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Ahead of tomorrow's talks find about life under Russian rule in recently occupied Ukraine: human safaris, denounciations, kidnapping of children, indoctrination, who counts as a collaborator etc - one of our most heartbreaking episodes on #TheGlobalJigsaw
Audio:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7nf1
Visualisation: m.youtube.com/watch?v=RDxKOd2s
#UkraineWar

BBCBBC World Service - The Global Jigsaw, Life in occupied Ukraine: Kherson and ZaporizhzhiaThe uncertainty over what Ukraine calls “temporarily occupied territories” grows bigger

The main reason you want to get out of US Social Media as a European is that US servers are under US law. And European are under our laws. So even if Facebook, Google, Apple, X, Instagram tells you they will handle your data with respect - you have no way of knowing and no way of stopping them if they don't.

The data these US platforms collect are incredibly powerful and can be used to sway opinion and "control crowds".

Ukraine’s Zelensky says 30-day ceasefire could be used to draft peace plan

> Ukrainian President #VolodymyrZelensky on Wednesday hailed a meeting between the US and #Ukraine this week aimed at ending Russia’s invasion and said a proposed #ceasefire could be used to draft a broader peace deal.

> The US said on Tuesday it was resuming military aid [..] with Ukraine after US and Ukrainian officials agreed in #SaudiArabia on a 30-day ceasefire with #Russia arabnews.com/node/2593360/worl #UkraineWar

Arabnews · Ukraine’s Zelensky says 30-day ceasefire could be used to draft peace planBy Reuters

Trump says he'll speak to Putin as he pushes for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war

> President #DonaldTrump said he would speak to Russian President #VladimirPutin on Tuesday as he pushes to end the war in #Ukraine

> The U.S. leader disclosed the upcoming conversation to reporters while flying from Florida to Washington on Air Force One on Sunday evening. apnews.com/article/donald-trum #Russia #UkraineWar

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, March 14, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
AP News · Kremlin confirms Trump will speak to Putin as efforts continue to end Russia-Ukraine warBy Chris Megerian

#EU - Compulsory military service: Spurred by Trump turnabout, European nations debate conscription

> According to a study Burilkov co-authored for think tank Bruegel and the Kiel Institute, Europe could need 300,000 more troops to deter Russian aggression, in addition to 1.47 million active-duty military personnel.

> "Conscription would have to play a role in any such large numbers of new troops," he said.
today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2285 #conscription #Russia #NATO #UkraineWar

Noting a sharp increase in the number of Russian disinformation bot/propaganda accounts on here.

All are new, with little organic/genuine activity. All copy-and-paste-ing the same handful of agitprop messages in response to unrelated posts. Usually a fair bit of hashtag abuse, too.