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Frans Osinga
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Chris Colijn @chriscolijn.bsky.social · 2h
In Oekraïne zijn alle grote wapenfabrieken doelwit, de meesten zijn al eens geraakt. Ook veel kleine producenten worden geraakt.

Productie vindt veel ondergronds plaats, in ongemarkeerde gebouwen, en verspreid over meerdere locaties.

Ook op dit vlak opereert Europa volgens de regels van vredestijd
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 3h
russia escalates by the day.

Belgian government must stop blocking EU reparation loan, part of which will go for procuring European weapons for Ukraine.

Defeating russia in Ukraine is the best security guarantee for Belgium and the entire Europe. For that, long-term predictable funding is crucial.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1h
"Bondi’s contemptuousness was designed to send a clear message: You have no power to stop us.

Refusal to even entertain the questions of committee Democrats should have been cause for bipartisan scandal. But committee Republicans seemed perfectly uninterested..."

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Bondi to Congress: 🖕
The attorney general came to the Hill to deliver a message to Democrats: Your ‘oversight’ couldn't matter to us less.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2h
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 4h
Russia’s armed forces are suffering an “abnormally high killed-to-wounded ratio" of 1 to 3 in the fighting in eastern Ukraine, according to new data underlining both the apparent failings in the treatment of Russians wounded but also the dangers drones pose to casualty evacuations.
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politico.eu
POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 5h
Russia is waging a campaign to "unsettle" citizens by flying drones into European airspace, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned today.
Von der Leyen warns of Russian ‘hybrid warfare’
Europe has to change its mindset to tackle the threat from Moscow, Commission president says.
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theatlantic.com
The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12h
Holding off the Russians means “finding ways to compensate for Ukraine’s desperate shortage of manpower,” Robert F. Worth writes. Kyiv has found ingenious methods of staying in the fight:
Ukraine Might Be Winning Its War of Attrition
Russia assumed time was on its side, but a new Ukrainian strategy is yielding surprising results.
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kyivindependent.com
The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 9h
⚡️ Bavaria moves to let police shoot down drones amid rising European sightings.

The Bavarian cabinet approved the law, which grants local police the authority to destroy drones if deemed necessary to ensure public safety.
Bavaria moves to let police shoot down drones amid rising European sightings
The Bavarian cabinet approved the law, which grants local police the authority to destroy drones if deemed necessary to ensure public safety.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 1d
A Desperate Race for Drone Defenses | "Defense industries have tended to focus on the quality of military output, but the Ukraine war shows the importance of mass." @kirichenko.bsky.social
A Desperate Race for Drone Defenses
Defense industries have tended to focus on the quality of military output, but the Ukraine war shows the importance of mass.
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Frans Osinga @osinga.bsky.social · 1d
Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1d
🇳🇱🇺🇦🇪🇪 Dutch Ministry of Defense:

Estonian autonomous ground systems manufacturer Milrem Robotics has signed a contract with the Netherlands to supply 150 ground systems to Ukraine.
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Bart Aafjes @bartaafjes68.bsky.social · 1d
"Can Donnie's parents come collect him at the ball pit, he has been peeing all over the place!"

Oh, please take the #Epsteinfiles with you, thanks...
Trump Tells the Navy to View Half the Country as the Enemy
Donald Trump is determined to turn the military against the American people.
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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 1d
Eurocommissaris Andrius Kubilius (Defensie en Ruimte) zegt dat het Kremlin volgens de Duitse inlichtingendienst over een aanval op de NAVO praat. Dat zegt hij in een interview met de Poolse krant Gazeta Wyborcza. Of het al een concreet plan is, zegt hij niet te weten. wyborcza.pl/7,75399,3229... (€)
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 1d
Over 85% of targets on frontline hit by UAVs – Kamyshin #Ukraine
Over 85% of targets on frontline hit by UAVs – Kamyshin
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united24media.com
UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 1d
⚡️ Zelenskyy says Ukraine now builds 40 Bohdana 155mm howitzers every month—double last year’s output.

Over 40% of weapons on the front are made in Ukraine, with a goal to hit 50% by year’s end.
Zelenskyy: Ukraine Now Producing 40 2S22 Bohdana 155mm Howitzers Each Month
Ukraine has increased its production of the 2S22 Bohdana 155mm self-propelled howitzer to 40 units per month, reinforcing its defense capabilities.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d
One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.
Text card: Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary. #OnTyranny
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 3d
Explosion in Kharkiv ‼️ the city is under russian missile attack right now ‼️ its a broad daylight, Sunday!
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 3d
🇳🇴✈️🇵🇱 To protect the Polish border from threats, Norwegian Air Force F-35 fighter jets will arrive in Poland in the coming days and will be stationed near Poznań — Polskie Radio 24.
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warriorseamstress.bsky.social @warriorseamstress.bsky.social · 3d
"And what the Russians at the same time is trying to make civilian life unbearable in the east. They are hunting down civilians in Kherson, for instance, and yesterday did a particularly grotesque double tap attack on a civilian train in Sumy."
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 3d
🇺🇦 Ukrainian Air Defence shot down or suppressed:

▪️439/496 UAVs;
▪️1/2 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missiles;
▪️32/42 Iskander-K/Kh-101 missiles;
▪️6/9 Kalibr missiles;
▪️6 missiles did not reach targets.
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Chris Colijn @chriscolijn.bsky.social · 3d
Het westen van Oekraïne had vannacht te maken met een hele grote, lange aanval.

Afgaand op eerste berichtgeving waren energie, kritieke infrastructuur, militaire industrie het doelwit.

Er zijn 2 doden gemeld.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 3d
Trajectory of Russian missiles and drones, mainly aimed for Lviv in Western Ukraine.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 4d
/3. 💬 STING, developed by the @wildhornets.bsky.social, is one of the most effective low-cost countermeasures against Russian drones, having shot down more than 600 targets in the past few months.
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kyivindependent.com
The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 4d
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Oct. 4, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 4d
⚡️Russia targets Ukraine's energy infrastructure in massive strikes ahead of winter, Zelensky says.

"Just today, Russia struck our gas infrastructure with 35 missiles, including ballistic weapons. It was a combined strike, and only half of the missiles were shot down," Zelensky said.
Russia targets Ukraine's energy infrastructure in massive strikes ahead of winter, Zelensky says
"Just today, Russia struck our gas infrastructure with 35 missiles, including ballistic weapons. It was a combined strike, and only half of the missiles were shot down," Zelensky said after a meeting ...
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Caroline de Gruyter @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social · 5d
I would change "years" for "weeks"...
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Hans Tino Hansen @hanstino.bsky.social · 5d
Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) has published an updated threat assessment and it is as expected if “conventional military threat” means invasion.

It also states “It is highly likely that the hybrid threat from Russia against NATO will increase in the coming years.”
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 5d
🤬 All night long, Poltava, Sumy, and Kharkiv regions were under missile and drone attack. Energy infrastructure was also hit.

❗️Shostka and partially Konotop districts were left without power. Two adults and an 8-year-old girl were injured.
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