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These are not transfers from the US, but from other countries. The US is now actively sabotaging Ukrainian defense of civilians.
Breaking news: The Trump administration has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian attacks, officials said, a delay that comes as President Trump has embraced Russia in recent weeks. wapo.st/4yCb7T7
Paul Smith retweeted
I never thought I could hate anyone as much as Putin. But I see Trump as complicit in his killing of women and children, and frankly, that puts him and his administration right up there too.
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- Russia has a massive logistics problem in Donbas, as Ukrainian drones are destroying its vehicles.
- The Kremlin informs the White House about this problem.
- Musk, Trump, and Hegseth throttle Starlink in Ukraine, hampering Ukrainian drone strikes.
- Trump and his pals are promised lucrative business deals with Russia.
- Thousands of Ukrainians die, while Russia threatens to seize even more territory.
I've never witnessed such a betrayal in my life.
russia has run into serious problems with its offensive in Donbas, where its forces have become bogged down.
One of the main reasons was that russian logistics had been crippled by Ukrainian drone strikes. This campaign depended heavily on Starlink terminals operating on high-speed Ukrainian drones.
russian military command identified this as a critical problem and approached the American side, asking it to restrict the speeds at which Starlink terminals could operate.
The argument was simple: there would be little public backlash because the US could still claim that Starlink was operational and that the service was still being provided.
The Trump administration agreed to the restrictions, effectively solving a critical battlefield problem for Russia.
As a result, russian logistics in Donbas are now safer, and Ukraine has lost an important advantage on the battlefield.
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Remember, the US is now formally trying to bully the Ukrainians to hand over millions of their people to the state that is doing this to them.
The US is now a focus of evil in the world.
A horrific Russian strike in the Kharkiv region. A “shahed” struck people directly – in a park near an ordinary café. Pure atrocity. Six people were killed, including children. A little girl was killed in a stroller – her name was Angelina, she was just over a year old, born in August 2025… Her mother’s name was Inna. She died in the hospital… Another girl who was killed was 11 years old. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Another 14 people were injured, including six more children.
I am grateful to everyone who supports Ukraine under these circumstances and helps us shoot down “shaheds,” shoot down missiles, and stop Russian assaults. These are horrific photos, but behind them are shattered lives and the truth about this war. Lives must be protected. Ukraine needs air defense. You can't think about making money with Russia as long as it continues its asinine war. We ask that sanctions on Russia stay in place as long as the killings continue. We ask America to be strong, and we ask it to apply the Lindsey Graham law. We ask Europe to continue its support. We ask that everything possible be done to bring peace and guarantee security. Ukraine wants peace. It is Russia that has insisted on continuing the killing all this time. The world has enough strength to stop the war. That strength must finally be used – against the murderers.
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Do you get it now, finally? Trump doesnt give a damn about human life, be it American or Ukrainian. He is fine with Russia slaughtering defenseless civilians.
This is your America, MAGA.
⚡️️What Russia's doing to Ukraine is 'fine,' Trump says.
"Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much," Trump said, hours after a Russian drone strike in a public park killed six people, including two children.
kyivindependent.com/what-rus…
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I have a solution to stop the "slaughter" of 20 to 25,000 russians each month. Have the russians considered packing their bags and going t f* back to russia?
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Restricting Starlink doesn’t just undermine Ukraine’s ability to defend itself. It also limits offensive operations where I believe Ukraine can win this war: Crimea and the southern land corridor.
Whose interests does that serve? Russian logistics, it raises a serious question about whether someone in the Trump administration wants to protect them.
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Putin’s victory is not inevitable, so why is Trump giving him breathing room? #Russia #Ukraine #DonaldTrump .@ShaunPinnerUA #StPetersburg - londonlovesbusiness.com/puti…
Paul Smith retweeted
He's flailing. He's overreaching. He's snapping. He's slipping. He's ill. He's paranoid.
He's trapped by his own pathologies.
And - he knows it.
His grandiosity is elusive now, and his humiliations will mount.
And that's how it will be for the rest of his miserable life.
Paul Smith retweeted
Only our cowardice stops us in Europe from sending air defense batteries and fighter jets to defend Ukraine's skies.
Defending the whole country would be complicated and risky, but we could start small, for example by protecting parts of western Ukraine
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Another small landmark this Tuesday morning as I begin the 1,700th thread covering everything of note in Ukraine, battling for its very existence since February 2022.
Thanks to every single reader who's helped me get this far. #TeamTim
Let's go then on Day 1700
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Ukraine just to put to rest 2 parents and 5 of their children. 3 of their children were buried earlier.
A whole family killed by Russia.
The reason that they were buried separately although both parents and their 8 children were hit by the same Russia air strike that ripped through their home, was due to it taking 2 months of DNA testing to identify their bodies.
This should have never happened to Olena and Artem Voronov and their 8 children. This war should not be happening against Ukrainians.
The only way to stop this war is by destroying the Russians they send and by destroying the Russian war machine and everything that finances it.
Mark my words, Russia will not stop until it is forced to. You cannot negotiate with these fucking animals.
Stand with Ukraine.
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The American president thinks this is "fine"
A horrific Russian strike in the Kharkiv region. A “shahed” struck people directly – in a park near an ordinary café. Pure atrocity. Six people were killed, including children. A little girl was killed in a stroller – her name was Angelina, she was just over a year old, born in August 2025… Her mother’s name was Inna. She died in the hospital… Another girl who was killed was 11 years old. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Another 14 people were injured, including six more children.
I am grateful to everyone who supports Ukraine under these circumstances and helps us shoot down “shaheds,” shoot down missiles, and stop Russian assaults. These are horrific photos, but behind them are shattered lives and the truth about this war. Lives must be protected. Ukraine needs air defense. You can't think about making money with Russia as long as it continues its asinine war. We ask that sanctions on Russia stay in place as long as the killings continue. We ask America to be strong, and we ask it to apply the Lindsey Graham law. We ask Europe to continue its support. We ask that everything possible be done to bring peace and guarantee security. Ukraine wants peace. It is Russia that has insisted on continuing the killing all this time. The world has enough strength to stop the war. That strength must finally be used – against the murderers.
Paul Smith retweeted
I have a very good relationship with Giorgia Meloni, and I respect her greatly. I am grateful to the people of Italy and everyone who supports Ukraine. But our gratitude is not just words. We are already sharing our experience. They receive feedback from us on which Italian-made and European-made weapons work and which do not, and what we have improved technologically. We share all of this with Italian manufacturers.
We have established joint production facilities in Italy and Ukraine – these are Ukrainian-Italian companies. We have a very good relationship with Leonardo. We are grateful to them. And they receive a lot from us. I am very glad that we support each other in this way and that the Italians’ level of technological expertise is increasing. Italians work at the enterprises and factories opening in Italy. I think this is also very important. It means not only jobs but also assistance for Ukraine and Italy.
From an interview with Corriere della Sera. (1/3)
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❗️Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked the LPDS “Nikolskaya” (Linear Production and Dispatch Station) in Tambov Oblast.
The station provides pumping of diesel fuel and gasoline to the central and southern regions of the Russian Federation, as well as to export terminals.
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Russian military bloggers now claim Starlink restrictions have disrupted Ukrainian strikes on Russian logistics, easing pressure on occupied Crimea and the southern land corridor.
Putin’s only tangible victory since 2022
These routes sustain Russia’s occupation, moving troops, ammunition and fuel to the front. Restricting Ukraine’s ability to hit them gives Moscow breathing space.
A policy that could have been written in the Kremlin, delivered by Washington.
Paul Smith retweeted
Tillis on Patriot Missiles: I want to know who in the government is saying no to those transfers. This is not even taking it from our inventories. This is allowing it to be transferred from other European nations. Whoever that person is has the blood on their hands every bit as much as Vladimir Putin.
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Wir in Europa haben die verdammten Patriot-Raketen längst bezahlt. Sie liegen zur Lieferung bereit und könnten längst in der Ukraine sein, um Menschenleben zu retten.
Aber es fehlt eine Unterschrift: die von Pete Hegseth.
Sagt Selenskyj. Und die Washington Post bestätigt es: Der US-Verteidigungsminister hat die Lieferung der Patriot-Abfangraketen nicht abgelehnt. Er hat sie nur nicht freigegeben. Selbst europäische Staaten, die aus eigenen Beständen liefern wollen, warten auf das Okay aus Washington.
Und am Abend sagt Trump: „Wir haben der Ukraine viel gegeben. Sie hat uns nichts gegeben.“
Bezahlt hat Europa. Sterben tun die Ukrainer.
Und Washington tötet mit, indem es einfach einen verfi**ten Lieferschein nicht unterschreibt.
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Overnight, Ukrainian attack drones successfully hit the Nikolskoye LPDS, a major fuel pumping and storage hub in Russia’s Tambov region, setting it ablaze.
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BREAKING: PANIC! Trump is DESPERATELY trying to stop Jack Smith from testifying in his own $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC.
Donald Trump sued the BBC for defamation, asking for a whopping $10 billion in damages. Now, he’s panicking about the one witness who might actually know something about the behavior that led the British broadcaster to publish what it did.
According to The New Republic, the BBC subpoenaed former special counsel Jack Smith to testify as part of its defense against Trump’s defamation suit. The suit claims the network defamed him with deceptive editing in a 2024 documentary about the January 6 Capitol attack.
Trump’s lawyers filed a motion Friday to block the deposition, arguing that “Smith lacks any personal knowledge regarding the issues in this matter.”
Their reasoning: Smith wasn’t at the January 6 speech, didn’t help prepare it, and can’t know what Trump was thinking. They say anything he gathered was “secondhand knowledge” from materials collected from other sources.
The BBC’s lawyers weren’t impressed. They wrote that “none of [Trump]’s arguments for blocking the deposition of Mr. Smith can withstand scrutiny.” They noted that Smith himself doesn’t object to testifying, and that Trump still has to prove he “did not foment or incite the January 6 Capitol riot,” which he claims the documentary falsely implied.
Then came the line that says it all: “No one forced Plaintiff to file this lawsuit and to dispute that his speech on January 6 incited the violence that followed at the Capitol. But as long as he chooses to maintain the case, he cannot commit the fundamental injustice of preventing the BBC from obtaining the evidence it needs to robustly defend itself.”
This isn’t Trump’s only dodge. His attorneys are also fighting efforts to make Trump himself testify, to subpoena his children, and to look into his finances. Trump sued over what the BBC said about January 6, and now he’s fighting every attempt to examine what actually happened.
There’s another problem for him. The BBC is funded by British taxpayers, so Trump can’t bully it into a hefty settlement or force it to back off its coverage the way he has with some American media companies.
So now he has two choices: drop the case, or actually try to prove his point and live with the consequences.
If Trump really believes he did nothing wrong on January 6, a deposition should be no problem. His lawyers’ desperation suggests otherwise.
Please like and share if you can’t wait to hear what Jack Smith has to say if the BBC successfully gets him to testify!
