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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 9h

China is the UK's frenemy. And that's dangerous
Keir Starmer must end his incoherent attitude towards Beijing

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Россия заплатит за войну: какие сценарии "изъятия" активов рассматривают в ЕС

UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 9h

Russia will pay for the war: What asset "seizure" scenarios is the EU considering?

The scenario of the complete confiscation of Russian assets and the deprivation of the Kremlin's rights to them is causing the greatest concern among Western countries

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Сценарий полной конфискации российских активов и лишения Кремля прав на них вызывает больше всего опасений у стран Запада.

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 9h

UK warned its ‘drone wall’ will fail without full defence network as Russian threat grows

Britain’s flagship plan to mass-produce interceptor drones under Project Octopus will fail to protect the country unless it’s backed by a wider, integrated defence network

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UK warned its ‘drone wall’ will fail without full defence network as Russian threat grows | LBC

Britain’s flagship plan to mass-produce interceptor drones under Project Octopus will fail to protect the country unless it’s backed by a wider, integrated defence network, a leading UK-based technolo...

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 10h

Starmer says issue of India buying Russian oil raised with Modi directly

India continues to buy oil from Russia, as the West ratchets up sanctions aimed at crippling its war effort

www.lbc.co.uk/article/4513...

Starmer says issue of India buying Russian oil raised with Modi directly | LBC

India continues to buy oil from Russia, as the West ratchets up sanctions aimed at crippling its war effort.

www.lbc.co.uk

Tesla investigated over self-driving cars on wrong side of road

UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 10h

Tesla investigated over self-driving cars on wrong side of road

Tesla is being investigated by the US government after reports the firm's self-driving cars had broken traffic laws, including driving on the wrong side of the road and not stopping for red lights.

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The US government said approximately 2.9 million cars could be impacted by the investigation.

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 10h

Royal Navy fast boats join Estonia naval swarm drills

Four Royal Navy patrol boats have been operating under Estonian command in the Gulf of Finland and Tallinn Bay as part of a two-month Baltic deployment

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Royal Navy fast boats join Estonia naval swarm drills

Four Royal Navy patrol boats have been operating under Estonian command as part of a two-month Baltic deployment designed to strengthen interoperability and show allied resolve near Russia’s border.

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 10h

Russian-backed Orbán regime caught running espionage network in Brussels

A major European investigation has uncovered that Hungarian intelligence officers — operating under the government of Viktor Orbán — conducted covert operations inside EU institutions

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Russian-backed Orbán regime caught running espionage network in Brussels

A major European investigation has uncovered that Hungarian intelligence officers — operating under the government of Viktor Orbán — conducted covert operations inside EU institutions, gathering infor...

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 10h

a young man in a suit and tie says well it 's true

ALT: a young man in a suit and tie says well it 's true

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 10h

For the First Time, the European Commission Authorized the Use of EU Aid to Finance the Salaries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

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For the First Time, the European Commission Authorized the Use of EU Aid to Finance the Salaries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Militarnyi

The European Commission has authorized the use of EU aid to finance Ukraine's defense spending.

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 10h

Russian propaganda invents 'cavalry units' in Ukrainian Armed Forces

Russian propagandists presented video from Ukrainian brigade as 'evidence.'

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Russian propaganda invents 'cavalry units' in Ukrainian Armed Forces

Russian propagandists presented video from Ukrainian brigade as 'evidence.' — Ukrinform.

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 10h

Haluk Bayraktar, CEO of Baykar
Our relationship with Ukraine goes well beyond a simple trade agreement

The company Baykar is known in Ukraine primarily as the manufacturer of the world-famous Bayraktar TB2.

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Haluk Bayraktar, CEO of Baykar

Our relationship with Ukraine goes well beyond a simple trade agreement — Ukrinform.

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 10h

Black Mirror hackers publish second part of Rostec archive, revealing cooperation with China on electronic warfare systems

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Black Mirror hackers publish second part of Rostec archive, revealing cooperation with China on electronic warfare systems

On Oct. 8, the Black Mirror hacker group released the second part of an archive belonging to Russian state-owned defense corporation Rostec. This tranche contains more than 300 documents, including in...

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 10h

'Dear leader will be dead sooner than you imagine': Conservative puts MAGA on notice

Wilson claimed that there will come a time when the people doing Trump ‘s dirty work will also face the type of retribution Trump is doing

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'Dear leader will be dead sooner than you imagine': Conservative puts MAGA on notice

The day before Donald Trump is scheduled to have a “routine yearly check-up” at Walter Reed Hospital, just five months after his last one, former GOP campaign strategist Rick Wilson reminded the presi...

'Not even close': Conservative WSJ hammers Elon Musk's DOGE over cost-cutting flop

UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 10h

'Not even close': Conservative WSJ hammers Elon Musk's DOGE over cost-cutting flop

Regarding that $2 trillion target, they wrote: “Not even close.”

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After all the hoopla and bragging about the massive amount of federal spending that would cease after the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) took a chainsaw to it, the Wall Street Journal is r...

'Does not fit': Top Democrat questions Speaker Mike Johnson's policy on biblical grounds

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 10h

'Does not fit': Top Democrat questions Speaker Mike Johnson's policy on biblical grounds

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) began by citing Chapters of the Bible before specifically calling out Johnson's own beliefs as conflicting with those.

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Democrats targeted Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-LA) faith in a Thursday interfaith press conference about the ongoing government shutdown.Interfaith leaders and members of Congress met at St. Mark's Epis...

Conservative says she turned on Trump after campaigning for him twice: 'He betrayed us'

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 11h

Conservative says she turned on Trump after campaigning for him twice: 'He betrayed us'

In a series of posts on X, a woman going by the name ThePatrioticBlonde lashed out at Trump, despite being followed by top conservatives

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A conservative voter who said she campaigned for President Donald Trump twice has publicly broken with him over issues like tariffs and the files on Jeffrey Epstein.In a series of posts on X, a woman ...

New CV90120 with L44A1 120 mm gun brings full tank firepower at half the weight

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 11h

New CV90120 with L44A1 120 mm gun brings full tank firepower at half the weight.

BAE Systems Hägglunds and Rheinmetall Weapon and Ammunition will test a CV90120 prototype equipped with the Rheinmetall L44A1 120 mm low-recoil gun

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BAE Hägglunds and Rheinmetall are testing a CV90120 prototype with the L44A1 120 mm gun, combining full NATO tank firepower with lower vehicle mass.

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Leak exposes radar failures in India’s MiG-29K fighters

UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 11h

Leak exposes radar failures in India’s MiG-29K fighters

A new leak by the hacker group Black Mirror has exposed internal Russian documents detailing persistent technical problems with the Zhuk-ME radar system installed on the Indian Navy’s MiG-29K and MiG-29KUB's

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A new leak by the hacker group Black Mirror has exposed internal Russian documents detailing persistent technical problems with the Zhuk-ME radar system installed on the Indian Navy’s MiG-29K and MiG-...

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 11h

Italy unveils €31 billion defense budget with NATO target in mind

The figure is up 7.2% on last year’s spending of just over €29 billion, but is set to remain stable in 2026 and 2027, the ministry stated.

www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

Italy unveils €31 billion defense budget with NATO target in mind

The document gives a breakdown on spending for each program, but in a departure from tradition does not state the total amount of procurement funding.

www.defensenews.com

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 11h

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10 artillery systems, 5 armored vehicles, 250 shelters: the "Reid" regiment reported on the results of its work for September

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10 артсистем, 5 бронемашин, 250 укриттів: полк «Рейд» відзвітував про результати роботи за вересень

Про це йдеться у повідомленні на сторінці Командування Сил безпілотних систем. ...

Охоплений полум’ям окупант спробував врятуватися у воді, проте FPV «телепортував» його назад на берег

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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 11h

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The occupier, engulfed in flames, tried to escape into the water, but the FPV "teleported" him back to shore.

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Про це свідчить відео, оприлюднене у четвер, 9 жовтня, на Telegram-каналі Національної...

Скид з «Вампіра» очима FPV-дрона: прикордонники показали «родзинку вечора» та знищення 50 окупантів

UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 11h

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Drop from the "Vampire" through the eyes of an FPV drone: border guards showed the "highlight of the evening" and the destruction of 50 occupiers

armyinform.com.ua/2025/10/09/s...

Про це йдеться у повідомленні на сторінці підрозділу. «Пілоти підрозділу „Фенікс“ ДПСУ...

Ворог хотів дійти до Костянтинівки, прикриваючись туманом та дощем, проте потрапив під «вибухові опади»

UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 11h

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The enemy wanted to reach Kostyantynivka, taking cover in fog and rain, but was caught in "explosive fallout"

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Про це у четвер, 9 жовтня, повідомили у 28 окремій механізованій бригаді ЗСУ. ...