Mark<p>West can send troops to Ukraine without Russia’s permission, Macron says</p><p>“Ukraine is sovereign – if it requests allied forces to be on its territory, it is not up to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> to accept or reject it,” Macron said</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Macron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macron</span></a> has been at the forefront of plans to deploy Western <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/peacekeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peacekeepers</span></a> on the ground in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a></p><p>Russia has repeatedly rejected the notion of peacekeeping forces in Ukraine.</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/macron-says-ukraine-can-accept-peacekeeping-troops-without-russian-permission/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/macron-say</span><span class="invisible">s-ukraine-can-accept-peacekeeping-troops-without-russian-permission/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussianAggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussianAggression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussiaInvadedUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaInvadedUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putin</span></a></p>
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The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]<p><strong>Ukraine Daily summary - Sunday, March 16 2025</strong></p>
Russia readying to attack Sumy as Donbas front stabilizes -- 'Putin is lying to everyone' — Zelensky calls for 'strong pressure' on Russia after UK summit -- Duda denounces Russia for 'imperial greed,' reiterates calls to deploy US nuclear weapons in Poland -- Russia attacks Ukraine with 178 drones overnight, targets energy infrastructure -- and more
<p><a href="https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20%20Sunday,%20March%2016%202025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U</span><span class="invisible">kraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20%20Sunday,%20March%2016%202025/</span></a></p>
Feike<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@SANKOFAB" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SANKOFAB</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.community/@politics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>politics</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@BLKNewsNow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BLKNewsNow</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/blackmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>blackmastodon</span></a></span> and Ukraine gets in return: no actual checks and balances aka <a href="https://toot.community/tags/peacekeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peacekeepers</span></a> to make <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> stick to his own words, so, <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> basically gets nothing</p>
Julie<p>Just my opinion: We can’t stand with Ukraine unless we stand with Ukraine. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/peacekeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peacekeepers</span></a></p>
Aho<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FIIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FIIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finnish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finnish</span></a> Institute of International Affairs's head researcher Charly Salonius-Pasternak says <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> can afford and has the possibility to send 2 battalions to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> not just as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peacekeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peacekeepers</span></a> but as aggression deterrence force.<br>It's just up to the politicians to make the right decision. </p><p>Source: <a href="https://yle.fi/a/74-20147035" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">yle.fi/a/74-20147035</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Aho<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MAKS23" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MAKS23</span></a></span> It's quite simple, attack on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peacekeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peacekeepers</span></a> is the same as declaring <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> , this way there is no reason for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> to "misunderstand" what would happen if attacking peacekeepers.</p>
Visegrád 24<p>U.S. Special Envoy for <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> and <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> Keith Kellogg just stated that <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has yet to fully rule out sending American peacekeeping forces to Ukraine after a peace deal </p><p>🇺🇸🇺🇦</p><p><a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Kellogg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kellogg</span></a> <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/KeithKellogg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeithKellogg</span></a> <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Peacekeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peacekeepers</span></a></p>
The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]<p><strong>Ukraine Daily summary - Wednesday, January 22 2025</strong></p>
Ukraine attacks Russian oil depot, aviation plant, command post overnight -- Russia’s Baltic Sea sabotage is no accident, it’s a strategy -- ‘A team of attention-seekers’; Ukrainians react to Trump's Inauguration speech -- EU has reduced Russian gas imports by 75% -- and more
<p><a href="https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Wednesday,%20January%2022%202025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U</span><span class="invisible">kraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Wednesday,%20January%2022%202025/</span></a></p>
Tim Mak<p>NEWS OF THE DAY:</p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> TO DISCUSS DEPLOYMENT OF <a href="https://journa.host/tags/PEACEKEEPERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PEACEKEEPERS</span></a> TO <a href="https://journa.host/tags/UKRAINE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKRAINE</span></a>: British Prime Minister Keir <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> may visit <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> in the coming weeks to discuss the potential deployment of an international peacekeeping force after the war with <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> Bloomberg reported. </p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-10/keir-starmer-to-visit-ukraine-to-discuss-postwar-peacekeeping-force" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-01-10/keir-starmer-to-visit-ukraine-to-discuss-postwar-peacekeeping-force</span></a></p>
Jörg Honegger :swisssocial: 🇺🇦<p>From <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/AnnafromUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnnafromUkraine</span></a> @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com<br>🧵 👇</p><p>RUSSIA NEVER SLEEPS: HUGE EXPLOSION IN BRYANSK & TAGANROG Vlog 890: War in Ukraine</p><p>🌌 00:00 – Explosions in <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Taganrog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taganrog</span></a>: <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Aircraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aircraft</span></a> plant possibly targeted.<br>💥 03:40 – <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> strikes <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Bryansk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bryansk</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/oildepot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oildepot</span></a> supplying russian forces.<br>🚂 05:00 – <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/HUR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HUR</span></a>: Two russian logistics locomotives destroyed in Bryansk.<br>✈️ 07:15 – <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a> to trade aircraft for North Korean soldiers.<br>🤝 07:50 – <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Macron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macron</span></a> & <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a> to discuss <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/peacekeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peacekeepers</span></a> in Ukraine.</p><p><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a></p><p>1/2</p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1679251/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1679251/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Macron begins consultations with Poland about potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine – media <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Aktualno%C5%9Bci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aktualności</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Macron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macron</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PeaceKeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeaceKeepers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/polska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polska</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a></p>
JuneSim63<p>"In my experience, we kind of kept manners on the Israelis. In other words, we kept them from committing the more serious actions, or for want of a better word, atrocities, that they might have committed if we hadn’t been sitting there watching them or tailing them around, as we often did"</p><p>John Durnin, Irish former UNIFIL commander who did five tours with the peacekeeping force in Lebanon.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lebanon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UNIFIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNIFIL</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Peacekeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peacekeepers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/world/unifil-irish-peacekeepers-lebanon-israel-b2628036.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/world/unifil</span><span class="invisible">-irish-peacekeepers-lebanon-israel-b2628036.html</span></a></p>
Wif Stenger<p>Finnish leaders condemn Israeli attacks on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> peacekeepers in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lebanon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/unifil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unifil</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/peacekeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peacekeepers</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/idf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idf</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finland</span></a> <br><a href="https://yle.fi/a/74-20117215" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">yle.fi/a/74-20117215</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Alpha1Nine :funkwhale: :sofia:<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> Intelligence documents, declassified by the US, shed light on the turbulent events surrounding the 1999 independence referendum in <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TimorLeste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimorLeste</span></a>, when Indonesian-backed <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MilitiaGangs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitiaGangs</span></a> went on a murderous rampage across the country.</p><p>The documents back claims that it was the US — and not Australia — that ultimately forced <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a> to accept <a href="https://aus.social/tags/peacekeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peacekeepers</span></a> into the country and uphold the referendum result, where an overwhelming 78.5 per cent of Timorese voted for <a href="https://aus.social/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a>.</p><p>They also suggest Australia did not support or plan for a peacekeeping mission until the very last minute, and only after the US had succeeded in forcing Indonesia to respect the independence vote and stop the escalating violence by pro-integration militias against the Timorese people.</p><p>Nowhere in the documents is there any sign that <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> actively pressured the US to take steps to protect the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Timorese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Timorese</span></a>, despite the worsening violence and evidence that Indonesia's armed forces were supporting or even working alongside the militia groups.</p><p>The intelligence documents serve to dispel the Howard Government's own narrative that has receded anyway.</p><p>For years after the referendum, John Howard maintained that the "liberation" of Timor Leste was one of his proudest achievements as prime minister, alongside the gun buyback scheme.</p><p>Professor Clinton Fernandes at the University of NSW was in 1999 the principal intelligence analyst for East Timor at the Australian Theatre Joint Intelligence Centre (ASTJIC) in Sydney. He says Australia's stance at the time had the effect of "providing diplomatic cover to the Indonesian military's activities".</p><p>Timor-Leste's <a href="https://aus.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> fight<br>Twenty years after the Timorese people overwhelming backed independence in a UN-sanctioned vote on August 30, 1999, members of the Australian-Timorese community reflect on their role in the country's fight for freedom.</p><p>"Howard and Downer went out of their way to absolve the TNI," he said.</p><p>"These cables essentially confirm that the Howard government's policy was to keep Timor in Indonesia. And at the end it was forced to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/backflip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backflip</span></a>," he said.</p><p>The Australian cables at the time show Australian intelligence analysts had overwhelming evidence as early as April 1999 — contrary to what Mr Downer was saying — that the Indonesian military was arming the militia units, and that these links went to the top of the army, namely the armed forces chief General Wiranto. </p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-29/declassified-us-intelligence-documents-sheds-light-timor-leste/11459284" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2019-08-29/dec</span><span class="invisible">lassified-us-intelligence-documents-sheds-light-timor-leste/11459284</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>After <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Moldova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moldova</span></a> is next</p><p>Moldova's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transdniestria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transdniestria</span></a> region is stirring just like Ukraine's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LuhanskOblast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LuhanskOblast</span></a> did 10 yrs ago</p><p>Its pro-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secessionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secessionist</span></a> leader called for military readiness on its eastern fringe, where 2,000 Russian "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peacekeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peacekeepers</span></a>" separate them from Moldova</p><p>Moldova's pro-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> president, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sandu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sandu</span></a>, has denounced Russia's invasion of Ukraine</p><p>Transdniestria says Ukraine has plotted to kill its leaders & accused Moldova of training Ukrainian fighters</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moldovan-separatist-leader-calls-military-readiness-2024-01-22/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/europe/moldo</span><span class="invisible">van-separatist-leader-calls-military-readiness-2024-01-22/</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCNews</span></a> - South Africa recalls <a href="https://journa.host/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/peacekeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peacekeepers</span></a> accused of sexual <a href="https://journa.host/tags/misconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misconduct</span></a> in DR <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a><br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67115883" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67</span><span class="invisible">115883</span></a><br><a href="https://journa.host/tags/DRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRC</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedNation</span></a> Account of Thursday’s Shooting</p><p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 </p><p>CONTACT<br>editortherednation@gmail.com</p><p>WHAT<br>THE RED NATION RESPONDS TO RACIST ATTACK ON <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/INDIGENOUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>INDIGENOUS</span></a> PEOPLE</p><p>WHERE/WHEN<br>SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 RIO ARRIBA COUNTY ANNEX BUILDING</p><p>WHO<br>CALLING ON ALL NATIONAL, STATE, TRIBAL, COUNTY, AND CITY OFFICIALS, AND MOVEMENT <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ALLIES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALLIES</span></a>, TO CONDEMN THIS RACIST ATTACK AND DEMAND THE PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE</p><p>WHY<br>An agitator opened fire on a prayerful celebration in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tewa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tewa</span></a> Territory (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Espan%CC%83ola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Española</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a>) shortly after 12PM local time on Thursday, September 28. This was a premeditated act of violence. The agitator shot <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JacobJohns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JacobJohns</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hopi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hopi</span></a> and Akimel <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oodham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oodham</span></a> in the torso. Johns was protecting a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/peaceful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peaceful</span></a> group of community members assembled at the Rio Arriba County Annex Building, along with half a dozen community <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/peacekeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peacekeepers</span></a>. The gunman was heard saying 'let’s do this' to a small group of men immediately before opening fire. At the time of the shooting, community members were celebrating a postponement of the reinstallation of a Juan de <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/On%CC%83ate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oñate</span></a> statue that was previously removed from Alcalde, New Mexico on June 15, 2020. Rio Arriba County officials planned to reinstall the statue on Thursday morning in its new location in front of the county annex building, but postponed the reinstallation after community members and activists mounted pressure earlier in the week. News of the postponement came as a relief to organizers, who turned the planned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeacefulProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeacefulProtest</span></a> into an impromptu peaceful celebration with speeches and a community feed.</p><p>"Before the shooting, the agitator was seen antagonizing the crowd, saying racist remarks, referring to attendees as 'Indians,' and at one point proclaimed himself to be a follower of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QAnon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QAnon</span></a>. The agitator also made a point to introduce himself to the media present and requested to be photographed and filmed. In the moments leading up to the shooting, the agitator attempted to approach the small crowd of mostly Indigenous women and children congregating around the event’s speakers in front of the building’s main entrance. Video evidence shows that Jacob Johns and other community peacekeepers successfully stopped the agitator from approaching the crowd. Eyewitnesses speculate that the shooter was trying to break through the crowd to shoot the speaker, or to jump on the cement pedestal to get a vantage point with the intent of carrying out a mass shooting. Video footage also shows that community peacekeepers did not pursue the agitator once they had successfully removed him to the other side of a wall separating the sidewalk from the complex. Despite this, the agitator reached under his sweatshirt with his right hand, drew a pistol, pointed, and shot one round into the crowd, hitting Johns in the torso. Additional ammo was seen tucked into his belt by eyewitnesses and on camera. Eyewitnesses have confirmed that the agitator quickly adjusted his aim after shooting Johns and pulled the trigger a second time with the intention of shooting Malaya Peixinho, one of the attendees, but the gun jammed, preventing the release of further rounds. Upon realizing he could go no further with his planned attack, the shooter turned and fled into the complex’s parking lot, got into a white Tesla, and sped off. Additionally, eyewitnesses report the shooter attempted to unjam his gun as he fled. The shooter was later apprehended eleven miles away by New Mexico State Police in Pojoaque, New Mexico.<br>Despite Rio Arriba County citing concerns for 'public safety' as the rationale for postponing the reinstallment, the county offered no protection for Indigenous community members on Thursday. In fact Rio Arriba county and leaders at all levels of government were made well aware of the high possibility of gun violence. Denise Williams, mother of shooting victim Scott Williams, who was targeted at a 2020 Oñate protest, said prior to Thursday’s event she called Governor Michelle Lujan-Grisham’s office, the office of U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, New Mexico State Police, the office of the New Mexico Attorney General, all members of U.S. Congress representing Valencia County in New Mexico, and all New Mexico state representatives and senators from Valencia County, to warn them of the high chance of gun violence directed at attendees. State senator Elizabeth 'Liz' Stefanics was the only one to respond. Immediately after the shooting Scott Williams’ father, Dan Williams, called the governor’s office again to tell her that she “had blood on her hands” for failing to properly respond to both shootings.</p><p>Immediately after the shooting, two Rio Arriba County Annex employees denied children seeking shelter from the shooter entry into the building. They proceeded to come out, yelling at people to leave, and made disparaging comments about attendees and Jacob as he fought for his life feet away from them. The cops did not show up in a timely manner despite the shooter being in the same parking lot as the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s office, and it took several more minutes for an ambulance to arrive. Eyewitnesses report the complete absence of police intervention. The event’s organizers assembled a community peacekeeping team to provide the only public safety measures present on the ground. Without hesitation, Johns and half a dozen other Indigenous men and allies volunteered. When Johns was shot, it was attendees who provided the first medical response, saving Johns’ life. The first law enforcement officer on the scene ordered the community members providing medical assistance to move away, but they refused because the officer did not identify himself as a medic and made no other attempts to provide assistance.</p><p>We are incredibly alarmed that pretrial services have recommended the agitator be released without cash bail. We know from first-hand experience that politically—and racially—motivated shootings like this embolden other like-minded vigilantes who hold the same contempt for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeople</span></a> and organizers. The agitator and his sympathizers pose a very real and serious threat to all Indigenous people, and to Indigenous women activists specifically. The establishment, which Alex Naranjo himself lauded as 'a system that we’ve lived with for 400 years,' circles its wagons to protect Indian killers who are colonialism’s foot soldiers. This means there is virtually no formal protection or justice for Indigenous people, women, and activists in these times of heightened danger. We call upon all national, tribal, state, county, and city officials, and movement allies, to condemn this racist attack and demand safety and protection for Indigenous people, women, organizations, and communities. We call upon everyone to contact your officials and apply pressure.</p><p>Demand the following:<br>1. Do not release the shooter!!<br>2. This must be recognized as the racially-motivated hate crime it is at all levels of government.<br>3. Protect Native women!!</p><p>As of now, the shooter is being held at Rio Arriba County Jail in Tierra Amarilla. The bond hearing is scheduled for Monday at 11:30AM at the Rio Arriba Magistrate Court. We will inform the public of any further updates.</p><p>Pray for Jacob Johns and his family. A GoFundMe has been set up to help support him and his family during this recovery. Donate and circulate the donation request.<br><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jacob-johns-recover-from-terrorist-shooting" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gofundme.com/f/help-jacob-john</span><span class="invisible">s-recover-from-terrorist-shooting</span></a></p><p>The Red Nation Podcast will be recording an emergency live episode about Thursday’s events on Monday, October 2 at 5PM MT. The Red Nation and NDN Collective will be discussing the event’s wider significance for the Native liberation movement.</p><p>Further updates, The Red Nation social media channels, news reporting, and other links can be found at <a href="https://linktr.ee/Therednation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">linktr.ee/Therednation</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Our first press release and original demands can be found at <a href="https://therednation.org/call-to-action-no-100000-onate-statue/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">therednation.org/call-to-actio</span><span class="invisible">n-no-100000-onate-statue/</span></a>.</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-red-nation-shooters-gun-jammed.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2023/09</span><span class="invisible">/the-red-nation-shooters-gun-jammed.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanActivists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conquistador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conquistador</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MAGAExtremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAExtremists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeacefulProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeacefulProtests</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@SocraticEthics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SocraticEthics</span></a></span> Because they were foolish enough to believe that <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Russians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russians</span></a> could be ‘<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/peacekeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peacekeepers</span></a> ‘? 🤔</p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@fulelo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fulelo</span></a></span> When it dawns on you that <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/RussiaIsATerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaIsATerroristState</span></a>, and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Russians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russians</span></a> are NOT trustworthy ‘<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/peacekeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peacekeepers</span></a> ‘ in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/NagornoKarabakh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NagornoKarabakh</span></a>. ⬆️ </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/UkraineMustWin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineMustWin</span></a> , so <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a> !</p>
Al Jazeera (unofficial)The UN's peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon will stay in the country for an extra year.The Security Council has renewed its mandate.But the negotiations ...<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9janaLnR_10" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UN Security Council renews mandate for Lebanon peacekeeping force</a>
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