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Foreign news journalist. @ltvzinas https://teapawt.net/t.co/4gPmAa8KbD

Riga, Latvia
Joined June 2009
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Sarunas starp ASV 🇺🇸, Ukrainu 🇺🇦 un Krieviju 🇷🇺jau noslēgušās. Ilga aptuveni 2 stundas. Kā bija sagaidāms, tās noslēgušās ar vienošanos par gūstekņu apmaiņu. Kušners un Vitkofs došoties uz Maskavu, apspriest rezultātus. Pēc tam Dublinā tiksies arī ar Zelenski.
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Pentagons devis zaļo gaismu pastāvīgai 🇺🇸 militārajai bāzei Polijā 🇵🇱. Vienošanos ar Trampu varētu parakstīt decembrī. Polijā pašlaik atrodas aptuveni 10 000 amerikāņu karavīru. Varšava segtu bāzes infrastruktūras izmaksas - 3,5–4 miljardu eiro apmērā.
Przełomowe rozmowy w Waszyngtonie ! 🇵🇱🤝🇺🇸 Mamy zielone światło ze strony Pentagonu dla stałej bazy wojsk USA w Polsce. Przegląd amerykańskich sił w Europie dobiega końca, a wszystko zmierza w dobrym kierunku. Z @PeteHegseth rozmawialiśmy o szczegółach. Jesteśmy coraz bliżej celu i zdeterminowani, by doprowadzić tę sprawę do końca. Dla bezpieczeństwa Polski! 🇵🇱
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Where Russian soldiers died, according to Russia's own death register. Almost every death act in the Rosstat register names a place of death. I matched those places to settlements and put them on a map. 389,719 of the 438,228 war-death acts (89%) name a place in Ukraine or in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk oblasts. Of the rest, 10,007 died elsewhere in Russia, mostly in hospitals, and 36,485 acts give no place of death, most of them from 2022 and 2023. Donetsk oblast: 248,686, 64% of the deaths with a place. Pokrovsk raion: 127,931, a third of them. Pokrovsk hromada alone: 44,951, of which 36,525 died in 2025. No other hromada comes close: next are Ocheretyne 15,982, Velyka Novosilka 15,608, Hrodivka 15,081 and Bakhmut 14,167. Kursk oblast: 19,476 (8,825 in 2024, 9,951 in 2025), 12,479 of them in Sudzha raion. The deadliest hromadas each year follow the main Russian offensives: 2023: Bakhmut 6,336, Marinka 2,905 2024: Ocheretyne 11,141, Marinka 7,435, Avdiivka 6,484 2025: Pokrovsk 36,525, Velyka Novosilka 11,164, Hrodivka 9,360 2026 to August: Pokrovsk 4,266, Huliaipole 3,846, Lyman 2,433 By settlement: Avdiivka 8,757, Kreminna 7,937, Robotyne 6,244, Makiivka (the village near Kreminna in Luhansk oblast) 6,120, Klishchiivka 5,552, Bakhmut 5,307. Deaths are named at 2,903 settlements. The early years are thin on the map, not in the register: 87% of 2022 acts and 28% of 2023 acts give no place of death. 2026 is still filling in, as only about a third of deaths reach the register within three months.
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Pirmā sarunu diena AAE starp 🇺🇸ASV, 🇺🇦Ukrainu un 🇷🇺Krieviju noslēgusies, ziņo Kijivas delegācija. Pamatā šodiena veltīta situācijas apzināšanai, sarunām ar Eiropu. Galvenā diena sarunu diena gaidāma rītdien. Tiesa, nekādu pazīmju par agresora gatavību pamieram joprojām nav.
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AAE sākušās trīspusējas Ukrainas 🇺🇦sarunas ar Eiropas 🇪🇺un ASV 🇺🇸pārstāvjiem
We have begun our work in the United Arab Emirates. The first meeting will be held with representatives of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, NATO and the European Commission, joined by US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. We will align our positions and coordinate our steps ahead of the next stage of negotiations. This will be followed by a trilateral meeting involving Ukraine, the United States and Russia. The Ukrainian delegation, alongside me, includes Kyrylo Budanov, Davyd Arakhamia, Serhii Kyslytsia and Vadym Skibitskyi. Our key priorities are to end hostilities, secure reliable post-war security guarantees, ensure Ukraine’s economic recovery and development, and advance humanitarian efforts. We are working to make as much progress as possible on these issues and bring peace closer.
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Pretkorupcijas 🇺🇦 iestādes turpina tīrīšanu. Noskaidrots, ka augsta ranga amatpersonas no Ukrainas Drošības dienesta, Nacionālās policijas un ĢP cieši sadarbojušās ar starptautisko organizēto noziedzību, nodrošinot noziedzīgajiem grupējumiem neaizskaramību apmaiņā pret naudu.
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Pēdējie mirkļi pirms barbariskās Krievijas aviobumbu nomešanas Zaporižjas apgabalā. Nogalināti ap 40 cilvēki, vēl ap 30 pazuduši…
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Polijas 🇵🇱ārlietu ministrs ar šī pērnā gada tvīta publicēšanu pasaka to, ko par ASV 🇺🇸vidustermiņa vēlēšanām šobrīd klusībā domā Eiropā
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Vienotu fronti pirmās rāda Ziemeļvalstis. Pret Krieviju nākamā gada hokeja čempionātā nespēlēs Somija 🇫🇮, Zviedrija 🇸🇪, Dānija 🇩🇰 un Norvēģija 🇳🇴 #hockey
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Arī letiņi ir vilcienā. Un izskatās, ka arī Čehija nākamnedēļ varētu pievienoties. Čehijai jau janvārī jāorganizē U18 čempionāts sievietēm.
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Arī Norvēģija 🇳🇴pievienojas Somijai, paziņojot, ka nespēlēs pret Krieviju nākamā gada hokeja čempionātā #hockey
Norway will not play against Russia at the 2027 World Championship, based on the current situation and the information available today. Read the full statement from the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association:
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Somijas 🇫🇮hokeja federācija paziņojusi, ka izlase hokeja čempionātā nespēlēs pret Krieviju, kamēr turpināsies karš Ukrainā 🇺🇦 Tā ziņo “Helsingin Sanomat”. Somi pulcējot arī citas valstis vienotā frontē, lai paustu nostāju. #hockey #ukraine
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At least 24 people were killed and five more were injured in a horrific Russian attack on Komyshuvakha in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region. Russian forces repeatedly struck a school where local residents regularly received humanitarian aid. Following the initial attack, Russia dropped nine more aerial bombs on the shelter where people had taken cover. Rescue teams are still searching for people at the site. Russia knew that civilians had gathered there to receive humanitarian aid. Yet it attacked both the building and the shelter where people had sought safety. These killings demonstrate Russia’s disregard for civilian lives. The international response must include stronger pressure on Russia and continued support for Ukraine.
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🇵🇱 Premjera Donalda Tuska paziņojums par situāciju valstī #poland
Polish PM Donald Tusk: "I sincerely wish that we would never have to witness scenes like these in Poland. However, giving in to lawlessness and violence cannot be the way to achieve peace. A democratic state must be strong and capable of enforcing justice. We have been watching this situation with concern for many hours. It is difficult for all of us to understand what the groups of politicians and activists from PiS and Confederation, ranging from Braun to Bąkiewicz, are trying to achieve by pushing and shoving. The police are responding to acts of aggression calmly but firmly. The attack on the Constitutional Tribunal and its judges is yet another chapter in the process of destroying the rule of law in Poland by PiS and Presidents Duda and Nawrocki. Together with the parliamentary majority, I have made attempts to repair the Tribunal. Nobody had any doubts that the Tribunal, in the form imposed by PiS, was not a genuine court. This was the assessment of international institutions, respected Polish legal authorities, and public opinion. We proposed resolutions and legislation to all political forces and both presidents that would have made it possible to jointly restore the rule of law. All in vain. Everything was blocked by the President and PiS. We therefore waited patiently for the election of new judges, until the terms of their predecessors appointed by PiS expired. The Sejm elected the judges. They took their oath, but the President did not see fit to receive it. The lawfully elected judges were blocked by Tribunal President Święczkowski and were unable to take up their duties. And when, after many weeks of patiently waiting, they finally decided to assume their responsibilities rather than wait any longer for Mr Święczkowski to change his position, they were attacked. I want to make this absolutely clear: lawfully elected members of the Constitutional Tribunal were attacked, and the police on the scene were protecting the Tribunal from the aggressors. To simplify matters, let me use an analogy. Imagine a situation in which a thief snatches an elderly woman's handbag and runs away. When he is apprehended, he starts shouting that violence is being used against him and calls the attempt to recover the stolen property an act of robbery. Meanwhile, some bystanders and so-called centrists suggest that, to resolve the situation peacefully, the thief and his victim should simply split the contents of the handbag equally. There are matters on which there can be no compromise. Shouting, lies, and brawling cannot be the source of law in Poland, and they never will be. Democracy is the best, and unfortunately also the most difficult, system humanity has ever devised. It is a source of pride for us as Poles that democracy was our first sovereign choice after regaining independence. Democracy is our tradition and the source of a success that is now recognised around the world. Thanks to it, we are growing stronger. The rule of law differs from the law of the jungle in that justice is not determined by physical strength or brute force. In a state governed by the rule of law, a judge, even if she is a petite woman, does not yield to an aggressive bully. The rule of law protects the weak just as much as the strong. In a state governed by the rule of law, a politician cannot enter a court or tribunal and issue orders or intimidate judges, even if that politician is the President. The rule of law does not see party colours and knows no such thing as impunity. Let us call things by their proper names. For years, there have been organisations and politicians in Poland who want to destroy democracy and the rule of law. It is not my task today to judge their motives. Whether it is greed, stupidity, or treason, the result is ultimately the same. And it is no coincidence that they find support around the world among pro-Russian forces. Today, in this conflict, they are also benefiting from the support of the Russian army of internet bots. They have even received public praise from the Kremlin's chief ideologue. We waited far too long for the treasure that is an independent, democratic Poland to become frightened and give in. We Poles have achieved far too much in building a strong state to surrender it now. I am confident that the Constitutional Tribunal will begin functioning as it should, independently, autonomously, and in accordance with the Constitution, including independently of me. It is the responsibility of the executive branch, and therefore my responsibility, to ensure its security and provide it with the conditions necessary to work. And I intend to fulfil that responsibility. Poland is strong, democratic, and determined. It has not perished, and it will not perish. Thank you very much."
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Ukrainā 🇺🇦 šodien ar autobusiem ieradušies no Hersonas apgabala okupētajiem Oleškiem evakuētie iedzīvotāji.
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ASV vēstniecība Maskavā šovakar paziņoja, ka ir brīdinājusi Krieviju par iespējamu uzbrukumu Maskavā Caricinas muzejrezervātā. FSB apliecinājis, ka ir saņēmis no ASV puses brīdinājumu par terorakta gatavošanu.
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Tikmēr Baltkrievijā šodien ierodas evakuētie Olešku iedzīvotāji. Tālāk viņi mēros ceļu atpakaļ uz Ukrainu 🇺🇦
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Policija 🇵🇱 norāda, ka neveic nekādas darbības Konstitucionālā Tribunāla ēkas telpās, pretēji sociālajos medijos izplatītajiem apgalvojumiem par ēkas ieņemšanu.
🚨Komunikat Komendy Stołecznej Policji Sędzia Trybunału Konstytucyjnego wystapiła do Policji o zapewnienie bezpieczeństwa na terenie przyległym do TK. Ponownie podkreślamy, że Policja nie prowadzi żadnych działań w siedzibie Trybunału, ograniczając je wyłącznie do terenu zewnętrznego, a także dbając o porządek i bezpieczeństwo w miejscu ogólnodostępnym, jakim jest Aleja Szucha.
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