When I retired from chess to oppose the rising dictatorship of Putin two decades ago, I was told that politics wasn't like chess, that there was no black and white. This is what evil wants you to believe.
I remember when US presidents wouldn’t stand for smiling photo-ops with dictators, let alone praise them and loot their country with them. It mattered to us behind the Iron Curtain that our evil regimes had enemies who cared. Now the US is just another corrupt predator.
A week of Russian attacks. Europe. And a list that keeps growing.
🇷🇴 Romania reports thwarting a surveillance operation linked to Russia targeting strategic military facilities.
🇲🇩 Two Russian drones enter Moldovan airspace—one of them flying as far as Romania.
🇲🇩 Russian drones strike a checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Moldovan border. Two people are killed.
🇵🇱 Poland responds to a direct threat against a checkpoint on the Polish-Ukrainian border.
🇱🇹 A suspected drone flies from the direction of Belarus over Lithuania towards Kaliningrad, remaining in NATO airspace for about 20 minutes.
🇵🇱 A Russian drone strikes a passenger train on the Kyiv–Warsaw line near the Polish border. High-ranking European politicians and security experts—including Boris Johnson, Carl Bildt, Sanna Marin, and Aleksander Kwaśniewski—had traveled along that route shortly before.
🇵🇱 Poland discovers an object on the Baltic coast resembling a Russian "Gerbera" military drone.
🇩🇰 A Russian frigate fires two flares near a Danish military helicopter.
🇱🇹 NATO aircraft shoot down a drone over Lithuania.
🇳🇱 A large-scale act of sabotage paralyzes parts of the Dutch railway network.
🇩🇪 Drone debris is found just a few kilometers from the Wunstorf Air Base (Bundeswehr). The origin and the party responsible are initially unknown.
🇩🇪 Following the thwarted drone attack in Leipzig, Germany anticipates remaining a target of Russian hybrid attacks. The National Security Council decides on additional measures to counter espionage and sabotage and to protect critical infrastructure.
🇩🇪 The German government holds Russia responsible for the attempted attack in Leipzig, viewing it as part of a broader pattern of destabilization, disinformation, threats, and sabotage against Europe. 🇺🇦🇵🇱 The Russian drone attack near the Polish border struck a region where a train carrying European politicians and security experts had been traveling shortly before. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius described the attack as a deliberate escalation.
🇵🇱🇷🇺 At the same time, threatening political rhetoric is intensifying: Nikolai Patrushev, a close associate of Putin, publicly threatened Poland with destruction within "2–3 days."
🇩🇪 Germany is now explicitly treating the situation as a matter of national security: the National Security Council speaks of a persistent threat posed by Russian hybrid attacks.
Drones. Espionage. Sabotage. Cyberattacks. Intimidation. Disinformation. Attacks on infrastructure. Border violations.
Europe has long been under attack and facing pressure just below the threshold of open warfare.
@mindbanx@RihardsKols If we label Ukraine as Europe (and we should) then that makes the number of Russian attacks on Europe far, far worse.
NATO should have stood up and stopped Russia in 2014 when Russia first invaded.
My Lord.
@JoeBiden, 83 years old, battling Stage 4 cancer that has spread to his bones, stood for HOURS alongside @DrBiden as the names of 9/11 victims were read.
Donald Trump fell asleep at the 9/11 event at the Pentagon.
One showed respect despite his pain. The other couldn't even stay awake.
Trump is an embarrassment to the nation and the office he holds.
Really says it all.
How is Jared Kushner qualified by the State department or confirmed by the Senate to negotiate anything?
The house needs to subpoena him for false representation.
Steve Witkoff just told Putin he can’t wait to retire and have incredible memories of him ‘at the top.’ Then thanks him for making his trip ‘safe.’
Putin bombed the Kyiv airport Steve is due to land in to scare the shit out of him and derail his trip.
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1) Putin insisted that Ukrainian defenses are collapsing across the frontline and that Russian forces are making rapid gains, contrary to all observable evidence from the battlefield.
2) Putin is likely aware that he appears detached from the current battlefield realities in Ukraine and has attempted to present himself as an informed leader.
3) Putin once again reiterated Russia’s continued unwillingness to freeze the current frontline or engage in any meaningful peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
Kherson. A russian human safari — POV.
A russian drone operator hunts a civilian like prey — deliberately tracking him from above.
They film their war crimes and boast about them.
The world has no right to look away.
Share it.
This is russia. These are russians.
A boy on his bike near Kramatorsk was just murdered by a russian drone. They posted this video of their crime. This is evidence this war has nothing to do with territory. It’s an attempt to wipe out an entire civilian population of an innocent county while the world watches.
A boy on his bike near Kramatorsk was just murdered by a russian drone. They posted this video of their crime. This is evidence this war has nothing to do with territory. It’s an attempt to wipe out an entire civilian population of an innocent county while the world watches.
@oanaolt@Kasparov63 What is the benefit to dealing with reality instead of make believe?
How Romania best responds is up to Romanians. But you need to choose to deal with reality instead of ignoring it and hoping the Russians will stop behaving as Russians.
The death toll of the Russian missile strikes against Kyiv has risen to 15 civilians.
This video shows 2 North Korean ballistic missiles hitting the capital city of a European country.
@oanaolt@Kasparov63 These are not repeat, consistent mistakes.
You're just afraid to face the reality of being in a war with Russia.
The same as Ukraine tried to do for 8 years after Crimea was invaded.
🚨 BREAKING: JD Vance declares his intent to end the US dollar's position as the global reserve currency.
“It allows your consumers to consume very cheaply”.
Vance has never asked Russia to halt its attacks on Ukrainian civilians.
JD Vance asked Ukraine to halt strikes on tankers using Russian port
https://t.co/OnkwYpmTWc