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A good quick thread by @ulrichspeck
RT @ulrichspeck: My take on von der Leyen's major speech on China. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_23_2063
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641767499665485824
Important read from @ChathamHouse' top security expert on Russia, @KeirGiles.
I especially recommend this to all those Nervous Nellies in Western governments who run for cover every time Putin says "Boo".
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641763327616466944
Horrific.
RT @shashj: "The population was divided into five core categories". Number one was "Those deemed leaders of Ukrainian nationalism who were specified for physical liquidation on a high-priority target list, or for capture to enable show trials." https://static.rusi.org/202303-SR-Unconventional-Operations-Russo-Ukrainian-War-web-final.pdf.pdf
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641762173188751361
Today, NAFO stands for the North Atlantic Finnish Organization.
cc: @minna_alander
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641562925650329600
You knew all along @minna_alander that Finnish accession to NATO meant they would use CBRN to destroy the organization from within.
RT @minna_alander: Ok so I have a solution for Sweden’s NATO dilemma. Here’s what Finland needs to do:
Finnish NATO representative should insist on eating Surströmming at every meeting until Sweden is fully ratified
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641560477695197184
European security today took the biggest step forward in a generation.
Congratulations Suomi.
Thank you Suomi for taking this step.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641556273190535169
Voting Hour:
Turkish Parliament votes to complete expansion of NATO to include Finland.
NY Grand jury votes to indict Donald Trump.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641555418391494657
Yes!
Congratulations dear Suomi!
I’ve been hoping for this for years, knowing that someday this would finally come to pass.
And that all my annoying nudging, as pointless as it seemed, would someday be forgiven.
RT @dwnews: JUST IN: Turkey's parliament approves bill to allow Finland to join NATO.
More to follow on https://www.dw.com/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641552817000177670
Here’s What Happened When ChatGPT Wrote to Elected Politicians | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/171459/chatgpt-ai-cornell-experiment-politicians-constituents-emails?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=EB_TNR&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1680189487-2
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641519388640550924
Pro-Kremlin Twitter accounts ‘weaponizing’ fringe users to erode Canadians’ support for Ukraine, study finds - The Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-russia-twitter-warfare-ukraine-canada/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641518952420352004
The Yahoos in Brazil Identified in Sergey Cherkasov’s Complaint https://www.emptywheel.net/?p=111132
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641506866722136069
The Vulkan Files: Secret trove offers rare look into Russian cyberwar ambitions - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/03/30/russian-cyberwarfare-documents-vulkan-files/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641481955081437184
Amazing. Or maybe not.
RT @MaxlWerner: Die Abgeordneten der FPÖ verlassen bei den ersten Worten des ukrainischen Präsidenten Wolodymyr Selenskyj ihre Sitzplätze, stellen dort Schilder mit der Aufschrift „Platz für Frieden“ und „Platz für Neutralität“ auf. #OeNr
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641468162167144449
Ever more Stalinist by the day:
Denunciations of children ✔️
Arrests of foreign correspondents ✔️
Murders of perceived opponents of the dictator ✔️
RT @ASLuhn: Details are sparse but this seems very bad. @evangershkovich has lots of experience in Russia, has official accreditation & is obviously not a spy. This could be a game-changer for foreign media still working there https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/03/30/russia-detains-wsj-journalist-on-spying-allegations-a80657
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641354664389099520
Denunciations and arrests of 10 year-olds.
Russians in full Stalin mode.
(it's not Putin, but ordinary people. It's not just the war, it's the whole culture now.)
https://www.ft.com/content/b1657ee3-eb9d-41c7-851e-5900c74bd934
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641345609125842944
Quite the story from @michaeldweiss
RT @michaeldweiss: Exclusive: Inside Ukraine's bold, months-long plot to get a trio of Russian pilots to defect with their aircraft. https://news.yahoo.com/this-is-like-a-movie-ukraines-secret-plan-to-convince-3-russian-pilots-to-defect-with-their-planes-030018349.html
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641290960200925189
After the travesty of the Budapest Memorandum why would Ukrainians accept anything short of NATO?
RT @andrewmichta: I find conversations about some sort of Western guarantee to #Ukraine short of NATO membership to be vacuous. Consider why #Finland and #Sweden have asked to join @NATO. They know very well that nothing short of the Article V guarantee is enough today to make them secure. 3/7
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1641005491974287360
Numbers are hard. @HankeVela @POLITICOEurope
is exercised that Estonia's reimbursement for donated weapons is so high.
Even if you claim a lower percentage -- as Estonia does -- if you donate a lot more, the total will be higher.
Perhaps a refresher in arithmetic is in order.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1640956701774868480
I guess @HankeVela has problems with checking facts and no problems with anonymous sources.
RT @andreaskaju: this @HankeVela story has now been fact-checked and appears to be completely untrue:
1. Estonia has never had any Strelas
2. and subsequently, has not sent any to Ukraine
3. Estonia has not had nor acquired any Stingers
4. Estonia sent over its first wave of weapons incl…
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/IlvesToomas/status/1640814206638325761
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