Cevrial (don't vote for wimps)

[Cevrial (don't vote for wimps) @cevrial]

The US needs to start helping her allies win.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Russian investment in propaganda, oligarchs, and politicians in the West has always been a top priority, far more cost-effective than any military battlefield. Putin is KGB, it's his native tongue, and the West disarmed itself against these tactics.

[Montrey @Montrey82631182]

29.04.2014: In Luhansk, pro-Russian, masked men – including members of the Russian FSB and the GRU – storm public buildings by force. Their aim is to overthrow the Ukrainian government.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

CARNEY: Russia is losing 35,000 troops a month, faster than it can replace them. They are not gaining territory. Pressure on Russian economy is mounting. Ukraine is striking increasingly deep into Russian territory. As you can see, balance of forces is moving in Ukraine’s favor.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

🎯 The only kind of negotiation Putin understands is threats to his power. That means defeat in Ukraine and/or the collapse of the Russian economy. Neither of those things will happen over a table and everything else is a waste of time.

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

This tragedy is all caused by Trump's support for Russia

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

SIKORSKI: I'm skeptical about negotiating with Putin. First, Vladimir Putin is a man whose word and whose signature cannot be trusted.

He has lied to us repeatedly: “These are not my men in Crimea,” remember? “I have absolutely no intention of invading Ukraine.”

This is a man whose signature is on Russo-Ukrainian border treaty. How can we expect Putin to respect next treaty when he is already in breach of current ones?

Second, when you've been dictator for over 20 years, everybody lies to you, and you always drop your maximalist demands too late, because you don't know true situation you are in.

I also think dictators like Putin correctly understand that they cannot admit a mistake or withdraw from one without losing power. Therefore, I believe this war will be ended by someone else.

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

"We will fight until all Russian forces are expelled from Ukrainian territory, including Donbas and Crimea.

The war will continue until Ukraine restores control over all its internationally recognized territory"

- Kyrylo Budanov🇺🇦

I never doubted 🙌🫡

[Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 @frontlinekit]

You know, when we started this drone factory, we were just two idiots trying to help Ukraine hit a million FPVs a year.

Next thing you know, we’re out here accidentally becoming the Oppenheimer of kamikaze drones. Ours are now FULLY unjammable, as in, the russians can jam all they want, our babies just laugh and keep flying like they run on renewables.

We’re about to delete A LOT of russian logistics. Like, ‘sorry bro, your supply truck just got yeeted into the next dimension’ levels of deleted.

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

- Garry Kasparov
About Ukraine- Russia war

“This is not chess. This is not a battle between opposite colors, but of opposite values. Freedom, life and love versus tyranny, death and hatred. This is not chess. There are no draws, no compromises in our battle with true evil.
It’s win or lose. And so we must fight. And so we must win.
Slava Ukraini! Glory to Ukraine. Glory to freedom.”

Wow
🫡

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Kasparov: Nothing will happen in Russia unless Ukraine wins the war. Period. Ukraine must win, Russia must lose.

Any war that ends “okay” for Russia strengthens the regime; only Ukrainian victory can open the road to change by proving the empire is dead. 1/

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today is Memorial Day in America – a day of national respect for each and every person who defended America and freedom in uniform.

Without the United States, there simply would have been no European freedom – and the 20th century proved this absolutely clearly. Now Russia’s full-scale war is not only against Ukraine, but also against the very format of such a Europe – a free, democratic, united Europe. It is Euro-Atlantic unity that has been, and remains, the foundation of the world’s economic and, in many respects, social development after World War II.

Ukraine is grateful to the United States for supporting our defense and to all compassionate American hearts that continue to support Ukraine.

This war must be ended – and ended in a dignified way. And America’s role in this – America, which Russia fears – truly can be one of leadership: in supporting our defense of life here and our ability, later on, to help defend life for other nations, those who truly need it.

Thank you, America!

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukraine just turned weather into a weapon.

A weather balloon drifts 26 miles into Russian airspace, reaches 5 miles altitude, then releases an American Hornet kamikaze drone with 95% of its battery still intact and a strike range extended to roughly 75 miles.

No radar signature, no engine noise, just the wind quietly doing all the work.

The part that stings most for Russia: they can't copy it. The prevailing winds in the region blow toward Russia, not away from it.

Ukraine's geographic position turns a basic meteorological fact into a permanent tactical advantage.

Physics picked a side.

Source: @NotWhatYouThink

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

The wonderful Anne Applebaum explains the whole reason for Russian's invasion of Ukraine

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Ukraine’s positions are stronger now than in previous years. Since the beginning of the year, 590 square kilometers of our territory have been liberated and brought under Ukrainian control. The trend is certainly not in the occupier’s favor. We continue to increase the rate at which Russian personnel are being eliminated, and together with sanctions in all their forms, this is forcing Russia toward diplomacy.

[Meanwhile in Ukraine @MeanwhileInUA]

Putin didn't invade Ukraine because of NATO. He invaded because Ukrainians were proving democracy works.

Historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum puts it plainly: Putin looked at Ukraine's democratic movement and thought, "If they can do it in Ukraine, then people could do it in Russia. So I need to crush this."

That's the real threat Ukraine posed. Not missiles. Not borders. A working democracy next door.

Applebaum frames the war as a fault line between the democratic and autocratic worlds. Russia isn't just trying to take territory. It's trying to erase Ukraine as a nation, reduce it to a colony, and send a message to every country that the post-1945 rules of Europe no longer apply.

Those rules were simple: no invasions, no wars, borders don't change by force. Russia understood exactly what it was breaking when it crossed into Ukraine.

[распад и неуважение @VictorKvert2008]

The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine resigned and openly accused Trump of aligning with Putin.

Respect to Bridget Brink — a brave and honest woman.

[Def Mon @DefMon3]

Instead of putting your heads in the sand, how about you start asking how we can fix this problem. How do we reduce UA casualties?

Better and more training and equipment is the answer.

[Def Mon @DefMon3]

@EmbassyofRussia Confirm Ukraines legal borders.

[Jaanika Merilo @jaanikamerilo]

Great reminders of Russian negotiation technique by @kajakallas