toomas ilves, ex-verif @ilvestoomas@respublicae.eu

Austria, the NATO non-member with a fundamental understanding of and expertise on Russia as evidenced by former Foreign Minister Kniessl as well as the Golovatov case.
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OSINTdefender: Colonel Markus Reisner of the Austrian Armed Forces stated today that they currently believe that the 1st Phase of the Ukrainian Offensive has Failed due to Ukrainian Forces attempting to use NATO Military Tactics which do not work against Fortified and Heavily-Mined Russian… https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1676794731215421441 https://t.co/SpqTM6uipW
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1676908060739084288

.@koutchoukalimar. Here's another sartorial and fashion idea.
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Helen Barrett: On Threads, catching up with Twitter mutuals. https://t.co/ADULe7Nxnu
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1676842234820345857

"Downfall: Rate Limit Exceeded"
Brilliant. https://n.respublicae.eu/KvotheTheArcane/status/1676795900306374656
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FriendlyKozak 🇺🇦: Downfall: Rate Limit Exceeded https://t.co/90GS2KTbTF
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1676823567529394176

Thank you @marishellrand, who did the heavy lifting and work for such a long time to get this changed.
These things don’t change by themselves.
Aitäh Maris!
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Maris Hellrand: Thank you, @AP and @DavidKeyton ! Better late than never. A great example for others to follow @AFP @Reuters @Bloomberg @ZDF @ARDde @BBCNews No more “former soviet republics“ https://t.co/BENNHRteHT
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1676701371267940352

.@kajakallas keeps the Russian talk shows guessing.
🤣😂
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TheKremlinYap: The Russians are trying to guess what could be the outcome of the NATO summit for Ukraine https://t.co/NGJSytgshz
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1676469804092325890

Lätlaste super idee: https://n.respublicae.eu/Gerashchenko_en/status/1675579421753847808
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Anton Gerashchenko: Latvian police passes the cars they confiscate from drunk drivers to Ukrainian Defenders!
(Cars are really needed at the frontlines as they get destroyed often, and they save lives).
Ukraine is honored to have such amazing friends! Thank you for standing with us!
📹: Laura… https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1675579421753847808 https://t.co/GCuDJInHZT
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1675598472601391104

Thread by @bctallis https://n.respublicae.eu/bctallis/status/1674826535625277463
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Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦: 'Security Guarantees' for #Ukraine are a hot topic - but it's a false debate.
NATO membership is the only viable option - but there's no consensus.
So we need an interim solution:
⏩We should extend the #JEF &amp; transform it into a
'Joint European Defence Initiative' (#JEDI)
🧵1/ https://t.co/eDcVDxpN5s
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1674863989698748433

Commies being communists. Killing people.
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Institute of National Remembrance: Lidia Lwow was arrested #OTD in🗓1948 together with her partner, Zygmunt “Łupaszka” Szendzielarz by the communists. He was executed in 1951, while she got a life sentence.
In 1956, Lwow was released from prison, became an archaeologist and helped rebuild Warsaw’s Royal Castle. https://t.co/vzLkaxYtPT
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1674749412696895489

Palju õnne, @propastop!
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Euroopa Parlament Eestis: 28. juunil kuulutati välja Euroopa Kodaniku auhinna 2023. aasta laureaadid. Eestist pälvis preemia väärinfo paljastamisega tegelev blogi @propastop .
ℹ️ Pressiteade: http://eptwitter.eu/qCVh https://t.co/n0Yf4b9R15
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1674363991731195904

It’s that time of year, Ingmar Bergman fans. https://t.co/ciXZxAAGnY

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1674337197015678977

Double or nothing, as it were, the crowd is real too
. https://n.respublicae.eu/maxseddon/status/1674131609979609088
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max seddon: Putin makes a totally spontaneous appearance in front of adoring crowds in Derbent, definitely nothing to do with countering the reception Wagner got in Rostov https://t.co/uQPUVS2fBN
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1674153366320971776

More proof the US is losing it a serious country @RadioFreeTom https://n.respublicae.eu/atrupar/status/1674058535099854850
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Aaron Rupar: beyond parody https://t.co/BgoMLD7ahj
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1674063598455336960

After so many failures by the UN and OSCE in fulfilling their mission to prevent and stop wars and war crimes, and how both are abused by authoritarian states, perhaps their respective 80th and 50th anniversaries in 2025 should be the occasion to retire them both as useless. https://n.respublicae.eu/LotteLeicht1/status/1673937089887444994
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Lotte Leicht: 8 people, incl 3 children, killed by #Russian missiles against the centre of #Kramatorsk #Ukraine
Will #UN GA finally adopt a Resolution supporting the creation of a Special Int'l Tribunal to prosecute the leaders responsible for this #CrimeOfAggression?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66031342 https://t.co/oNbYrTizpM
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1673955080024858626

Päris hea kõne. Mõelgem nüüd oma poliitikutele.
Kes neist sellist kõnet suudaks pidada?
Ja teiseks, kes neist kvalifitseeriks targaks? https://n.respublicae.eu/Fatassinari/status/1673951989204484096
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Fabrizio Tassinari: The kindest person in the room is often the smartest.
This from the Illinois governor JB Pritzker has so many applications and might just make your day. Must watch.
https://t.co/2M4Co6ccne
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1673960671367643136

A wild thread! https://n.respublicae.eu/ChrisO_wiki/status/1673963225845493764
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ChrisO_wiki: 1/ Russian sources reportedly say that Sergei Shoigu's plan to defang the Wagner Group failed because he didn't anticipate Yevgeny Prigozhin's personal popularity. Prigozhin had prior knowledge of the moves being made against him, leading to his strike against Rostov-on-Don. https://t.co/2B3jpFSJIZ
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1673964179953184769

How many decades before we let Russians into Europe again?
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Christopher Miller: Russian forces stuck a popular shopping center beside Hotel Kramatorsk in the city’s center. It housed RIA Pizza, where every correspondent covering the war has probably dined, and businesses including Adidas, Reebok and more. Local authorities say casualties but number unclear. https://t.co/JFT9ymiFwW
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1673768897877516314

She says all the things CEE was brow-beaten, derided and "shamed" not to say.
These truths did not comport with the 30 years of Kumbaya we just lived through.
Silence was what allowed Merkel to do NS2 after Crimea and Obama to do nothing.
Three decades of delusion.
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Dénes Törteli 🇪🇺🇭🇺🇺🇦: Ukrainian deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar: "We should not repeat the mistakes of our enemies. They got involved in this losing war because they underestimated us and did not understand our mentality.
We have to fight them taking into account:
- that they have an advantage… https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1673030451768832000 https://t.co/hHDiOvYull
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1673226641596731392

AKA old Stock Footage.
Released for the first time since the mutiny.
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NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦: Russia released footage of Shoigu for the first time since the mutiny of Prigozhin. “Inspecting” something. https://t.co/nKJe2d9YvW
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1673230027092099073

Excellent piece by @CatherineBelton echoes similar jingoist views in the recent Meduza story on expat "liberals" rooting for Russia to win.

This hardening of attitudes will guarantee ostracism as a pariah nation for generations of Russians.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/10/putin-political-risks-ukraine-counteroffensive/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1667870614349127680

Torturing 16-year-olds is something Russians do.
RT @halyapuff: #Russia invaders of #Berdiansk seize and torture two 16-year-old #Ukraine lads, threaten 20-year sentences
#Ohannisian #Khanhanov #LetMyPeopleGo #StandWithUkraine #StopRussia #Zaporizhzhia
https://khpg.org/en/1608812370 https://t.co/A5dCOg3uso

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1667809628044812290