Arho Havrén @SariArhoHavren]

Zero class, disgrace. Worst speech by any American commemorating D-Day ever.

[Christer Sfeirكريستر @ChristerSfeir]

Mina två cents:

Expressens granskning av Vänsterpartiets kandidater väcker en obekväm fråga. Hur kommer det sig att ett så stort antal personer med rötter i Mellanöstern återfinns bland dem som uttryckt stöd för Hamas, Hizbollah eller Houtherna m.m. ?

Det enkla svaret är inte att de är vänsterpartister. Det mer intressanta svaret handlar om identitet.

För många människor från Palestina, Libanon, Syrien eller Irak är konflikten med Israel inte en avlägsen utrikespolitisk fråga utan en del av familjens historia. Det är fullt begripligt. Men när en konflikt blir en del av den egna identiteten förändras också sättet man betraktar den på. Händelser som annars skulle bedömas med universella moraliska principer börjar i stället filtreras genom lojalitet.

Den utvecklingen har förstärkts av två parallella traditioner. Den ena är den politiska kultur som dominerat stora delar av Mellanöstern, där Israel i decennier framställts som den yttersta fienden. Den andra är den västerländska vänsterns antiimperialistiska världsbild, där palestinierna ofta fått rollen som de förtryckta och Israel rollen som förtryckaren.

När dessa två perspektiv möts uppstår ibland en märklig blindhet. Samma personer som med rätta fördömer övergrepp från stater kan relativisera eller ursäkta övergrepp när de begås av grupper som Hamas eller Hizbollah. Solidariteten blir selektiv. Principerna blir villkorade.

Problemet är inte att människor engagerar sig för palestiniernas sak. Tvärtom. Problemet uppstår när stödet för en sak övergår i sympati för rörelser som mördar civila, förtrycker oliktänkande och bekämpar de värden som den demokratiska vänstern säger sig försvara.

Den verkliga skiljelinjen går därför inte mellan Israelvänner och Palestinavänner. Den går mellan dem som tillämpar samma moraliska måttstock på alla och dem som gör undantag för sin egen sida.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is really stupid, and it’s not getting enough attention.

The Trump administration is pulling a working $368 million ocean monitoring system out of the water, equipment taxpayers already bought, built, and sank into the deep ocean.

And they are doing it right when the oceans are behaving in ways that alarm the scientists who study them.

Record-breaking temperatures.

A system of Atlantic currents that may be lurching toward collapse.

The response?

Yank out the instruments and walk away.

That is not budgeting. That is smashing the gauges while the engine is on fire and calling it efficiency.

For what? The Trump administration dressed it up as a “nimbler approach” and “smart lifecycle management,” which is fancy nonsense for “we shut it off and hoped nobody would ask why.” There is no return-on-investment analysis. They cannot show taxpayers save a dime, because the gear is already paid for and the science it produces protects real money and real lives.

The kicker: the same people killing the monitors want to mine the deep sea for minerals. So they are destroying the only tools that could measure what that mining does. That is not an accident.

That is the point. You cannot see the damage if you break the instruments first.
https://t.co/MzE4AW1QBv

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Keane: For the first time ever, Putin cannot replace his casualties. He's lost more men than he has people to replace them.

That's diminishing returns. He's in a bind, and economically he's hurting, despite the St. Petersburg show.

[Joni Askola @joni_askola]

The German far right's open attendance at Russia's SPIEF conference proves that the threat to Europe is already inside the house.

If the RN, AfD and Reform UK win elections, European security will completely collapse.

European democracy is facing its most dangerous moment since the Cold War. AfD sending representatives to Saint Petersburg to smile for cameras alongside war criminals is not an isolated incident. It is part of a coordinated, long-term strategy to place pro-Russian traitors and their puppets at the helm of the British, French, and German governments.

A political victory for the National Rally, AfD, or Reform UK at the next elections would be a historical catastrophe. These groups are designed to paralyze Europe, cut off vital aid to democracies under attack, and legitimize brutal authoritarian expansion. They wrap themselves in national flags, yet they take their marching orders directly from Moscow. Real traitors!

It is time to speak with total clarity about what a vote for these parties actually means. Choosing to support these movements is a betrayal of national sovereignty and a direct contribution to the destabilization of the West. Voters who fall for their populist rhetoric are actively enabling foreign subversion. A vote for them is a vote for Putin.

We need a massive mobilization of citizens within these countries to fight back against this creeping threat. Passivity is no longer an option when the enemy is on the ballot. We must aggressively expose their lies, contest their narratives, and protect the values that keep Europe safe and free

[Бианка @BiankaB12]

The absolute lowest class speech about D-Day. He reached the bottom of the barrel and started digging for a basement.

What an absolute disgrace.

P.S.: There were no boats in Bulgaria, you imbecile. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre @StratcomCentre]

Detonating for hours with massive explosions, ammunition depots near St Petersburg are causing a stir among local Russians.

The local governor advises residents to stay indoors.

War has arrived.

[Bo Mandeville 🍉 @BoMandeville]

@shashj ignorance and stupidity

but most of all… disrespect
disrespect for all those who lived under Nazi occupation
disrespect for all those who were part of the resistance
disrespect for all those who fought for the liberation

it is deeply shameful

[Bert Gray-Malkin @bgraymalkin]

@shashj How disrespectful of that clown to drag his seedy politics into a remembrance of our war dead.
Says it all about America at the moment

[Shashank Joshi @shashj]

Extraordinary. “ U.S. Defense Secretary ​Pete Hegseth warned on Saturday that Europe faced what he ‌called an invasion of dangerous ideologies arriving by sea, linking immigration to the legacy of the D-Day landings in remarks in Normandy” https://t.co/cDxnVBbrhj

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

Ukraine’s drone forces have pulled off something genuinely significant at Donetsk Airport. The 14th Regiment of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces has established what they call “fire control” over the Russian-held facility, destroying launch pads, vehicles, and supply depots in a sustained campaign that has rendered the airport effectively unusable.

The target was not chosen at random. Russia had transformed the airport into a dual-purpose military asset: a launch site for Shahed-type attack drones and a logistics hub feeding front-line operations in the Donetsk region.

Taking it out of commission disrupts both functions simultaneously.

What makes this operation notable is its place within a larger strategic framework. Ukraine is pursuing what the BBC describes as a “logistics lockdown” strategy, using AI-guided drones to systematically dismantle Russian supply infrastructure behind the front lines rather than concentrating solely on direct battlefield engagements. The logic is straightforward: an army that cannot resupply cannot sustain offensive pressure.

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces described this as the first operation of its kind in modern military history, a claim that reflects how novel drone-on-infrastructure warfare at this scale and precision actually is.

Ukraine is increasingly using autonomous, and AI-assisted drones not just to harass but to degrade Russian operational capacity at depth.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Incredible night for Ukraine, taking out Russian oil infrastructure and military targets from St Petersburg to the Urals.

2000km from Ukraine, in Tyumen, the Antipinsky Oil Refinery, capacity 9 million tons/year burns after early morning strikes.

[Thorstrike @rospigge60559]

When foreign channels start making 'Top 10 Swedish weapons' videos, you know Sweden has quietly become a defence technology powerhouse.

[Bojan Pancevski @bopanc]

The sanctions against Russia are so lax that even Putin's cronies are able to buy western jets and expand their luxury lifestyles.
My report via @WSJ https://t.co/dVLFZ7w4mL

[ChrisO_wiki @ChrisO_wiki]

1/ Donetsk Airport has been converted into a launch base for Russian attack drones, with hardened concrete shelters erected on the runways, aprons, and taxiways to protect them from attack. More than 130 shelters have been built, along with concrete warehouses and launch pads. ⬇️