Meine persönliche Sicht der Dinge in der Ukraine 🇺🇦🇪🇺 - Nachrichten bevor es eine Schlagzeile wird. #Україна Ветеран Твіттера https://nitter.gq/t.co/wipu8J53lg
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Сьогодні не спав майже всю ніч/ранок, бо проводили евакуацію з віддаленої позиції нашого пораненого бійця з відірваною кістю, множинним Восп кінцівок, опіками обличчя та ніг. Контрактник 2003 року народження, родом з Петропавлівської Борщагівки. Позивний Франко.
Витягнули його на нрк нашої ж бригади, під супроводом/розмінуванням наших мавікістів, прикриттям з неба перехоплювачів й двох побратимів його екіпажу навколо нрк з рушницями (і це далеко не всі задіяні). Весь батальйон працював на результат. Боєць вже у дорозі на Львів, тепер - тримаємо кулаки за реабілітацію й відновлення.
PS звісно дуже вірогідно у коменти влетить ботня й аморальні мразі зі зловтішаннями, злорадісними нахрюками, що учасники цирку на Борщагівці та й загалом ухилянти - живі й цілі, а он твій боєць тепер інвалід. Убогі люди.
Наземна група Франка + екіпаж за зміну накосили півтора десятки росіян. Тільки за одну цю зміну, а скільки здобутків у них загалом. Тут справжні, відповідальні й мужні люди, а не всі ці «бунтарі», які накрутили собі бігудів і строчать мерзотні коменти.
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Він повз 5 днів із перерізаним горлом. Росіяни кинули його в яму з тілами побратимів і пішли покурити.
Тоді Владислав чув, як кати виколюють очі його хлопцям, а потім перерізали горло йому - і кинули вмирати.
Він виповз із ями зі сміттям, двічі ховався від дронів і пʼять діб повз до своїх. Пів сантиметра від смерті. І він вижив.
Владислав - командир взводу. Під Донеччиною його взвод потрапив під щільний обстріл, і він наказав хлопцям розосередитися.
Коли втратив їх зі звʼязку - пішов шукати по хатах. І потрапив у засідку до російських зеків.
Його завели в підвал. Там на колінах, звʼязані, вже стояли його побратими - і всюди була кров. Кати різали їх на очах у Владислава.
Найбільше дісталося першим двом: їм виколювали очі, відрізали вуха, носи, статеві органи.
Вони страшно кричали. Владислав заплющував очі - і його змушували дивитися.
Потім порізали його: відрізали шматок вуха, плоскогубцями вирвали зуб і перерізали горло.
Усіх скинули в одну яму і засипали сміттям.
Росіяни не пішли одразу - стояли й курили над ямою з тілами. Владислав дочекався, поки вони зникнуть.
У смітті він знайшов розбиту пляшку. Склом перерізав мотузку на звʼязаних руках. І поповз.
По ньому били дрони. Два дні він переховувався в якомусь люку. Повз пʼять діб - поки не дістався своїх.
У руці він тримав гранату: були думки все кинути. Але донька й дружина дали сил доповзти.
Лікарі не могли повірити: "Він був, ніби жертва маньяка. Повністю пошкоджена трахея, частина мʼязів шиї і стравоходу".
А хірург додав: "З обох боків було по пів сантиметра до смерті. Зачепило б сонну артерію - і все закінчилося б за півтори хвилини".
Він пройшов реабілітацію, під час якої не міг говорити, - писав дружині й брату в блокноті.
Владислав писав дружині, що хоче назад на Донеччину - помститися хоча б за тих сімох хлопців, яких стратили у нього на очах.
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Even Russia’s top military elites are openly admitting defeat. Retired Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov completely slammed Putin’s so-called "special military operation": "We must stop the hostilities and sit down for negotiations. You lost, you foresaw absolutely nothing."
When a high-ranking Russian general states that Putin has failed and miscalculated everything, it exposes the complete panic inside the regime. The "everything is going according to plan" myth is completely dead
#PutinRegime #RussiaCollapsing #WarInUkraine #InformationWarfare
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🇮🇹🇺🇦 WOW! WHAT A SPEECH! WHAT POWERFUL WORDS FROM ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI!
Here is the full five-minute excerpt of her speech devoted to Ukraine and Donald Trump.
“Russia has launched a new autumn campaign against Ukraine.
Unable to advance on the battlefield, Moscow has increasingly turned its attacks against civilians: power plants, residential buildings, hospitals, and even buses carrying people to work, as in the horrific massacre in Kramatorsk.
This is a strategy through which Russia seeks to subjugate Ukraine with terror, cold, and darkness, simply because it has failed to conquer it on the battlefield.
The facts contradict Kremlin propaganda and those who spread it here.
Since the beginning of the year, Russia has captured very little territory, and in September it lost much of what it had previously seized.
This halt did not happen by chance. It was achieved through Ukraine’s courage and Western support, including that of Italy.
This resistance is the only effective instrument for bringing Russia to the negotiating table.
I respect and understand the passionate debate on this issue, including within this chamber, because nobody here wants war.
We all want peace.
The difference lies in how we intend to achieve it.
As I see it, supporting Ukraine is not an alternative to peace. It is what makes peace possible.
Because if an aggressor expects its opponent to surrender, why would it negotiate?
Surrender is not peace. It is conquest.
If Ukraine stopped defending itself tomorrow, as many suggest, we would not have peace.
We would be discussing the occupation of a European nation and the return of Soviet imperialism.
Personally, I do not miss those times. I do not miss Russian tanks crushing uprisings in Prague and Budapest.
I do not miss the Berlin Wall.
And nobody will ever convince me that the surrender of those defending their freedom can be called ‘peace.’
The peace we want, and the peace we are working toward, even at the cost of concessions, is a just peace, because only a just peace can endure.
Only a just peace can protect Europe and our interests.
That is why our government's position remains unchanged: support for Ukraine, with particular attention to civilians, pressure on Moscow, and Euro-Atlantic unity remain the pillars of our actions.
In this context, we must address Donald Trump's diesel agreement with Russia.
This is a decision I consider extremely risky.
Of course, we all recognize the need to contain fuel prices, which place a heavy burden on families, including Italian families.
But we must understand that rising prices are primarily linked to the war in Iran, not Ukraine.
Legitimizing Moscow, whose bombs continue to fall on Ukrainian cities, providing new revenues to finance the war, and weakening sanctions are all factors we cannot ignore.
And they contradict everything Western nations, including the United States, have done to force Putin to the negotiating table.
An energy ceasefire is a different matter, one that Italy supports, and we are grateful to President Zelenskyy for Ukraine's immediate willingness to agree to it.
Now we expect Russia to stop attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
Finally, at such a difficult moment, when so many variables are beyond our control, there is at least one thing that depends on us:
We must ensure that Europe does not simply stand by and watch, because the terms of peace will affect our continent and our security.”
— Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy
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Putin seizes Russian business from Japanese tobacco giant — assets valued at nearly $4 billion
In early November, Putin issued decrees placing seven Russian subsidiaries of Japan Tobacco International (JTI), the manufacturer of Winston, Camel, LD and Sobranie cigarettes, under temporary state management.
The companies employ around 4,000 people and are valued at approximately $3.7 billion.
The assets have been entrusted to Industrial Assets, a company established in September 2026.
One of its founders is Sergey Dremov, a former Russian intelligence officer who served in the parliament of annexed Crimea.
JTI is one of the few major Western manufacturers that remained in Russia after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The company produces around 40% of all cigarettes sold in the country.
Despite its decision to remain on the Russian market, JTI has failed to retain control of its business.
Japan has lodged a formal protest with Moscow and demanded that the decision be reversed.
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Russian man who worked as a surgeon in Germany killed in Ukraine war
The Russian man had struck lucky: unlike many of his compatriots crammed into unheated barracks without toilets, he had managed to move to Europe and even land a prestigious, respected job.
There it was — a comfortable, stable life. He could travel, start a family and enjoy all the benefits of a peaceful existence.
But the Russian soul apparently couldn't bear life in a stuffy, hedonistic Europe, overindulged by all its comforts. He wanted some action — and Putin made sure he got it.
Trading his comfortable life for the chance to die in a Ukrainian treeline for Putin’s cash, Dmitry Meshcheryakov went off to fight in the so-called “special military operation”. In between, he also ran a pro-war Z-channel.
The outcome, of course, was predictable. Ah, that mysterious Russian soul...
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Former CIA Director David Petraeus:
With Budanov now heading the Presidential Office, Zelenskyy has someone close to him who deeply understands the military situation and ongoing operations.
I know Budanov well. He is very direct in his assessments. We first spoke by video when he was near the russian border, commanding one of the first operations on russian territory.
Petraeus in an interview with SpyCast:
Ukraine has the largest and most innovative army in Europe. It is doing what NATO armies would otherwise have to do themselves if russia achieved its objectives in Ukraine. Moldova would be next, and possibly Lithuania after that.
During my recent visit to Ukraine, a russian jet-powered drone struck the locomotive of a train on the track next to ours. The passengers on trains leaving Ukraine are mostly women and children. It was terrifying for them.
Russia has suffered 1.5 million killed and wounded, more than the United States suffered during the entire Second World War. Last month alone, Ukraine estimated approximately 46,000 russian casualties, while russia recruited only around 30,000 soldiers.
New recruits receive very little training. Ukrainian forces have captured russian soldiers who had been in the army for less than two weeks. They are practically cannon fodder.
Ukraine has struck every russian oil refinery within 3,000 kilometers of its border, many of them multiple times. Russian oil production has fallen below 9 million barrels per day for the first time since 2009.
Russians now use smartphone apps to find gas stations that still have fuel. The National Welfare Fund has been redirected toward the military-industrial complex and is expected to run out by the end of the year.
It is time for Europe and the United States to seize frozen russian reserves and provide them to Ukraine.
We tend to assume that Ukrainians are far ahead in military innovation, just as we assume the United States leads in artificial intelligence. But when you look closely, the gap is not always that large. In some areas, the russians have developed capabilities before the Ukrainians.
China, North Korea, and Iran are carefully studying what is happening in Ukraine.
The West needs to learn from Ukraine much faster. Simply buying drones for existing tank units is not enough. We need to fundamentally rethink our military structures because many traditional Western weapons systems would no longer survive on the Ukrainian battlefield. And we need to do this immediately.
The Ukrainian people have demonstrated extraordinary resilience. They have been absolutely unbreakable despite enormous pressure. But they are also exhausted, and another difficult winter lies ahead.
Source: SpyCast
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"I don’t want Jared Kushner to be investigated because he’s the president’s son-in-law. I want him investigated because he’s potentially laundered and embezzled $2 billion dollars in funds from the governments of Saudi Arabia and the UAE. I don’t want Stephen Miller investigated because he’s a racist ghoul who’s at the center of the Trump brain trust. I want him investigated because he’s a racist ghoul who has violated the due-process rights of millions of people and, potentially, directly violated court orders. I don’t want Pete Hegseth investigated because he’s a toxic psychopath who is unqualified to lead America’s military forces. I want him investigated because he’s a fucking murderer who needs to spend the rest of his life in jail, either in this country or The Hague." thenation.com/article/politi…
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❗️Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski stated that Elon Musk bought Twitter (now X) with the help of Russian money, after which content controls on the platform were weakened and the number of bots and hate speech increased significantly. He emphasized that Russia uses Western social networks to wage an information war against Western societies, and the platforms allow this because they profit from it. Sikorski believes social networks should be held responsible for the spread of illegal content and must remove, in particular, calls for violence, and he advocated for the creation of a European alternative to X.
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Russian opposition media reporting that the "Oleshky woman" shown by Kremlin propagandists last week is merely one of Russia's often used crisis actors, brought in to paint nonsense narratives.
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Witzig wenn ein Deutscher, der Bürgermeister in Rumänien ist, der imho dummdreisten und verlogenen Weidel mal so richtig die Leviten liest! 👍 😊
In Deutschland wäre der Amokläufer aus Polen bestimmt ein Anhänger der #AfDmachtDumm .
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Russian security forces launch crackdown on alternative youth and “alt girls”
A heavy-handed police raid involving mass arrests took place in Moscow’s Kitay-Gorod district, a popular gathering spot for young people from alternative subcultures.
Between 100 and 300 people were detained, including minors. Those old enough to serve were handed military draft notices and forced to sign contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defence.
Detainees reported being beaten and forced to wait for hours without access to water or toilets. Neither the children nor their parents were given any explanation for what was happening.
Only after the story attracted widespread media attention did police issue a brief statement, describing the raid as “preventive measures”.
Just a reminder of what kind of country they live in.
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Ukraine sent at least 28 ground robots into a single assault on the Lyman axis on October 28.
No Ukrainian soldier took direct part. It is the largest robot-only assault to date. 1/
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This is Volodymyr. He is 69. He is deaf. And he rode his bicycle out of an occupied city — all alone.
He couldn’t hear the drones flying overhead. And he rode 60 kilometres in a single day, crossing the “zero line” — on a bicycle.
Volodymyr Voichenko stayed in Polohy after russia occupied the city.
He stayed because he had to care for his sick mother-in-law. And then hell began.
“For several days in a row, russian soldiers came to my house and threatened to shoot me. My dog would sit by the doorstep all the time. They threatened her with a pistol, too. I was terrified,” Volodymyr recalls.
They took everything from his home. The television, computer, appliances, dinnerware, and even his son’s tools from the basement. Everything they could carry — they took it all.
For more than a year, he received no pension. The russians had emptied his bank account.
He lived without gas, water or electricity, eating only what he could grow in his garden. He went to the post office for humanitarian aid, but was turned away.
Then he witnessed something he will never forget. At a destroyed gas station near his home, russian forces had created a mass grave.
“There was a huge KamAZ truck. Two russian soldiers would bring the bodies of people and simply throw them into a common pit. Their faces were all horrifying. After the soldiers left, we would come closer and see the bodies in the pit.”
After his mother-in-law died, he realised he had to escape.
He locked the door, packed his documents and a little food into a backpack, got on his bicycle and set off.
Through occupied villages, across the frontline zone, past burned-out military vehicles and the bodies of soldiers.
He avoided mines. Hid from drones. Near a river where there was no bridge, he spotted russian soldiers and Chechens. He found a plank and used it to get his bicycle across.
At dawn, Ukrainian soldiers stopped him near Orikhiv.
He showed them his deaf person's ID card and passport. They couldn't believe what they were seeing.
“How did you make it through? There are drones flying everywhere, and the whole area is mined.”
One of the soldiers crossed himself and said: “Keep going.”
When Volodymyr finally reached Zaporizhzhia, an interpreter at the local deaf club could hardly believe he had made it all the way there on his own.
They called his son.
“Your father is here.”
Vitalii was in shock.
“How? He’s still under occupation.”
They replied: “No, your father made it through the zero line on a bicycle. We can hardly believe it ourselves.”
Now father and son live together in Kalush.
Volodymyr says it is peaceful there. And Vitalii says he can finally stop worrying so much about his father.
#Russland Zwangsrekrutierung
The horrific scale of police brutality inside Moscow's forced mobilization conveyor belt has just crossed into outright torture.
Detained teenagers are now shouting from the windows of the Tagansky police station to their parents outside, exposing the grim reality inside.
The youth report being held for over 3 hours without a single drop of water or food. Even worse, they confirm they were brutally beaten with hands and kicked with boots by Russian security forces inside the police vans (avtozaks) and during detention.
Armed guards continue to seal the facility, threatening furious parents who are screaming "Freeloaders!" at the gates, while minors are being physically abused inside just to force draft notices into their hands.
#Moscow #Mobilization #RussianArmy #PoliceBrutality #HumanRights
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The Capytistas, a secretive group claiming more than $1.2 million in backing, started with Elon Musk and Tesla’s board. Members argue that those who buy political power deserve the scrutiny they’ll impose. buff.ly/gFdlcLD
#Russland ist ein Mörderstaat
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🤬 The International Ice Hockey Federation (@IIHFHockey) has announced that it is working on the return of russian national teams to international competitions.
“Although we disagree with the decision regarding russia’s participation, we are taking the steps required by the CAS ruling.”
