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Now mainly to be found on Bluesky.

[Олег Володарський @volodarskijo]

Він був зв'язаний та затиснутий у норі разом із росіянами. Вони поставили його попереду, щоб закривав їхні тіла від осколків.

Це Микола "Танкіст". 36 років, будівельник із Костянтинівки на Зміївщині. Позивний дістався йому ще від старого командира - за захоплення "World of Tanks".

Але серпень 2026-го виявився для нього реальнішим за будь-яку гру.

До позицій на Вовчанському напрямку вони йшли з побратимом Чупою дві доби, двадцять кілометрів сірої зони.

7-го вересня, коли вони облаштовували додаткову нору між спостережними пунктами, в хащах різко тріснули сухі гілки. То були двоє диверсантів.

Чупа, що був метрів за п'ятдесят, відкрив вогонь. Вороги розділилися: один тримав Чупу, інший обходив з тилу.

Витративши весь боєкомплект, Чупа відійшов у зеленку. А Микола залишився в норі.

Його автомат лежав надто далеко.

Окупанти підбігли миттєво. Черга в бік нори, крик: "Виходь!" Миколі зв'язали руки мотузкою за спиною та допитали.

Росіяни доповіли про це по рації і отримали наказ чекати на евакуаційну групу. Вони навіть встигли з'їсти знайдену в норі банку згущенки.

Але їхня радість була не довгою.

Почалося авіабомбардування. У вузьку нору затиснулися двоє росіян. А Миколу поставили спереду - щоб своїм тілом закривав вхід від уламків.

Миколу врятував від неминучої смерті стовбур старого дерева, що прийн��в на себе основний удар.

Тим часом, Микола мовчки працював пальцями та послаблював вузол на ��отузці.

Один із ворожих автоматів окупанти необачно залишили зверху, біля входу.

Коли мотузка сповзла з рук, вибору не залишалося. Микола вистрибнув, вхопив автомат і відкрив вогонь углиб сховища.

А потім пішов шукати Чупу. Знайшов побратима контуженим і пораненим у руки. Перев'язав, зв'язався з командуванням і доповів: ворог знищений, виходимо.

Шлях назад тривав ще дві доби. В небі дрони, - то ж вони повзли, ховалися, трималися один одного - і дійшли до точки евакуації.

За особисту мужність і незламність духу командування 113-ї бригади ТрО представил�� Миколу Олексійовича Шипуліна до звання Героя України.

А потім він сказав прості слова голосом людини, яка просто зробила свою роботу:

"Чому я воюю? Бо це моя земля. Українська. Я прожив тут усі 36 років. Тут народилася моя донька. І за цю землю я буду боротися до останнього".

[Elina Monfils @ElinaSvitolina]

This is the reality in which Ukrainian children are growing up and training today — to the sound of air raid sirens and shelling, with a constant sense of danger…💔

[Dr.Danzo.🩻 @danzo_fs]

Назар Чепурний - вперше чемпіон Європи🥇🇺🇦

[UNITED24 Media @United24media]

⚡ Russia opens Scythian gold exhibition in Washington, claiming Ukrainian artifacts as its own.

https://t.co/YQBSv21m5X

[Michael MacKay @mhmck]

Pete Hegseth is building a U.S. military based on testosterone. It has lost all recent battle scenarios in war games with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ukraine built a military based on intelligence. It has held its own against a much larger enemy, invader russia, for 12+ years.

[Ben Hodges @general_ben]

Every decision and announcement about Europe, Ukraine, NATO which comes from this Administration is something that the Kremlin would want and welcome.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

A knitting pattern?
No. These are the attack routes of approximately 1,600 Russian drones and missiles within a 24-hour period.

For over four years, Ukraine has been defending Europe—alone—against the Russian murderers.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

This repulsive hypocrisy is unbearable.

Europe’s political leaders have become masters of moral posturing. After every massive Russian attack, they step in front of the cameras, speaking of "solidarity," "European values," and "unwavering support"—while simultaneously withholding precisely what their own words would demand: decisive, uncompromising, and immediate action.

For years, European governments have claimed that Ukraine is defending Europe’s freedom. If they truly believed that, they would act like states facing a historic emergency—not like bureaucracies that talk every shipment, every sanction, and every strategic decision to death, delaying and diluting them in endless summits. You might be capable of running a town hall, but you certainly cannot lead a European nation in wartime.

You are simply pathetic.

While Ukrainian cities burn, Europe debates budgetary limits, opinion polls, and economic conveniences. While people die under a hail of missiles, European elites calculate domestic political risks and cling to the illusion that one can merely "manage" an imperial war of aggression without having to bear any sacrifices or consequences oneself.

No, that is not possible.

The truth is brutal: Europe possesses the industrial, economic, and military power to exert far greater pressure on Russia. It could radically ramp up weapons production, consistently seize Russian assets, enforce sanctions without loopholes, and deliver to Ukraine in a matter of months what currently takes years. Yet, what many governments lack is not the capability, but the courage.

And that is precisely why their constant declarations have long since rung hollow. Anyone who "condemns in the strongest possible terms" every attack—yet continues to act slowly, hesitantly, or not at all—transforms moral language into a mere exercise in political self-absolution.

Russia bombards Ukrainian cities with missiles. Europe’s leaders respond with press releases.
That is the true declaration of bankruptcy.

The bitterest truth, therefore, is this: It is not European rhetoric that is weak—but rather the discrepancy between words and deeds. And it is precisely this discrepancy that undermines Europe’s credibility far more than any Russian propaganda.

[Ukrainian Art History @ukr_arthistory]

Before Kazymyr Malevych (born in Kyiv) became famous as a suprematist artist, he was looking for his way in art in many styles as well as fauvism.

“Bathers Seen from Behind”, 1910

Stedelijk Museum

[alan rusbridger @arusbridger]

A wall of crypto money is powering Nigel Farage, both politically and personally. And much of the British media just shrugs https://t.co/SlxBYqnfj5

[WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK @JANUSZCZAK]

If you’re looking for excitement, invention, beautiful moves, forget PSG v Bayern Munich in the Champions League. That’s kid’s stuff compared with the Francisco Zurbaran show at the National Gallery. Spanish creativity at its wildest and most powerful. He’s the Eusebio of art!

[John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith) @Harryslaststand]

Instead of banning youth under 16 from social media. The govt should ban seniors over 60 from accessing The Daily Mail, Sun and Telegraph.

[Macer Gifford @macergifford]

Do you want to know what a hero looks like? Watch this video.
The Ukrainians are warriors.✌🏻🇺🇦

[Paul Niland @PaulNiland]

I can show you when this fucker declared there were no territorial disputes with Ukraine. That everything had been settled long ago. He specifically mentioned Crimea too. He said there were no ethnic tensions too.

It was on German TV in 2008 not long after his attack on Georgia.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

Explosions on Red Square during the parade in Moscow.

Creative, friendly social media users have used artificial intelligence to create a video showing what the parade in Moscow might have looked like had Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "not allowed" it.

[Macer Gifford @macergifford]

If you want to support Ukraine and fight for freedom, there are three things you can do!
1 - counter their b*llshit propaganda online!
2 - encourage your politicians to support Ukraine!
3 - donate to @BackAndAlive !
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[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

We tracked down the superyacht owned by the world’s sixth richest man. Larry Ellison won’t like what we did to it 🛥️🏴‍☠️

[Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹 @GLandsbergis]

What the CEO of Rheinmetall said was insulting — yes, shortsighted — yes, but what is more worrying — his words can actually be deadly.
In my country, Rheinmetall is a major contractor — tanks, Skyrangers, an ammunition factory, etc.
But what is more interesting is that questions about our preparedness for a potential drone war were always drowned in a flood of arguments very similar to Mr. Papperger’s. The military establishment, lobbyists, experts — the whole lot — were telling our people that this drone thing is just a fad which will soon go away. And we should be focusing on legacy war fighting, and therefore legacy equipment.
It lead to the acknowledgment that we have almost no ability to detect and to fight the Russian drones.
So maybe relying solely on the military advice from a company selling one kind of equipment wasn’t such a brilliant idea. I just hope that by now we know where we went wrong, and we will find sufficient humility to ask for assistance elsewhere.
And I sincerely hope that the Ukrainian housewives will share their deadly knowledge with us.

[Simon Shuster @shustry]

The most ironic thing about this whole Rheinmetall story is that, when the CEO invited me to see some *real* innovation at his newest weapons factory, this is what they showed me:

[Macer Gifford @macergifford]

I won't share it, but a video is circulating of Russian troops executing an injured Ukrainian soldier. May he rest in everlasting peace. A hero that died for his people and his homeland.
I fought both Russia and ISIS for years. There's not much difference between them. Russia is a terrorist state, good for little more than inflicting misery and war crimes.
Only the most revolting creatures of no moral or human decency can ever support Russia.