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Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
JD Vance's former national security adviser Andy Baker: The idea that Article 5 is a matter of belief, I find deeply aggravating.
Article 5 is a treaty commitment to consult and to decide what counts as a breach of the peace and what allies do in response — CFR. 1/
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
Trump claims he has the right to run for a third presidential term
At a Republican rally in Iowa, Trump acknowledged that the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution prohibits anyone from being elected president more than twice, but claimed that his case was an exception.
He explained his position by insisting that he considers himself the winner of the 2020 election, which he officially lost to Joe Biden.
“They cheated us a second time because we won three times. So I think I have the right to run again,” he said.
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
Weidel: "Prolonging the war and shooting drones into the hinterland of Russia, destroying refineries, houses, and buildings near Moscow, is a huge provocation."
Host: "It's defending itself."
Weidel: "No, it's not."
Host: "Every night, drones and ballistic missiles rain down on Ukraine..."
Weidel: "This strategy is very risky, and we've been criticizing it. We want to end this war.
It doesn't help if a country [Ukraine] launches drone attacks against a country [Russia] that has nuclear weapons. It doesn't make sense, it's very risky and very stupid.
We need to end this, and we need to actually put pressure on Ukrainian president to have the willingness to end the dying and stop this very risky strategy for all of Europe."🔚
Folks, here is Weidel's imaginary reality: black is white, the victim is to blame for the crime against them, and defending your home against a bloody, illegal invasion that murders children and razes towns is "stupid," while letting Russia occupy you and carry out a country-wide Bucha massacre is probably smart.
And defending yourself is risky! Risky, did you hear that? Well, no shit, just standing there and catching Russian ballistics with your face is risky, too. So we may as well take the risk and, hear me out, fight back?
Please don't vote for this evil Russian appendix in Germany!
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
Trump: A stupid Russian general had a thousand tanks on a concrete highway and would have reached Kyiv in four hours.
He turned onto farmland after the heaviest rainfall in 10 years. The tanks got stuck in mud like quicksand and could not go forward or back. 1/
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
🤡 Trump administration finds a way to remove some Russian shadow fleet tankers from sanctions without formally lifting them — Bloomberg
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Washington is allowing sanctioned tankers to be sold to new owners, who would then be able to use them for legitimate oil shipments.
According to Wright, around 1,600 vessels are currently under sanctions. The initiative could bring dozens or even hundreds of tankers back into the legitimate shipping market, helping reduce transportation costs.
Wright rejected the suggestion that the US is effectively lifting sanctions. He explained that under their new owners, the vessels would no longer transport sanctioned oil.
“We’ll move some ships from what I call the ‘bad guys’ fleet to the ‘good guys’ fleet,” the secretary said.
How convenient: yesterday a tanker was “bad,” today it has a new owner — and suddenly it's “good.”
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
🚨 BREAKING: Zelenskyy doesn't want to end the war and probably never did, Trump says
Here's what the US president just posted on Truth Social:
🔵 “My decision on Russia is a very simple one. I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and don’t want to do anything that will drive, foolishly, Russia away from the bargaining table. Great progress is being made, and that includes current hostage negotiations!”
🔵 “Signing that document at this time will do that, and I can sign it later, or any time that I want!”
🔵 “Lastly, Zelenskyy is using Diesel Refineries in Russia as a target, knowing that these attacks are seriously hurting the world diesel markets, including those in the United States.”
🔵 “Zelenskyy doesn’t care, and frankly, with all of the money that Europe is famously giving him, and that Crooked Joe Biden gave him in the past, he doesn’t want to end this war, and probably never did.”
🔵 “He could have made a better deal two years ago than he can now. His country is in shambles, a large portion of his land is lost, his oceans and seas are gone, and his male population is low, wounded, and/or dead.”
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
Within the past week, Trump has begun a complete strategic shift on both the Ukraine War and the Iran War.
He has now completely abandoned Ukraine and is handing Russia all they are asking for, seemingly for nothing in return. Could be a huge financial relief for Russia
Simultaneously, he seems ready to restart the disastrous war against Iran (who receive funding from Russia).
It’s almost like these things are connected. Attacking Iran forces him to give Russia concessions, which in turn feeds the Iranian military.
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
The US has withdrawn from the Group of States against Corruption
It became the third country after Russia and Belarus to leave the organization.
The State Department explained the decision by saying that the US pays annual membership fees but does not receive significant benefits from membership.
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
Braun stał się tym, przed czym sam ostrzegał:
- „Gdybym był wrogiem Polski, podsycałbym antagonizmy między Polakami i Ukraińcami, wykorzystując historyczne resentymenty. To mogłoby być bardzo dobre narzędzie do rozwiązania kwestii tak polskiej, jak i ukraińskiej".
I najlepszy fragment
"i obawiam się, że to może być grane w którymś momencie".
Ten moment jest dziś
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
German AfD Leader Alice Weidel on Ukraine:
We will stop payments to Ukraine and all support for the war, and we will also make substantial repayment demands on Ukraine.
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
🇷🇺🇵🇱 In Russia, a monument to war criminals replaced a memorial to repressed Poles
In Yakutsk, on the site of a demolished memorial to Polish exiles, the authorities installed a monument to Dmitry Egorov and Nikolai Romanov, who “went as volunteers” to the war against Ukraine and were killed.
Egorov served in the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade, which took part in the occupation of Bucha, Irpin, and Hostomel.
Ukraine’s HUR published intercepted orders from the brigade’s command demanding that no prisoners be taken and that Ukrainian soldiers’ heads be cut off.
Investigators tied beheadings and the execution of 9 surrendered drone operators to the unit.
In summer 2025, HUR released another intercept in which a field commander of a 155th subunit ordered a wounded Russian from his own company to be killed because he could not be evacuated.
The Kremlin still praises the criminal brigade. Putin called its “achievements” a model, made it “Guards,” and gave Egorov the "Hero of Russia" posthumously. Romanov got the "Order of Courage".
The site used to hold a memorial to hundreds of Polish and Lithuanian exiles who died or served sentences in the region from the 18th to the 20th century, and to all victims of Soviet mass political repression.
Five large granite stones stood in a semicircle. Four bore plaques for Polish scholars of Siberia and Yakutia: Wacław Sieroszewski, Edward Pekarski, Jan Czerski and Aleksander Czekanowski. The fifth was dedicated to all victims of exile and mass repression.
In 2023, the plaques were removed first, then the stones. The authorities said the memorial was not on the cultural-heritage register.
The monument stands by schools. It once told children about Siberian researchers and Soviet repression. Today it is war propaganda for children and the glorification of war crimes.
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
😭 “Oh my God, why?...”
A woman asks rescuers whether they have seen her grandson, who was on the seventh floor of his home when a Russian ballistic missile struck Kyiv. Until the very end, she hopes he is still alive.
But rescuers then carry the body of her grandson out of the destroyed building. Her cries of grief are impossible to hear without being shaken.
🚨 A very difficult night for Kyiv: the death toll in the capital has already risen to 11
Monitoring channels report that Russia used around 100 jet-powered and 80 conventional Shahed drones, dozens of Kh-101 cruise missiles, Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles, Zircon hypersonic missiles, North Korean ballistic missiles, Kalibr cruise missiles, and Kh-69s.
The attack has been ongoing for around 11 hours.
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
🇺🇦🕯️ Today, funerals are being held for members of the large Voronov family
On July 30, a Russian ballistic missile hit their house, killing the parents Artem and Olena Voronov, as well as their children Mark, Azariy Ilai and Emilia.
Five more children, Zakhariy, Dominika, Viorika and Federika, and their one-and-a-half-year-old grandson Artem are still listed as missing.
Their remains have not yet been found and identified.
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
Ukrainian soldier Danylo Voronov lost his 18-month-old son, his parents, and his brothers and sisters today.
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
The largest mosque in the United States has just opened in Dearborn Heights.
Islamists have been funding similar mega-mosques in Europe for decades.
The Eyyub Sultan mosque, which will be Europe’s largest is currently being funded by Turkey and Qatar.
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
Today, the Russians used their ballistic missile to destroy an ordinary house belonging to an ordinary family in Radushne, near Kryvyi Rih, in our Dnipro region. It was the Voronov family: mother Olena, father Artem, seven children – Mark, Dominika, Zakharii, Azarii Ilai, Federica, Emilia, and Viorika – and one-and-a-half-year-old grandson Artem, the child of their eldest son, who is now defending Ukraine. As of now, it has been confirmed that parents and three children – Mark, Azarii Ilai, and Emilia – were killed. The Russian missile struck with such force that almost nothing was left of the house… Fragments of human bodies were found under the rubble, and only forensic examinations can establish which members of the family they belong to. The fate of Zakharii, Dominika, Viorika, Federica, and Artem is still being determined… It is a horrific crime of Russia’s war against Ukraine – against ordinary people, against ordinary life.
This Russian evil can only be stopped by the whole world. No one in the world can be left to face such terror alone. And when we say that Ukraine needs missiles for Patriots, when we seek the capabilities to defend ourselves against Russian ballistic missiles, this isn’t about abstractions. We are talking about families like this, people like these, who can live if we have the means to shoot down Russian missiles – if our partners help us with interceptors. Families who can be killed if we have nothing to stop Russian Iskanders with.
It is important that these people are seen by those who make decisions – decisions at the Pentagon, in European capitals, and everywhere in the world where there is an opportunity to help Ukraine protect lives. Reality speaks for itself. Protecting lives is necessary. Air defense missiles are necessary.
Eternal memory to all Ukrainians who were killed by Russian strikes… Eternal gratitude to everyone who helps!
Rafal Kokoszka retweeted
In Kyiv, the bodies of two people killed in a Russian attack are lying in the middle of the street.
In the Shevchenkivskyi district, a residential building where people are trapped has partially collapsed on the first and second floors.
Russia has already launched about 20 missiles at Kyiv in the past half hour.
