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Asked how far his army will go in Ukraine, Putin says: "I consider the Russian and Ukrainian people to be one people. In that sense all Ukraine is ours."

My husband Siarhei is free! It’s hard to describe the joy in my heart. Thank you, 🇺🇸 President Donald J. Trump, Gen. Keith Kellogg, @JohnPCoale, DAS Christopher W. Smith, Department of State & our 🇪🇺 allies, for all your efforts. We’re not done. 1150 political prisoners remain behind bars. All must be released.

🚨 BREAKING: Sergey, the husband of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, has been freed from jail in Belarus, nearly five years after his wife challenged Lukashenko to the country’s presidency in 2020 - and won. Lukashenko’s vote rigging + stolen election triggered mass protests in Belarus

Today in Vilnius, we welcomed heroes freed after years of torture in KGB prisons. Thanks to tireless 🇺🇸 efforts & unwavering 🇪🇺 support, they’re no longer behind bars, though forced into exile. Now we must help them heal—and keep fighting for those still imprisoned.

I can't believe it. Siarhei is here—with me and our children. What we’ve dreamed of for 5 years has finally happened. Tonight, I’m taking the evening off to talk with my husband, to let him see his children again, after so many years. Thank you all for the tremendous support!❤️

Interesting thoughts from Chris Lunday for what Israel/US strikes on Iran suggest Trump’s approach to NATO/defence/Europe could shape up to ⬇️

🚨 NEW: Nato leaders' declaration published - very short on a side of A4. Affirms commitment to up defence spending to 5% GDP to tackle 'the long- term threat posed by Russia to Euro-Atlantic security and the persistent threat of terrorism'.

I had the immense pleasure of interviewing Mikhail Khodorkovsky for The Spectator a few weeks ago. His insights into the war in Ukraine, what comes next for Russia and the threat to the West were fascinating. Read it here: spectator.co.uk/article/mikhai…

🪖 Keir Starmer's discomfort last week - trumpeting defence spending at NATO as welfare rebellion brewed - is only going to get worse. Defence is Labour's top priority, says a Cabinet minister, and “people will need to get used to it”

🚨 🇩🇪NEW 🇵🇱 : From 7 July, Poland will bring in border controls with Germany. This follows rising tensions with Berlin over Friedrich Merz’s migration policy and also shows the pressure Poland has faced from the migrant warfare Belarus has been waging against it past 2/3 years

Germany has had border checks with Poland since Autumn 2023, but Merz’s new policy has seen more irregular migrants turned away at border and forced back into Poland. Donald Tusk, Polish PM, has come under pressure domestically for this - was a feature of recent Polish election

🇩🇪 🇵🇱 With Poland following Germany and introducing internal EU border checks in an attempt to curb the high levels of irregular migration they’re seeing, freedom of movement in the bloc looks increasingly under threat. My analysis for The Spectator ⬇️ spectator.co.uk/article/can-fr…

I’ve thought a lot about whether it’s the right thing to talk about Rachel Reeves crying at PMQs. Because crying is not something we should be ashamed of, or something we should be judged for. Because crying is something associated with women - and in particular this misogynistic

NEW: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to visit London on 17 July to sign Anglo-German treaty - his first visit to the UK as chancellor

NEW: Poland has reportedly moved 5,000 troops to its border with Germany as the first day of border checks with its neighbour kicks in as part of effort to stop 🇩🇪 pushing back illegals migrants. Serious risk of ping-pong situation developing…

🚨 BREAKING: Trump says he will impose 100% tariffs on Russia in 50 days' time if Putin doesn't get serious about negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. The US will also sell weapons to Ukraine via Nato.

🇺🇸🇷🇺 50 days from now is 1 September - that still leaves plenty of time for Putin to continue his summer offensive, make the most of the good weather + then maybe crawl to the negotiating table. It also won't save the Ukrainians who will die thanks to Russian bombs before then...