@KaterynaLis From "I need ammunition, not a ride" to "we've a surplus of some weapons, we'll do you a deal"......
What a turn-around in four years.
Putin has created a Ukrainian military powerhouse!!
@man_in_poland@IAPonomarenko This is a very important point which seems to be missed. While EU may be able to defeat Russia if Ukraine was too lose then EU as you say will be fighting Ukraine and Russia.
Would be a very grim prospect for EU.
🇮🇷 This is how an Iranian girl, a follower of Zoroastrianism, explains everything "on her fingers":
🔴"Hello, I am Iranian.
Everyone keeps asking the same question over and over: what's wrong with the leftists? Why are they so noisy, why do they support the Gaza Strip, but remain completely silent when it comes to Iran?
The answer is simple: because the truth exposes the lie. Because acknowledging Iran destroys the ideological fantasy they have built.
Let's be clear: the Islamic Republic of Iran is not a victim of Western imperialism. It is a theocratic authoritarian regime that exists by exporting violence, funding Islamist groups, and suppressing its own people.
Yes, it funds Hamas.
It funds Hezbollah.
All these small proxy groups in the region and worldwide are financed with Iranian money — not government or regime money, but stolen funds: money taken from workers who today in Iran cannot even afford bread; from families destroyed by inflation; from women who are beaten, imprisoned, tortured, and raped for refusing religious submission.
And that is exactly why the leftists are silent: because Hamas feeds their narrative, but the Iranian people do not.
Because Islamist violence against Israelis can be turned into "resistance," but Islamist violence against Iranians reveals the truth.
At this very moment, as you read this, Iran — a country with over 92 million people — is being destroyed in real time.
Almost a complete blackout for more than 24 hours: no internet, no phone connection, no communication at all.
And — silence.
No "urgent protests" at Western universities, no hashtags, no statements of solidarity, no megaphones.
Because the suffering of Iranians does not fit their agenda.
Because modern leftist movements are no longer driven by human rights — they are driven by selective outrage and ideological loyalty.
They will scream about censorship — unless it is done by an Islamist regime.
They will condemn state violence to the fullest — but will never say a word if that violence is wrapped in religious language.
They chant "Free Palestine," but will never say "Free Iran," because that would require one difficult admission: that political Islam is not liberation — it is domination. And, by the way, this is happening in the West today as well.
The Islamic Republic is not anti-imperialist;
it is imperialist toward its own people.
Hamas is not an isolated resistance group;
it is part of a broader Islamist ecosystem funded, trained, and supported by regimes like the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Here is the part they do not want to hear:
You cannot claim moral superiority while justifying a regime that kills women and punishes them for refusing the hijab, kills protesters, cuts off the internet for a 92-million-strong nation, and uses foreign proxy groups to cover up its own internal collapse.
You cannot pretend to care about Palestinians while ignoring Iranians who are being shot, tortured, and killed by the Islamic Republic.
This is not solidarity — this is ideological blindness.
The Iranian people are not silent — they are forced into silence.
The silence of Western leftists is their choice: a choice to defend ideology, justify Islamism, and turn a blind eye to the suffering of millions because the pain of the Iranian people complicates the slogan.
History will remember this moment.
It will remember who spoke about universal freedom and who decided that some lives are less important than preserving a narrative.
Long live Iran."
There is a glaringly obvious message for Europe in the 28 point plan: This is the end of the end.
We have been told repeatedly and unambiguously that Ukraine’s security, and therefore Europe’s security, will be Europe’s responsibility. And now it is. Entirely.
If you are a European leader asking your team to book you on the next flight to Washington to go talk to Daddy, please don’t.
Not without a plan, not cap in hand, not humiliating us all in front of the cameras at the Oval office.
Europe is our continent, our future is decided here, not there. We aren’t poor, we have options, we can finally decide to assist Ukraine to the full extent of our very extensive capabilities, restore European dignity and defend Europe.
Or we can continue to wait for the miracle we now know is not coming.