Our book isn't straightforwardly about "war and peace", but about the regime and identity divergence between Ru and Ukraine, which Ru refuses to accept. We'll take the "hot new releases" label, though! Thanks, Amazon. @OxanaShevel @politybooks

« One tanker, who cares » some say. But the value is not economic but psychological— it signals to russia that as it loses its grip, the UK won’t be providing an off-ramp for Pu but is backing Ukraine even more. It neutralizes the hope Ru got from the recent negotiations talk.

The moment the Ukrainian type Ljutyj long-range drone struck the oil depot in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region, in Russia. This drone type has a range of up to 2,000 km (1,250 miles).

Es ist wirklich beängstigend, wie die AfD (und das BSW) mittlerweile nahezu alle deutschen Probleme der Ukraine anlastet – und wie Millionen Wähler diese Erzählung glauben. ➡️Als Deutscher macht es mir mit Blick auf unsere Geschichte Angst, dass „wir“ wieder eine kleine Minderheit für alles Schlechte und vermeintlich Böse in unserem Land verantwortlich machen. ➡️Die Realität sieht anders aus: Die Ukraine erhält in diesem Jahr 11 Milliarden Euro Militärhilfe aus dem deutschen Staatshaushalt. Selbst ohne die Sondervermögen entspricht das lediglich rund 2 Prozent der Bundesausgaben. Bezieht man die Sondervermögen mit ein, liegt der Anteil sogar unter 0,5 Prozent. 💥Und jeder Euro fließt auch in unsere Sicherheit, da wir nicht kämpfen müssen, solange die Ukraine das für uns tut. Wer das nicht glaubt, sollte sich die letzten 20 Jahren russischer Expansionspolitik einmal genauer ansehen. ➡️Ihren Hass auf die Ukraine, auf die in Deutschland lebenden Ukrainer sowie ihre Unterwürfigkeit und teils offen ausgetragene Unterstützung gegenüber dem gegen Europa Krieg führenden Russland hat die AfD in den vergangenen Monaten recht erfolgreich in ein Scheinargument umgewandelt: Deutschland gehe es schlechter, weil wir der Ukraine helfen. 🚨Ich hoffe, dass am Ende genügend Deutsche bei den anstehenden Wahlen die nötige Vernunft, historische Verantwortung und Urteilskraft beweisen, um auf diese düstere Strategie der AfD nicht hereinzufallen und stattdessen Parteien zu unterstützen, die Deutschland, Europa und die Ukraine als Priorität sehen.

Ukrainian long-range drones have severely struck the oil depot of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl, in Russia. The drones just keep on coming.

This is how Ukraine can make the Russians feel their war. It is so good that the US is out of the war so that it can no longer hinder the Ukrainians from doing the right thing. EU money & Ukrainian arms plus US absence make it possible for Ukraine to win the war.

Brilliant as always 🤌

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EU (and NATO) enlargement has been the West’s most successful strategic tool of the past three decades. It transformed history and made Europe safer. Without the enlargement that began in the 1990s, Central and Eastern Europe would likely have been consumed by instability and conflict. Grey zones do not remain grey for long. The prospect of membership helped fill them with democracy, prosperity, and the rule of law instead. In doing so, enlargement strengthened not only those who joined, but Europe as a whole. The success of the “new” members became the success of the “old” ones too. That is why Ukraine, Moldova, and the Western Balkans matter. They offer a chance to continue one of Europe’s greatest success stories. Enlargement must remain merit-based—but it must also move fast enough to sustain hope and momentum. Leave countries in the waiting room for too long, and you risk creating the very grey zones enlargement was meant to eliminate.

🔥 Ukraine just sanctioned the Novomoskovsk Azot chemical plant in russia's Tula region. One of russia’s largest ammonia producers is on fire.

Crimea is quickly becoming an island due to Ukrainian drone strikes...

Russia vs Ukraine is one of the least morally complicated wars ever. Anyone that disputes this is very likely a deranged moron.

After Ukrainian strikes, several areas of Russia's sprawling state energy reserves facility in Yaroslavl continue to burn into mid-day. The Rybinsk energy complex is 900km from Ukraine.

O'BRIEN: Trump believed Ukraine had no cards, that he could bully Ukrainians into giving Putin very good deal. He didn't understand that Ukraine was developing their own capabilities and their willingness to fight. So, Trump failed for two reasons. First, Ukrainians adapted, and that wasn't expected by him. You can see there have been some changes in his rhetoric lately, where he has to grudgingly admit that Ukraine has actually done better. The United States completely underestimated Ukrainian resilience. Secondly, Trump thought Europeans would bully Ukraine along with him because they would be afraid of United States leaving NATO. He thought he could use NATO to push Europeans to force Ukraine to take a bad deal. Europeans eventually helped Ukraine more than he thought. They seem to understand that it's actually better for them to have Ukraine fight the war the way Ukraine wants. Trump didn't understand what Ukraine was capable of and he misjudged what Europeans would do.

Goodness. Russia didn’t invade Ukraine because of NATO, because of biolabs, because of n@zis, because family values. Why is it so hard to process this is simply a colonialist imperialist war of conquest, war for control and domination of a sovereign free nation.

Ukraine-mogging Russia Day.

St. Petersburg joins the Russian fuel shortage. What happened? Did you bastards start a war and plan to pretend nothing is happening just because you're far from the frontline? It's not going to work.

As is well known, in Russia power gets you money, but money doesn't get you power.

Of the various Russian narratives, the one about Ukrainian biolabs has to be among the dumbest. Sure, it probably resonated more in the immediate aftermath of the Covid era, when societies had become paranoid about health-related topics, but, boy, has it aged poorly. And if you're a Russian agent tasked with spreading this particular narrative, you have to wonder whether they have an ounce of respect for you, because they're essentially putting you through a humiliation ritual.

RT @PhillipsPOBrien: Notable that Fedorov is saying openly now that Ukraine is “seizing the battlefield initiative.”

At first I wanted to call this Ukrainian SOFT power, but then I changed my mind🤭🥊💪🇺🇦