A striking admission by Polish FM Sikorski at the YES conference in Kiev:

If we are providing security guarantees to Ukraine, we are saying that we can start a war against Russia. But I don’t think this is either convincing or trustworthy. If someone wants to fight Russia, they can start it right away. But I am not seeing anyone willing. There is nothing worse in international relations than providing guarantees that can’t be trusted.

Sikorsky stated that Ukraine, in his opinion, "already has guarantees, even if they are called 'assurances' in the Budapest Memorandum." If other, more specific guarantees are provided, they will not work, he is convinced.
The minister recalled that the goal of the discussed security guarantees for Ukraine is to restrain Russia from new aggression: "They say that if you attack the one to whom guarantees have been provided (that is, Ukraine – EP), we will start a war in its defense."
"That is, if we provide security guarantees to Ukraine, we are saying that we can start a war against Russia. And I don't think that this is convincing, that there is trust in this. Anyone who wants to fight Russia can start it right now. But I don't see anyone willing to do so," he shared his thoughts. "But in international relations, there is nothing worse than providing guarantees that are not trusted."
Sikorski called for recognition that this is not about guarantees for Ukraine.

So NATO membership promise has been a lie all along and the so-called "coalition of the willing” has exactly zero members.

New normal in the "Rules based order" world.

Denmark will bypass more than 20 laws and regulations to allow Ukrain's company Fire Point to build a solid rocket fuel plant near Skridstrup air base.
The government will use a special law that allows it to ignore environmental and building codes for defense needs. Fire Point will also be temporarily exempted from rules on controlling the risks of major accidents.

#Ukraine prolific beggar #Zelensky keeps asking for more and more money

In 2026, Ukraine's military needs will amount to 120 billion dollars, or 172 million dollars per day.

https://fakti.bg/en/world/1000096-zelensky-accused-russia-of-expanding-the-war-ukraine-will-need-at-least-120-billion-for-its-defense-in-2026

#Israel tracks GPS on smartphones for assassinations.

Straight from the horse's mouth:

Netanyahu addresses a Democrat and Republican US Congressional delegation in Israel: "But do you have cell phones? You have cell phones here? You're holding a piece of Israel right there. You know that?"

#Israel

Netanyahu told Trump in advance about Hamas delegation strike in Qatar, Israel's Channel 12 reports
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed US President Donald Trump last Tuesday morning that Israel was planning to strike the Hamas delegation in Qatar, shortly before the attack was carried out, according to three Israeli officials.

The White House claimed it was only notified once the missiles were already in the air, leaving Trump with no chance to oppose the strike.

Seven Israeli officials told Channel 12 that the White House was aware beforehand, even if the window to halt the operation was extremely narrow.

A senior Israeli official said: “Trump knew about the strike before the missiles were launched. First there was a political discussion between Netanyahu and Trump, and afterward through military channels. Trump didn’t say no.”
Another Israeli official said that the US was informed “with sufficient time at the political level, and had Trump wanted to stop it, he could have.”

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-867562

#Ukraine

Or irony ...

Ukraine’s language ombudsman Olena Ivanovska complains that Russian is becoming a protest language of Ukrainian teenagers and that her own daughter maintains her social networks in Russian because all her friends are Russian-speakers.

The language ombudsman said that her daughter ran social networks in Russian because that is the language her friends speak.

"Teenagers are read on social networks by other teenagers just like them. I tell my daughter: "Sofia, how is that possible? Why is that?" And she says: "Mom, who will read me if they are all Russian-speaking?" I tell her that she should become so interesting that they read and discuss you in Ukrainian," Elena Ivanovskaya said.

According to her, Ukrainian teenagers often speak Russian because they want "to demonstrate their inclusion in a separate, youthful environment with every action."

"Your marginal position always awakens the spirit of contradiction. A certain lack of critical thinking also has an effect. That's why teenagers consume all this junk called "Russian-language content" from the Internet, from TikTok, which is dumped on children's heads and which is not restrained or countered. And Russian-language bloggers, apparently, are very well versed in age psychology. It is not for nothing that they so skillfully hook our children on their hook," Ivanovskaya said.

Earlier, the State Service for Education Quality also recorded that Ukrainian schoolchildren began to use the state language less.

It's official

#Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

#Ukraine

#Trump the 'Peacemaker' 🤦‍♂️

Don't pay much attention to what he says but just judge by what he does.

“The Trump administration's first US weapons aid packages for Ukraine have been approved and could soon ship as Washington resumes sending arms to Kiev - this time under a new financial agreement with allies - two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.

This is the first use of a new mechanism developed by the US and allies to supply Ukraine with weapons from the US stocks using funds from NATO countries.
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby has approved as many as two $500 million shipments under the new mechanism called the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List.

LMAO

The EU emphasizes: support for Ukraine continues, but it is necessary to prepare for the return of Ukrainians to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian rebuild the country.

#Ukraine #Russia

Another body exchange - 1000 for 24

Today 🇷🇺 handed over another 1000 Ukrainian bodies.

🇷🇺 got back 24 fallen heroes.

Welcome to #Germany

Hamburg Airport has declared a fuel emergency. Aircraft can no longer be refueled. The reason given is "supply bottlenecks at the Heide refinery." No further explanation is given. Germany is on its way to becoming a developing country.

According to information from WELT, the airport informed airlines on Thursday morning that they will likely not be able to refuel their aircraft in Hamburg until Tuesday. This poses significant problems for the airlines, especially on a busy weekend. Delays, flight diversions, and cancellations are threatened.

The President 'of peace' ...

Trump wants Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan back under US control as it is close to China’s nuclear weapons production sites...

#EU war party floats "creative" new way to legalise stealing Russian assets

Brussels is attempting to solve one of the thorniest problems since the beginning of the war — that the West can seize interest generated by Russian assets but not the huge capital sums, which would make a significant difference to Ukraine's ability to defend itself and rebuild.
The new proposal — described by one official as “legally creative” — could release a major stream of additional funding for Kiev’s war effort without technically expropriating the Russian assets themselves, which would be legally risky.

#Israel Netanyahu:

'If you have a cell phone, you are holding a piece of Israel'

Israel tracks GPS on smartphones for assassinations.

A recent report revealed that AppCloud, an Israeli application developed by IronSource, comes pre-installed on certain Samsung devices, particularly Galaxy A and Galaxy M models, and cannot be fully removed. The app automatically collects user data, including location, device fingerprints, and IP addresses.