I.Roelofsen
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🇫🇷 Franse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Jean-Noël Barrot:
▪️ "Vrede is binnen handbereik, mits Poetin zijn waanidee opgeeft om het Sovjetrijk te herstellen, te beginnen met de onderwerping van Oekraïne. Oekraïne is van de Oekraïners en van hen alleen."
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▪️ "Vrede is binnen handbereik, mits Poetin zijn waanidee opgeeft om het Sovjetrijk te herstellen, te beginnen met de onderwerping van Oekraïne. Oekraïne is van de Oekraïners en van hen alleen."
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Jean-Noël Barrot, ministre de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères : « Zelensky a toute la légitimité pour conduire l’Ukraine vers la paix »
ENTRETIEN EXCLUSIF — Le patron du Quai d’Orsay réaffirme le soutien de la France au président ukrainien et appelle Vladimir Poutine à prendre au sérieux la proposition américaine, « affinée dans le di...
www.latribune.fr
November 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🇫🇷 Franse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Jean-Noël Barrot:
▪️ "Vrede is binnen handbereik, mits Poetin zijn waanidee opgeeft om het Sovjetrijk te herstellen, te beginnen met de onderwerping van Oekraïne. Oekraïne is van de Oekraïners en van hen alleen."
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▪️ "Vrede is binnen handbereik, mits Poetin zijn waanidee opgeeft om het Sovjetrijk te herstellen, te beginnen met de onderwerping van Oekraïne. Oekraïne is van de Oekraïners en van hen alleen."
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"Zelfs als er vrede wordt bereikt, zal het niet eenvoudig zijn om het probleem op te lossen van Oekraïense burgers die wegkwijnen in Russische gevangenissen. Dit is het verhaal van één gevangene."
The Ukrainians Stuck in Russia’s New Gulag
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Zelfs als er vrede wordt bereikt, zal het niet eenvoudig zijn om het probleem op te lossen van Oekraïense burgers die wegkwijnen in Russische gevangenissen. Dit is het verhaal van één gevangene."
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"Naarmate ik langer in dit land rondreis, krijg ik steeds meer de indruk dat zulke Zivilcourage eerder regel is dan uitzondering. Ook in oorlogstijd wordt er onmiddellijk en fel gedemonstreerd tegen de regering wanneer die een wet aanneemt die de autonomie van anticorruptie-organisaties inperkt."
Opinie: Terwijl Nederlanders futloze democraten zijn, heerst in Oekraïne de geest van verzet
Het zogenaamde vredesplan van Trump is een bitter dictaat, en komt neer op Oekraïense capitulatie. Een of twee reizen naar het front is genoeg om te weten dat slavernij erfelijk is en vrijheid elke ge...
www.volkskrant.nl
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"Naarmate ik langer in dit land rondreis, krijg ik steeds meer de indruk dat zulke Zivilcourage eerder regel is dan uitzondering. Ook in oorlogstijd wordt er onmiddellijk en fel gedemonstreerd tegen de regering wanneer die een wet aanneemt die de autonomie van anticorruptie-organisaties inperkt."
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Over Russische spionnen in het Europees Parlement en 🇷🇺 trollen tijdens de Nederlandse verkiezingen:
The enemies of European democracies aren't super spies- they are corrupt politicians and social media trolls.
These attacks on democracy are taking power from European citizens and putting them in the hands of foreign powers. We must call this out and build stronger institutions to combat it.
These attacks on democracy are taking power from European citizens and putting them in the hands of foreign powers. We must call this out and build stronger institutions to combat it.
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Over Russische spionnen in het Europees Parlement en 🇷🇺 trollen tijdens de Nederlandse verkiezingen:
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"We moeten ons verenigen. We moeten volhouden. We hebben geen andere keuze. We zullen geen ander Oekraïne krijgen."
Bron: www.president.gov.ua/news/rosiya-...
Bron: www.president.gov.ua/news/rosiya-...
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"We moeten ons verenigen. We moeten volhouden. We hebben geen andere keuze. We zullen geen ander Oekraïne krijgen."
Bron: www.president.gov.ua/news/rosiya-...
Bron: www.president.gov.ua/news/rosiya-...
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Door de overeenkomst tussen het ministerie en de NAM is gaswinning bij Ternaard nu definitief van de baan. Daarmee staat ook vast dat in de toekomst geen nieuwe gaswinning meer zal plaatsvinden onder de Waddenzee.
www.omropfryslan.nl/nl/nieuws/17...
www.omropfryslan.nl/nl/nieuws/17...
Geen gaswinning onder Waddenzee: eindelijk duidelijkheid voor Ternaard
Dat heeft demissionair minister Sophie Hermans van Klimaat en Groene Groei vrijdag bekendgemaakt in dorpshuis de Pipenâle in Wierum.
www.omropfryslan.nl
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Door de overeenkomst tussen het ministerie en de NAM is gaswinning bij Ternaard nu definitief van de baan. Daarmee staat ook vast dat in de toekomst geen nieuwe gaswinning meer zal plaatsvinden onder de Waddenzee.
www.omropfryslan.nl/nl/nieuws/17...
www.omropfryslan.nl/nl/nieuws/17...
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Gotta love descendants of immigrants gettin' all anti-immigrant n' fashy cuz they got made fun of in school cafeteria.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Gotta love descendants of immigrants gettin' all anti-immigrant n' fashy cuz they got made fun of in school cafeteria.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
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"Volunteer service informed me that my house had been destroyed. And everyone who was in it had died."
The family of Ukrainian Defender of the 25th Assault Battalion, callsign "Batareika," who lived in Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia region, was killed by a Russian missile strike on their house.
The family of Ukrainian Defender of the 25th Assault Battalion, callsign "Batareika," who lived in Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia region, was killed by a Russian missile strike on their house.
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"Volunteer service informed me that my house had been destroyed. And everyone who was in it had died."
The family of Ukrainian Defender of the 25th Assault Battalion, callsign "Batareika," who lived in Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia region, was killed by a Russian missile strike on their house.
The family of Ukrainian Defender of the 25th Assault Battalion, callsign "Batareika," who lived in Tokmak, Zaporizhzhia region, was killed by a Russian missile strike on their house.
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▪️ "ISW blijft van mening dat tijdige en voldoende westerse militaire hulp en wapenverkoop aan Oekraïne, in combinatie met krachtige Amerikaanse en andere westerse economische maatregelen tegen Rusland, Oekraïne in staat kunnen stellen de Russische opmars op het slagveld te stuiten (...)"
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November 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
▪️ "ISW blijft van mening dat tijdige en voldoende westerse militaire hulp en wapenverkoop aan Oekraïne, in combinatie met krachtige Amerikaanse en andere westerse economische maatregelen tegen Rusland, Oekraïne in staat kunnen stellen de Russische opmars op het slagveld te stuiten (...)"
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Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social:
Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe.
NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe.
NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social:
Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe.
NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe.
NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
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“Ukraine is the only country that’s fulfilling NATO’s destiny and we owe them everything.”
— Garry Kasparov at the 2025 Halifax International Security Forum
Watch the full video (Democracies Don’t Despair): youtu.be/79z219i-LwI?...
— Garry Kasparov at the 2025 Halifax International Security Forum
Watch the full video (Democracies Don’t Despair): youtu.be/79z219i-LwI?...
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“Ukraine is the only country that’s fulfilling NATO’s destiny and we owe them everything.”
— Garry Kasparov at the 2025 Halifax International Security Forum
Watch the full video (Democracies Don’t Despair): youtu.be/79z219i-LwI?...
— Garry Kasparov at the 2025 Halifax International Security Forum
Watch the full video (Democracies Don’t Despair): youtu.be/79z219i-LwI?...
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2 photos - 85 years apart
1940: Londoners huddle in Underground while Nazi bombs rained down overhead.
Today, Ukrainians take shelter from Russian missiles & drones in Kyiv Metro.
Different times, different countries. London got thru it & so will Ukraine
📷 London Transport Museum, Yan Dobronosov
1940: Londoners huddle in Underground while Nazi bombs rained down overhead.
Today, Ukrainians take shelter from Russian missiles & drones in Kyiv Metro.
Different times, different countries. London got thru it & so will Ukraine
📷 London Transport Museum, Yan Dobronosov
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
2 photos - 85 years apart
1940: Londoners huddle in Underground while Nazi bombs rained down overhead.
Today, Ukrainians take shelter from Russian missiles & drones in Kyiv Metro.
Different times, different countries. London got thru it & so will Ukraine
📷 London Transport Museum, Yan Dobronosov
1940: Londoners huddle in Underground while Nazi bombs rained down overhead.
Today, Ukrainians take shelter from Russian missiles & drones in Kyiv Metro.
Different times, different countries. London got thru it & so will Ukraine
📷 London Transport Museum, Yan Dobronosov
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‘No one - not the Europeans, nor the Americans, and certainly not the Russians - can determine Ukraine's future. Only the Ukrainian people themselves can. And to achieve this, we must act!’
Here is my full statement at the International Crimea Platform today in Stockholm.
youtu.be/L4EMv3fbqZY?...
Here is my full statement at the International Crimea Platform today in Stockholm.
youtu.be/L4EMv3fbqZY?...
Full statement at the International Crimea Platform today in Stockholm.
YouTube video by Derk Boswijk
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
‘No one - not the Europeans, nor the Americans, and certainly not the Russians - can determine Ukraine's future. Only the Ukrainian people themselves can. And to achieve this, we must act!’
Here is my full statement at the International Crimea Platform today in Stockholm.
youtu.be/L4EMv3fbqZY?...
Here is my full statement at the International Crimea Platform today in Stockholm.
youtu.be/L4EMv3fbqZY?...
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"We've let a war criminal drag us into a boxing match; and made him the referee!"
That’s how EU lawmaker Reinier van Lanschot sums up the West’s handling of Putin, warning it’s time to stop playing by Moscow’s rules.
That’s how EU lawmaker Reinier van Lanschot sums up the West’s handling of Putin, warning it’s time to stop playing by Moscow’s rules.
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"We've let a war criminal drag us into a boxing match; and made him the referee!"
That’s how EU lawmaker Reinier van Lanschot sums up the West’s handling of Putin, warning it’s time to stop playing by Moscow’s rules.
That’s how EU lawmaker Reinier van Lanschot sums up the West’s handling of Putin, warning it’s time to stop playing by Moscow’s rules.
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Yes, there's already a peace plan that was signed in Budapest in 1994. It is still valid, and Russia must return all Ukrainian territories, including Crimea.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapes...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapes...
Budapest Memorandum - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Yes, there's already a peace plan that was signed in Budapest in 1994. It is still valid, and Russia must return all Ukrainian territories, including Crimea.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapes...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapes...
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Murdered by Russians in Ternopil this week.
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Murdered by Russians in Ternopil this week.
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Vandaag begint de rechtszaak tegen scheepsbouwer Damen Shipyards. Het bedrijf wordt verdacht van het omzeilen van sancties, opgelegd aan Rusland.
Niet eerder werd een groot Europees defensieconcern vervolgd voor sanctieontwijking.
Niet eerder werd een groot Europees defensieconcern vervolgd voor sanctieontwijking.
Unieke rechtszaak Damen Shipyards van start: 'Zaak met extra druk en spanning'
Damen Shipyards, een van de belangrijkste defensiebedrijven van Nederland, wordt verdacht van het omzeilen van sancties, opgelegd aan Rusland.
nos.nl
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Vandaag begint de rechtszaak tegen scheepsbouwer Damen Shipyards. Het bedrijf wordt verdacht van het omzeilen van sancties, opgelegd aan Rusland.
Niet eerder werd een groot Europees defensieconcern vervolgd voor sanctieontwijking.
Niet eerder werd een groot Europees defensieconcern vervolgd voor sanctieontwijking.
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Streets in Kherson are now covered with nets to stop Russian drones, a warning of what many cities, not only in Ukraine, could face if Russia is not stopped.
November 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Streets in Kherson are now covered with nets to stop Russian drones, a warning of what many cities, not only in Ukraine, could face if Russia is not stopped.
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Compilations of 15 second Sora videos posted on accounts like this are already doing big numbers, along with Sora generated rage bait. Legislation should require AI detection tools to be an integral part of the posting process, and tag likely AI generated posts and lower their algorithmic ranking.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Compilations of 15 second Sora videos posted on accounts like this are already doing big numbers, along with Sora generated rage bait. Legislation should require AI detection tools to be an integral part of the posting process, and tag likely AI generated posts and lower their algorithmic ranking.
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Ukrainian women are weaving camouflage for Ukraine’s defenders.
📹 Katia Romanchuk/Facebook
📹 Katia Romanchuk/Facebook
November 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Ukrainian women are weaving camouflage for Ukraine’s defenders.
📹 Katia Romanchuk/Facebook
📹 Katia Romanchuk/Facebook
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😠 Russia has transferred a group of Ukrainian schoolchildren from the occupied town of Shakhtarsk in the Donetsk region to Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East.
Russia Sends Ukrainian Children From Temporarily Occupied Donetsk to Remote Sakhalin
The transfer of Ukrainian children to Sakhalin is framed as an educational initiative by Russia, masking efforts of demographic influence and assimilation.
united24media.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
😠 Russia has transferred a group of Ukrainian schoolchildren from the occupied town of Shakhtarsk in the Donetsk region to Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East.
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💥 For the first time, a UAV operated by Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces has shot down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter in Russia's Rostov region.
“This mission left the enemy with many questions—answers only the Mi-8 crew knew, and they won’t be telling,” the special forces wrote.
“This mission left the enemy with many questions—answers only the Mi-8 crew knew, and they won’t be telling,” the special forces wrote.
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
💥 For the first time, a UAV operated by Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces has shot down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter in Russia's Rostov region.
“This mission left the enemy with many questions—answers only the Mi-8 crew knew, and they won’t be telling,” the special forces wrote.
“This mission left the enemy with many questions—answers only the Mi-8 crew knew, and they won’t be telling,” the special forces wrote.
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Hanna is one of three female sappers clearing deadly Russian mines in the Kharkiv region.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Hanna is one of three female sappers clearing deadly Russian mines in the Kharkiv region.
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PM Tusk:
Be for a strong West, not for Russia. Stand with #Ukraine in its war with Russia, no ifs and buts. Every 'but' works for Russia, and therefore against our security.
Be for a strong West, not for Russia. Stand with #Ukraine in its war with Russia, no ifs and buts. Every 'but' works for Russia, and therefore against our security.
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
PM Tusk:
Be for a strong West, not for Russia. Stand with #Ukraine in its war with Russia, no ifs and buts. Every 'but' works for Russia, and therefore against our security.
Be for a strong West, not for Russia. Stand with #Ukraine in its war with Russia, no ifs and buts. Every 'but' works for Russia, and therefore against our security.
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Note from the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference: “This is a time for radical collaboration, a time for creation.” - @mariaressa.bsky.social #gijc2025
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Note from the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference: “This is a time for radical collaboration, a time for creation.” - @mariaressa.bsky.social #gijc2025