Europe loves saying Ukraine has “the strongest military in Europe.” Fine. Then act like Ukraine is defending Europe now — not like it’s a buffer buying time for Europe to slowly rearm over the next 3–5 years. Ukraine still lacks enough air defense, long-range capabilities, and strategic support to fully protect its people. The goal should not be to help Ukraine survive. The goal should be to increase pressure on Russia now — militarily, economically, and politically — so Russia wants to end this war. #globsec2026

Commissioner Kos: “Ukrainian civil society is the strongest I have seen, they really know what’s going on in the country and I have to come very well prepared for meetings with them.”

🚨I called it yesterday that there has been a noticeable change in attitude from the Irish government in recent days re Aughinish Alumina. I think now I may know why. Sweden is providing Intel. Well done Sweden!

That’s pretty horrible. Do you still want to buy Nike?

To onlookers at Disneyland Paris, he was just another grumpy father, dragged from queue to queue, waiting for hours to get on rides. In reality, the grouchy dad in Minnie Mouse ears was a Russian tech boss, whose software is being used by military cadets in training to join Vladimir Putin’s killer drone force. My last investigation for @theipaper exposes the Russian tech bosses travelling freely across Europe, while their software teaches school children how to fly drones. inews.co.uk/news/pictured-ru…

Ukraine’s ambitious plan to acquire up to 150 Gripen fighter jets from Sweden could soon become a three-country project. 🧵 1/4 ⬇️

"Many of the conditions for collapse have been in place for a long time, and the most important one (logistics) is now trending in the wrong direction." For Russia. lnk.thebulwark.com/3RTYyTv

Kaja Kallas called on Ireland to investigate whether its alumina ends up in Russia’s war machine. I have the same question. Why does an independent journalist have to collect alumina samples and try to trace this himself? Doesn’t the Irish state have the capability to do it? Ukraine would certainly provide access to missile fragments, drones, aircraft wreckage, and other captured Russian military equipment for analysis.

Come invest in Ukraine because once we are in the EU it will get more expensive.

⚡Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has invested up to $70M in premium Kyiv commercial real estate, buying a 36% stake in seven properties. united24media.com/business/f…

Oggi ho il piacere di annunciarvi che il “corridoio terrestre” verso la Crimea, che i russi chiamano “rotta di Novorossiya”, è stato ufficialmente chiuso. Le autorità d’occupazione hanno esteso, “fino a nuovo avviso”, il divieto di transito per i veicoli civili su praticamente tutta l’estensione di questa strada che ora si trova costantemente sotto tiro ucraino. Complimenti agli ucraini e a tutti i contribuenti europei: è un risultato davvero importante, strategico oserei dire.

This is the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility in Ukraine's Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. Russia bombed it tonight. Why? Because Russia's goal is not simply to occupy territory. Its goal is to make Ukraine uninhabitable and impossible to sustain as a sovereign state. Attacks on nuclear infrastructure should never become normal. The international response must reflect the gravity of this escalation. But who cares, right ?

😢 A shocking 22 dead dolphins washed ashore at the Tuzlivski Limany National Park on June 5. Scientists attribute the deaths to toxic naval pollution and deafening sonar acoustic trauma, caused by the Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Schwedens Spezialpolizei hat den Chef des Aluminium-Schmelzwerks Kubal in Sundsvall verhaftet – wegen Sanktionsverletzungen. Kubal gehört Rusal – Putins Lieblingskonzern. Dasselbe Rusal das in Irland die Alumina-Fabrik Aughinish in Co. Limerick besitzt. Schwedische Steuerbehörden in einem vertraulichen Bericht: Oligarch Oleg Deripaska – unter EU-Sanktionen wegen Unterstützung von Russlands Kriegsmaschinerie – kontrolliert Rusal noch immer. Irlands Taoiseach Martin: Sanktionen gegen Aughinish wären „selbstzerstörerisch." OCCRP hat nachgewiesen dass irisches Aluminium über Rusal in russische Raketen fließt. Schweden verhaftet. Irland schaut weg. Micheál Martin ist grundsätzlich pro-ukrainisch und pro-EU. Aber hier steckt er in einer klassischen Zwickmühle: 475 direkte Jobs in Aughinish. Mehrere hundert indirekte. Foynes und Askeaton – kleine Städte die komplett von der Fabrik abhängen. Wenn Aughinish schließt – sterben diese Gemeinden. Das ist keine böse Absicht. Das ist das klassische Problem wenn Russland seine Abhängigkeiten tief in europäische Volkswirtschaften eingebaut hat. Es schmerzt wenn man sie herausreißt. Aber Schweden zeigt: Man kann handeln. Kubal hat auch Jobs. Trotzdem haben sie verhaftet. Europäische Verantwortung. irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/… 🇸🇪🇮🇪🇷🇺🇪🇺🇺🇦

Russian customs records show the largest recipient of the alumina from #Rusal’s plant in Ireland is Krasnoyarsk, a major aluminium production centre in Siberia: @FT ● Krasnoyarsk is a vital military-industrial hub, sa per Kyiv School of Economics. ft.com/content/4f271639-cf23…

When there are too many different explanations for why a war was started, you eventually begin to suspect that none of them is true. NATO. Nazis. Biolabs. Russian speakers. History. Security. Satanists. Traditional values. The list keeps changing. And when every justification contradicts the previous one, you are left with the most uncomfortable conclusion of all: Russia started this war for absolutely no reason. They are just crazy deranged bastards.

Apocalyptic bird nest. A Russian glide bomb knocks down a tree in Donbas. From the shattered branches rolls out a tiny bird’s nest. Made of drone fiber-optic cable. Source: Oleg Malchenko

This is how Russian invasion started in 2014

Exactly what’s needed.

🤔 Putin stated that the Russian army has allegedly already seized 2,044,000 km² of Ukrainian territory—four times more than Ukraine’s total area. He also said that the seizure of territory is continuing "on a daily basis."

It’s Friday. Which means Dima has been let loose with drinks.