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Rob Schoof

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Journalist & Commentator @NRC.nl International desk | Defense | Geopolitics | Ukraine | Views mine 📍The Netherlands 🇪🇺

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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 1h
Once respected world power criticizing Ukraine for defending itself against twelve years of genocidal Russian attacks.
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 1h
Significant share of jet-powered drones shot down by F-16s – Zelenskyy #Ukraine
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Significant share of jet-powered drones shot down by F-16s – Zelenskyy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed with Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten how to provide greater protection for lives against Russian escalation involving jet-powered Shahed drones.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 3h
Five people were killed and 53 injured after Kharkiv was hit by three guided aerial bombs, regional authorities say. Fires covered nearly 15,000 m², while dozens of homes, a civilian enterprise and at least 20 vehicles were damaged. #Ukraine
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 9h
The further Putinisation of America. Strategic assets used to project power must be withdrawn due to strategic incompetence in an unnecessary war of choice. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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US withdraws all bomber aircraft from UK airbase
The United States confirmed on Sunday that it has withdrawn all B-1 bombers from the British airbase of RAF Fairford, with officials telling US media that the move was linked to "new threats."A statem...
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 12h
Over 2,000 Russian casualties in one day.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Omdat Rusland nauwelijks meer vorderingen maakt op het slagveld zou president Poetin de Oekraïners met een luchtoorlog tot capitulatie willen dwingen. Ondertussen baart Oekraïne opzien met een onbemand offensief in de Donbas, operatie Vivaldi. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Terwijl Moskou en Kyiv hun luchtoorlog escaleren leveren vrachtdrones kamikazerobots af voor een succesvol Oekraïens offensief in de Donbas
Oorlog in Oekraïne: Omdat Rusland nauwelijks meer vorderingen maakt op het slagveld zou president Poetin de Oekraïners met een luchtoorlog tot capitulatie willen dwingen. Ondertussen baart Oekraïne op...
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Free weekend update is out. Russia has a strategy for this winter--massive war crimes to make Ukraine unlivable. We need to speak the truth on that. One reason they need to do this is that they are struggling in other parts of the war--see Vivaldi. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...
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Weekend Update #205: Russia’s Strategy In Two Words: “War Crimes”
Operation Vivaldi, Even More Robots; The Trump-Putin Quid Pro Quo
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Russian way of war: attack everyday necessities and kill civilians to instill terror and render society dysfunctional. As in Aleppo, so now in Kyiv. If they could drop barrel bombs they would.
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 04/10/2026
Ukraine’s FP-9 ballistic missile capable of reaching Moscow will be operational this autumn, President Zelensky told Reuters. He added Kyiv will retaliate against Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure by striking oil refineries that fund the war. www.kyivpost.com/post/86051
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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Surely the Pentagon has seen strange sights, but seldom anything like the testosterone-besotted, fascisty-tinged clown show put on by the former weekend Fox News host who now runs the US military. charliesykes.substack.com/p/day-one-im...
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Day One: Impeach Pete Hegseth
“No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos.” But Musk.
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Omdat Rusland nauwelijks meer vorderingen maakt op het slagveld zou president Poetin de Oekraïners met een luchtoorlog tot capitulatie willen dwingen. Ondertussen baart Oekraïne opzien met een onbemand offensief in de Donbas, operatie Vivaldi. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Terwijl Moskou en Kyiv hun luchtoorlog escaleren leveren vrachtdrones kamikazerobots af voor een succesvol Oekraïens offensief in de Donbas
Oorlog in Oekraïne: Omdat Rusland nauwelijks meer vorderingen maakt op het slagveld zou president Poetin de Oekraïners met een luchtoorlog tot capitulatie willen dwingen. Ondertussen baart Oekraïne op...
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
This is big news: Ukraine has used its homegrown FP-7 tactical ballistic missile in combat for the first time, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today, adding that the next step is production. defence-blog.com/ukraine-conf...
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Ukraine confirms first combat use of new ballistic missile
Ukraine has used its homegrown FP-7 tactical ballistic missile in combat for the first time, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Oct. 1, adding that the next step is production. "Ukrainian tactical ...
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The New Voice of Ukraine @english.nv.ua · 01/10/2026
Russian forces suffered an estimated 46,230 personnel losses in September, the highest monthly figure recorded by Ukraine so far in 2026, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported 🔗 link.nv.ua/Yg8Q0K
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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ukraine says the Institute for Nuclear Research has been attacked in Kyiv. They say the VVR-M research reactor is located there, though the reactor itself and safety systems were not damaged. Background radiation levels are also normal.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 01/10/2026
⚡ Russia has stockpiled 10,000 attack drones and is producing 2,000 jet-powered Gerans per month. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...
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Russia Has 10,000 Attack Drones Stockpiled—and Is Building 2,000 Jet-Powered Gerans a Month
Russia produces 2,000 Geran-4 and Geran-5 attack drones monthly and holds a stockpile of about 10,000 piston-engine strike drones, RBC-Ukraine reports.
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
Russia has for the first time used a jet-powered drone equipped with a warhead designed to destroy high-voltage power pylons and steel bridge structures, according to presidential adviser Serhii Beskrestnov kyivindependent.com/russia-strik...
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Russia strikes Ukrainian pylon with steel-cutting drone for 1st time, as power outages hit 3 regions
The warhead was designed to destroy high-voltage pylons and steel bridges and contains a 40-kilogram main charge and four additional destructive modules, Serhii Beskrestnov said.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: “Today, at my direction, I am establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. Starting today, and for Secretaries of War after me, the Office of Religious Affairs will report straight to the top.”
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🇸🇪✈️ "In the event of a Russian attack, Sweden will no longer limit itself to defense," stated head of Royal Swedish Air Force's Center. The new concept calls for a transition to offensive operations and the destruction of targets deep within enemy territory. This is about deterrence.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 30/09/2026
🚨 At least 29 civilians have been killed in Kyiv as Russia continues its month-long barrage of jet-powered drone attacks. Since August 27, the capital has spent over 261 hours under 235 air raid alerts during the deadly campaign of terror.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🇺🇸❗️FAZ: CIA Director Ratcliffe warned Moscow during his late-August visit that Russia's economy could collapse "just as the Soviet Union did at the end of the Cold War" if the war continues. Putin reportedly canceled a planned meeting with Ratcliffe after receiving the assessment.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Generic Ballot Polling: 🔵Democrats: 53% 🔴Republicans: 38% YouGov / Sept 28, 2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥JACK SMITH: "Trump engaged in serious crimes against 🇺🇸- a criminal scheme to prevent a lawful transfer of power... the rule of law faces challenges unlike any we've experienced. I won't be silenced by threats of prosecution. While fear may be contagious, courage is as well."
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The view from your cozy, comfortable home when your neighbors are genocidal murderers. Kyiv, Ukraine 📍
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
Ukrainian F-16 pilots have shot down more than 3,150 aerial targets, including 666 cruise missiles and about 2,500 drones, Ukraine's Air Force commander said. defence-blog.com/ukraines-f-1...
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Ukraine’s F-16s have downed over 3,150 Russian targets
Ukraine's F-16 pilots have shot down more than 3,150 Russian aerial targets, including 666 cruise missiles and about 2,500 drones, the commander of Ukraine's Air Force said during a meeting with Lockh...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
​This is 16-year-old Katya. Russia killed her in Sumy on September 27 when three guided bombs hit a residential neighborhood💔🕯 ​She was in her final year of high school. Her school shared: “Katya will forever stay in our hearts as a student, a friend, and an irreplaceable part of our school family”
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner think the way to negotiate with these barbarians is to offer them business deals.
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
❗️During Operation Vivaldi, fighters of the Third Assault Brigade, acting on Andriy Biletskyi’s plan, converted two Soviet BTRs into unmanned kamikaze UGVs, packed them with explosives,
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Trump: "As soon as that war ends, inflation is gonna be eradicated totally"
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries: Fire, Smoke and Desperation After a Strike in the Heart of Kyiv www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Russian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center
A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 28/09/2026
Russian strike against the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To break through the enemy’s defenses, the Third Army Corps used its own invention — Soviet BTR-60 armored personnel carriers converted into robotic kamikaze complexes. They blew up the strongest enemy fortifications. Russians surrendered in whole units along with officers, pilots, and gunners.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🇺🇦 Operation Vivaldi: The Defense Forces have liberated Ridkodub, Nove and Katerynivka, and have also regained control near Novomykhailivka and Lypove, DeepState reports. The area of ​​the liberated territories is 40.7 km².
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026
In het bezette stadje Olesjky in Oekraïne voltrekt zich een humanitaire ramp. Uitgehongerde inwoners krijgen al maanden geen voedsel of medicijnen, maar mogen van de Russische bezettingsmacht ook niet evacueren. Wie vlucht of voedsel brengt wordt aangevallen door drones. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Door een Russische blokkade krijgen de inwoners van het bezette Oekraïense stadje Olesjky al maanden geen voedsel, ‘zelfs het ziekenhuis heeft geen eten’
Oorlog in Oekraïne: In het bezette stadje Olesjky voltrekt zich een humanitaire ramp. De inwoners krijgen al maanden geen voedsel of medicijnen, maar mogen van de Russische bezetter ook niet evacueren...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🇨🇿 The Czech President suggested that NATO would start shooting down Russian military aircraft that violate the borders.   Peter Pavel noted that Russia is demonstrating its typical behavior, testing the limits of what can be done - as it did in Syria, when it tested the vigilance of American pilots:
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🇺🇦🙏Ukrainian rescuer Andrii Hrechanyi from Poltava set a national record by running a marathon in 22.7 kg of firefighter gear.
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026
In het bezette stadje Olesjky in Oekraïne voltrekt zich een humanitaire ramp. Uitgehongerde inwoners krijgen al maanden geen voedsel of medicijnen, maar mogen van de Russische bezettingsmacht ook niet evacueren. Wie vlucht of voedsel brengt wordt aangevallen door drones. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Door een Russische blokkade krijgen de inwoners van het bezette Oekraïense stadje Olesjky al maanden geen voedsel, ‘zelfs het ziekenhuis heeft geen eten’
Oorlog in Oekraïne: In het bezette stadje Olesjky voltrekt zich een humanitaire ramp. De inwoners krijgen al maanden geen voedsel of medicijnen, maar mogen van de Russische bezetter ook niet evacueren...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 25/09/2026
Russia's faster Shaheds could rival ballistic missiles this winter
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Russia's faster Shaheds could rival ballistic missiles this winter
A few months ago, the only particularly serious threat to Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities came from Russian and North Korean ballistic missiles. As the Ukrainian mil-tech industry and air defense uni...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Morten Mørland, The Times
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
Oekraïne hoopt voor het invallen van de winter klaar te zijn voor een nieuwe Russische aanvalscampagne tegen de energievoorziening. Volgens president Zelensky heeft Kyiv zich nu verzekerd van een nieuw pakket Patriotraketten. bsky.app/profile/nrc....
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
Oekraïne hoopt voor het invallen van de winter klaar te zijn voor een nieuwe Russische aanvalscampagne tegen de energievoorziening. Volgens president Zelensky heeft Kyiv zich nu verzekerd van een nieuw pakket Patriotraketten. bsky.app/profile/nrc....
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
❗️Zelenskyy at the UN: the more freedom of action Putin has, the more dangerous the world becomes. We must stop “patient zero” and not let evil spread further. Ukraine is building strong weapons.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
51 countries are united today in our support for Ukraine at the UN General Assembly. Since March 2025, Ukraine has agreed to a full, immediate and unconditional ceasefire. We call on Russia to finally do the same. (1/2)
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urges the world’s leaders to keep choking Russia’s revenues and impede its war efforts.
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Zelenskyy, at UN, urges leaders to keep choking Russia's revenues and impede its war efforts
Ukrainian President President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging world’s leaders to keep choking Russia’s revenues and impede its war efforts. He's telling the U.N.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Zelenskyy at the UN: "Ukrainians understand that this winter could be very harsh for us, but in response we will have no choice but to make it harsh for Russia too"
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 23/09/2026
Russian airstrikes on Oleksandrivka in Donetsk region: Five killed, six wounded – administration #Ukraine
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Russian airstrikes on Oleksandrivka in Donetsk region: Five killed, six wounded – administration
The death toll from the Russian airstrike on the village of Oleksandrivka in Kramatorsk district of Donetsk region has risen to five dead and six wounded, with people, including two children, still trapped under the rubble, according to Head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration Vadym Filashkin.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Morten Mørland, The Times
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The United States, which once freed prisoners from Germany's concentration camps, is now siding with the war criminals—and obstructing those who would hold them into account. Shameful—if this administration had any shame.
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US prepares to sanction the ICC, that indicted Russia's Putin and Israel's Netanyahu for war crimes
Trump is preparing sanctions against the International Criminal Court itself, potentially cutting it off from U.S. banking, technology and services. The US has already sanctioned 13 ICC officials and ...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
FOX: “What is it going to take for you to take the lead on Ukraine situation?” Rubio: “Witkoff and Kushner are doing a great job.” I understand there's a mandatory humiliation ritual in this administration, but Witkoff and Kushner have achieved absolutely nothing in a year and a half of attempts.
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