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Euan MacDonald

@euanmacdonald.bsky.social
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Freelance journalist living and working in Kyiv, Ukraine BBC local radio freelance reporter, sometimes heard on LBC radio Very biased: against fascist and authoritarian regimes; for democracy, rule of law, and human rights.

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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Отличный суп из травы, Паша! Но где ты достал кости для бульона?"
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A big bang here in western Kyiv shook the house slightly - monitors on Telegram say it was a shoot-down of a jet drone. Constant air alerts in the capital are extremely tiresome (we had four from 0000 to 07000 alone last night), but there are signs the shootdown ratio is rising.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ukraine's first combat use of FP-7 ballistic missile, likely overnight Sept. 1-Oct. 1, "hit target in occupied Ukraine" according to WSJ source. migflug.com/afterburner/...
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FP-7 Ballistic Missile: First Combat Use | MiGFlug
Zelensky says Ukraine's FP-7 ballistic missile has seen its first combat use. What Fire Point claims, how it compares, and what is still unconfirmed.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
With the Pivdeniy (Southern) Bridge closed to road and Metro train traffic following drone strikes by fascist Russia, Kyiv residents are crossing on foot between the western and eastern banks of the River Dnipro in the Ukrainian capital.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Video of a Russian attack drone making a direct hit on a school in Kyiv this morning. No injuries, as the children were in a shelter at the time. Absolute barbarism from fascist Russia, which almost certainly deliberately targeted the school.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We're nearly at 50% for this appeal! If you can spare a buck or two, please send it this way! You'll be able to tell your grandchildren you helped fight fascism when it tried to rise again in Europe!
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kyiv: Woken by bangs. 0250 - power out for a couple of minutes. A few minutes of peace. Then another series of increasingly loud bangs, power off then on, a final few bangs, and quiet again. Monitors in Telegram say 15-20 Russian ballistics launched at energy infrastructure.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When Trump renames it "Huge Intelligence" ("huge" is one less syllable than "super"), they'll all start calling it "Huge Intelligence." Eventually it'll be whittled down to "Big Smart" - or BS for short.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do we seriously have to do Maoist newspeak every single time an 80 year old posts his idiotic ideas on the internet. It has been AI since before I was even born. Can literally anyone have a shred of dignity.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Everyone knows Sarah Conner - great woman, very beautiful - defeats AI in the future."
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There's only three women in this photo and one of them's in a painting.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1. "Super" - two syllables 2. "Artificial" - four syllables Natural Stupidity favors 1.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The corruption never stops.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fascist Russia's voting figures would be comedic, if they were not also so tragic.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well worth attending! Proud to count these fine journalists among my former (and current!) colleagues!
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 29/09/2026
The Kyiv Independent is coming to London in just three days. On Oct. 2, join us for an exclusive evening of live storytelling from a country at war and a behind-the-scenes look at how we run Ukraine's biggest English-language newsroom.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Worst case scenario: The current generation of lecturers, teachers and educationals evaluators is the last that is able to assess educational work without using AI. Future educators will be using AI to assess the AI-generated "work" of their "students".
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1/ Another AI-generated video falsely depicting Russian 'control' north of Lyman has been publicised by disgusted Russian warbloggers. It's part of a "plague" of AI "neurocontrol" that prominent warblogger Rybar condemns as "inept, half-baked information warfare". ⬇️
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
❗️The war will last at least until spring 2027: Ukrainian authorities do not expect Putin to enter serious negotiations before March, – The Atlantic. “Putin did not stockpile missiles for nothing and intends to use them this winter,”
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yarmouk is a refugee camp full of Palestinians that we besieged, starved, and butchered in 2013. There was little international interest. For some reason. We need lessons from no one.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As was entirely predictable, in the absence of full support for Ukraine from the West, the war is intensifying and getting closer to the EU border. The West's response should be to increase aid to democratic Ukraine to help it fight back against and then defeat fascist Russia.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's been quite doomy and gloomy in Kyiv since fascist Russia launched its practically non-stop jet drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital, but there are still signs of hope:
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Even Trump's supporters must surely be asking themselves just why Trump is so obviously desperate to help Putin, even to his own political detriment, and while alienating Ukraine and its allies. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
theatlantic.com
A Most Trumpian Plan to Make Nice With Russia
Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Massive explosions rocking Kyiv just now - another ballistic missile attack by fascist Russia. Only 3 out of 6 incoming missiles were intercepted, claims one Telegram monitoring channel.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fascist Russia just hit the Dobrobut private hospital where our dental clinic is located. Hoping everyone there is ok. It’s possible the target was the Constitutional Court across the road, but fascist Russia also has a long history of bombing hospitals.
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 28/09/2026
BREAKING: Multiple fires across Kyiv, city center struck as all-day Russian drone attacks continue #Ukraine
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BREAKING: Multiple fires across Kyiv, city center struck as all-day Russian drone attacks continue
In the city center, local media and Telegram channels reported a strike next to the main campus of Kyiv's Taras Shevchenko National University.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
People in Kyiv's National Academy of Science, just struck by a Russian attack drone, try to escape the burning interior of the building by crawling onto third-floor window ledges.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Deep State updates its map to show more of the Ukrainian advances near Lyman. Rumor has it there's still much more to come...
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wartime means hugely accelerated development of weapons. Next year's drones will be even more deadly. The West will have to come to Ukraine for know-how and tech for future wars. Support for Ukraine now isn't just the right thing to do - it's an investment in future security.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These are short-range offensive weapons and the only country in range that is likely to be attacked by these North Korean weapons is South Korea. Seoul, 50 km from the border with North Korea, should get on the phone with Kyiv immediately and start negotiating a defence pact.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
😳 A drone was shot down right overhead during concert in Kyiv
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Russians are working their way down a civilian target list of warehouses, business centers, data centres, mobile operator offices, shopping malls and markets in Kyiv. They aim to make life in Ukraine's capital as difficult as possible ahead of their winter bombing campaign.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac...
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Help Oleksandr and his team raise UAH 80K to repair their vehicle! Cars are a vital means of transport, supply and evacuation for Ukraine's frontline defenders! send.monobank.ua/jar/13CFwUvVUr
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Russians definitely deliberately targeted the INKOM business center in central Kyiv - they had a recon drone overhead with its camera trained right on the building right at the moment of the strike. Four civilians were killed and between seven and 11 wounded, including a teenager.
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David Pratt @foreigncorr1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump has become a midterm election liability for Republicans The president has told voters to vote like he is on the ballot, but that’s precisely what worries Republicans who are distancing themselves from him. Today’s in-depth international read👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2658459...
thenational.scot
Donald Trump has become a midterm election liability for Republicans
The president has told voters to vote like he is on the ballot, but that’s precisely what worries Republicans who are distancing themselves from…
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People in the international community, if they know about Oleshky at all, might wonder why fascist Russia indulges in such obvious evil against a seemingly random Ukrainian town under occupation by its army.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Will international media ever start covering Russia’s ongoing genocide? Ukrainians in Russian occupied Oleshky are eating grass and weeds to survive and the world stays silent 😭
kyivindependent.com
'Nothing left to eat' — Sybiha urges partners to act on Oleshky humanitarian crisis
Oleshky's population has fallen from around 24,000 to approximately 2,000 as of spring 2026, according to the Foreign Ministry.
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There is no “conflict” to resolve, no misunderstanding, no magical win-win formula russia’s war persists because russia keeps waging it Reagan's doctrine of strength worked. Attempts to sacrifice 🇺🇦 on the altar of peace-through-weakness had the opposite effect kyivindependent.com/washington-a...
kyivindependent.com
Washington attempts dealmaking, Moscow sticks with warmaking
"I can't die now. I still need to do the Russia sanctions," Lindsey Graham joked hours before his passing. Nine weeks later, the bill bearing his name became law with the U.S. president's signature. ...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just had what sounded like an air battle over my house, ending with a big boom. This could be footage of the event; it looks like a drone was hit in the air. Reports of hits and debris falls across Kyiv - residential buildings, kindergarten, a data center. Attacks seem incessant.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Many residents have turned to cooking garden weeds as they have run out of the vegetables they managed to grow over the summer.” Blockade of Ukrainian town by Russian occupation forces is causing residents to slowly starve. #Oleshky
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ballistic Diplomacy Fascist Russia timed a huge ballistic and drone attack on Ukraine to coincide with the #UNGA meeting. In Kyiv, the latest air alert has already lasted 8 hours and 20 minutes. Meanwhile, Russian dictator Putin has been rewarded with an invite to a G20 meeting.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🇺🇦 Zelensky: When we met with Secretary General Mark Rutte, there had already been three waves of ballistic attacks on Kyiv. We have learned to shoot down cruise missiles, drones, we are now looking for solutions against jet Shaheds, and there are already good results.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Drone wreckage in Moldova 🇲🇩👀
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wreckage from a Russian/Iranian Shahed-type attack drone found in NE Romania. Incursions by fascist Russia’s drones into NATO territory are being more and more common as Russian dictator Putin escalates his war on democraticUkraine.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wreckage from a Russian/Iranian Shahed-type attack drone found in NE Romania. Incursions by fascist Russia’s drones into NATO territory are being more and more common as Putin escalates his war on Ukraine.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
UN Security Council member Russia is currently attacking Kyiv with ballistic missiles. Loud explosions in the Ukrainian capital.
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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
43 people wounded, 2 killed by Russian attack on Kyiv today .
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