Anja Samesch

Social democrat | Board member SPD OV Erfurt-Altstadt | European | Environmentalist | Creative accountant | Netflix enthusiast | all views are my own

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Last night, our long-range sanctions once again reached the Moscow region – for the second time this week, the Moscow oil refinery was hit. Targets were also struck in the Rostov region and in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. This is a fully justified response to Russian attacks on our cities and communities, and another important result of our warriors’ work against facilities that sustain Russia’s war machine. I thank our Defense and Security Forces of Ukraine for their coordinated efforts – the Security Service of Ukraine, the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces, Defense Intelligence, and our missile brigade for their precision.

In recent days, all of our partners have noted the precision and effectiveness of our mid-range strikes and long-range sanctions. It is time the war ended, and Russia must take the necessary steps in diplomacy.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

The idea vaccines cause autism was invented by Andrew Wakefield in 1998 and was so thoroughly debunked he lost his license for gross malpractice

And here we are 27 years later RFK Jr dredging up the same nonsense

Such a tiresome waste of time

[Nico Lange @nicolange_]

Aber die NATO!

Oft wird behauptet, die NATO und der Westen tragen durch die Erweiterung der NATO eine Mitschuld an diesem Krieg. Diese Behauptung ist falsch.

Richtig ist: Die Schuld an diesem Krieg trägt Wladimir Putin. Es gab nie eine Zusage des Westens, die NATO nicht nach Osten zu erweitern. Die NATO ist ein reines Verteidigungsbündnis und Russland hat anerkannt, kein Veto-Recht gegen die NATO-Mitgliedschaft anderer Länder zu haben.

Eine der am häufigsten wiederholten Behauptungen im Zusammenhang mit Russlands Krieg gegen die Ukraine ist, der Westen habe Russland versprochen, die NATO nicht nach Osten zu erweitern. Russland versucht, sich mit dieser Erzählung in die Rolle eines Opfers der NATO-Politik zu bringen. In Wahrheit gab es derartige Zusicherungen nie.

Der Inhalt des Zwei-plus-Vier-Vertrags von 1990 über die abschließende Regelung in Bezug auf die deutsche Wiedervereinigung zeigt, dass es bei den Verhandlungen ausschließlich um die Zukunft des wiedervereinigten Deutschlands ging. Die NATO-Mitgliedschaft Ostdeutschlands wurde im Vertrag geregelt. Andere osteuropäische Länder wurden in dem Vertrag mit keinem Wort erwähnt. Das von der Sowjetunion geführte Militärbündnis Warschauer Pakt, in dem viele osteuropäische Staaten Mitglieder waren, bestand noch bis 1991.

Michail Gorbatschow, 1985–1991 Generalsekretär des Zentralkomitees der Kommunistischen Partei der Sowjetunion (KPdSU) und von März 1990 bis Dezember 1991 letzter Staatspräsident der Sowjetunion, erklärte selbst im Jahr 2014 in einem Interview: „Das Thema NATO-Erweiterung wurde überhaupt nicht diskutiert, und es wurde in jenen Jahren auch nicht angesprochen. Ich sage das mit voller Verantwortung. Kein einziges osteuropäisches Land hat das Thema angesprochen, nicht einmal nach dem Ende des Warschauer Pakts 1991. Auch die westlichen Staats- und Regierungschefs brachten es nicht zur Sprache.“

Erweiterungen der NATO gehen nicht von der NATO aus, sondern von den Staaten, die Mitglieder werden wollen. Eine NATO-Mitgliedschaft ist eine souveräne und demokratische Entscheidung der Länder, die der Allianz beitreten wollen, und der Bündnispartner.

Im Mai 1997 unterzeichneten die Mitglieder der NATO und Russland die NATO-Russland-Grundakte. Beide Seiten verpflichten sich darin, die Souveränität aller Staaten zu achten. Russland erkennt in der NATO-Russland-Grundakte an, dass es kein Vetorecht gegen die NATO-Mitgliedschaft anderer Länder hat.

Der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin versucht, den russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine damit zu rechtfertigen, einer NATO-Mitgliedschaft der Ukraine zuvorkommen zu müssen. Tatsächlich war die euro-atlantische Integration der Ukraine bereits ab 2002 ein offizielles Ziel der ukrainischen Politik. Auf dem NATO-Gipfel in Bukarest 2008 beschloss die NATO jedoch, der Ukraine keinen Aktionsplan für die NATO-Mitgliedschaft (MAP) anzubieten, da „noch Fragen bezüglich des MAP-Antrags [der Ukraine] offen sind“.

Die NATO versuchte also nicht, die Ukraine zu einer Mitgliedschaft zu drängen, sondern die Ukraine ging auf die NATO zu. Noch bei einem Besuch in der Ukraine im Februar 2011 betonte der damalige NATO-Generalsekretär Anders Fogh Rasmussen (Amtszeit 2009–2014), dass die NATO die Ukraine nicht drängt und den Status des Landes als Nicht-Bündnispartner respektiert.

Die NATO ist ein Verteidigungsbündnis. Sie stellt für Russland keine Bedrohung dar. Russland ist geografisch das größte Land der Welt. Mit dem Beitritt Finnlands zur NATO im April 2023 hat sich die Landgrenze der NATO zu Russland mehr als verdoppelt. Doch selbst nach dem Beitritt Finnlands beträgt der Anteil der russischen Landgrenze mit NATO-Staaten nur elf Prozent. Es kann nicht die Rede davon sein, dass Russland von der NATO umzingelt oder in die Enge getrieben worden sei.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Tonight, the Russians struck Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities and communities. The largest number of missiles was directed at the capital – at ordinary residential buildings, at schools; they burned down a food market, one of Kyiv’s oldest markets. The Russian strike effectively destroyed the Chornobyl Museum, damaged the National Art Museum and the building housing the office of Germany’s ARD. As of now, 69 people have been reported injured in the capital. Tragically, two people were killed in this senseless Russian attack. My condolences to everyone who has lost family members and loved ones.

I have already spoken with the President of France and the Prime Minister of Norway. There will be further communication with our partners today. I am grateful to everyone who is not staying silent about what Russia is doing. They are waging war solely against our people – against our memory, our history, and everything that makes up normal human life. It is important that Russia understands that they will be held accountable for all these crimes.

[Nico Lange @nicolange_]

Apokalyptische Szenen in Kyjiw - Russland führt Krieg mit Raketen und Drohnen gegen Wohnhäuser und Einkaufszentren.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Umbrellas were invented thousands of years ago

We still have rain..

Just saying..

[Vassili Golod @VassiliGolod]

Rettungskräfte holen ein Kind aus den Trümmern eines Hauses, das durch russische Angriffe zerstört wurde. Am christlichen Osterfest greifen russische Soldaten weiter rücksichtslos ukrainische Städte an, verletzen und töten Zivilisten in Odessa. Wir dürfen das nicht ignorieren.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Meningitis IS contagious

Yours sincerely

An Infectious Diseases specialist

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Therapist; “There is a tiger in you”

The tiger in me:

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

We received a request from the United States for specific support in protection against "shaheds" in the Middle East region. I gave instructions to provide the necessary means and ensure the presence of Ukrainian specialists who can guarantee the required security. Ukraine helps partners who help ensure our security and protect the lives of our people. Glory to Ukraine!

[Jessica Berlin @berlin_bridge]

Burn in hell Khameinei. And save a spot for Vladimir.

[Vassili Golod @VassiliGolod]

Die Ukraine hat den härtesten Winter seit Kriegsbeginn überlebt. Der Frühling kommt.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

So now you genocidal fucks are suddenly concerned about "unprovoked acts of armed aggression," huh?

Get the fuck out of Ukraine.

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

To you, Zohran Mamdani! You stayed quiet when we have faced massacre, when Islamic Republic assassins were sent here in New York to kill us, stay quiet now!

STOP lecturing us Iranians about peace.

I don’t feel safe in New York listening to someone like you, Mamdani, who sympathizes with the regime that killed more than 30,000 unarmed Iranians in less than 24 hours. You talk about “safety” of this beautiful city? Listen carefully; Safety without justice means nothing.
We Iranians do not allow you to lecture us about war while you had nothing to say when the Islamic Republic shot schoolgirls and blinded more than 10,000 innocent people in the streets. You were busy celebrating the hijab while women of my beloved country Iran were jailed and raped by Islamic Security forces for removing it. And NOW you find your voice to defend the regime? No. I will not let you claim the moral high ground.
The people of Iran want to be free. Where were you when they needed solidarity?

New York belongs to people who stand against terrorism not those who excuse it.

This city is stronger than fear.
Stronger than propaganda.
Stronger than you think.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today marks exactly four years since Putin started his three-day push to take Kyiv. And that says a great deal about our resistance, about how Ukraine has fought all this time. Behind those words stand millions of our people, immense courage, incredibly hard work, endurance, and the long path Ukraine has been pursuing since February 24.

Looking back at the beginning of the invasion and reflecting on today, we have every right to say: we have defended our independence, we have not lost our statehood; Putin has not achieved his goals. He has not broken Ukrainians; he has not won this war. We have preserved Ukraine, and we will do everything to secure peace and justice. Glory to Ukraine!

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

A cynical and brutal terrorist act is being investigated in Lviv. There were two explosions, and the second occurred after emergency services had already arrived at the scene. Twenty-five people were injured. Tragically, one person – a 23-year-old police officer – was killed. My condolences to her family and loved ones. All the injured are receiving assistance. Some are in serious condition, and doctors are doing everything possible to save lives.

The circumstances of this terrorist attack are now being fully analyzed. Many facts have already been established. The perpetrators were recruited via Telegram. The attack was organized by Russia. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Police, and the Security Service of Ukraine will present further details to the public.

We have intelligence indicating that the Russians intend to continue carrying out such actions – in effect, attacks on Ukrainians. We must strengthen protection for our people.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Right now, on the streets of Munich and other cities, people are calling for support for freedom in Iran. We saw it. Ukraine does not share a border with Iran. We’ve never had a conflict of interest with the Iranian regime. But the Iranian Shahed drones they sold to Russia are killing our people and destroying our infrastructure. The Iranian regime has already done – and can still do – more harm than many other regimes could do in a century. And yet this regime still exists. And it hopes to survive everything – even this crisis.

Today, the people of Iran expect from the world what we in Ukraine needed on February 24, when the Russian invasion began – unity, determination, and speed. Of course, speed. Speed in support. And regimes like the one in Iran must not be given time. When they have time, they only kill more. They must be stopped immediately. And this is exactly what should have happened with the Ayatollah – after all the wars his regime unleashed and all the lives it took – and with Putin as well: after the war in Georgia, after Syria, after 2014 and the occupation of Crimea.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change — all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

The whole world sees what has been happening in Iran—the scale of the killings and how the Iranian regime has invested heavily in spreading war and violence across the region and the world.

Ukraine will not forget a single one of the thousands of “shaheds” that have struck our cities and villages, our people. We see that, on the issue of Iran, others in Europe have heard Ukraine, those Europeans who called for greater engagement and a more principled stance, and the Iranians themselves.

The European Union has practically agreed on a decision to designate one of the main organizations of the regime in Iran as terrorist—the so-called Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. European procedures are currently underway.

In Ukraine, we have already adopted such a decision and designated this organization as terrorist. For us, this issue is closed. All terrorists in the world deserve the same treatment and condemnation—none should prevail.

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.