APPLEBAUM: Ukrainians revolutionized drone industry, rewritten rules of war, and suddenly, perception of Ukraine is different.
Suddenly, Ukraine isn’t victim, it’s provider of security, even despite the fact that U.S. cut off supplies to Ukraine, hoping Ukraine would surrender.
Suddenly, Gulf states want visits from Ukraine and Ukrainian military because they want drone interceptors that Ukraine has to hit Shaheds.
Suddenly, European companies want to do deals with Ukrainian drone companies, and there are several big joint-venture projects now happening all over Europe as well as inside Ukraine.
Ukrainians are enormously helped by Europe, by European money and cooperation with European companies. But a lot of it is coming from Ukrainian society itself.
And this change happened a while ago, like a year ago. But in the last couple of months, it’s suddenly become clear.
And perception is shifting, and that changes also the way Russians see the war. And that changes assumptions that people are making about its outcome.
And certainly, the ability of Russians to move forward has also stopped.
Olga Adolfovna Kiriy, the Russia Today documentary producer behind a multitude of propaganda films portraying Ukraine as a ‘fascist’ state and legitimising Russia’s brutal invasion, has now been added to the EU sanctions list. Propaganda is not journalism, and disinformation has a price.
Al 21 keer was de veroordeelde drugscrimineel Eldor van F. bij #azc protesten. Hij onderhoudt zeer nauwe contacten met #fvd kamerlid @GideonvMeijeren ÉN met #Defend groepen, die gericht op zoek zijn naar confrontatie met de @Politie en daarbij grof geweld niet schuwen.
X owner Elon Musk has forced German public broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen to retract a claim that he helped incite anti-migrant violence in Belfast by calling for a “hunt for migrants,” and has accused the channel of spreading “outrageous lies.”
https://t.co/IfRT11I66i
The @BBCNews has now confirmed what some of us warned for years.
A Russian diplomat ran a sabotage campaign on British soil: arson against the Prime Minister’s own home, and fake far-right and Islamist groups built to turn us against each other. This is not crime. It is how war is fought by powers who don’t want to expose their hand. https://t.co/G7cp3xaZQK
More trouble for Tommy Robinson. He’s been working with Russia propagandists to incite violence in the UK well before fuelling pogroms in Belfast last week, from his well heeled perched in Moscow with agents like Malofeev
Oekraïne valt doelen aan die de Russische oorlogsmachine voeden.
Rusland valt een kathedraal, een postkantoor en een filmstudio aan.
Nederlandse media: "wederzijdse aanvallen."
We leren het maar niet. Zucht.
As Director-General of UNESCO, Khaled El-Enany has not issued an official, standalone quote or statement directly condemning Russia. Will he do it now? Ever? Drop him a line @UNESCO_DG
Russia increased attacks on Ukrainian civilians again last night and carried out strikes that damaged a UNESCO World Heritage site in Kyiv.
These are war crimes, and Russia will have to answer for them.
In response, today we are adopting additional sanctions targeting Russia's military-industrial complex and its shadow fleet.
Every measure further restricts Russia's room for manoeuvre.
My press remarks ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council ↓
Het Pechersk Lavra-klooster in Kyiv🇺🇦 staat in brand na grootschalige russische luchtaanvallen vannacht. Het complex uit 1051 met zijn gouden koepels ligt boven de Dnipro is Unesco-werelderfgoed. Door het ondergrondse gangenstelsel staat het ook bekend als het Holenklooster. 1/
🤬🤬🤬 En toch zijn er nog idioten die beweren dat Rusland de orthodoxe kerk zou beschermen.
Het enige wat Rusland doet, is overal waar het komt vernietiging zaaien.
Africa is becoming a launchpad for Russian influence operations aimed at Europe. Journalist Philip Obaji laid out the evidence before MEPs: disinformation campaigns, manipulated migration routes, and networks that now target elections on both continents.
https://t.co/FmPMYZLqAd
Today I had to file a Dutch police report for doxxing. Why?
Someone doxxed family in occupied Ukraine in 2022 as I myself was fleeing Kiev.
My family, extended cousins in Donetsk were arrested, tortured and their children stolen, taken to Russia for re-education. A war crime.
I might need amplification soon for the Dutch police to follow the EU 2024 criminal offense of doxxing a journalist.
My sources in various countries are also at risk as the doxxer has threatened more disclosures. Sources inside Iran, Venezuela and Sudan are now at risk.
Yes I am freaking out, good advice is welcomed. I have tried the NJV, EU press freedom legal line, zero response....
As everything goes wrong for Russia due to Putin's war, the swans are warming up. 🎶🦢🦢🦢🦢
Russian MPs are openly and publicly warning of social collapse, saying the economy cannot withstand the war, and blaming the Kremlin for the current problems.
Dance little swans, dance.