Ned Costello

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Ned Costello

Ned Costello

@RfnCostello

Former soldier interested in military matters, history and international affairs.

United Kingdom Katılım Temmuz 2024
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Ned Costello
Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@admirim NATO operates within KFOR which is a UN Mandated operation in accordance with UNSCR 1244. To that end KFOR does not recognise the existence of a Kosovo army. NATO also requires member consensus, so given some of its members do not recognise the independence of Kosovo…..
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Admirim@admirim·
A 🇬🇷 Greek military officer has joined the NATO liaison team supporting the 🇽🇰 Kosovo Army, Defense Minister Maqedonci announces.
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Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@EpiroteReport I am afraid that Bosniaks do the same. The vast majority of their war crimes have gone unpunished and they celebrate those who committed them as heroes. The same in Croatia. But because we supported them they have got away with it.
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Epirote Report 🌕@EpiroteReport·
🔥 BREAKING: Bosnia 🇧🇦 FM Elmedin Konaković confronted Serbia head-on 🇧🇦 🇷🇸 “Without honesty and confronting the past, there can be no improvement in regional relations.” He accused Vučić of tolerating and promoting war criminals, and slammed the presence of convicted Dodik and Cvijanović at events in Belgrade as disrespect to BiH. “Mutual respect and responsibility are needed” Bosnian FM made these comments while sitting next to Kosovo FM. Will Serbia reflect on these comments?
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Ned Costello
Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@authordlewis Agree - but it’s about deeds and not words. Let’s not forget that Hungary has recognised the independence of Kosovo - a legal and sovereign part of Serbia. If he genuinely means this, then his first act should be to withdraw Kosovo’s recognition and be true to his words.
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Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@clashreport Wow - Hungary must be about to revisit its decision to recognise the independence of Kosovo. Well done Petar Magyar.
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Clash Report@clashreport·
Péter Magyar: Ukraine is the victim of this war. Everyone knows that. No one should tell Ukraine under what conditions it must enter peace or sign a peace treaty. We cannot ask any country to give up its territory. If they do, they would be considered traitors.
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Cosmin Onisii
Cosmin Onisii@Cosmin_Onisii·
13 April is the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the #Katyn Massacre, one of the most abhorrent crimes committed by the Soviet regime. I humbly paid tribute to the over 22.000 🇵🇱 Polish citizens killed in cold blood during the ceremony organized today @MuzeumKatynskie
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Ned Costello
Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@admirim Only if it was a proper sovereign country established in accordance with the IRBO. Because it is not - then it cannot join the EU at present. So the statement is pointless. If Ukraine is admitted into the EU, would an application by Crimea be endorsed? Let me think about it…
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Admirim@admirim·
Austrian Member of the European Parliament, Thomas Waitz: Kosovo 🇽🇰 would be an EU frontrunner under normal circumstances.
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Glauk Konjufca
Glauk Konjufca@KonjufcaGlauk·
Today, we mourn the passing of Congressman Eliot Engel, one of the greatest friends of Kosova. Among the earliest and strongest voices in the U.S. Congress, he spoke out against Milosevic’s genocidal regime and championed international intervention when it mattered most. As co-founder of the Albanian Issues Caucus in 1989, he played a key role in shaping sustained U.S. engagement with Kosova. His legacy lives on in our freedom. Rest in peace.
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Ned Costello
Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@USUN The US is asking European countries to give up territory to suit its needs. Denmark to give up Iceland, Ukraine to give up Crimea and the Donbass, Serbia to give up Kosovo. Who is next? Cyprus to give up the north? Spain….. Divide and conquer is the only way to describe this.
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U.S. Mission to the UN@USUN·
For Kosovo and Serbia, normalization is the only durable path forward. We urge leaders to lower the temperature, avoid escalation, and stay engaged at the table. President Trump and the American people stand ready to partner with those focused on the future—instead of the past.
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Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@admirim Of course the U.S. would say this - but they forget they were authors of the agreement that kept Kosovo part of Serbia - but then decided to renege on it against International Law. This is why they will ultimately sell out Ukraine as it’s all about politics and self-interest.
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Admirim@admirim·
The US Representative at the UNSC: UNMIK has reached the end of the road. The conditions, capabilities of 🇽🇰 institutions and the presence of other actors all point to that. There is no justification for treating Kosovo in 2026 as though it were still the Kosovo of 1999.
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Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@admirim If Ukraine asked the ICJ the same question as Serbia did with regards to Crimea’s Declaration of Independence etc, they would return the same answer as they did for Kosovo. It is NOT illegal to declare independence - but becoming ‘de jure’ independent is a different matter.
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Admirim@admirim·
UK's Representative at the UNSC: As one of the first countries to recognize Kosovo's independence, we encourage those UN members who have not yet done so to join the majority. As the ICJ made clear, Kosovo's declaration of independence was not a violation of international law.
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Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@uareclapped @admirim Unless someone changes the International Rules Based Order, I am afraid you do need Serbia to recognise you first; as Kosovo is still part of its territory.
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Admirim@admirim·
🇽🇰 Foreign Minister Konjufca at the UNSC: We call on Serbia to come to terms with reality and recognize Kosova as a sovereign and independent state, and not hold its society and the entire region hostage to aspirations of regaining regional hegemony.
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Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@admirim What country on this planet would allow part of its territory to be taken against its will and then recognise it as independent? Ukraine is fighting for its territorial integrity with blood. Serbia I am sure will wait until ‘Kosovo’s’ sponsors lose interest and everyone leaves.
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Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@USEmbPristina I didn’t realise that Kosovo’s independence is now formally recognised by the United Nations. Is this the case, or is there another formal way of doing it outside the Rules Based Order. Must be a similar rule to that Russia uses in the occupied territories of Ukraine.
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U.S. Embassy Pristina@USEmbPristina·
With Kosovo formally an independent state and diplomatic relations established, the next step was to reflect that relationship in our diplomatic presence. On April 8, 2008, the status of the U.S. Mission in Pristina officially changed from a U.S. Office to a U.S. Embassy. As a result, the official title of the mission became U.S. Embassy Pristina. This change followed the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Republic of Kosovo on February 18, 2008, one day after Kosovo declared independence on February 17, 2008. #Freedom250 #AmericanExcellence #KosovoJourneyToFreedom🇽🇰🇺🇸
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Ned Costello
Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
Unless of course it’s someone else - when you call them war criminals……
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Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@frankblack2000 According to similar experts the Chetniks carried out the most massacres; yet the maths does not add up when you compare Serb victims with non-Serbs. The problem is that the reputation of the Chetniks had to be destroyed and gullible historians buy Communist propaganda as fact.
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Mirko Radoš
Mirko Radoš@frankblack2000·
Bottom line: The story of Čačić executing Allied pilots isn’t supported by wartime records, OSS files, or Allied testimonies. It’s a case study in how propaganda outlives the facts. Why a supposedly credible Balkan expert continues to peddle this falsehood - I can only imagine.
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Mirko Radoš
Mirko Radoš@frankblack2000·
Tito fans repeat the claim that Captain Mihailo Čačić “executed Allied pilots” during WWII. The problem: historians widely consider this story unsubstantiated and likely born from post‑war propaganda, not documented reality. Let's examine and debunk🧵
Ljubomir Filipović 🇲🇪🇺🇸@ljubofil

Some Chetnik units under Capt. Mihailo Čačić killed Allied pilots (including Americans and British) who were searching for Partisans, disposing of bodies in Mijajlova Jama near Despotovac—where over 1,000 victims were reportedly thrown.

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Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@ljubofil Given that from 1944 the Allies were only supporting the Partisans you would have thought that the latter would evacuate pilots on flights that landed delivering them weapons. What is odd is that those we labelled as collaborators were all the while also saving them.
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Ljubomir Filipović 🇲🇪🇺🇸
Ljubomir Filipović 🇲🇪🇺🇸@ljubofil·
The facts say otherwise. Toward the end of World War II, a total of 2,392 pilots—mostly from eastern Serbia—were evacuated. Of that number, 2,010 were evacuated with the help of the Partisans, and 382 by Chetniks.
Милорад Додик@MiloradDodik

My sincere congratulations to Donald Trump @realDonaldTrump and Pete Hegseth @PeteHegseth on the just-announced historic mission to rescue two American pilots—one of them gravely wounded—in the Iranian desert. The rescue operation was carried out by the United States Armed Forces and the Central Intelligence Agency. Exceptional military equipment, combined with the skill and professionalism of American personnel on the ground, made this dangerous operation both successful and heroic. We recall with pride an episode from our more distant history. During World War II, in Operation Halyard, the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland—composed exclusively of Serbs—together with the Office of Strategic Services organized the sheltering and evacuation of more than 500 Allied airmen, most of them Americans. We were allies then, and we intend to be allies now. Congratulations on your leadership and decision, President Trump. And to all those who took part in this heroic operation—congratulations on a remarkable victory in the Iranian desert.

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Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@suljagicemir1 She was clearly one of the unarmed civilians then…...Lawrence Eagleburger was quoted to have said that U.S. support to Bosnia’s Muslims was to show the rest of the Muslim world that they cared. In so doing they encouraged a senseless war. The Rules Based Order mattered little.
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Emir Suljagić
Emir Suljagić@suljagicemir1·
Today marks another somber anniversary of the siege of Sarajevo. Of all the photographs that emerged from what was perhaps the most televised crime against humanity in modern history, none captures so clearly the silent strength, patience, and quiet defiance of those who endured it.
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Ned Costello
Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@archeohistories Imagine if a Ukrainian shot Putin on a visit to Crimea (a territory illegally annexed by an imperialistic dictator). We in the West would celebrate his name no matter what the consequences, as someone who fired a shot for freedom against tyranny. But Princip was not Ukrainian..
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Archaeo - Histories@archeohistories·
Gavrilo Princip in his prison cell at the Terezín fortress, 1914.... Princip, a Bosnian Serb nationalist, carried out the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, an event that triggered a chain reaction leading to World War I. Because he was 19 at the time, below the legal age for execution under Austro-Hungarian law, Princip was sentenced to 20 years in prison instead of death. He was held in harsh conditions at Terezín, where he suffered from tuberculosis. He died in prison in 1918, before the war ended. By the time Princip died, the conflict his actions helped ignite had already resulted in millions of deaths and the collapse of several major empires, including Austro-Hungary itself. © Reddit #archaeohistories
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Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@GazanRiviera @20committee A win for who? In the end NATO backed down on its key demands that made a mutual agreement acceptable to the Yugoslavs. These demands had they not been included at the 11th hour at Rambouillet could have avoided the bombing - but were included to guarantee the bombing.
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Dietrich Barth
Dietrich Barth@GazanRiviera·
@20committee I'm curious, why wouldn't you consider Kosovo an unambiguous win? Coalition rather than solo US operation? Permanent peacekeeper presence requires until today? Just curious, since I often hear Kosovo mentioned as another successful US intervention.
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Ned Costello@RfnCostello·
@carole033 Not even the ICJ has labelled the war in Bosnia as a genocide. Abusing such terms for political effect only sets back reconciliation. The war was cruel and brutal on all sides and needless. The Bosniaks and Croats also have a responsibility to acknowledge their crimes but don’t.
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carole hodge
carole hodge@carole033·
If Djokovic is genuine in wanting reconciliation with Serbia's neighbours, he could begin by acknowledging the Bosnian genocide orchestrated by the Serbian regime rather than obfuscating the facts and suggesting a symmetry of guilt. His position is disingenuous, to say the least
Danny@DjokovicFan_

Novak Djokovic on the Balkans: “What’s negative is how divided we are. We’re all neighbors. We shouldn’t be fighting. We should be helping each other so we all live better lives.”

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