I couldn't find a reason for having a Tweeter account until Ukraine was invaded. #NAFO

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 FORMER RUSSIAN SPY EXPLAINS THE WAR TOO HONESTLY “We’re a thorn in their side. We’re changing the system in which they live very comfortably. Why would they need us?” - Andrey Bezrukov 🇷🇺 Former Russian spy Andrey Bezrukov just said the quiet part out loud: Ukraine is not the threat because it attacked Russia. Ukraine is the threat because it proves a different future is possible next door. That is what Moscow fears most, not NATO slogans, not imaginary Nazis, not propaganda fantasies. A free Ukraine makes Russia’s prison of a system look exactly like what it is. @NatalkaKyiv
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It is impossible to view Tulsi Gabbard as anything other than a Russian asset after her persistent lies regarding ’biological labs’ in Ukraine. By spreading debunked Kremlin conspiracy theories, she has once again directly compromised Western security to boost Moscow's information war. Gabbard knows the exact nature of the research taking place in Ukraine, making her public statements deeply deceptive. The facilities she targeted are standard BSL-3 diagnostic laboratories, which are common worldwide for managing routine but serious illnesses. Work in a BSL-3 lab is strictly regulated, but it remains a foundational part of global civilian health infrastructure aimed at treating known diseases. She intentionally blurred the lines to confuse the public about BSL-4 labs, which are the only facilities equipped to handle entirely untreatable, lethal bio-agents. A BSL-4 lab requires maximum engineering controls, including a dedicated, non-recirculating air supply, extensive structural reinforcement, and personnel in positive-pressure suits. By singling out Ukraine and pretending its basic BSL-3 public health centers are part of a dangerous biological warfare program, Gabbard gave a veneer of credibility to Russia's wildest fabrications. She willfully chose to ignore the facts in order to validate a hostile nation's propaganda campaign during a genocide. Her actions represent a fundamental betrayal of national trust, and she deserves to be legally prosecuted for treason
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🤯 Russian military drone simulator developers travel freely in the West. Developers have continued traveling across Europe and the U.S. since 2022 despite their software’s integration into Russia's military training pipeline. 🧵 1/6 ⬇️
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🔴 Andrey Gurulyov is wanted for waging war against Ukraine and has openly admitted to war crimes. 🧵 1/3 ⬇️
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🇵🇹 FORAM AO LUXEMBURGO E ESQUECERAM-SE DO PAÍS QUE DEIXARAM PARA TRÁS ✍️ Mariana Leitão no DN O Presidente da República e o Primeiro-Ministro foram ao Luxemburgo comemorar o 10 de Junho. Encontraram-se com a maior comunidade portuguesa fora de Portugal e fizeram o que os políticos portugueses fazem sempre que encontram emigrantes - pediram que voltassem. Mas esqueceram-se de dizer o que Portugal tem para oferecer para o seu regresso, além do bom tempo e da gastronomia.  Emigrar não é fácil. Ninguém faz as malas de boa vontade para deixar a família, os amigos, a terra e a sua língua. É uma decisão que custa e, ainda assim, todos os anos, milhares de portugueses fazem essa escolha. Fazem-na porque o país que os viu nascer não consegue pagar as suas capacidades.  O salário mínimo bruto anual no Luxemburgo ronda os 32 mil euros. Em Portugal ronda os 12 mil euros. O salário médio bruto anual português anda pelos 25 mil euros. No Luxemburgo, supera os 80 mil. Já do lado dos impostos, o Estado português tributa à taxa máxima de 48% quem ultrapassa os 86 mil euros anuais. No Luxemburgo, a taxa máxima é de 42% e só se aplica acima dos 230 mil euros. Quando os números falam assim, a saudade tem dificuldade em ganhar.  E para receber o quê em troca? Listas de espera no SNS. Escolas degradadas. Uma segurança social que, para quem tem hoje 35 anos e faz as contas, vai devolver cerca de 40% do salário quando chegar a hora de se reformar. Um mercado de trabalho que a OCDE classifica entre os quatro mais rígidos, onde as empresas contratam com medo e os jovens acumulam recibos verdes. Um custo de  habitação que bate recordes todos os anos. Um Estado que contrata cada vez mais, que gasta cada vez mais no seu próprio funcionamento enquanto assistimos à contínua degradação dos serviços públicos.  Enquanto o Presidente da República e o Primeiro-Ministro pediam o regresso, Portugal continuava igual e sem perspectiva de mudar. A reforma laboral está bloqueada. O modelo fiscal intocado. A segurança social sem resposta sobre o futuro. O PS vota contra o que aparece. O Chega é uma força de bloqueio a qualquer mudança. E o Governo, como os anteriores, governa a pensar nas próximas eleições, não nas próximas gerações.  Entretanto, os emigrantes continuam a enviar dinheiro para Portugal. Em 2025, as remessas atingiram 4.388 milhões de euros, um novo recorde, o quinto ano seguido. Esse dinheiro existe porque essas pessoas estão noutros países a ganhar os salários desses países. Se voltassem deixava de existir. O Estado precisa desse dinheiro e, enquanto não se reformar, vai continuar a precisar. É fácil e conveniente pedir o que se sabe que não vai acontecer, num exercício de hipocrisia confrangedor.  Imagino o emigrante português no Luxemburgo que seguiu as notícias desta semana, que ouviu os discursos sobre as raízes e o contributo da diáspora e depois fez as contas ao que ganharia se voltasse, ao que pagaria de renda, ao que receberia na reforma daqui a trinta anos. E não fez as malas.  Não por falta de amor ao país. Por falta de interesse próprio em regressar. Reduzir os impostos sobre o trabalho, flexibilizar o mercado laboral, ser honesto sobre o que a segurança social pode garantir, garantir cuidados de saúde a tempo e horas - nada disto está fora do alcance. Está fora da vontade política de quem construiu o sistema, vive do sistema e sabe que reformá-lo pode custar votos a curto prazo.  Por isso os governantes continuam a ir ao Luxemburgo pedir o regresso, sabendo que eles vão ficar e o Estado agradece.  Mariana Leitão
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What happens to a child taken from Ukraine? (1/12)
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A Russian bot farm tried to influence Armenia’s elections According to researchers, the campaign closely resembled the tactics used ahead of Moldova’s elections. In May, the number of anti-government and anti-EU posts in Armenian social media increased nearly tenfold. Many of these comments were posted by the same accounts, which simply copied identical messages and spread them across different platforms. The goal was simple: to create the impression that “everyone thinks this way,” even though the narrative was being artificially amplified by bots.
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If you're in a mutual defence alliance with Russia it means either Russia will attack you, or Russia will do nothing when someone else attacks you. Armenia is likely to experience both.
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For Ukrainian children, childhood is about air alerts at night, rushing to shelters, and waiting for brief reunions with a parent defending the country. Despite everything, they continue to dream, play, support one another, and believe in a peaceful future. Help protect Ukrainian children. Join Sky Defense. u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?utm_s…
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Russians have never really tried to hide their similarities to the Nazis: military uniforms, symbols, patriotic songs, a vast propaganda machine, youth paramilitary organizations, and slogans. Russia is reproducing it all with terrifying precision.
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😭🇺🇦 Our Beloved Brazilian Sister Thalita Do Valle, who had been serving in Ukraine as a Volunteer succumbed on the Battlefield. Honor, Glory and Gratitude To Our Sister.
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MEMÓRIA HISTÓRICA E COMPROMISSO COM O FUTURO 1. Assinalar os 40 anos da catástrofe de Chernobil através de uma posição institucional clara de homenagem às vítimas, de evocação da verdade histórica dos factos e de reconhecimento das consequências humanas, ambientais e políticas do desastre; 2. Reforçar, nos planos diplomático e político, o apoio de Portugal à soberania e integridade territorial da Ucrânia, incluindo no que respeita à proteção e recuperação do controlo ucraniano sobre as suas infraestruturas energéticas e nucleares; 3. Condenar expressamente a ocupação militar russa da central nuclear de Zaporíjia e a instrumentalização de instalações nucleares civis em contexto de guerra, reconhecendo que tal situação representa um risco grave e continuado para a segurança nuclear europeia e internacional; 4. Apoiar, junto das instâncias internacionais competentes, todos os esforços destinados a garantir a segurança física e operacional das instalações nucleares ucranianas, em particular da central de Zaporíjia e do sítio de Chernobil, em estreita articulação com a Agência Internacional de Energia Atómica.
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O que aconteceu no final da greve geral mostra um padrão de violência crescente da extrema-esquerda! - Antifas - Simpatizantes do terrorista Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho A extrema-esquerda representa um risco de violência contra a democracia! Não pode haver 2 pesos e 2 medidas!
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D-Day commemoration, Omaha Beach, June 6 2024 Zelensky arrived, the crowd applauded. And then this happened: 🇺🇸 veteran: You’re a saviour of the people Zelensky: No, no, you saved Europe 🇺🇸 veteran: My hero Zelensky: No, you are our hero 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇺🇦

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Russia is systematically stripping away the daily lives, faith, and identity of Ukrainians living under occupation. 🧵 1/12 ⬇️
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Putin claims to have occupied Ukrainian territory four times larger than Ukraine itself.
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Open Letter To the President of the Russian Federation From the President of Ukraine When you came to power in Russia more than 26 years ago, many people in Ukraine viewed you positively. That is how it was. But that is now in the past. Now, the overwhelming majority of Ukrainians view it positively that our long-range drones paid a visit to the opening of your forum in St. Petersburg, covering a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers. As you know very well, that distance is not the limit of our capabilities.
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The German far right's open attendance at Russia's SPIEF conference proves that the threat to Europe is already inside the house. If the RN, AfD and Reform UK win elections, European security will completely collapse. European democracy is facing its most dangerous moment since the Cold War. AfD sending representatives to Saint Petersburg to smile for cameras alongside war criminals is not an isolated incident. It is part of a coordinated, long-term strategy to place pro-Russian traitors and their puppets at the helm of the British, French, and German governments. A political victory for the National Rally, AfD, or Reform UK at the next elections would be a historical catastrophe. These groups are designed to paralyze Europe, cut off vital aid to democracies under attack, and legitimize brutal authoritarian expansion. They wrap themselves in national flags, yet they take their marching orders directly from Moscow. Real traitors! It is time to speak with total clarity about what a vote for these parties actually means. Choosing to support these movements is a betrayal of national sovereignty and a direct contribution to the destabilization of the West. Voters who fall for their populist rhetoric are actively enabling foreign subversion. A vote for them is a vote for Putin. We need a massive mobilization of citizens within these countries to fight back against this creeping threat. Passivity is no longer an option when the enemy is on the ballot. We must aggressively expose their lies, contest their narratives, and protect the values that keep Europe safe and free
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Rep. Ilhan Omar was the only Democrat to vote against a House-passed bill providing new military aid to Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia, saying that sanctions “fail to achieve their desired goals and in most cases are counterproductive to ending war.” (Omar supports sanctions against Israel)
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