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Andy Mell

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🔝🇺🇦✈️ Ukrainian F-16 pilot shot down Shahed over Kyiv
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
"My child will be 3 years old. I'll finally get to see them and hold them in my arms." - first words of the Ukrainian Defender released from Russian captivity. His wife was pregnant when he fell prisoner of war. 📹: Ombudsman of Ukraine
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This is how Ukrainians celebrated Easter today 🐣 Don't show this to Anna Paulina Luna! she insists that we "banned Christianity," and its going to be awkward 😁
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I wrote a Substack post about my experiences in Ukraine last week. open.substack.com/pub/maxboot/...
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Why Ukraine is even more impressive in person
Impressions from a week spent in Kyiv and Kharkiv
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Emmanuelle Chaze @emmanuellechaze.com · 11/02/2026
This exactly by Elsa Court: "Praising [Ukrainians'] resilience is like standing on the shore, watching a person struggle not to drown in a riptide. Instead of sending a lifeboat to save them, you praise them for being such a strong swimmer." kyivindependent.com/we-need-to-s...
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We need to stop calling Ukrainians resilient
Take a moment to imagine this: In the depths of the coldest winter in years, a neighboring country decides to destroy your country's infrastructure. Why? Your neighbor wants your land, but it's strugg...
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This is how much Russia tried to destroy Ukraine and its people in the early hours of this morning. The radar map of approximate missile and drone paths Yellow is drones, pink=jet drones, the rest are missiles.
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 19/12/2025
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins. It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia. The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
The wall near St. Michael’s Monastery in #Kyiv Here are the faces of the Heroes who gave their lives for Ukraine Here are ordinary people who did not want war -they wanted to live.But when Russians came to kill us,they stood up to defend their country This is the price Ukraine is paying 📹Oleg Kiy
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
This year I’m doing something different - I’m only going to talk about this one appeal. Please donate at the link here if you possibly can, or share this to beat the far right vigilante groups 👉 www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
We always talk about the security guarantees that the coalition of willing countries is going to give Ukraine. But the reality today is that it is Ukraine that is giving a security guarantee to Europe. But Putin’s Russia wants war." 📹: LCI
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
🇺🇦🇫🇷🥖 A mobile bakery of the international project “Bakery without Borders” arrived in Kramatorsk for the first time. French bakers spent several days baking fresh bread in a mobile van and distributing it to hospitals, shelters, and frontline communities.
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇 1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK 2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves 3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
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Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
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People's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Retweet to honour the leader of the free world
It's just Volodymyr Zelensky
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The 📷 shows an apartment building in #Kyiv hit by a Russian Shahed last night.It captures the overall atmosphere in the city with painful accuracy A hellish night of Russian strikes...We cherish every moment of life,because any moment,any day could be our last.That's why we live a bit desperately⤵️
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 09/10/2025
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
This is a brilliant demolition of Kemi Badenoch's nonsense about the Climate Change Act by @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up?
We fact check Kemi Badenoch and her party after she promised to repeal Climate Change Act if they win power
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 18/09/2025
The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration on.ft.com/46p3BPl
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The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration
It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there
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Andy Mell @afmell.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
@safety.bsky.app Mira is an important reporter from Ukraine - can you please double-check any moderation you've done.
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Aidas Palubinskas @apalubinskas.eurosky.social · 31/07/2025
@safety.bsky.app Why has Mira of Kyiv (@reshetz.bsky.social) been suspended? My info is that she is a local news reporter. I have never seen a post that violated Bluesky rules. Her voice is important to bring Ukrainian news to the broad audience. #NAFOarticle5
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Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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Maria Avdeeva @mariainkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Just look at this. Russia launched 728 drones at Ukraine tonight — the most so far. The attacks are escalating. Russia grows bolder with every delay and every silence.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Each time the world reaches out, Putin answers with missiles. Russia’s escalating attacks on Kyiv show that Moscow doesn’t want peace. Air defence systems and missiles are scarce everywhere. But Ukraine needs them now, every single day, to protect its people.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
‼️Friends,this is very important. Please share this& send the information to media. The United States stopping the supplies of critically important air defense missiles and other weapons is a matter of life& death⤵️ 📹: one of the recent massive Russian attack on #Kyiv.Turn the sound on, if you can.
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Jessica Berlin @berlinbridge.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Last night Russia attacked a European capital with ballistic missiles and hundreds of drones. Today the story barely registers in international news headlines. Western normalization and acceptance of Russian atrocities in Ukraine is what makes them possible.
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Things not heard in the White House tonight.. "This war between India and Pakistan would never have happened if I was President."
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
While the world is delaying decisions, almost every night in Ukraine turns into a horror that results in the loss of lives. Ukraine needs strengthened air defense. We need strong and real decisions from our partners: the United States, Europe, all our partners who seek peace.
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
“But I had neglected a key part of the Iraqi society: the women.” My latest for ⁦‪@thebulwark.com The values of the Women, Peace, and Security Program. www.thebulwark.com/p/a-commande...
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A Commander’s Case for Women, Peace, and Security
The program makes the military more effective. The secretary of defense thinks it’s “woke.”
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Ukraine should seize initiative, unilaterally declare ceasefire May 1-8. If Russia violates, Ukraine doesn't abide by Russia's May 8-11 unilateral ceasefire. If no Russian violation, declare another ceasefire from May 11-30. If no Russian violations - 30-day ceasefire achieved!
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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
we’re so close to our goal! we just need to sell more 29 units! spread the medieval cat plush word! let’s do this! www.makeship.com/products/med...
a yellow medieval cat plush the same plush, but now he’s happy
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 24/04/2025
2-year-old Solomia spent the night in a basement under russian shelling. Woken up by explosions, she was terrified. Together with her mother and brother, Solomia first hid in the hallway, but then they ran to the shelter as the sound of russian drones buzzed above their heads.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The Trump 'peace' plan for #Ukraine is no such thing; it is an instrument of surrender. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Trump’s Plan to Sell Out Ukraine to Russia
His proposal to end the war isn’t a peace plan—it’s a reward for aggression.
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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Discrimination, harassment and violence will increase if trans people lose access to toilets and other spaces. Many will feel driven from public life. That's what's at stake here. There's no benefit to women. Just harm to trans people and anyone who doesn’t fit gendered stereotypes.
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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
A plastic hand bobbing in the Mtkvari River in Tbilisi, Georgia—gripping an EU flag. Honestly, it’s a perfect metaphor. Georgia sinking into Russia’s grip, the EU dream is barely staying afloat. Our daily protests aren’t enough. We need more outside pressure, now. 🎥 საინტერესოა
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
An absolutely wild story this. The media experts who don't... or may not... exist. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
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Virtual reality: The widely-quoted media experts who are not what they seem
Press Gazette investigation into the widely-quoted national media experts who either do not exist, or whose credentials have not been checked.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 14/04/2025
The crisis for UK steel is exposing another – perhaps even bigger – crisis for the UK Our news media seems incapable of even the most basic factchecking YES energy for UK steelmakers is costly NO it's not due to net-zero YES it is due to GAS Here's what UK media isn't telling you🧵
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Today marks one month since Russia refused to accept the full 30-day ceasefire proposed by the U.S. and Ukraine. During this time, Russia has attacked Ukraine with nearly 70 missiles of various types, over 2,200 Shahed drones, and over 6,000 guided bombs.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 09/04/2025
seems like someone might be panican
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I want to start by pointing out a fundamental truth which somehow the "brains trust" of the trump regime and other Russian sympathisers seem to be unable to work out. "Peace" deals don't work with Putin. Force does. Hope you like my short essay - feel free to share.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
❗️🤬 Russia has increased the number of drone strikes by almost 50% since the start of "peace talks", — The Telegraph
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Constantine @teoyaomiquu.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I hate that I have to keep asking for your retweets and donations to our cause, but unfortunately, I need to ask once again, please retweet and donate Our team in Kharkiv consistently repairs and delivers engineering equipment and various mobility vehicles to Ukraine www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Hi All, I released the first part of my weekend update early (it’s all free) because what we are seeing is so extreme it needs to be said now. The USA is now openly admitting to helping Russia kill Ukrainians. Indeed, Trump seems to be enjoying it. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Weekend Update #123: The Week The USA Started Killing Ukrainians
Part 1: The Trump Plan to Damage Ukraine and Help Russia
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Maria Avdeeva @mariainkharkiv.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
They hold the line, hold their families together, and hold on—even when it feels impossible. Their resilience is unbreakable. Happy #InternationalWomensDay to the unstoppable #UkrainianWomen!
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Sergej Sumlenny @sumlenny.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
If you want to congratulate Ukrainian women to 8th March - donate some drones for Ania’s battalion! www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
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Support for Ukraine's 505th Marine Battalion
Help European Resilience Initiative Center gGmbH reach their goal by donating or sharing with your friends.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Trump won't call on Putin to stop his brutal and illegal war on Ukraine. When Putin is "bombing the hell out of Ukraine," a US ally, Trump identifies Zelenskyy as the problem. This is despicable. Will any Republican speak out against it? (That's a rhetorical question.)
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ChristianG @mryeswecan.eurosky.social · 06/03/2025
You got to laugh at the irony of life!
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Edward Hunter Christie @ehunterchristie.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Honoured to have spoken on Silicon Curtain earlier today. Big heart out to Jonathan for a great conversation and warp-speed editing and release.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Really important article in @foreignaffairs.com by former Ukrainian Defense Secretary Andriy Zagorodnyuk. Its about how Ukraine can fight on effectively without any US aid. It’s key to understand that Trump is full of BS when he says Ukraine has "no cards". www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukra...
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Ukraine Without America
How Kyiv can persist in the face of a hostile Washington.
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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Dooming over, there’s still a war and we’re still alive
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Trump calling Zelensky a dictator, claiming he has a 4% approval rating is pure nonsense. Here's what research by leading Ukrainian and Western academics shows. Read the press release and share widely! @oonuch.bsky.social @gwendolynsasse.bsky.social www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...
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Sergej Sumlenny @sumlenny.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
It snows in Kyiv, where I am now - and air raid sounds again. Putin celebrates Trump‘s statements. If you are outraged by Trump‘s statements - donate for Ukraine‘s drones: www.paypal.com/donate?campa... Also possible with a bank transfer, and you get a patch for a donation of €100 or more! Details⬇️
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