Matthew Zajac

Arty eejit from Inverness. Caley Thistle forever. Done a bit of acting.

[Matthew Zajac @mz5159]

Shame on Ireland for allowing this.

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

Every sign at this refinery in Ireland is in russian. The official website is a .RU domain.

There’s no reason to hide it because local politicians are openly doing it for them.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Notes from the much larger and more significant war: in March Russia gained no net territory in Ukraine, and lost more soldiers than it was able to replace.

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

"Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything. The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine...
All decent people cannot have any doubts about which side to stand on.”

- Donald Tusk
Prime Minister of Poland

Just wow 🫡

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 BREAKING: Rep. Ted Lieu says the full Epstein files contain information that Donald Trump RAPED minors.

So he started a war to distract us from his crimes.

Never stop speaking about Epstein.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

The best way to defend Europe is to help Ukraine defeat Russia.

I did not hear this in Munich. - Former US Army Commander in Europe Ben Hodges @general_ben:

Europeans have got to accept more responsibility for what goes on in Europe. Ukraine is a European country. Europeans need to understand that the best way to defend Europe is to help Ukraine defeat Russia.

I did not hear this in Munich. That was a disappointment. I did not hear a clear commitment, "We're going to help Ukraine win, to defeat Russia inside Ukraine," because it's in the interest of Europe. It's not that there's not enough resources, it's just not enough political will. And if they don't do it, this is only going to get worse for Europe.

The best thing to do is to make that commitment to help Ukraine wreck Russia's oil and gas infrastructure, stop all of these shadow fleet vessels that are going out to the Baltic Sea and Black Sea, inflict consequences on Russia for their gray zone operations, and give Ukraine the tools that they need to defend themselves. If that happens, then I think we'll see a positive end to this war much sooner.

📹: DW

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Ukrainians always defend what is theirs. Defend their independence. Dignity. Their right to live freely. It was the people who won freedom for Ukraine. Ordinary people who care about Ukraine's future and how Ukrainian children will live. We remember what it cost in 2014. We honor the courage of everyone who took part in the Revolution of Dignity, everyone who did not leave the Maidan so that Ukraine would not be left without freedom. Blessed be the memory of all the Heavenly Hundred heroes, as well as every Ukrainian who gave their lives so that Ukraine would be free. Glory to Ukraine!

[Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 @andrii_sybiha]

Russia did not stop its brutal bombing of civilians in Ukraine even on the holy Christmas night.

Strikes on Odesa killed one person and injured two others. One civilian was killed in the Kharkiv region and another in the Chernihiv region. People were injured in the Zaporizhzhia and Sumy regions.

Odesa suffers the most these days. Russia deliberately destroys energy and civilian infrastructure, leaving people without power, water, and heating amid freezing temperatures.

No military purpose—just Russia’s intent to kill people because they are Ukrainians. Such actions fall under Article II (c) of the 1948 Genocide Convention: “Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.”

We urge the world to act, increase pressure on the aggressor, and strengthen Ukraine’s means to defend itself and its people, including air defense.

[EMPR.media @EuromaidanPR]

"If not for Ukraine standing in front of russia, russian tanks would already be in Poland" - Garry Kasparov, chess world champion.

Spot on. Ukrainians could've left for Paris to live the good life. Yet they still hold the line for Europe after these four brutal years! We owe them everything

[Matthew Zajac @mz5159]

How shocking that we have unconvicted activists for Palestine on hunger strike in our prisons, on the edge of death. How disgusting that the BBC is silent about it, attempting to keep the public ignorant. IRA hunger strikes were daily news in the ‘80s. Dystopia has truly arrived

[IPSC @ipsc48]

The people on hunger strike in England in protest at the British state's complicity in apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians and at their own grossly unfair treatment in prison are in danger. None of them has been convicted of a crime, they should be released. #FreeThemAll

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a rare and risky visit to frontline positions near Kupyansk, an area still under heavy fighting.

Hero.

[Matthew Zajac @mz5159]

@Kasparov63 says what we should all be hearing.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63 at Halifax Security Forum:

"For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war — not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria — one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not."

Bravo, what a speech. Thank you!

[Matthew Zajac @mz5159]

@DannyDyerBase @FolkNMetal Yes, Iona sings lead vocals on 3 or 4 songs, Spider, Lisa O’Neill, John Francis Flynn, Daragh Lynch the rest. ‘Pogues new vocalist’ is the reviewer’s description, not mine.

[Matthew Zajac @mz5159]

This one’s even better.
The Pogues’ New Vocalist Iona Zajac Details Debut Album, Bang, shares New Single, “Dilute” https://t.co/cRutQ9hJXV via @FolkNMetal

[Matthew Zajac @mz5159]

Brian’s review for Iona. Listen to her new single Dilute here. NEWS: Iona Zajac shares haunting ‘Dilute’ ahead of debut album - https://t.co/ZFKvElOQU8 via @godisinthetv

[Matthew Zajac @mz5159]

There are people who have been arbitrarily detained abroad for exercising their basic human rights. Urge the Prime Minister to protect UK nationals arbitrarily detained abroad and pave the path for their freedom now. https://t.co/ArWPO4aqpb

[Matthew Zajac @mz5159]

Utter hypocrisy from the Kremlin gangsters. Here’s what they had to say about the Israeli attack on Iran: "Unprovoked military strikes against a sovereign UN member state, its citizens, peaceful cities, and nuclear energy infrastructure are categorically unacceptable." Sickening

[Joni Askola @joni_askola]

1/8 russia is actually losing the war it started in Ukraine—not just slowly, but strategically.

Still, it’s not giving up. It’s buying time, hoping Trump will help it escape defeat.

Here’s why russia is losing—and why we shouldn’t let Trump save it:

[Matthew Zajac @mz5159]

Absolutely. The west should have imposed a no-fly zone in 2022. Instead, we have watched daily bombardment of our ally Ukraine. Europe, are you ready to impose a no-fly zone now?

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

Another horrific night in Kyiv. I can’t stop thinking — why the hell are Western leaders too weak to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine?

[Matthew Zajac @mz5159]

BANG, Iona’s new single, is out today and yes, it’s a banger!

https://t.co/pHFOLACKJd

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

Trump asked today, why didn’t Ukraine fight back in Crimea in 2014? As I wrote in my book, The War Came To Us, Ukraine’s decision to not fight back against Russia’s invasion of Crimea was largely influenced by behind-the-scenes pressure from the US. Here’s what then-interim President Oleksandr Turchynov told me: “I turned to our partners, including the United States of America and the leaders of the European Union, for help, referring to the Budapest Memorandum, that Ukraine had given up nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees from them. But they told me explicitly that there would be no military help. Both the Obama administration and European leaders told me that they were categorically against the supply of any weapons to Ukraine. And they justified this to me by saying that they do not want to provoke Putin and increase the risk of Russian aggression.”