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nu de tektonische platen van de geopolitiek in razend tempo beginnen te schuiven, is het machteloze geklungel van nationale regeringen een ramp. Met hun kortzichtigheid, navelstaarderij en gebrek aan kwaliteit zijn zij steeds vaker een gevaar voor Europa. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
Wat betreft duurzaamheid gedraagt Zweden zich tegenwoordig als een staat in de Amerikaanse Midwest
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December 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
nu de tektonische platen van de geopolitiek in razend tempo beginnen te schuiven, is het machteloze geklungel van nationale regeringen een ramp. Met hun kortzichtigheid, navelstaarderij en gebrek aan kwaliteit zijn zij steeds vaker een gevaar voor Europa. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
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John Simpson (BBC): 'I've never seen a year quite as worrying as 2025 has been—not just because several major conflicts are raging but because it is becoming clear that one of them has geopolitical implications of unparalleled importance.' www.bbc.com/news/article...
John Simpson: 'I've never seen a year as worrying as 2025'
2025 has been a year of multiple major conflicts and it is becoming clear that one of them has geopolitical implications of unparalleled importance.
www.bbc.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
John Simpson (BBC): 'I've never seen a year quite as worrying as 2025 has been—not just because several major conflicts are raging but because it is becoming clear that one of them has geopolitical implications of unparalleled importance.' www.bbc.com/news/article...
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HUR intercepted an order from a Russian commander to execute unarmed, wounded Ukrainian prisoners.
September 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
HUR intercepted an order from a Russian commander to execute unarmed, wounded Ukrainian prisoners.
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Ruben Brekelmans, Minister of Defence of the 🇳🇱:
“For months,Ukraine has been offering an immediate ceasefire.
Putin has responded only with aggression and terror. Now, another massive attack (…), including on Kyiv
Only with greater military force and more pressure is peace with Russia possible”
“For months,Ukraine has been offering an immediate ceasefire.
Putin has responded only with aggression and terror. Now, another massive attack (…), including on Kyiv
Only with greater military force and more pressure is peace with Russia possible”
Al maanden biedt Oekraïne een onmiddellijk staakt-het-vuren aan.
Poetin beantwoordt dit alleen met agressie en terreur. Nu weer een massale aanval (ca 500 drones en 40 raketten), o.a. op Kyiv.
Alleen met meer militaire kracht en meer druk is vrede tegenover Rusland mogelijk. 🇺🇦
Poetin beantwoordt dit alleen met agressie en terreur. Nu weer een massale aanval (ca 500 drones en 40 raketten), o.a. op Kyiv.
Alleen met meer militaire kracht en meer druk is vrede tegenover Rusland mogelijk. 🇺🇦
September 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Ruben Brekelmans, Minister of Defence of the 🇳🇱:
“For months,Ukraine has been offering an immediate ceasefire.
Putin has responded only with aggression and terror. Now, another massive attack (…), including on Kyiv
Only with greater military force and more pressure is peace with Russia possible”
“For months,Ukraine has been offering an immediate ceasefire.
Putin has responded only with aggression and terror. Now, another massive attack (…), including on Kyiv
Only with greater military force and more pressure is peace with Russia possible”
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Al maanden biedt Oekraïne een onmiddellijk staakt-het-vuren aan.
Poetin beantwoordt dit alleen met agressie en terreur. Nu weer een massale aanval (ca 500 drones en 40 raketten), o.a. op Kyiv.
Alleen met meer militaire kracht en meer druk is vrede tegenover Rusland mogelijk. 🇺🇦
Poetin beantwoordt dit alleen met agressie en terreur. Nu weer een massale aanval (ca 500 drones en 40 raketten), o.a. op Kyiv.
Alleen met meer militaire kracht en meer druk is vrede tegenover Rusland mogelijk. 🇺🇦
September 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Al maanden biedt Oekraïne een onmiddellijk staakt-het-vuren aan.
Poetin beantwoordt dit alleen met agressie en terreur. Nu weer een massale aanval (ca 500 drones en 40 raketten), o.a. op Kyiv.
Alleen met meer militaire kracht en meer druk is vrede tegenover Rusland mogelijk. 🇺🇦
Poetin beantwoordt dit alleen met agressie en terreur. Nu weer een massale aanval (ca 500 drones en 40 raketten), o.a. op Kyiv.
Alleen met meer militaire kracht en meer druk is vrede tegenover Rusland mogelijk. 🇺🇦
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In Britain, a former far-right Reform party politician has been convicted of taking bribes to promote Russian viewpoints.
Another scandal that should be the end of Reform but will be ignored unless we make a lot of noise about it.
Another scandal that should be the end of Reform but will be ignored unless we make a lot of noise about it.
Ex-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In Britain, a former far-right Reform party politician has been convicted of taking bribes to promote Russian viewpoints.
Another scandal that should be the end of Reform but will be ignored unless we make a lot of noise about it.
Another scandal that should be the end of Reform but will be ignored unless we make a lot of noise about it.
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"Dat Rusland op steeds grotere schaal chemische wapens inzet, komt ook omdat het gebruik van deze verboden wapens tot nu toe geen serieuze gevolgen heeft gehad voor het Kremlin."
Door @chriscolijn.bsky.social
Door @chriscolijn.bsky.social
Rusland gebruikt structureel chemische wapens, en komt daarmee weg
Nederlandse en Duitse inlichtingendiensten melden dat Rusland steeds meer en ook zwaardere chemische wapens inzet op het slagveld in Oekraïne. Het...
platformraam.nl
July 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"Dat Rusland op steeds grotere schaal chemische wapens inzet, komt ook omdat het gebruik van deze verboden wapens tot nu toe geen serieuze gevolgen heeft gehad voor het Kremlin."
Door @chriscolijn.bsky.social
Door @chriscolijn.bsky.social
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'Ukrainian intelligence intercepts Russian troops discussing plans to use chemical weapons' www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...
Ukrainian intelligence intercepts Russian troops discussing plans to use chemical weapons
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has intercepted a conversation between Russian servicemen discussing preparations to use toxic substances against Ukrainian defende...
www.ukrinform.net
July 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
'Ukrainian intelligence intercepts Russian troops discussing plans to use chemical weapons' www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...
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"Russia is reconstituting itself at a pace and a speed which is unparalleled in recent history," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said, adding that "...they are now producing three times as much ammunition in three months as the whole of NATO is doing in a year."
Rutte praises Trump in a NYT interview while warning of Russia's rising threat to NATO
"Russia is reconstituting itself at a pace and a speed which is unparalleled in recent history," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said, adding that "...they are now producing three times as much ammu...
kyivindependent.com
July 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
"Russia is reconstituting itself at a pace and a speed which is unparalleled in recent history," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said, adding that "...they are now producing three times as much ammunition in three months as the whole of NATO is doing in a year."
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Wilders verspreidt lastercampagnes van een bedrijf in dark pr dat grootschalige lastercampagnes op touw zette tegen moslims, ook in Nederland. De opdrachtgever? De emir van de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/...
July 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Wilders verspreidt lastercampagnes van een bedrijf in dark pr dat grootschalige lastercampagnes op touw zette tegen moslims, ook in Nederland. De opdrachtgever? De emir van de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/...
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⚡️ Ukraine's army chief warns of new Russian offensives in northeast as he visits Kharkiv Oblast front.
Russian troops are ramping up attacks in the sector using large numbers of troops, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
Russian troops are ramping up attacks in the sector using large numbers of troops, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
Ukraine's army chief warns of new Russian offensives in northeast as he visits Kharkiv Oblast front
Russian troops are ramping up attacks in the sector using large numbers of troops, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
kyivindependent.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
⚡️ Ukraine's army chief warns of new Russian offensives in northeast as he visits Kharkiv Oblast front.
Russian troops are ramping up attacks in the sector using large numbers of troops, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
Russian troops are ramping up attacks in the sector using large numbers of troops, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
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Netherlands, Germany Collect ‘Concrete’ Evidence of Russian Chemical Attacks
www.kyivpost.com/post/55733
www.kyivpost.com/post/55733
Netherlands, Germany Collect ‘Concrete’ Evidence of Russian Chemical Attacks
The two countries’ intelligence services report that Russia is deploying banned chemical weapon drones to flush Ukrainian troops into the open, where they become vulnerable to attack.
www.kyivpost.com
July 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Netherlands, Germany Collect ‘Concrete’ Evidence of Russian Chemical Attacks
www.kyivpost.com/post/55733
www.kyivpost.com/post/55733
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‼️Friends,this is very important. Please share this& send the information to media.
The United States stopping the supplies of critically important air defense missiles and other weapons is a matter of life& death⤵️
📹: one of the recent massive Russian attack on #Kyiv.Turn the sound on, if you can.
The United States stopping the supplies of critically important air defense missiles and other weapons is a matter of life& death⤵️
📹: one of the recent massive Russian attack on #Kyiv.Turn the sound on, if you can.
July 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
‼️Friends,this is very important. Please share this& send the information to media.
The United States stopping the supplies of critically important air defense missiles and other weapons is a matter of life& death⤵️
📹: one of the recent massive Russian attack on #Kyiv.Turn the sound on, if you can.
The United States stopping the supplies of critically important air defense missiles and other weapons is a matter of life& death⤵️
📹: one of the recent massive Russian attack on #Kyiv.Turn the sound on, if you can.
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'NATO secretary general comments on US decision to halt part of military aid to Kyiv. "Ukraine cannot do without all the support it can get, when it gets to ammunition and air defence systems"' www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
NATO secretary general comments on US decision to halt part of military aid to Kyiv
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said he understands the US administration’s desire to prioritise its own interests, but still calls for continued military support for Ukraine.
www.pravda.com.ua
July 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
'NATO secretary general comments on US decision to halt part of military aid to Kyiv. "Ukraine cannot do without all the support it can get, when it gets to ammunition and air defence systems"' www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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One single night out of a thousand
June 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
One single night out of a thousand
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'Mainly, it is tear gas that spreads and fills the fortifications, positions, and shelters where our fighters may be hiding.'
#ChemicalWeapons #Russia #UkraineRussiaWar️️
Russians deploying chemical weapons nearly daily on Southern front — military
www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...
[...]
his was reported in a comment to Ukrinform by Spokesperson for the Southern Defense Forces Vladyslav Voloshyn.
“The enemy also ...
Russians deploying chemical weapons nearly daily on Southern front — military
www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...
[...]
his was reported in a comment to Ukrinform by Spokesperson for the Southern Defense Forces Vladyslav Voloshyn.
“The enemy also ...
Russians deploying chemical weapons nearly daily on Southern front — military
On the southern front, Russian invading forces are using munitions with chemical agents just as they do in the northern sectors of the front. — Ukrinform.
www.ukrinform.net
June 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM
'Mainly, it is tear gas that spreads and fills the fortifications, positions, and shelters where our fighters may be hiding.'
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⚡️ After 40 months of waging full-scale war on Ukraine, Putin condemns 'unprovoked aggression against Iran.'
Moscow has killed tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians, and the true extent of the death toll is simply not known.
Moscow has killed tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians, and the true extent of the death toll is simply not known.
After 40 months of waging full-scale war on Ukraine, Putin condemns 'unprovoked aggression against Iran'
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has killed tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians, and the true extent of the death toll is simply not known.
kyivindependent.com
June 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
⚡️ After 40 months of waging full-scale war on Ukraine, Putin condemns 'unprovoked aggression against Iran.'
Moscow has killed tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians, and the true extent of the death toll is simply not known.
Moscow has killed tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians, and the true extent of the death toll is simply not known.
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Lavrov stated that Israel has no right to "interpret the UN Charter on self-defense" as a license to decide on its own when to invoke that right. This comes from the mouth of someone who has been citing the UN Charter for four years straight to justify a treacherous attack on Ukraine.
June 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Lavrov stated that Israel has no right to "interpret the UN Charter on self-defense" as a license to decide on its own when to invoke that right. This comes from the mouth of someone who has been citing the UN Charter for four years straight to justify a treacherous attack on Ukraine.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said 'all of Ukraine' belonged to Russia in a speech on June 20 at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, amid increasingly bullish official statements about Moscow's final territorial ambitions in Ukraine.
'All of Ukraine is ours' — Putin on Russia's territorial ambitions in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said 'all of Ukraine' belonged to Russia in a speech on June 20 at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, amid increasingly bullish official statements about...
kyivindependent.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin said 'all of Ukraine' belonged to Russia in a speech on June 20 at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, amid increasingly bullish official statements about Moscow's final territorial ambitions in Ukraine.
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Russia has turned the agreed exchange of deceased soldiers into a farce, mixing in the bodies of dead Russian soldiers and parts of Russian soldiers with our Ukrainians.
Some still in Russian uniforms containing even their Russian identification documents.
Every day a new low.
Some still in Russian uniforms containing even their Russian identification documents.
Every day a new low.
June 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Russia has turned the agreed exchange of deceased soldiers into a farce, mixing in the bodies of dead Russian soldiers and parts of Russian soldiers with our Ukrainians.
Some still in Russian uniforms containing even their Russian identification documents.
Every day a new low.
Some still in Russian uniforms containing even their Russian identification documents.
Every day a new low.
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Russia's going unpunished has led to:
◾️ escalation of conflicts around the world;
◾️ a broken system of international law;
◾️ economic wars;
◾️ shifts of markets;
◾️ law of the strongest in action;
◾️ new wars/refugees;
◾️ the redistribution of spheres of influence;
◾️ a change in world leaders;
◾️ escalation of conflicts around the world;
◾️ a broken system of international law;
◾️ economic wars;
◾️ shifts of markets;
◾️ law of the strongest in action;
◾️ new wars/refugees;
◾️ the redistribution of spheres of influence;
◾️ a change in world leaders;
June 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Russia's going unpunished has led to:
◾️ escalation of conflicts around the world;
◾️ a broken system of international law;
◾️ economic wars;
◾️ shifts of markets;
◾️ law of the strongest in action;
◾️ new wars/refugees;
◾️ the redistribution of spheres of influence;
◾️ a change in world leaders;
◾️ escalation of conflicts around the world;
◾️ a broken system of international law;
◾️ economic wars;
◾️ shifts of markets;
◾️ law of the strongest in action;
◾️ new wars/refugees;
◾️ the redistribution of spheres of influence;
◾️ a change in world leaders;
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The destruction of Russian chemical weapons that were loaded into BM-21 Grad MLRS rockets.
In their communications, Russian soldiers urge each other to take cover and put on gas masks, as the targeted Grad was “loaded with chemicals.”
In their communications, Russian soldiers urge each other to take cover and put on gas masks, as the targeted Grad was “loaded with chemicals.”
June 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The destruction of Russian chemical weapons that were loaded into BM-21 Grad MLRS rockets.
In their communications, Russian soldiers urge each other to take cover and put on gas masks, as the targeted Grad was “loaded with chemicals.”
In their communications, Russian soldiers urge each other to take cover and put on gas masks, as the targeted Grad was “loaded with chemicals.”
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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of June 13, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
June 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of June 13, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Russia is producing more ammunition—and doing so much faster—than all NATO countries combined, NATO Sec. Gen. Mark Rutte said.
With the help of Iran, China, and North Korea. This year alone, Russia is expected to produce 1,500 tanks, 3,000 armored vehicles, and 200 Iskander missiles.
With the help of Iran, China, and North Korea. This year alone, Russia is expected to produce 1,500 tanks, 3,000 armored vehicles, and 200 Iskander missiles.
June 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Russia is producing more ammunition—and doing so much faster—than all NATO countries combined, NATO Sec. Gen. Mark Rutte said.
With the help of Iran, China, and North Korea. This year alone, Russia is expected to produce 1,500 tanks, 3,000 armored vehicles, and 200 Iskander missiles.
With the help of Iran, China, and North Korea. This year alone, Russia is expected to produce 1,500 tanks, 3,000 armored vehicles, and 200 Iskander missiles.