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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 15m

I wonder who this hapless Secretary General would 'express his dissatisfaction' to in a raised voice if three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets were to be blown off course and 'accidentally' find themselves in Dutch airspace for over 12 minutes?

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 10h

Martin Jäger, head of Germany's BND intelligence service, has warned that Russia is waging war on Ukraine despite not having officially declared it. The strategy behind this is to obscure its aims of eroding NATO's borders and extending Russia's control in the absence of robust defense measures.

Deutscher Bundestag - Nachrichtendienste: Deutschland nicht im Krieg, aber auch nicht...

Deutschland befindet sich aktuell nicht im Krieg, aber auch nicht mehr im Frieden. In diesem Befund waren sich die zu einer öffentlichen Anhörung am Montag, 13. Oktober 2025, vor dem...

www.bundestag.de

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 11h

"Because democracy is not born in a day, and it does not die in a moment. It lives as long as we are willing to carry it with us — like a simple symbol of love, a simple symbol of care — like that handkerchief that is always near. And at the same time — as greatest duty of our generation."

Democracy is a daily reminder of values

www.pravda.com.ua

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 11h

At the beginning of 2025 when the US stopped delivering new military aid packages, Ukraine's European allies filled the gap. However, military aid from Europe to Ukraine fell by 57% in July and August, despite Ukraine's European allies continuing to contribute through NATO's PURL programme.

Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months, report says

In July and August, total military aid to Ukraine fell 43% lower than the amount received in the first half of the year, a report by the Kiel Institute finds.

kyivindependent.com

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 1d

kyivinsider.com/russians-esc...

Russians Escalate Program of Mass Murder Across Ukraine

In the past 24 hours alone, Russian forces have demonstrated yet again that their campaign is not random — it is part of a deliberate, accelerating strategy to wage terror on Ukraine’s civilian life. ...

kyivinsider.com

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 1d

According to A.Umland, military and expansionist successes have been integral to Russian politics since 2014.Should Russia win the war against Ukraine or secure a ceasefire with permanent territorial gains,there would be a temptation to redirect highly militarised Russian society towards a new goal

Opinion: Russia Tests NATO’s Appetite for War

By provoking NATO, Moscow has been trying to confuse and divide the Coalition of the Willing. The West has not passed the test.

www.kyivpost.com

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 1d

These days, it's really hard to keep track of Russian narratives — one day it's fake news, the next it's the truth.
www.rferl.org/a/north-kore...

From Denial To Display: North Korea Glorifies Fight Against Ukraine

An art exhibition in Moscow has showcased North Koreans fighting Ukrainian troops, a facet of the Russian invasion which the Kremlin once dismissed as "fake news."

www.rferl.org

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 2d

A new report by GLOBSEC and the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) reveals that the Russians are commanding a state-sponsored army of criminals and terrorists, exploiting vulnerable people across Europe as disposable assets in a war waged against the continent from within.

www.globsec.org

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 2d

Oldman is a fantastic actor, but he seems to have very little understanding of politics. Otherwise, he would not be so ignorant of Eastern (central!) Europe and overlook Russia's resurgence as a fascist state, nor its wars of aggression against European countries since the dissolution of the USSR.

Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 2d

This is one good idea from the Russians that warrants full support.

Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 2d

overlandai.substack.com/p/mud-not-mi...

Mud, Not Missiles: The Real Threat to Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Byron Boots, Co-Founder and CEO | October 9, 2025

overlandai.substack.com

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 2d

Bogs against Russian fascism: Latvia’s military has revealed that the country’s extensive peat bogs could play an important role in its border defence strategy against Russia. Rather than missiles, it is the mud that poses the real threat to tanks, APCs and unmanned ground vehicles.

Peat bogs could be Latvia’s new border defense, says army

The biodiverse wetlands can make a formidable natural obstacle.

tvpworld.com

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 2d

Contrary to what the Russian opposition in exile says, it is precisely the 'ordinary Russians' who need to be sanctioned. Since the majority of Russians support their regime, it is the majority of Russians who must be pressured to abandon this support.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/09/h...

How the Kremlin Decided to Sacrifice Small Business to Pay for War - The Moscow Times

Opinion | Last week, the Kremlin rolled out the message: “VAT saves the budget — everyone must become a savior.” By making the easiest tax to collect the main revenue source — raising value-added tax...

www.themoscowtimes.com

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 2d

The Russians are continuing to provoke because they will not accept the borders unless they are shown where they are by force. "We are seeing constant testing and provocations from the Russian Federation — stealing of border markers, creating border queues, or jamming GPS signals,"

PPA: Armed Russian groups seen in Saatse Boot

A group of armed Russian personnel was seen standing on the road in Saatse Boot, a stretch of Russian territory that Estonians can drive through, which the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) temporar...

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 3d

Ihr Kommentar ist geschmacklos. Fragen Sie doch einmal Menschen aus der Ukraine oder den anderen ehemals russischen Kolonien der UdSSR, was sie empfinden, wenn sie kommunistische Symbole wie Hammer und Sichel, rote Sterne o.ä. im Berliner Straßenbild sehen. Der Kommunismus war/ist Menschenfeindlich.

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Toomas Hendrik Ilves @ilvestoomas.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing says East Europeans are nothing but untermenschen not to be listened to like this tweet,

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 3d

"Beyond boosting morale, the videos serve an educational purpose for foreigners who sometimes try to whitewash the Russians, instead showing viewers that Russian aggression stems from deep cultural attitudes, not just political leadership, not "just Putin's war."
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/07/t...

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 3d

President Zelenskyy "Putin is clearly taking advantage of the moment while the world is almost entirely focused on the prospect of establishing peace in the Middle East... to intensify terrorist strikes at a moment like this, hitting the very lives of our people"
www.president.gov.ua/en/news/vidp...

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 4d

Meme of the day

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 4d

It is a crying shame that NATO allies don't station enough permanent troops in the region to repel fascist Russia, making such evacuation plans necessary.
newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/baltic-...

Baltic states prepare evacuation plans in case of Russian attack

newsukraine.rbc.ua

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 4d

Here's further proof that sanctions on 'ordinary Russians' work very well indeed: The little dictator badly needs gasoline and was therefore forced to sheepishly admit to his neighbor that his soldiers shot down the Azeri passenger plane. He claimed that he had 'only recently' found out about it.😂

Putin says Russian air defenses responsible for Azerbaijani jet’s crash last year, killing 38 | CNN

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia’s air defense were to blame for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner in December that killed 38 people, his first admission of responsibility for the cras...

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 5d

www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Navalny widow, media watchdog to launch TV channel

The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Reporters Without Borders will launch a television channel to "promote free speech in Russia", the press freedom advocacy group said on Friday...

www.france24.com

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 5d

How could the French allow this grifter—who pretends to be the opposition but spreads Kremlin propaganda—to launch a TV channel? What will she broadcast to her Russian-speaking audience? She will certainly continue to defend 'ordinary Russians', using the same logic as "it wasn't us, it was Hitler."

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 5d

www.derstandard.at/story/310000...

Orbáns Agenten in Brüssel: Recherche enthüllt ungarisches Spionagenetz

Ungarns Geheimdienst betrieb jahrelang ein Spionagenetzwerk in Brüssel. Recherchen zeigen erstmals, wie die Agenten vorgingen

www.derstandard.at

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 5d

"V. had ideas about how to get more Hungarians into important positions within the EU. He didn't say so, but it was obvious that he was interested in installing informants.
At some point, V. offered her money. The payment would not go directly through the secret service." (source: Der Standart)

Hungary's Viktor Orbán alleged to be spying on EU institutions

The operation allegedly began a decade ago, as tensions escalated between Orbán’s government and the European Commission.

www.brusselstimes.com

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