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[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Thank you for everything, Lindsey!

Дякую за все, Ліндсі!

🇺🇦🇺🇸

[Sir William Browder KCMG @Billbrowder]

Ukraine to resume strikes on Russian refineries, Zelenskyy says.

This is the most honest interview with Zelensky I’ve ever read. He drops all niceties about Trump and says it how it is. I don’t know how he held his tongue for so long.
https://t.co/5Ps6Y5bWAE

[Dakas ‡ @Dakasr2]

Summer 1990. Margaret Thatcher 🇬🇧 visits Kyiv 🇺🇦

Ukrainian MP Dmytro Pavlychko (a well-known Ukrainian poet) asks the British Prime Minister two uncomfortable questions: Why can't Ukraine have its own embassy in London? And why doesn't Britain recognize Lithuania's restored independence?

Thatcher's response is quite something.

Ukraine 🇺🇦? An independent country? An embassy? Come on, you're more like California or Quebec. Embassies are for sovereign states, not provinces.

Lithuania 🇱🇹? Of course we recognize the Baltic nations' right to self determination! There's just one little catch - it would be nice if Gorbachev agreed to it first. In the meantime, keep negotiating. For a long time. A very long time.

Apparently, freedom for nations is a wonderful thing, as long as Moscow ☭ doesn't object to it.

But since when does an occupied nation's right to freedom depend on the goodwill of its occupier?🤔

And today? More 'tough' talk about principles, followed by convenient compromises with Moscow?

[MAKS 26 🇺🇦👀 @Maks_NAFO_FELLA]

Piers Morgan: Do you feel betrayed?

🇺🇦 Zelensky: Yes. It's a pity that we are losing a strong partner.

Piers Morgan: You think you're losing America?

🇺🇦 Zelensky: Yeah, but not because of us. We can't be weak. We're not selling our country. Look, guys, it's not about business for us. It's our lives. It's our country, our home, our children.

🇺🇸 Zelensky on Trump:

If you're in the middle, you have to stay in the middle, not on the wrong side.

I think Trump's advisers are wrong. I don't know who is pushing him to the wrong side. This is not the right side of history.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

🇱🇹 Lithuania’s former Defense Minister on Kaliningrad: “Why are Russians even on this piece of land that was never actually part of Russia?”

Dovilė Šakalienė reflects on the history of the Kaliningrad region, its isolation and its dependence on neighboring countries.

At the same time, she warns Europe about the threat posed by Russian forces stationed in the region.

“We should not assume there are things they would never dare to do,” Šakalienė stressed, urging European countries not to underestimate Moscow’s actions.

[Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹 @GLandsbergis]

Any "peace plan" that Europe proposes without a credible war plan to back it up would mean nothing more than capitulation, and Ukraine knows this very well.
We can't keep hoping to achieve peace by speaking softly without first preparing a very big stick.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

Four and a half years of Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine. Daily Russian terror attacks across Europe.

And yet, only four countries are taking truly consistent measures to make entry difficult for Russian citizens.

🇪🇪 Estonia 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇵🇱 Poland

The EU allows over half a million Russian terrorists to travel throughout Europe every year.

Just how stupid are we?

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Kasparov: Ukraine is under the heaviest bombardment one can imagine. On CNN you see Gaza, Gaza, Gaza.

If Israel did to Gaza for 24 hours what Putin does to Ukraine, there would be no Gaza. Russia's bombing of Ukraine is much worse than carpet bombing. 1/

[Edward Lucas @edwardlucas]

Greetings from Vilnius. Timing for our three-day Kaliningrad crisis simulation (started 10 mins ago) could hardly be better. Here's my column from today's Times
And news of our upcoming #Fragilefortress book
https://t.co/01q7DcvtjE

[Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹 @GLandsbergis]

Genocide wasn't a strong enough reason to close Europe's borders for Russian tourists, but perhaps we might find the threat of the Black Death unacceptable?

[David Keyes @DavidMKeyes]

New premium seating option lets you sit next to Israelis for extra security

[DomIsBored🇱🇹 @DomIsStillBored]

they got shaq to speak lithuanian

[Vivid.🇮🇱 @VividProwess]

Fauda star Idan Amedi, who was severely injured fighting Hamas in Gaza in 2024, went through an incredibly difficult recovery and returned to fighting in 2026 just to get the last deceased hostage out of Gaza.

A real superhero. 🇮🇱

[Auraja ‡ @Twee_Papillon]

On August 31, 1993, the last occupier left Lithuanian 🇱🇹 soil. And today, we must do everything possible- and even the impossible- to ensure they never come back!

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

This is so beautiful

[The Best @TheBestqueenx]

😂

[Baltic Takes @Baltic_Takes]

“Hybrid schmybrid.” says the Estonian spy chief in this rare interview.

We should abandon euphemisms, according to Kaupo Rosin of @valisluure,
and call Russia’s sabotage and subversion by its proper name of “state-sponsored terrorism”.

The UK’s @Telegraph has done a great write up in praise of Estonian spies who “pound for pound” can “probably knock us into a cocked hat” according to his British counterpart at Mi6. (It apparently means they are very good).

On reports that the CIA Chief visited Moscow to warn against an attack on NATO, Rosin says: “I think that’s a bit exaggerated and there were other topics discussed.”

Rosin offers some insight into Russia:

“What we see is that in Russian society, by now, everybody ‘knows’ that the mobilisation will come. There is a lot of talk about it in Russia. Everybody knows somebody who works in the military who has said that mobilisation will come.”

“I do not see a street revolution happening at this point. More important is what people who have access to money, weapons and information – what do they think? In these circles, there is no more talk about total victory. People are discussing different scenarios, and mainly how to end this [war] in a proper way.”

He points to the Prigozhin mutiny as a sign of how hollow and surprisingly weak the system might be on the inside.

“I would say, if something changes in Russia, then it will happen in a very rapid manner and we will all be surprised. It will be an overnight thing, if it ever happens.”

https://t.co/oiC8nEsGsR

[Global Citizen LN🌻🇺🇦 🇪🇪 🇱🇹 🇺🇸 ☀️🇬🇪🇮🇱☀ @LaimeGKM]

@OlgaPatl What a beautiful tradition ❤️🇺🇦!

[Olga Patlyuk 🇺🇦 @OlgaPatl]

It’s harvest season now. I don’t know if you know this, but Ukrainians traditionally make a Didukh from the last sheaves of the harvest.

Didukh is much more than a beautiful decoration. It is one of Ukraine’s oldest symbols, representing prosperity, abundance, gratitude for the harvest, and the memory of our ancestors.
It is kept until Christmas and ceremonially brought into the home on Christmas Eve as a symbol of life, hard work, and the connection between generations🇺🇦
📷Олексій Пшеничнюк

[Dakas ‡ @Dakasr2]

Some people still don't understand why we Lithuanians support Ukrainians unconditionally 🇱🇹🇺🇦

P.s. In this video, a Lithuanian Emilis clearly explains why.