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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is how you write a headline.
Telegraph headline:

Trump backstabs Zelensky for five minutes of midterm relief
Deal with Putin for Russia’s oil might soften the markets but Ukraine will pay the price
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
1/ Hundreds of Russian soldiers near Lyman surrendered because they were starving and drinking their own urine, according to first-hand accounts from frontline soldiers. The officers are said to have taken the radios and ran away, while ordering the men not to retreat. ⬇️
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
1/ Russia has suffered a "crushing defeat" at Lyman in eastern Ukraine, with multiple regiments routed, heavy losses, and a "collapse of the front." Crippled soldiers are reportedly being sent into battle in a last-ditch effort to prevent disaster. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/tend...
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
15/ "And the transition to a strict rationing system for fuel distribution is only a matter of time." /end Sources: 🔹 t.me/iotrakovskiy... 🔹 t.me/donbass_skri... 🔹 t.me/donbass_skri...
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The US disbanded a unit created to study and practice drone usage tactics based on Ukrainian experience in the name of going "back to basics". A century ago, US Gen. Mitchell was fired for proving airplanes could sink battleships. This is a similarly major strategic US misstep.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Oil exports are dropping due to drone sanctions. Over 70% of fuel stations in Russia are out of gasoline. At the few stations that are open, the low-quality fuel is causing widespread breakdowns. And if Russians complain, they get arrested. It will keep getting worse.📉💥
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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Russians are buying contraband gasoline in occupied Crimea for $3.39/liter today - 250 rubles. Yesterday the cost was $2.71/liter - 200 rubles. Some of it is being brought over from Krasnador, where it costs $0.98/liter. The fuel is being smuggled in regular passenger cars.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Russia spent over a billion rubles developing spyware app Max messenger, tried to force Russians to use it for everything, and even promoted it as a replacement for Telegram. Then Apple flipped a switch and wiped out all that work by banning it from the App Store. Tragic. 💅
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
1/ As Russia prepares to celebrate Victory Day, its death toll from the ongoing war in Ukraine is so enormous that in parts of the country it is approaching or exceeding the number of casualties sustained in World War II. Vast memorials are being installed across the country. ⬇️
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The US operation "Project Freedom" launched by President Trump collapsed within a day. Reportedly, Saudi Arabia has suspended overflight rights for US forces at the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. A call between Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman didnt resolve the issue.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Another Ukrainian innovation: interceptor drones are being mounted on small transport aircraft like An-28s to take down Russian attack drones. This great video shows how it works, from takeoff to interception with P1-SUN drones. I expect allies to be very interested in this.
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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Hungary: TISZA now projected to get 137 seats out of 199. 4 seats beyond the needed 133 super majority to amend the Constitution and replace all Orban loyalists in the government. Orban is done. Magyar will be the new Prime Minister of Hungary.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🚨Putin publicly admitted that the Russian economy is shrinking.📉 And by the time he's willing to say that, it must be so bad that it's impossible to lie about it or cover it up any longer. Seems like sanctions work, so it's the perfect time for even more drone sanctions.😎
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
1/ Russia's Telegram ban and Internet blocks risk having a counter-productive effect similar to Prohibition in the US a century ago, warn Russian commentators – driving people to acts of civic resistance and pushing them into ideologically unsound spaces. ⬇️
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
1/ Leaked orders from the Russian Ministry of Defence show that Telegram is being banned immediately for operational use by Russian forces in Ukraine, with soldiers reportedly facing being sent to their deaths in assaults if they are found not to be complying. ⬇️
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
1/ News that the Iranian regime is proving more resilient than expected highlights its unusual governing structure as a 'polydictatorship'. In many ways, it was designed from the ground up to resist regime change. ⬇️ x.com/ErinBanco/st...
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Erin Banco on X: "SCOOP: U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of imminent collapse after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, per sources briefed. w/@JonathanLanday https://t.co/02kwMBgUKG" / X
SCOOP: U.S. intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of imminent collapse after nearly two weeks of relentless U.S. and Israeli bombardment, per sources briefed. w/@JonathanLanday https://t.co/02kwMBgUKG
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
1/ Vladimir Putin is said to be concerned about a possible coup by the Russian military following the arrest of former First Deputy Defence Minister Ruslan Tsalikov. Mobile Internet in the centre of Moscow has been turned off for the past week, with no official explanation. ⬇️
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Moscow has been largely offline for almost a day after operators were told to shut down mobile internet in parts of the city, Kommersant reports. No mobile internet in central Moscow. Operators blame "external restrictions" or "planned maintenance."
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
1/ Leaked documents indicate that the Russian MOD intends to recruit nearly 80,000 people for its new drone force, many of whom will be recruited from Russia's student population. Over 200 Russian universities are currently undertaking an intensive recruitment drive. ⬇️
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
1/ With Iran facing disastrous losses in its war with the US and Israel, some Russian commentators are attempting to claim it isn't a big deal for Russia. Russian warblogger Sergei Kolyashnikov disagrees and warns: "We'll be next in line after them". ⬇️
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Russian ideologist Dugin is worried about the regime in Russia after the Iran operation began. If Iran falls, Russia is next, he says.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 27/02/2026
Ukrainian forces entered Berezove from the eastern side on the Huliaipole axis, while the center and western areas remain contested and Russian presence there has likely disappeared. Units were seen 4.5 km south of Verbove and reports say they are moving toward Krasnohirske. #Ukraine
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
📉💸 Russia records first refinery bankruptcy. VPK-Oil, which owns the Kochenivsky refinery in the Novosibirsk region, intends to initiate its own bankruptcy and appeal to the arbitration court.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
‼️Russian mercenaries with FSB ties are in de-facto control of shadow fleet tankers. 2 "security guards", who ensure the captain "strictly follows orders based on Russian interests", were on a tanker involved in many EU airspace drone violations. And not just one ship. Dozens.
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
years ago Russia launched the full scale war into Ukraine. The results are: - Russia failed to topple the Ukrainian government - Russia failed to defeat the Ukrainian army - Russia failed to defeat the will of the Ukrainian people - Russia failed to take Kyiv
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Four years ago, at 0430 on 2022-02-24, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Since then, we have fought to defend our freedom and our very existence. If we surrender, we will lose both. We are Ukrainians. We will not surrender to those who would destroy us. 🇺🇦
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Let me get this straight: 🔹Trump tells the EU to build up its own defences 🔹Trump threatens the EU repeatedly and signals unreliability as a defence partner 🔹Now Trump is upset the EU wants a buy-EU defence policy to build local manufacturing? What did you expect to happen??
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
📖 Recommended Saturday reading: www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain... "As the war enters a fifth year, the Ukrainian nation as a whole deserves the respect of the world for defying Russia so emphatically and transforming their country into a formidable military power."
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Russia's estimated losses in Ukraine as of day 1459 of its all-out war, according to the Ukrainian Army's General Staff.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🚨Russian economic collapse: Kremlin economists announce Russian banks are now officially in a systemic crisis. Over 10% of all assets and loan portfolios in Russian banks are now "problematic" (i.e. f***ed). Expect a run on the banks shortly as the dominoes keep falling.🏃🏦🏃
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
1/ Russia's logistical capability to threaten Greenland, 1500 miles away, is fundamentally dependent on its ability to project naval power over long distances, potentially in contested waters. However, Russian warbloggers admit that this is severely limited even in peacetime. ⬇️
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
1/ 30 years ago, Russian law enforcement agents started wearing masks to carry out their duties. It soon became a standard tactic to intimidate and extort those seen as opponents of the regime, and became known in Russian as a 'mask show'. ⬇️
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
📍Kyiv. Residential compound. 20 hours without electricity and heating. -15 degrees outside. And who exactly do the Russians think they can freeze into submission? These people? Slava Ukraini!🇺🇦
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
1/ Donald Trump isn't the first person to be given someone else's Nobel Prize medal. The last recipient of an unearned Nobel medal was none other than Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels, at the instigation of Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. ⬇️
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
"We are operating in a space between peace and war" - UK MI6 Chief. She also said: 🔹The export of chaos [by Russia] is a feature, not a bug 🔹The front line is everywhere A timely reminder of the hybrid war tactics which will likely increase in 2026 as they get more desperate.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Russian Z-bloggers lament their failed "We can repeat it" slogan as the Ukraine war exceeds WWII duration with intact Ukrainian bridges, railways and command, turning into a meat grinder for Russian assault troops facing drones.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
1/ Donald Trump should be assassinated and US ships sunk in revenge for the US seizure of a Russian-flagged oil tanker, say angry Russian warbloggers. Others worry that the episode shows Russia's weakness and inability to protect its own interests, just like in Venezuela. ⬇️
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
1/ Could Russia's special forces have carried out America's Venezuela operation? Almost certainly not, admit Russian warbloggers, as they say that the US SOF have capabilities, scale, a level of organisation, and effective management that their Russian equivalents lack. ⬇️
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Moldova will shut the Kremlin-run Russian House in Chișinău this summer. Officials cite explosive drone incursions, disinformation threats, and say Russia has been officially notified. “The decision is made,” an official told Moldpress. euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/06/c...
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Chișinău boots out Russia’s Russkiy Dom for pushing Kremlin worldview
The 2009-opened Russian House will be out by July — part of Moldova’s wider pushback against Moscow’s influence.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Another Russian propagandist was boasting a month ago how “great Russia” saved Venezuela from the US and supposedly scared Trump’s fleet so badly it would sink in two hours. That aged well.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Russia's estimated losses in Ukraine as of day 1403 of its all-out war, according to the Ukrainian Army's General Staff.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Putin deliberately deprives civilians of heat and electricity over Christmas and New Year's. This is how Russia negotiates. This is what its willingness to end the war looks like. Look at the rubble, the burned houses, families left without homes. This is the only language Moscow chooses to speak.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
🚨Washington Post agrees: Russian economy could break in 2026 Risks noted: 🔻Bad loans risking systemic banking crisis and mass fund withdrawals 🔻Continuing collapse of oil revenue 🔻Consumer spending dropping 🔻Companies reducing hours, laying off, or just not paying workers
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Drone sanctions are now being directly applied to Russian oil and gas extraction sites. Platforms in the Caspian Sea have been hit repeatedly in December, and strikes on tankers and refineries are also now common. 2026 will likely see a wholesale oil export collapse for Russia.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Russian economic collapse: military plants have also stopped paying workers. The situation is so bad inside Russia now that even strategic military manufacturers are running out of money, and workers have been unpaid for over 3 months. A lot is going wrong, all at once.🍿🍿🍿
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Yet another Russian jet powered Shahed shot down by STING interceptor! Furthermore, STING, developed by @wildhornets.bsky.social, remains the only publicly known interceptor capable of intercepting such targets.
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Russia's estimated losses in Ukraine as of day 1393 of its all-out war, according to the Ukrainian Army's General Staff.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 13/12/2025
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Dec. 13, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
More and more indicators are appearing of the ongoing Russian economic collapse: 🔹Income growth is about to stop 🔹Food prices are jumping due to the VAT increase 🔹Consumer spending is dropping across the board as shoppers spend less on everything Make Russia Broke Again.
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Ukraine has accepted all 6 proposals presented by Trump, while Russia accepted 0. Ukraine has done everything possible to end the war. Even the majority of Republicans understand that like the Congressman from South Carolina, Joe Wilson. We see another episode why appeasement never leads to peace.
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