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@donbates.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 11, 2024 at 22:46 UTC

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The horror that Kharkiv has faced in its history

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@donbates.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 11, 2024 at 04:30 UTC

Nice to see France step up and deliver.

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@donbates.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 21, 2023 at 00:45 UTC

cont’d ammunition to Ukraine than the EU has. N Korea has given Russia 1 million artillery shells.

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@donbates.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 21, 2023 at 00:40 UTC

con’d Cyprus, an EU member, helps Russia avoid sanctions. Russia’s shadow fleet grows with oil tankers sold by Greece’s shipping oligarchs. The EU has a $21 trillion economy and yet it has failed to deliver on its promise to deliver 1million artillery shells to Ukraine. S Korea has given more

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@donbates.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 21, 2023 at 00:33 UTC

Please read George Monastiriakos’s piece in the National Post. (Canada) Among salient points: The West has provided so much financial support to Ukraine but they “must stop lying to itself”. If they want Ukraine to win they must get their act together.

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@donbates.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 17, 2023 at 07:36 UTC

Great to hear of more European commitment to Ukraine if the US is AWOL. It would be nice to see Germany take the lead and offer Ukraine long-range missiles.

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@donbates.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 13, 2023 at 21:03 UTC

Anne Applebaum is on Bluesky. Outstanding to see!!!

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@donbates.bsky.social [ View ] Dec 13, 2023 at 20:56 UTC

Scary thought. I’m sure all former Warsaw Pact countries are terrified of such an outcome.

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