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[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

We keep hearing again that Russia supposedly needs security guarantees. Even though no one has attacked Russia for many decades. Since the Second World War, Moscow has not gone through even one decade without starting a war or using military force against another country.

So when the Russians now talk about a security architecture for themselves, or about security guarantees for Russia – they are hardly talking about real security. And peace.

What they really want – is to freely interfere in the affairs of other countries, and to use force whenever they want, and to make sure that no one can support liberty inside Russia because Putin wants to keep his personal power forever and pass on his imperialist and, in many ways, simply fascist views to the next generations.

From a speech at the Danish Folketing. (3/3)

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

🚨 Mr. Lavrov, it is possible to look a Russian minister in the eye and tell him the truth. But the truth is far more brutal than any diplomatic discourse.

Let’s talk about numbers. About blood. About mass graves. About children torn from their families.

Since February 24, 2022, according to United Nations verifications, at least 16,431 civilians—including 803 children—have been killed in Ukraine. Another 48,613 civilians have been wounded. And these are only the verified figures; the actual toll could be even higher.

Let’s talk about Bucha, where, following the withdrawal of Russian troops, streets were found strewn with corpses, alongside mass graves and evidence of summary executions.

Let’s talk about Izium, where, after the city’s liberation, a vast burial site was discovered containing hundreds of graves, including those of civilians.

Let’s talk about children who have been deported—forcibly transferred, separated from their parents, and stripped of their identities and any chance of returning home. The UN International Commission of Inquiry has verified over 1,200 cases of the deportation or forced transfer of children, classifying these actions as crimes against humanity.

And then there are the bombed-out cities, the hospitals struck, the schools destroyed, the homes razed to the ground, the prisoners tortured, and entire families wiped out.

This is not a diplomatic dispute. It is not a matter of geopolitical leanings. It is a human tragedy and a question of international law.

To those who speak of peace, we ask: what kind of peace? A peace that rewards the aggressor? A peace that forgets those who have been deported? The kind that leaves families without their children and consigns the victims in mass graves to silence?

Peace without justice is merely a surrender imposed upon the victims.

Russia must withdraw its troops, return the deported children, answer for the crimes committed, and allow justice to be served.

We will not forget Bucha. We will not forget Izium. We will not forget the abducted children. We will not forget Ukraine.

And above all: we will not allow time to turn these crimes into something normal.

🇺🇦 JUSTICE FOR UKRAINE. FREEDOM FOR HER CHILDREN.

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

BREAKING NEWS: VLADIMIR PUTIN LOSES U.S. HOUSE AND SENATE

[Igor Schatz @Copernicus2013]

Trump all year heading into the midterms be like..

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Tonight, the American people sent a clear message — they want a politics that brings people together rather than divides them, and leaders who offer concrete solutions to the challenges they face.

These results were only possible because outstanding candidates stepped forward in every region of the country — including in areas once considered long shots. They came from different backgrounds and represented a range of political perspectives, but were united by shared values, a belief in public service, and a commitment to putting the people of their districts and states first.

We also owe a debt of gratitude to the thousands of election officials and volunteers from both parties who helped ensure a smooth election and carried out one of the most essential functions of our democracy.

While this administration has another two years in office, our job now is to roll up our sleeves, make changes wherever we have the power to do so, prevent further damage, and lay the groundwork for the future.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

«Let’s be honest: Putin is a modern-day Hitler. We must not repeat the mistakes of history, as trying to appease an aggressor is dangerous for the entire world. We urge you not to remain silent. The courage of politicians depends on journalists», - today, more than thirty Ukrainian journalists are addressing their colleagues across Europe and the United States of America with a call not to stay indifferent to the war in Ukraine - for the future of their countries depends on its outcome.

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

NEW: UK Foreign Secretary @Ed_Miliband has told Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov that he and his government are responsible for killing innocent civilians, condemning Thursday’s attack on Dnipro railway station

Speaking directly to Lavrov at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in the US today, Miliband said:

"Let me say this directly to the Russian Foreign Minister: we all know who the aggressor in this war is. Let's talk about what happened at Dnipro railway yesterday. Only yesterday your drones attacked and killed 15 people. And there are countless examples like this of you killing innocent civilians throughout this war. We all know you are the aggressor. We all know you started this war four and a half years ago with the full scale invasion of Ukraine. "

"And Putin thought then he would win this war easily. But you are are not winning this war. Thanks to the courage of the Ukrainian people and the solidarity of countries round this table, you are not winning. If you had the courage to tell the truth and to do what is right you would tell Putin that he is not winning this war and will not win."

[Rumpelstilzken @stay_wokeness]

Elon Musk hat behauptet, es sei „Game over“ für Amerika, falls die Demokraten gewinnen.

Das Einzige, für das es „Game over“ heißt, sind Milliardäre, die glauben, sie könnten eine Demokratie kaufen – du Verräter.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

Elon Musk has poured half a billion dollars (so far) into these midterms to protect his power.

But this is a democracy.

Power belongs to the people, not one trillionaire trying to buy Congress.

[Santa Patrick @PatrickkkkKim]

🇺🇸🔥 美国参议员 Jon Ossoff 在佐治亚州万人欢呼声中，向 Trump 发出雷霆般的政治宣言！

“六天后，佐治亚州将以如此明确、如此强大的力量，狠狠回击那个无赖总统 Donald Trump！”

“我们要让这次选举的力量如此震撼，以至于未来几个世纪，都没有任何美国总统敢再如此滥用权力！”

🔥 全场掌声雷动，欢呼声震耳欲聋！

这不仅是一句竞选口号，更是对美国民主制度的深刻提醒：

总统不是皇帝！白宫不是私人王宫！美国人民不是任何政治领袖的臣民！

一个总统的权力来自人民的授权，而不是神授君权！

一个总统可以赢得选举，却不能因此获得践踏宪法、滥用公权力的特权！

无论 Trump 拥有多少财富、多少追随者、多少政治权力，他都必须接受美国人民的监督与法律约束！

🇺🇸 真正伟大的美国，不是由一个自称无所不能的强人创造的，而是由千千万万拥有独立思想、自由意志与政治权利的普通公民共同建设的！

总统可以更换，政党可以轮替，但人民主权、宪法、法治和自由民主必须得到捍卫！

🔥 人民不是总统的奴仆，总统才是人民的公仆！

🇺🇸 NO KINGS! NO ONE ABOVE THE LAW!

🎥 Jon Ossoff 原声演讲：

#JonOssoff #Georgia #Trump #Democracy

[Nico Lange @nicolange_]

Russland ermordete heute mit einer Jet-Drohne wartende Menschen auf einem Bahnsteig in Dnipro. Kriegsverbrechen folgt auf Kriegsverbrechen. Wenn das weiter keine Konsequenzen hat, muss man sich nicht wundern, dass Putin und seine Leute die Europäer verspotten.

[Marko Mihkelson 🇪🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @markomihkelson]

You dont have to be Ukrainian to support Ukraine 🇺🇦.
It is enough just to be human.

[maik @mini47283]

@QBarrontrump

[Steven Bartlett @StevenBartlett]

Almost 6 million people have watched the interview with @ZelenskyyUa in just 3 days!

A conversation I will never forget.

He spoke in Ukrainian, we both had ear pieces in with human translators in a room next door, and we translated what he said into English afterwards.

[Michael Coates 🇺🇸🌊🌊🌊🌊🇺🇸🌊🌊🌊🌊🇺🇸 @Jukehorse50]

When Trump says the US is "making money like never before," he's not talking about you. He's talking about himself, his family, and his billionaire buddies. He doesn't give a fuck about you.

[maik @mini47283]

@JFK_Jr_PRD 👍

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

The recent Starlink / Starshield incident in Ukraine has created a dangerous precedence for the US export industry, many haven't yet grasped. The sudden deactivation respectively curtailing of those systems without warning not only cost precious lives, but also equipment worth millions.

Though the blame game between the White House (Trump) and SpaceX (Musk) is going on, ultimately it doesn't matter. It showed the world that the USA are not a reliable partner any more. Pointing at some obscure "violation of terms of services" without providing the exact passage are just increasing that notion that this was a political move.

The explanation that Starlink must not be used for "offensive" means is nonsense, too. Starlink has never been turned on over Russia, and using it in Ukraine is by definition defensive in nature. You can even argue that hitting Russian targets in Russia is defensive, since you don't have to wait for an attack to be conducted. Even the intention is enough to warrant action and to eliminate the threat at the source. But this is a different topic.

Furthermore, SpaceX has been fully aware that its Starlink terminals are being used by Ukrainian forces. Especially when considering that Ukraine only recently had to white-list their Starlink terminals for the Ukrainian military so that Russian forces, who have been abundantly using Starlink as well, were locked out. It has always been clear that those Starlink terminals are used for and by the Ukrainian military, and Ukraine has always been thankful for that.

Coming up with this bogus story, now, three weeks before midterms is therefore as transparent as it is shameless. It is obvious for everyone that this was just figleaf statement so that a political agenda can be pushed, an agenda which runs counter to the strategic nationalist interests of the USA, both political and economic.

And this is the real scandal. It is not new that the US had to lock out its technology or supplies to nations with which it had previously good and even cordial relation. Iran under the Shah, South-Vietnam and Cuba before Castro are just three to name it. But as you can see from them, it made perfectly sense back then. Those nations switched sides or disappeared altogether.

Ukraine on the other hand didn't switch sides and even helped the US in the most recent and botched Iran war, despite being short on ammunition itself. The Ukrainian government accepted every possible compromise and offered an unconditional ceasefire from the start. Russia on the hand refused all of it and is demanding surrender. Yet, it gets this treatment? Unbelievable.

This will be noted by all clients around the globe who purchase US weapons and technology. If agreements are not honored and can unilaterally and even clandestinely be altered based on the whims of a few, who only follow their own motives or election lies, then the all concept reliability falls apart.

Whether it is Starlink, the F-35, Tomahawk missiles or HIMARS. All those systems run on software and in many cases can only properly operate with recent updates. You don't even need have a kill switch. You can only refuse to update and many of those systems lose more than 90% of their effectiveness within a short period, making worthless.

This is why we see the blame game between Musk and Trump. I'm sure that people around those guys told them how absolutely shortsighted and stupid this step was. It will fall back on the entire US industry. Not even those two guys are worth that losses and backlash. A functional US Congress would immediately start subpoenas and hearings, asking questions in order to mitigate the damage, but here we are.

Trump and Musk have given the best reason why not to buy American. Customers - governmental and private alike - around the globe will take note of this and act accordingly, and I wouldn't be surprised if this won't be limited to US military products only. An absolutely senseless and avoidable own goal.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Seventy years ago, Europe and the entire world faced a very important and, in many ways, decisive crossroads, when the people of Hungary rose up for freedom and against the Soviet system. The courage and love of freedom shown by Hungarians proved remarkably strong, and they still amaze all of us in Europe.

Unfortunately, the world did not make the strong decisions needed to help them at that time. This led to further decades of totalitarian rule across much of Europe, which ended only with the revolutions of the 1980s.

The year 1956 could have changed a great deal. This lesson now gives us grounds to say with absolute certainty: when people show courage and love of freedom, it is worth supporting. It deserves support everywhere in the world, so that freedom grows.

I thank everyone who remembers history, honors people's courage and love of freedom, and does not shy away from decisions when decisions are needed. We honor the heroes of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956!

[maik @mini47283]

@ltshijie 如果用钱收买可以解决所有的问题，那东方大国应该是这个星球最牛逼的存在！

[Popular Liberal 🇺🇸 @PopularLiberal]

NEW UPDATE! OUTRAGEOUS: A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT — IN HIS OWN WORDS AND THEIRS. The Telegraph reported on October 16, citing four sources, that Elon Musk pitched the Starshield slowdown to Donald Trump, and Trump AGREED.

The Wall Street Journal then reported Musk PERSONALLY ordered it. Trump has denied knowing anything three separate times. Reuters says the order came from inside the White House. Somebody is lying — and it's not Ukraine.

The slowdown hit at 1 a.m. on October 14, with no warning to Ukraine's defense forces. Starshield — the military system AMERICAN TAXPAYERS fund — was capped at 160 km/h. Ukraine's 7th Rapid Reaction Corps told Reuters units were FORCED TO CANCEL MISSIONS, with connections dropping mid-flight. Zelensky said that when the speed was reduced, "we were unable to intercept some of the jet-powered Shaheds" — drones flying 300 to 400 km/h at Ukrainian cities, against a 160 km/h cap.

Zelensky added: "People were killed because [there were] not enough interceptors, including interceptors with Starlink, which didn't work."

Since that night, the bombs never stopped. From Reuters and CNN reporting, AT LEAST 37 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in Russian strikes from October 14 to October 21: 6 in Lutsk, 3 in Kirovohrad, 11 in a single 24 hours by October 18, 6 in a Kharkiv park on October 19 (three of them CHILDREN), and 4 more the night of October 20. The United Nations says the first two weeks of October were among the deadliest for Ukrainian civilians IN YEARS.

One unelected billionaire controls America's battlefield communications, holds billions in Pentagon contracts paid by YOU, and — by the reporting — personally slowed the system protecting Ukrainian civilians while Russia bombed them. Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick said it "costs human lives" and demanded witnesses be put UNDER OATH.

Elon Musk is a national security threat. Donald Trump is his protection. And protection expires in 12 days.

PUT THEM UNDER OATH. EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.