Europe has feared an escalation for over four years. The depraved dictator in Moscow revels in this and does whatever he pleases. 👇👇👇👇👇 Russia has established five new launch sites for combat drones near the border with Belarus. As reported by Radio Liberty, new military facilities have been identified in the Russian regions of Bryansk, Oryol, and Smolensk. Some of these sites are located just a few dozen kilometers from Belarusian territory. According to the Ukrainian military, the flight paths of most Russian drones during major attacks pass directly over Belarusian territory or along the shared border. This tactic aims to complicate the operations of Ukrainian air defenses and confuse them.

RT @ghostofRoc: Russian soldier admits his unit raped girls as young as 10 & 11 yrs old in Ukraine forced mothers to watch - just before…

In the quiet forests of Finland, parent cranes gently teach their little ones how to fly for the first time.

Spot on.

I loan it out in June.

Understanding wind from a quiet black hole like the Milky Way’s Sagittarius A* can illuminate how black holes sculpt their galaxies. sciencenews.org/article/milk…

3 / Ridiculous

A frozen conflict in Ukraine would not be a peaceful resolution, it would act as an escape hatch for Vladimir Putin. Accepting a premature ceasefire would reward Russian aggression while potentially permanently crippling Ukraine’s future. On the battlefield, Russia remains stalled and forced to suffer massive losses, leaving them far from achieving their strategic goals. Ukraine has actually built a strong operational advantage through its mid-range strike drones, which are systematically destroying Russian logistics and rear infrastructure. This widening gap between Putin's goals and his actual military means has put the Kremlin in an unsustainable position. A frozen war would give Putin exactly what he needs to salvage his failing invasion. It would allow Russia to lock in its territorial gains and avoid the massive economic and political costs of an outright defeat, all while pausing the heavy fiscal and manpower drain of active campaigning. If paired with an energy ceasefire, it would completely blunt Ukraine's most effective asymmetric lever, which relies heavily on strikes against Russian energy infrastructure. For Ukraine, a freeze would be absolutely catastrophic. Foreign investment would flee, reconstruction would completely stall, and millions of displaced citizens would remain in limbo. Ukraine wants a just and lasting peace. A frozen war cannot provide that. Western policymakers must resist the temptation of a quick cessation of hostilities and understand that making a frozen war unattractive to Moscow is the only way to achieve a real, lasting peace

Taiwan says Chinese coast guard, research ships near key S. China Sea islands reut.rs/4fvrWta reut.rs/4fvrWta

This is Oleh. He was 2. russia decided that was enough. A missile hit his home, killing Oleh, his mother, and 14 neighbors. He never saw peace. Never started school. Never had a future. His life ended before it began.

Today is the 82nd anniversary of D-Day – the Allied landings in Normandy, which significantly hastened the countdown to the Nazis' collapse in World War II. It is one of the most important moments of unity among the defenders of life in human history, and it was less than a year until the peoples’ aspiration for freedom and the hope of peace prevailed in May 1945. It happened then. We are working to make it happen again today. And although yesterday in Petersburg another cynical order to continue killing was issued for the army trying to destroy our freedom, history has seen this before. The Nazis also had their own hopes after D-Day. But freedom still wins. And even in the darkest circumstances, people find ways to come together to protect life. I thank all those who are now helping to protect the values that prevailed in World War II. I thank everyone who is defending life. Glory to Ukraine!

Rep. Fletcher: The New World screwworm has been found in Texas. This flesh-eating parasite previously eradicated from the U.S. poses a huge threat to our cattle. Last March, the Trump administration fired more than 15,000 USDA employees and eliminated a program to contain the screwworm in Central America. The threat of New World screwworm is just one consequence of the Trump administration's reckless campaign to eliminate funding for government programs that Americans rely on.

A new survey estimates 8 million young people use AI chatbots for help when stressed, angry or sad, an increase from 2024. sciencenews.org/article/teen…

Sweden urges EU to tighten rules on tourist visas for Russians reut.rs/4ekyGZH reut.rs/4ekyGZH

As someone with Stage 4 melanoma, this news makes me smile. Hopefully I won't need this new drug. Hopefully it will be available in time, if I do Fuck ignorant sheeple for trying to shut down life-saving mRNA research. Science over stupidity

Oh, so Russian propaganda (with war criminal Margarita Simonyan leading the charge) is now calling Armenia’s prime minister a “drug addict.” All because of the upcoming elections and Armenia’s growing ties with Europe, which drive the Kremlin into a frothing rage. The Kremlin’s propaganda tactics of hatred are repetitive and primitive to the point of being laughable.

🇭🇺🇺🇳 Orban may get a position at the UN with diplomatic immunity, — VSquare. The initiative is being promoted by representatives of the MAGA wing of the US Republican Party. The scenario is being considered in case of possible investigations into Orban or his entourage by the Magyar government. Full immunity, according to the UN convention, can only be obtained by the Secretary General, his deputies or assistants. The Hungarian ex-prime minister himself rejected such assumptions, stating that he is not afraid of any persecution, since he “obeys the laws.”

@SecRubio Little Marco appears to think the UN is supposed to function as a global government. It isn’t. The UN can investigate, debate, condemn, pass resolutions, coordinate sanctions, organize peacekeeping missions, and provide a forum for diplomacy. What it generally cannot do is force sovereign nations to comply with its demands. That limitation isn’t a bug. It’s how the organization was designed. The Security Council’s permanent members all have veto power, specifically because the major powers would never have joined an organization that could overrule them. If Iran is mining shipping lanes or attacking commercial vessels, the UN can condemn it and help build international consensus. But the actual enforcement would come from member states, coalitions, sanctions, navies, and diplomatic pressure, not from some mythical UN army. So the question isn’t whether the UN can single-handedly solve the problem. It can’t. The question is whether the international community is willing to act. Those are not the same thing.

Canada might double exports to China, Chinese foreign minister says during rare visit reut.rs/43yN2iW reut.rs/43yN2iW

Flights briefly halted at Munich Airport over possible drone sighting reut.rs/4uFe0kR reut.rs/4uFe0kR