"Een effectieve manier om de ballistische raketdreiging te verminderen is te zien tegen Iran, wiens lanceerinstallaties worden uitgeschakeld. Maar de middelen waarmee Oekraïne hetzelfde had kunnen doen kreeg het niet. Nu ontwikkelt Kyiv ze zelf."
- @abrouwers.bsky.social
Greetings from Kyiv, which lives in anticipation of bloom and greenery.
I don’t deny the war.
I show you life,
beauty,
history,
and the culture of this land.
The “Skifs” unit is shooting down Russian Shahed drones over Kharkiv region using a Bofors 40 mm gun.
“Comically unqualified, intensely partisan, and unflaggingly devoted to whatever ridiculous thing bubbled out of Donald Trump’s mouth five minutes ago” - @paulwaldman.bsky.social unpacks the general traits of a prototype member of Trump cabinet - the worst in U.S. history. Via @atrupar.com
Trump: “So, we have sanctions on some countries. We’re going to take those sanctions off until this straightens out (…)
Then, who knows, maybe we won’t have to put them on – there’ll be so much peace.”
ISW: Ukrainian forces advanced near Kupyansk and halted Russian progress across western Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Counterattacks also force emergency redeployments across 3 oblasts — and may compel Russia to abandon its Spring-Summer 2026 offensive plan before it begins
euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/10/i...
🛳️ The Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed to almost all ships except those linked to Iran as the Middle East conflict enters its second week, - Bloomberg
No vessels were seen entering the Persian Gulf in the past 24 hours, and only a few ships—mostly Iran-linked—have managed to exit.
Meenemen van Oekraïense kinderen door Rusland misdaad tegen menselijkheid #spanningen-oekraine
This!
How come Iran can have Tomahawks but not Ukraine then Donnie?
🇺🇸🚀🇮🇷 Analysis of missile debris shown by Iran found components marked “Made in USA”, consistent with Tomahawk missile, - NYT
The evidence suggests the Feb. 28 strike that destroyed a school in Minab and killed ~175 people came from U.S. strikes on a nearby naval base.
Ukraine's Armed Forces have liberated almost all of Dnipropetrovsk region, with three small settlements remaining to be taken and two to be cleared, General Staff operations chief Maj. Gen. Oleksandr Komarenko announced. The operation is carried out by air assault units & mech. brigades. #Ukraine
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IRAN CAMPAIGN COST $5.6 BILLION IN HIGH END MUNITIONS IN FIRST TWO DAYS
The figures revealed by the Pentagon to Congress, underline that the administration lied about the volume of so called ‘exquisite’ weapons such as Patriot, Tomahawk, HARM and high end deep penetration bombs it had used. It
ISW:
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukrainian forces are successfully counterattacking not only in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole directions but also in western Zaporizhia Oblast.
1/2🧵
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
#russia #ukraine
🇺🇲 A battle is brewing inside the US intelligence community over explosive evidence that #Russia may be behind the mysterious “Havana Syndrome” illness that has sickened hundreds of US officials.
nypost.com/2026/03/09/u...
#usa
#UPDATE
🇺🇲🇷🇺 #Trump is considering easing oil sanctions on #Russia and releasing emergency crude stockpiles as part of a package of options aimed at curbing spiking global oil prices amid the Iran conflict, Reuters reports.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
#usa
Door Russische luchtaanvallen op woonwijken en bedrijven in Dnipro en Charkiv zijn afgelopen nacht minstens 20 mensen, waaronder ook kinderen, gewond geraakt.
🔗 hromadske.ua/en/war/26059...
Trump: ‘Ik lul maar wat.’
The girls in the school did not plan to, nor want to, they just wanted to play and learn and grow up..
⚡️Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten is demanding the world speed up the creation of a special tribunal to prosecute Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
Israël ziet de oorlog tegen Iran als een kwestie van overleven. Maar na een week oorlog is nog altijd niet echt duidelijk wat het Amerikaanse doel is. "Trump heeft helaas een zeer oppervlakkig begrip van militaire operaties." nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...
“I had a $700,000 salary in Seattle. I still went to fight in Ukraine.”
Andrew Webber, a U.S. Army captain and Iraq–Afghanistan veteran, left his corporate law career and joined Ukraine’s International Legion in 2023. He died in combat on July 27, 2023, reports hromadske. 1/
Meteoor gezien boven Nederland, 'ruimtegruis' komt neer in Duitsland
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 U.S. officials are frustrated with Israel after it struck 30 Iranian fuel depots, saying the attacks were much broader than expected, - Axios
Washington fears hitting fuel infrastructure used by civilians could boost support for Iran’s regime and push oil prices higher.
NEW: Pope Leo XIV spent the morning urging President Trump to end his war in Iran — for the fourth time this week — then celebrated Mass with altar girls at his side in a struggling Roman parish no pope has visited in forty years.
Er is veel ophef over het feit dat Trump een petje op had bij de 'dignified transfer' van de zes Amerikaanse militairen die omkwamen in Koeweit. Maar dit... opgestapelde lijkkisten... echt méga dignified... (...)
youtu.be/1cnXCBJuPdU
Tijdens de door ons met jullie steun georganiseerde kindervakantie spraken we met Denys (14). Hij groeit op in een stad die dagelijks wordt gebombardeerd. Hij vertelt over russische bezetting, het bevrijdingsfeest en de huidige angst voor drones.
People are just assets to use and discard
Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
timesofoman.com/article/1691...
