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Sadly, due to strategic short-sightedness, the 15th century Intermarium alliance failed to materialize.
The free Slavs and Baltic peoples ended up fighting their wars against Muscovy separately.
And as a result, Muscovy defeated and took over each of them separately—first Novgorod, then Lithuania, and then Poland. ⤵️
JP Lindsley | Journalist@JPLindsley
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President Zelenskyy's response to the Iran War has been a masterclass in diplomacy. He recognized almost immediately that Ukraine could play a key role countering Iranian drones, dispatched teams of experts without delay, and has now become the first Western leader to visit the Gulf region since the war began. By moving so nimbly, Zelenskyy has secured vital support for his own country's war effort, laid the foundations for potentially game-changing strategic partnerships with the Gulf states, and significantly enhanced Ukraine's standing on the global stage as a major military power and a world leader in drone warfare
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Secretary Rubio, your administration has not played the role of a neutral mediator. You said Ukraine could not join NATO. Gift to Putin. You cut aid to Ukraine. Gift to Putin. Why not try to change Putins position in return for these concessions instead of just communicating his preferences to Kyiv?
Kate from Kharkiv@BohuslavskaKate
Q: "What's the US position on Donbas?" Rubio: "We've told Ukraine what Russia is demanding. We're not pushing it. It's their choice, not a 'take it or leave it' situation. Our job is to understand both sides and try to find middle ground." Translation: Ukrainians, the decision is yours. We’ve explained Russia’s demands and will keep pressuring you to accept them, while blaming you for blocking peace. Security guarantees only after you surrender Donbas. But of course, it’s your choice. 🤦♀️
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Turns out Zelenskyy has so many cards, he can open a shop.
Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡@shanaka86
BREAKING: Zelensky just landed in the UAE and signed a defence cooperation agreement with President MBZ. The deal on the table changes everything about this war. Ukraine is offering Gulf states 1,000 drone interceptors per day. Each Sting interceptor costs $2,100. Each Patriot missile it replaces costs $3.9 million. In exchange, Ukraine wants the Patriot missiles the Gulf states are burning through, because Kyiv cannot get enough of them to stop Russian missiles. Read that again. The country America refused to arm fast enough is now arming America’s allies with a weapon that costs 1,857 times less than the one America cannot produce fast enough. The National reported on March 27 that Zelensky told reporters: “We’d like to quietly receive the Patriot missiles we have a deficit of, and give them a corresponding number of interceptors.” AFP confirmed the UAE agreement on March 28. Eleven countries have formally requested Ukraine’s drone defence expertise per Zelensky’s own count. Over 200 Ukrainian military specialists are already deployed across the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Jordan. Here is the arithmetic that should terrify every Pentagon procurement officer on earth. The United States fired 943 Patriot interceptors in the first four days of the Iran war per a US Congressional study cited by the Jerusalem Post. That is eighteen months of Lockheed Martin’s annual production consumed in 96 hours. Each of those 943 shots cost $3.9 million. Total expenditure: $3.68 billion in four days on defensive interceptions alone. Iran produces 10,000 Shahed drones per month per Reuters. Each drone costs $20,000 to $50,000. The cost exchange ratio is 114 to 1 in Iran’s favour per Military Times. Ukraine’s Sting interceptor inverts this arithmetic entirely. At $2,100, the cost ratio flips from 114-to-1 against America to roughly 10-to-1 against Iran. Ukraine can supply 1,000 per day. That is 30,000 per month against Iran’s 10,000 Shaheds per month. For the first time in this war, the defender’s production rate exceeds the attacker’s production rate at a fraction of the cost. And the country that built this weapon is the same country that Trump publicly rejected. “No, they are not helping. We do not need their help. We know more about drones than anyone else” per Fox News. He doubled down: “The last person we need help from is Zelensky.” Meanwhile the Pentagon notified Congress of plans to redirect $750 million in Ukraine-bound Patriot missiles to Gulf states per House of Saud reporting. America is simultaneously refusing Ukraine’s cheap solution and cannibalising Ukraine’s expensive one. Zelensky framed this explicitly. He told The National: “No matter how many Patriots, THAADs, or other air-defence systems are in the Middle East, that alone is not enough for fully effective air defence.” He told the UK Parliament: “When it comes to shooting down massive Shahed attacks, only Ukrainian experience can really help with this today.” The Pentagon is spending $3.9 million per interception, raiding Swiss fighter jet accounts to cover shortfalls, and diverting Ukraine’s own Patriot supply to the Gulf. Zelensky is offering the same result for $2,100 and producing 1,000 units per day. The market has a word for this kind of disruption. The $2,100 drone is the most important weapon in this war. And the country that built it is the one America said it did not need. Full analysis - open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…
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The video shows Marco Rubio first saying that “Ukraine is not America’s war,” and then older video showing him explaining how “America promised to defend Ukraine in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons.”
Rubio has become a prime example of the MAGA cult mentality. He has compromised his own principles in order to follow the cult leader.
Rubio is now wearing shoes that do not fit, yet he is too afraid to admit it.
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This is significant. Ukraine is showing itself to be an incredible ally in the fight for global peace and security.
Visegrád 24@visegrad24
BREAKING: Ukraine and Saudi Arabia just signed a military cooperation agreement 🇺🇦🇸🇦
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🇸🇪 GEN. CLAESSON: After traveling 3,000 kilometers through Ukraine and meeting with dozens of military leaders, my main conclusion is that it is not a broken country. They are tired, for obvious reasons, but not broken. We must maintain our focus on Ukraine.
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Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov complained about the economy and called for strikes against Lithuania and Poland.
youtube.com/watch?v=liMnQ4…
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Parliament has just voted for a new stricter return regulation.
There is a new consensus in Europe.
The era of deportations has begun.
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Ukraine is liberating more territory than Russia is occupying — and we are doing so primarily with our own capabilities.
Fact.
In early 2022, while much of the world was still calibrating its response, Ukraine was already liberating Kyiv region and other areas — with limited external support.
Also a fact.
Early, decisive actions did exist. Before February 24, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, and Canada delivered lethal assistance: Stingers, Javelins, anti-tank weapons, small arms, ammunition. These were not symbolic steps. They were timely.
After February 24, the United States moved first at scale — announcing a $350 million package on February 26. Shortly thereafter, the European Union took an unprecedented step, allocating €450 million for lethal assistance and €50 million for non-lethal support through the European Peace Facility — effectively breaking a long-standing political taboo.
Speed mattered then. It still does.
Today, the international response to threats linked to Iran is faster, clearer, more synchronized.
The capacity for rapid, decisive action has always existed. The difference lies in how quickly it is activated.
Because delays cost territory. Delays cost lives. Timely decisions change outcomes.
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Europeans are not doing enough for Ukraine
Joni Askola@joni_askola
It is beyond pathetic to watch European jets actively shoot down drones in the Middle East while refusing to do the exact same thing over Ukraine. We are willing to militarily defend airspace on another continent but let a European nation face genocide alone
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Drones have crossed into the territories of all three Baltic States 🇱🇻🇪🇪🇱🇹
This is direct consequence of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine 🇺🇦
We remain calm and strengthen our preparedness 🛡️
NBS@Latvijas_armija
Drone that crashed in Latvia identified as being of Ukrainian origin During the night of Wednesday, March 25, an unmanned aerial vehicle entered Latvian airspace. After examining the recovered debris, authorities have identified it as a drone of Ukrainian origin. The National Armed Forces are continuing to work with the State Police and other relevant agencies to determine the circumstances of the incident, search the area, and carry out an ongoing investigation.
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🕯️ On 25 March 1949, Soviet repressive authorities carried out the largest deportation operation in the Baltic states, forcibly transporting more than 90,000 people in 33 train convoys to lifelong exile in Siberia, including 42,125 residents of Latvia 🇱🇻. Forcing them to sign declarations that they would never return to their homeland.
Its aim was to complete Sovietisation by replacing traditional family farms with collective farms and eliminating armed resistance in the countryside.
The Russian Federation, as the successor to the Soviet Union, continues to deny these crimes against humanity and, for a fifth year, seeks to destroy Ukraine 🇺🇦 and its people.
Russia must be held accountable for all of its crimes.
#NeverAgain
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On this day in 1949, the Soviet regime launched "Operation Priboi" a mass deportation across the Baltic states.
Over 90,000 people were torn from their homes in just a few days, including around 30,000 Lithuanians, 70% of them women and children under 16 sent to Siberia. Their “crime”? Owning land, supporting partisans, or simply being seen as disloyal. We remember the victims of communist terror. We remember the families who never returned. We remember, because Baltics survived 🇱🇹🇱🇻🇪🇪
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BREAKING: Drones have entered Estonian and Latvian airspace from Russia, with one reportedly hitting a power plant in Auvere, Estonia. Details are still emerging.
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russia keeps testing NATO’s patience.
Two drones entered Latvia and Estonia from russia.
One crashed. One hit critical infrastructure.
Concern? Deep concern?
Or will it take something worse to finally act?
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March 25, 1949. The Soviet regime’s Operation ‘Priboj’ deported nearly 94,000 people from the #Baltics — 34,000 of them from #Lithuania, including teachers, doctors, farmers, clergy, and freedom fighters.
Over the next decade, Lithuania faced 35 mass deportations. A total of 132,000 people, mostly women and children, were exiled to uninhabitable regions of Russia. Many men who resisted were executed. Fewer than half of the deportees ever returned.
The crimes of communism never faced a true ‘Nuremberg’. This lack of accountability allowed the same imperial mindset to survive — and today, Russia’s aggression against #Ukraine shows the consequences of unpunished crimes.
Remembering the victims is a political necessity — to ensure such atrocities never happen again.
Photo©️Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights, Vilnius
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