“In February 2022, Russia had a far better equipped and trained army. I simply can’t see that it is better now.”

A look at Russia’s manpower and firepower advantages in Ukraine – which US aid may do a lot to counteract. with Christopher Miller [email protected]

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OTD in 1986 Chernobyl blew up. We lied about it and said it just small thing, not a complete disaster...

Imagine us lying like that today...

Wow.

Kosovo would be the first Muslim majority country who would introduce this.

🚗UPDATE🚗
- Britain is STILL sending millions of pounds of luxury cars into states neighbouring Russia, according to new data.
- There is STILL no especially plausible explanation
- Car lobby group the @smmt STILL insists it's got NOTHING to do with Russian sanctions
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What is stopping the Russian people to do the same today?

1/ Two years ago today, on 4/25/22, Twitter’s Board accepted Elon Musk’s offer to acquire the company at $54.20/share.

As an ex-director for civic integrity at Twitter, I’ve watched what Musk has done since then.

And today is my last post on this platform.

I’m leaving.
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What is stopping the Russian people to do the same today?

It's remarkable that Rwanda's proxy wars on DRC haven't been more central to debate in the UK around the Sunak government's Rwanda plan for asylum seekers

This is not a serious government.

Yesterday, I spoke with my 🇷🇴 counterpart Angel Tîlvăr Angel Tîlvăr ahead of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group to thank Romania for its leading efforts in securing NATO’s Eastern Flank and to discuss how we can enhance our work together to provide the security assistance Ukraine…

I wrote a letter to the @Guardian ... the Labour tradition of anti-fascism tells us to stop appeasing dictators while hiding behind abstract calls for 'peace' 👇🏽

Brexit was such a stupid act of national self harm. Sold to an ignorant British public, largely on the basis of lies. When will the ideologues - Johnson, Rees-Mogg, Frost, Cummings et al
- be held accountable? When will the Tories own up to what they did?

ft.com/content/bb825c…

Russia has just sentenced a 17 year old girl to 3.5 years hard labour for her anti-war social media posts. She’s the second minor to be given a real prison term for anti-Kremlin views.

This is true and always was.

The reason Brexiters wanted to leave the EU was to detach the UK from an emerging 'country called Europe'. It was 'not the economy, stupid'.

The best we could expect economically was likely to be a small negative (via EEA). We blew that.

I spoke with Speaker Mike Johnson to express my sincere gratitude for his leadership that ensured true bipartisan support for aid to Ukraine. I specifically highlighted the inclusion of long-range ATACMS systems in the bill, which are greatly needed on the battlefield. I also extended…

What do British voters think of Rishi Sunak decision to reject move to open talks with EU on youth mobility deal theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

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La nave russa Angarà, che fa la spola con la Corea del Nord per rifornire di armi cicciokimiane lo pseudoesercito putinista, ferma da giorni nascosta nel porto cinese di Zhoushan.
Poi i cinesi fanno la morale sulla neutralità.

segue>>

oh no

Good idea for a social media rule.

My Charlemagne this week on the question consuming Brussels: will Ursula von der Leyen get a second term?

You wouldn't bet against her, but it won't be as straightforward as it once looked.

economist.com/europe/2024/04…