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Happy 100th Birthday to former Lithuania’s President Valdas Adamkus, whose extraordinary legacy unites 🇱🇹 and the 🇺🇸.
From leading the @EPA Great Lakes Regional Office to helping guide Lithuania into NATO and the EU, his career left a lasting mark on both sides of the Atlantic.
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This is real life Gandalf the White.
I'm not even kidding, look him up. He's honored all over the world, he has more awards of honor than anyone else I know.
Valdas Adamkus is trully one of the greatest diplomats and politicians of our time.
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Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus turns 100!
The President who opened our doors to the world.
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Two countries. One extraordinary legacy. 🇺🇸🇱🇹
On his 100th birthday, we honor President Valdas Adamkus—a symbol of the unbreakable bond between the United States and Lithuania.
From decades of executive service in the U.S. government to leading Lithuania into NATO and the European Union, President Adamkus dedicated his life to public service, democratic values, and our transatlantic alliance.
Join us in wishing him a very happy 100th birthday!
Su 100-uoju gimtadieniu, Prezidente!
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Lithuania's former president Valdas Adamkus turns 100 today, joining an exclusive club of world leaders to reach their centenary, including Jimmy Carter. His life is simply extraordinary:
> Born in 1926 in independent Lithuania
> Published a resistance paper while under Nazi occupation
> At 17, left the safety of exile in Germany and returned to Lithuania, joining volunteers resisting Soviets. Survived the Battle of Seda (vastly outgunned Lithuanian volunteers faced Soviet tanks).
> Escaped back to Germany by hiding beneath a tank on a military train
> Ran 100m in 10.8 seconds
> Helped organize the Olympic Games of the Enslaved Nations, winning two golds and two silvers himself
> Arrived in America as a refugee in 1949. Worked in a Chicago car factory and studied engineering
> Drafted into the US Army. Knowing Russian, had a translator posting
> Handed VP Nixon a petition with >38,000 signatures for Lithuania's independence
> Became a senior Environmental Protection Agency official, serving under SIX American presidents and helping clean up the Great Lakes
> Nicknamed "Mr. Lithuania" by Ronald Reagan
> Returned to Soviet-occupied Lithuania in 1972 as a US government official
> 54 years after fleeing Lithuania, was elected President of a newly independent homeland
> Served two terms while helping secure Lithuania's path into NATO
What a man. 🇱🇹 🇺🇸
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New article (free):
Russia has lost many wars. Ukraine will be no exception
joniaskola.substack.com/p/ru…
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The Russian lose more men in a month of combat than the US in 15 years of war in Vietnam. We must end this war through strength by supporting Ukraine!
In October, our Defense Forces of Ukraine inflicted record losses on the enemy and recaptured more territory than the Russian occupiers managed to seize.
In just one month, Russia lost 54,400 troops killed or badly wounded. This is a record for any month of the full-scale war. There was also a record for daily losses – the Russian army lost 2,250 troops on October 21. Importantly, we continue to reclaim what is ours. In October, the Defense Forces liberated 96.2 square kilometers of Ukrainian land, which is 10.4 square kilometers more than the occupiers managed to capture during that time.
We thank all our defenders, all our warriors, every brigade, and every unit for this important result for our country. Russia is suffering losses. We are holding our positions, liberating territory, and making every day of the war as costly as possible for the aggressor. To stop these insane losses, all Russia needs to do is choose a ceasefire and diplomacy.
@GeneralStaffUA
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🔥 10% OF RUSSIA'S REFINING CAPACITY HIT IN 3 DAYS.
Ukraine hit three major refineries. 30–33 Mt/year.
The very ones whose losses forced the diesel export ban.
Trump will be pleased. 🧵
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💥 Starting off November with a bang (or 2500 of them): 2500 occupiers were eliminated in the last 24 hours. That's a new record.
Records are made to be broken. So are occupiers.
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“If Putin does not want to end this war and wishes to continue it ... we will not sit quietly,...
if Ukraine burns, your Moscow will burn too"
- Zelensky 🇺🇦
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- Mykhailo Drapatyi 🇺🇦:
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
"If we deliver a strong, decisive military counterpunch - and we are ready to do so it will lead to the collapse of Russia's military and political leadership.
We are destined for victory. There is no other outcome, and there can be no question of compromises or concessions."
.................
I truly admire their determination🙌🇺🇦
Wow🫡
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⚡Russia suffers record troop losses in October, its worst month since full-scale invasion, Ukraine says.
According to the data from the General Staff, Russia's estimated losses reached 54,400 soldiers in October. kyivindependent.com/russia-s…
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Mili Państwo, a tak płonie rafineria Łukoila w rosyjskim mieście Kstowo, największy pracodawca w regionie.
Proces transformacji Rosji w Mordor jest już chyba kompletny.
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PANIC IN MOSCOW: Russian military bloggers are spiraling as Ukraine launches its most aggressive and precise refinery-destruction campaign yet!
⚡ 3 of Russia’s LARGEST oil refineries hit in just 72 hours.
With Russian air defense stripped bare to cover the frontlines, Kremlin assets are sitting ducks. The reality is sinking in: the previous strikes were just a warmup. Ukraine is systematically dismantling Russia’s energy backbone, and Moscow is completely powerless to stop it.
🔥 The fire is spreading. The war has come home.
spotheplanet retweeted
In October, our Defense Forces of Ukraine inflicted record losses on the enemy and recaptured more territory than the Russian occupiers managed to seize.
In just one month, Russia lost 54,400 troops killed or badly wounded. This is a record for any month of the full-scale war. There was also a record for daily losses – the Russian army lost 2,250 troops on October 21. Importantly, we continue to reclaim what is ours. In October, the Defense Forces liberated 96.2 square kilometers of Ukrainian land, which is 10.4 square kilometers more than the occupiers managed to capture during that time.
We thank all our defenders, all our warriors, every brigade, and every unit for this important result for our country. Russia is suffering losses. We are holding our positions, liberating territory, and making every day of the war as costly as possible for the aggressor. To stop these insane losses, all Russia needs to do is choose a ceasefire and diplomacy.
@GeneralStaffUA
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Maybe you haven't noticed, but Russia has started openly attacking vessels in Romanian, Bulgarian, and Greek waters. This is NATO territory. Afterwards, we'll hear from the "realists" that it's Europe that's provoking a war with Russia.
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"For every victim in Ukraine, Russian military-industrial facilities must burn, and Moscow’s very ability to carry out aggression must be destroyed.”
- Budanov 🇺🇦
