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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 1d

Europe backs Ukraine with frozen assets push as U.S. sanctions bite and diplomatic signals emerge

Ukraine’s European allies said frozen Russian assets needed to be used quickly to fund support ...

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 2d

❗️Putin is running out of money, ideas and soldiers, says NATO Secretary General Rutte

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d

The European Union is “struggling” to respond to the changing world order, former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said late Friday, promoting “pragmatic federalism” as a way to overcome the bloc’s difficulties.

Draghi pushes ‘pragmatic federalism’ to get Europe out of its predicament

The EU is now “faced with protectionism and unilateral action” and the “return of hard military power,” Draghi said, arguing that the EU is not equipped to address these cha…

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Brian Hioe @brianhioe.bsky.social · 1d

150,000 participate in Taiwan Pride this year

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150,000 join Taiwan Pride as organizers urge understanding - Focus Taiwan

Around 150,000 people attended Taiwan Pride on Saturday, with organizers and participants expressing hope that the parade would help build understanding amid a growing global backlash against diversit...

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Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79.bsky.social · 1d

I particular like the colours of Vesuvius looking as though someone has fashioned it out of a lump of smooshed-together-different-coloured Play-Doh.

View from up high looking down into Pompeii with the via Nocera gently winding its way up the slope under the arch of the Nocera Gate. Beyond Vesuvius looms with its peak in shadow and its foothills are speckled greens and browns.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv this morning.

Nine people injured, a kindergarten damaged, vehicles destroyed, windows in buildings damaged.

Russia's goal is to terrorize Ukrainian civilians.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d

The European Commission will present a new plan to break the EU's dependencies on China for critical raw materials, President Ursula von der Leyen announced today.

Von der Leyen touts new plan to break ties with China on critical materials

European Commission chief warns of “clear acceleration and escalation in the way interdependencies are leveraged and weaponized.”

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Jørgen T Munk @jtmunk.bsky.social · 2d

Ret enig. Har tit haft den snak med venner i Uk som er Kinesere eller Arabere men altid på en god måde: www.berlingske.dk/kommentatore... #dkpol

Jeg blev kaldt nazist, da jeg talte med en muslim om danskhed | Berlingske

Når danskhed reduceres til et skattenummer og en sprogfærdighed, forsvinder alt det, der gjorde os til et folk. I dag er det blevet kontroversielt overhovedet at nævne etnicitet, men uden historisk og...

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 2d

Analysts are shocked by the ratio of losses of the Ukrainian AFU and the Russian Army

More striking is how little territory Russia has captured in its third and largest offensive; and the terrible price it has paid

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Analysts are shocked by the ratio of losses of the Ukrainian AFU and the Russian Army — online.ua

The Economist draws the world's attention to the fact that the summer offensive of the Russian invaders in Ukraine was not just a failure, but also catastrophic for the Russian army. What is important...

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 3d

❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian soldiers of the 81st Airmobile Brigade and the 54th Mechanized Brigade repelled a large-scale 🇷🇺Russian offensive near Serebryanka and Siversk.

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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 3d

Updating my LEGO White House

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 6d

Russian Telegram channels report a new explosion at the Orenburg gas processing plant in Russia.

No further details available at the moment.

The plant is one of the largest gas and chemical complexes in the world.

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 6d

Frontline report: Mission Failed – Russia’s 100,000-strong offensive crumbles before Pokrovsk

Russia’s main summer offensive has officially failed, with Ukrainian forces launching clearing operations after repelling mechanized assaults near Pokrovsk.

euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/20/f...

Frontline report: Mission Failed - Russia's 100,000-strong offensive crumbles before Pokrovsk - Euromaidan Press

Russia's main summer offensive has officially failed, with Ukrainian forces launching clearing operations after repelling mechanized assaults near Pokrovsk. Since August 21, nearly 13,945 Russian sold...

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 17d

🇪🇺 The European Parliament supported a resolution authorizing the downing of Russian aircraft and drones in the EU airspace.

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 17d

Pro-Ukrainian hackers leak photos of ‘Russian electronic warfare system'

A pro-Ukrainian hacker group has released what it says are detailed photographs of Russia’s Krasukha-4 electronic warfare system and the site where it is produced.

tvpworld.com/89377984/pro...

Hackers expose ‘Russian electronic warfare system’

They also released financial documents of the system’s manufacturer.

tvpworld.com

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Jørgen T Munk @jtmunk.bsky.social · 21d

And who decides what is BS? For myself i discovered news on twitter, etc when the international press did not show the danish Momo cartoons as they were BS or not in good taste. I still think mainstream uk news have not shown them (i might be wrong) 😊

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Philipp Markolin, PhD @philippmarkolin.bsky.social · 21d

"If we Europeans do not wake up and say, ‘We want to take back control of our democracies,’ I can tell you this: within 10 years [...] we will be a continent, like many others, of conspiracy theorists, extremists, noise and fury."

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"Europeans, let's wake up!" — Defend Democracy

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.” President Macron on the occasion of German Unity Day, 3 October 2025.

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Jørgen T Munk @jtmunk.bsky.social · 21d

The question is how?

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 22d

President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
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French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE

YouTube video by WION

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Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 29d

🚢France has started production of the key elements of the nuclear reactor for the future PA NG aircraft carrier.

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France Starts Production of the First Nuclear Reactor for new Aircraft Carrier - Militarnyi

France has started production of the key elements of the nuclear reactor for the future PA NG aircraft carrier.

militarnyi.com

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Kenneth Nørgaard @kennethnrgaard.bsky.social · 28d

Her nøjes man ikke med at observere dem, man slås med den. Konstant.

500 droner og 40 missiler, sendte de russiske røvhulshuller ind over Ukraine i nat.

'Insidious tactics' — Mass Russian missile and drone strike kills at least 4, injures over 70 in Kyiv, its surrounding region, Zaporizhzhia

In Zaporizhzhia, a Russian missile struck a high-rise building. Sixteen people in the city have been injured, including three children. In Kyiv, at least five victims have been hospitalized.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 28d

The most heavily damaged building in Kyiv is where a 12-year-old girl was killed. Her mother is currently in the hospital, reports a Radio Liberty (Радіо Свобода) correspondent. Crews are continuing to clear the rubble at the scene.

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Bente Sorgenfrey @bentesorgenfrey.bsky.social · 28d

Da Muhammedkrisen for 20 år siden rasede, vandt demokratiet kampen for ytringsfriheden. Siden er den på tragisk vis blevet begrænset af islamistiske terrorangreb og koranloven, skriver Per Stig Møller #dkpol
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Per Stig Møller: Under Muhammedkrisen forsvarede vi ytringsfriheden. I dag indskrænker vi den - Altinget

Da Muhammedkrisen for 20 år siden rasede, vandt demokratiet kampen for ytringsfriheden. Siden er den på tragisk vis blevet begrænset af islamistiske terrorangreb og koranloven, skriver Per Stig Møller...

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Jørgen T Munk @jtmunk.bsky.social · 28d

Danmark, Norden, EU. Glem USA. En ny virkelighed www.berlingske.dk/internationa... #dkpol

Carl Bildt: »Vi kan godt glemme USA, de hører til en anden del af verden nu« | Berlingske

Carl Bildt er tidligere svensk statsminister og udenrigsminister, og nu taler han i klart sprog om truslen fra Rusland, et slags farvel til USA og et goddag til en ny europæisk orden. Heldigvis går de...

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Jørgen T Munk @jtmunk.bsky.social · 28d

Time for Europe 🇪🇺
to take control and do to US social media what they just did to tiktok

on.ft.com/46ISfWD Brussels told to prove digital rules do not ‘punish’ US tech or fix them

Brussels told to prove digital rules do not ‘punish’ US tech or fix them

Donald Trump’s ambassador to EU says no US president can ‘allow these kinds of infringements’ on American companies

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