💔 German magazine KATAPULT showed what the occupation of Ukraine would look like on a European scale
On its map, the editors compared the area of Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia with equivalent regions in other European countries — to vividly illustrate a scale that many in the West simply don’t grasp.
If you were to place the occupied part of Ukraine on France, it would cover almost all of Normandy and part of the Paris region; on Poland — about half of Mazovia; on Germany — all of Brandenburg and Berlin.
A simple visualization that hits harder than a thousand news reports.
ok, te vajadzētu vēl papildināt info, kas tas par iecirkņa numuru, bet izveidoju Rīgas karti, kur var redzēt populārāko partiju katrā iecirknī.
šeit ir kopskats.
LATVIJA PIRMAJĀ VIETĀ - bordo
Progresīvie - tumši zaļš
Vienotība - gaiši zaļš
NA - dzeltens
Jaunlatvieši - sarkans
Why does Vance loathe Europeans so much? I honestly don’t understand it. Explanations?
Maybe it’s because Europe quietly lives the kind of life many Americans secretly dream of.
Picture this:
You wake up to the sound of church bells echoing through narrow, winding streets. The smell of fresh bread from the corner bakery drifts up to your window. You walk to work—or maybe bike—passing sunlit plazas where people are already gathering for morning coffee. The pace is gentle. The rhythm is human.
In Europe, life isn’t a race to the top; it’s a balance.
People work, yes—but they also live. With six or seven weeks of vacation a year, it’s normal to take long summer holidays, to spend time with family, to explore other countries, languages, and cultures. After work, cafés and pubs fill with laughter. Friends meet for wine, football, deep conversation—or just to sit in silence together, watching the world go by.
There’s no need for three jobs to survive. Healthcare is there when you need it. Higher education won’t bankrupt you. Public transport connects you to beautiful cities, peaceful countryside, and coastlines that look like they’re pulled from a postcard. Most people have a passport. Many speak more than one language. Travel is a way of life.
People walk more, eat well, breathe cleaner air. They live longer, with fewer chronic illnesses. Joy and connection are built into the structure of daily life—through long dinners, slow Sundays, and deep-rooted social ties.
Maybe Vance doesn’t hate Europe.
Maybe he just can’t understand a society where people come first—and where success is measured in quality of life, not in the number of hours you work or how loudly you shout about greatness.
Because when you really look at Europe, you don’t see a threat.
You see a mirror.
And maybe that’s what makes some people uncomfortable.
Not because Europeans are the problem—
But because the life they live reminds us of the one we could have, too.
BREAKING: A Russian scientist who opposed Putin’s war, fled Russia & found work at Harvard was detained at Logan Airport returning from a French academic conference and has been sent to an immigration detention center in Louisiana for deportation to Russia https://t.co/tHRM015aMP
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Another one demanding thanks from our allies... If you're looking for thanks, Russia certainly appreciates what you're doing to Ukrainians.
https://t.co/7pipk0O08T
Pēc #Oscars balvas pasniegšanas filmai “Straume”, ceremonijas vadītājs Konans O'Braiens uzsvēra, ka šī ir pirmā Kinoakadēmijas atzinība filmai no Latvijas. "Igaunija – tagad bumba ir jūsu laukumā," sacīja O'Braiens.
✅ Poland: 100% 🙂↕️👍
✔️ Baltics: Uhhh 😬, yah sure 😶
Look at his face, the Baltics are screwed.
My guess is he already sold them out to Russia behind the scenes.
Trump, Vance & others either have forgotten or never knew that Zelensky signed a ceasefire agreement with Putin in 2019. Three years later, Putin launched his full-scale invasion. So, signing another ceasefire with no security guarantees feels like suicide for Ukrainians.