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#Ukraine -based journo/analyst/etc. #Russia #HybridWar #CriticalThinking #factsmatter Evolve or die.

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Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · Nov 18

Welcome!
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.

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Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 11m

*Actually, just "the size" of a big dog. Drones capable of covering 20-50 kilometers can weigh like a big CAT if they carry small but still deadly warheads.
Heavier drones are those carrying anti-tank mines or really big 10+ kg warheads (like @wildhornets.bsky.social Queen of Hornets ).

Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 18m

Small FPV drones, the size and weight of a big dog, now routinely hit targets 20+ km‼️ away from theır launch position - and the launch position is usually a small piece of plywood thrown on the ground.

hromadske @hromadske.bsky.social · 38m

Ukrainian soldiers used an FPV drone to cover over 40 kilometers and reach the occupied town of Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast. There, they struck a Russian military KAMAZ truck, according to the 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 18m

* Courtesy of the Chinese regime who has invested billions in making photovoltaic panels dirt-cheap on the world market (and can pull the plug of the green energy any munute now).

Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 39m

Artificial hearts are for children of the poor and middle class.
People like Trump, Musk or Putin have means to both churn out unlimited number of kids and save them with a real human heart without waiting on the organ transplant list.

Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 1h

Kremlin and Beijing aren't interested in fighting crime in US.
The priority is disruption of US economy and also worsening the labor shortage: so that fit American citizens take the jobs currently manned by immigrants - instead of working in defense industry and serving in the military.

Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 5h

Increasingly many near-warzone Ukrainina roads look like this "tunnel", and experts say ALL of them, up to 30 km (!) away from the frontline, must be completely covered with anti-drone nets to save lives and vehicles.

Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 5h

"A tunnel of love, but with a twist": Ukraine war photographer's dark humor about a Donbas road protected by anti-drone nets.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 7h

⚡️ Russian strikes kill 5, injure 19, hit port and energy infrastructure in Ukraine.

According to Ukraine's Air Force, Russian forces launched 112 Shahed-type attack and decoy drones overnight.

Russian strikes kill 5, injure 19, hit port and energy infrastructure in Ukraine

According to Ukraine's Air Force, Russian forces launched 112 Shahed-type attack and decoy drones overnight.

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 6h

Good reminder:

The pro-Russian, isolationist wing of the GOP is a tiny but loud and powerful minority.

They have been empowered by bots, boosted by algorithms, and backed by oligarchs like Elon Musk, propagandists like Tucker Carlson, and foreign regimes like Russia and China

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Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 5h

For no particular reason, I wanna say that I would pay for some BlueSky premium subscription with value-added features like posts editing and housekeeping automations.

Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 8h

I'm quite sure what's going in Congresswoman Luna's visibly small brain: "Putin could make me new POTUS! I'm a young sexy [in her opinion] Latino woman. Trump is all old and not supposed to run for 3rd term; Vance is too White and beholden to broligarchs..."

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 14h

⚡️Pro-Trump US lawmaker to meet with Putin's envoy this month.

Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna said on Oct. 8 that she will meet with Kirill Dmitriev to discuss "peace" and "trade." Luna opposes all U.S. aid to Ukraine.

Pro-Trump US lawmaker to meet with Putin's envoy this month

Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna said on Oct. 8 that she will meet with Kirill Dmitriev later this month. Luna opposes all U.S. aid to Ukraine and co-sponsored the "Ukraine Fatigue Resoluti...

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Bosphorus Observer @yoruk.bsky.social · 12h

Russian occupation administrations & companies in unlawfully Russian annexed areas of Ukraine have been systematically stealing grain & exporting it by bulkers engaging deceptive shipping practices: Matros Koshka transited Bosphorus en route from occupied Sevastopol to Alexandria carrying wheat.

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin remains committed to his theory of victory, which holds that Russia can outlast the West and Ukraine in a war of attrition, and his demand for Ukraine’s full capitulation. (1/

Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar100825

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10h

⚡️Fire breaks out at Russian gas plant after reported drone strike.

A fire allegedly broke out at the Lukoil Korobkovsky gas processing plant in Kotovo, Russia, following a reported drone attack overnight on Oct. 9.

Fire breaks out at Russian gas plant after reported drone strike

A fire allegedly broke out at the Lukoil Korobkovsky gas processing plant in Kotovo, Russia, following a reported drone attack overnight on Oct. 9.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16h

Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."

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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 18h

🔎 We analyzed thousands of Meta and Google ads paid by V4 (🇨🇿🇭🇺🇵🇱🇸🇰) politicians and proxies that attacked journalists, activists and NGOs.

💰U.S. Big Tech profited from hateful content spread by allies of PM Robert Fico, PM Viktor Orbán, or Czech extremists.

🔗 Full story: vsquare.org/sponsored-ha...

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Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 17h

And the "else" [the Trump-Putin wannabe bromance with consequence on the global history scale] is the only important thing here.

Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 18h

Please consider donating, and feel free to ask me anything about this or other fundraisers to help Ukraine defend itself and the free world.

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 19h

Please join me in raising funds for medical cargo buses and trucks with electric jamming for brigades of Ukraine's Khartiia Corps. These automobiles make the difference between whether people survive or not. We can do something very specific and meaningful to help.
www.help99.co/patches/timo...

Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action

Professor Timothy Snyder – a prominent voice of freedom, teams up with NAFO to fundraise for ten trucks and ten cargo buses with anti-drone jamming systems. These will transport and protect those who ...

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Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 19h

I'm quite sure it's secretly MEANT to be, by at least some top figures at ICE and DHS.
They don't necessarily want you to think they're good guys.

Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 20h

Official source (in Ukrainian): t.me/Zaluzhnui/947

Валерій Залужний

Дуже шкода, що маючи можливість перевіряти інформацію, саме вітчизняні медіа вмить розносять фейки у воюючій країні. І вже не дивує, що це робиться синхронно з російською пропагандою. Шкода, що саме...

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Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 20h

IMPORTANT: For the umpteenth time, Ukraine's former top general and current ambassador to the UK, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, refuted media reports and confirmed that he still opposes "holding ANY elections during wartime" and is not taking any steps to participate in such elections or in any politics.

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Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 21h

Russia state disinfo TV does that, only it was mostly female actors in 2014 cast as different "victims of Ukrainian Nazis".

JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 1d

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 23h

“We speak with one voice to say that the actions of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are endangering the health of the nation.”

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 22h

Official source (in Ukrainian):
www.facebook.com/reel/1503952...

26 reactions · 12 shares | Денис Сакун — військовослужбовець Повітряних Сил Збройних Сил України Повітряне командування "Центр", висококваліфікований фахівець систем протиповітряної оборони, зокрема З...

Денис Сакун — військовослужбовець Повітряних Сил Збройних Сил України Повітряне командування "Центр", висококваліфікований фахівець систем протиповітряної оборони, зокрема ЗРК «Patriot». Його...

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Alex Panchenko @alexpanchenko2.bsky.social · 22h

Ukraine Air Force is now openly saying some of its airmen manning the West-supplied Patriot air defense systems have been killed in Russian strikes(

Western journos have reported the loss of some Patriots since 2023; Ukrainian military hasn't denied or elaborated it.

Now, we know names and faces.

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