While we discuss this unreality show, Ukrainians are in trenches defending our continent, Russia's 190 billion euros are sitting in our banks untouched, our best weapons are in storage far from the front line and our pilots aren't closing any skies. This is not a drill, people.
We declare red lines for ourselves, but not for Russia. We publicly tie our own hands while leaving Putin free to pillage, rape and destroy. We create strategic transparency, not strategic ambiguity. It's time to change course. 🧵
As good a time as ever to recall perhaps the best Putin interview, by @ArminWolf. Putin gets visibly frustrated and slips into German a few times when Wolf won’t let him say patently untrue things without challenging him
0/10 The Nova Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine, controlled by Russia, has been destroyed. This brings humanitarian, ecological, and economic disaster to Ukrainians. Here are some guidelines for writing about this catastrophe.
@pdausend@MariamLau1 Natürlich kann man Bundesinnenminister(in) werden ohne Jurist zu sein. Man braucht noch nicht mal Abitur - siehe Horst Seehofer. #politikteil
BREAKING: @MunichRe, the world’s biggest reinsurer, has just adopted an oil and gas exit policy. 🔥 Munich Re underwrites 22% of the global economy so this sends a strong message to insurers, energy companies and governments still considering new fossil fuel infrastructure. 🧵