In the past week alone, Muslims have: 1. Slaughtered 9 Christians during a funeral in Jordan. 2. Beheaded 40 Christians in Nigeria with machetes. 3. Massacred 60 Christians in Ethiopia and burned down their homes. They didn’t get even 1% of the media coverage Gaza gets.

CONCLUSION 🧵(1/2): Putin would have the world, and especially the United States, believe that he is somehow holding back from crushing Ukraine, but that he could do so at any moment of his choosing. The opposite is the case. If Putin had had a way of ending the war quickly, he surely would have used it. The effort to field an army large enough to make virtually no gains is costing Putin a fortune, driving up inflation in Russia, and generating increasing social discontent. Fielding a larger army would cost more with no guarantee of materially changing the situation on the front. That is why Putin is holding back at least for now. ⬇️ Putin has likely recognized the folly of trying to drown Ukraine in Russian blood and has instead opted to try to hammer Ukraine into submission with a strategic bombing campaign. The Russians have secured a temporary advantage in the skies over Ukraine through their jet-powered drones and the shortage of Patriot missiles that can intercept their ballistic missiles. But Ukraine is fielding solutions to defend against the jet-powered drones, and it is hardening and decentralizing its infrastructure to survive the ballistic missile strikes (as well as developing its own ballistic missile interceptors, although that effort will take time). The Russian strikes are currently devastating Ukrainian energy and other infrastructure and imposing a brutal cost on Ukrainian civilians—as Putin intends. But there is no reason to think that this strategic bombing campaign will be any more successful than every other strategic bombing campaign in history—all of which have failed to compel a country holding its own on the battlefield to surrender.

- Kyrylo Budanov 🇺🇦: "If there are no personal consequences for deciding to wage war against a sovereign state, then all international rules cease to function, the global security order is destroyed, and any other country could become a victim. Accountability for aggression is not only a signal about the past – it is a signal about the future: about how the world responds to unlawful uses of force and what consequences await those who violate international norms" ........... He is right...! 🫡

🇺🇦 Over the past week, Elon Musk has gone from denying Starshield restrictions in Ukraine to inventing explanations that are easily challenged. Ukraine’s military uses the paid-for military version, Starshield, which it is authorised to use on Ukraine’s internationally recognised territory. Operations against Russian invaders there are defensive. If Musk and Trump care so much about Russian soldiers, they should remember that those soldiers can always return to Russia and live happily there. Stop spreading this BS. Unless, of course, your goal is to finally get Congress to investigate. #Starshield #StandWithUkraine #CongressInvestigate

I’m the original cosponsor. Congress must be a check to the President’s egregious appeasement to Putin.

连川普自己上一任期的前白宫通讯主任都看不下去了。 当斯卡拉穆奇被问"川普是鹅罗斯资产吗？”，他的回答堪称教科书：是不是登记在册的"特工"，可以慢慢争论；但普京想要的每一件事，他都在做——你给普京列一张清单，他条条执行，能打 A+。拆西方联盟、拿格陵兰威胁北约盟国、扬言从西欧撤军 2.5 万到 4 万、退出核协议、卡乌克兰🇺🇦的脖子……一件件往下对，全中。 他的定性："我认为他被普京拿住了。换任何一位美国总统，都做不出这种行为。"

Kids murdered by Russians, now aided by the White House.

Zelensky explains why Russia failed to capture Kyiv in 2022. And no, it wasn’t because some Russian general took the wrong road, as Trump keeps saying.