Harry Vriend

@sarmcdonnell @eucopresident Shouldn't we at least keep trying? The EU has not made one single attempt for a diplomatic solution in four years.

@ToivariH @eucopresident Putin is certainly not interested in proper peace, as the whole world knows 🤷🏻

Promised, delivered, implemented. The EU’s strategy to achieve a just and lasting peace in Ukraine rests on two pillars: strengthening Ukraine; increasing pressure on Russia. Today we moved forward on both: ▪️ Unlocking the €90 billion loan to Ukraine, securing financial and military support for 2026–2027. ▪️ Adopting the 20th package of sanctions against Russia, reducing its ability to wage war. Europe stands firm, united and unwavering in its support to Ukraine.

@MaverikVincent @HavryshkoMarta @ZelenskyyUa Zelenskyy.

@ToivariH @HavryshkoMarta Ukraine or @ZelenskyyUa?

When will the Russian-Ukrainian war end?🤔

@polyz911 @P_Kallioniemi It is a fact. US and China industries are showing growth, European decline due to high energy cost. It will only get worse.

@ToivariH @P_Kallioniemi Lol you vatniks trully are delusional.

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen says China’s close ties to Russia rule out any EU–China trade deal. According to her, Beijing can’t back a war in Europe and expect business as usual. This is the way.

@IvoTONIUT Same will happen in other countries

Immediately after helping Zelensky's Ukraine secure €90 billion, Finland drastically cut its budget and approved austerity measures totaling €520 million. These cuts include a staggering €240 million from social welfare! 🇺🇦🚽🇫🇮✂️📉

So true!!

To confront Russia, “Europe will spend $90 billion it does not have, to buy weapons from the U.S. that it does not have, to arm soldiers that #Ukraine no longer has.” -- @Glenn_Diesen, Norwegian editor, writer and professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway.

@KShevchenkoReal So have we, utilities have become unaffordable. Heating costs, transport, inflation and aid to Ukraine. Industry disappearing, retail closing. It crushes the lower income Europeans and affects the middle class.

📉❗🇷🇺 Will poor Russians be denying themselves new clothes? In 2025 clothing & footwear sales plunged 11% in items sold, yet retailers earned +4% more rubles thanks to price hikes (average check ~$36–38). This doesn’t touch the elite with luxury brands. It crushes ordinary Russians & cheap mass-market. Moscow alone lost ‼️4,500 stores - first nationwide retail decline in 25 years. Affordable chain O’STIN - popular low-cost mass-market, closed 62 outlets, with up to 40% of fashion shops at risk in 2026. Millions now wear old jeans longer, skip new buys, & choose food & bills instead. This is the real face of 🇷🇺 “war economy” - inflation quietly taxing the majority while the numbers look fine on paper. #MakeRussiaPay Sources: Russian media reports.

@McFaul Maybe no cards but enough manpower to continue.

Putin has no cards . After 4+ years of trying to advance, his occupying army in Ukraine has been stopped. Time for Putin to sue for peace.

@kjrrusschen1844 Extreem linkse raddraaiers breiden zich snel uit en reizen door heel Nederland met name rond stations,joodse instellingen en snelwegen. Hun acties zijn gecoördineerd,anti semitisch en ontwrichten de samenleving.

Extreemrechtse Defend-groepen breiden zich snel uit en reizen door heel Nederland om lokale besluitvorming te beïnvloeden, met name rondom asielzoekerscentra. Hun acties zijn gecoördineerd en ondermijnen de democratie. 👇

@DenShtilierman Why would they attack? For Europe's oil and natural resources or our gender neutral toilets?

“World War III will begin in a few months: Russia plans to attack NATO countries in that timeframe,” said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. He also doubts the alliance’s readiness for war. I can dispel any doubts on this matter right away — no, NATO is not ready. What’s more, it is unlikely to ever be ready. At best, while Russia is invading Poland or the Baltic states, NATO will convene a meeting and decide to send body armor and express its deepest concern. Europe must understand that the only ones who care about the continent’s fate are ourselves. As I have written many times, Europe needs a new military alliance that will respond decisively to threats. A defense alliance that is independent of electoral cycles and cannot be undermined by Russian agents from within. Such treaties must be technically unbreakable — for example, based on blockchain technology. Only clearly defined response scenarios for various threats, which automatically come into effect, are worth signing. Quotes from Tusk: “For the whole eastern flank, my neighbours...  the question is if NATO is still an organisation ⁠ready, politically and also logistically, to react, for example against Russia if they try to attack.” “This is something truly serious. I'm talking about short-term perspectives, rather months than years,” Tusk said, referring to a potential Russian attack. “For us, it's really important to know that everyone will treat the NATO obligations as seriously as Poland.” “I want to believe that [Article 5] is still valid, but sometimes, of course, I have some problems,” he added. “I don’t want to be so pessimistic... but what we need today is also practical context.” “I had some problems during the night in September when we had this pretty massive drone provocation made by the Russians,” Tusk recalled. “It wasn’t easy for me to convince our partners in NATO that it wasn’t a random incident, it was a well-planned and prepared provocation against Poland.”

@vick55top Option 3, the use of tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine like mortal and artillery .

Europe has already put Russia in a situation where nuclear war is practically the only choice. There are only two options: a major nuclear war or a smaller one. But insane Europe doesn't understand this and continues to poke the Russian bear with a sharp stick. They are convinced it's not a bear at all, but a paper tiger. Of course, time will tell who is right, but after a nuclear war, it will be impossible to roll back. Elena Panina, Director of the Institute of International Strategic Studies: Russia can no longer ignore the NATO proxy war factor. The current conflict "is not a war between Russia and Ukraine, but a clash, for now in a proxy format, between Moscow and the world's largest military alliance," writes the Telegram channel "Pinta Rumuma." "Kiev cannot fight without a European industrial base, financial assistance from the European Union, and NATO intelligence." ▪️ Indeed, the Ukrainian regime is an organism fed externally by the North Atlantic Alliance. The Russian Ministry of Defense has already noted the "creeping transformation of these countries into Ukraine's strategic rear." Accordingly, without influencing the enemy's strategic rear, achieving victory will be much more difficult. And here, there are few ways to cut off external aid to Kiev, that is, to force NATO countries to withdraw from the proxy war with our country. Only two courses of action are visible—both relying on the power of our nuclear potential, since there are no other factors where we have an advantage over NATO. Option 1 can be roughly called "psychological." It aims to restore Russia's level of nuclear deterrence to a level that would preclude NATO from waging a proxy war. This option entails conducting a series of nuclear tests in ascending order: from the smallest (tactical warheads) to the most powerful (strategic). The entire range of warheads would be tested one after another, without long intervals, in a long series. This would both test their reliability and exert a powerful psychological impact on the adversary. Moscow then issues an ultimatum to NATO to withdraw from the proxy war format and cease all support for the Kiev regime. If the alliance does not back down, then we should move on to Option 2. Option 2 can be called "practical." It should be noted that by publishing a list and locations of "Ukrainian" and "joint" enterprises producing UAVs and components for the Kiev regime in European countries, the Russian Ministry of Defense has already warned of the potential for the war to spread beyond Ukraine's geographic borders. If Option 1 proves unconvincing to the alliance, then the move should be to transfer hostilities to NATO territory. Initially, with conventional weapons, but with a willingness to move on to the use of nuclear weapons. It's worth adding that the Iranian example has demonstrated two things: the West understands only force—and it understands force very well. ▪️ The inertial course of action, in which Russia remains in the current format of the war, leaves the strategic initiative to NATO. This not only leads to an increase in the intensity of strikes against our deep rear from the Ukrainian direction, but also to the expansion of the proxy war to the entire perimeter of Russia's borders, starting with the Baltics. After which, the same option will remain on the table, but with worse starting conditions—a new Great European War.

@vonderleyen The power grid can't handle it..It will take at least a decade. Destroying European industry that will never return once it is gone with your green deal. Citizens struggling to pay bills because of your delusional Ideas and refusal to buy Russian energy

Since the start of the Middle East conflict, our bill for fossil fuel imports increased by € 25 billion. Without a single molecule more of energy. We need to reduce our overdependency on fossil fuels. Boost clean energy like renewables and nuclear. And electrify Europe. This is the key to security and stability

@Glenn_Diesen German industry is not competitive anymore and will disappear never to return thanks to the EU green deal and boycott of cheap Russian energy. We will see this all over Europe. Economic decline, inflation etc etc .Instability will lead eventually to social unrest and maybe war.

What could possibly go wrong? – Over the past year, Germany has backed the genocide in Gaza, Merz claimed Israel was doing “dirty work for us” in Iran, described the legality of the attack on Venezuela as “complex,” and Germany is yet again heading toward war with Russia.

@JINX_NL @DigitalEU Stop you Nazi,this is way out of meinkampfortzone.

@DigitalEU What was that song again.. ? Let me think... Die Fahne hoch! Die Reihen fest geschlossen! SA marschiert mit ruhig (mutig) festem Schritt. 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

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@rusembassynl Absolutely, we can afford it.Booming industry, cheap Russian energy, low bills all around. Oh wait....

90 000 000 000€ for Ukraine approved - Taxpayers are happy 🤓 It could be ~4000 houses, ~150 modern hospitals or ~2500 km of roads. But the choice is escalation with Russia.

@ThorstenPolleit The EU is destroying its industry by refusing Russian energy but progress is amazing!! let’s pay triple, ship it across oceans, and call it strategic independence.

German industrial production is now 24% below its (former) long-term trend. The 'Great Reset' is destroying the country's economic strength.

@James7Holland Another misguided attempt. This will only end up harming EU citizens, European industry will decline significantly within a few years if cheap Russian energy continues to be rejected. In that scenario, Europe may have little choice but to turn to Chinese alternatives anyway.

It is mind-boggling how wholeheartedly EU adopted a foreign policy that serves US interests so well, but that clearly threatens security and livelihoods of Europeans. EU cut itself off from the largest energy exporter to its East, and now targets China trade. Suicidal. 🤦🏻‍♂️

@fbermingham Another misguided attempt. This will only end up harming EU citizens, European industry will decline significantly within a few years if cheap Russian energy continues to be rejected. In that scenario, Europe may have little choice but to turn to Chinese alternatives anyway.

Exclusive: China’s Russia ties mean EU trade deal is off the table, Finland says Finnish foreign minister Elina Valtonen tells me in Helsinki that China's support for Russia is a "disqualifying factor" in its efforts to broach an FTA with the EU scmp.com/news/china/dip…

@ChroniclesKiev Another misguided attempt. This will only end up harming EU citizens, European industry will decline significantly within a few years if cheap Russian energy continues to be rejected. In that scenario, Europe may have little choice but to turn to Chinese alternatives anyway.

La Cina vuole concludere un accordo commerciale con l'UE. La Finlandia ha appena reso questo impossibile, a meno che la Cina non rinunci alla Russia. Fratelli finlandesi.

@SariArhoHavren @elinavaltonen Another misguided attempt. This will only end up harming EU citizens, European industry will decline significantly within a few years if cheap Russian energy continues to be rejected. In that scenario, Europe may have little choice but to turn to Chinese alternatives anyway.

Finnish Foreign Minister @elinavaltonen: China’s close ties with Russia should be a “disqualifying factor” in Beijing’s bid to launch talks on a free-trade agreement with the European Union. “China is truly benefiting from the war. Russia is a junior partner to China these days – Russia has vast natural resources, not much else, but that is [good] if you get it at a discount.” “There are quite differing China policies throughout the member states, and fair enough, we are democracies, and it is for each and every country and their people to decide,” she said, adding that “Europe would be stronger on this question if it were united”. 1/2