"The Attitude for the Democratic Countries of the World must be:
Acceptable other than a ๐ท๐บ Defeat is only ๐ท๐บ unconditional surrender"
#RUDefeat#RUUncondSurrender
@NiallCollinsTD@IrishPoliticsNL Did #NAFO actually end a politicians career yet?
Asking for a friend...
Don't underestimate the power of the people.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Fella delivery for @SamsGeorgina
Yeah, people are still requesting fellas, and we forgers are still on hand to forge them, as we have been for 4+ years now, and counting.
As long as it helps, we won't stop.
Do you hear me Putler? WE WON'T STOP!
@ky_painter@Official_NAFO
Extremely interesting NEW development in the warfare, though I wish it stayed off the internet.
Ukrainian unit lifts strike drones by balloon behind russian lines - mostly into Crimea - released fully charged from 10,000m altitude, for free hunt there.
Very cool!
Our teamโs analysis of Ukraineโs new military leadership, following the appointment of the new Commander-in-Chief, is now available on Substack. Beyond reviewing his record, we share new details and insights from our sources:
https://t.co/D74OA4mIJD
One of the more talented people who Fedorov attracted to his team and placed in charge of short range air defense within the Air Force, Pavlo Yelizarov, resigned over the firing last week. He was working to unify and improve air defense across Ukraine.
Ukraine:
โWe will end this war. We believe it will be good for Russia too if the war ends with an Ukrainian Victory,โ
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
#NAFO
โ๏ธU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that tomorrowโs meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Manila will discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
โWe would like this war to end. We believe it would be good for Russia if the war ended,โ Rubio emphasized, adding that the United States is ready to play a constructive role in stopping it. According to him, the war prevents the U.S. and Russia from finding common ground on other issues.
๐ท๐บ In case youโre wondering what Russians think about the appointment of Mykhailo Drapatyi as Ukraineโs new Commander-in-Chief ๐ฝ
โDrapatyi has replaced Syrskyi. He is a very capable general, and not a butcher. For the Russian Armed Forces, this is bad news.โ
โ Maksim Kalashnikov
โBy the way, Drapatyi is only 43 years old. And he started this war as a battalion commander!!!
โจThatโs bad news for us. A general who rose through the ranks during the war and understands it is a very difficult opponent.โ
โ Yuriy Podolyaka
โDrapatyi has been appointed as the new commander-in-chief of the Ukrainians.
He has been fighting since 2014 and at one point was in the first armored vehicle that broke through into Mariupol during the Russian Spring.
At that time, the wise politician made the decision to surrender Mariupol for the benefit of the oligarch Akhmetov. Putin, where are the results?โ
โ TG channel โAlex Parker Returnsโ
โWe donโt care what the name of the new โchief butcher of the entire villageโ will be.โ
โ Yulia Vityazeva
โThe fact that they changed their Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine today โ thatโs a f*cking disaster for us, brothers.
Until today, they had Oleksandr Syrskyi. Now itโs Mykhailo Drapatyi.
Those who fought against forces commanded by Drapatyi will understand me. My 83rd Air Assault Brigade will understand me.
Donโt lose heart โ we will win!โ
โ TG channel โะะพะฟัะพั ะฝะฐ Zะฐััะฟะบัโ
โIt was under the command [of Mykhailo Drapatyi] that, on May 9, 2014, a battalion of the 72nd Brigade rammed through barricades in Mariupol, not fearing that people could be crushed.โ
โ TsargradTV
โHe hates us, and he hates us consistently. That means he will try to kill us without regard for any moral constraints.
The only question is this: Will we respond in the same wayโฆor will we finally take back the initiative in escalating the conflict?โ
โ TG channel โะะพะตะฒะพะดะฐ ะะตัะฐะตัโ
โWhether Drapatyi will be better than Syrskyi remains to be seen.
But he has one advantage over Syrskyi โ one that could work against us: Drapatyi is very young (43 years old) and energetic.
During the events of 2014, he was only a battalion commander and rose through the ranks while already being in the war.โ
โ TG channel โZะฐะฟะธัะบะธ Vะตัะตัะฐะฝะฐโ
โThe new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Mykhailo Drapatyi, is a war criminal dating back to 2014.
At that time, the 72nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, under his command, used armored vehicles against peaceful demonstrators who had built barricades in Mariupol, protesting against the seizure of power in Ukraine by a neo-Nazi junta.
At that time, the brutality of the Ukrainian Armed Forces against civilians was still shocking.
On the same day, May 9, neo-Nazi groups stormed in and shot many police officers in Mariupol because the officers refused to shoot at people.
Surely, those neo-Nazis received some kind of support from Drapatyi at that time. Therefore, Drapatyi is an obvious war criminal.โ
โ Sergei Markov
โAs for the new Ukrainian commander, Drapatyi โ becoming Russiaโs main military opponent is hardly a step forward. Forward to where?
Paulus was promoted to field marshal at Stalingrad, and the next day he surrendered.
Drapatyi is in a similar situation: he got promoted and became Ukraineโs top commander, but the Ukrainian army is already on its last legs. What is there to celebrate?
We continue fighting and pushing them back in trenches and urban positions. For Ukrainian soldiers, surrender may offer a better chance โ to survive and return home.
As for Drapatyiโฆ this could end with a noose.โ
โ Alexander Sladkov
Syrskyi is out. Drapatyi is in. The General Staff faces an overhaul.
Tonight you will hear that Zelensky โcaved.โ That the street now runs the war. That changing commanders mid-war is chaos.
I see the opposite โ and I wrote it this morning: a leader who can be argued back into the right position by his own citizens is not weak. He is governed.
But donโt miss the deeper event. This was never about two men. It was a referendum on military doctrine โ the Soviet inheritance of centralized command versus the war Ukraine actually proved it could win: software, iteration, initiative at the edge.
The old doctrine just lost its chief defender.
And look at who won. Drapatyi is the general who once offered his resignation because a Russian strike killed his recruits โ he claimed responsibility for deaths he did not cause. In Moscow, generals collect medals for deaths they did cause.
That is the difference between the two armies. Tonight it became the difference between the two futures.
Fedorovโs return is still unresolved. The doctrine question no longer is.
Six days of protest. Zero broken windows. One corrected government.
Democracies argue. That is not their weakness. It is their weapons system.
I have decided that Mykhailo Drapatyi will become the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Together with Mykhailo, Yevhenii Khmara, and Pavlo Palisa, we determined how the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine should be reconfigured. It is a fact that Oleksandr Syrskyi delivered results for Ukraine in the defense of Kyiv, the Kharkiv offensive, and the Kursk operation. We have come a long way, Ukraine's defense continues, and every warrior must be treated with dignity. I am grateful to Oleksandr Syrskyi and to every one of our warriors for Ukraine's strong positions on the front. I am grateful to Mykhailo Drapatyi for sharing this vision. Today, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Andrii Hnatov, and I discussed future service formats and the proper handover of duties.
We all want the same thing: to defeat the enemy and create the conditions โ on the front line and through pressure on Russia โ that would allow us to force Russia into peace. Tomorrow, we will formalize all of these decisions. Ukraine must emerge from this situation stronger, and it will be harder for Russia. Glory to Ukraine!
@CaolanReports sat down for an exclusive interview with Robert โMagyarโ Brovdi, Commander of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces.
Watch it here โฌ๏ธ
For everyone trying to understand who Ukraine's new Commander-in-Chief is, here's some background:
Mykhailo Drapatyi is a 42-year-old Ukrainian major general who has spent more than a decade fighting Russia and is widely regarded as one of Ukraine's most respected battlefield commanders. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has now appointed him as the country's new Commander-in-Chief, replacing General Oleksandr Syrskyi.
Unlike many senior officers, Drapatyi built his reputation almost entirely on the battlefield. He first became known during the Battle of Mariupol in 2014, when he personally led an armored assault through separatist barricades to relieve Ukrainian forces. Later that year, after Ukrainian units were surrounded near the Russian border, he led hundreds of troops through Russian-controlled territory in a successful breakout that became one of the defining episodes of the early war.
Over the following decade, Drapatyi commanded the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade, served in senior operational commands in Kherson, Odesa, Luhansk, and Kharkiv, and repeatedly earned a reputation as the commander sent to stabilize Ukraine's most difficult sectors. During Russia's offensive into Kharkiv Oblast in May 2024, he was brought in after the initial breakthrough and was credited with improving coordination, slowing Russian advances, and helping stabilize the front.
What sets Drapatyi apart is his approach to warfare. He is considered one of the strongest advocates inside the Ukrainian military for modern, technology-driven combat. He has pushed for the widespread use of drones, electronic warfare, intelligence integration, and decentralized command, arguing that initiative at the junior-officer level wins battles more effectively than rigid Soviet-style hierarchies.
He is also known as one of the military leaders closest to Mykhailo Fedorov, the two have been associated with efforts to rapidly expand the use of battlefield technology, drone capabilities, digital systems, and innovation across the Armed Forces. Their shared emphasis on technology and adaptation has made Drapatyi a favorite among many of Ukraine's younger officers and military reformers.
As Commander of the Ground Forces, Drapatyi launched reforms aimed at improving combat training, modernizing recruitment, reducing corruption, strengthening junior leadership, and ensuring soldiers received training that reflected the realities of the modern battlefield rather than outdated doctrine.
Another defining characteristic is his emphasis on accountability. Following a deadly Russian strike on a Ukrainian training center in 2025, Drapatyi resigned as Ground Forces commander, stating that commanders not soldiers must bear responsibility for failures. He openly criticized a military culture that avoided accountability and argued that leadership should accept responsibility instead of shifting blame downward.
Within Ukraine, Drapatyi is widely viewed as part of a new generation of military leaders officers shaped by the war against Russia rather than the Soviet military tradition. His supporters see him as a pragmatic commander who combines frontline experience with a willingness to embrace innovation, technology, and institutional reform.
โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธPresident Zelensky named Mykhailo Drapatyi as Ukraine's next Commander-in-Chief and said the General Staff's configuration will be renewed. Zelensky thanked Oleksandr Syrskyi for Ukraine's defense of Kyiv and the Kharkiv and Kursk operations, and said he discussed Syrskyi's future service and the handover of command. All decisions will be formalized tomorrow. #Ukraine
โ๏ธFormer Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov congratulated Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi on becoming Commander-in-Chief, calling his appointment "new air and new hope" in Ukraine's fight for freedom. He said high public expectations must now be met with a clear vision for ending the war, a strong team, protecting soldiers' lives, expanding frontline robotization and asymmetric strikes. Fedorov also thanked Oleksandr Syrskyi for his role in defending Kyiv and other historic battles. #Ukraine
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces commander Madyar:
First, NATO should build a buffer zone along every border.
Call it a drone work zone, not a kill zone. From 0 to 5 km, enemy movement must become impossible under a drone shield.
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โก ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine has effectively lost its deep-sea grain export corridor. After repeated Russian strikes on port infrastructure, major traders have halted #BlackSea purchases, shipowners are refusing calls citing force majeure, and several terminals have suspended operations. Domestic prices are already plunging - rapeseed down $25/t in days, wheat, corn barley & falling sharply. At current prices, the lost deep-water route could cost Ukraine up to $900M per month in foreign currency earnings - a devastating blow to farmers, the budget & the wider economy at harvest peak. #UkraineGrain #UkraineEconomy