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Lukasz Krebel

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Economics, greening finance, monetary policy & macropru. Policy adviser at the Bank of England

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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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Lukasz Krebel @lukasz-k.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Slava Ukraini
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Just so you understand the scale of betrayal: first, our "partners" didn't warn Ukraine about the incoming ballistic missiles, so the air raid alert wasn't activated before impact, robbing people of their chance to survive. ​Then, Starlink was restricted to stop working at speeds above 100 mph.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "When our strikes reached Yandex data centers, it suddenly became little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. Many people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, fewer provocations because there were fewer bots. It's pretty clear where those bots were coming from.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Free weekend out. The big story is that Donald Trump is now free to be what he always was--strong supporter of Vladimir Putin and an agent pushing for Russian victory. He no longer has to pretend he cares at all about Ukrainian dead or Russian War crimes. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...
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Weekend Update #206: Trump Is Free To Be What He Has Always Been
Russian Strikes Against Civilians; Do Ukraine And Europe Understand What They Must Do?
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Outrage in Kyiv's suburbs. Russia hits a kindergarten and its playground in broad daylight. The security camera shows it happened yesterday, but has only just been published. The man seen running escaped death by metres.
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 10/10/2026
Here is your assignment for today: Go to this link and buy a coffee for @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social: buymeacoffee.com/kateinkharkiv She has been keeping us all informed from Kharkiv for years now—in English. Follow and support her please.
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Kate
Hi, my name is Kate. I live in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Trying to keep the world informed about Ukrainian perspective of war, tell the world how war feels for a regular citizen in a city that gets mercilessl
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ZELENSKYY: At this very moment, when we are talking about peace, America gives Russia the opportunity to export diesel — that's millions, billions. It all goes toward the war against people, against Ukraine, against all of us.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So let's get this straight: Russia just murdered over 65 people in Ukraine in less than 48 hours. Crushed a building on top of sleeping families to celebrate Putin's birthday. And today, the U.S. announces that they are lifting sanctions on Russian diesel and planning to buy some,
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 09/10/2026
FACTCHECK: UK Conservatives double the ‘cost of net-zero’ after spreadsheet blunder The Tory "Right Way" booklet makes an erroneous claim about the cost of cutting emissions, possibly taken from a Jan26 thinktank report, and deffo the most idiotic error I've seen for a while 🧵
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ukrainian forces used drones to deliver food to residents of occupied Oleshky! During one of their recent large-scale operations, they delivered 4,000 kg of food across 100 locations in the city. This gives people a little bit of time, but pressure must be put on Russia to let people evacuate!
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please share the information about Oleshky everywhere you can! ​Russia is starving residents of the town and nearby villages by denying food supplies and evacuation. People in Oleshky need help, or else they won't survive the winter!
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Nick Garland @npjgarland.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Really excited to be relaunching Progressive Review, @ippr.org's journal of politics, ideas and public policy, with a new editorial team + advisory board:
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children. He praises Stalin on social media www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform is the richest party in Britain. Its leaders are almost all millionaires. It is funded almost exclusively by billionaires. It has a supportive TV station and widespread media backing. So naturally, this donation comes with the usual attack on "elites". www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Those fucking russian bastards have started targeting apartments in Kherson with FPV drones and posting videos of their own war crimes‼️
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Friday saw one of the most horrific attacks of the whole war. To the list of kids' hospital in Kyiv, the railway station in Kramatorsk, massacre of prisoners in Olenivka and apartment blocks in Dnipro, Kyiv, Odesa we add a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih. bsky.app/profile/twmc...
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
All you Trump backers who lie about supporting Ukraine…this is what you actually support. These Ukrainians are being killed partly through the policy choices of the Trump administration. The USA could have saved many of these lives but chose not to. www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/e...
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Russian attack kills 17 in Kyiv region, Zelensky says | CNN
Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital and nearby areas have killed 17 people and wounded dozens of others overnight, officials said, as both sides step up attacks on facilities that underpin daily life...
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Just a reminder that since Laura Loomer announced her support for Ukraine, Trump has: 1) walked back a promise to let Ukraine build Patriots, 2) denied a ukrainian request for 300 PAC3s, 3) slow walked 400mil in congressionally approved aid for Ukraine. But the vibes were good!
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Once you start mass removal of citizenship on political grounds you've stopped functioning as a viable democratic state. But that was always where this agenda was heading.
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Sofie Jenkinson @sofiejenkinson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
So I wrote about it again lads. See what you think. It's just my view of the Britain I think exists. Would love to know yours, and what you think our v specific silly British things are – because there were simply too many good ones to list www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Count Binface represents the Silly Sausage Britain I know and love | Sofie Jenkinson
Mr Blobby, the Liz Truss lettuce, Boaty McBoatface … the Clacton hopeful is part of a rich tradition – and a reminder that it’s laughter that defines us, not hate, says co-director of Round Our Way, S...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 02/07/2026
⚡️Update: 13 killed, more than 80 injured in massive Russian missile, drone attack on Kyiv. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko put the number of injured at 86, 70 of whom had been hospitalized.
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'A terrible night' — 13 killed, more than 80 injured in massive Russian missile, drone attack on Kyiv
Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 74 missiles and 496 long-range drones during the attack, most of which targeted Kyiv.
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ECMWF @ecmwf.int · 20/06/2026
Today is #ShowYourStripesDay 🔴🔵 The climate stripes originally created by Ed Hawkins represent how temperatures have changed over time. Here are the climate stripes from our three duty stations in Reading, UK, Bonn, Germany, and Bologna, Italy.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Interesting that the idea of another EU referendum is regularly discussed on broascast media as something that would cause division and thus a bad idea. But plans to deport literally millions of people are discussed as administrative questions.
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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Russia launched a large-scale attack against Ukraine: 90 missiles, including the nuclear-capable Oreshnik, and 600 drones in one night of terror. Residential buildings, shopping centres, police buildings and a water-supply facility were all reportedly struck.
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At least four killed after wave of Russian strikes hits Kyiv
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Sunday that Russia had used the powerful nuclear-capable Oreshnik medium-range missile in its overnight attack, as well as hundreds of drones and d...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Horror in Kyiv: An entire section of an apartment building collapsed after a russian attack. In the middle of the night while people were sleeping at home‼️
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
this is very clearly and directly genocidal: "Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group" is explicitly listed as a genocidal act in the 1948 convention, and Russia's intent to destroy Ukrainians as a people has been made clear over and over again
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Paul Krugman - "Despite the perversity of its causes, the current acceleration of electrotech is overwhelmingly positive for the world as a whole. It will slow climate change and reduce pollution. It will diminish the power of anti-democratic petrostates" paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-l...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Would be cool if media outlets would do their job and start reporting on the Russian mass slaughter of Ukrainians over the last few days, with them randomly throwing missiles and drones at our towns and cities onto busy streets, in broad daylight, to maximize casualties with zero military objectives
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 03/05/2026
⚡️Russian attacks kill 10, injure over 70 in Ukraine over past day. Ukrainian forces downed 249 out of the 268 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported.
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Russian attacks kill 10, injure over 70 in Ukraine over past day
Ukrainian forces downed 249 out of the 268 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
A section of an apartment building has collapsed in Dnipro after russian missile hit it. In the middle of the night, when people are at home. It's horrible, guys.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 23/04/2026
We had an excellent meeting with President Zelenskyy in Cyprus today. Ukraine's brave resistance against Russia is unwavering. So is Europe's support. In light of Ukraine's sustained reform effort, accession talks should start without delay. Our joint statement ↓ link.europa.eu/8VNVwT
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Two nights ago, Russia sent nearly 700 drones and dozens of missiles at Ukrainian civilians. In the fifth year of the war, aerial attacks on Ukrainian civilians have become even more intense and more frequent. Please join me in this campaign for air defense equipment. You can help protect lives.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This is a Ukrainian boy, Bohdan. He will forever be eight years old. Yesterday, a Russian drone killed Bohdan as he was playing on a playground in Cherkasy. Bohdan sang in the church choir. Deepest condolences... Russian terrorism must be stopped.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
All of this money, every last penny, will be spent on murdering Ukrainians.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The US is attacking Iran. Russia is helping Iran target US forces. For all we know Russia is co-responsible for the deaths of US soldiers. And yet Trump has made Russia the main winner of the war thus far by lifting oil sanctions. I can’t think of anything like this.
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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Reform’s Richard Tice avoided nearly £600,000 in tax. The deputy leader’s property company paid nothing in corporation tax on multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018-21. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Reform’s Richard Tice avoided nearly £600,000 in tax
The deputy leader’s property company paid nothing in corporation tax on multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018-21
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Tim Gallagher @brachiosaurus.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
"Ukraine has given more military aid to the USA in 2026 than the USA has given to Ukraine." Americans should hang their heads in shame.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Kharkiv 💔 Today, 9‑year‑old Gordiy was killed together with his mother Olena when a Russian missile struck a residential building. The tragedy was reported on the page of the Ukrainian Ice Hockey Federation: “Gordiy was a sincere, kind, and open boy who loved hockey, his team, and training.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The White House position is that it is no big deal that Putin is helping Iran try to kill US soldiers. Always remember rule #1. Putin can do no wrong in Trump’s eyes. Wonder why that is?
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Politico @politico.com · 06/03/2026
Justice Department publishes documents with sexual assault allegations against Trump
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Justice Department publishes documents with sexual assault allegations against Trump
The department shared FBI documents outlining allegations involving Trump.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.
Dear Shabana,
I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank.
You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to
make a perilous crossing on small boats.”
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton
and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government
who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division.
When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there
to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done
in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the
flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney.
As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking
points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I
filled water tanks and picked up litter.
What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop
the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country.
Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it.
It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping
migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and
croissants to refugees and food parcels.
When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She
said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for
refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers
whilst risking death on the seas.”
She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on
the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …
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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
What is "deliverism"? Is it dead? And what would its death mean for progressive politics? This essay (kindly published by @samfr.bsky.social) is my attempt to trace five years of trans-Atlantic debates, to set out what I see as the stakes, and to analyse where these arguments have now gotten to:
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Is "deliverism" dead?
Lawrence gave his first take on Iran at the weekend and will return to it later this week.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 20/02/2026
⚡️Russian general shares photos of severed ears, discusses executing Ukrainian POWs online, investigation shows. Russian Major General Roman Demurchiyev disclosed in private messages the ways the Russian army mistreats Ukrainian POWs, according to an investigation by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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Russian general shares photos of severed ears, discusses executing Ukrainian POWs online, investigation shows
Russian Major General Roman Demurchiyev shared photographs depicting severed human ears and discussed the abuse of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in private chats, according to a Feb. 19 investigat...
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Hello All, Just sent out this piece, a case study of how Trump has gone to great lengths to help Russia in its campaign to kill Ukrainian civilians and freeze Ukrainian cities. Trump was deliberate and, sadly all to effective. The USA is helping Putin now. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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How Trump/USA Is Helping Putin Kill Ukrainians
The Patriot Case Study
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The Brazilian political system is, structurally, very similar to the American one. But when they elected a Trump-style authoritarian back in 2018, their Congress and Supreme Court actually fought back. I went to Brazil to find out why. And what I learned surprised me. www.vox.com/politics/479...
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How one country stopped a Trump-style authoritarian in his tracks
What Brazil got right that America got wrong.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
People need to understand what happened strategically in 2025. The US switched sides, helped Putin a great deal, which also encouraged the Chinese to help Putin. And Ukraine fought on, inflicting massive casualties on Russia and taking the war to the Russian economy. .
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The Reform proposal to repeal the Equality Act + anti-discrimination laws (a proposal which Farage made and u-turned on in 2015, but which is back in 2026) has gone almost completely under the radar
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