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[Aleksandar Djokic (Александар Джокич) @polidemitolog]

The US State Department is offering grants of 1 million to 3 million dollars to European organizations promoting MAGA-aligned policies, including anti-EU and pro-Russian positions. The initiative marks one of the Trump administration's first concrete efforts to openly finance ideologically aligned political movements across Europe, which are already backed up by the Kremlin through unofficial networks. The question is, how long is Europe going to tolerate these foreign agents?

[Malwarebytes @Malwarebytes]

Surprise! Chrome silently installs a 4GB AI model you didn’t ask for.

No install prompt. No consent.

If you delete it, Chrome downloads it again.
https://t.co/LmAa3ndL7L

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

WSJ has published an eye‑opening piece exposing how Trump, Kushner, and Witkoff schemed to sell out Ukraine and Europe for money.

In pursuit of business deals, they once again move to reward Russia’s aggression, blind to Russia’s recent history, blind to the fact that such indulgence has always led to more aggression.

Their obsession is money. Money, money, and more money. And in a few years, Ukraine will pay the bloody price. But of course, that never stopped anyone before. Not when pipelines were built after russia’s invasion of Georgia, not when the same was done after Crimea and Donbas, and not now.

Times change, but the Western tradition of rescuing russia from economic collapse endures. All under the illusion that it might counterbalance China in the region, when in reality China owns russia outright and can do whatever it pleases along its borders.

Time passes, russia tosses a stillborn “peace plan” into the hands of inept American envoys like a pacifier to a child. It buys time, and so the bloodshed continues.

God, this is all so stupid. And stupidity has a way of becoming policy. The cost will not be measured in dollars, but in lives. Ukrainian lives.

[Michael MacKay @mhmck]

Trump gave two weeks for Russia to observe a ceasefire. Then he gave two weeks again. Then he gave 50 days. Then he gave 10 days.

After the latest arbitrary and meaningless deadline, Trump chickened out. Trump always chickens out.

Russia continues to commit war crimes.

[Bricktop_NAFO @Bricktop_NAFO]

🇺🇸 Welcome To Trumps America 🇺🇸

[Anders Åslund @anders_aslund]

Again, clearly Putin got encouraged to bomb Ukraine even more after his phone call with Trump.
So much for Trump.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Hours after Putin spoke to Trump And a few days after the US announced it would cut supplies of Ukrainian air defense

[Dick Berlijn @DickBerlijn]

The #US stopping weapon deliveries to #Ukraine is nothing less than choosing #Russia’s side in its terror war in the Ukrainian people. Shame on #Trump’s administration! Shame on #Trump.

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

Kyiv is being smashed with missiles right now and the city is engulfed in smoke - like a horror film. Anyone that supports Trump blocking air defense for Ukraine is deeply evil.

[Euromaidan Press @EuromaidanPress]

Russian drones turned a quiet neighborhood street into a scene of devastation, killing three people who had simply gone to sleep in their homes.

The 24 June overnight attack on northeastern Sumy Oblast claimed the lives of a 5-year-old boy, a 52-year-old man, and an 84-year-old woman. Six others were wounded and seven houses were completely destroyed.

Meanwhile, the peace negotiations initiated by Trump have stalled.

📹State emergency service

[Institute for the Study of War @TheStudyofWar]

Russia's intensified force generation efforts appear to be generating a reserve force that Russia will be able to leverage in Ukraine or against NATO in the future, despite current limitations on Russia's offensive capacity in Ukraine.

Russia may intend to withhold most of these forces from combat in Ukraine in preparation for a future war with a NATO member state.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Putin: “We have this old rule: wherever a Russian soldier sets foot, it’s ours.”

He’s not even pretending to hide his imperialism. Contrary to what Trump and others claim, this war was never about NATO expansion

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

And he'll keep murdering them every day until they agree with him.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

With the US now in Putin's pocket, Russia doesn't hide the massacres, this morning pouring cluster munitions onto sleeping families in Kyiv.

The deal has been made: Trump family gets cash, Europe gets large-scale war with Russia and North Korea.

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

Be clear on what she’s saying here: She’s saying that Trump is going to use the U.S. military to overthrow both the duly elected Mayor of Los Angeles & the Governor of California. I understand she’s not very bright, but, in essence, she’s saying the federal government has declared war on California.

[toomas hendrik ilves @IlvesToomas]

🧵 My small country, Estonia, population 1.3 million sent 2003-2014 over 2500 soldiers. 9 were killed in the line of duty. 109 wounded, half of them so seriously they could no longer lead a normal life. In Iraq 2003-2009 we had more than 440 soldiers. 2 were killed. 18 seriously wounded. 1/n

[Anagram Man @ConserveLetters]

Noting to see here.
Just cops smashing their own windshields.
Move along.

[. @jdpoc]

Interesting.

German Intelligence have just arrested two suspected Russia spies, they had US Sec Defence Hegseth's private phone number in their mobiles. (Der Speigel)

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

In Romania, it appears that the Kremlin has found its next candidate: Anton Pisaroglu.

He has gained nearly 75,000 followers and over 900,000 likes on TikTok in just two weeks. His Wikipedia page was created today.

Incidentally, Russia’s former candidate, Călin Georgescu, also had his candidacy primarily promoted on TikTok, where he amassed tens of millions of impressions in just a few months.

[Anders Åslund @anders_aslund]

As expected, Trump had no objections to Putin turning down his ceasefire call, while he sanctioned Ukraine for not instantly accepting it.
Trump leaves no doubt: He supports Russia against Ukraine.
Is any elected republican going to protest?!