🇩🇪 Berliner Zeitung:

Former UN diplomat Michael von der Schulenburg, with extensive experience in conflict, warns the West to prepare for a Ukrainian defeat.

FT:

Statement by the US Supreme Commander of NATO in Europe, General Alexus G. Grynkewich:

"Russia is not seeking war"

NewNormal in the EU 'garden':

French media discusses Putin assassination.

On the French TV channel LCI, analysts discuss the hypothetical scenario of Vladimir Putin being killed by Ukrainian operatives. They argue that war would not cease even if he were eliminated. Furthermore, as the elected president of a permanent UN Security Council member state, any such attack would likely backfire on Ukraine due to the severe geopolitical consequences.

France's Constitutional Council has thwarted Ursula von der Leyen's plans:
No identity checks for internet access are permitted. This effectively derails von der Leyen's plan for widespread internet surveillance. And that applies across Europe

“You can watch British television in Russia. You cannot watch Russian television in Britain” - Tucker

Britain throws three times as many people in jail for social media posts as Russia does... and Britain’s population is less than half the size.

So who’s the real totalitarian state here?

🤡Trump lives in his own fantasy world:

Pretty soon, I will be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States.

What could possibly go wrong?!

European police service Europol wants to share data with Israel. This involves the exchange of names, ID numbers, locations, genetic and biometric information, and details about a person's political views and private life.

Secret negotiations between the European Commission and Israel regarding the sharing of Europol data with the Israeli police are continuing, despite major legal and ethical objections.
The European Commission is negotiating with Israel to grant that country access to data from the European police service Europol. The agreement is controversial because it directly endangers Palestinians and violates international law. This has been clear since 2022, but the negotiations have continued in secret.

Iran will soon join the New Development Bank, the development lender established by the BRICS group of nations, central bank governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said in a state media report published on Wednesday ahead of a BRICS finance meeting in India.
Officials say membership will give Iran access to new lines of credit and deepen commercial ties with Russia and China, both of which have expanded trade with Tehran since the conflict began. The step is seen as the latest in a broader strategy to blunt the impact of Western sanctions and isolation.

The US has charged Venezuela $4.7 billion, or 32% of oil exports so far this year, for the cost of invading it, according to a government commission member.
By comparison, between 1924 and 1931, Germany paid 13% of its exports in reparations to the Allies.

frrodriguezc (X)

Everything was wonderful, Britain captured Russian civilian ships, announced victories, etc. until the Russians put naval escorts on the ships and then all that fantasy went to hell.

The Telegraph:

"Britain does not have the firepower to prevent Russia from seizing its cargo ships."

🇺🇸🇷🇺 On US ("Ukrainian") Strikes on Russia's  Progress Rocket and Space Center in Samara

▪️The facility is responsible for manufacturing the Soyuz launch system which not only is launching Russia's Rasvett satellite constellation (Russia's "Starlink/Starsheild" alternative), but also Soyuz supply and crew missions to the International Space Station upon which US astronauts also depend;

▪️Soyuz rockets are built months/years in advance of scheduled missions, so disruptions might not be immediate, and that is only if the strikes actually significantly damaged the facilities involved in Soyuz production, including facilities producing crticial electronic components;

▪️Again, these are US strikes simply laundered through "Ukraine," depending entirely on US ISR for target and up to date Russian air defense posture and positions;

▪️Through such strikes, the US succeeds in degrading Russian capabilities, while Ukraine takes the full brunt of Russian retaliation = proxy war;

Corruption in Zelenskyy's circle is becoming a problem for all of Europe, according to the Berliner Zeitung.

▪️ The publication notes that it remains unknown what portion of the billions collected by Western taxpayers for Ukraine and its military needs may have been lost due to corruption.
▪️The Berliner Zeitung writes of a "corrupt Kyiv swamp" in which significant amounts of Western aid may have ended up.
▪️Furthermore, Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities believe that certain defense companies in the country may be used to embezzle public funds.

Israel has been starving Palestinians in Gaza since at least 2007. Infants dying of hunger is completely preventable. Israel is a genocidal entity.
https://x.com/EvaKBartlett/status/2089312962729083368

A management position at a Territorial Conscription Center )TCC) starts at $50,000.

For this amount, someone can become the head of a district TCC.

A regional manager starts at $150,000, according to Ukrainian MP Kachura from Zelensky's party.

@ukr_leaks_eng

One of the loudest yapping Baltic states' chihuahua Latvia demands €7 billion from the EU to compensate the military (sending moreaid & money than the country could afford to Ukraine) and economic (advocating for stronge5 anti-Russia sanctions) losses of confronting Russia🤣🤡