NATO precedent: after the split of Germany in 1949, W. Germany joined NATO in 1955 - with a bit of a stretch, that was a part of Germany

Kellogg's proposal could be useful: grant UA west of the Dnipro full NATO membership, but not east of the river (allowing UA to focus all resources on the east)

Russia demands to hand over all of the 4 oblasts, "that is our constitution" (but 3 out of 4 are only partially held by RU).

🇷🇺 constitution doesn't give a map. If the 🇷🇺 govt wants to draw the boundaries at the front line, there is no legal issue.
Ukraine may accept the frontline, but not "de jure".

Interesting summer reading onbthe extraordinary influence Robert Moses had on NY state & City.

One quote that struck me: "he is a liar the way Hitler was a liar. He doesn't lie because he can't help it. He lies as a matter of policy."

The same can be said of today's U.S. President.

Never mind that Putin has been bombing & killing Ukrainian civilians since 2022 .... even in 2025, this is hardly new - cf chart (thx @thestudyofwar.bsky.social )
Facts don't stop Trump from lying (remember the "alternative facts") & the majority of Americans is too uninformed to see through it

Coming of age

Are these the statesmen that finally draw the line in the sand?

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Old Europe /New Europe?
STRONG Europe

The UK 🇬🇧, France 🇫🇷, Germany 🇩🇪 and Poland 🇵🇱 are the backbone of a new and a stronger 💪Europe that supports Ukraine 🇺🇦 - and will stop the dictator in the Kremlin from his neo-imperial ambitions.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Winter war?

There are clear signs that Russia is building up again its military capacity near de Finnish border, reports Swedish SVT.
ICYMI: that is now a NATO border

www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...

Norway's FM Espen Barth Eide in 🇳🇴 satirical tv prgm Nytt på Nytt
Q-With stuff happening in Russia, China, etc, should we not look at EU membership (which the FM's Labour party declines)?
A-It's a situationship we don't want to label, for now "Let's make the Single Market great again" 🤣🤣

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Every word counts.

The 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 MOI sets 26 April as a target to reach a formal agreement

Some interesting wording (that may piss off Putin)
A free,sovereign & secure UA
Ref to the Budapest memorandum where UA returned nuclear weapons (and RU guaranteed UA borders)
No obstacles to EU accession for 🇺🇦

Zelenskyy 🇺🇦 says it bluntly: Europe needs to step up if it wants to be more than a bystander.

And right he is.

The irony of #ClimateChange

Rising sea levels by just one metre will seriously damage 13 of the ports with the highest supertanker traffic, incl the 2 ports responsible for 98% of #SaudiArabia 🇸🇦 oil exports

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

All western countries should put their full weight between the proposal of Zelenskyy 🇺🇦 NATO protection of all free areas of Ukraine as a condition for a ceasefire with current frontlines.

Congratulations @bsky.app

There are over 22 million users on Bluesky now!

www.fastcompany.com/91230935/the...