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Rob Schoof

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

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 9h
Another Russian data center has migrated to the cloud.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Mike Johnson offers a conspiracy theory to explain away his party's dire polling: "I believe there's a concerted effort between Democrats and the mainstream media that's openly biased in their favor to discourage the Republican side"
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 14h
❗️Operation “Vivaldi”: The 🇺🇦Third Army Corps broke through Russian defenses during the liberation of Derylove and Kolodyazi The Third Army Corps has released footage of Operation “Vivaldi” from the III Mechanized Battalion of the 60th Separate Mechanized Brigade.
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 16h
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Weekend Update #207: The US-Russia Alliance Is Signed--In Ukrainian Blood
Ukraine Seems To Get It This Time; Ukraine Keeps Steadily Progressing In The Land War
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
Ossoff: "Tech titans dig bunkers while warning us the AI they're creating risks human extinction. Meanwhile, our Congress debates youth sports and the president builds a ballroom ... I refuse to leave my girls a world as dark and dangerous and cruel as this one threatens to become"
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 18h
Ukrainian drones struck Saint Petersburg overnight, hitting Russia’s largest Baltic oil terminal, a VK data center, and a power substation. The strikes knocked VK services offline, and targeted a major cable-stayed bridge. Photo: Telegram channels
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/10/2026
Lincoln: “This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom” Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you” Reagan: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” Trump: "I examined his ass"
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Giorgi Revishvili @revishvili.bsky.social · 17/10/2026
Zelensky says SpaceX continues to sabotage Ukrainian efforts to defend cities from jet-engine Russian drones. Interceptor drones can't function, logistics and operations hobbled.
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026
'Donald Trump, meet Neville Chamberlain. When future students search online for “sellout,” “appeaser” or “traitor to his country’s core values,” their two pictures will come up first, side by side. And deservedly so.' Trump’s Democracy-for-Diesel Deal Shames Us All www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Democracy-for-Diesel Deal Shames Us All
The president’s arrangement to import Russian diesel fuel is one more example of how he has sold out American democracy.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17/10/2026
Trump tells Congress he doesn't care about what they think and lifts Russian energy sanctions www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
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Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Law (Gift Article)
The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
🇺🇦Ukrainian forces have liberated Perebudova, securing a foothold north of Komar for a future offensive. Liberating Komar would be of strategic importance to Ukraine.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
“Donald Trump is a traitor. And he’s not simply a traitor in the loose sense of someone who commits an act of betrayal…Trump is a traitor in the very particular sense laid out in the U.S. Constitution…’adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.’” www.americaamerica.news/p/donald-tru...
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Donald Trump Is a Traitor
And in a sane world, he would be removed from office now
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026
'The future of humanity cannot be left in the hands of a few Big Tech oligarchs who are obsessed with money and power.' www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Big Tech Oligarchs Have a Terrible Plan for Humanity
A handful of multibillionaires hope to dictate our future.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelensky: Even when Bill Clinton was still president of the United States, Putin was already waging war against the Chechens. And that war taught Putin a lesson: if he uses oil and gas to tempt the world, many politicians will look the other way.
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 16/10/2026
"We were attacked. Our people were killed. It's only logical that we have the right to defend ourselves.", stated Volodymyr Zelenskyy at an EU Summit press briefing in Brussels.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Ukrainian drone manufacturer SkyFall has shown Associated Press its new StarGate aerial medical evacuation drone. The drone can carry 150 kg, fly up to 15 km and reach speeds of 105 km/h. It has already been delivered to Ukrainian troops for frontline testing.
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026
'The White House appears to be hoping that voters care more about Mr. Trump’s push to lower prices than about the fate of Ukraine, and that they are no longer surprised by Mr. Trump’s forgiving attitude toward Mr. Putin.' The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...
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Trump’s Deal With Russia Inflames Ukraine War He Vowed to End
The Ukrainian president’s defiant decision to continue attacking Russian refineries underscores President Trump’s inability to end a war he had promised to resolve.
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Jay in Kyiv @jayinkyiv.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Richard Branson explains that Trump is Putin's dog.
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 16/10/2026
SpaceX restricted the operation of the military version of Starlink in Ukraine on orders from the White House, Reuters reported, citing unnamed sources. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Order to restrict Starlink’s operations in Ukraine came from White House, Reuters reports — Meduza
SpaceX restricted the operation of the military version of Starlink in Ukraine on orders from the White House, Reuters reported, citing unnamed sources. The sources did not specify who issued the…
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The question is not "why has Donald betrayed Ukraine?" The question is "how big a cut of unfrozen Russian assets will Donald get for betraying Ukraine?"
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026
The Economist: 'Mr Putin appears to have concluded that he cannot win on the battlefield. His strategy now is to grind Ukraine down by making its cities uninhabitable in winter. How scandalous that Mr Trump has become his best weapon.' www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
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Hardly his finest hour
Donald Trump’s scheme to secure Russian diesel is scandalous
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026
Oekraïne kan na een onderbreking van enkele dagen weer gebruik maken van het Amerikaanse communicatienetwerk Starlink. Omdat Moskou Oekraïense energiecentrales blijft aanvallen, hervat Kyiv zijn aanvalscampagne tegen de Russische olie-industrie. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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‘Communicatie met Starlinknetwerk is weer hersteld voor Oekraïense drones’, Kyiv hervat aanvallen op Russische olieraffinaderijen
Oorlog in Oekraïne: Oekraïne kan na een onderbreking van enkele dagen weer gebruik maken van het Amerikaanse communicatienetwerk Starlink. Omdat Moskou Oekraïense energiecentrales blijft aanvallen, he...
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026
Ukraine resumes attacks on Russian refineries
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Chris Colijn @chriscolijn.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
@platformraam.nl is door het Openbaar Ministerie van de Russische Federatie op de lijst van 'ongewenste' organisaties geplaatst. Het is de eerste keer dat een Nederlandstalig medium op de lijst verschijnt.
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Kennisplatform RAAM is door Rusland verklaard tot ongewenste organisatie
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026
Sponsored by the U.S. government
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Oksii ✚ 🇺🇦 @oksii33.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Zelenskyy: I feel betrayed by Trump's decision to sign a deal to supply diesel fuel with Putin, we are losing a strong partner. Piers Morgan: Do you think you are losing America? - Yes, but not because of us. We cannot be weak, otherwise we will not be able to survive. Our country is not for sale
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Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 15/10/2026
💥 The Ukrainian Naval Forces struck Borisoglebsk military air base in Russia’s Voronezh region with Neptune missiles overnight on October 15, hitting six Su-34M bombers. militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...
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Ukrainian Navy Hit Six Su-34M Bombers at Borisoglebsk Air Base With Neptune Missiles
The Ukrainian Naval Forces struck Borisoglebsk military air base in Russia’s Voronezh region with Neptune missiles overnight on October 15, hitting six Su-34M
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
🇺🇦‼️ Zelensky: We don't want to be involved in some diesel deal. If he attacks us, we will respond. This is our rule. Don't involve us in some diesel deals. I said to my military people that during the energy ceasefire, we would not attack Russian refineries or anything connected with diesel.
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026
Zelensky: Ukraine to resume strikes on Russian refineries
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
Ondanks het door president Trump verkondigde ‘energie-staakt-het-vuren’ voert Rusland zware raketaanvallen uit op het Oekraïense energienet. Tegelijkertijd ondervindt Kyiv storingen in het luchtalarm en beperkingen van het cruciale Starlink-communicatienetwerk. Toeval? www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Precies op het moment dat Trump deals sluit met Poetin worden de Oekraïense strijdkrachten ernstig gehinderd bij de verdediging van hun land
Oorlog in Oekraïne: Ondanks het door president Trump verkondigde ‘energie-staakt-het-vuren’ voert Rusland zware raketaanvallen uit op het Oekraïense energienet. Tegelijkertijd ondervindt Kyiv storinge...
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026
Ondanks het door president Trump verkondigde ‘energie-staakt-het-vuren’ voert Rusland zware raketaanvallen uit op het Oekraïense energienet. Tegelijkertijd ondervindt Kyiv storingen in het luchtalarm en beperkingen van het cruciale Starlink-communicatienetwerk. Toeval? www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Precies op het moment dat Trump deals sluit met Poetin worden de Oekraïense strijdkrachten ernstig gehinderd bij de verdediging van hun land
Oorlog in Oekraïne: Ondanks het door president Trump verkondigde ‘energie-staakt-het-vuren’ voert Rusland zware raketaanvallen uit op het Oekraïense energienet. Tegelijkertijd ondervindt Kyiv storinge...
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The Economist @economist.com · 15/10/2026
Vladimir Putin appears to have concluded that he cannot win the war in Ukraine on the battlefield. His strategy now is to grind Ukraine down. How scandalous that Donald Trump has become his best weapon bit.ly/4eshr8j Photo: AP
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
He is a psychopath and he is psychotic. What's it going to take to get the American media to talk about it?
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
President Zelenskyy at an interview with Piers Morgan: We can't be weak, otherwise we can't survive. We are not selling our country. It's not about business for us. It's our life. And this is our country, it's our body, our home, our children. And this is very important for us.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Kyiv districts plunge into blackout after Russian 5am ballistic missile attack on a major substation, Thermal Power Plant 5 in Kyiv, Trypillylia TPP & other energy facilities in Kyiv Obl It is day 2 of Trump's "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Kyiv 📹 Scho Kyiv/TG
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
😬 Katie Zacharia's first press briefing was brutally bad 😬 Trump managed to find a press secretary who can barely read, but she does have the number one qualification -- looking like Ivanka Here's a supercut from Zacharia's first briefing, which made Karoline Leavitt seem like Ronald Reagan
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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 13/10/2026
For the best part of two decades, Europe and NATO have underestimated Russia and its motivation to dominate the Black Sea. Russia’s continued use of hybrid and full-scale warfare in the Black Sea, if successful, would have devastating repercussions for the Black Sea region.
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Understanding Russia’s Black Sea strategy
How to strengthen Europe and NATO’s approach to the region
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026
'In the end, Trump always adopts Russia’s perspective, whoever the leader.' @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear
The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/10/2026
He lives in a fantasy world
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The president of the United States is a puppet of the war criminal and thug who rules Russia, writes David Rothkopf.
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How Trump Just Proved He’s America’s Worst Ever Traitor
He’s now actively putting the American lives under his own command at risk—from an enemy.
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 13/10/2026
🤦‍♂️ Trump: Putin wants to reach deal more than Zelenskyy
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Trump: Putin wants to reach deal more than Zelenskyy
Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews, US President Donald Trump said Washington would push both leaders towards an agreement and argued that Ukraine's president should also want a deal.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 12/10/2026
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov says a new Ukrainian interceptor drone has downed two Russian jet-powered Geran-5 drones heading for Kyiv. Developed in just one month, the interceptor is now being refined and production is being increased. #Ukraine
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
How dare Vladimir Zelensky fight for his country’s sovereignty and freedom.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
KARL: You've been a strong supporter of Ukraine & voted for sanctions on Russia. What do you make of Trump's plan to buy Russian diesel? EMMER: Well, it's another example of our president thinking out of the box. He's listening to the American people. They're hurting. He's the president of peace.
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Rob Schoof @robschoof.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026
3, 2, 1.... Russia will break it, Trump will blame Ukraine
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
President Trump: Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 11/10/2026
BREAKING: "Tell Putin give us two months, 60 days of total ceasefire, and we will organize elections," Zelensky told ABC News. Photo: ABC News
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