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Kostia Gorobets

@kostiagorobets.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at the University of Groningen. Jurisprudence, international law, books. Working on a project about Russia’s alternative international law.

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 14h
Cartoon by Michael de Adder
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 8h
Mearsheimer has been disproven by reality as clearly as a doomsday prophet but somehow some people’s brains broke so hard over his Ukraine stance that there are still debates raging on Twitter with many claiming he is correct. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 18h
Despite Trump using it as the excuse for the US to protect Putin's oil industry, yet more confirmation that diesel prices have zero correlation with diesel prices.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 13h
Elon Musk approached Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Starlink in Ukraine ‐The Telegraph reports. I don't know what they hope to accomplish here, but they are undermining our nation's ability to defend itself just because they dislike the president.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 12h
Trump's complaints about Zelensky/Ukraine and his insistence that he wants peace make sense with reality ONLY if we accept that he defines "peace" the exact same way Putin does-- as Ukrainian capitulation to Russian control.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 14h
Absolutely unhinged rant from Trump: “Biden gave Zelenskyy, I call him P.T. Barnum (Trump earlier said he doesn’t call people names), massive amounts of Patriots (That saved lives, thanks US!), of Tomahawks (what? never happened), of everything. Biden gave $350 billion worth of equipment and cash
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Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 15h
Why?
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 16/10/2026
Ukrainians are not superheroes. They are people who want to live, love, and see another tomorrow. Two of Ukraine’s leading artists, Jamala and ONUKA, have come together to release “Lyudyna” (“Human”) — a song about finding the strength to keep going, even when you have none left.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 16/10/2026
⚡️ "No one will convince me that the surrender of those defending their freedom can be called peace," Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says. She sharply criticized the easing of sanctions on Russian diesel, warning that it contradicts efforts to push Putin to negotiations.
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Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 23h
He is really genuinely sorry that Russia still did not manage to crush Ukraine. This does not seem right to him. Ukraine isn’t supposed to be capable of standing up against Russia, that’s just not how the world works.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
AfD’s leader is deeply dishonest. Zelensky has accepted every ceasefire proposal even though it represents a huge compromise-- letting russians remain in control of the Ukrainian territories they hold. Zelensky is also a priori committed to peace-- he never started a war to begin with!
Reporter to Weidel: Can you give me one piece of evidence that Putin is interested in peace? Weidel answers: Can you give me one piece of evidence that Zelensky is interested in peace?
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Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
What about UKRAINE’S security interests, which two nuclear super powers committed to protect in exchange for nuclear disarmament, and now join forces to completely ditch those very interests?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
"I intentionally call him by the wrong name because it just sounds more racist, see?"
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
🇺🇸🇺🇦🚀 Zelensky: Can you give me missiles for Patriot? Because when I don't attack them, because you asked me, they will attack me. It's fair if you give me something with which to defend myself. That's the minimum I'm asking for. And when I'm asking this, your answer is blocking Starlink.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
And at this exact moment, Trump chooses to announce an "amazing" deal under which russia can strike Ukraine's energy grid, but Ukraine isn't allowed to respond.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
A reminder that Ukraine are the good guys defending themselves and trying to survive. Literally nothing in the current shitstorm is Ukraine or Zelensky’s fault. Anyone dissecting Zelensky’s words/strategy to find faults has either hopelessly lost the forest from the trees or is doing it in bad faith
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Any and every pro-russian move can be justified as a carrot in a future peace negotiation. Stop treating this obvious obfuscation as good faith efforts. Trump already proved that he doesn't want to negotiate peace but to force Ukraine to surrender to russian demands! www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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US floats unfreezing some Russian assets to restart Ukraine peace talks, FT reports
The United States has proposed that ​European countries unfreeze ‌some Russian sovereign assets immobilised after Moscow's ​invasion of Ukraine ​and transfer them to ⁠a vehicle overseen ​by Washington...
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
OTD in 2002 🇺🇦 began decommissioning its nuclear capable Tu-22 strategic bombers & Kh-22 cruise missiles, as per the Budapest memo. 30 bombers & 230 missiles were destroyed over 2 & half years in exchange for promise 🇷🇺 would never invade. But you can believe our promises now
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
But all of this is because of cloud cover and poor management. Seriously, the difference between Putin and Trump in this situation is that Putin understands this war is a zero-sum "game", while Trump doesn’t.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Obviously, Ukraine won’t surrender preemptively and its defense won’t collapse quickly but the damage will be significant and then the crucial questions become whether Trump can keep up this blackmail for long and what could make him back off.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
If reports of an end to intelligence sharing and Starlink access limits are confirmed, then the Trump admin has started helping Russia’s war effort. This a more harmful act against Ukraine than all the silly Witkoff/Kushner plans/trips put together. The US is trying to force Ukraine to surrender.
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🇺🇸‼️🇺🇦 Musk and Trump are throwing Ukraine to the wolves, writes The Telegraph.
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
it also deleted a couple of monographs i just finished writing
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Piers Morgan: Do you feel betrayed? 🇺🇦 Zelensky: Yes. It's a pity that we are losing a strong partner. Piers Morgan: You think you're losing America? 🇺🇦 Zelensky: Yeah, but not because of us. We can't be weak. We're not selling our country. Look, It's our lives. It's our country, home, children.
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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸 The lack of warnings from partners about ballistic missile launches over Ukraine will not affect fuel prices in any way. Nor will the restrictions on Starlink. They will only affect the Russians' desire to shell and kill even more. The world must act decisively to stop the enemy, — Zaluzhny.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump and Musk going all out to protect Putin
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
And this is absolutely unjust: when they are destroying our energy infrastructure, and Ukraine is not even receiving early warnings about ballistic missile launches - Zelenskyy.
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Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The US restricting one of the most crucial technologies Ukraine uses for its survival is beyond brutal. It’s an outright betrayal. I honestly do not understand how anyone could think of the US as an ally anymore.
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Another instance of the new American greatness. Long live America!
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump, Witkoff, Kushner, musk, are doing everything to help terrorist Russia murder Ukrainians. Siding with terrorists, restricting Starlink on top of funding genocide. This is beyond outrageous
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Stanislav Aseyev @stanislavaseyev.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Americans must be very proud of how great they are today.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
As Trump tries to break Ukraine and force it into surrendering to Russian demands, which russia repeatedly confirms are the same as in Feb 2022– Ukraine’s capitulation/demilitarization— Im reminded of those who claim Ukraine has full Western support. I have only contempt for them.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Everybody needs to be crystal clear that “the deal” in Trump’s mind is Ukrainian surrender. Of course, Putin wants it. But neither Putin nor Trump can compel it or wishcast it.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My guess is we’re in for another 2wks of Trump spewing Russian propaganda and ranting against Zelensky and then he’ll move on to another topic, hopefully GOP losses. Nothing will change— there will be no ceasefire, no Ukr elections, no Ru advances. Just more Ukr civilians murdered by terrorussia.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/10/2026
Researchers Suggest Wild Horses Don’t Have To Worry About Any Of This theonion.com/researchers-suggest-wi…
Researchers Suggest Wild Horses Don’t Have To Worry About Any Of This
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Trump admin sinking lower and lower to salvage its outrageous alignment with Putin. Keep reporting this madness for all American voters to see
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Losing count of how many times Russia has rejected a ceasefire because it hopes to conquer all of Ukraine. Putin is incapable of making peace.
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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is a very important graph! Save it and show it to anyone who claims that Ukraine is responsible for higher diesel prices. Ukrainian attacks on russian oil refineries started in November 2025 and they had no impact on the price. The price skyrocketed right after Trump started the war in Iran.
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
On a positive note, judging by how furious these fucks are and how they've brought out the real big guns to force Ukraine to stop, the strikes against Russia's oil industry are clearly having a very serious impact.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
My take on the new Trump-Putin idea about how to break Ukraine and bring victory to Russia. www.policymagazine.ca/trumps-diese...
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Trump’s Diesel Deal is a Gift to Putin, but Ukraine and Europe Have Cards - Policy Magazine
It takes some effort to out-parody this sequence of events, but the Trump administration managed it. On Friday, the U.S. Treasury Department issued a general
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Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
How are you doing, dear Americans? How are you feeling? All’s good?
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Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I guess Ukraine will soon have to fight TWO nuclear states at the same time.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Weird that Donald Trump's message is that people who are being assaulted can stop it all by giving up and submitting to the aggressor, so weird, so so weird
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Trump is lying when he says Zelensky was offered many deals. Ukraine hasn’t been offered ANY deals. They've been repeatedly pressured to make concessions in exchange for NOTHING but a promise to start peace talks. Meanwhile, russia has repeated non-stop that it intends to achieve ALL its goals.
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Trump says Ukraine needs a new leader after diesel deal with Russia
US president suggests Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has not done enough to end war
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I think it's time for the US to get a new president.
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Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Looks like Ukraine might get Tomahawks soon. Only not in the way it thought. What a vile, disgusting, pathetic man.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This isn’t surprising. Trump is anti-Ukraine and he has always hated Zelensky. But he has been constrained by something (public opinion? GOP behind the scenes? Bureaucracy?) from fully throwing US power behind Putin. Can this change now? Tbh, I don’t know. What I do know is that…
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Kostia Gorobets @kostiagorobets.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is so depressing, I can’t even…
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