Twelve years ago, Russia shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, killing 298 innocent people.
Today, we remember every victim and stand with their families, and all the nations that lost their loved ones on that tragic day. The downing of MH17 was nothing but a terrorist act. Russia has made such terror against civilians a defining feature of its policy – toward its neighbors, the world more broadly, and even its own people.
It is important to ensure that the world doesn’t turn a blind eye and that for every Russian crime – both against Ukrainians and against other people – there is justice and accountability.
EU officials are calling to strip the IOC of its European funding after it reinstated Russia's Olympic Committee.
Estonia will propose excluding the IOC from EU funding programs, including Erasmus+.
"It is impossible to understand decisions that seek to bring aggressor countries back into international sport as if nothing had happened," Estonia's culture minister said, and the EU's sport commissioner signaled support: sport "cannot become a back door for normalizing aggression."
The 7 July IOC decision paves Russians' way to the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Ukraine's sports minister called it an "alarming signal" and asked federations to hold their bans.
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Fellas.
We’re considering a campaign against the IOC for admitting Russia into the 2028 Olympics.
Can I get your thoughts on the possible campaign hashtag - #Ovatniks28
Which is a play on #Olympics28
And a double entendre for “Zero Vatniks 28”.
Today marks the 4th anniversary of when Russia deliberately bombed Mariupol Theatre killings hundreds of women & children who had been sheltering inside. This despite the word ‘Children’ written in huge letters outside.
Please repost this message show that they are not forgotten
Weirdly, Iranian embassy in Pretoria notified us, Ukrainian diplomats, about opening a book of condolences in memory of ayatollah Khamenei and the military leadership of Iran.
I decided to respond - and do it in a public way. The letter explains why.
Your Excellency,
Mr. Ambassador,
Since you notified the Embassy of Ukraine of the book of condolences for deceased Ayatollah Khamenei and Iran’s military leadership, I feel compelled to remind you the following.
As military allies of the Russian Federation, the deceased leaders of Iran had on their hands the blood of thousands of Ukrainian citizens – men and women, children and elderly – killed with the help of the infamous Iran-made “Shahed” drones and other military know-how so eagerly provided to Russia by your government. Your leaders were complicit in bringing endless grief to Ukrainian civilians.
Being a person of faith, I try not to rejoice in the death of other people, even those who chose to be tormentors of my country that did nothing bad to theirs. But as someone who has spent three years to the tune of Iran-created machines of death howling every night in the sky over Kyiv and other peaceful Ukrainian cities, I cannot help but wish for every culprit to meet the justice they deserve. If not by human law, then in the face of God Almighty.
Ambassador, I do not know you personally and have no grudge against you. Sometimes good diplomats must speak for bad leaders and their policies. But I hope you understand that I won’t express condolences for someone whose death I do not mourn.
Sincerely,
Dr. Olexander Scherba
Ambassador
Don’t forget about Ukraine.
Don’t forget about the Ukrainian people.
Don’t forget about the Ukrainian defenders.
Don’t forget that millions of people in Ukraine are enduring sub zero temperatures because of ruSSian barbarity.
Fuck the distractions.
SUPPORT UKRAINE!!
Keep talking about Iran
Keep talking about Iran
Keep talking about Iran
Keep talking about Iran
Keep talking about Iran
Keep talking about Iran
Keep talking about Iran
Keep talking about Iran
#IranMassacre#DigitalBlackoutIran
"Give up land for peace" is not diplomacy - it's blackmail in white gloves..
Pressure should be put on the aggressor, not on the victim."
- Donald Tusk
Prime Minister of Poland
about Russian invasion of Ukraine.
He is great, I fully agree...
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🔥🔥🔥 “If Putin wins in Ukraine, we all lose.”
– Czech Pres. Petr Pavel 🇨🇿 warns the West against giving in to Moscow.
👉 The line every Western leader should be repeating daily.
„The future of the world is being decided right now, on the battlefield in Ukraine."
- Volodymyr Zelensky
President of Ukraine 🇺🇦
That's it.
Don't stop supporting Ukraine 🇺🇦🫂🫡
‼️This is a Must-Read especially since it’s coming from inside of Russia. This post by political blogger Igor Dimitriev is causing a lot of anger among Russian political ‘elites’:
“Even the memory of that brief euphoria that accompanied the entry of the CSTO [firces] into Kazakhstan in January 2022 is gradually fading.
Then it seemed that Russia was the guarantor of stability, the arbitrator, the center of power. Now there is nothing left of that feeling.
Kazakhstan is confidently following its own path, forming its own security strategy. It signed a military cooperation plan with Great Britain, including the training of officers in British military academies.
It is building a plant with its Singapore partners to produce 155 mm ammunition, NATO standard. It is introducing a territorial reserve system based on Western models. (There was even a scandal there recently with the local analogue of the Territorial Center of Recruitment).
All this in a paradigm where Russia is seen not as an ally, but as a potential threat.
Azerbaijan has finally liquidated Armenian Artsakh without regard for the CSTO and killed Russian peacekeepers.
After the downed plane in December 2024, it publicly demanded an apology and compensation from Moscow, closed the offices of Russian government agencies.
Aliyev plays openly - he is increasing cooperation with Ukraine, supplying humanitarian aid, and avoiding even formal neutrality.
Armenia - in the past, the main ally in the Caucasus - has effectively left the Russian orbit. Pashinyan has repeatedly announced his withdrawal from the CSTO, the country recalled its permanent representative to the organization, and closed Russian propaganda channels.
Uzbekistan has ignored the CSTO since 2012 and is actively developing partnership with Europe through summits and sectoral agreements.
Last year, there was tension between Moscow and Tashkent in connection with the assassination attempt on one of the government officials and the alleged "Chechen trace".
Instead of neutral Finland, there is now a 1,300 km border with NATO. Sweden, which remained neutral even during the Second World War, participates in NATO military exercises and supplies weapons to Ukraine.
The entire north of Europe is reorganizing its armed forces for joint exercises in the Arctic and the Baltic.
All of Europe is turning into a single anti-Russian coalition. Germany is reorienting its production capacities to military orders.
The EU's defense spending is aimed at 5% of GDP. For the first time, a single European military budget has appeared.
Syria, which recently played the role of a showcase for Russian geopolitical influence, is now a platform for the mass execution of pro-Russian elements. The Russian bases in Syria are the most vulnerable issue for [Russia’s] African initiatives.
Over the past three years, the security architecture in Eurasia has changed radically. Russia is no longer a regional leader, a political center, or a guarantor of stability.
Geopolitical weight is not just decreasing — it is being reset. In fact, the entire scale of Russia's foreign policy today is tactical battles in the Donetsk and Sumy regions.
What was intended as a quick regime change in Kyiv has turned into a protracted meat grinder, devouring the country's geopolitical capital.
The entire military machine is focused on storming Ukrainian villages. All resources are squeezed out for the sake of a front that is barely moving.
Where everything is heading was clear back in 2022. Nevertheless, the leadership of the Russian Federation has been hammering away at the Ukrainian defense with maniacal persistence.
Apparently, the Kremlin believes that if they manage to destroy Ukraine, all the problems will dissolve on their own and 2021 will return.
Although by the time Ukraine collapses - if it collapses at all - the world around will be completely different.”
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Ukraine is fighting against China, Russia, iran, north korea, Hungary, Slovakia and the american far left and right.
Never forget how fucking amazing they are.
It wasn’t just Kyiv that those russian bastards hit hard last night.
Vovchansk went through absolute hell.
The world keeps pretending not to see. Disgusting double standards.
Speak up. Spread the word. Silence helps the enemy.