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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23h
The Trump administration wants to lift sanctions on a Russian company to benefit mostly Middle Eastern investors (who also happen to be Trump family business partners) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...
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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Every night, thousands of Kyiv residents head down to the metro to protect themselves from Russian attacks. Many of them have probably gotten used to this. But it would be a shame if WE got used to this. ukraineinsights.substack.com/p/war-crimes...
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 24/09/2026
Polish Deputy PM says Starlink station fire possibly Russian sabotage #Ukraine
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Polish Deputy PM says Starlink station fire possibly Russian sabotage
Gawkowski said there were indications that the fire, which broke out at the station in Wola Krobowska, in Poland's Masovian Voivodeship, on the evening of Sept. 23, may have been an attempt to disrupt its operations.
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 24/09/2026
This woman was walking her son home from preschool when russia launched another drone attack. A video message she recorded for her mother captured the terrifying moment when Ukrainian air defense intercepted a drone above them. Help protect Ukrainian children: u24.gov.ua/donate/demin...
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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In my latest policy brief for @econ4ua.bsky.social, Oleksandr Shepotylo and I look at the role of China in propping up Russia's war against #Ukraine. We also discuss what Europe should do to stop it. econ4ua.org/wp-content/u...
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Ukraine Insights @ukraine-insights.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why go to the trouble of holding a sham election? Because media headlines will still refer to it as an "election". #Russia
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The Brussels Times @brusselstimes.com · 18/09/2026
From drones to missile defence: the EU allocates billions more to Ukraine, further deepening its commitment to counter Russian aggression.
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EU disburses €3.3 billion to Ukraine for drones and missiles
EU disburses €3.3 billion to Ukraine for drones and missiles
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Russia is about to stage a countrywide Potemkin village farce and call it an election All facade. No substance 🤢🤮 My latest for the New York Post. nypost.com/2026/09/13/o...
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Putin’s Kremlin gremlins are setting up a poll-temkin village across Russia in this week’s elections
Knock down this poll-temkin village.
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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Economists for #Ukraine is planning a series of free public policy forums on Ukraine-related issues. If you're interested, please fill out this form. And please spread the word! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Economists for Ukraine Policy Forums
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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
With Russia ramping up its hybrid war, Europe must accept that deterrence is not alarmism, preparedness is not provocation, and strength is often the precondition for peace, write @tderyugina.bsky.social, @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social, and @ilonasolohub.bsky.social. bit.ly/3Tdb01H
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Will Europe Be as Unprepared as Ukraine Was?
Tatyana Deryugina, Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Ilona Sologoub say that the main challenge is not merely to spend more, but to change entrenched habits of mind.
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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"Russia's Allies Are More Helpful Than Ukraine's" This might sound like an exaggeration, but it's not. Europe has been quite cowardly in standing up to Russia, and the US is looking more like a Russia ally. @phillipspobrien.bsky.social elaborates. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...
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Weekend Update #198: Russia's Allies Are More Helpful Than Ukraine's
Actually, The USA Is Quite A Good Ally For Russia; Ukraine Is Slowly But Steadily Liberating Territory.
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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Tens of thousands of Kyiv residents routinely spend the night sleeping inside metro stations to hide from Russian bombs. With their kids, their pets, without their comfortable beds. Last night, over 56,000 people spent the night this way. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
It IS indeed time to crush Putin's war economy. Russia is not as resilient as it looks, and any resilience it has is not so much a show of its strength but of Western hesitance and myopia. time.com/article/2026...
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Why It Is Time for the West to Crush Putin’s War Economy
Corporations walked away from Russia in historic numbers. Governments loosened sanctions just as the pressure was working.
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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This video shows the deep impact of war on Ukraine in a fascinating way: some settlements are COVERED with drone fiber optic cables, and birds are now using them to weave nests. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCa2...
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The nature of war: Ukraine birds weave nests of fiber optic cable
YouTube video by Reuters
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ukraine 🇺🇦 is holding a mirror to 🇺🇸’s founding story: A nation refusing imperial rule. A people choosing liberty over submission. A smaller republic fighting a distant metropole. Ukrainians recognize the resemblance. Do Americans?
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From Saratoga to Saratov: Every war of independence needs an ally
As Ukraine continues its strategic strikes against Russian infrastructure, author Andrew Chakhoyan draws parallels between the current conflict and the American Revolutionary War to argue that West…
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Russia-Ukraine Daily News @rvps2001.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🇷🇺🛢📉 Russia's Salavat petrochemical complex in the Urals, one of the country's largest, ​halted operations on Tuesday following a Ukrainian drone ​attack, Reuters reports. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Major Russian petrochemical plant halted on July 14 after drone attack, sources say
Russia's Salavat petrochemical complex in the Urals, one of the country's largest, ​halted operations on Tuesday following a Ukrainian drone ​attack, two industry sources said.
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Beefeater Fella @beefeaterfella.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
⚡️SBU strikes have crippled Russian oil refining to its lowest level since 2005, according to Bloomberg. Over the past 100 days, Ukraine has damaged 24 out of 34 major Russian oil refineries.
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Ukraine Insights @ukraine-insights.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Slava Ukraini! #Ukraine
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
🇱🇻 Latvia's Prime Minister to Russia: There is no jokes with us. 14 NATO allies work and train together in Latvia right now, and it is a clear demonstration of strong transatlantic ties, allied unity and ironclad commitment to Article 5.
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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Some sobering statistics about how the people of Sumy, #Ukraine lived in May. 561 hours of air raid alerts. At least one alert every day. ~1960 instances of shelling. Russia is not waging war. It's terrorizing civilians, pure and simple. Full article (in Ukrainian): cukr.city/city/2026/ob...
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«Противник продовжує просуватися, але великого наступу немає». Аналізуємо атаки росіян на Сумщині у травні
За квітень 2026 року росіяни обстріляли Сумщину близько 2 тисяч разів. Проаналізували дані ОВА, а також розповідаємо, як ситуація на фронті.
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Naida46 @naida46.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
💙💛 Rutte urges European countries to fund arms purchases for Ukraine more evenly According to him, only 6 or 7 allies currently carry the main financial burden. rubryka.com/en/2026/05/2...
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Rutte urges European countries to fund arms purchases for Ukraine more evenly
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte wants European countries to share the cost of purchasing US weapons for Ukraine more proportionally under the PURL mechanism. According to him, only six or seven alli...
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Ukraine Insights @ukraine-insights.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This nuclear blackmail is very predictable and the right way to respond is to make it clear that such blackmail is unacceptable. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Naida46 @naida46.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
💙💛 Russian dictator fears assassination attempt by drone from Russian elites According to "Vazhnyye Istorii," several sources confirm that Putin has grown increasingly anxious about the risk of a coup or internal conspiracy. rubryka.com/en/2026/05/0...
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Russian dictator fears assassination attempt by drone from Russian elites
Starting in early March 2026, the Kremlin has seen a surge in concern over potential leaks of confidential information and the risk of a coup or internal plot against Russian President Vladimir Putin....
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Segi Fella @freizeitgestaltung.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
What does modern drone warfare actually look like on the ground? In this RealTalk, I speak with Ukrainian drone operators from the Onyx Team and Wildfield Battalion about real missions, enemy drones, AI interception, and the reality behind the headlines. RealTalk # 19 is live. 🇺🇦 Watch & share.
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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Russia’s war against the West did not start with the invasion of #Ukraine. It started with years of sustained disinformation designed to confuse audiences and weaken decision-making. voxukraine.org/en/europe-mu...
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Europe Must Launch Permanent Defenses Against Russia’s Disinformation War
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was preceded by something less visible but equally deliberate: a sustained information...
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Ukraine Insights @ukraine-insights.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
#Russia is a terrorist state. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Russian drone attack on Odesa wounds 14, officials say
An overnight Russian drone ‌attack on Ukraine's southern city of Odesa wounded more than a dozen people, including two children, and damaged residential buildings, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.
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Ukraine Insights @ukraine-insights.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We need more investigations like these so people understand that the problem is not that sanctions fundamentally don't work but that, like any law, they require active enforcement to be effective. #Ukraine theins.press/en/news/291438
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Czech corporation Alta continues to service Moscow’s weapons manufacturers through Russian entities, investigation finds
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 13/04/2026
Asking Ukraine to cede land 'unworthy' of Hungary's 1956 resistance, Magyar says #Ukraine
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Asking Ukraine to cede land 'unworthy' of Hungary's 1956 resistance, Magyar says
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Ukraine Insights @ukraine-insights.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Russia continues terrorizing Ukrainian civilians. understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 7, 2026
Russian forces continue to conduct drone strikes intentionally targeting civilians in southern Ukraine, weaponizing civilian harm.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
On the night of April 6, GUR fighters disabled Russia’s last railway ferry in Kerch, the "Slavyanin", using drone strikes. The ferry in the Kerch Strait played a vital role in supplying Russian forces in occupied Crimea with fuel, lubricants, weaponry, military equipment, and ammunition.
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Naida46 @naida46.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
💙💛 On Sunday, April 5, Russian occupiers attacked Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, for the 2nd time in one day. The occupiers committed a war crime around 7:30 AM. They directed an FPV strike drone at a car moving along one of the city's busiest streets. #HumanSafari😡 unn.ua/en/news/russ...
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Russia's second attack on Nikopol - UAV hit a car, a man died, a woman was injured
УНН Society ✎ In Nikopol, a 61-year-old driver was killed as a result of a drone strike on a car. His wife sustained severe injuries, and the police recorded anothe…
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Ukraine Insights @ukraine-insights.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Sorry, Mr. Trump, but it's hard to believe you'd let a non-Russian ship bring oil to Cuba. www.cbsnews.com/news/cuba-bl...
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Trump says he has "no problem" with Russian tanker bringing oil to Cuba despite blockade
When asked if a New York Times report that the tanker would be allowed to reach Cuba was true, Mr. Trump said: "If a country wants to send some oil into Cuba right now, I have no problem whether it's ...
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Ukraine Insights @ukraine-insights.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Russia continues to be a terrorist state. www.the-sun.com/news/1615209...
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Ukrainians forced to flee trains from drones after Putin hit maternity hospital
THIS is the harrowing moment scores of Ukrainians are evacuated from a packed train amid Russian strikes with Iranian-made Shahed drones. Terrifying footage shows civilians fleeing multiple carriag…
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
🔥❌ Russian oil companies have reportedly warned buyers that they may declare force majeure on supplies from Baltic Sea ports. The reason is ongoing Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/russian-oil-...
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Russian Oil Companies May Declare Force Majeure After Ukrainian Attacks
Russian oil companies have reportedly warned buyers that they may declare force majeure on supplies from Baltic Sea ports. The reason is ongoing Ukrainian strik
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Ukraine Insights @ukraine-insights.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
You know it's true when the Kremlin denies it. www.reuters.com/world/putin-...
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Kremlin denies Putin asked businessmen to fund Russian war effort
The Kremlin on Friday denied reports that President Vladimir Putinhad asked leading businessmen ‌to donate money to stabilise Russia's finances as it presses on with the war in Ukraine.
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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
🇺🇦 is our friend 🇷🇺 is our enemy. 🇺🇦 fights for freedom 🇷🇺 survives by inventing enemies and beating the war drum. The Kremlin turns 🇺🇸 into a monster so it can pose as a savior – practicing politics of grievance to justify repression at home & atrocities abroad www.realclearworld.com/articles/202...
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Ukraine’s Victory Would Make America Safer
We don’t always get to choose our friends or enemies. Sometimes they choose us. Moscow shared military intelligence with Iran so it could target American bases, putting American lives at risk.
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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Regardless of any benefits Russia derived from cooperating with Iran in the past, America's war with Iran is clearly good news for the Kremlin. open.substack.com/pub/ukrainei...
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The Iran War Is Good News for the Kremlin
Some commentators claim the U.S.
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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In today's blog post, I review Phillips O'Brien's (@phillipspobrien.bsky.social) new book, War and Power. Highly recommended, not just to understand Russia v. Ukraine but also US v. Iran and (possibly) US v. China. open.substack.com/pub/ukrainei...
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Review of Phillips O’Brien’s War and Power
The stereotypical understanding of who will win a war is that it boils down to the size of the army and the equipment it has: bigger army plus more and better equipment equals victory.
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Economists for Ukraine @econ4ua.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Read the Project Syndicate op-ed by Econ4UA leadership Tatyana Deryugina, Anastassia Fedyk & Yuriy Gorodnichenko on how Ukraine's economy has defied the odds, and what it will take to keep it standing: www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/s...
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How Ukraine’s Economy Has Defied the Odds
Tatyana Deryugina, Anastassia Fedyk and Yuriy Gorodnichenko identify the military, institutional, and financial factors behind the country’s remarkable resilience.
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Ukraine Insights @ukraine-insights.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
From @thestudyofwar.bsky.social: #Ukraine is holding its own. Russia losses are mounting, and its progress in Ukraine has been incredibly slow. understandingwar.org/newsroom/was...
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Economists for Ukraine @econ4ua.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
New podcast episode! Olha Zadorozhna talks with Econ4UA co-founder @=Tatyana Deryugina on measuring corruption via household data & public procurement. Listen:
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Perception vs Reality: What Data Say About Corruption in Ukraine.
Guest - Prof. Tatyana Deryugina – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In this episode of Policy Implications, Olha Zadorozhna talks with Tatyana Deryugina, a distinguished economist,…
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Naida46 @naida46.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
💙💛 Poland delivers over 280 tons of fuel to Kyiv region to support critical infrastructure rubryka.com/en/2026/03/0...
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Poland delivers over 280 tons of fuel to Kyiv region to support critical infrastructure
The Kyiv region has received 282 tons of diesel fuel from Polish partners, designated for the operation of critical infrastructure and backup power supply in local communities. Mykola Kalashnyk, head ...
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The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🇸🇪🇫🇷 Swedish Military Jams Russian Drone Near French Aircraft Carrier The Swedish Armed Forces successfully intercepted a Russian drone near the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the port of Malmö. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/swedish-mili...
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Swedish Military Jams Russian Drone Near French Aircraft Carrier
The Swedish Armed Forces successfully intercepted a Russian drone near the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the port of Malmö. The
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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Although the war in Ukraine is not over, four years in, one thing is clear: Putin has failed in Ukraine. Great post by Timothy Ash. timothyash.substack.com/p/putin-the-...
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Putin the failure
Four years to the day from the start of Putin’s full scale invasion of Ukraine, and close to 12 years since the annexation of Crimea, and it’s worthwhile looking back at how far from a win this is all...
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 23/02/2026
Ukraine could have contract army if European partners helped with funding, Zelensky says #Ukraine
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Ukraine could have contract army if European partners helped with funding, Zelensky says
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Ukraine Insights @ukraine-insights.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
More evidence of widespread war crimes against POWs by Russia. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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A Russian general promoted by Putin sent his wife a photo of severed ears taken from Ukrainian POWs. She said they reminded her of beer snacks. RFE/RL has the messages. — Meduza
The abuse of Ukrainian prisoners of war — beatings, torture, and extrajudicial killings — has been documented throughout Russia’s full-scale invasion. What has been harder to document is the chain…
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Ukraine Insights @ukraine-insights.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Letting Russian or Belorussian flags fly and anthems play at the Paralympics would be a travesty.
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Hosts Italy voice ‘absolute opposition’ to Russia flag flying at Winter Paralympics
Italy, the Winter Paralympics hosts, has called for a reversal of the decision to let 10 Russian and Belarusian athletes compete under national flags
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Economists for Ukraine @econ4ua.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Read the VoxUkraine op-ed by @econ4ua.bsky.social leadership @tderyugina.bsky.social and Anastassia Fedyk on how Russia's losses in #Ukraine are weakening its grip on the Middle East, and why supporting Ukraine proves strategic beyond just Europe: voxukraine.org/en/russia-s-...
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Russia’s Losses in Ukraine Are Reshaping the Middle East
Mass protests have again shaken Iran, and the regime looks more vulnerable—economically, militarily, and politically—in 2026 than it has been...
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Ukraine Insights @ukraine-insights.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
"Ukraine’s cession of the remainder of Donetsk Oblast would not satisfy Putin’s desire to overthrow Ukraine’s democratically-elected government and would not in and of itself lead to a final peace agreement, as Putin would then make further demands." understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 19, 2026
Western sources continue to indicate that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s objectives are not limited to control of Ukrainian territory.
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Naida46 @naida46.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Defense of Ukraine💙💛 "I'm still standing better than I ever did" Elton John The combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to February 20, 2026.
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