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Toby Moore

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Australian in Latvia. A world view 🇦🇺🇱🇻☀️🌏

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Dimko Zhluktenko @dim0kq.bsky.social · 21h
Unexpected side effect of Ukraine hitting Yandex data centers. A lot of the world's bot traffic ran on russian servers. Yandex's own bot and crawler traffic dropped almost to zero. My replies have way fewer russian bots this week. Have you noticed it too?
Fire and smoke over a Yandex data center site at night after a drone strike.Smoke rising from a burning data center site at night.A fireball on the horizon at night during a drone strike.
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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 10h
From 24.02.2022 to 17.10.2026 (Day 1697), estimated losses #Russia suffered in #Ukraine. Highlights: +1950 Personnel +24 Artillery +4 MLRS +2 Anti-aircraft Systems +1396 UAVs +329 Other Vehicles Statistics: redd.it/1x80czb #RussianLosses
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Brutterbot @yuriletitsnow.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
It's never the russians' fault, I get it.
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Monty @montywarden.bsky.social · 23h
“I still blame the west…” The graffiti found, sometime around 1928, on a Siberian gulag cabin wall.
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tubbyturbo.bsky.social @tubbyturbo.bsky.social · 22h
The West all wanted, had hopes, for Russia to become a vibrant democratic nation. Investing billions in Russia’s economy, sending aid Russia is following the same Russification policies it’s used for over 500 years, invade, replace population, suppress national identity to replace with Russian
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How Russia Became So Big: The Conquest of Far East
YouTube video by History Mapped Out
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
We see no indication from Russia that it wants to end this war, or pursue any form of truce or peace. That's why we need to help Ukrainians get through winter and defend their country. Ukrainians need more air defence. We need to increase pressure on Russia to make it clear they have to negotiate.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
People need to understand that the only reason Trump backed down on SpaceX and Starshield so quickly is that he got push back right away, politically and from Ukraine. He is a bully and a coward. Stop criticising Zelensky for standing up to him.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
1/ Constant Ukrainian drone attacks are creating heavy demands on the Russian air force. This is causing a great deal amount of wear and tear for its aircraft, high rates of failures and malfunctions which require repairs and downtime, and reduces their service life. ⬇️
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xn--plsesnak-54a.com @xn--plsesnak-54a.com · 16/10/2026
For that campaign to have any effect at all, they would need to not threaten nuclear holocaust all the time. "Russia is not the enemy" and "We will nuke and invade you" are concepts that bump. We don't suffer from the same cognitive dissonance problems they do in russia.
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 16/10/2026
By presenting Russia as peaceful and misunderstood, it seeks to downplay the threat of Russian hybrid operations and undermine public awareness of sabotage, cyberattacks and other hostile activities documented across Europe.
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
‼️ Russia: “Estonia has announced plans to shut down a backup gas pipeline supplying Russian gas to the Kaliningrad region.” 🇪🇪: 😎 ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/14/e...
Estonia has announced plans to shut down a backup gas pipeline supplying Russian gas to the Kaliningrad region.

Estonia plans to decommission a backup gas pipeline that Russia could use to supply fuel to the Kaliningrad region. According to Eesti Ekspress, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal intends to block transit via this route either jointly with Latvia or through unilateral national sanctions.
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 15/10/2026
Moscow dismisses European concerns about Russian sabotage.   Estonia reports Russian-commissioned arson. Germany attributes an attempted airport drone attack to Moscow. Poland investigates a Starlink facility fire blamed on Russian intelligence.   Evidence speaks louder than words.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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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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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 14/10/2026
The Russian ultranationalist group Black Rus, which claimed responsibility for an incursion into Latvia, also calls NATO an ‘occupier’. All while confessing to have unlawfully crossed another country’s border. A curious understanding of sovereignty.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Treasury counselor admits there's no plan to fund Trump's $5,000 checks to 245 million Americans. finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...
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Treasury counselor admits there's no plan to fund Trump's $5,000 checks to 245 million Americans
David Zervos says “we’ll cross that bridge when we get there.”
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This 👇
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 14/10/2026
Masked individuals crossed into Latvia from Belarus, damaged electrical equipment and stole surveillance cameras.   A newly emerged group calling itself Black Rus claims responsibility and promises more provocations.
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 12/10/2026
Putin claims Russia has never been the first to deliberately strike civilian infrastructure.    The Mariupol Drama Theatre was bombed in March 2022 while civilians were sheltering inside.    The historical record does not begin wherever the Kremlin finds it convenient.
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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 12/10/2026
Russia must be deterred from any attempt to seize even a small amount of territory in the Baltic — a significant possibility if Russia were to test NATO's resolve.
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Russia’s Kaliningrad threats show the value of Baltic preparedness
Moscow’s nuclear rhetoric should be taken seriously. But Baltic states know grey zone attacks and territorial incursions are equally serious threats.
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 10/10/2026
The Kremlin is flooding the information space with AI-generated posts, bot accounts and staged ‘anti-war’ rallies, all pushing the slogan ‘Russia is not my enemy’.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
New primer about the news from the last few hours that the US is getting back to business with Russia. This is not Trump being erratic, it is not about diesel, it is not a small move. It is about the US moving to a more active position of helping Putin. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/this-is-ab...
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This Is About Much More Than Just Diesel
What Really Matters From The Last Few Hours
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 10/10/2026
⚡️Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo stated that restricting tourist visas is necessary to prevent potential Russian sabotage activities across European territory.
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🇷🇺🇺🇸The first shipment of Russian diesel is arriving on the US East Coast less than 24 hours after the announcement that sanctions would be lifted. The Russian tanker MINERVA left St. Petersburg, Russia, on September 22 and appears to have been heading toward the US East Coast throughout this time.
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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 09/10/2026
The Kremlin continues to portray NATO’s defensive preparations as proof of an impending attack on Russia. Moscow now threatens to use nuclear weapons in response to a hypothetical blockade of Kaliningrad, all while Russia expands GPS spoofing operations from the exclave.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 10/10/2026
The rest of Europe could learn from Baltic states’ whole-of-society model, which seeks to prepare populations from Finland to Lithuania for an era of high-threat risk.
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Russia’s Kaliningrad threats show the value of Baltic preparedness
Moscow’s nuclear rhetoric should be taken seriously. But Baltic states know grey zone attacks and territorial incursions are equally serious threats.
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Toby Moore @tobymore.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
On Rubio's ramblings in Athens: "Just as hypocrisy is the compliment that vice pays to virtue, Rubio’s AI slop is the homage a mindless philosophy pays to those who might mind." - @edwardluce.bsky.social, FT.com
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News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
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Mina Hanse @mina-hanse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Armed individuals who escorted 20 migrants and attempted to help them illegally cross into Latvia from Belarus threatened Latvian soldiers before another group briefly crossed into the country, Latvian Interior Minister Janis Dombrava said Oct. 6. kyivindependent.com/armed-indivi...
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Armed individuals from Belarus threaten Latvian soldiers at border, followed by another breach
"The escorts of the illegal migrants, who were located on the Belarusian side, were armed, issued threats to (Latvian) soldiers, and also actively urged and drove the migrant group toward Latvia," Lat...
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Russians tried hauling a helicopter across a field on a limousine and, unsurprisingly, it didn’t go to plan. Wonderland.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fun fact. It took Russia just 68 days after the collapse of the USSR to invade a non NATO European country. Further proof the west created Putin - the first Russian leader in 550 years to make Russia bigger than God himself created.
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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Putin is in a quandary. He wants to attack NATO. But he realizes that if he does, his Kaliningrad is forfeit, his naval fleet is forfeit, his access to the Baltic Sea is forfeit. So he ramps up talk of using nuclear weapons, in hopes this will be enough. Putin is scared.
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
OTD in 1951 *2nd* wave of Operation Osen's deportations began. Over 16000 Lithuanians were forcibly sent to Siberia as USSR continued to liberate them from fascism & also their freedom 6 years after WW2 ended. Imagine mass deportations happening today?
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Open Source Munition portal just launched an identification practise tool - Link osmp.ngo/practice-too...
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Munition Identification Practice Tool
Improve your munition knowledge with challenges using randomly selected imagery from the OSMP archive of munitions and remnants
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's difficult to engage in diplomacy when you're too simple-minded to think about anyone except yourself . . .
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1/ Russian commanders have been sending their superiors fake AI-generated video reports of successes in the Lyman area, Russian warbloggers complain. This reportedly made the Russian high command oblivious to Ukrainian activity until it was too late. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/noel...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 29/09/2026
⚡Putin restricts publication of Russian refinery, energy data amid Ukrainian strikes Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Sept. 28 restricting access to data on the country's oil refineries/energy exports amid an intensifying Ukrainian campaign against Russia's oil infrastructure.
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Putin restricts publication of Russian refinery, energy data amid Ukrainian strikes
Limiting the dissemination of information on export volumes, buyers, transport routes and terminals can make it more difficult for governments and researchers to track Russian energy flows and identif...
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perpetual screaming 🇺🇦 @bazub.zubko.cc · 29/09/2026
#UkrainianView On 10 February 2022, Lavrov said Russia had ‘no plans to invade Ukraine’. Five days later, he dismissed reports of an imminent invasion as ‘Western hysteria’ and claimed Russian troops were already returning to their bases. Nine days later, on February 24, Russia invaded Ukraine.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 29/09/2026
Russian losses per 29/09/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff +1440 men +3 tanks +13 ACVs +21 artillery +4 MLRS +2 AD systems +1474 UAVs +6 GRCs
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Toby Moore @tobymore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Estonia's Foreign Minister - Moscow is "boiling western democracies like a frog". - FT.com When will the heat become too much that effective action is required? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Russia behind arson attack on defence company, says Estonia
Estonian foreign minister Margus Tsahkna says Moscow is ‘boiling western democracies like a frog’
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Ukraine News @ukrainee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
⚡️ Major gains by Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps! 📍 Liberated & Restored: Nove, Ridkodub, Katerynivka, Karpivka, and Novomykhailivka. 💥 Russian Losses: 2,000 manpower & 250+ POWs (entire units surrendered with officers, pilots & artillerymen). 🗺 Territory Reclaimed: 51 km² newly liberated (176 km² total)
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The hedgehog @the-hedgehog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Russian losses reported on September 29 2026 Personnel: +1440 Tanks: +3 Armored combat vehicles: +13 Artillery systems: +21 MLRS: +4 Air defense systems: +2 Operational-tactical UAVs: +1474 Ground robotic complexes: +6 Automotive and fuel tanks: +296 Special equipment: +2
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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
”European capitals… should do the most they can below the threshold of direct military action — from closing consulates… and expelling diplomats, to tightening or imposing new sanctions or doing more to clamp down on Russia’s “shadow fleet” 1. Already being done 2. Not going to make Russia stop
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Thomas von Boguslawski @thomasvb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More European nuclear deterrence coming up: The United Kingdom has offered a "nuclear umbrella" to members of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) military partnership, which includes Finland, as part of a wider defence agreement: yle.fi/a/74-20248783
yle.fi
UK offers nuclear umbrella to Finland, other JEF countries
The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) is a UK-led military partnership which includes the Nordic nations, the Baltic states as well as the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio.
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Russia plans to spend 17.1 trillion rubles or $202.58 billion on Putin's war in 2027. This is a 206% increase from Russia's 2021 pre-war military budget of $65 billion. Putin will bankrupt the Russian people before he will give up on his dream of restoring the Russian Empire.
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Don't believe russian narratives: So-called 'russian speakers' enjoy more rights in every Western country than in their own shitty homeland. In the Baltic states,for example,they can even receive Schengen passports if they are willing to learn the local languages and embrace the values of democracy.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 27/09/2026
Russian losses per 27/09/26 repored by the Ukrainian General Staff +1690 men +8 tanks +7 ACVs +57 artillery +3 MLRS +4 AD systems +1826 UAVs +14 GRCs
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 26/09/2026
Russian losses per 26/09/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff +1710 men +7 tanks +20 ACVs +96 artillery +3 MLRS +4 AD systems +1445 UAVs +12 GRCs
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