Notices by João Costa 💚🇵🇹🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦 (joaocosta@mastodon.social), page 2

Visits by heads of state BEFORE full-scale #war in #Ukraine broke out:

#US
Barak Obama (2009-17)
2️⃣ russia
0️⃣ Ukraine
Donald Trump (2017-21)
0️⃣ russia
0️⃣ Ukraine

#Germany
Angela Merkel (2005-21)
2️⃣0️⃣ russia
5️⃣ Ukraine
Olaf Scholz (2021-22)
1 russia
1 Ukraine

#UK
David Cameron (2010-16)
2️⃣ russia
0️⃣ Ukraine
Theresa May (2016-19)
0️⃣ russia
0️⃣ Ukraine
Boris Johnson (2019-22)
0️⃣ russia
1️⃣ Ukraine

#France
François Hollande (2012-17)
5️⃣ russia
1️⃣ Ukraine
Emmanuel Macron (2017-2022)
4️⃣ russia
1️⃣ Ukraine

@skykiss

Absolutely. And to me, that indicates that Harris will likely be a much stronger supporter of Ukraine than all previous POTUS. She seems to actually care about the human aspect. She went there many more times than her predecessors. That's very telling.

@kardinal691

russians ...

Timothy Snyder

"The major victories the russians are winning in this #war are psychological victories... I don't connect anything that #putin says to any action that will then follow. What he's trying to do is to get us to do the things that he wants us to do. And really that's been his only success. The whole business of nuclear war is there for us to be afraid so that we can act slowly, and us acting slowly is the only thing that has kept russia in the war."

https://youtu.be/v4OZCPaIsHs

"some in the world want to talk to #Putin. To meet, to talk, to speak. But what could they possibly hear from him? That he’s upset because we are exercising our right to defend our people? Or that he wants to keep the war & terror going, just so no one thinks he was wrong? It’s insane. That’s why this #war can’t be conquered by talks. Action is needed. Putin has broken so many international laws & rules that he won’t stop. Russia can only be forced into #peace"

#Ukraine

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/24/zelenskyy-united-nations-security-council

@VitalisViVa

I miss Odesa, such a beautiful city, full of life.

@MAKS23

US keeps playing silly buggers. And taking us all for fools.

Pathetic cowards.

Serious question: if #NATO is afraid of shooting down russian drones, planes and missiles that violate its members' airspace now, what makes anyone think the #US and NATO will spring into action to defend an attack or invasion by #russia?

The whole thing smells of cowardice and structural lack of preparedness. And no one is being fired and replaced by competent leaders to fix it.

What's going on?

Something no one mentions is that, by requiring #Ukraine to spend so much time working out diplomatic maneuvering and overcoming the #incompetence of American officials, the US spreads Ukraine's human resources thinly, and as a result there's less time available to focus on fighting ruzzia and winning the #war.

#China and #India have deterred ruzzia's nukes. Not the US. It is clear that ruzzia no longer fears or respects the #US. So the administration should shift its focus and #ArmUkraineToWIN

@countcol

I think it's more that the information age is informing us about how many people are uninformed. Before the information age, we could only see it through personal acquaintances.

@randahl

This is absolutely brilliant news 🎉

@MAKS23

Iran drones have been killing people and destroying Ukraine for years. Now missiles are coming.

And the answer is to cancel flights? Are they f***ing serious?

#cowards

@randahl

Biden is surrounded by cowards.

#Iran supplies missiles to #russia, which russia uses to bomb targets in #Ukraine

Does that mean Iran is at war with Ukraine?
No.

#US #UK #France supply missiles to Ukraine to defend itself against russia's illegal invasion.

Would bombing military targets in russia mean US, UK and France would be at #war with russia?
Of course not.

End russia's licence to kill. #DropTheRedLines

#ArmUkraineToWIN #ArmUkraineNow #CloseTheSkyOverUkraine #StopRussianAggression #DefendDemocracy #StandWithUkraine

Bilateral #security agreements signed with 🇺🇦#Ukraine

1️⃣ 12/1 🇬🇧#UK
2️⃣ 16/2 🇩🇪#Germany
3️⃣ 16/2 🇫🇷#France
4️⃣ 23/2 🇩🇰#Denmark
5️⃣ 24/2 🇨🇦#Canada
6️⃣ 24/2 🇮🇹#Italy
7️⃣ 02/3 🇳🇱#Netherlands
8️⃣ 03/3 🇫🇮#Finland
9️⃣ 11/4 🇱🇻#Latvia
1️⃣0️⃣ 28/5 🇪🇸#Spain
1️⃣1️⃣ 28/5 🇧🇪#Belgium
1️⃣2️⃣ 28/5 🇵🇹#Portugal
1️⃣3️⃣ 31/5 🇸🇪#Sweden
1️⃣4️⃣ 31/5 🇳🇴#Norway
1️⃣5️⃣ 31/5 🇮🇸#Iceland
1️⃣6️⃣ 13/6 🇺🇸#US
1️⃣7️⃣ 13/6 🇯🇵#Japan
1️⃣8️⃣ 27/6 🇪🇪#Estonia
1️⃣9️⃣ 27/6 🇱🇹#Lithuania
2️⃣0️⃣ 27/6 🇪🇺#EU
2️⃣1️⃣ 08/7 🇵🇱#Poland
2️⃣2️⃣ 10/7 🇱🇺#Luxembourg
2️⃣3️⃣ 11/7 🇷🇴#Romania
2️⃣4️⃣ 18/7 🇨🇿#Czechia
2️⃣5️⃣ 18/7 🇸🇮#Slovenia

"The #Biden administration on Wednesday announced criminal charges, the seizure of internet domains and sanctions related to #Russian #disinformation efforts to influence the #US presidential #election.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said the actions relate to #Russia’s use of state #media to enlist unwitting #American influencers to spread #propaganda and disinformation."

https://apnews.com/article/russia-justice-department-election-foreign-influence-4888f4bfc61e46173101060ad0321d2f

“Since we’re talking about more than 20,000 companies, each will have its own implementation time, but … we expect that probably over the weekend all companies will be able to implement the block"

"Justice Moraes also summoned #Apple and #Google to 'implement technological barriers to prevent the use of the #X app by users of the #iOS and #Android systems' and to block the use of #VPN applications."

#law #SocialMedia #Brazil #Brasil #MastodonMigration

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/30/elon-musk-x-could-face-ban-in-brazil-after-failure-to-appoint-legal-representative