The so-called “Karelian model” for Ukraine is Finlandization rebranded. After WWII, Finland ceded Karelia, paid reparations, and lived decades under Moscow’s shadow. It wasn’t peace but submission. To offer this to Ukraine is no settlement, it’s a leash to Russia’s whims.

I want to thank First Lady Melania Trump Melania Trump for her attention to one of the most painful and difficult issues of this war – the abduction of Ukrainian children by Russia. We deeply appreciate her compassion and her letter to Putin. This issue lies at the heart of the war’s

Lavrov said Russia never cared about territories but wanted to protect "Russian people." I've added what Russian "protection" looks like below.

RECORD HEAT IN EAST ASIA Endless record heat in China,Koreas and Japan. Today the South Korea town of Uljin rose to 37.9C, breaking its record of August highest temperature. It had already broken those of all previous months. There is no end in sight to this brutal heat wave.

And not because he doesn’t want a break from war, but because he simply cannot Because he knows 🇷🇺 history The return of 🇷🇺 troops from Europe after the victory over Napoleon led to the anti-tsarist uprising in 1825 🇷🇺’s defeat in a War with 🇯🇵 led to the 1905 Revolution 3/n

The desertion of a million Russian soldiers from the Russo-German front during World War I forced Emperor Nicholas II to abdicate and caused the February Revolution of 1917. The peace signed by Lenin with Germany allowed the Bolsheviks to execute the entire royal family. 4/n

The withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan in February 1989 marked the beginning of the USSR’s collapse. Knowing this, Putin cannot end the war with 🇺🇦 and bring his troops home. 5/n

Only the opportunity in May 1945 to keep almost his entire army in Europe as occupation forces helped Stalin avoid a postwar coup. That is why Putin dreams of occupying Ukraine, as well as the Baltics, Finland, Poland, etc., to keep his army far away from Moscow. 6/n

He remembers how 525K soldiers returning from 🇦🇫 in 1989 turned into bandits who terrorized the entire population of the USSR. And he knows what will happen if 1.5M soldiers, trained to kill, loot, and rape professionally, return home from the Ukrainian front. 7/n

The war with 🇺🇦 has allowed Putin to get rid of 2M of the most active opponents of his regime, whom he forced to flee 🇷🇺, while the rest of the young 🇷🇺 men he either drove to the front or recruited into punitive services. Today, any war—against 🇺🇦, the Baltics, NATO, anyone at

Unfortunately, none of your advisers will explain this to you I don’t want Putin—a KGB man, a thief & a murderer of millions—to keep brazenly deceiving you, lying, & misleading my President Of course, I’m not a military expert or political scientist, but I’m a writer with a

I remember how Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Pope John Paul II managed to push oil prices down to $9 per barrel, gave the Afghans “Stingers,” and thereby stopped Moscow’s takeover of Afghanistan and destroyed the USSR. 10/n

❗️🇯🇵Japan has declared its readiness to participate in providing security guarantees for 🇺🇦Ukraine, — Sky News.

🔥 According to The Moscow Times, Russia lost 13% of its oil refinery capacity as a result of Ukrainian drone attacks in August.

WINTER SCORCHER IN SOUTH AMERICA Temperatures up to 40C at Puerto Suarez, BOLIVIA with a new heat wave in a couple of days and possibly even higher temperatures. Records will fall between Bolivia and Paraguay.

DEADLY HEAT WAVE IN CHINA Terrible conditions with extremely humid heat persists and will worsen in CHINA Night temperatures remain >30C in many areas including Shanghai,Hangzhou,Zhengzhou,Xi'An... Daytime maxes 39/40C and heat indexes up to 50C. 39.5 Jingyang- Monthly record

Day 1274 of my 3 day war. It's going so well that a country with massive reserves of oil is running out of fuel. I remain a master strategist.

Lavrov believes that Finland prospered thanks to Russia. Some numbers: ◾️Finland: GDP per capita: $54,160 Average salary: $4,701 Average pension: $2,449 ◾️Russia: GDP per capita: $14,260 Average salary: $616 Average pension: $214

We are witnessing one of the most insane anomalies in world climatic history: Vize Island 79 lat. hasn t dropped below freezing for 35 consecutive days. Among dozens of thousands of world weather stations it's just the THIRD to record its hottest day in history while raining

Cool and rainy conditions in SW Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. Yesterday the maximum temperature at Gizan was only 30.5C, the lowest max. ever recorded in August. In Yemen mountainous villages temperatures dropped as low as 7C.