Katri Pynnöniemi
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Katri Pynnöniemi
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Professor, Mannerheim Chair of Russian Security Studies, University of Helsinki and National Defence University of Finland
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Last night saw russia’s most massive combined strike on Ukraine this year.
The approximate routes of missiles and drones:
February 3, 2026 at 5:41 AM
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"European Union has imposed restrictive measures against several individuals amid continued hybrid activity by Russia. The sanctions list includes television hosts Dmitry Guberniev, Katerina Andreyeva, Maria Sittel, and Pavel Zarubin." mezha.net/eng/bukvy/uk...
Ukrainian Intelligence Exposes Five Russian Propaganda Figures Supporting War | Ukraine news - #Mezha
The Ukrainian Defense Intelligence and Disinformation Center revealed five Russian public figures supporting the war against Ukraine, urging international sanctions against these propaganda agents.
mezha.net
February 1, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Viikon 206 Ukraina-tuki menee Karavanen Ukrainan ja Ukrainan Helsingin-lähetystön yhteiskeräykseen #PowerToUkraine2026. Sillä kerätään varoja varaenergian toimittamiseen Venäjän iskujen takia värjötteleville ukrainalaisille.

#WeStandWithUkraine #StandWithUkraine #Ukraina
PowerToUkraine2026
Karavaani Ukrainaan
karavanen.org
February 1, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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My piece from Kherson, where safety means a life undercover in basements or under drone nets. The Russians are on the other side of the river and attacks are constant. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘It’s not just about surviving’: the Ukrainian frontline city where life goes on under cover
Whether in streets draped in anti-drone nets or deep in urban basements, Kherson residents go about their everyday activities with the constant threat of Russian bombing
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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January 30, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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Supermarkets in Desniansky district of Kyiv to switch to 24-hour mode, work as Invincibility Points #Ukraine
Supermarkets in Desniansky district of Kyiv to switch to 24-hour mode, work as Invincibility Points
The Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine has appealed to retail chains to support residents of the Desniansky district of Kyiv and organize round-the-clock operation of individual grocery supermarkets, the ministry’s press service reported.
en.interfax.com.ua
January 29, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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German authorities raid Deutsche Bank in money-laundering probe linked to Roman Abramovich #Ukraine
German authorities raid Deutsche Bank in money-laundering probe linked to Roman Abramovich
German authorities have searched Deutsche Bank as part of an investigation tied to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, Spiegel reported . On Wednesday morning, about 30 officers from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), acting on orders from prosecutors, searched the bank’s Frankfurt headquarters and its Berlin office. The Frankfurt public prosecutor’s office said it is investigating unidentified Deutsche Bank executives and employees on suspicion of money laundering. Investigators believe the lender previously maintained business ties with foreign companies suspected of being used for money laundering. According to Spiegel, the searches are connected to firms that investigators associate with Abramovich, who has been on the European Union sanctions list since spring 2022. A lawyer for Abramovich said: “Our client is not aware of any investigations by German authorities in this matter.” He added that Abramovich has always acted in accordance with applicable national and international laws and regulations, and that any claims to the contrary are “false and damaging to the oligarch’s reputation.” Deutsche Bank confirmed investigative actions on its premises and said it is fully cooperating with authorities, while declining to comment further. In December last year, UK authorities demanded that Abramovich direct £2.5 billion ($3.35 billion) from the sale of soccer club Chelsea to “any assistance” for Ukraine, threatening to take the matter to court if he refused.
www.uawire.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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russia’s occupation courts hand Ukrainians in occupied territories 14–18+ year sentences on fabricated “treason” or “sabotage” charges for minor acts like donations or alleged info sharing.

Civilians - elderly, women, teens targeted in trials that lack evidence

khpg.org/en/1608815472
Increasingly absurd charges used for Russia’s monstrous sentences against Ukrainians on occupied territory
Why bother with credibility when sentences are guaranteed and when lawlessness only heightens the maximum terror against the population?
khpg.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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Oleksa Drachewych argues that Russia’s instrumentalization of its memory of WWII has played a significant role in leading Russian forces to commit similar atrocities in its war against Ukraine.

ibidem-Verlag
Columbia University Press
www.ibidem.eu/Fachgebiete/...
January 28, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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Okay, so this is an authoritarian playbook trick, once the evidence is overwhelming say everyone needs to wait for the official investigation then either fix it or attack it when its completed. Same shit Russian pulled with MH17 and chemical attacks in Syria, very predictable.
Reporter: Will Stephen Miller be apologizing to the family of Alex Pretti for calling him an assassin?

Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
January 26, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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The Trump admin has indicated to Ukraine that US security guarantees are contingent on Kyiv first agreeing a peace deal that would likely involve ceding the Donbas region to Russia…

Scoop with FT comrades
@maxseddon.bsky.social
@henryjfoy.ft.com
@a-mackinnon.bsky.social
US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory
[FREE TO READ] Washington signalled Kyiv would receive more backing after any withdrawal from the Donbas, say people familiar with talks
as.ft.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:12 AM
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This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding.

Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
January 26, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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The events of the last 24 hours show why it's important to build functional verification structures in public and counterpublic spaces to resist the authoritarian erosion of our democratic systems, as described in this thread.
🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
Democratic politicians have, though, pursued growth in GDP at the expense of other values. One response to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com pessimistic scenario is refocus on those values, combined with egalitarianism, sufficiency and quality of life. Not "it's the economy, stupid" but "it's the the society"
January 25, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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Understand that unless the people and states start resisting this violence it will continue and escalate, and expect ICE agents to be all over polling locations in November. Loyalty to the in-group is the only thing that matters to the Trump regime, and the out-group is dehumanised and destroyed.
January 25, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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The beauty of this is that Guttenfelder is covering these men the way they have always wanted: dripping in tacticool gear, in action, looking down their sites at an enemy which surrounds them. In doing so, he reveals who they are. They imagine themselves heroes; he shows they are villains.
Dave Guttenfelder is an amazing photojournalist who‘s most recently primarily focused on conflict photojournalism in Syria and Ukraine.

Hes recently turned his talents to Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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They are telling us in unequivocal terms that if you show solidarity with immigrants who are in the literal crosshairs of Trump/MAGA, you're risking a death sentence.

newrepublic.com/article/2055...
January 24, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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"The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. ...

"Next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 24, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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#Ukraine says the #Paralympics should not have lifted its ban on russia

💬 "It's unjust, and we think it's not appropriate to give the opportunity to terrorist states to make sportswashing of their crimes," Ukrainian sports minister Matvii Bidnyi

news.sky.com/story/ukrain...
Ukraine hits out at Winter Paralympics for lifting ban on Russia
Organisers are accused of giving an "opportunity to terrorist states to make sportswashing of their crimes".
news.sky.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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Donald Trump’s retreat from his tariff threats over Greenland this week followed a sharp stock sell-off, underscoring investors’ power to influence the US president even as he brushes off Washington’s top allies. US stocks shed more than $1tn on Tuesday in one of the
www.ft.com/content/cb1a...
January 23, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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“More than half of all Google searches in the U.S. and Europe in 2024 ended without a click,” AI summaries devouring authorship, cutting off traffic to original sites, proliferating paywalls, & turning AI into an monster that gorges itself, poisoning our info system www.noemamag.com/the-ai-power...
The AI-Powered Web Is Eating Itself | NOEMA
Without a framework of “Artificial Integrity,” AI search platforms risk collapsing the information commons that made the web possible.
www.noemamag.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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🇺🇸👀 The US has formally completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, leaving behind unpaid debt of roughly $260 million, - Bloomberg

All funding to the WHO has been terminated and US participation in WHO-sponsored leadership bodies and working groups has ended.
January 23, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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“How long Germany would be willing to remain an abnormal nation—­denying itself geopolitical ambitions & national­ist pride—­was a question even before the present liberal world order began to unravel. Now, thanks to the American strategic shift, GER has no choice but to become normal again quickly”
America vs. the World
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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As an example of engaging white supremacy/racism/(eugenics) as a central theme & perspective on & of the Trump et al regime…

…this Guardian piece does a decent job of articulating Trump’s recent klan performance to larger beliefs & Regime behaviors.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
January 21, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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Russian propaganda claimed a Ukrainian drone caused the Adygea blast, despite videos proving it was a misfired Russian air-defense missile. Russian state television is using the strike to excuse new attacks on Ukraine. #Russia
January 21, 2026 at 7:53 AM