The russian society had no problem w their army exterminating Mariupol, committing the Bucha massacre or mass murders in Izium, bombing of Okhmatdyt hospital, abducting Ukrainian children, or torturing the POWs...
But the loss of Wildberries? That's where the line must be drawn.
Last night, Russia attacked a European capital with over 40 ballistic missiles.
That leads nowhere in European news headlines this morning.
Russian terror, murder and destruction are simply taken in stride as a normal story.
The Zelensky meetings with Trump reveal, among other things, that (non-Ukrainian) Europeans are almost irrelevant in the negotiations. Three players are decisive: the US, Russia and Ukraine.
Thank you von der Leyen, Merz, Macron... for all the hypocritical words without action for 3.5 years:
There are 62,000 fewer first-graders in Ukraine than last year, — Chairman of the Parliamentary Education Committee Serhiy Babak.
This year, around 252,000 first-graders are expected to start school, compared to 314,000 in 2024.
The reasons for this are the low birth rate and the mass exodus of children abroad due to a widespread war.
Yeah, sure, everybody is so strong and unbeatable, but for some reason they all hide behind our back instead of joining and "skull fucking" russia quickly. No need to do it "without friends" either, just come and show us your might (won't happen cause it's a load of crap)
There was a soft meme in the 2010s that it didn't matter that Europe wasn't home to these exciting new tech companies, both because Europeans got the services (some free) anyway, and because they weren't actually responsible for a lot of economic activity. Hasn't aged well.
Russia’s not winning but it has drones from Iran, troops from NorthKorea, production boost from China, demining aid from Laos, and energy profits from EU. Ukraine must fight it all alone, with unstable aid, and hide info from some allies for its military ops to succeed. Hilarious
When you’re being invaded by your historical imperialist oppressor, the alternative to war isn’t peace. It’s torture, ethnic cleansing, wholesale slaughter and the erasure of your culture.
Pardon my bluntness and bitterness but “NATO learns from Ukraine” coming from NATO, which could have armed Ukraine to win at any point, even now, does not sound like a compliment in 2025. It sounds cruel.
This week's @Guardian weekly doesn't have a peep about a horrible attack on Kyiv that took 28 lives while they have 4(!) pages on Israel/Iran and a blurb about Trump & putin being buddies over the phone🤮
Our deaths aren't interesting enough for Westerners to give 2 flying fucks