Republican Congressman Thomas Massie is seeking to impeach US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of waging military action against Iran for more than 90 days without congressional authorisation. #Impeachment #Trump #PeteHegseth
The Ukrainian delegation has started work in the UAE. A meeting with representatives of the UK, France, Germany, Italy, NATO and the European Commission, together with the US representatives, will take place first. (translated)
Funny how, when Clinton lost to him in 2016, he didn't complain about the polls being so wrong.
Phillips OBrien
@phillipspobrien.bsky.social
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Ihanaa, taas neuvotellaan Ukrainan suvereniteetista kuin se olisi muidenkin kuin ukrainalaisten päätettävissä. Moskovan pitäisi lopettaa hyökkäys, ei saada palkintoa siitä.
Matti Pesu
@PesuMatti
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Concerns have also been raised about comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding a potential agreement with Russia that would affect not only Ukraine but all of Europe. #UkrainanSota #Neuvottelut #Venäjä (translated)
The United States has evacuated its aircraft from the RAF Mildenhall base located in Britain due to a threat from Iran, and authorities are still assessing the nature of the threat. #USA #Iran #turvallisuus (translated)
They're calling him the first green president.
🔥🔥One of russia’s largest chemical plants, Novomoskovsk Azot, is burning in the Tula region. Looks like russia’s chemical industry has discovered a new product. Smoke. Lots of it.
Henri Vanhanen wrote that in the United States, Russia was understood more than its own allies, in his opinion. He assessed that Hillary Clinton's words from ten years ago had gained new weight. Vanhanen reminded of the 2018 Helsinki summit, where Trump, in his view, appeared to trust Vladimir Putin's assurances more than the U.S. intelligence community's assessments of Russia's interference in the presidential elections. Vanhanen wrote that Russia had actively sought to promote Trump's victory in the same elections. According to Vanhanen, U.S. Russia policy changed after Trump's return: Russia was once again brought to the center of great power diplomacy, and Washington sought normalization of relations as well as economic arrangements. He also pointed out that the United States voted in 2025 at the UN against a resolution concerning Ukraine alongside Russia and that Putin was welcomed with a red carpet at the Alaska summit while Russia's invasion war continued. Vanhanen assessed that Russia had benefited from political decisions made during Trump's presidency and wrote that the United States was ready to pressure Ukraine. He wondered why Trump spoke warmly of Putin, who in Washington defined the direction of Russia policy, and why Trump occasionally showed more understanding to Putin than to his allies. According to Vanhanen, these decisions could no longer be explained as mere individual blunders or the president's unpredictability. #Trump #Venäjä #Yhdysvallat (translated)
Euroopan turvallisuutta ei muka pidä rakentaa Trumpin vaalikalenterin ehdoilla — mutta hänen lähipiiriinsä pääsyä kehutaan saavutuksena. Aika kätevä ristiriita :)
Henri Vanhanen
@HenriVanhanen
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Diplomatiaa tarvitaan, mutta tosiasioiden vähättely ei auta rauhaa. Jos hyökkäyksestä palkitaan, ei pitäisi yllättyä, kun joku kokeilee samaa uudestaan.
Henri Vanhanen
@HenriVanhanen
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Henri Vanhanen wrote that a Russian drone strike had hit a park in the Kharkiv region and that a picture of a dead child in a stroller had been circulated in the media afterwards. As a parent, he described seeing the image as shocking. He criticized the statements made by Donald Trump on the same day, which claimed that Russia had acted well in Ukraine and had not done much at all. Vanhanen listed the actions taken by Russia in Ukraine, such as the execution of civilians, sexual violence, torture of prisoners of war, and the forced relocation of Ukrainian children. He also wrote about drone strikes against civilians as well as bombings of hospitals, residential buildings, and energy infrastructure. According to him, Trump had downplayed Russia's actions and blamed Ukrainian leadership, as well as being willing to discuss the war with Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping without the Ukrainian president present. Vanhanen assessed that the President of the United States should act as the moral voice of the free world, but believed that someone else should take on this responsibility if Trump was unable to do so. He stated that he understood the realities of great power politics but feared that in negotiations to end the war, Russia would retain some of the regions it had seized through violence, and the war of aggression would prove at least partially beneficial for it. He argued that such an outcome would send a very dangerous message to others. #Ukraina #Venäjä #Trump (translated)
Jep, on ihan absurdia antaa hyökkäyssotaa käyvälle Venäjälle erityisasema Ahvenanmaalla. Suomen turvallisuutta ei voi rakentaa vanhojen järjestelyjen varaan.
Henri Vanhanen
@HenriVanhanen
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Henri Vanhanen wrote that Finland should close the Russian consulate in Mariehamn after the Russian consul left Åland. According to him, the consulate, established in 1940 at the demand of the Soviet Union, oversaw the demilitarization of Åland, and Russia still had a special status as overseer of Finland's military arrangements in the area. Vanhanen found the situation grotesque and said there was no convincing reason to maintain the consulate in the current security environment. He referred to a previous HBL poll indicating that even 59 percent of Ålanders supported closing the consulate. Vanhanen also believed that the future of Åland's demilitarization should be discussed seriously. He described the islands as a strategically important archipelago located in the critically important Baltic Sea for the security of Finland and Sweden, stating that the starting point for defense should be military necessity. He noted that closing the consulate and dismantling the demilitarization were legally distinct issues, but both deserved a new security policy assessment. Vanhanen wrote that Russia should not dictate how Finland defends its territory. (translated)
Rauha, jossa hyökkääjää ei painosteta mutta puolustajaa kyllä, kuulostaa lähinnä antautumiselta siistimmässä paketissa.
Henri Vanhanen
@HenriVanhanen
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Henri Vanhanen wrote that he appreciated that Volodymyr Zelensky had said Trump pressured Ukraine to surrender to Russia. According to Vanhanen, this was not about individual statements but a series of decisions from 2025–2026. Vanhanen listed Trump accusing Ukraine of starting the war, halting military aid and intelligence sharing, demanding territorial concessions, and reducing the delivery of Patriot missiles. He stated that Trump also demanded Ukraine stop striking Russian oil refineries, loosened sanctions on Russia, and did not demand similar concessions from Putin. Vanhanen mentioned that Putin had proposed a summit with Trump and Xi regarding Ukraine’s future without Ukraine and European countries. He described Trump’s Ukraine policy as contradictory: according to him, Trump aimed to end the war but reduced pressure on the aggressor and increased it on the defending Ukraine. According to Vanhanen, it would suffice for Putin if Washington started to consider Ukraine’s resistance an obstacle to peace and Russia’s demands a starting point for negotiations. He assessed that this could help Russia achieve negotiating goals that it had not attained on the battlefield and encourage Moscow to continue the war in hopes of new concessions. https://t.co/r10fKzP3r3 #Ukraina #Trump #Putin (translated)
The lack of warnings from partners about ballistic missile launches over Ukraine will not affect fuel prices in any way. Nor will the restrictions on Starlink. They will only affect the Russians' desire to shell and kill even more. The world must act decisively to stop the enemy, — Zaluzhny. (translated)
‼️Reports are increasingly appearing from the Ukrainian military and experts that Starlink has been turned off/limited for Ukrainian Defenders. Starlink is used in the most effective Ukrainian interceptor against Russia's jet-powered drones. So if it's not functioning properly,
The author wrote that Finland should demand the EU Commission to use the blocking regulation in response to the tightening of sanctions imposed by Trump on the International Criminal Court. According to him, the extension of sanctions to practically all cooperation was an attack on international law. #Suomi #EU #kvOikeus #FI #EU #US (translated)
Operation Vivaldi has completed its four seasons. Ukrainian Defenders have liberated another 101 km² of Ukrainian land. The 3rd Army Corps and attached units have freed three more settlements - Zelena Dolyna, Lypove, Kolodiazi.During the fourth stage of "Vivaldi," Russia lost nearly 3,000 soldiers
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