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[Florida Panthers @FlaPanthers]

SANDIS ARE YOU SERIOUS 🤯

[Jurģis Liepnieks @JurgisLiepnieks]

Pagājušā naktī krievija izšāva pa Ukrainu
1567 dronus
21 balistisko raķeti, no tām 3 virskaņas Kinžal.
35 spārnotās raķetes.
Kopā 1623 (!), kas ir rekords šim karam vienai naktij.
Ukraiņi notrieca 1514 mērķu, kas ir gandrīz 97%.
Visi šie skaitļi liek par ļoti daudz ko aizdomāties.

[Ralfs Freibergs @Ralfs_29]

To my North American friends and the hockey community:
​Although you are far from Europe and may not see or feel the reality of russia’s actions - killing hundreds of people in Ukraine daily - we in Europe see it clearly. We are telling you that letting them back into international competition is not an option until russia gets the F out of Ukraine.
​To North American hockey journalists: start asking the right questions. Ask rus players how they feel about their country occupying neighboring nations. You will be "surprised" by the results.

[UkrSportBase 🇺🇦 | Olympics @Ukrsportbase]

🇱🇻Bravo Latvia!

Latvian skeleton athletes Kamila Krustiņa and Renārs Jumiķis refused to take photos with Russians at the Junior World Championships.

[Rihards Kols @RihardsKols]

Viktor Orbán,

Your letter to President Zelenskyy is not a defence of Hungarian sovereignty. It is a defence of Russian leverage.

Fact one. Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, in clear violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter.

Fact two. Russia systematically targets Ukrainian energy infrastructure - including pipelines and power grids.

Fact three. No EU or NATO body has demanded Hungarian troops be sent to Ukraine. That claim is a lie.

You accuse Kyiv of “forcing Hungary into war”. Russia forced war onto Europe. Ukraine did not invade Russia. Russia invaded Ukraine. This is not rhetoric. It is tanks crossing internationally recognised borders.

You speak about the Friendship pipeline. Let us be honest with Hungarian citizens. The most serious damage to energy infrastructure in this war - including the pipeline in question - has been caused by Russian missiles. If you are concerned about secure supply, address the Kremlin, not Kyiv.

If you truly want uninterrupted energy transit, agree with your friend in the Kremlin to a genuine energy ceasefire so repairs can be carried out safely. Ukrainian technicians have restored infrastructure before under fire, with workers wounded in the process. Why would Ukraine deliberately sabotage a route that runs through its own war zone and risk more lives?

It is evident you place little value on Ukrainian lives. Ukraine does. The rest of Europe does.

Hungary knows what Russian “protection” means. 1956 is not ancient history. Soviet tanks in Budapest were not part of an energy dispute. They were instruments of occupation. That memory should command clarity, not selective amnesia.

You claim Brussels and the Hungarian opposition are coordinating with President Zelenskyy to change your government. That is a domestic campaign slogan - and a reckless one. Elections are decided by Hungarian voters. Deal with that politically instead of externalising responsibility.

No one is asking Hungary to finance war for the sake of war. The European Union is supporting a country defending its sovereignty against aggression. There is a difference. If aggression pays in Ukraine, the security bill for Europe multiplies. Deterrence now is cheaper than instability later.

Let us also address solidarity. Hungary has blocked sanctions packages, delayed €90 billion in financial assistance to Ukraine, and repeatedly held common EU decisions hostage. At the same time, Hungary has received tens of billions in cohesion funds and enjoys the full protection of NATO’s deterrence architecture.

This is not neutrality. It is obstruction. Benefiting from European solidarity while undermining it is not sovereignty. It is free riding.

Europe’s credibility, rule of law and collective defence are not negotiable instruments in an election cycle. If a Member State systematically obstructs common foreign and security policy while eroding fundamental values, the Treaties provide mechanisms - including Article 7 TEU - for a reason.

Hungary deserves respect. But respect is not claimed by lecturing a country under bombardment. It is earned by standing on the side of sovereignty, international law and European security.

Ukraine is not your enemy. Russia’s imperial revanchism is the threat to all of us - including Hungary.

Europe’s security, rule of law and credibility are not bargaining chips. And they will not be blackmailed.

[Alessandra Libutti 🇪🇺 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 @a_libutti]

Il Colosseo stasera.

[VEF Rīga @vefriga]

Par Ukrainas uzvaru! 🇺🇦💙💛

[Mareks Matisons™ 🇱🇻 ( ex. blue ☂️) 🎗️ @marruciic]

💙💛 Kopā līdz uzvarai!

Tuvojoties Krievijas iebrukuma Ukrainā gadadienai, es ļoti vēlos sev un Tev, mans sociālo mediju platformu draugs, atgādināt šo 2022.gada kampaņu.
Palīdziet Ukrainai = Sargājiet Latviju!

#StandWithUkraine

[NHL @NHL]

Dans Locmelis is having himself a game! 🚨🚨

The @NHLBruins prospect has two goals through two periods!

📺: Germany vs. Latvia #MilanoCortina2026 #WinterOlympics action is LIVE on @peacock, @cbcgem, & @TSN_Sports!

[NHL @NHL]

THAT'S A HUGE WIN FOR LATVIA 🇱🇻

Watch NHLers at the #MilanoCortina2026 #WinterOlympics on @NBCSports, @peacock, @cbcsports, @cbcgem, & @Sportsnet!

[Jānis Celmiņš™ @JanisCelmins]

Pēteris Groms - Latvijas un ASV spēles 1. trešdaļā visvairāk pieminētais cilvēks.

"Viģiks" (viņa iesauka) ir diplomēts ekonomists, bet jau 18 gadus strādā par hokeja komandu video treneri. No 6 gadu vecuma trenējās hokejā, taču 15 gados nolēma šai nodarbei mest mieru. #MVP

[JP Lindsley | Journalist @JPLindsley]

There's an urgency to what most know as the Carol of the Bells, or the "Shchedryk."

Ukrainian Mykola Leontovych composed it around 1916 in Pokrovsk, a place where today the fate of the free world urgently hangs in the balance.

The name of the town where Ukrainians have held the line for 1.5 years against Russians invading with tanks, donkeys, and drones is "Protective Veil of the Virgin Mary."

The choir here is Homin from Lviv. They were performing in Austria.

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@ElonMuskNews47 68

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

RETWEET if you stand with President Zelensky!🇺🇦😉

Because, concession is not a solution, A concession strengthens the enemy.!

[Kaija Skujiņa 🇱🇻 ❤ 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇺🇦 @KaijaSkujina]

DEPO ir vispatriotiskàkais un atviskākais veikals. Malači. https://t.co/PgFVDFQEbG

[Ulubele @Ulubele]

no kuplā brāļu un māsu pulka mazais runčuks ir palicis pēdējais gaidot patversmē
🙏dalīties, lai Baltiņu pamana un viņš svētkus sagaida kopā ar
✨️ savu Cilvēku Mājās✨️
https://t.co/b8yOLYRKjK

[Mārtiņš Staķis @MStakis]

TV Rain lūdza komentēt ideju Eiropas Savienības līmenī ierobežot vai izbeigt tūristu vizu izsniegšanu RU pilsoņiem. Skaidrā krievu valodā paskaidroju, ka kamēr RU nogalina ukraiņus un iznīcina Ukrainu, tūristiem no agresorvalsts jāliedz iespēja izklaidēties Eiropā.

[NBS @Latvijas_armija]

💬“Ja Latvijai uzbruks, es sūtīšu cīņā visus savus spēkus, un pēc tam viņi var kaut vai likt mani cietumā.” - ģenerālmajore Jete Albinusa, NATO divīzijas komandiere Latvijā.

Viņas apņēmība ir skaidrs signāls - Latvija nebūs viena. Mēs esam gatavi.

#WeAreNATO #StrongerTogether

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[Märt Kelder @MartKelder]

Why the Balts hate May 9.

World War II started with a handshake between Stalin and Hitler in 1939 — the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In secret, they carved up Eastern Europe. Poland was split. The Baltics were assigned to Stalin.

Then came the invasions. Nazis from the west, Soviets from the east. Hitler struck first on Sept 1, 1939. Stalin came in from the east on Sept 17. Poland was erased.

In 1940, it was our turn. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were occupied without a shot. Our governments were dismantled, our officers executed, our flags taken down, our people sent to Siberia.

In a single year, tens of thousands disappeared. Soldiers, teachers, farmers, mothers, children — anyone seen as a potential threat to Soviet control. Some were shot. Many froze to death in cattle cars on the way to the Gulag.

This was before the Nazis even arrived.

Then Came Hitler. Then Stalin Again.

In 1941, when Hitler betrayed Stalin and pushed east, many in the Baltics thought maybe — maybe — we’d get our countries back. That didn’t happen. Many locals were then forced to fight for the Nazis. Not because they loved Hitler, but because it seemed like the only way to avoid Soviet return.

Enemy of your enemy is your friend, right?

Later, when the Soviets pushed Hitler back and re-occupied us in 1944, the same thing happened in reverse. Men were dragged into the Red Army — sometimes the very same people who had fought for the Germans the year before. It wasn’t heroism. It was survival.

And let’s be clear: Stalin’s return wasn’t peace. It was purges, censorship, russification, more deportations, more fear. The mass graves didn’t stop.

To us, Stalin wasn’t a liberator. He was a partner in Hitler’s crimes.

Nazis sent people to concentration camps. Soviets sent them to Gulags.
Nazis erased cultures. Soviets erased identities.
Both used forced labor, propaganda, torture, and fear as tools of control.

This is why we don’t put flowers on Soviet tanks. Why May 9 is a day of mourning, not celebration.

And when Russians tomorrow march under the old red flag shouting “We defeated fascism,” we hear something different. We hear denial. Arrogance. A refusal to acknowledge what Stalin did to us.

Two empires used our land, our people, our lives as pawns in their fight for power.
And one of them stuck around for 50 years, calling it peace and liberation.

So no, we don’t see WWII the same way as Russians. We never will.