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Hva vi er vitne til? It's the end if the world as we know it (and I feel fine).

13.03.2026 08:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NEW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that three groups of Ukrainian specialists departed to strengthen the air defenses of the United States and its allies in the Middle East.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 12, 2026: isw.pub/UkrWar031226

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13.03.2026 01:39 👍 172 🔁 38 💬 7 📌 7

Nå står ikke verden til påske. Uten at det er Trump sin skyld.

12.03.2026 22:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Får håpe han aldri drar på pub i utlandet, da.

12.03.2026 22:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hva? Er han åtte år eldre enn Trump???

11.03.2026 19:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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VM i navlebeskuelse Midtøsten står i brann, mens nordmenn på ferie oppfører seg som bortskjemte barn.

Nemlig. Og ikke minst. Don't panic, and always carry a towel. www.nrk.no/ytring/vm-i-...

11.03.2026 16:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NEW: Ukrainian forces advanced 10 to 12 kilometers deep in two separate drives in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that have reportedly liberated more than 400 square kilometers since late January 2026. 🧵(1/7)

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 10, 2026 isw.pub/UkrWar031026

11.03.2026 03:33 👍 582 🔁 112 💬 7 📌 14
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NEW: The Russian military simply does not have the capacity to overrun Ukrainian defenses that Putin constantly claims. 🧵⤵️ (1/5)

1/ Ukrainian forces are successfully counterattacking not only in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole directions but also in western Zaporizhia Oblast. isw.pub/UkrWar030926

10.03.2026 03:06 👍 564 🔁 165 💬 11 📌 17
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U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows The evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.

Breaking News: New video adds to evidence that a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian school where 175 people, many of them children, were reportedly killed.

09.03.2026 02:40 👍 2566 🔁 1148 💬 166 📌 148

MORE: Ukrainian officials confirmed the redeployment of naval infantry elements to the Hulyaipole direction as ISW assessed on March 7.

Ukrainian forces likely continued their mid-range strike campaign against military assets in occupied Donetsk City on March 8. (1/2) isw.pub/UkrWar030826

09.03.2026 00:23 👍 205 🔁 35 💬 6 📌 5
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The Desire for Terror And the defense of democracy

The Desire for Terror
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08.03.2026 22:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NEW: The Russian military command likely has laterally redeployed elite airborne (VDV) and naval infantry units from the Pokrovsk direction and the Dobropillya tactical area in eastern Ukraine to the southern frontline, likely in part to respond to recent Ukrainian gains. 🧵(1/4) isw.pub/UkrWar030726

08.03.2026 02:24 👍 218 🔁 59 💬 3 📌 5

Enig, men må bare spørre. Ville du også heller hatt straffefrihet for Schumachers overfall på Battiston i 1982 enn VAR?

07.03.2026 16:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Asle Toje, David Irving, professor Richard J. Evans – og Minerva Asle Toje har endelig innrømmet å ha løyet. Hvorfor lar Minerva ham servere en ny løgn?

Muligens aller siste runde i Toje-Bals-debatten som Minerva har holdt liv i på overtid. www.vagant.no/asle-toje-da...

07.03.2026 10:55 👍 44 🔁 11 💬 6 📌 0
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NEW: Russia is reportedly sharing intelligence with Iran to support Iranian attacks against US forces in the Middle East in contrast to the Kremlin’s recent attempts to frame Russia as a potential US ally and US-Russia relations as increasingly friendly. (1/8)

Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar030626

07.03.2026 01:20 👍 287 🔁 99 💬 8 📌 10

Jo lengre krigen varer jo bedre blir Ruzzland i Paralympics og dårlige i vanlig OL.

06.03.2026 17:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

En hund funker på samme måten, bare bedre. Mon koster jo litt, da.

06.03.2026 17:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Biggest Pro-Trump Mega-Media Monopoly Ever (it’s already distorting war coverage) But this mega-media monopoly can be stopped. Here’s how.

The Biggest Pro-Trump Mega-Media Monopoly Ever (it’s already distorting war coverage)
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06.03.2026 11:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

MORE: Kremlin officials are criticizing the United States for military operations against Iran and are using the escalation in the Middle East to set conditions to blame the United States for any future failures in negotiations for a peace in Ukraine. 🧵(1/3) isw.pub/UkrWar030526

06.03.2026 03:08 👍 200 🔁 40 💬 6 📌 3
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The Oligarchical Corridor A Source of War

The Oligarchical Corridor
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06.03.2026 03:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Moral Basis of Civilization Trump is actively destroying it

The Moral Basis of Civilization
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05.03.2026 21:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

E.T. go home.

05.03.2026 04:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Da får vi gratulere ham med en velfortjent Darwin Award.

05.03.2026 04:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NEW: Ukrainian forces damaged a Russian frigate and other Russian warships during March 1 to 2 overnight strikes against the Russian naval base in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai.

Read the Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 4, 2026: isw.pub/UkrWar030426

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04.03.2026 23:52 👍 311 🔁 45 💬 1 📌 3
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‘We say no to war.’ Spain pushes back against Trump’s threats Spanish PM insists he won’t bow to U.S. commercial pressure as he leads international opposition to the strikes against Tehran.

In the midst of the crisis in the Middle East, Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez has stood out as the sole EU leader to directly challenge Trump over the war against Iran.

04.03.2026 10:57 👍 167 🔁 47 💬 6 📌 6
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Melania Trump Promotes ‘Peace Through Education’ at U.N. as War With Iran Expands

Message to Iranian schoolgirls: "Rest in peace through education". www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

03.03.2026 12:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Russia’s winter offensive ground to a halt as Ukraine recaptured more land than it lost in February, Syrskyi says The Commander-in-Chief reported that over three winter months, Ukrainian forces killed or wounded nearly 100,000 Russian troops — more than Russia managed to recruit into its ranks over the same…

For the first time since Kursk, Ukraine regained more ground than Russia seized in a single month, Syrskyi says.

Russia's reward for three months of grinding? 92,850 casualties — and less territory than where it started February.

🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/03/r...

03.03.2026 11:38 👍 238 🔁 85 💬 4 📌 4
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Trump Hasn’t a F*cking Clue What He’s Doing He has no endgame for his war, which may be his undoing.

Trump Hasn’t a F*cking Clue What He’s Doing
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03.03.2026 11:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin is attempting to posture himself as a peacemaker and potential mediator between Iran and the Gulf States amid the ongoing US-Israeli operation against Iran.

Russian forces advanced in the Slovyansk and Pokrovsk directions. isw.pub/UkrWar030226

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03.03.2026 01:16 👍 154 🔁 37 💬 7 📌 7
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NEW: Russia continues to offer no support but boilerplate condemnations to Iran following the deaths of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other senior Iranian officials.

Read more:isw.pub/UkrWar030126

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01.03.2026 21:30 👍 175 🔁 36 💬 6 📌 4