Nick Lockwood🇺🇦

Zelenskyy's visit to the Mideast has been quite a productive one. Defence and security partnerships, likely worth billions of dollars, have already been concluded with Saudi Arabia and Qatar and are expected with the UAE and Jordan shortly. We are stronger together🇺🇦🇸🇦🇶🇦🇦🇪🇯🇴

The eighth time I've had to listen to the air-raid siren today. Why? Because 🇷🇺 russia is our neighbour and they are dickheads.

Today it’s raining in Kyiv. Not explosions. Not sirens. Just rain. And maybe that’s why it feels so special. Because here, even quiet is something you learn to notice.

🕯 A 13-year-old girl has died in hospital after a Russian attack on a recreation complex in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, according to OVA. Eight children were injured in the strike, with four hospitalized. Russia continues targeting civilians. #Ukraine #Mykolaiv #RussiaUkraineWar #WarCrimes #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

We are not just carrying out strikes on Russia. We are responding. After the global energy crisis began, we received signals from some partners requesting that we reduce our responses targeting Russia’s oil and energy sector. I emphasize once again: if Russia is ready not to strike Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, we will not retaliate to theirs. We are open to discussing any type of ceasefire—a full ceasefire, an energy ceasefire, a food security ceasefire. We have already proposed all of this, and we are still open. If the Russians are ready, let them suggest any timeframe—we are ready to resolve this issue. From my conversation with journalists (3/3).

Too bad those ‘allies’ didn’t send signals to Russia when it caused a humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine last winter by bombing our infrastructure in extreme cold.

It has been a very fruitful visit to the Middle East and the Gulf region. We already have landmark agreements with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. We are also working with Jordan and Kuwait. Rustem Umerov is currently in the region, continuing political-level negotiations – he reported to me today – and there are already additional requests from Bahrain and Oman. For Ukraine, this is not only a matter of prestige and respect for our people; it is a very practical matter. We are exporting our system of protection, the skills of our warriors, the knowledge that our state possesses. And from these partner countries we expect reciprocal security engagement. We have already agreed on opportunities to strengthen air defense, on the joint development of defense production, and on energy cooperation, including diesel and other critical supplies that we need right now.

🇺🇦🤝 🇧🇬 Ukraine and Bulgaria signed a 10-year security agreement! Among the key provisions of the agreement, Zelenskyy named the continuation of military support for Ukraine from Bulgaria.

Viktor Orbán has been in power for 16 years - an unusually long time for a healthy democracy. Orbán and Fidesz have now faced a strong challenger: Péter Magyar and TISZA. The elections in Hungary are not just a domestic political battle. They are also part of a broader struggle between Russia and the EU for Eastern Europe. As a result, the campaign is not taking place in a normal competitive environment, but in a sharply polarized and tense atmosphere. Independent polls have shown TISZA in the lead for two consecutive months. The gap appears consistent: from 48 to 40 in January to 58 to 35 by the end of March. The growing popularity of Péter Magyar and TISZA is driven by the fact that he has filled the most dangerous niche for Orbán - anti-Orbán without left-wing baggage. He is making inroads into the conservative and provincial electorate, which is tired of corruption. Importantly, he is also popular among Hungarian youth. However, a lead in the polls does not guarantee victory. The Hungarian political playing field is skewed: electoral districts, media, state communication, funding, and access to public visibility are all uneven. Under such conditions, it is not enough for TISZA to lead - it needs a clear margin to convert votes into actual power. Orbán is currently being hit by several politically toxic issues. The most serious involves allegations that Hungary’s foreign minister has for years been passing sensitive EU information to Moscow through his Russian contacts. At the same time, Orbán’s government is targeting journalist Szabolcs Panyi and attempting to shift public attention away from the issue of Russian ties toward the "Ukrainian question" and alleged "foreign interference." Fidesz is no longer running just a hard campaign, but a manipulative one built on fear - invoking war, Ukraine, Brussels, and the threat of "losing sovereignty." Orbán’s party retains strong local advantages: voter dependence on local authorities and possible vote-buying in poorer regions make the elections more risky. Orbán will fight to the end, because after 16 years in power, defeat would not mean a normal rotation, but the risk of the system collapsing - a system Fidesz has built through control over the state, the courts, the media, resources, and the political field itself. This system is sustained not only by ideology, but also by patronage: networks of loyalty, access to public funds, and mechanisms of redistribution. Losing power would therefore not simply mean losing government - it would mean the collapse of the regime’s material foundation. At the same time, for Orbán and his inner circle, power functions as a form of political - and partly legal - immunity. A change of power would carry the risk of anti-corruption investigations, a review of past schemes, financial flows, and the misuse of state instruments. Finally, for Orbán, this is also a matter of personal historical ambition. He has long positioned himself not just as Hungary’s prime minister, but as a symbol of an illiberal model for European and American conservatives. For him, defeat would not simply be a political loss, but the collapse of the entire model he has promoted for years as an alternative to liberal Europe. That is why he is holding on to power so tightly: without it, he risks losing everything at once - control over the state, the system of resource distribution, protection for his inner circle, and his own political myth. This is no longer a fight for another term, but a fight for survival.

Donald Trump doesn’t want you talking about the fact that his disapproval rating is an all-time high 62%, so whatever you do, don’t share this tweet. It will make him very mad.

I spoke with President of Finland @AlexStubb. It is important that all of us in Europe coordinate in a substantive way. That is exactly what we are doing with Alex. I briefed him on the meetings and negotiations in the Middle East and the Gulf region that I had in recent days. There are already strategic agreements in place, and our contribution to security and stabilization can be significant. Alex also shared his own updates. Security comes first, and right now, when the world is so destabilized, not a single day can be wasted – we need joint actions and joint results. We are preparing communication formats with other European leaders. We also continue to focus consistently on efforts on the American track. Of course, we also discussed the drone incident that recently took place on Finnish territory. Alex and I see the situation in the same way. We are sharing all necessary information. Thank you!

Ust-Luga, March 28 and 29th. As a result of a new drone attack, the "Novatek" gas processing complex caught fire. BURN BABY BURN 🔥 🔥🔥

“Highly Respected President Alexander Lukashenko…” That’s how Trump just described the Belarusian authoritarian ruler — often referred to as Europe’s last dictator — who rigged his 2020 election; brutally crushed the uprising that followed; has been implicated in kidnappings and killings of opposition figures; and aids Russia in the largest and deadliest war in Europe since 1945. Trump adds: “I look forward to being with him at the next Board of Peace meeting!”

In Kramatorsk, at least three people were killed in russian airstrike‼️ Among the victims was a 13‑year‑old boy. According to local authorities, seven more people were injured, ranging in age from 20 to 85. Killing children is russian culture.

🔥🔥This night was rough for russia again. ✔️ KuybyshevAzot chemical plant in Tolyatti was hit 🔥 ✔️ In Krasnodar, their own electronic warfare sent a drone straight into a residential building. ✔️ In Alchevsk, a metallurgical plant and substation were struck. ✔️ And in Taganrog, people tried to shoot drones with bows and arrows while air defense kept “protecting” buildings. 💥Result: damaged infrastructure, destroyed homes, and one less voter for putin.

📢 I don't know what to say... Our Interceptor drone is officially the fastest in Ukraine. All other 10 inch interceptors are running at around 160-200kmph MAXIMUM. Today in our first tests we hit 217. This is just the beginning 🔥🔥🔥

BREAKING: Trump’s golf bill just topped $100 MILLION as he plays golf, AGAIN, for the 58th time as the world burns thanks to his idiocy! According to a new analysis, Trump has spent $101.2 million in taxpayer funds to go golfing at one of his properties. This is two-thirds of what he spent his first term on golfing and puts him on track to spend $300 MILLION by the end of his second term. It’s just another reminder that the whole DOGE thing was nothing but a convenient excuse for Republicans to gut everything they could in order to have more money to spend on things like Trump’s golf tab. Grift, robbery, and embezzlement is the Trump philosophy of financial management, and we need to make him pay back every single cent once we get him out of office and behind bars, where he belongs. Laziest, stupidest, greediest president in history.

@PM_ViktorOrban @ZelenskyyUa Oh my, he is so obsessed with him

Morning from a beautiful & free Ukraine 🇺🇦 📷 by Larysa Pinner

Morning in russian Tolyatti, where KuibyshevAzot chemical plant got smoked.