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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 36m

Looking forward to the Gloger/Mascolo book, soon to be released; here’s meanwhile a graph posted on X (🧵by “Pedro” x.com/mfphhh/statu...), which is helpful as a quick reference on the various Merkel goverments’ Russia policies.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 8h

For more on Nadia Sass/Borodi's role at the heart of a pan-European Russian influence machine, read more here

desk-russie.eu/2024/09/08/n...

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Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 7h

They have only 1 line. This has been their response to every single piece of Western aid to Ukraine.

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Konrad Iturbe @konraditurbe.dev · 22h

Venezuelan volunteers fighting in Ukraine's armed forces (503rd separate assault brigade)

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OdessaBlogger @odessablogger.bsky.social · 21h

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Oksii ✚ 🇺🇦 @oksii33.ukr.monster · 23h

A donation a day keeps russians away👉👈

send.monobank.ua/jar/3Zuzxk994D
PayPal [email protected]

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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 1d

Ukraine continues to destroy the core of the Russian economy.

youtu.be/Bhahkm5jIyg

Ukraine Hits The Core Of The Russian Economy

YouTube video by Jay in Kyiv

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Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀 @disentingcat.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Caturday!

If your cat wants you to open the door but doesn't go out, maybe he wants you to leave the room

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Armed Maidan: Ukraine Resists Russian Genocide @armedmaidan.bsky.social · 1d

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freeonis @freeonis.bsky.social · 1d

Energy Terror (animation)

YouTube video by Freeonis [ENG SUB]

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Katerina Horbunova @blue-eyed.bsky.social · 1d

… city of Kostiantynivka. The city was heavily shelled here, once again. This happened today around 11:00 AM: the russians dropped a guided aerial bomb... the church where civilians were present suffered significant damage. And once again, the russians have taken the lives of innocent people.

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Yana 🇺🇦 @yanadear.bsky.social · 1d

shame on the world

Ukraine is getting abused in more ways than one and more than just by russia

Katerina Horbunova @blue-eyed.bsky.social · 1d

… city of Kostiantynivka. The city was heavily shelled here, once again. This happened today around 11:00 AM: the russians dropped a guided aerial bomb... the church where civilians were present suffered significant damage. And once again, the russians have taken the lives of innocent people.

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Naida46 @naida46.bsky.social · 1d

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Oleksandra, 67, tends to her husband Mykola, 66, who was diagnosed with cancer 5 mts ago, beside a pot placed on their bed to collect water leaking from the roof in their home which is without basic amenities, in Bakhmut, Donetsk region #OTD October 11, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 1d

Kostiantynivka today, where russia attacked a church, killing two people.

Famous russian “Christian values” on full display.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 1d

To summarize. If Trump wanted to send Ukraine Tomahawks, he could right now. If Trump wanted to sanction Russia, he could right now. If Trump
wanted to seriously bolster Ukrainian air defense against Russia drones/missiles, he could right now. But he’s not, so he doesn’t want to.

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Ihar Filipau @ifilipau.bsky.social · 1d

TL;DR: Ukraine hadn't built its own Tomahawk yet. ("Neptune"/"Hrim" - soon.) For Ukraine right now "Flamingo" are better. ... But few "Tomahawk"s would be nice to have too. 😉

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Ihar Filipau @ifilipau.bsky.social · 1d

But due to smaller warhead, Tomahawk is not suitable anymore for destruction of the strategic targets like e.g. weapons factory. For this purpose, earlier gen cruise missiles (dumber but bigger) are better. (And ballistics is once more better.)

P.S. "Tomahawk" discussion is a red herring, IMO.

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Ihar Filipau @ifilipau.bsky.social · 1d

"Defense Express" was writing that "Flamingo" is more like the earlier cruise missiles from 40s/50s. "Tomahawk" is newer generation, with smaller warhead but much higher precision & survivability - and much higher price tag.

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MGM-13 Mace - Wikipedia

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Janek Lasocki @janeklasocki.bsky.social · 1d

Hungary and Slovakia have remained major recipients of Russian oil and gas.

But a total of 7 EU members increased their imports of Russian energy in 2025 compared with last year:

France, Netherlands, Belgium, Croatia, Romania, Portugal and Hungary.

#Russia

kyivindependent.com/seven-eu-sta...

7 EU states increase Russian energy imports in 2025, Reuters reports

Among the seven nations increasing their purchases, France saw a 40% jump, importing 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion), while the Netherlands’ imports surged 72% to 498 million euros ($579 million). Be...

kyivindependent.com

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 1d

Someone made a new bitcoin account, betted against the market 30 minutes before Trump made the announcement. Got 88 million USD profit, cashed out. It was apparently one of two accounts other made more! Inside trading was rare because rich people hated losing money, nobody cares about cryptobros

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Ian Ford 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ianford.bsky.social · 1d

A personality cult? Megalomania? No! Surely not...

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Ihar Filipau @ifilipau.bsky.social · 1d

The pandemic "playbooks" were public to begin with. ... Not that China's CCP would allow some scientists to influence them. But before they felt forced. Not anymore.

About data/scientists/etc, I think you mix up CDC and NHI. Trump had dismantled NHI et al already 2-3 months ago. ... ... 🤷‍♂️

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Ihar Filipau @ifilipau.bsky.social · 1d

CDC/etc are not about petabytes of data. It's about giving govt a recommendation what to do when shit hits the fan. CDC was one of the best because it was US' and thus had high intl respect and authority. Intl politicians felt forced to follow their advice ("if it's good for US, then...").

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 1d

Harry, Duke of Sussex has been a long-time supporter of Ukraine, but it's still nice to see! Military Intelligence of Ukraine patch is an interesting nod

Harry Duke of Sussex shows off a tag for support for Ukraine

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Theobald Tiger 🦋 @theobaldtiger.bsky.social · 1d

Es gibt vegane Produkte, deren Namen extrem verwirrend sind!

Bitburger zum Beispiel.

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