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Former Cdn foreign service. NatSec, foreign policy, photography. Roman history. Rabid Cabbagetowner. Him/Her/Itt. Hangs hat @rcmiHQ. Views entirely my own.

Toronto
Joined December 2008
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Did Donald Trump cancel Jimmy Kimmel? We need a free press, not a few corporate media giants bowing down to Trump.
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With Sweden joining @NATO many are posting a map showing a "NATO Lake" as the Baltic Sea. But there's danger here. Most haven't heard of Kaliningrad or the Suwalkie "Gap." Those of us who have served in Europe believe if Ukraine falls, this will be the next Russia expansion.
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eriq49@bsky social 🇺🇦 retweeted
It's almost comical that he's saying the quiet part out loud. If this doesn't trigger a horde of Cold War nuclear strategists to rise from the dead and hunt down Scholz, I don't know what will.
“We must not be linked at any point or place to the targets that this system engages,” said Scholz. So yes, this is fundamentally about Scholz being afraid of 🇷🇺 nuclear weapons. I can't even begin to describe how damaging this type of signalling is to our deterrence credibility
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eriq49@bsky social 🇺🇦 retweeted
Authoritarians understand other authoritarians: Vladimir Solovyov says that Trump will imprison all of his opponents if he returns to power. teapaw.org/JuliaDavisNews/status/…
Meanwhile in Russia: head of RT Margarita Simonyan praised Tucker Carlson and RT's covert operations for US Congressional squabbles, leading to Ukraine's ammo shortages. She urged able-bodied Westerners to move to Russia and solve its demographic crisis. youtu.be/bTeT1ueSv9M
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eriq49@bsky social 🇺🇦 retweeted
We are not being asked to send American troops into war, only to help the Ukrainians defend themselves. If we fail to help Ukraine, Putin will invade a NATO nation. Ukraine is not the end, it is a step—and letting Putin have his way with Europe would jeopardize our security.
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Poland’s Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski slams Russia at the UN: “For every time Russia has been invaded, it has invaded other countries 10 times. What was their army doing in front of Warsaw in 1920. Where they out on a topographical excursion”?
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eriq49@bsky social 🇺🇦 retweeted
Doug Ford said today that he appointed two recent Conservative staffers to help pick our judges because he wants American-style, partisan courts. This is entirely wrong and must be reversed. 📰 @JacquesGallant: thestar.com/politics/provinc… #onpoli #cdnpoli
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eriq49@bsky social 🇺🇦 retweeted
Very Bolshevik. “Szamuely fruit.”
1/ Hellish conditions on the front line in Ukraine have reportedly led to an upsurge in extrajudicial punishments in the Russian army, with soldiers being hanged from or tied to trees for days, forced to rape each other, or thrown naked into open pits in freezing temperatures. ⬇️
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A decade ago: Brave Ukrainian protestors rallied for freedom in the face of Putin’s oppression at Euromaidan. Today, for Ukrainians fighting a fierce Russian offensive, for all across the world fighting our medieval rivals in the modern age, hope dies last. #StandWithUkraine #HeavenlyHundred #небеснасотня #RevolutionOfDignity #Euromaidan
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This is how one of the best Latvian cartoonists Gatis Šļūka sees the currrent Western support for Ukraine. Unfortunately, he is right. We are failing Ukraine, we are failing ourselves. We must act now #StandWithUkraine
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eriq49@bsky social 🇺🇦 retweeted
Would not bet on this. VVP talks about a new understanding of strategic stability and how it is not compatible with the US efforts to push Russia into a "stratetic defeat". All that is very much in line with the MID statements. Must be smth more nuanced
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eriq49@bsky social 🇺🇦 retweeted
As soon as Alexei Navalny's mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, made a statement about the fact that the body of her elder son was not being released, the regime immediately declared the younger son wanted. Alexei Navalny's brother Oleg has been declared wanted again. At the same time, Putin said: "Russia has more and more supporters around the world, especially in the field of traditional values."
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eriq49@bsky social 🇺🇦 retweeted
Why do you guys have to go there? Can't you just try and defeat an opponent - which you haven't done three elections in a row - without going after their family?
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eriq49@bsky social 🇺🇦 retweeted
Everybody is scrambling on what the West do in response to Putin’s assassination of Navalny. If we really want to hit Putin where it hurts, Western governments should confiscate the frozen $300 billion of Russian central bank reserves and we should call it the Navalny Act.
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Friends, I remember the situation in May and June of 2022 - Ukraine was running out of the weapons and ammunition we had, and new supplies were coming in slowly, with delays and after a lot of discussions and hesitations. There were so many deaths then - of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians (we had very little air defense systems, as well). Every day, we woke up to more and more awful news. My Twitter account was only a couple months old, and I used the hashtag #ArmUkraineNow almost every day. Then, Western military aid came, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to liberate large parts of the occupied territory and protect our cities. They had enough artillery shells to match the scale of Russian shelling. Now, it looks like history is repeating itself. Our Warriors simply do not have enough weapons and ammunition to hold the frontline. Russia is using this window of opportunity. More and more Ukrainian cities are in danger, their residents forced to flee, leaving everything behind and becoming refugees. I know we don't really use hashtags here anymore. But I feel that #ArmUkraineNow needs to make a comeback, emphasis on the NOW. The world knows Ukrainian Defenders are true Heroes. But it is not fair to turn them into martyrs. Give them the tools and they will finish the job. They will stop Russia once and for all. Please help spread this message, help it reach those who make decisions. As always, thank you for supporting all Ukrainian and pro-Ukrainian accounts with your likes, comments and shares. You help our cause stay visible.
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eriq49@bsky social 🇺🇦 retweeted
No matter how you slice and dice the issue, the reality is this. The US people and a majority in Congress support continuing US aid for Ukraine. Trump-MAGA and historically pro-Russian factions don’t. The only question is whether the majority will get its way or not.
Hi All, just sent out my weekend update. Focussed on 2 stories. The Ukrainian withdrawal from Avdiivka, which is what happens when Ukraine’s partners stop supplying it with ammunition. And US public support for arming Ukraine remains very strong.
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If the Danes - a hell of a lot closer to danger than we are in 🇨🇦 - if they say Western nations don't need those weapons and ammunition but Ukraine does... send the weapons. Send the ammunition. Now. Then start building a war economy here at home. Now. Wake up, Canada.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has made an extraordinary announcement at the MSC. Denmark will donate its entire artillery stockpile to Ukraine. She correctly states that Western nations at the moment do not need the weapons and ammunition. Deliver now, produce now, be ready tomorrow. Source of Video @nexta_tv #Ukraine #Denmark #MSC
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