Robert Shaw

Director, writer, translator, AD of @InsideIntellige

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[Chris Bryant @RhonddaBryant]

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[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

MACRON: Americans tried to negotiate with Russia. What was the result of those efforts? Nothing.

We Europeans also tried to negotiate with Russia. What happened? Nothing.

Zelenskyy also said, "I’m ready to negotiate with Russia." What did Putin say? "No."

So, President Trump, just like all the G7 members, agreed that Russia has shown no serious willingness to engage in peace negotiations.

We all agreed to increase our support for Ukraine. We all stated that we would increase pressure on Russia, and we all agreed to remain steadfast on this path.

This represents real change compared to the last few months, not just from Europe, but from all G7 members and all those who support Ukraine.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Putin's most ridiculous double was sent into crowds today in Russia's city of Kazan.

This is the lowest ranking double, often sent into huge crowds, a giant head like a massive beach ball, this is the most expendable Putin.

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

⚡️Update: Moscow Oil Refinery hit again in massive Ukrainian drone strike.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that "multiple drones" hit the refinery, which was previously attacked on June 16.
https://t.co/unx9msyFNt

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

Reuter’s outline of the US and Iran agreement doesn’t mention any promise by US not to destabilise the Iranian regime. But the agreement doesn’t cover Iran’s ballistic missiles, and Pres Trump seems to say they could keep some. Reuter says Iran promises not to make or acquire any nuclear weapons, but then it has always promised not to. The MoU also promises the eventual release of $25 billion to Iran in frozen assets, and a $300 billion rehabilitation fund to rebuild Iran. So Iran gets a huge amount of money in exchange for agreeing not to do what it always said it wouldn’t, and for reopening the Hormuz Strait which was always open until the US attacks.

[Socialist Opera Singer @OperaSocialist]

Any Labour PM would expect a hard time from the overwhelmingly right wing media but now we know about the orchestrated terrorist attacks by Russia on Starmer, surely we should ask who is behind the unprecedented levels of hostility to him online?

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

‼️Zelensky: “Russia should know that we had a terrible winter, and theirs will not be an easy one either”

The Ukrainian president also said that he has no intention of playing by Putin’s rules.

“I will not go to meet Putin in Moscow. I do not play these games. We can meet in Turkey, Switzerland, or the Middle East, but for now he does not want to end the war,” Zelensky said.

According to the Ukrainian president, 60% of Russians want the war to stop.

There is also a possibility that Ukraine will produce missiles for Patriot systems.

“I discussed with Trump the transfer of licenses for the production of these systems. The U.S. leader responded positively,” Zelensky said.

[Anna Turley MP @annaturley]

When people show you who they are, believe them.

A family was inside the property when it was set alight.

Are you going to apologise @Matt_VickersMP?

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

President Trump has signed his ‘treaty’ with Iran in, of all places, Versailles. Which is fitting since Versailles 2.0 likely to be as disastrous as Versailles 1.0.
The deal allows for an immediate resumption of Iranian oil exports, worth $60 billion a year to the tyrants of Tehran. That’ll buy a lot of new missiles, arms for terrorist proxies and equipment to enrich uranium, as Trump’s attention wanders far from the Gulf.
Already this week, several oil-laden Iranian tankers have steamed out of port and across the U.S. naval blockade line, an early indication of the rush of anticipated exports.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

TRUMP: You know what the Iranians did? They laughed at Obama and they said he's a stupid son of a bitch.

Sorry, Donald. Iran is laughing at YOU, as is the rest of the world.

Who agrees?

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

HOLY SMOKES! Moscow right now 🔥🔥🔥

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

March 9: "We're now totally independent of the Middle East. We don't need their oil."

April 1: "It doesn't really affect us. We have so much oil. We have tremendous oil and gas, much more than we need."

June 17: If I didn't agree to the MOU, we "would run out of reserves at about 4 weeks...we would really run out, and there'll be a time when you wouldn't be able to get it."

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

-Meloni: "I think this is the moment when we should be asking Putin to take some steps forward...not us toward him.

Because we, especially the Americans in recent months, have made several moves toward Russia, and on the other side we haven’t seen the same level of progress.."

[NSTRIKE @NSTRIKE1231]

🚨🇭🇺🇺🇦 Big news| According to Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar, investigative authorities have been ordered to immediately launch an internal investigation into the case of the detention of a Ukrainian cash-in-transit group by Hungarian law enforcement two months ago and the seizure of Ukrainian gold/finances.
“We have ordered the immediate start of an internal investigation in the National Tax and Customs Administration, the Anti-Terrorist Center, and other relevant agencies regarding the case of the Ukrainian ‘gold caravan’.
The Prosecutor General must immediately respond to this issue,” — states Magyar.
As Hungarian media reports, the issue of responsibility of high-ranking officials, including personally Viktor Orbán, may also arise. He is suspected of having, allegedly on Russia’s orders, carried out the illegal detention of Ukrainian finances and interference.

This move by Prime Minister Magyar represents a sharp break from the previous Orbán government’s policies. Launching an official investigation into the seizure of Ukrainian assets could lead to serious political and legal consequences for Orbán-era officials. It also signals Budapest’s desire to reset relations with Ukraine and the broader EU. The coming weeks will show how deep and genuine this internal reckoning will be.

[MeidasClips @MeidasClips]

Snyder: One of our national fairy tales is that [Donald Trump] is a negotiator or he has some kind of negotiating skills. He does not. He's a charismatic performer who played a negotiator on TV, but he does not have negotiating skills. He's terrible at it.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

What does really seem just a little bit suspicious though is that there’s supposed to be a giant 2-km-wide river called the Dnipro and a forested island in the background behind the Lavra, instead of those massive residential high-rises in this piece of AI slop (to begin with).

Also, what’s crystal clear here is that @BowesChay is a fucking imbecile pushing brain-dead Russian war propaganda for peanuts.

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

I think I'm very ashamed of the job I'VE done.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

He’s right. Oh wait

[Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @Haggis_UK]

Watch David Lammy rip into Matt Vickers(Tory MP):

"He was laughing & joking about the arsen attack on the Prime Minister's home... he joined in promoting conspiracies about the attack & laughed along to demeaning homophobic remarks... he should be ashamed of himself.."

#PMQs

[Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 @bayraktar_1love]

🔥 The density of this morning's air raid on Moscow was simply insane: Ukrainian missiles, AN-196 Lyutyiy and FP-1 strike drones, as well as Shahed-type UAVs were all spotted over the Russian capital, all heading to the Moscow Oil Refinery on official business matters.