Matthew 🌻🇦🇺🇺🇦

Engineer in rail industry. I come here to practice putting things into words. Ukrainian descendent born in Australia. #NAFOVegemiteUnit.

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

"I don't want you to hang my portraits in your offices.
Because a President is not an icon, an idol or a portrait.
Hang pictures of your children instead.
And before you make any decision, look into their eyes."

- Volodymyr Zelensky
President of Ukraine 🇺🇦

Just wow❤️
🫡

[Matthew 🌻🇦🇺🇺🇦 @MatthewLokot]

@DJSnM https://t.co/2HxFHVk1cv

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

Today’s NG-2 launch is scrubbed due to weather, specifically the cumulus cloud rule. We’re reviewing opportunities for our next launch attempt based on forecasted weather.

[Matthew 🌻🇦🇺🇺🇦 @MatthewLokot]

@cheriewony Blond, James Blond.

[Matthew 🌻🇦🇺🇺🇦 @MatthewLokot]

@godcancuceme @satyanadella Oh it burns

[Matthew 🌻🇦🇺🇺🇦 @MatthewLokot]

@Rainmaker1973 In Surviving Mars, all mine are called New Matttown.

[Діана @katze_chick]

Who wants one?
😆

[Matthew 🌻🇦🇺🇺🇦 @MatthewLokot]

@Rainmaker1973 Yesterday

[Darth Putin @DarthPutinKGB]

My navy loses a fleet of ships to a country without a navy.
My air force loses 40+ bombers in a morning to a country without an air force
My army controls less of Ukraine now than it did 3 years ago.

But we're winning.

[Matthew 🌻🇦🇺🇺🇦 @MatthewLokot]

@eurovanya I thought the song was beautiful.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

You know what the single most profound, far-reaching effect of Russia’s war against Ukraine is?

Ukraine has finally learned to truly respect itself.

We are no longer some godforsaken "Russia's backyard", where corrupt mafia clans don’t dare to make a sound without the Kremlin’s permission, and where everyone lines up to lick Moscow’s boots.

We are a nation that, in just a few years, built from scratch a capable army — the one that is now heroically fighting Russia, one of the largest military powers in modern history.

To stand up to such an adversary in the biggest war of our time, Ukraine has been sustaining World War I-scale mobilization and made revolutionary breakthroughs in military innovation.

Today, Ukraine possesses one of the most capable armies in the world, with cutting-edge, real-time experience in modern warfare—able to resist an enemy that is vastly superior in everything.

We have preserved a democracy and a brutally competitive political life like neither Russia nor any of its satellites country ever had.

Our president, once a populist comedian, has grown to be a leader of the free world—someone applauded by entire nations in the halls of St. Peter’s Basilica.

We are no longer the punchline of imperial Russian jokes. No longer “village bumpkins,” no longer “little brothers.” We have finally remembered who we are—descendants of the ancient Slavs, the Vikings, the Zaporizhian Cossacks.

Our capital is not a provincial town but a sacred, ancient Christian city—the beating heart of this part of civilization. And its holy sites belong to us. No one else.

We no longer feel ashamed of our language or our culture. No longer do we see them as “backward,” “provincial,” “second-rate,” as Moscow has insisted for centuries. We have long since broken out of Russia’s cultural orbit: there’s no more garbage Russian pop music on the radio, no endless cop shows from Moscow on TV, like we endured for decades.

Instead, in the midst of war, we’re witnessing a cultural renaissance unprecedented in our history—Ukrainian music, cinema, and literature are flourishing. In Kyiv, tickets to classic Ukrainian plays are sold out six months in advance.

We’re no longer a patchwork “post-Soviet country,” split between a “Russian-speaking southeast” and a “Ukrainian-speaking west.” We are a united nation. A person from Dnipro and a person from Lviv now share the same values, the same mission, the same grief, the same culture and history — and the same enemy.

People from Kharkiv fight the Russian invader just as fiercely as those from Ternopil.

No one laughs anymore at the idea of a Ukrainian navy— our naval drones have humiliated the Russian Black Sea Fleet. We shoot down enemy fighters. Our drones and missiles now strike oil depots, airfields, and ammunition bases across Russia nearly every night.

Ukraine is no longer a country you can show up to, toss some exploitative resource deal on the table, and sneer, “Sign this — you’ve got one hour.” No. Now you’ll be escorted out of the room with your hands shaking — and only after that will a balanced, civilized, mutually respectful agreement be negotiated. Yelling and threats no longer work here.

We are a country whose Chief Mufti has volunteered to become a combat medic at the front. Our Chief Rabbi works daily to advocate for Ukraine around the world. His son died in combat, defending Ukraine with a weapon in his hands.

Ukraine is now holding our ground — honorably —against a whole axis of evil: Russia, Iran, and North Korea. And Russia has suffered devastating defeats and drained its once-vast Soviet stockpiles of weapons and ammunition.

And along the way, we’ve shaken up global politics. We’ve earned the trust and support of dozens of nations. We’ve broken through walls of Western fear, hesitation, and passivity, the appeasement. Ukraine’s victory in the Battle of Kyiv in 2022 changed the course of European history when the best military minds were giving us 72 hours.

You can’t imagine how often we still find ourselves saying to each other, half in disbelief:
“Can you believe this? Who would’ve thought our poor Ukraine was capable of this?”

What more can I say?

Ukraine has already proven itself a great nation.

We have countless enormous problems—and they’ll require titanic effort to overcome.

But if we endure this war of annihilation, this country will have glorious future.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Congratulations to Prime Minister @AlboMP on a confident electoral victory. I wish you continued success in serving the people of Australia and delivering meaningful achievements.

Ukraine sincerely values Australia’s unwavering support and its principled stance on ending Russia’s war and securing a dignified and lasting peace. We look forward to further strengthening our productive partnership in pursuit of peace, security, and freedom.

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

😂

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

BREAKING: It's not Ukraine that started the largest European war of territorial grabs since Adolf Hitler, and it's not Ukraine that must back down and stop it.
#shocking

[Matthew 🌻🇦🇺🇺🇦 @MatthewLokot]

@Firefly_Space Absolutely amazing 🤩

[Firefly Aerospace @Firefly_Space]

Watch Firefly land on the Moon! After identifying surface hazards and selecting a safe landing site, #BlueGhost landed directly over the target in Mare Crisium. A historic moment on March 2 we'll never forget. We have Moon dust on our boots! #BGM1

[Matthew 🌻🇦🇺🇺🇦 @MatthewLokot]

@DJSnM @Firefly_Space Do you know why the fourth foot pad sensor didn’t activate? Is one of the legs over a small crater or uneven surface, still in the “air”?

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Here is some truth: Putin invaded Ukraine. NATO is the most successful military alliance in history. Since 1945, American leadership has ensured freedom and security for ourselves and millions of others around the world. Together with our allies, we defeated the Soviet Union—an empire so evil it had to build gulags and walls to keep its own people in. Destroying America’s alliances and abandoning the cause of freedom is morally and strategically indefensible. Putin will pocket Trump’s naive concessions and demand much more. Appeasement makes a wider war more likely, not less.

@realDonaldTrump, @JDVance, and @elonmusk have made clear who they are. Only fools—or Kremlin tools—would abandon NATO, side with Russia, and demand Ukraine surrender in the face of Putin’s brutal aggression.

[Matthew 🌻🇦🇺🇺🇦 @MatthewLokot]

So cool.

[Firefly Aerospace @Firefly_Space]

We have confirmation #BlueGhost stuck the landing! Firefly just became the first commercial company in history to achieve a fully successful Moon landing. This small step on the Moon represents a giant leap in commercial exploration. Congratulations to the entire Firefly team, our mission partners, and our @NASA customers for this incredible feat that paves the way for future missions to the Moon and Mars.

Standby for the first image, expected in the next 30 minutes! #BGM1

[Matthew 🌻🇦🇺🇺🇦 @MatthewLokot]

@Firefly_Space I’ve been watching the broadcast. So cool.