AWOL and desertion cases in the Russian army have doubled and tripled in recent months, with battlefield desertions rising sharply, according to tens of thousands of records reviewed by Frontelligence Insight. 🧵This thread summarizes the key insights drawn from the data:

Russia’s Foreign Minister Lavrov: “It was in the Western style to build Berlin walls. We don't want to build any walls. We want to work honestly.” Reality: The Soviets built the Berlin Wall. They had to because they had to honestly keep shooting their own citizens desperately trying to escape the workers paradise they had created for them. The Sad Horse can’t even open his mouth without lying.

1/ Russian soldiers in Ukraine are stealing abandoned weapons from the battlefield and smuggling them back into Russia, or simply selling their own weapons to arms dealers. There has been a 300% increase in arms-trafficking cases since 2021. ⬇️

As a former F-16 pilot, seeing the President of the United States post something like this is the worst possible message to our military members.

🚨 BREAKING: Eurojust coordinated the arrest of a former Moldovan intelligence officer accused of leaking state secrets to Belarus. Captured in Romania, with support from Czechia & Hungary.

Resting in peace is something soon to be denied you for other reasons.

Resting in peace is something soon to be denied you for other reasons.

“We need a Big Bang,” says former ambassador @ischinger about Europe’s defense strategy. Could not agree more! I detailed what  a “Big Bang” approach would entail in my keynote at the Berlin Security Conference last year ⬇️ 🔗 andriuskubilius.lt/en/keynot… welt.de/politik/ausland/arti…

⚡️A Wagner fighter who helped occupy Ukrainian towns crawled across the forest border into Finland. Despite admitting illegal entry, he won’t be punished after applying for asylum.

I find it easy to understand why Rothko, Gottlieb, and thousands of others would have recoiled from communism after the 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact and the Soviet invasion of Finland. The passage quoted also seems to start the Cold War in 1940, when the US was in talks with the USSR.

Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the birthday book put together for the financier’s 50th birthday, which includes a letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist. On Monday, House Oversight Committee members confirmed that they received a copy of the birthday book including the letter bearing Trump’s signature. “President Trump called the Epstein investigation a hoax and claimed that his birthday note didn’t exist. Now we know that Donald Trump was lying and is doing everything he can to cover up the truth,” said Rep. Robert Garcia (D., Calif.), who is the committee’s Democratic ranking member. “Enough of the games and lies, release the full files now.” The Wall Street Journal in July reported on the book and the letter bearing Trump’s name, which contained typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman. The letter concluded: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.” The signature was a squiggly “Donald” below the waist, mimicking pubic hair. Trump has denied writing the letter or drawing the picture, calling it “a fake thing.” He also filed a lawsuit against the Journal’s reporters, Journal publisher Dow Jones, parent company News Corp and executives, alleging defamation and saying the letter was “nonexistent.” A Dow Jones spokeswoman said, “We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting.” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, didn’t immediately respond Monday to a request for comment. Read more: 🔗 on.wsj.com/4mVtDRq

(via @prof_preobr ) So Lavrov is now claiming that it was the West that built the Berlin Wall! 🤡A day without a lie seems a day lost in 🇷🇺…#Russia cannot be trusted. On anything. 👇

Oh hell, I guess there's nothing left to do but to move over to @ilvestoomas.bsky.social. It seems civilised there. Hope it lasts. Will be double posting for awhile weaning myself off this hellsite.

Today, we are proposing major trade deals with Mercosur and Mexico. They will bring billions in exports and jobs for Europeans across the Union. It is a step forward for Europe’s global influence. Extract from my press remarks ↓

Putin tells Xi organ transplants could offer immortality on.ft.com/4nxUuTF

Take China out of this group and it's only 6% of global GDP.

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RT @sikorskiradek: Looks like you are playing for the other team, Peter @FM_Szijjarto.

Just doesn’t look like it… he is playing for the other team.

Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov and his guests boasted that Donald Trump's and Tulsi Gabbard's recent actions were directly related to the exchanges between Trump and Putin in Alaska. This and more in my latest article, linked below ⤵️ youtube.com/watch?v=VCXr-Tix…