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Hans de Vreij

@vreij.bsky.social
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Dutch journalist (ret.). I select news about Russia's war against Ukraine and other defence issues. Former correspondent in Brussels, Geneva, Prague, Berlin. Former defence specialist at Radio Netherlands and JDW correspondent.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24m
"Yeah, sorry your kid died or whatever. What do you think about my chandeliers?"
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EenVandaag @eenvandaag.nl · 5h
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Bijna 29 miljard euro naar Defensie, maar geven we dat geld goed uit? 'Moeilijk te controleren'
Meer tanks, meer drones, meer militairen. Defensie groeit hard en mag volgend jaar bijna 29 miljard euro uitgeven. Dat is ruim drie keer zoveel als 12 jaar geleden en het einde is voorlopig niet in zicht. Of dat geld goed wordt besteed, is maar de vraag.
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nieuws.nl @nieuwsnl.bsky.social · 2h
Nederland levert extra F-16-munitie aan Oekraïne
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Nederland levert extra F-16-munitie aan Oekraïne
Nederland bekijkt extra 20mm-munitie voor F-16’s om drones en kruisraketten te bestrijden. Defensie: toestellen effectief; Jetten belooft onderhoud, onderdelen en munitie.
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Riffy Bol @riffy.bsky.social · 1h
'Van de grotere [Europese] economieën is Nederland de enige die tot 2035 (het deadlinejaar van de NAVO-doelstelling) een financieringsplan heeft' www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/... via @nrc.nl
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Vrijwel heel Europa leent voor de defensie-uitgaven, maar Nederland blijft bij het mantra van Heinen: ‘Elke euro betaald aan rente krijg je nooit meer terug’
Herbewapening: Vergeleken met elf andere Europese landen blijkt Nederland als een van de weinige niet de staatsschuld extra te laten oplopen om defensie-uitgaven te financieren. En maar heel weinig an...
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AD.nl @ad.nl · 1h
Damen legt megaclaim van 4,7 miljard neer bij Duitsland en wil eerste 358 miljoen woensdag al zien
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Damen legt megaclaim van 4,7 miljard neer bij Duitsland en wil eerste 358 miljoen woensdag al zien
Scheepsbouwer Damen heeft een schadeclaim van 4,7 miljard euro ingediend bij de Duitse minister van Defensie, Boris Pistorius. De eerste 358 miljoen euro moet deze woensdag al worden gestort, eist het bedrijf.
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 8h
Anti-drone nets are being installed on Kyiv's Pivnichnyi (northern) Bridge. These will hopefully provide some protection from fascist Russia's drone attacks on civilian cars using the bridge. Such nets will likely appear on other Kyiv bridges.
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 32m
The burning vessel off Sochi has been identified as the 247-meter-long Liberian-flagged oil tanker AFRAMAX RIO. According to officials, the tanker was hit by uncrewed surface vessels while carrying a cargo of oil.
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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 31m
‘What To Know About Russia’s Anti-Plague Institute Suspected Of Plague Leak’ www.dailywire.com/news/what-to...
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What To Know About Russia’s Anti-Plague Institute Suspected Of Plague Leak
A Russian anti-plague research institute is under the spotlight after a laboratory worker died in a potential case of pneumonic plague.U.S. officials are closely monitoring the situation after the wor...
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de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl · 2h
Extreemrechts niet meer uitgesloten in Duitsland: AfD’er wordt voorzitter parlement Saksen-Anhalt
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Extreemrechts niet meer uitgesloten in Duitsland: AfD’er wordt voorzitter parlement Saksen-Anhalt
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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 45m
Dat onderzoeksinstituut tegen de pest bij Irkoetsk bestaat al sinds 1934. Is niet “diep weggestopt”. Vandaag de dag heeft Rusland in dat gebied last van pestgevallen in het aangrenzende Mongolië. irknipchi.ru/history_eng....
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Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East awarded by the Labour Red Banner
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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 1h
Luchtverdediging Kyiv is in actie gekomen, meldt burgemeester Klitschko opTelegram.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 1h
💡🇺🇦 The lights in Kyiv are already being turned off according to schedules: full-fledged hourly blackouts are in effect in the capital.
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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 1h
Kyiv residents have been advised there will be a heavy attack by russian terrorists with ballistic missiles tonight. All of central Ukraine is already under aerial threat alert.
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Xenta @xenta.bsky.social · 1h
In Kyiv, people are getting ready for a possibly very hard night In the metro, people are starting to set up tents In some places, you can also see people with sleeping bags
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Oekraïne Vandaag @oekrainevandaag.bsky.social · 2h
🇺🇦 Zelensky: "Er is nieuwe informatie over Russische voorbereidingen voor een grootschalige aanval. Ik dring er bij u op aan: pas goed op uzelf. Neem luchtalarmen alstublieft serieus." 🔗 t.me/V_Zelenskiy_...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 2h
🇺🇦 Zelensky: There is updated intelligence information about the Russians preparing a massive strike. Please, please, take care of yourself. Please respond to signals of missile danger. Ukrainian services, our Air Force are ready to respond, and to the extent that our means of protection allow.
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 2h
❗️According to intelligence reports, a massive attack on Ukraine may take place on the night of October 7, using approximately 70 cruise missiles and 32 ballistic missiles.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl · 2h
Labincident met pest veroorzaakt onrust in Siberië, maar experts verwachten geen pandemie
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Labincident met pest zorgt in Siberië voor onrust, maar experts verwachten geen pandemie
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 2h
Search and rescue operations have been completed at the sites of yesterday’s russian aerial bomb strikes on a sewing workshop and a residential area in Kharkiv. 6 people were killed and 59 others injured, including 3 children‼️ Russian terrorists must be stopped!
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Grumpy Nancy @grumpynancy.bsky.social · 2h
Satirical artwork responding to reports of a major tanker fire off Sochi, Russia, with the burning vessel widely reported as the crude-oil tanker AFRAMAX RIO (IMO 9273844). 

A black tanker silhouette is draped in crocheted flags representing documented jurisdictions in the vessel’s registration and management history, illustrating the international structures behind oil shipping. Beneath it, white nautical lettering reads 

“#OilHasHelpers.” 

The cause of the fire has not been officially established.
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Medoyid_ua @rusni-pizda.bsky.social · 2h
BREAKING A fuel tanker is burning in the sea near the port of Sochi, with a large smoke column visible from the coast. The fire is intense enough to be seen across the city shoreline at dusk.
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Rocket Fella🇳🇱 @kooiker.bsky.social · 2h
🔥A large-scale fire has broken out in the sea off the coast of Sochi, likely involving an oil tanker. Preliminary reports suggest the vessel may have caught fire following an attack by a naval drone or a UAV.
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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 3h
If the plague escapes in Russia, or any new plague comes along, remember what Elon Musk and the DOGE Boys did to our Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Elon Musk did that.
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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 2h
Link: curia.europa.eu/site/upload/....
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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 2h
The Netherlands must as yet review the asylum requests of some 140,000 Ukrainian refugees in the country. They now file a pro forma request and then enjoy temporary protection, which allows them to work, receive medical care etc. But the European Court of Justice says the requests must be reviewed.
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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 3h
Remarkable research: 'Inside Russia's Recruiting Machine with AI & OSINT. "New destination: Ivanovo. €15,000 per signature. Girls accepted for drone units"' www.digitaldigging.org/p/inside-the...
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Inside Russia's Recruiting Machine with AI & OSINT
“New destination: Ivanovo. €15,000 per signature. Girls accepted for drone units!”
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Bas Paternotte @baspaternotte.eurosky.social · 3h
Dat zijn 140.000 extra asielaanvragen, dat overleeft het asielsysteem niet. Rob Jetten kan niet anders dan een asielcrisis uitroepen. nos.nl/artikel/2633...
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Asielaanvraag Oekraïners moet behandeld worden, extra druk op asielketen
Na een uitspraak van het Europese Hof van Justitie blijkt dat van meer dan honderdduizend Oekraïners in Nederland alsnog de asielaanvraag behandeld moet worden.
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newsfacts.bsky.social @newsfacts.bsky.social · 4h
Europees Hof verbiedt 'parkeren' asielaanvragen Oekraïners in Nederland Oekraïners die op de vlucht voor de oorlog naar Nederland kwamen, vielen onder de Richtlijn Tijdelijke Bescherming. Deze richtlijn gaf hen recht op opvang, medische zorg, onderwijs en de mogelijkheid om te werk...
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Europees Hof verbiedt 'parkeren' asielaanvragen Oekraïners in Nederland
Oekraïners die op de vlucht voor de oorlog naar Nederland kwamen, vielen onder de Richtlijn Tijdelijke Bescherming. Deze richtlijn gaf hen recht op opvang, medische zorg, onderwijs en de mogelijkheid om te werken. Om deze bescherming te ontvangen, moesten zij in Nederland een asielaanvraag indienen, die vervolgens automatisch werd opgeschort. Het Europese Hof van Justitie heeft geoordeeld dat het opschorten van deze asielaanvragen, ook wel parkeren genoemd, niet is toegestaan. Nederland was een uitzondering binnen de Europese Unie wat betreft het niet automatisch afhandelen van asielaanvragen onder deze richtlijn. Naar aanleiding van deze uitspraak moeten ruim 140.000 asielaanvragen van...
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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 4h
Kazachstan, Kirgizië, Mongolië en Oezbekistan hebben hun grenzen met de Russische Federatie gesloten wegens ene mogelijke longpest-uitbraak in Irkoetsk. Die variant van de pest is uiterst besmettelijk, maar wel te behandelen met antibiotica (mits tijdig toegediend).
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Politico @politico.com · 4h
Rubio calls for more information from Moscow after researcher’s suspected plague death politi.co/4AJ9a9E
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Rubio calls for more information from Moscow after researcher’s suspected plague death politi.co/4AJ9a9E
Rubio calls for more information from Moscow after researcher’s suspected plague death politi.co/4AJ9a9E
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 4h
Over the past two years, the Defender flew nearly 200 sorties in a MiG-29, destroying Russian aerial targets and striking occupiers’ positions. Rest in peace, Hero. My deepest condolences to Marat's family and loved ones.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 4h
Kyiv said farewell to 25-year-old Ukrainian pilot Marat Mambetov, a major with the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade "Ghost of Kyiv," on October 4. Marat Mambetov was killed on October 1 while carrying out a combat mission. His fighter jet was hit by a Russian missile.
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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 4h
Vergat te zeggen dat dit in Uruzgan was, waar Nederland van 2006 tot 2010 troepen had van de 'International Security Assistance Force' (ISAF). Sander Donker diende trouwens toen ook al bij 45 Pantserinfanteriebetaljon. (Foto genomen op de tijdelijke patrouillebasis Phoenix)
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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 4h
'Ukraine's Air Force projects that Russia will increase the speed of the jet drones it employs to 800-900 km/h.' www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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Ukraine preparing to possibility of Russia's increase jet drones speed
Ukraine's Air Force warns Russia may increase jet drone speeds to 900 km/h, with mass deployment of domestic interceptor UAVs targeted for late November.
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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 4h
'Ukraine presented drone that automatically detects and attacks Russian electronic warfare systems' www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
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Ukraine presented drone that automatically detects and attacks Russian electronic warfare systems
A Ukrainian strike UAV capable of automatically detecting radio emission sources and homing in on them has appeared on the Brave1 Market.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 4h
Sahra Wagenknecht's party has pledged the votes that would put an AfD politician in the chair in Magdeburg, breaking the cordon sanitaire in a German State parliament for the first time. (Brussels Signal)
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AfD moves to take first German state parliament presidency
Sahra Wagenknecht’s party has pledged the votes that would put an AfD politician in the chair in Magdeburg, breaking the cordon sanitaire in a German State parliament for the first time.
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The New Voice of Ukraine @english.nv.ua · 4h
Donald Trump warned Seoul that it could face higher charges if it does not agree to invest in the Alaska LNG project, even as South Korea says its participation remains under review
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Trump threatens ally with tariffs over reluctance to invest in $54 billion U.S. LNG project
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened new trade sanctions against South Korea unless it invests in an Alaska liquefied natural gas project, Bloomberg reported on Oct. 6.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 4h
Russia's Sahra Wagenknech jumps in bed with the neo-Nazi AfD..
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Huib Modderkolk @huibmodderkolk.bsky.social · 4h
Rusland zou agenten naar Finland hebben gestuurd om in te breken in de woningen van twintig Finse parlementsleden. In sommige gevallen lieten ze uitwerpselen achter: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4h
Hormuz ship attacks surge: Are increased oil exports sustainable? aje.news/79tn15
Hormuz ship attacks surge: Are increased oil exports sustainable?
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🇺🇦 News @uazmi.media · 4h
Ukrainian Ground Forces establish drone unit #news #uazmi #war #ukraine In Kyiv, at the Ukrinform news agency, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Army Drone Forces were presented. Although they are not a separate branch of the military,...
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Ukrainian Ground Forces establish drone unit
In Kyiv, at the Ukrinform news agency, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Army Drone Forces were presented. Although they are not a separate branch of the military,...
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 7h
Russia plans to increase the speed of its jet-powered attack drones from around 600 km/h to 800-900 km/h, Ukraine’s deputy Air Force commander Yelizarov says. He added that jet drones now make up about 40% of Russian UAV attacks and could eventually reach 80%. #Ukraine
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 5h
🤯 Russia, Komi Republic. People who live like this are constantly short of land and need new territories.
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NOS @nieuws.nos.nl · 5h
Nieuwe verdachte aangehouden in Londen voor voorbereiden aanslag bij luchtmachtbasis
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Nieuwe verdachte aangehouden in Londen voor voorbereiden aanslag bij luchtmachtbasis
Het gaat om een 22-jarige man met de Britse nationaliteit. In hetzelfde gebied is ook een woning doorzocht.
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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 5h
"The number of Flamingo missiles reported over the 24-hour period is also unprecedented. Russia had previously claimed to intercept no more than three to six Flamingos in a single day."
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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 5h
17 Flamingo Cruise Missiles www.kyivpost.com/post/86239
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Ukraine Claims Record Barrage on Russia With 1,750 Drones, 17 Flamingo Missiles
The reported figures surpass the previous record for Ukrainian drone attacks and mark an unprecedented number of Flamingo missiles used in a single day.
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The New Voice of Ukraine @english.nv.ua · 5h
Russian forces carried out a series of strikes on a highway in Odesa Oblast, damaging trucks and cars and injuring five people, regional governor Oleh Kiper said 🔗 link.nv.ua/EmJYjf 📸: Odesa Regional State Administration
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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 5h
Ukraine has reportedly bought Turkish Korkut anti-aircraft guns, a cheap way to kill Russian drones The trouble is Russia's new jet drones at around 500 km/h. In Sept Ukraine downed 90% of the slow ones & 55% of the jet ones, by Zelenskyy's count. euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/06/k...
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The New Voice of Ukraine @english.nv.ua · 5h
The U.S. Air Force’s air-breathing Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile, or HACM, has finally reached the flight-testing phase, with at least one “release” already conducted over a test range in Australia 🔗 link.nv.ua/UdeRaM 📸: DARPA
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 5h
❗️Kyiv crews have repaired the section of the Pivnichnyi Bridge damaged in the October 4 attack. The bridge structure, road surface and damaged structural elements were restored. A damaged heating main was also repaired, restoring hot water in Desnianskyi district. #Ukraine
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