Finnish PhD candidate @FSV_UK trying to help Ukraine with the @69thSB and by mocking disinformation. Opinions are my own
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2/6 Romania’s second round once again showed the world that Putinist populism—despite heavy disinformation, many russian assets, and significant control over social media platforms—does not always win in Europe. Far from it 
2/4 In a recent Fox News interview, Trump once again blamed Zelensky and Ukraine, while refusing to hold Putin and russia accountable. He still claims Ukraine ’doesn’t have the cards’ and avoids blaming russia—even as it kills civilians and rejects ceasefires. Weak and traitorous 
2/8 Ukraine and russia have both sent delegations to Istanbul for their first direct talks since 2022. russia wants to base the discussions on the 2022 Istanbul talks, but that only proves they are not serious about negotiations and can’t afford to end the war 
2/5 With over 6,000 russian officers confirmed dead—and many more unconfirmed—we should not be surprised by estimates such as those from the UK Ministry of Defence, which suggest over 900,000 russian casualties 
2/5 Zelensky is showing the world that Ukraine wants peace by attending negotiations he was invited to by Putin—negotiations that Putin himself was too afraid to attend. Ukraine is not the problem; russia is, as anyone with a brain has known for a long time 
2/6 Three Ukrainian nationals have been arrested for allegedly shipping explosive packages, German prosecutors said Wednesday, following a series of fires at European courier depots linked to suspected russian sabotage 
2/6 russia’s economy is growing increasingly fragile due to its wartime shift and Western sanctions over the Ukraine invasion, a report by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) said Tuesday 
2/11 Many who succeed in the private sector overestimate themselves and underestimate how hard governing is. Cutting public spending sounds easy — until reality hits, as Elon Musk learned the hard way 
2/7 Putin has been making Western leaders look like fools and stalling for time, while rejecting all ceasefire proposals in recent months. Now he’s doing the same by proposing direct talks in Istanbul while refusing a ceasefire and refusing to attend the talks 
2/6 Since russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, the West has become a master of escalation management. We have let russia make every first move and have been extremely cautious in our responses. As a result, russia has continued to escalate 
2/9 The Trump administration defunded one program and left another that both tracked russian war crimes in Ukraine. It cut finding to Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab, which had documented the mass deportation of Ukrainian children to russia 
2/5 Putin still doesn’t feel enough pressure from the West to be forced into accepting a temporary ceasefire. This isn’t surprising, as Trump and European leaders have been massive cowards and have failed to turn their threats into action over the past few months 
2/5 russia is all in on its failed invasion of Ukraine. It has mobilized, recruited, shifted to a war economy, and received substantial military and financial aid from its allies and partners. Its economy now depends on the war 
2/8 Fifty-one days after Ukraine accepted Trump’s unconditional ceasefire, and after fifty-one days of russia increasing its bombings of Ukraine instead of accepting it, Trump has finally started to blame russia a bit 
2/7 European leaders such as Starmer and Macron seem to be finally moving away from the useless talk on post-war peacekeepers. This subject may become important one day, but we are not anywhere close to that yet 
2/5 Genocide involves acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group. This includes examples such as forcibly transferring children of the group to another group, among other acts 
2/9 Vladislav Surkov, a powerful ex-Kremlin strategist, recently said ”russia will expand in all directions, as far as God wills.” Putin has echoed similar sentiments. russian officials and propagandists have made their intentions clear—it’s time we take their threats seriously! 
2/7 When running for president, Trump said that he would pressure russia if it refused to negotiate and stop the war. Those were empty words, as russia has been playing Trump for months, and Trump hasn’t done anything! 
2/11 If we had been told in March 2022 what the situation would be like over three years later, we would have been amazed and seen the current outcome as a significant Ukrainian victory and massive defeat for russia 
2/8 Strategic objectives are not the same for both sides in a war. russia’s initial and current strategic objectives are the ’demilitarization and denazification’ of Ukraine. russia wanted to force a ’regime change’ and failed. Ukraine won’t become a satellite state of russia 
2/7 Europe loves making excuses. We claim we can’t send more aid because our stockpiles are low, yet we don’t place orders to replenish them. If we don’t want to send our own equipment, we can always order from Ukraine’s industry 