It wants to control people, complicate Ukrainian intelligence work, and prepare society for serious decisions that may be unpopular or hard to explain. That is why it cuts off alternative information. 1/
Budanov: Russia is replacing reality. In Moscow, there is a whole “museum of Ukrainian Nazism.”
It has nothing to do with reality, but it is built logically and professionally. A person who sees it can believe it — that is the danger. 2/
Budanov: Civil resistance under occupation must continue.
Every Ukrainian flag, every sign, every act is a connection with identity, state, history, culture and tradition. It is risky, but without it there will be full colonization. 3/
Xi got Trump to hedge on a multibillion-dollar Taiwan arms sale and gave up nothing in return.
After 43 hours in Beijing, Trump said he had not decided whether to proceed with the sale — Washington Post. 1/
Xi pursued stability above all else.
He framed the summit as a "constructive, strategically stable relationship." Chinese state media said the framework should guide US-China ties through Trump's term and beyond. 2/
Xi opened with Taiwan. He told Trump that crossing Beijing's red lines would bring "clashes and conflicts."
Trump then told Fox News he had not decided whether to proceed with a multibillion-dollar weapons sale to Taipei. 3/
Russia is running out of people for its war in Ukraine — so Putin is handing out passports in Transnistria.
Putin signed a decree allowing residents of Moldova's breakaway region to obtain Russian citizenship without living in Russia or speaking Russian — Politico. 1/
Moldovan President Maia Sandu: "Probably they need more people to send to the war in Ukraine." 2/
Sandu added that since the start of the full-scale war most Transnistria residents have themselves taken Moldovan citizenship because they felt safer holding a Moldovan passport than a Russian one. 3/