Classic Friedrich Merz: "We must never confuse aggressor and victim in this terrible war", he says. And then invites over Netanyahu.
He is a terrible person.
And they all are saying that on X! Oh the irony...
painful ain't it?
Goes to show the stickiness of social networks imo, I doubt any of them have even heard of bluesky
This is just perfect levels of trolling after Vance accused him of not being grateful
He shouldn't thank anyone because he doesn't need to.
His country is carrying a whole continent on their shoulders. We should thank Ukraine. We are in deep debt to them.
You're not wrong by any means, but this show of good faith is how he garners the support he needs to continue being our Frontline. I wish they didn't have to be, but I'm glad they have such a dedicated and competent leader to guide them through this
He doesn't have to, but it's a kind gesture and is good for publicity.
He's working tirelessly for every bullet and is thankful for every one.
Slava Ukraini...
If Trump tried to make all his "deals" like the one yesterday, it's no wonder that he failed so often.
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I wonder if anyone else has ever felt this feeling in history, if this is what citizens of Coruscant in Star Wars felt when the Death Star blew up, or citizens of the Fire Nation when Aang started kicking ass...
Knowledge that the powers that control where you live are failing, and satisfaction because you realize that's a GOOD thing
There needs to be a word for this Anti-Patriotism
America: The war should have ended in 3 days.
Zelensky: You sound like Russian propaganda.
America: How dare you! We used the American translation!
One can only hope that without the US, Ukraine can still hold out long enough for Russia to implode. One must unfortunately further hope that the US doesn't start helping Russia e.g by undoing sanctions or even sending over money and troops.
Through the whole of 2024 the Russia was advancing faster than anyone expected.
During that year, they managed to occupy 0.7 % of Ukraine's territory. Which basically rounds to zero.
the Russia now works mainly without military vehicles. Even if there was a complete collapse of the Ukrainian front, the Russia would be less able to exploit it than they were able to advance in northern parts of Ukraine in spring 2022. I'd say that the best the Russia can do is to advance about ten times as much as in 2024. That is, they could maybe occupy another 7% of Ukraine's territory. USA can of course try helping by lifting the sanctions, but EU won't coöperate with that.
If USA blocks Ukraine from getting air defence missiles, the Ukrainian electricity distribution will be in deep trouble. Not the end of the world right now, when it's already spring in Ukraine, but the next winter might get seriously bad even if the Russia has already lost by that point.
If the EU stays supporting Ukraine, it won't lose before the Russia does. But it might be in for its most painful year in this war 😢
💛💙 Дякую, Україно! 💛💙
the day my country starts helping russia destroy Ukraine is coming soon, i fear. all this has been prelude to us, softening us up for the concept. wearing us out until we no longer have the energy to stand up and fight for what is right. our treatment of our ally will be a permanent bloodstain in the tapestry of history, and our turn towards russia a permanent singe.
Just a reminder that if you're conscripted to fight on behalf of whatever stupid war the US is going to be initiating, sabotaging your troop transport on the way over is potentially a moral decision.
It's already started. Trump is emboldening Putin with his attempt at brokering a peace deal and making concessions from the start without involving Ukraine. His threats to encourage Russia to attack NATO countries.
He's doing Putin's political dirty work.
The US could likely have a second civil war because of Trump aligning with Putin.
If we exclude number of nukes, because if they become the main factor of a war everyone loses, Europe (EU+UK) has more active military... everything... than Russia and China. In most metrics Europe surpasses the US, and if we include Ukraine then it surpasses the US in everything except spending.
The only thing holding Europe back is Europe. If our politicians get their shit together and put their national egos aside for a bit, then the only thing we need from the US is for them to get the fuck out of Europe.
What would happen if Europe joins the war though? Who would join Russia? China? India?
North Korea is already involved but for some reason that didn't get Europe involved and there must be a reason why.
Poor Donald Tusk. Having to have a name so close to the more (in)famous leader who seems to be your almost exact evil counterpart.
It's still crazy to me how there is a prime minister whose name is a perfect merge of the names of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. It really makes me wonder if we are in some kind of simulation and one of the devs was being cheeky.
A world leader who has almost the direct opposite view on geopolitics as well. We truly live in clown world
Waiting for Elon Mrump next.
You can't imagine the first time I was reading news about Slovakia, and I saw the PM called Robert Fico. I was like, Roberto Fico (Italian politician) did what now?!
Zelenskyy and the Ukrainians are bearing the weight in the frontline of the war between Democracy and Autocracy. They have my sword!
I'm sure they'll make good use of it, and return when they're finished - if possible.
(and my axe, too.)
Get off Twitter
Yeah, that will save Ukraine!
Why do people make these unhelpful comments? He's stuck on X because that's where all the world leaders are. Zelensky is in no position to spearhead a move away from it while his country is being invaded
Seriously! On the platform of a traitorous piece of shit half responsible for this mess...
That's what world leaders are using, though.
In this case Ukraine gaining support by communicating using a medium used by international diplomacy outweighs the cons of Twitter getting more visibility.
Politicians should migrate to other platforms as well, but Zelenskyj is about the last person to have to take the first step!
Exactly. Only thing here bothers me that why so many state reps still are on this shit platform.
Turns out a number of the good reps are on Bluesky. Yesterday I even found Tim Walz has an account there and I've seen many from other states tagged in comments.
Move to Bluesky.
lol, see that Vance? You a lil removed.
I hope Friedrich Merz will not flip flop on that. You can't rely on the guy.
Hey, that's not fair. Bring him a little black suitcase now and then and you'll find you can rely on him without any worries.
undiscernible blurping from the likes of Vance
Zee: Thanks, I guess? So much for the global superpower.
