Trump letting Putin 'play him for a fool,' US lawmakers say after new Russia sanctions waiver "This decision is shameful," the statement reads.

⚡️ Trump letting Putin 'play him for a fool,' US lawmakers say after new Russia sanctions waiver.

"This decision is shameful," the statement reads.

The bloodsoaked lexicon of Russian imperialism Seven phrases that encapsulate Moscow's violent obsession with conquest

Do you speak #Ruscism, the language of aggression and violence that signals genocidal intent and justifies the unjustifiable?
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You can't simultaneously lament the fall of the USSR and be a minimally credible anti-imperialist. You just can't. The USSR was an empire and it was brought down by anti-imperialist, local liberation movements and mobilization. In addition,...

The banality of Putin Igor Bagnyuk, a lieutenant colonel in the Russian army, is not a household name. His work, at the vapidly named Main Computation Center of the General Staff, does not involve pulling triggers or tort...

Hannah Arendt, who coined “the banality of evil” phrase, warned that systems, not just individuals, produce heinous violence.
putin is evil. Blood of 🇺🇦 children on his hands. But he is NOT an exception.
russia reproduced rulers like him for centuries.
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While Russia strikes Ukrainian civilians, Ukraine continues decreasing Russia's economic potential to wage a war.

This is an oil refinery in Russian Tuapse.

At least 22 killed, 131 injured in Russian strikes across Ukraine over past day A mass Russian missile and drone attack early on April 16 struck major Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, Odesa, and Dnipro.

⚡️At least 22 killed, 131 injured in Russian strikes across Ukraine over past day

Russian forces launched 18 ballistic missiles, 20 Kh-101 cruise missiles, five Iskander-K cruise missiles, and 659 drones against Ukraine overnight.

Ukraine, Norway sign defense declaration, expand drone cooperation Norway and Ukraine signed a defense declaration on April 14 in Oslo aimed at deepening military cooperation, including joint drone production, following talks between President Volodymyr Zelensky and ...

⚡️Ukraine, Norway sign defense declaration, expand drone cooperation.

Norway & Ukraine signed a defense declaration aimed at deepening military cooperation, including joint drone production, following talks between President Volodymyr Zelensky & Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere.

🇳🇴 🇺🇦 Norway and Ukraine signed a declaration on enhanced defense and security cooperation.

Also discussed joint development of drones, industrial cooperation, and energy partnership.

Pundits keep asking why russia invaded #Ukraine, committed war crimes, and burned bridges with the West.

God knows, the largest landmass on our planet, the Ruscist Federation, needed no land. It faced no threat.

Colonialism is the engine of russian history

The actors change. The violence remains

“Orbán received visits or verbal support from Donald Trump, J. D. Vance, Benjamin Netanyahu, Marine Le Pen (the leader of the French far right), Alice Weidel (the leader of the German far right), and other illiberal leaders from Argentina, Poland, Slovakia, Brazil, and more.”

Orbán era swept away by Péter Magyar's Hungary election landslide Viktor Orbán's 16 years in power is over, defeated by a 45-year-old ex-party insider who convinced a majority of Hungarians to oust him.

"Russians go home," Magyar supporters chanted, as the next Hungarian prime minister promised better relations with the European Union.”

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Ukrainians living in the occupied territories of Kherson are being targeted and controlled with landmines and drones by the Russian occupation forces.

Zarina Zabrisky spoke with civilians who have managed to escape the hell that is living in the occupied territories.

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The EU is dead if they don't find a way to change decision-making from unanimity to a qualified majority. Even if Orban loses, russia will soon buy a new little helper among the European leaders. The problem is far deeper than Orban.

Russian FPV drone hits bus in rush hour attack as strikes kill 8, injure 52 across Ukraine At around 9 a.m., a Russian FPV drone, guided by a Russian operator, deliberately struck a passenger bus in central Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing three people and injuring 16 others. Three o...

⚡️ Russian FPV drone hits bus in rush hour attack as strikes kill 8, injure 52 across Ukraine.

"This is deliberate Russian terror against peaceful cities and civilians," Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba said.

I completely agree with Marjorie Taylor Greene is a sentence I never thought I would ever write.

On the front lines, Russian soldiers pay officers to stay alive Russian soldiers describe a system of extortion on Ukraine's front lines, where officers demand bribes for survival and use troops as sources of enrichment.

In the Russian army, soldiers pay officers in order to stay alive

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This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.

Ukraine strikes Russian fuel train, confirms damage to multimillion-dollar Orion drones in occupied regions Ukrainian forces struck a rail convoy carrying fuel to the Russian military in occupied Luhansk on April 4, the General Staff said. The military also shared results of a recent strike on occupied Crim...

⚡️Ukraine strikes Russian fuel train, confirms damage to multimillion-dollar Orion drones in occupied regions.

Ukraine hit a rail convoy carrying fuel to the Russian military in occupied Luhansk on April 4, the General Staff said. The military also shared results of a recent strike in Crimea.

However, as the US support for Ukraine’s heroic fight against Russian imperialism has shriveled up, so has its leverage. Trump is faithfully parroting Putin’s demands, but his ability to impose Putin’s will on Kyiv is notably diminished. Ironically, Russia has become a victim of its own success. 4/4

Trump’s apparent inability to make Putin’s revanchist dreams come true is an unintended consequence of Kremlin’s breathtaking success with the current White House. Back when the US provided a massive share of the overall support for Ukraine, it had the correspondingly huge leverage over Kyiv. 3/4

The level of cooperation the Kremlin is getting from the White House is truly without precedent. President Zelenskyy has been repeatedly insulted and bullied by Trump, whilst the US military assistance to Ukraine has largely stopped. Yes, despite it all, Ukraine’s defenders have persevered. 2/4

Russian corruption fuels massive casualties in Ukraine Estimates show Russian forces have suffered more than one million casualties in the war against Ukraine. At the same time, its territorial gains have been some of the slowest in modern history. Specia...

Despite all the public bravado, Moscow is in deep trouble. Putin needs Trump’s help to overcome his army’s failure to subjugate Ukraine. Yet, Trump’s strikingly disciplined and consistent support for Kremlin’s maximalist demands is not enough. This is ironic. 1/4

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Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done Allied leaders know that any positive gesture they make will count for nothing.

Trump has insulted and tariffed his European allies, persuaded Denmark to prepare for a US invasion and, by pressuring Ukraine and not Russia, encouraged Putin to keep fighting. All of which he has forgotten.
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War in Iran, war in Ukraine: Europe must act where it counts "Flying balalaika" or a "death moped with wings" is how Ukrainians refer to the Iranian-Russian Shahed drone. On March first, one of these crude, cheap, but devastatingly effective killing machines st...

"The rules-based order didn't collapse on Feb. 28, 2026, when America bombed Iran. It fractured in 2008, when Russia invaded Georgia, and Europe responded with thoughts and prayers."
@ChakhoyanAndrew on why Europe’s future is still tied to the outcome in Ukraine.
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Ukraine's military destroys Russian missile launcher in occupied Crimea Ukrainian forces destroyed a Zircon hypersonic missile launcher in occupied Crimea during an overnight strike March 24, Ukraine's military intelligence agency said.

⚡️Ukraine's military destroys Russian missile launcher in occupied Crimea.

Ukrainian forces destroyed a Zircon hypersonic missile launcher in occupied Crimea during an overnight strike on March 24, Ukraine's military intelligence agency said.

Russia uses failed exams to funnel students into army in occupied territories, militarizing Ukrainian youth, lawyer says Russia is extensively militarizing Ukrainian children and youth in the occupied territories to "raise future soldiers" and involve them in the fight against their own people, Taya Avram, a lawyer with...

Forcing Ukrainian students in Russian-occupied territories to join the Russian army if they fail an exam is another example of Russia's militarization of Ukrainian youth, Taya Avram, a lawyer within the Donbas SOS NGO, told the Kyiv Independent on March 20.

Ukraine claims 'successful' strike on 2 Russian ships ferrying weapons, equipment through Kerch Strait Ukraine's military intelligence agency described both ships as a "key part" of Russia's Kerch ferry service.

⚡️ Ukraine claims 'successful' strike on 2 Russian ships ferrying weapons, equipment through Kerch Strait.

Ukraine's military intelligence agency described both ships as a "key part" of Russia's Kerch ferry service.

Russian strike razes homes in Zaporizhzhia, killing 1, injuring 11 Two people who were trapped beneath the rubble have been rescued by emergency workers. An injured 17-year-old is in serious condition following the attack.

⚡️Russian strike razes homes in Zaporizhzhia, killing 1, injuring 11.

Two people who were trapped beneath the rubble have been rescued by emergency workers. An injured 17-year-old is in serious condition following the attack.

'Self-defense' — Russia blames UK for Storm Shadow attack, London refuses to bend Officials in the U.K. dismissed accusations from Russia that London was responsible for what Moscow described as a "terrorist attack" after Ukraine struck a military-linked plant in Russia's Bryansk r...

⚡️ Russia summons UK, French ambassadors after Storm Shadow strike on military-linked plant.

Moscow demands a response and "unequivocal" condemnation of the attack.