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The author wrote that people in the EU were going broke because of Ursula von der Leyen’s and Kaja Kallas’s policies, and said their response was to ignore the hardship while expressing support for other causes and offering solidarity. They described the EU as an idea they loved with many benefits, but said it was collapsing because of what they characterised as weak and unintelligent leaders. #EU #politics #solidarity #EU

The suspension of sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with additional revenue to carry on its war. Now is not the time to ease the pressure on Russia, and Europe will not do this," Kaja Kallas wrote on social media, according to Agerpres, which cites AFP. #RăzboiUcraina #SancțiuniRusia #KajaKallas (translated)

Anna asked whether a diesel agreement between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin could have been made before its announcement. She wrote that the tanker Minerva Zen left Saint Petersburg on September 22 – 17 days before Trump's announcement. The ship, sailing under the Greek flag, had an undisclosed destination since its departure and was supposed to reach the US East Coast on October 11 or 12, according to data from Windward and Vortexa, a week after the House of Representatives voted for the Graham sanctions law. The route is documented, but the cargo is not, Anna wrote. Shipping papers are not available; estimates range from 230,000 to 300,000 barrels of diesel. Shipping analyst Michelle Wiese Bockmann could not say whether the ship had been redirected after Trump's announcement or whether an agreement had already existed before. Anna also pointed out that the US Treasury Department had issued General License No. 135 less than 24 hours before the report, allowing the import of Russian diesel until April 2027. She related the issuance on Thursday, a phone call on Friday, and the departure of the tanker on September 22, stating that the timing seemed unusual. While Kyiv had urged Congress to implement the Graham law, Washington could have already planned differently, according to her account. She cited Windward and Vortexa, quoted by Nasha Niva, as well as UkrMedia and NPR. #DieselDeal #Trump #Putin (translated)

"It is quite clear that if Russia uses increasingly deadly tools to test our preparedness and willingness to take countermeasures, at some point there will be casualties," said Teija Tiilikainen, director of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, according to the server. #Evropskáunie #hybridníhrozby #KajaKallasová (translated)

Member states of the European Union are preparing for the possibility of a hybrid attack that could lead to a significant number of casualties, as part of a new protocol for responding to hybrid threats, the draft of which raises concerns about exceeding the EU's security powers in relation to NATO. #Evropskáunie #hybridníhrozby #KajaKallasová (translated)