Alex Panchenko
@alexpanchenko2.bsky.social
#Ukraine -based journo/analyst/etc. #Russia #HybridWar #CriticalThinking #factsmatter
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I expanded here from the original Twitter, where I've been under the SAME handle👇 for 11 years now.
Will be at both places for a while.
Sane adults need choice and B plans. Monopoly is bad. Monopoly of a drug addict treasonous oligarch is a danger to us all.
I expanded here from the original Twitter, where I've been under the SAME handle👇 for 11 years now.
Will be at both places for a while.
Sane adults need choice and B plans. Monopoly is bad. Monopoly of a drug addict treasonous oligarch is a danger to us all.
*This was at least 10th time Russians purposely targeted a major, clearly civilian storage of retail-packaged food, hygiene products or medicine in Ukraine since Feb 2022.
Among the "military" targets of last night's Russian missile strike on Kyiv was a state-of-the-art storage hub of the Novus supermarkets chain. You know, strategic stockpiles of confectionery, Pumpers and bananas.
Four truckers staying with their vehicles (rather than in bomb shelter) got killed.
Four truckers staying with their vehicles (rather than in bomb shelter) got killed.
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
*This was at least 10th time Russians purposely targeted a major, clearly civilian storage of retail-packaged food, hygiene products or medicine in Ukraine since Feb 2022.
Among the "military" targets of last night's Russian missile strike on Kyiv was a state-of-the-art storage hub of the Novus supermarkets chain. You know, strategic stockpiles of confectionery, Pumpers and bananas.
Four truckers staying with their vehicles (rather than in bomb shelter) got killed.
Four truckers staying with their vehicles (rather than in bomb shelter) got killed.
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Among the "military" targets of last night's Russian missile strike on Kyiv was a state-of-the-art storage hub of the Novus supermarkets chain. You know, strategic stockpiles of confectionery, Pumpers and bananas.
Four truckers staying with their vehicles (rather than in bomb shelter) got killed.
Four truckers staying with their vehicles (rather than in bomb shelter) got killed.
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War of aggression, mass killing of civilians, and settler colonialism
Nine out of 10 residential buildings in Mariupol were damaged or destroyed during Russia’s invasion. Now, the apartment blocks are being rebuilt – and offered for sale to Russians with low-interest mortgages. youtube.com/shorts/yxsIV...
From Ruins to Russian Residences
YouTube video by Bellingcat
youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
War of aggression, mass killing of civilians, and settler colonialism
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🔴 UPD: Six people were killed in Kyiv as a result of the Russian attack overnight, the mayor says.
📹 : hromadske
📹 : hromadske
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
🔴 UPD: Six people were killed in Kyiv as a result of the Russian attack overnight, the mayor says.
📹 : hromadske
📹 : hromadske
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🚨🚨"It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else." Excellent piece by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🚨🚨"It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else." Excellent piece by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
Multi-angle video of the Russian air defense interceptor missile going astray and hitting apartment block in south RU (apparently in Novorossiysk or Sochi) last night.
I recall like dozen of such videos since 2014. RU air defense missiliers appear to be extremely careless and using faulty missiles.
I recall like dozen of such videos since 2014. RU air defense missiliers appear to be extremely careless and using faulty missiles.
Краснодарский край, ночь 24-25/11/25: ПВО працює?
(первое видео смотреть со звуком t.me/ukraine_cont... t.me/exilenova_pl... t.me/exilenova_pl...)
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November 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Multi-angle video of the Russian air defense interceptor missile going astray and hitting apartment block in south RU (apparently in Novorossiysk or Sochi) last night.
I recall like dozen of such videos since 2014. RU air defense missiliers appear to be extremely careless and using faulty missiles.
I recall like dozen of such videos since 2014. RU air defense missiliers appear to be extremely careless and using faulty missiles.
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⚡️Ukrainian drones target Russian military aircraft manufacturer in reported strikes.
In Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, a fire reportedly broke out at the Beriev Aircraft Company, which produces Russian amphibious seaplanes and the rare A-50 spy plane.
In Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, a fire reportedly broke out at the Beriev Aircraft Company, which produces Russian amphibious seaplanes and the rare A-50 spy plane.
Ukrainian drones target Russian military aircraft manufacturer in reported strikes
In Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, a fire reportedly broke out at the Beriev Aircraft Company, which produces Russian amphibious seaplanes and the rare A-50 spy plane.
kyivindependent.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
⚡️Ukrainian drones target Russian military aircraft manufacturer in reported strikes.
In Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, a fire reportedly broke out at the Beriev Aircraft Company, which produces Russian amphibious seaplanes and the rare A-50 spy plane.
In Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, a fire reportedly broke out at the Beriev Aircraft Company, which produces Russian amphibious seaplanes and the rare A-50 spy plane.
Meanwhile, the first death toll and visuals are published on the FIRST Russian attack on Kyiv last night.
2 civilians killed, 7 wounded between two apartment blocks hit by debris in that 1st wave. Video👇 is from the second, shorter one.
Also, several more buildings were hit in the last hour.
2 civilians killed, 7 wounded between two apartment blocks hit by debris in that 1st wave. Video👇 is from the second, shorter one.
Also, several more buildings were hit in the last hour.
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Meanwhile, the first death toll and visuals are published on the FIRST Russian attack on Kyiv last night.
2 civilians killed, 7 wounded between two apartment blocks hit by debris in that 1st wave. Video👇 is from the second, shorter one.
Also, several more buildings were hit in the last hour.
2 civilians killed, 7 wounded between two apartment blocks hit by debris in that 1st wave. Video👇 is from the second, shorter one.
Also, several more buildings were hit in the last hour.
I'm lucky to have caught few hours of sleep between two Russian missile strikes on Kyiv.
Enjoying my cinnamon coffee in my shelter now.
How's your morning?
Enjoying my cinnamon coffee in my shelter now.
How's your morning?
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I'm lucky to have caught few hours of sleep between two Russian missile strikes on Kyiv.
Enjoying my cinnamon coffee in my shelter now.
How's your morning?
Enjoying my cinnamon coffee in my shelter now.
How's your morning?
The tragicomical highlight of the night is Russian air "defense" in south RU: carelessly shooting machine guns basically at the city's apartment blocks, and than hitting one of them with a stray interceptor missile.
Also check out the RU idiot filming the shower of tracer bullets coming at him.
Also check out the RU idiot filming the shower of tracer bullets coming at him.
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The tragicomical highlight of the night is Russian air "defense" in south RU: carelessly shooting machine guns basically at the city's apartment blocks, and than hitting one of them with a stray interceptor missile.
Also check out the RU idiot filming the shower of tracer bullets coming at him.
Also check out the RU idiot filming the shower of tracer bullets coming at him.
The ongoing Russian airstrike on Ukraine "is targeting the energy infrastructure"; "energy professionals will begin assessing the damage and making repairs as soon as the security situation allows", Ukraine Energy Ministry posted just now.
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The ongoing Russian airstrike on Ukraine "is targeting the energy infrastructure"; "energy professionals will begin assessing the damage and making repairs as soon as the security situation allows", Ukraine Energy Ministry posted just now.
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Fascist Russia launching Kalibr cruise missiles from warships off the eastern Black Sea coast. Kyiv targeted by cruise, ballistic and aeroballistic missiles tonight, as well as Russian/Iranian Shahed attack drones.
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Fascist Russia launching Kalibr cruise missiles from warships off the eastern Black Sea coast. Kyiv targeted by cruise, ballistic and aeroballistic missiles tonight, as well as Russian/Iranian Shahed attack drones.
Two levels of an apartment block are on fire in central Kyiv as a result of the ongoing Russian airstrike on Ukraine's capital.
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Two levels of an apartment block are on fire in central Kyiv as a result of the ongoing Russian airstrike on Ukraine's capital.
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America’s Toothless Sanctions on Russian Oil:
As Long as Beijing Keeps Buying, Moscow Won’t Feel the Pain www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
As Long as Beijing Keeps Buying, Moscow Won’t Feel the Pain www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
America’s Toothless Sanctions on Russian Oil
Last month, the Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, signaling a renewed desire to drive Moscow to the negotiating table in its war a...
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
America’s Toothless Sanctions on Russian Oil:
As Long as Beijing Keeps Buying, Moscow Won’t Feel the Pain www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
As Long as Beijing Keeps Buying, Moscow Won’t Feel the Pain www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Ukraine capital Kyiv is under a combined Russian airstrike involving ballistic and cruise missiles and drones, UA Air Force advises.
There were about a dozen very loud explosions.
City authorities report isolated disruptions of electricity and water supply.
There were about a dozen very loud explosions.
City authorities report isolated disruptions of electricity and water supply.
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Ukraine capital Kyiv is under a combined Russian airstrike involving ballistic and cruise missiles and drones, UA Air Force advises.
There were about a dozen very loud explosions.
City authorities report isolated disruptions of electricity and water supply.
There were about a dozen very loud explosions.
City authorities report isolated disruptions of electricity and water supply.
From a military strategy POV, a "peace" with Russia is even less acceptable for non-nuclear NATO states than it is for Ukraine: while RU economy is slowly hopelessly dying, its conventional WEAPONS steadily get better.
It's really a "decisively defeat Russia" vs. "surrender to RU unconditionally"🤷♂️
It's really a "decisively defeat Russia" vs. "surrender to RU unconditionally"🤷♂️
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
From a military strategy POV, a "peace" with Russia is even less acceptable for non-nuclear NATO states than it is for Ukraine: while RU economy is slowly hopelessly dying, its conventional WEAPONS steadily get better.
It's really a "decisively defeat Russia" vs. "surrender to RU unconditionally"🤷♂️
It's really a "decisively defeat Russia" vs. "surrender to RU unconditionally"🤷♂️
It's only logical that the Russian envoy actively trying to bribe Trump administration (while occasionally bullying California and Britain on X) started out as fraudulent developer in the country whose freedom he's trying to buy from Trump.
Most know Kirill Dmitriev as the Russian president’s envoy. But to more than 200 investors in Ukraine, he is known for taking part in a Kyiv real estate project that ended in a fraud and criminal case. Using articles from 2011, I was able to find more details. 🧵Thread:
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It's only logical that the Russian envoy actively trying to bribe Trump administration (while occasionally bullying California and Britain on X) started out as fraudulent developer in the country whose freedom he's trying to buy from Trump.
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Live now! Join me on Thinking Live, with @michaeldweiss.bsky.social, talking US, Russia, and Ukraine
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November 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Live now! Join me on Thinking Live, with @michaeldweiss.bsky.social, talking US, Russia, and Ukraine
snyder.substack.com/live-stream/...
snyder.substack.com/live-stream/...
At least two members of the US negotiating team at the CENTURY'S MOST IMPORTANT PEACE TALKS are biased pro-Kremlin (and incompetent).
None of the rest is an expert on Russia or Ukraine (the chief of US mission is unexperienced; Gen. Grynkewich's potential expertise only comes from his grandfolks).
None of the rest is an expert on Russia or Ukraine (the chief of US mission is unexperienced; Gen. Grynkewich's potential expertise only comes from his grandfolks).
Baker is Deputy NSA & a Vance person. Here's a story about his meeting with pro-Ukraine constituents from Ohio in 2024. A participant said:
"I would go as far as to describe [Baker] as kind of a mouthpiece of the Kremlin. He just offered up Russian propaganda over and over again."
Seems bad.
2/2
"I would go as far as to describe [Baker] as kind of a mouthpiece of the Kremlin. He just offered up Russian propaganda over and over again."
Seems bad.
2/2
Like Trump, but worse. How activists were persuading JD Vance to support Ukraine
JD Vance is a fierce opponent of aid to Ukraine, but his Ukrainian American constituents attempted to change this stance.
www.eurointegration.com.ua
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
At least two members of the US negotiating team at the CENTURY'S MOST IMPORTANT PEACE TALKS are biased pro-Kremlin (and incompetent).
None of the rest is an expert on Russia or Ukraine (the chief of US mission is unexperienced; Gen. Grynkewich's potential expertise only comes from his grandfolks).
None of the rest is an expert on Russia or Ukraine (the chief of US mission is unexperienced; Gen. Grynkewich's potential expertise only comes from his grandfolks).
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We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago begins in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
snyder.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago begins in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
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So a bunch of people who want enormous financial bribes from Russia bypassed the man who REMAINS both Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to capitulate to Russia.
Then he got the backing of key Senators, and with it, tried, once again, to prevent the total capitulation by the US.
Then he got the backing of key Senators, and with it, tried, once again, to prevent the total capitulation by the US.
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
So a bunch of people who want enormous financial bribes from Russia bypassed the man who REMAINS both Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to capitulate to Russia.
Then he got the backing of key Senators, and with it, tried, once again, to prevent the total capitulation by the US.
Then he got the backing of key Senators, and with it, tried, once again, to prevent the total capitulation by the US.
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“It looks a lot like that Russians are seeking to bribe Americans to allow Russia to win a war it would otherwise lose.”
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“It looks a lot like that Russians are seeking to bribe Americans to allow Russia to win a war it would otherwise lose.”
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Under Trump's peace plan, these four individuals would of course receive amnesty.
⚡️ Ukraine charges four Russians in absentia with war crimes for role in deadly missile strike on Kryvyi Rih playground.
The April attack claimed the lives of 20 residents, including nine children.
The April attack claimed the lives of 20 residents, including nine children.
Ukraine charges four Russians in absentia with war crimes for role in deadly missile strike on Kryvyi Rih playground
The April attack claimed the lives of 20 residents, including nine children.
kyivindependent.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Under Trump's peace plan, these four individuals would of course receive amnesty.
I don't see the X's revelation of foreign-based accounts MASS-posing as Americans trending here.
Many BlueSky users love to hate fellow Americans (rather than seeing most of them as brainwashed victims), wet-dream about revolution / civil war and, crucially, DENY the obvious foreign hybrid invasion.
Many BlueSky users love to hate fellow Americans (rather than seeing most of them as brainwashed victims), wet-dream about revolution / civil war and, crucially, DENY the obvious foreign hybrid invasion.
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I don't see the X's revelation of foreign-based accounts MASS-posing as Americans trending here.
Many BlueSky users love to hate fellow Americans (rather than seeing most of them as brainwashed victims), wet-dream about revolution / civil war and, crucially, DENY the obvious foreign hybrid invasion.
Many BlueSky users love to hate fellow Americans (rather than seeing most of them as brainwashed victims), wet-dream about revolution / civil war and, crucially, DENY the obvious foreign hybrid invasion.