klaabu
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Russian colonialism. A long 🧵
Some didn´t get the memo but Russia was - and is - a colonial power.
Let´s take a tour around this marvelous empire:
(I merged two threads here. That´s why the Balts are more thoroughly pictured)
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Some didn´t get the memo but Russia was - and is - a colonial power.
Let´s take a tour around this marvelous empire:
(I merged two threads here. That´s why the Balts are more thoroughly pictured)
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August 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Russian colonialism. A long 🧵
Some didn´t get the memo but Russia was - and is - a colonial power.
Let´s take a tour around this marvelous empire:
(I merged two threads here. That´s why the Balts are more thoroughly pictured)
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Some didn´t get the memo but Russia was - and is - a colonial power.
Let´s take a tour around this marvelous empire:
(I merged two threads here. That´s why the Balts are more thoroughly pictured)
1/x
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I have counted 34,943 Russian combatant deaths over the past 289 days since I began tracking. This number will increase, as I have not finished error-checking, and we typically undercount during the first pass through the data.
June 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I have counted 34,943 Russian combatant deaths over the past 289 days since I began tracking. This number will increase, as I have not finished error-checking, and we typically undercount during the first pass through the data.
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I don’t write earnest commentary on US politics very often. It's usually tongue in cheek or under layers and layers of very early internet culture references. Or reposts. It just feels strange, offering takes on a country that isn’t mine, a country that will always think of mine as post-something.
February 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I don’t write earnest commentary on US politics very often. It's usually tongue in cheek or under layers and layers of very early internet culture references. Or reposts. It just feels strange, offering takes on a country that isn’t mine, a country that will always think of mine as post-something.
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🇪🇺 "No deal will work without Europe, and Europe will continue to support Ukraine," says EU high representative Kaja Kallas.
"Quick decisions are dirty deals that won't stop the war. Concessions before talks are appeasement that won't work. If Ukraine resists, Europe will increase support."
"Quick decisions are dirty deals that won't stop the war. Concessions before talks are appeasement that won't work. If Ukraine resists, Europe will increase support."
February 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🇪🇺 "No deal will work without Europe, and Europe will continue to support Ukraine," says EU high representative Kaja Kallas.
"Quick decisions are dirty deals that won't stop the war. Concessions before talks are appeasement that won't work. If Ukraine resists, Europe will increase support."
"Quick decisions are dirty deals that won't stop the war. Concessions before talks are appeasement that won't work. If Ukraine resists, Europe will increase support."
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1/ Over a thousand Russian soldiers who are sick, injured or refusing to fight are being held prisoner in a Siberian concentration camp. They are chained to their bunks, and denied medical treatment or hearings before they are sent to Ukraine to die en masse in 'meat wave' assaults. ⬇️
February 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
1/ Over a thousand Russian soldiers who are sick, injured or refusing to fight are being held prisoner in a Siberian concentration camp. They are chained to their bunks, and denied medical treatment or hearings before they are sent to Ukraine to die en masse in 'meat wave' assaults. ⬇️
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In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce an Estonian politician, Jana Toom (@JanaToomEE). She’s best-known for promoting pro-Kremlin viewpoints both in domestic Estonian politics and in the European Parliament.
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January 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce an Estonian politician, Jana Toom (@JanaToomEE). She’s best-known for promoting pro-Kremlin viewpoints both in domestic Estonian politics and in the European Parliament.
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Aren’t they sick N tired? Today 8 BMD-2 from the third battalion of 234 VDV regiment again attacked our positions.
4 BMDs were taken out (one of them by my company).
I really do not understand the point of attacking at the place where they attack for the third month.
4 BMDs were taken out (one of them by my company).
I really do not understand the point of attacking at the place where they attack for the third month.
January 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Aren’t they sick N tired? Today 8 BMD-2 from the third battalion of 234 VDV regiment again attacked our positions.
4 BMDs were taken out (one of them by my company).
I really do not understand the point of attacking at the place where they attack for the third month.
4 BMDs were taken out (one of them by my company).
I really do not understand the point of attacking at the place where they attack for the third month.
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A little roundup for all volunteer aid I have added to the list in 2024.
- 6.376 Vehicles and Trailers
- 297.705 Small and FPV Strike Drones
- 847 Medium to Large Drones
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- 6.376 Vehicles and Trailers
- 297.705 Small and FPV Strike Drones
- 847 Medium to Large Drones
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December 31, 2024 at 10:51 AM
A little roundup for all volunteer aid I have added to the list in 2024.
- 6.376 Vehicles and Trailers
- 297.705 Small and FPV Strike Drones
- 847 Medium to Large Drones
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- 6.376 Vehicles and Trailers
- 297.705 Small and FPV Strike Drones
- 847 Medium to Large Drones
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Just a reminder: buying fireworks for New Year's celebrations supports china, russia's biggest backer in its invasion of Ukraine. Instead of funding russia's enabler, consider using that money for aid to Ukraine instead. The @69thsb.bsky.social is a great option among many others
December 29, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Just a reminder: buying fireworks for New Year's celebrations supports china, russia's biggest backer in its invasion of Ukraine. Instead of funding russia's enabler, consider using that money for aid to Ukraine instead. The @69thsb.bsky.social is a great option among many others
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I was shocked to discover that oligarchs connected to the Russian mafia, who produce war machines for the war of conquest in Ukraine, have been left out of the EU sanctions.
Officials in Estonia told me that someone in the EU is blocking their sanctions.
Surprise, surprise, that someone is Orbán.
Officials in Estonia told me that someone in the EU is blocking their sanctions.
Surprise, surprise, that someone is Orbán.
December 20, 2024 at 1:39 PM
I was shocked to discover that oligarchs connected to the Russian mafia, who produce war machines for the war of conquest in Ukraine, have been left out of the EU sanctions.
Officials in Estonia told me that someone in the EU is blocking their sanctions.
Surprise, surprise, that someone is Orbán.
Officials in Estonia told me that someone in the EU is blocking their sanctions.
Surprise, surprise, that someone is Orbán.
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"Christmas" atmosphere in Kyiv this morning...
December 20, 2024 at 10:55 AM
"Christmas" atmosphere in Kyiv this morning...
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Ever since Feb 2022, @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and I have been regularly consulting with an Estonian analyst "Karl" to get his assessments about where the war is going. Karl is known for his sober and non-alarmist analysis.
Here is Karl's latest. 👇👇
Here is Karl's latest. 👇👇
December 19, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Ever since Feb 2022, @michaeldweiss.bsky.social and I have been regularly consulting with an Estonian analyst "Karl" to get his assessments about where the war is going. Karl is known for his sober and non-alarmist analysis.
Here is Karl's latest. 👇👇
Here is Karl's latest. 👇👇
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Fuck that, let's do this to New Jersey
December 14, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Fuck that, let's do this to New Jersey
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“Ukrainian intelligence sent about 20 experienced drone operators and about 150 first-person-view drones to the rebel headquarters in Idlib, Syria, four to five weeks ago to help Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the leading rebel group based there.” archive.ph/O4MVG
December 11, 2024 at 3:44 AM
“Ukrainian intelligence sent about 20 experienced drone operators and about 150 first-person-view drones to the rebel headquarters in Idlib, Syria, four to five weeks ago to help Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the leading rebel group based there.” archive.ph/O4MVG
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they are still now in #SednayaPrison and they do not know what is happening outside. People are still trying to search underground to find them.
#Syria
#Syria
December 8, 2024 at 8:49 PM
they are still now in #SednayaPrison and they do not know what is happening outside. People are still trying to search underground to find them.
#Syria
#Syria
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1/ Many Russian commentators feel the loss of Syria deeply because it was a "kind of symbol of the glory of Russian weapons," according to a lament published by a prominent Russian war blogger. "It is not yet clear what will happen to this symbol," he adds gloomily. ⬇️
December 8, 2024 at 7:56 PM
1/ Many Russian commentators feel the loss of Syria deeply because it was a "kind of symbol of the glory of Russian weapons," according to a lament published by a prominent Russian war blogger. "It is not yet clear what will happen to this symbol," he adds gloomily. ⬇️
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The cradle of the revolution, the birthplace of the anti-Assad uprising, Deraa, has been liberated by local militias.
A hugely symbolic moment for Syrians.
A hugely symbolic moment for Syrians.
December 6, 2024 at 9:04 PM
The cradle of the revolution, the birthplace of the anti-Assad uprising, Deraa, has been liberated by local militias.
A hugely symbolic moment for Syrians.
A hugely symbolic moment for Syrians.
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Breaking: The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has released an unclassified report into the IC and its work on Havana Syndrome, or Anomalous Health Incidents. From the first lines of the executive summary: "It appears increasingly likely…that a foreign adversary is behind some AHIs."
December 5, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Breaking: The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has released an unclassified report into the IC and its work on Havana Syndrome, or Anomalous Health Incidents. From the first lines of the executive summary: "It appears increasingly likely…that a foreign adversary is behind some AHIs."
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#Syria MAP UPDATE: the situation in Syria as of 01/12/2024. After almost five years of frozen frontlines the #Assad regime has collapsed all over the northwest.
Rebel forces captured #Aleppo city and advanced as far south as N Hama
Download larger file: mediafire.com/file/oqaq78v1e…
Rebel forces captured #Aleppo city and advanced as far south as N Hama
Download larger file: mediafire.com/file/oqaq78v1e…
December 1, 2024 at 7:30 PM
#Syria MAP UPDATE: the situation in Syria as of 01/12/2024. After almost five years of frozen frontlines the #Assad regime has collapsed all over the northwest.
Rebel forces captured #Aleppo city and advanced as far south as N Hama
Download larger file: mediafire.com/file/oqaq78v1e…
Rebel forces captured #Aleppo city and advanced as far south as N Hama
Download larger file: mediafire.com/file/oqaq78v1e…
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This is all so Putin-esque — saving al-Assad’s ass for a DECADE, spending gargantuan resources, applying mercenary armies, turning entire cities into piles of rubble, killing hundreds of thousands of people, and eventually getting all things royally fucked up within DAYS.
November 30, 2024 at 6:14 PM
This is all so Putin-esque — saving al-Assad’s ass for a DECADE, spending gargantuan resources, applying mercenary armies, turning entire cities into piles of rubble, killing hundreds of thousands of people, and eventually getting all things royally fucked up within DAYS.
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From this video of last night’s Russian it seems HIGHLY LIKELY that Russia did in fact use an RS-26 ICBM without a nuclear payload to strike Dnipro.
The video shows what appear to be MIRV impacts that are too simultaneous to be multiple independent ballistic missiles.
The video shows what appear to be MIRV impacts that are too simultaneous to be multiple independent ballistic missiles.
November 21, 2024 at 1:03 PM
From this video of last night’s Russian it seems HIGHLY LIKELY that Russia did in fact use an RS-26 ICBM without a nuclear payload to strike Dnipro.
The video shows what appear to be MIRV impacts that are too simultaneous to be multiple independent ballistic missiles.
The video shows what appear to be MIRV impacts that are too simultaneous to be multiple independent ballistic missiles.
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"Russia is now capable of reconstituting its forces quickly. /.../ The aim will be to destroy NATO’s credibility."
A great analysis by @edwardlucas.bsky.social building on our recent investigation.
cepa.org/article/game...
A great analysis by @edwardlucas.bsky.social building on our recent investigation.
cepa.org/article/game...
Game Plan: After Ukraine
Even as Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues, the Kremlin is preparing for war against NATO allies in the Baltic.
cepa.org
November 19, 2024 at 9:20 PM
"Russia is now capable of reconstituting its forces quickly. /.../ The aim will be to destroy NATO’s credibility."
A great analysis by @edwardlucas.bsky.social building on our recent investigation.
cepa.org/article/game...
A great analysis by @edwardlucas.bsky.social building on our recent investigation.
cepa.org/article/game...
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In 2021, Elon Musk joined a Kremlin propaganda event tied to reviving the infamous Soviet "pioneer movement" for kids. Invited by Sergei Kiriyenko, Putin's personal propaganda czar.
WSJ later reported they stayed in contact ever since.
The implications are concerning—I'll show you why.
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WSJ later reported they stayed in contact ever since.
The implications are concerning—I'll show you why.
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November 19, 2024 at 12:03 PM
In 2021, Elon Musk joined a Kremlin propaganda event tied to reviving the infamous Soviet "pioneer movement" for kids. Invited by Sergei Kiriyenko, Putin's personal propaganda czar.
WSJ later reported they stayed in contact ever since.
The implications are concerning—I'll show you why.
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WSJ later reported they stayed in contact ever since.
The implications are concerning—I'll show you why.
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Same old, same old.
🤡 "The use of Western missiles by AFU against Russia under the new doctrine may cause a nuclear response," - Peskov
November 19, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Same old, same old.
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New thread from "Karl" on Ukraine; the first since the U.S. election. With @holgerroonemaa.bsky.social: 🧵
November 18, 2024 at 4:03 PM
New thread from "Karl" on Ukraine; the first since the U.S. election. With @holgerroonemaa.bsky.social: 🧵