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Hans de Vreij

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Studeerde Russisch. Werd publiciteitscoördinator van Amnesty-Nederland. Daarna 30 jaar werkzaam als journalist. Was correspondent in Genève, Berlijn, Praag en Brussel. Eigen ervaring met de KGB: https://hansdevreij.com/2017/01/08/russian-spy-and-i/

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Activists from Greenpeace confronted French President Emmanuel Macron to protest the country's imports of enriched uranium from Russia for its power plants.

11.03.2026 08:00 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2
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We must unite for European defence. 

We need defragmentation, consolidation, and scale. 

And we need to have more experience of success in developing pan-European defence projects.

#DefenceReadiness 🇪🇺

@europarl.europa.eu debate ⬇️

ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

11.03.2026 07:55 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Oekraïne krijgt 35 PAC-3 raketten voor het Patriot afweersysteem van diverse landen, waaronder Duitsland en Nederland. Voorraad voor 1 week?

11.03.2026 07:59 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Nog een schip geraakt nabij de Straat van Hormuz. Ditmaal een bulkcarrier op zo’n 50 zeemijl te noordwesten van Dubai.

11.03.2026 07:56 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Castos: breuklijn.castos.com/episodes/bre...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/37qj...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

11.03.2026 07:41 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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In aflevering #3 van de onze podcast kijken @remcobreuker.bsky.social en ik naar de cruciale rol die China en Noord-Korea spelen in de Oekraïne-oorlog.

🇨🇳 🇷🇺 Rusland zou de oorlog niet zou kunnen voortzetten zonder China

🇰🇵 🇺🇦 En Noord-Korea neemt zelfs direct deel aan de oorlog

Links in comments👇

11.03.2026 07:41 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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🇺🇦The Ukrainian Defense Ministry released the following report:

“Over more than 1,460 days, Patriot air defense systems have fired about 600 missiles against Russia in Ukraine, and approximately 800 missiles against Iran in just 3 days.”

11.03.2026 07:26 👍 49 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 1
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“We are ready to help those who help us,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, revealing that Kyiv is sending a team to the Gulf region to help allies counter Iranian drones, praising Ukraine’s extensive battlefield experience in drone warfare.

11.03.2026 07:44 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The members of Iran’s women’s football team who did not claim asylum in Australia arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 11, 2026
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The members of Iran’s women’s football team who did not claim asylum in Australia arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 11, 2026 © AFP

"Iranian women footballers claiming asylum in Australia evacuated from their safe house on Wednesday after one team member changed her mind and revealed their location to the Iranian embassy, Canberra said."
@en.afp.com
today.rtl.lu/news/world/t...

11.03.2026 07:44 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

What if the war with Iran triggers consequences no one is prepared for? Thinking through the worst case is where planning begins. warontherocks.com/20...

11.03.2026 07:45 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Europe’s plan to keep Ukraine afloat Presented by Amazon

" #Europe ’s plan to keep #Ukraine afloat"
www.politico.eu/podcast/brus...

11.03.2026 07:26 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”

A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”

This is from 1975.

11.03.2026 07:02 👍 126 🔁 53 💬 2 📌 2
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BREAKING Vessel hit by projectile off UAE coast, says UK maritime agency.

The same agency earlier reported an unknown projectile hit another cargo ship in the strategic Strait of Hormuz abutting Iran, causing a fire and forcing the crew to evacuate

11.03.2026 07:38 👍 9 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 3
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A Russian "Z-blogger" commented on yesterday's missile strike on Kremniy El plant in Russia's Bryansk:

"The enemy, contrary to our efforts to demilitarize Ukraine, by contrast, has the ability to fire missiles deeper into Russian territory, hitting targets of choice, changing directions."

11.03.2026 07:38 👍 124 🔁 21 💬 7 📌 0
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Iran: meer dan 1300 burgers omgekomen bij aanvallen Iran meldt meer dan 1300 burgerdoden door VS- en Israëlische luchtaanvallen sinds 28 februari; ook een meisjesschool in Minab werd geraakt. Lees de details.

'Iran maakt melding van meer dan 1300 omgekomen burgers' nieuws.nl/buitenland/i...

11.03.2026 07:40 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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New article - Iran's explosive uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) which are hitting tankers in the Persian Gulf -> www.hisutton.com/IRGC-USV.html

11.03.2026 06:35 👍 121 🔁 31 💬 6 📌 1
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BREAKING Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is "safe and sound" despite reports of an injury during the war with Israel and the United States, the son of the Iranian president said on Wednesday

11.03.2026 06:46 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 2
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Trump dag 415: 150 Amerikaanse gewonden sinds begin aanval Iran, schepen Straat van Hormuz toch niet begeleid, Trump wil oliesancties versoepelen, VS gebruikte voor $5,6 miljard aan munitie in eerste ... Nieuwe besluiten van Trump en consorten, en nieuwe fallout. Een overzicht van dag 415. – Het Witte Huis zegt dat […]

Trump dag 415: 150 Amerikaanse gewonden sinds begin aanval Iran, schepen Straat van Hormuz toch niet begeleid, VS gebruikte voor $5,6 miljard aan munitie in eerste twee dagen Iranoorlog, ‘DOGE-medewerker stal gegevens honderden miljoenen Amerikanen’: reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-41...

11.03.2026 06:47 👍 33 🔁 11 💬 4 📌 6
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Le gouvernement néerlandais autorise la frégate HNLMS Evertsen à rejoindre l’escorte du porte-avions Charles de Gaulle - Zone Militaire Le 9 mars, le président Macron a annoncé le déploiement de huit frégates, deux porte-hélicoptères amphibies et le groupe aéronaval formé autour du

La frégate néerlandaise HNLMS Evertsen rejoint le Charles de Gaulle pour une mission défensive en Méditerranée orientale

10.03.2026 19:01 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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❗️ [ 🇫🇷 FRANCE | 🌍 MOYEN-ORIENT ]

🔸 Les frégates néerlandaise HNLMS Evertsen, italienne Federico Martinengo et espagnole Cristóbal Colón ont été autorisées à rejoindre le groupe aéronaval du porte‑avions français Charles de Gaulle dans le contexte de la crise au Moyen‑Orient.

10.03.2026 21:52 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Strait of Hormuz, 2026-03-10 (14:16 UTC)

AIS-data (+/-1h) overlayed to SAR satellite data and faintly, normal paths.

Almost wholly void. A handful ships, moving or drifting.

AIS-data, pointless for now.

Data: marinetraffic, Sentinel 1. Code: @pa.nton.cx

10.03.2026 23:26 👍 81 🔁 18 💬 5 📌 0
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Trump team's swaggering rhetoric on Iran war fuels backlash.

Official accounts circulate videos blending real combat footage with imagery from Hollywood films and video games. It marks a departure from the more restrained language traditionally used by US leaders during wartime
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11.03.2026 05:01 👍 13 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1
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Strait of Hormuz, 2026-03-10 (14:16 UTC)

AIS data vs SAR imagery

#OOTT #Iran #Tankers

10.03.2026 23:08 👍 20 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1

A large part of the reason why the US Navy has been able to get away with underinvesting in MCM is... NATO.

The sharing of capabilities meant that the US could leave MCM to European allies, who became rather good at it.

This didn't take into account the US fighting a dumbass war, w/o NATO.

10.03.2026 22:09 👍 133 🔁 38 💬 4 📌 1
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Here’s what’s going on at US bases in Middle East amid Iran attacks Bases hosting U.S. troops throughout the Middle East have been participating in U.S. operations against Iran, and are subject to retaliatory strikes.

UPDATE | American forces across the Middle East continue to endure air raid sirens and explosions as Operation Epic Fury has stretched into its second week.

Here's what's happening at U.S. bases in the region amid the ongoing campaign against Iran.

From Stars and Stripes' Lara Korte:

11.03.2026 05:07 👍 11 🔁 9 💬 5 📌 0
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NEW: CENTCOM reported that US forces destroyed 16 Iranian minelayers near the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian mining efforts are part of a broader effort to disrupt maritime traffic in the Strait & Gulf to impose a cost. (1/5)

Iran Update Evening Special Report, March 10, 2026: isw.pub/IranUpdate03...

11.03.2026 05:26 👍 100 🔁 23 💬 2 📌 4
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Operation Epic Escort: Pentagon Weighs Options on Strait of Hormuz Transits - USNI News THE PENTAGON — The U.S. military is assessing how to reopen the flow of crude oil tankers and cargo ships through the Persian Gulf as the White House makes resuming regional trade a top priority acros...

Operation Epic Escort: Pentagon Weighs Options on Strait of Hormuz Transits — USNI News
news.usni.org/2026/03/10/o...

10.03.2026 22:17 👍 71 🔁 20 💬 68 📌 147
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Hasty redeployment of US missiles from South Korea to Middle East leaves Seoul rattled South Korea’s president has sought to reassure the public that the country is able to deter threats from the North It has been almost a decade since the sleepy South Korean village of Seongju was transformed overnight into a key location in the country’s ability to counter an attack from North Korea. Early on a spring morning, camouflaged trucks carrying the US-made terminal high-altitude area defense (THAAD) missile-defence system rolled into Seongju, as the country’s government ignored protests from locals who said the deployment would make them a target for Pyongyang’s ballistic missiles. Continue reading...

Hasty redeployment of US missiles from South Korea to Middle East leaves Seoul rattled

11.03.2026 05:33 👍 91 🔁 48 💬 10 📌 12
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Qatar verhoogt dreigingsniveau: blijf binnen na aanvallen Qatar roept inwoners op binnen te blijven na onderschepte raketaanval; explosies gehoord in Doha. Lees de laatste updates over het verhoogde dreigingsniveau.

Qatar verhoogt dreigingsniveau: blijf binnen na aanvallen

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