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Journalist i Nettavisen og programleder i Ukrainapodden.

Joined March 2011
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Romanov har vært den desidert beste russiske krigsbloggeren å følge for min del. Han har bidratt med millioner av sidevisninger til Nettavisen, og selv om han er en fæl fyr kommer jeg til å savne oppdateringene hans. Takk for alle artiklene du har hjulpet meg med.
Romanov is cooked. He was one of the few people who actually genuinely cared about the Russian soldiers, and it is amusing that he is going to prison for it. The dude is an evil fuck and I hate him, but you have to respect that he did actually genuinely care and wasn't just doing things for personal gain like almost everyone else. And I will not forgive him for firing artillery into Kherson.
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À 45 jours du début de l'hiver, la population ukrainienne 🇺🇦 vit déjà avec des restrictions importantes d'accès à l'eau, l'électricité et le chauffage. Sur les 38 centrales électriques majeures sous contrôle ukrainien, au moins 14 sont actuellement hors d'action et 8 autres sont endommagées. ▫️Aucune des 3 centrales nucléaires☢️sous contrôle ukrainien n'a été frappée, mais les forces russes ciblent massivement les sous-stations électriques (750/330 kv) qui les relient au réseau électrique ukrainien. ▫️Les principaux centres de productions thermiques ont été lourdement frappés ces derniers jours, notamment les CHP-4/5/6 de Kyiv, et le CHP-5 de Kharkiv. ▫️Une partie des barrages majeurs du pays, à Kyiv, Kaniv, Krementchouk et Zaporizhzhia, ont été endommagés. ➡️En détruisant la production thermique avec des dizaines de frappes depuis la fin de l'été, les forces russes espèrent provoquer l'effondrement du système électrique ukrainien. ➡️Le risque est de voir une déconnexion forcée des centrales nucléaires si les sous-stations permettant de transférer l'énergie sont endommagées. ➡️Des frappes massives sont attendues dans l'ouest du pays, contre les moyens de production, mais aussi le réseau électrique reliant l'Ukraine à l'Europe.
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🇬🇪Georgia’s Constitutional Court is deciding whether to ban every party that won a seat against Georgian Dream in 2024. Two years of continuous nightly protest, 91 political prisoners and a frozen EU path lead to this. We need to look at Georgia now!
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BREAKING: Szabolcs Panyi (@panyiszabolcs) wins the 2026 Magnitsky Award for Outstanding Journalist. He exposed the Orbán government's ties to Moscow, was targeted with Pegasus spyware and faced espionage allegations for his reporting. #MagnitskyAwards
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Donald Trump's diesel deal with Vladimir Putin falters as tankers divert course away from the US coast - even as American fuel stockpiles hit 20-year low ft.com/content/f66ebf48-6d09… via @ft @alicemhancock
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Russian mapper Creamy Caprice shows how their daily rate of advance fell off a cliff in October
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Replying to @PanzerJo
Regnet på det i denne artikkelen. En typisk norsk boligtomt er på ett mål. Det vil koste livet eller helsen til tre russiske soldater, ut fra tall Zelenskyj ga til WSJ i midten av september. nettavisen.no/nyheter/rykker…
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UN's human rights mission on the gliding bomb strike that killed dozens of civilians on Monday: "The timing and location of the humanitarian distribution were well publicised... this attack seems to have violated the most fundamental principles of international humanitarian law"
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“He didn’t cave. He stood firm.” Sir Bill Browder on 2025 Magnitsky Award winner Gabrielius Landsbergis, who resisted China's trade pressure on Lithuania over its ties with Taiwan. Tune in on 12 November for the 2026 Magnitsky Human Rights Awards! #MagnitskyAwards
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A clash on Nov. 2 in the Petropavlivska Borshchahivka suburb of Kyiv has fueled the information war around Ukraine's mobilization. While suspicion has grown that the incident was partly a planned provocation, the Head of the President’s Office, Kyrylo Budanov, cautioned that it also exposed deeper societal tensions. kyivindependent.com/what-rea…
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Kyiv, a city of 4 million people, is without running water today. Electricity is available for just 2.5 hours between 7 AM and 10 PM, with somewhat longer access at night. This is what daily life looks like in Ukraine’s capital under russian attacks.
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There are no "Zelensky's torture chambers" in Ukraine. There are russian torture chambers in occupied parts of Ukraine.
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“Ingen ting som tyder på han har blitt mett på den makten han tross alt har”, konstaterer @torsae tørt i @ukrainapodden, med sin faste makker @J_SundHenriksen. Makkerparet med den mest grundige oppdatering på Russlands invasjon av Ukraina i Norge. overcast.fm/+ABDWM82D6eM
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🇺🇦🇫🇷 J’étais présent, aussi, hier soir lors de la confrontation entre la police et des « manifestants » dans la région de Kyiv. Je suis entré dans la maison où se trouvaient les hommes mobilisés. Voici ce que j’ai vu, et ce que je peux établir. 1/🧵
I was one of the only foreign journalists present at this evening's clash at the National Guard facility in a suburb outside Kyiv. Here's what you need to understand. Long and difficult thread.
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Over the month of October, the Russian net gains in Ukraine were 21 km². The frontline stayed relatively stable after the culmination of Ukraine's operation Vivaldi. Ukraine has continued to advance in Western Donetsk, while Russia has focused on the Dobropillya axis. 1/
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The German government can easily address this and should now that the leader of AfD is pushing lies. The boy in the video Diesen posted was not being detained, nor was there any "torture chamber." The boy was throwing bricks at the police and fell and hurt himself. Here's a @KyivIndependent journalist confirming that, with evidence: nitter.gq/francisjfarrell/status…
Ich erwarte von der Bundesregierung, dass dies heute in Berlin zum Selensky-Besuch thematisiert wird.
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Grounded thread from @francisjfarrell on last night’s clash in Kyiv. His instincts—that some participants /actions felt inauthentic as the crowd gathered—are being borne out today. There are complicated problems and tensions about mobilization in Ukraine, given their position.
I was one of the only foreign journalists present at this evening's clash at the National Guard facility in a suburb outside Kyiv. Here's what you need to understand. Long and difficult thread.
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For those interested in these events in Kyiv, a very useful thread from @francisjfarrell
I was one of the only foreign journalists present at this evening's clash at the National Guard facility in a suburb outside Kyiv. Here's what you need to understand. Long and difficult thread.
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I was one of the only foreign journalists present at this evening's clash at the National Guard facility in a suburb outside Kyiv. Here's what you need to understand. Long and difficult thread.
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