Yulia Ghumman 🇺🇦🇮🇪

[Yulia Ghumman 🇺🇦🇮🇪 @YuliaGhumman]

A lot of Irish people ask from where to get #Ukrainian 🇺🇦 flag here in Ireland? You can get #Tipperary flag and turn it sideways ☝️#StandWithUkraine

[Jake Broe @RealJakeBroe]

Trump is refusing to sell air defense systems to Ukraine so that Ukraine can protect their civilian cities from nightly Russian terrorist attacks.

Trump is also saying Russia's terrorist attacks against civilians are justified now because Ukraine chose to fight back.

[South East Military Veterans @EastVeterans]

Further 🇷🇺 threats to 🇮🇪

🇷🇺 Russian Ambassador Filatov warns Ireland 🇮🇪 : support for 🇺🇦
makes you “accomplices in terrorism” - says “day of reckoning will come.”

@SimonHarrisTD @MichealMartinTD

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Chancellor Merz:

"If we had Ukraine as member in NATO, which was applied in 2008, and the Americans gave support to that, the French and the German government were against it. You can again speculate, would this war had happened? Ukraine was then a big nuclear power. They were the third biggest nuclear power in the world, and they agreed to get rid of all the nuclear weapons. And then after Russia attacked Ukraine, would this have happened with nuclear weapons on the ground? You can ask the same question again. No, this war is now happening and we have to stop it now, this is our task."

[SOLAS @SOLASFET]

We are proud to announce that SOLAS has been awarded with a prestigious #InvestorsInDiversityGold Award 🪙 - Ireland's highest accolade given to organisations achieving outstanding progress in #Diversity #Equality & #Inclusion.
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[Igor Sushko @igorsushko]

30 years ago today on December 5 1994, Ukraine agreed to voluntarily disarm itself of thousands of nuclear warheads, 176 intercontinental ballistic missiles, and 42 strategic bombers in exchange for security assurances from the United States, Britain, and Russia.
Betrayed by all.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

NATO was created to defend Europe from Soviet/Russian military invasion. Now it says the only country actually doing that, Ukraine, isn't eligible *because* is it defending Europe from Russian invasion. But once the invasion is over, perhaps it can join.

[Financial Times @FT]

Russia is using civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones. There have been more than 9,500 attacks in Kherson as Moscow attempts to drive residents out of the city https://t.co/PMK8x7TS8q

[Пан Зореслав. @Zoreslav9]

Після перекуру звертаюся до Бога. Дай мені сил пережити цю ніч, без втрат та ворожого штурму, нехай всі хто зараз тут повернуться до своїх сімей цілими та неушкодженими ні фізично, ні морально. В знятих рукавицях холодними руками тримаю маленьку ікону з пластику, ⬇️

[Dmytro Kuleba @DmytroKuleba]

Today marks 30 years since Ukraine signed the Budapest Memorandum. Pressured by a coordinated position from Russia and the United States, Ukraine gave up the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal in exchange for modest financial compensation and security assurances. This decision, in hindsight, was one of the early steps that emboldened Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Recently, I was asked what lesson Ukraine should take from the Budapest Memorandum. I believe it is the U.S. that must learn the lesson: don’t mess up again.

Russia is a rogue state, aligned with China, North Korea, and Iran. Don’t make the mistake of misjudging who your true friends are again.

[Ukraine.ua @ukraine_ua]

30 years ago, on 5 December 1994, Ukraine signed the Budapest Memorandum, agreeing to give up its nuclear arsenal, the third-largest in the world at the time. In exchange, the deal was supposed to provide Ukraine with security guarantees.

The Budapest Memorandum declared respect for Ukraine's independence, sovereignty, and existing borders. It promised that no weapon of these countries would ever be used against Ukraine except for self-defence. However, since 2014, Russia — one of the Memorandum's signatories — has been brutally violating the Memorandum and numerous other agreements and international laws.

The Budapest Memorandum failed to prevent Russia from launching an invasion of Ukraine, which led to thousands of Ukrainians being killed, millions displaced, whole towns destroyed and others subjected to constant missile and drone attacks.

Moreover, the broken security assurances set a dangerous precedent: Ukraine had given up its nuclear weapons in good faith, and Russia's war not only undermined Ukraine's security but also damaged global trust in nuclear disarmament.

Recognising past mistakes is essential to ensuring history doesn't repeat itself. Today, Ukraine must be provided with clear, legally binding security guarantees – and full membership in NATO is the way to move forward.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

russia has no intention of destroying the Ukrainian people, they are brothers and sisters for the russians, Lavrov said in an interview with Tucker Carlson, telling the biggest lie of 2024.

The photos show how russia treats brothers and sisters.

[Euan MacDonald @Euan_MacDonald]

Remember, remember
the fifth of December
and never surrender
your nukes.

OTD in 1994 Ukraine gave up its nukes in exchange for worthless "security assurances" from Russia, US, and UK: Russia began invasion of Ukraine in 2014, occupying Crimea. The West did nothing.
#BudapestMemo

[Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz]

Here’s the russian UN representative’s face when a Ukrainian speaker was talking about a russian missile kіІІіng a family

[Cormac Smith 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @CormacS63]

30 years ago today the seeds of Ukraine’s betrayal were sown

In the interest of peace she was persuaded to give the world’s third largest nuclear arsenal.

In return the Budapest Memorandum, signed by US, UK & Russia, guaranteed her territorial integrity.

She has been betrayed

[Olena Halushka @OlenaHalushka]

Let’s all celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Budapest Memorandum today! Thanks to them "working together for a safer world" we are all feeling much safer today! Long live meaningless guarantees that aren’t even worth the paper they’re written on--keep them coming more!

[Sryan Bruen @SnowbieWx]

Another cracker of a red sky in Dublin this morning.

[UNITED24 Media @United24media]

Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast: another Ukrainian city left in ruins by Russian forces.

[Lithuanian MOD 🇱🇹 @Lithuanian_MoD]

🇱🇹🇺🇦 On this day in 1991, Lithuania recognised Ukraine’s independence, establishing a strong & lasting bond between our nations. United by shared democratic values, we reject the aggressor’s tyranny. Lithuania will always stand with Ukraine, supporting its freedom & sovereignty.