Olga Sadowy

Adult educator. Fine art history, Slavic civilization, linguistics, theology (MTS). U of T. Torontonian. Companion to Jet, a handsome standard poodle.

[Euan MacDonald @Euan_MacDonald]

When the Kremlin is happy with your actions, you know you’re on the wrong path.

The Kremlin is VERY happy with Trump.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

I would like to thank you for your prayers, which rise up to the Lord from the hearts of so many faithful from many parts of the world. I feel all your affection and closeness and, at this particular time, I feel as if I am “carried” and supported by all God’s people.

[PS01 □ @PStyle0ne1]

🚨 Russian partisans burned the control system with the radar of the S-300 air defense system

The "Liberator" movement explained what was destroyed:

The S-300 complex consists of 3 parts.
1. Radar for detecting targets at low altitudes.
2. The actual control system with radar illumination and guidance to air targets.
3. Up to 6 launchers designed to destroy air targets.

💪 The partisans of the "Liberator" destroyed the most important part of the complex, that is, the brain. Accordingly, the entire S-300 complex turns into a pile of iron until a new control system is installed.

The cost of the destroyed control system starts from 160 million dollars. The uniqueness of the action is that it is exclusive, hand-made and to destroy the installation and disable the complex, not a couple of missiles at a couple of million dollars each were spent, but 5 liters of gasoline, with a total cost of a couple of hundred rubles.

[Cormac Smith 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 @CormacS63]

@olddog100ua They don’t like too much truth, see what happened when President Zelensky told Trump and his monkey that Russia can’t be trusted

[Olga Sadowy @OSadowy]

There is no virtue in feasting before dawn and after dusk to compensate the hours in between. It calls for over indulgence and a lack of self control.
It is also sinful and hypocritical to call attention to your fasting.

[The Chivalry Guild @ChivalryGuild]

Cardinal Dolan's tolerant pieties are obnoxious, and I'm not sure why he's waving the cookie at the camera, but he's correct to note that Muslims often put us to shame with their discipline.

https://t.co/3Wa7mQmgYB

[Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM]

Here's the United States director of national intelligence on national TV pushing proven falsehoods and talking points that could have come straight from the Kremlin. I'll address them here:

-Elections were not "canceled," they are postponed under martial law, as set out in Ukraine's constitution. Ukrainians do want elections, but only once a peace can be guaranteed with security assurances that will deter Russia from attacking again. Why are such security guarantees necessary? Because there are millions of Ukrainians living under Russian occupation, millions more who've been displaced, a million or so military – and all these people would need to be granted the chance to freely vote, which cannot happen under the Russian gun. Moreover, Ukrainians overwhelmingly support Zelensky and none of them are questioning his legitimacy. There are two countries who are questioning his legitimacy: Russia and the US.

-Ukraine's political opposition is not silent; they criticize Zelensky even in wartime. There is still a healthy political discourse and competition in the country.

-Churches are not being shutdown as she mentions; the Moscow-run arm of the Orthodox church which has a proven track record of operating as branch of the FSB has been barred from practicing.

-"Total government control of the media"? Hardly. Independent news outlets are plentiful in Ukraine, and they report critically on the president and the military; many focus on exposing corruption.

-Gabbard also asks what Ukrainians are fighting for and whether they actually value freedom. Ukrainians are engaged in an existential fight. They are fighting and dying for freedom and independence – and they have done so since Russia first invaded in 2014. Ukrainians also led two revolutions – the Orange and Euromaidan/Revolution of Dignity – over corruption, state violence, political repression. The latter saw more than 100 pro-democracy protesters killed on Kyiv's main square, aptly named Independence Square. If there is anyone right now in the world who understands what freedom means and what it costs, its the Ukrainians.

[Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 @notesfrompoland]

Polish Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa and 38 other former political prisoners of Poland's communist regime have condemned Donald Trump's treatment of Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, which they said reminded them of communist interrogation techniques https://t.co/HUgCqVzlLz

[olexander scherba🇺🇦 @olex_scherba]

On this day in 2014, Crimean Tatar Reshat Ametov went on a peaceful rally against occupation of #Crimea. He was detained & abducted. Two weeks later, his mutilated body was found by a roadside. Cause of death: stab (by other accounts, a gunshot) in the eye. No, the annexation wasn’t “bloodless”.

Any criminal experts here? What does a stab or gunshot in the eye of a defenceless man say about the killer?

#CrimeaIsUkraine #StandWithUkraine

[Rep. Dan Goldman @RepDanGoldman]

To my GOP colleagues working to combat sex trafficking – the call is coming from inside your house.

Trump just facilitated the return of charged rapist and sex trafficker @Cobratate to the U.S.

It's an insult to survivors everywhere and discourages victims from coming forward.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

1. Vance calls Zelensky a war criminal.
2. Speaker Johnson demands territorial concessions and a new president in Ukraine.
3. USA stops supporting energy infrastructure in Ukraine.

Grok on this:
These three points taken together - Vance's indictment, Johnson's demands and the aid cutoff - would indicate a coherent strategy: forcing Ukraine to accept a deal with Russia that legitimizes Moscow's territorial gains and potentially pushes Zelensky out of office. Russia could claim this as a victory that rewards Putin's aggression and encourages him to take further expansionist steps.

But Trump doesn't care.

[Business Ukraine mag @Biz_Ukraine_Mag]

If Russia succeeds in seizing Ukraine, Putin gets:

- Europe's biggest army

- Large (and rapidly reviving) military-industrial complex

- Vast agricultural wealth and control of global grain markets

- Total dominance in the Black Sea

- Trillions of $ in mineral resources

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

Russia’s war against Ukraine did not start on February 24, 2022. It started over a decade ago — in Crimea.

And every day since, Canada has been clear: we stand with the people of Ukraine.

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

🤨 The British Ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson, stated that Ukraine should be the first to cease fire and that Zelensky must give "unequivocal support" to Trump’s peace initiative, The Guardian reports.

The UK government has distanced itself from his statement. Meanwhile, Mandelson himself believes that his comments were misinterpreted. Politico explains that the ambassador was "reflecting government policy to an American audience."

[Robert van der Noordaa @g900ap]

Hey @SecRubio how about that promise to defend Ukraine forever?

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Biden became more of the same, although his old Cold War instincts had initial promise in clearly seeing Russia and Putin as enemies of the USA who would do far greater damage if not stopped in Ukraine. But despite my many complaints, Trump was the greater danger and we see why.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Trump didn’t campaign on embracing Russia & saving Putin. He talked about ending the war—on day one—but since Jan 20 it’s clear that was a euphemism for giving Russia whatever it wants with no concessions. Russia started the war and could end it today. But he pressures Ukraine.

[Olga Sadowy @OSadowy]

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[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

FYI, Zelensky’s semi-military official attire represents a very, very important aspect of life in Ukraine right now—tactical clothing and various gear that is worn by everyone who has any connection to the war and combat operations.

Over the years of war, an entire subculture of tactical clothing has developed in Ukraine, along with popular domestic brands such as M-Tac or Talan, and at times, we have as many military surplus stores as shawarma stands (often owned and run by veterans).

Pants, T-shirts with Velcro patches for insignia, jackets with multiple pockets, tactical backpacks, caps, knives, boots—demi-season, summer, winter—ballistic glasses, gloves, multitools, all kinds of accessories for body armor, weapons, and gear. Black, gray, olive, navy, coyote, every possible camouflage pattern, and everything else.

You could go on forever.

The culture of military patches, both official and unofficial, where there’s space for the wildest imagination and exercises in wit, is a whole separate topic, worthy of thick books.

Many soldiers are constantly buying extra gear to supplement or replace the standard-issue military clothing and equipment provided by the state. Many newly mobilized recruits rush to military stores and buy everything they see, even if they are drafted as accountants, only to later realize they have no idea what to do with piles of tactical gloves and night vision devices.

Tactical clothing is also worn by journalists, demobilized veterans, instructors, volunteers—many people involved in the war, supporting the army, and working in the combat zone.

Yours truly, for example, has not parted for years—from the days of the "ATO" in Donbas to the battle for Bakhmut—with my black "police-style" jacket worn under body armor, as well as black tactical pants, a backpack, and M-Tac coyote boots. They were with me even in the rainy equatorial forests of East Africa.

It’s not just incredibly practical, it’s also a statement—I'm not a soldier, but I am part of the common cause of defending the country from the aggressor, of saving our nation and our way of life, and I am making my contribution.

Here’s an example: at the start of the battle for Kyiv, when Russian troops were already storming the outskirts of the capital, many who remained in the city were preparing for bloody urban combat. And many were stocking up on tactical clothing and gear (just because you're in a battle doesn't mean you shouldn't look fabulous and well-equipped, right?).

I was among them—and when I arrived at one of the major tactical stores still operating in the city, I was taken aback because I found a line stretching half a kilometer long.

This is an important aspect of life in Ukraine, visible every day in cities across the country. It’s also important to buy from Ukrainian brands, supporting veteran-owned businesses, as well as to wear national symbols—such as the Tryzub of Prince Volodymyr the Great.

One crucial rule—civilians (unless they are demobilized veterans) have no moral right to buy and wear camouflage clothing, whether it’s Multicam or our Ukrainian military patterns like the army’s "pixel." In this community, it is considered immoral and unacceptable. Camouflage is a mark of honor for a soldier. Want to wear it? Take the oath and join the military.

But if, for example, a civilian involved in the war effort wears tactical clothing in black, gray, dark blue, olive, or beige—there’s no issue. It’s practical, and it fits the times.

This is exactly what Zelensky does when he meets world leaders in front of the cameras in semi-military tactical attire. He represents a fighting Ukraine, where millions of people are not just serving in the armed forces but also contributing to the country’s defense for the sake of a common future in their homeland.

And Zelensky does it the right way—he deliberately avoids wearing an official military uniform or camouflage, which other politicians have shamelessly and absurdly used for self-promotion.

Yes, he is the Commander-in-Chief, but he is not a soldier, and even he does not have the moral right to wear camouflage, which is sacred, because it is in that uniform that Ukrainian soldiers shed their blood for our country and heroically fight against one of the largest and most ruthless armies in history.

All of this is far beyond and far greater than those petty, sneering giggles "Do you even have a suit?"

[Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated]

How JD Vance emerged as the chief saboteur of the transatlantic alliance | JD Vance | The Guardian https://t.co/h6QstDG21I

[John Sweeney @johnsweeneyroar]

War Diary Day 1010

To the Beykush Winery near Mykolaiv.

The Russians are 5 miles away but never mind them.

Beykush makes wonderful plonk.

https://t.co/whFmf3nUzP

[John Foreman CBE @John_ForemanCBE]

‘The last group of people that I would count on to defend freedom are the Europeans’