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Our goal is to make the border regions of Russia absolutely safe in the future, and we do not plan to make this subject a topic for possible peace negotiations with Ukraine. Russia is establishing a 'security zone' in Ukraine at the border. This was stated by Putin, who emphasized that the status of that area will not be negotiated in future peace talks. #Oekraïne #ElonMusk #Oorlog (translated)

Sander Sassen wrote that Rob Jetten's call for all possible support for Ukraine amounted, in his view, to prolonging a war of attrition. He argued that the front line barely moved, that the Russian economy had adapted, and that Western munitions stocks and political support were finite. According to Sassen, diplomatic solutions were wrongly dismissed as a sign of weakness. Sassen referred to Ukrainian estimates of more than 1.5 million Russian dead and wounded and to Western analyses, including those from CSIS, which he claimed spoke of hundreds of thousands of casualties and over one hundred thousand deaths in Ukraine. He argued that the war constituted a demographic disaster for both countries and that further pressure from sanctions and weapons would result in more casualties. Negotiations, according to Sassen, were not capitulation but the way to end the war. He claimed that a full Ukrainian recapture of the borders of 1991 was militarily unrealistic without direct NATO intervention, risking a war with Russia. He advocated for territorial compromises, likely along the current front line, security guarantees for the remaining Ukraine, and an end to mobilization. He noted that Ukrainian men were forcibly taken off the streets in this process. Sassen acknowledged that such compromises would feel unjust and could reward aggression, but argued that they were better than continuing the current bloodshed. He accused Jetten and like-minded individuals of blocking serious diplomacy and urged the Prime Minister to immediately pursue a diplomatic solution. #Oorlog #Diplomatie #Vrede (translated)

Eppo Tjuchem wrote that a stadium ban from Mayor Schouten, according to him with Mayor Halsema in the background, did not prevent Ofir and Joram from traveling to Alkmaar. He stated that they played music at the deportation monument there, without riots or misbehavior, thus making a dignified and powerful statement. Tjuchem argued that mayors yielded to pro-Palestinian demonstrators and Israelis refused to maintain peace. According to him, Ofir and Joram had shown what having backbone really meant. #stadionverbod #demonstratie #kunst (translated)

Daniel Schatz wrote that Mahmoud Abbas had once again postponed the Palestinian elections. According to Schatz, Abbas was elected in 2005 for a four-year term and had then governed for 21 years, 17 of which were without a renewed popular mandate. Schatz criticized Morgan Johansson and Jonas Sjöstedt for not speaking out and described the government's statement, which came after several days, as late and weak. He argued that the commitment of many who claim to support the Palestinians was more about hatred of Israel than about the Palestinians' freedom, democracy, and right to choose to reject an aging, increasingly corrupt, and authoritarian leadership. According to him, the silence was total when Abbas deprived the Palestinians of their fundamental democratic right. #Palestina #Demokrati #Maktabuse (translated)

Historian and journalist Hubert Smeets criticizes in his column the possibility of a new unjust agreement between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, which would force Ukraine to capitulate without real peace, and points out the consequences for the Ukrainian population and the geopolitical situation in Europe. #Oekraïne #Poetin #Trump (translated)

Martin Bos wrote that the parliament of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt had rallied behind the peace initiative of AfD and BSW. He claimed that CDU, SPD, Greens, and Left, which he described as war parties, had tried in vain to sabotage the initiative by all means. https://t.co/zApRN7CHPG #SachsenAnhalt #Vredesinitiatief #Politiek (translated)

Joren Vermeersch wrote that he did not view the closure of Starlink for Ukrainian drone operations on Ukrainian territory as a lever to make Ukraine stop attacking Russian refineries. According to him, Ukraine had already unilaterally halted those attacks at Trump's request. Vermeersch suspected that Trump might want to force Ukraine to withdraw from the non-occupied parts of the Donetsk province and hand them over to Russia. He derived this from Trump's statements that Zelensky did not want to reach an agreement and that Putin was more focused on an agreement than Zelensky. According to Vermeersch, Trump seemed to think that Putin would be willing to negotiate a ceasefire after such a Ukrainian concession. He described that expectation as dangerous wishful thinking and pointed out that, in his view, Putin also claimed the non-conquered parts of Zaporizhia and Kherson. According to Vermeersch, Russia had constitutionally annexed those provinces; the claimed areas also included both provincial capitals. A Russian presence there would give Russia, according to him, a foothold on the right bank of the Dnipro in two places, in view of a possible third phase of the conquest war. As the main obstacle to a ceasefire, Vermeersch mentioned Putin's demand that Ukraine unilaterally disarm and demilitarize. According to him, that would amount to capitulation and certainly provoke a new invasion. He wrote that Putin had repeated that demand in every diplomatic round, including during the last round in Moscow the month before, with Witkoff and Kuchner. Vermeersch believed that Trump was wrongly thinking that Putin did not take that demand seriously. Vermeersch argued that Ukraine could not afford dangerous wishful thinking, as it was fighting for the survival of its society, people, and state. Because Putin continued to insist on unconditional capitulation, Ukraine was forced to keep defending itself. He wrote that it would continue to do so until it achieved a ceasefire that left it free in the part of the country it had successfully defended. #Oekraïne #Rusland #Vrede (translated)

Sander Sassen called for listening to Défano Holwijn and tagged Dilan Yeşilgöz. According to Sassen, Holwijn summarized well how most Dutch people thought about it. He referred to the calls as war mongering and stated that there were Dutch people who did not want that. He also said that, in his opinion, no one thought that the Russians would come. https://t.co/Tk8pIS8STS #Nederland #Vrede #Oorlog (translated)

Marieke Hoogwout wrote that there were also flags of the Iranian regime visible and claimed that the regime had killed 40,000 demonstrators in three days this year. She stated that the movement, in her opinion, had nothing to do with freedom, humanity, or peace, and said that people who thought differently should seek help before it was too late. #Iran #Demonstraties #Vrijheid (translated)

Youth parties CDA, D66, and VVD criticize the peace movement Stop the War Fever for spreading fear about the reintroduction of conscription, emphasizing that the voluntary choice for young people remains guaranteed unless there is an acute threat. #Vrede #Dienstplicht #Jongeren (translated)