Jessica Berlin
@berlinbridge.bsky.social
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Merz throws his full weight behind the EU & Belgium to share the risk burden & is going to Brussels to press @Bart_DeWever to let Europe use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s defense.
It’s refreshing to see a 🇩🇪@bundeskanzler step up, even if Belgium seems unlikely to budge.
It’s refreshing to see a 🇩🇪@bundeskanzler step up, even if Belgium seems unlikely to budge.
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Merz throws his full weight behind the EU & Belgium to share the risk burden & is going to Brussels to press @Bart_DeWever to let Europe use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s defense.
It’s refreshing to see a 🇩🇪@bundeskanzler step up, even if Belgium seems unlikely to budge.
It’s refreshing to see a 🇩🇪@bundeskanzler step up, even if Belgium seems unlikely to budge.
America has already betrayed Ukraine.
December 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
America has already betrayed Ukraine.
If Belgian PM de Wever believes this, just imagine how he’ll react when Russia attacks the EU:
“But who really believes Russia will lose in Ukraine? It’s a fable…It’s not even desirable for them to lose & for instability to take hold in a country (with) nuclear weapons.”
“But who really believes Russia will lose in Ukraine? It’s a fable…It’s not even desirable for them to lose & for instability to take hold in a country (with) nuclear weapons.”
December 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
If Belgian PM de Wever believes this, just imagine how he’ll react when Russia attacks the EU:
“But who really believes Russia will lose in Ukraine? It’s a fable…It’s not even desirable for them to lose & for instability to take hold in a country (with) nuclear weapons.”
“But who really believes Russia will lose in Ukraine? It’s a fable…It’s not even desirable for them to lose & for instability to take hold in a country (with) nuclear weapons.”
Putin: ‘Russia is ready to keep fighting until the last Ukrainian dies.’
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
December 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Putin: ‘Russia is ready to keep fighting until the last Ukrainian dies.’
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
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Simple, really
If Russia wanted peace, they would stop killing Ukrainians.
If the US wanted peace, they would stop Russia.
If the US wanted peace, they would stop Russia.
November 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Simple, really
If Russia wanted peace, they would stop killing Ukrainians.
If the US wanted peace, they would stop Russia.
If the US wanted peace, they would stop Russia.
November 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If Russia wanted peace, they would stop killing Ukrainians.
If the US wanted peace, they would stop Russia.
If the US wanted peace, they would stop Russia.
Putin says Russia will only lay down arms if Ukraine surrenders the territories he illegally claims.
That’s false — what Russia really fears is losing the economic fuel that keeps their war going.
That’s false — what Russia really fears is losing the economic fuel that keeps their war going.
November 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Putin says Russia will only lay down arms if Ukraine surrenders the territories he illegally claims.
That’s false — what Russia really fears is losing the economic fuel that keeps their war going.
That’s false — what Russia really fears is losing the economic fuel that keeps their war going.
For 10 years now, Europe has reacted to every new Trump absurdity with the same response: outrage, handwringing, paralysis. We need to stop staring at the American car crash and finally start driving.
Trump serves only himself. Europe must act for itself.👇
Trump serves only himself. Europe must act for itself.👇
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
For 10 years now, Europe has reacted to every new Trump absurdity with the same response: outrage, handwringing, paralysis. We need to stop staring at the American car crash and finally start driving.
Trump serves only himself. Europe must act for itself.👇
Trump serves only himself. Europe must act for itself.👇
Seit 10 Jahren reagiert Europa auf jede neue Trump-Absurdität gleich: Empörung, Schockstarre. Statt weiter auf den US-Autounfall zu starren, müssen wir endlich lenken.
Wir wissen längst: Trump denkt nur an sich. Zeit, dass Europa selbst handelt.👇
(Clip auf DE mit EN Untertiteln)
Wir wissen längst: Trump denkt nur an sich. Zeit, dass Europa selbst handelt.👇
(Clip auf DE mit EN Untertiteln)
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Seit 10 Jahren reagiert Europa auf jede neue Trump-Absurdität gleich: Empörung, Schockstarre. Statt weiter auf den US-Autounfall zu starren, müssen wir endlich lenken.
Wir wissen längst: Trump denkt nur an sich. Zeit, dass Europa selbst handelt.👇
(Clip auf DE mit EN Untertiteln)
Wir wissen längst: Trump denkt nur an sich. Zeit, dass Europa selbst handelt.👇
(Clip auf DE mit EN Untertiteln)
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Bin noch ganz ergriffen von der 1. Mitgliederversammlung der @de-ua-gesellschaft.bsky.social, hier mit meinen Vorstandskollegen & dem inspirierenden Ehrengast @avalaina.
Willst du 🇩🇪 Unterstützung für die Ukraine stärken? Sei dabei. Werde Mitglied! deutsch-ukrainische-gesellschaft.de/become-a-mem...
Willst du 🇩🇪 Unterstützung für die Ukraine stärken? Sei dabei. Werde Mitglied! deutsch-ukrainische-gesellschaft.de/become-a-mem...
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Bin noch ganz ergriffen von der 1. Mitgliederversammlung der @de-ua-gesellschaft.bsky.social, hier mit meinen Vorstandskollegen & dem inspirierenden Ehrengast @avalaina.
Willst du 🇩🇪 Unterstützung für die Ukraine stärken? Sei dabei. Werde Mitglied! deutsch-ukrainische-gesellschaft.de/become-a-mem...
Willst du 🇩🇪 Unterstützung für die Ukraine stärken? Sei dabei. Werde Mitglied! deutsch-ukrainische-gesellschaft.de/become-a-mem...
Bin noch ganz ergriffen von der 1. Mitgliederversammlung der @de-ua-gesellschaft.bsky.social, hier mit meinen Vorstandskollegen & dem inspirierenden Ehrengast @avalaina.
Willst du 🇩🇪 Unterstützung für die Ukraine stärken? Sei dabei. Werde Mitglied! deutsch-ukrainische-gesellschaft.de/become-a-mem...
Willst du 🇩🇪 Unterstützung für die Ukraine stärken? Sei dabei. Werde Mitglied! deutsch-ukrainische-gesellschaft.de/become-a-mem...
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Bin noch ganz ergriffen von der 1. Mitgliederversammlung der @de-ua-gesellschaft.bsky.social, hier mit meinen Vorstandskollegen & dem inspirierenden Ehrengast @avalaina.
Willst du 🇩🇪 Unterstützung für die Ukraine stärken? Sei dabei. Werde Mitglied! deutsch-ukrainische-gesellschaft.de/become-a-mem...
Willst du 🇩🇪 Unterstützung für die Ukraine stärken? Sei dabei. Werde Mitglied! deutsch-ukrainische-gesellschaft.de/become-a-mem...
Germany, France, and Britain should have summarized their response to Washington in three points:
Nein.
Non.
No.
Nein.
Non.
No.
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Germany, France, and Britain should have summarized their response to Washington in three points:
Nein.
Non.
No.
Nein.
Non.
No.
Of course not. Because TACO.
For the 1000th time, how to deal with Trump: Show strength. Shape events. Make him react to your move rather than jumping like a scared rabbit whenever he says something nuts.
Europe’s consistent failure to do so only encourages more American madness.
For the 1000th time, how to deal with Trump: Show strength. Shape events. Make him react to your move rather than jumping like a scared rabbit whenever he says something nuts.
Europe’s consistent failure to do so only encourages more American madness.
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Of course not. Because TACO.
For the 1000th time, how to deal with Trump: Show strength. Shape events. Make him react to your move rather than jumping like a scared rabbit whenever he says something nuts.
Europe’s consistent failure to do so only encourages more American madness.
For the 1000th time, how to deal with Trump: Show strength. Shape events. Make him react to your move rather than jumping like a scared rabbit whenever he says something nuts.
Europe’s consistent failure to do so only encourages more American madness.
Repeating daily since Trump was inaugurated 🫠
Dear Europe, especially Germany,
Stop obsessing over what Trump will or won’t do. Hoping & praying America will step up so we don’t have to is dangerously stupid.
Step up yourself, destroy Russia’s war economy, & give Ukraine what they need to win.
Europe must defend Europe.
Stop obsessing over what Trump will or won’t do. Hoping & praying America will step up so we don’t have to is dangerously stupid.
Step up yourself, destroy Russia’s war economy, & give Ukraine what they need to win.
Europe must defend Europe.
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Repeating daily since Trump was inaugurated 🫠
Trump ist gerade politisch geschwächt. Er musste bei den Epstein-Akte nachgeben, konnte die NY-Wahl nicht kippen – der Druck steigt. Genau jetzt müssen Europa & v.a. Deutschland Stärke zeigen. Er ist sprunghaft. Gebt ihm etwas, worauf er reagieren kann – so gewinnt Russland ständig Terrain.
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Trump ist gerade politisch geschwächt. Er musste bei den Epstein-Akte nachgeben, konnte die NY-Wahl nicht kippen – der Druck steigt. Genau jetzt müssen Europa & v.a. Deutschland Stärke zeigen. Er ist sprunghaft. Gebt ihm etwas, worauf er reagieren kann – so gewinnt Russland ständig Terrain.
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We don’t need another delegation of European leaders flying off to Washington to kiss Trump’s ring now. We need them to get on the train to Kyiv and stand shoulder to shoulder with Zelenskyy.
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We don’t need another delegation of European leaders flying off to Washington to kiss Trump’s ring now. We need them to get on the train to Kyiv and stand shoulder to shoulder with Zelenskyy.
We need to stop calling it a ‘peace plan,’ even with sarcastic quotes around it. Call it the US-Kremlin plan or similar.
‘US-Kremlin plan’ shames the US and makes it sound deeply unappealing to the broader US and European publics.
‘US-Kremlin plan’ shames the US and makes it sound deeply unappealing to the broader US and European publics.
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We need to stop calling it a ‘peace plan,’ even with sarcastic quotes around it. Call it the US-Kremlin plan or similar.
‘US-Kremlin plan’ shames the US and makes it sound deeply unappealing to the broader US and European publics.
‘US-Kremlin plan’ shames the US and makes it sound deeply unappealing to the broader US and European publics.
We don’t need another delegation of European leaders flying off to Washington to kiss Trump’s ring now. We need them to get on the train to Kyiv and stand shoulder to shoulder with Zelenskyy.
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We don’t need another delegation of European leaders flying off to Washington to kiss Trump’s ring now. We need them to get on the train to Kyiv and stand shoulder to shoulder with Zelenskyy.
The incompetence of the ‘peace plan’ — vaguely phrased, unenforceable, self-contradictory — is a feature, not a bug.
It’s designed to be rejected so Moscow & US isolationists can say: ‘We offered peace; Europe refused.’
Europe must see the trap & step up now. Arm Ukraine to win.
It’s designed to be rejected so Moscow & US isolationists can say: ‘We offered peace; Europe refused.’
Europe must see the trap & step up now. Arm Ukraine to win.
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The incompetence of the ‘peace plan’ — vaguely phrased, unenforceable, self-contradictory — is a feature, not a bug.
It’s designed to be rejected so Moscow & US isolationists can say: ‘We offered peace; Europe refused.’
Europe must see the trap & step up now. Arm Ukraine to win.
It’s designed to be rejected so Moscow & US isolationists can say: ‘We offered peace; Europe refused.’
Europe must see the trap & step up now. Arm Ukraine to win.
The proposed ‘peace plan’ is essentially a Kremlin wish list with amateurishly formulated attempts at Trumpian grift sprinkled on top.
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The proposed ‘peace plan’ is essentially a Kremlin wish list with amateurishly formulated attempts at Trumpian grift sprinkled on top.
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@marcishore.bsky.social
Prof Timothy Snyder
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@avalaina.bsky.social
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@avalaina.bsky.social
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@andrewchak.bsky.social
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@markhamillofficial.bsky.social
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Olena Halushka
@halushka.bsky.social
Dr. Marci Shore
@marcishore.bsky.social
Prof Timothy Snyder
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Oleksandra Matviichuk
@avalaina.bsky.social
Andrew Chakhoyan
@andrewchak.bsky.social
Mark Hamill
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Jessica Berlin
@berlinbridge.bsky.social
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@halushka.bsky.social
Dr. Marci Shore
@marcishore.bsky.social
Prof Timothy Snyder
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
Oleksandra Matviichuk
@avalaina.bsky.social
Andrew Chakhoyan
@andrewchak.bsky.social
Mark Hamill
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Jessica Berlin
@berlinbridge.bsky.social
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The message seems to be that one must love one's own country before one can love any other. But this week let us do whatever small act we can to "Love Ukraine."
Poetry • by Volodymyr Sosiura
Reminder: 🇷🇺Their goal isn't territory! Their goal is the elimination of Ukraine as a nation!
Thread 1/3🧵
Poetry • by Volodymyr Sosiura
Reminder: 🇷🇺Their goal isn't territory! Their goal is the elimination of Ukraine as a nation!
Thread 1/3🧵
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The message seems to be that one must love one's own country before one can love any other. But this week let us do whatever small act we can to "Love Ukraine."
Poetry • by Volodymyr Sosiura
Reminder: 🇷🇺Their goal isn't territory! Their goal is the elimination of Ukraine as a nation!
Thread 1/3🧵
Poetry • by Volodymyr Sosiura
Reminder: 🇷🇺Their goal isn't territory! Their goal is the elimination of Ukraine as a nation!
Thread 1/3🧵
As a German & American, I wish our citizens were half as mobilized about our own corruption scandals as Ukrainians are about theirs. Look at Schröder, Schwesig, MAGA grift… We must demand consequences too. Stop fighting corruption & democracy doesn’t just decline. It gets taken.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
As a German & American, I wish our citizens were half as mobilized about our own corruption scandals as Ukrainians are about theirs. Look at Schröder, Schwesig, MAGA grift… We must demand consequences too. Stop fighting corruption & democracy doesn’t just decline. It gets taken.
87 years ago today, the Kristallnacht burned. 36 years ago today, the Berlin Wall fell.
Whether from the darkness of 9.11.1938 or light of 9.11.1989, the lesson for 🇩🇪 in 2025 is clear: Fight for freedom. Stop fascists. #StandWithUkraine. Their fight for freedom & peace is ours.
Whether from the darkness of 9.11.1938 or light of 9.11.1989, the lesson for 🇩🇪 in 2025 is clear: Fight for freedom. Stop fascists. #StandWithUkraine. Their fight for freedom & peace is ours.
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
87 years ago today, the Kristallnacht burned. 36 years ago today, the Berlin Wall fell.
Whether from the darkness of 9.11.1938 or light of 9.11.1989, the lesson for 🇩🇪 in 2025 is clear: Fight for freedom. Stop fascists. #StandWithUkraine. Their fight for freedom & peace is ours.
Whether from the darkness of 9.11.1938 or light of 9.11.1989, the lesson for 🇩🇪 in 2025 is clear: Fight for freedom. Stop fascists. #StandWithUkraine. Their fight for freedom & peace is ours.
Trump is so glad to be done fighting extremists in Afghanistan he wants to start fighting them in Nigeria
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Trump is so glad to be done fighting extremists in Afghanistan he wants to start fighting them in Nigeria