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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 05/10/2026
⚡️ 'It was humiliating' — ex-US Army Secretary says Washington lags behind Ukraine in war innovations.
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'It was humiliating' — ex-US Army Secretary says Washington lags behind Ukraine in war innovations
"When you would see what Ukraine's budget was and how small it was relative to ours and how, despite that, they had better weapons of war, it was a wake-up call," former U.S. Army Secretary Dan Drisco...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🇺🇦📚 Russian strikes destroyed 13 million Ukrainian books over the summer, - The Guardian Summer losses account for one-third of all copies printed in the country this year. The publication views these losses within the broader context of the war against Ukrainian culture, literature, and language.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
First Lady Natalie Harp returns to the White House late last night after traveling all day with the president #TravelWithNatalie (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty)
pic of Natalie walking, bag in hand
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 04/10/2026
Nobody is prepared for the world of drone warfare that is coming, in fact is already here www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats
The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Following a bio lab accident in Russia, which caused the breakout of the plague pathogen (pestis bacteria) and the death of at least one lab technician, 5 hospitals in the Irkutsk region have been put under strict quarantine. The quarantine is not voluntary.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 05/10/2026
⚡Dozens detained at authorized Communist Party rally after chants of 'Down with the Tsar'. Moscow police detained about 60 people at an authorized Communist Party rally on Oct. 4 after participants began chanting anti-Kremlin slogans, according to the party and Russian rights group OVD-Info.
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Dozens detained at authorized Communist Party rally after chants of 'Down with the Tsar'
The event had been authorized by Moscow authorities, but detentions reportedly intensified as the rally was ending and participants shifted toward more directly anti-Kremlin slogans.
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derkrustenshultz.bsky.social @derkrustenshultz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Or more treacherous Republicans..
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
OTD in 1938 Nazi Germany started occupying the Sudetenland. The west tried to appease Hitler by giving him bits of someone else's country without asking the owners. It didnt work & led to a terrible war. Imagine it happening today....
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That expression you have while witnessing spectacular incompetence.
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derkrustenshultz.bsky.social @derkrustenshultz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don’t understand the combativeness.
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😡❗️ Russia plans to paralyze Kyiv before winter to maximize public tension and destabilize the political situation in Ukraine, — The Economist This involves missile and drone strikes, sabotage, and information operations. The campaign is expected to peak in November.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A former Wagner fighter, now in Ukrainian captivity, said Russian mercenaries in Mali used captured Africans as live subjects for brutal "tactical medicine training." In 2023-2024, Russian instructors deliberately maimed African prisoners, after which the mercenaries practiced stopping bleeding.
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derkrustenshultz.bsky.social @derkrustenshultz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Love their confusion and anger
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yesterday, the Rusich group made ambiguous hints about the Estonian town of Narva on its Telegram channel.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 29/09/2026
❗️Estonia’s Internal Security Service says Russia’s intelligence services ordered the Aug. 15 arson attack on a Milrem Robotics facility in Tallinn. Three Latvian citizens suspected of directly carrying out the attack have been arrested and extradited to Estonia. #Russia
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 28/09/2026
⚡️Kremlin seizes control of German retailer Metro AG's Russian properties. Metro AG first entered the Russian market in 2001 and operated 91 wholesale stores, employing around 9,000 employees in the country.
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Kremlin seizes control of German retailer Metro AG's Russian properties
Metro AG is one of the world’s largest retailers, specializing in food wholesale and food distribution to restaurants and hotels. Metro AG first entered the Russian market in 2001 and now operates 91 ...
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derkrustenshultz.bsky.social @derkrustenshultz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Gold. Gold. Annnd more gold.
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derkrustenshultz.bsky.social @derkrustenshultz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They don’t have the money or know how to actually make it functional again.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🇬🇧 BBC: Several men were arrested under the Explosives Act after a “major incident” was declared near RAF Fairford, a UK base hosting the U.S. Air Force. Homes in Whelford were evacuated as Army bomb disposal specialists examined several vehicles. Police said the incident appeared contained.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you want to know what Donald will say tomorrow, listen to what the Kremlin says today.
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derkrustenshultz.bsky.social @derkrustenshultz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Interesting .. cracks gets bigger propagandists are whining
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Do not believe anything until the Kremlin denies it™️
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For decades Americans in Republican counties have died sooner than those living in Democratic ones Now they’re dying faster than they’re being born These are policy choices
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Today, my mother and my sister-in-law were killed. A child survived, and my brother survived. My mother’s body is still there. They just covered it up." Tetiana Zhovtobriukh came to Zaporizhzhia with her family from Russian-occupied Berdiansk district.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 26/09/2026
⚡Serbia grants citizenship to former Ukrainian MP Novynskyi, wanted on treason suspicion. Novynskyi received citizenship through a provision allowing Serbia to naturalize a foreign national under an expedited procedure when authorities determine that doing so is in the country’s interest.
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Serbia grants citizenship to former Ukrainian MP Novynskyi, wanted on treason suspicion
Novynskyi received citizenship through a provision allowing Serbia to naturalize a foreign national under an expedited procedure when authorities determine that doing so is in the country’s interest.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
⚠️🇺🇦 Russia recruits Ukrainian teenagers for sabotage Russian recruiters are looking for Ukrainian children on social networks, Telegram, online games and messengers, offering money, gifts or simple tasks. Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets urged parents to talk to their children about Internet safety.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yesterday, Russian journalists asked Zelenskyy when he would go to Moscow, and the Ukrainian President gave a very short answer.
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derkrustenshultz.bsky.social @derkrustenshultz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
He’s bananas
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When you are on the bottom, you must organize from the bottom up. Says Skeletor knowing some of you are gonna make a sex joke out of this and just know I've already made peace with that. So go ahead.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
OTD in 2022 Russia's first mobilisation was announced. Now the "election" is over, the second is about to start.
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
❗️🇺🇦 In the Odesa region, warehouses of a grocery supermarket chain on fire after enemy strikes. Local media are writing about the Silpo warehouses.
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🤬 Russians destroyed the oldest building of the Zaporizhzhia National University. The third building of ZNU, built in 1902, burned down. During the night terror in the city, 2 shopping centers and high-rise buildings were also damaged. 5 people were injured.
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derkrustenshultz.bsky.social @derkrustenshultz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
That’s what Russia has always done
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
⚠️ Russia Expands Plant to Produce 78% More Drones Each Year, - Politico The expansion of Alabuga-Volokno plant in Tatarstan will allow Moscow to produce an additional 500 tons of military-grade carbon fiber each year by 2029 - a key material for drone hulls.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
1/ Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin warns that Russia inevitably faces a "terrible future" after Putin, with the possibility of "sullen, cocaine-addicted gangsters with sadistic, perverted tendencies" – people like the late Yevgeny Prigozhin – taking over a disintegrating country. ⬇️
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
However, after speaking with the Saudi Crown Prince, he reversed his position and instructed the Pentagon to prepare airstrikes against Houthi positions. By Sunday, the decision had changed again.
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 20/09/2026
I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford his basic needs like groceries with his basic income alone and that his job should pay for all the fun stuff because that's the point of a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.
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Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm doing my usual live stream tomorrow at 9:30 am (ET). I'll be focusing on Germany, where the output gap is now bigger than on a comparable time scale after 2008. The problem isn't Merz. The problem is the Grand Coalition that's caused total political paralysis... open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 19/09/2026
⚡️UK military sites see near-daily drone incidents in 2026 as Europe confronts widening hybrid threat. The unexplained drone activity comes as NATO officials warn that hybrid attacks are increasingly aimed at undermining public confidence and cohesion within the alliance.
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UK military sites see near-daily drone incidents in 2026 as Europe confronts widening hybrid threat
The unexplained drone activity comes as NATO officials warn that hybrid attacks are increasingly aimed at undermining public confidence and cohesion within the alliance.
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derkrustenshultz.bsky.social @derkrustenshultz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Fire Point apparently says a lot of things that everyone is still waiting on
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 19/09/2026
Latest: Christy Kinahan, founder of the transnational organised crime group the Kinahan cartel, has had his UAE visa cancelled, Bellingcat and @thetimes.com can reveal. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/09...
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Christy Kinahan's UAE Residence Visa Cancelled - bellingcat
Irish crime boss Christy Kinahan, who is being pursued by authorities around the world, has had his UAE residence permit cancelled.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 19/09/2026
Russia’s Alabuga facility is building underground production space for Shahed-type drones, with about 42,000 m² reportedly completed. The construction is part of a broader effort to disperse and protect Russia’s Geran drone-production infrastructure following Ukrainian strikes. #Russia
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 15/09/2026
⚡️NATO jets shoot down drone over Lithuanian airspace after it flew in from Belarus. NATO shot down a drone that flew into Lithuanian airspace from Belarus overnight on Sept. 15, Lithuanian authorities said.
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NATO shoots down drone over Lithuanian airspace after it flew in from Belarus
"With Russia intensifying its aggression against Ukraine, such readiness is vital for our region. Together with our NATO Allies, Lithuania will defend its airspace," Lithuanian President Gitanas Nause...
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derkrustenshultz.bsky.social @derkrustenshultz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We have to take our country back from the grifters, traitors, and thieves
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derkrustenshultz.bsky.social @derkrustenshultz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sad truth..
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derkrustenshultz.bsky.social @derkrustenshultz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why does he wear North Korean/ Chinese communist uniform?
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🇺🇸🇺🇦‼️ Don Bacon: We need to be helping them get even more long-range precision weapons so that Ukraine can take the fight to Moscow and St. Petersburg, Vladivostok — heck, even maybe North Korea, since they’re sending all these weapons over here and people.
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derkrustenshultz.bsky.social @derkrustenshultz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I miss the old days when traitors were called as such
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
So even if the polls were 30–70 the other way, we should stay on Ukraine because they’re on the right side of this fight. Russia’s the invader. But politically, it is 70–30. So why do we have a president dragging his feet on this? And it makes me angry.
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