Borchu

International relations, security, Eastern Europe, Caucasus. Trying to be grey in a black & white world.

[Borchu @PuszekMyszynski]

@PetrenkoAndryi https://t.co/VK72Oo1MTo

[Slawa @Slawa_tv]

🇺🇦🇵🇱🗣 Посол України в Польщі закликав українців не піддаватися страху через окремі випадки агресії, наголосивши, що Польща є правовою державою, а в разі загрози потрібно негайно звертатися до правоохоронних органів.

[Slawa @Slawa_tv]

🇺🇦🇵🇱🗣 Посол України в Польщі закликав українців не піддаватися страху через окремі випадки агресії, наголосивши, що Польща є правовою державою, а в разі загрози потрібно негайно звертатися до правоохоронних органів.

[UAVoyager🇺🇦 @NAFOvoyager]

Today, Ukraine honors the medics who gave everything so others could live.

They didn't ask who you voted for. They didn't ask where you came from.

They just saved lives.
Murdered by russia.

This thread is for them.
🧵1/7

[Borchu @PuszekMyszynski]

Exactly!

[Daniel Foubert 🇵🇱🇫🇷 @d_foubert]

France 🇫🇷 should do exactly what Ukraine 🇺🇦 is doing:

It should rehabilitate Pétain, Vichy, French Waffen SS "Charlemagne", shock its closest allies and tell them to fuck off!

Marshal Pétain should return to the Pantheon of national heroes. Streets should be renamed after Vichy officials. Charlemagne veterans should be presented as complicated patriots who merely wanted an independent France and unfortunately found themselves wearing SS uniforms on the Eastern Front.

Whenever Britain complains, France should explain that the British simply do not understand French history.

Whenever Jewish organisations protest, Paris should accuse them of spreading Russian propaganda.

The Vel' d'Hiv roundup should become a matter of historical nuance. Yes, thousands of Jews were arrested by French police, but this is clearly not the right moment to discuss it. France is facing security threats. Why are you helping the enemy by bringing up events from eighty years ago?

Then Emmanuel Macron should personally unveil a monument to Philippe Pétain and explain that modern France has absolutely nothing to do with Vichy.

Every European newspaper should patiently explain that France is a sovereign country, French identity is complicated, and insulting French national heroes is deeply counterproductive.

If anyone mentions French crimes, Paris should answer that Britain also bombed French cities, that some Jews committed crimes too, that the Resistance executed collaborators, and that de Gaulle was not always polite to minorities. Therefore the whole matter is balanced. History is difficult. Everyone suffered. Nobody has the right to judge.

If the issue is the Waffen-SS, France should immediately mention that some members of the Resistance also committed abuses. If the issue is Vichy deportations, France should explain that the Allies also killed civilians. If the issue is Pétain, France should bring up Mers-el-Kébir, colonial repression, or any other event capable of burying the actual question under a pile of false equivalences.

Because that is the trick.

You do not deny the crime directly. You surround it with other facts until scale, intent, organisation and responsibility disappear. A state-sponsored exterminatory militia becomes just one actor among many. A genocide becomes a tragic episode. The victims become a debate.

Fortunately, France 🇫🇷 is not Ukraine 🇺🇦 or Russia 🇷🇺.

France crushed Pétain, Vichy, the Milice, collaborators, informers, and French Waffen-SS volunteers.

Pétain was tried for treason and condemned to death. His Prime Minister Laval was executed. Milice men were hunted, imprisoned, shot, or publicly disgraced. Collaboration was not repackaged as national liberation because some collaborators hated communism.

Was post-war France hypocritical? Yes. Was the purge sometimes brutal, selective, and ugly? Yes.

Good, but the figures are still brutal: roughly 300,000 cases were investigated after the Liberation. French courts pronounced 6,763 death sentences, 791 of which were carried out; 49,723 people were sentenced to dégradation nationale and stripped of civic rights. Including extrajudicial killings during the épuration sauvage, historians generally estimate that around 10,000 people were killed in the purge.

A country that discovers rotten apples in its own barrel does not build monuments to them. It removes them, loudly, violently if necessary, and teaches future generations to honor only what is worth being honored.

[Borchu @PuszekMyszynski]

Step in the right direction.
https://t.co/NUb01Pyw1D

[UAVoyager🇺🇦 @NAFOvoyager]

russia killed them.

On July 6, a russian missile struck an ordinary apartment building in Kyiv.

Under the rubble, rescuers found:
🕯️ 20-year-old Olha Antoniuk, a makeup artistry student.
🕯️ Her 19-year-old fiance, Bohdan Nykyforov.
🕯️ Olha's 48-year-old mother, Tetiana Hardadina.

They were planning their wedding. Bohdan had moved to Kyiv to be with Olha. Her father had already been killed defending Ukraine in 2024. Now russia has wiped out the rest of the family.

Moments before the strike, Olha texted her sister: "We're running to the shelter."

It was her last message.

They were supposed to get married.

Instead, they were buried together.

They had names, dreams, and people who loved them. russia took all of that away.

[Zartonk Media @ZartonkMedia]

Armenia Performs First Remote Robotic Surgery as Surgeon in Belgium Operates on Yerevan Patient from 3,300 Kilometers Away 🇦🇲
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Armenia has performed its first-ever remote robotic surgery, with a surgeon in Belgium successfully operating on a patient in Yerevan from more than 3,300 kilometers away, marking a new milestone in the country's healthcare sector, according to Armenpress.

The landmark procedure was carried out at SlavMed Medical Center in Yerevan using a surgical robot controlled remotely over a high-speed internet connection, allowing the surgeon to operate without ever being in the same country as the patient.

For patients, the breakthrough carries a practical promise: access to the world's top specialists without the cost and burden of traveling abroad for treatment.

The operation was performed by Professor Alexandre Mottrie — one of the world's leading urologists, Head of the Urology Department at OLV Hospital in Aalst, Belgium, and Executive Director of the ORSI Academy — who guided the surgical robot from Belgium.

The patient, who had early-stage prostate cancer, underwent a robot-assisted radical prostatectomy that was completed safely and successfully.

The achievement builds on SlavMed's December 2025 milestone, when it performed Armenia's first robotic surgeries. This latest procedure marks the country's first remote robotic operation.

SlavMed founder Armine Hovakimyan said, "From the very first day of SlavMed Medical Center's establishment, we have chosen the path of continuous development and improvement by embracing modern approaches and innovation. Performing Armenia's first remote robotic surgery is a landmark achievement for us."

SlavMed was the first medical center in Armenia to introduce robotic surgery and build a dedicated robotic surgical team. The procedure was made possible by the Toumai MT-1000 robotic surgical system — equipped with Armenia's only module for remote surgery — and the clinic's internet infrastructure, which together let surgeons control the robot remotely with precision while ensuring a safe operation. Extensive preparatory work synchronized the robotic systems at the two hospitals.

Mher Mkrtchyan, head of SlavMed's urology department, remained in the operating room alongside the patient throughout the procedure.

"This is a significant milestone because medicine is beginning to transcend borders. Our patient trusted our clinic and our team and chose this option without hesitation. I was present in the operating room and was ready at any moment to continue the operation immediately if any technical issue arose, so there was never any risk to the patient's life or health," Mkrtchyan said.

Beyond Mkrtchyan's presence in the operating room, patient safety was ensured through multiple layers of protection, including backup communication channels in case of connectivity disruptions, with engineering and surgical teams on standby at both locations throughout the procedure.

Levon Grigoryan, head of SlavMed's robotic surgery and endoscopic service, said the accomplishment was made possible by a comprehensive remote surgery system.

"Our goal is to ensure that every citizen of Armenia has access to medical care at the level of the world's leading centers. This system allows the expertise of the world's top specialists to be present in our operating theaters. It also significantly reduces costs for patients, who no longer need to travel abroad and stay there to receive the same treatment," Grigoryan said.

Professor Mottrie praised the cooperation between the two medical teams.

"A good collaboration is absolutely mandatory because we have to be fully aligned. SlavMed has ensured this high standard, reaffirming its role as a leading center in the region. By introducing robotic telesurgery, the clinic enters a new era, and I want to bring my knowledge and experience in robotic surgery into your hospital to give it a head start," he said.

With this achievement, Armenia joins the world's leading countries that offer remote surgical services, SlavMed said, adding that Armenian patients can now receive world-class surgical care at home, without the need to travel abroad.

Supported by SlavMed's medical team and its advanced technology, the surgery marks a new frontier in Armenian healthcare — one in which distance is no longer a barrier to the best care in the world.

[Borchu @PuszekMyszynski]

@bukovyna2 Może czas misiu, by ktoś ci wyjaśnił, że samo pojęcie "narodu" w czasach Rusi Kijowskiej nie istniało w dzisiejszym rozumieniu. A prawa miejskie miastom takim jak https://t.co/T4P3mwRf8w: Lwów, Kowel,Stanisławów, Krzemieniec,Kamieniec Podolski, Brody,Tarnopol nadawał król Polski.

[Borchu @PuszekMyszynski]

@bukovyna2 🤣

[Borchu @PuszekMyszynski]

@abuhtiyarov @StopRashizm @PetrenkoAndryi Zawsze będę potępiał tępą nienawiść wobec niewinnych i przypadkowych osób. Ale to powinno działać też w drugą stronę. Patrząc na X na komentarze- nie działa. Poziom nienawiści i agresji ze strony ukrainskiej oraz - co najbardziej krzywdzące - zrównywanie PL z RUS jest szokujący.

[Borchu @PuszekMyszynski]

@Piotr_Maciazek 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Borchu @PuszekMyszynski]

@EmbargoNaSmert @Info53917080 Po części zgoda. Tyle że 1) proporcje łotrów do bandytów - tu się różnimy w ocenie. 2) Ani polska AK, ani BCh (Peasants army) ani nawet nacjonaliatyczna NSZ nie planowała, nie organizowała, nie wykonywała czystek etnicznych. UPA - tak.

[Borchu @PuszekMyszynski]

@bukovyna2 Co robili? Mieszkali od wieków. Około 350 tys. Polaków na Wołyniu, ok. 16%. Natomiast w samym Lwowie to Polacy byli w większości. Nawet Żydów było więcej. Uczyli Cię tego w szkole? Założę się, że nie.

[Borchu @PuszekMyszynski]

@boorn7 Umiesz czytac ze zrozumieniem? Mam nadzięję,że te bandziory zostaną surowo ukarane.Ale wyciaganie poszczególnych przypadków pobić UKR przez PL słuzy tylko dalszemu antagonizowaniu naszych narodów (i wiadomo kto korzysta na tym).A są tez odwrotne przypadki (pobicia PL przez UKR).

[Borchu @PuszekMyszynski]

@Info53917080 Ad. 3 I tu jest główna różnica. Dla nas ze wzgledu na umieszczenie w swoim programie i rozkazach "czystki etnicznej" jest to nie do zaakceptowania. Ad.4 Nikt rozsadny w PL nie wybiela i nie zaprzecza polskim mordom na cywilach ukrainskich i bialoruskich.

[Borchu @PuszekMyszynski]

@Info53917080 A to już zaczątek konstruktywnego dialogu, dziekuję. Ad.2 Podaj źródło informacji Ad.3 Zaangażowanie w mordy na polskiej ludności vs w walkę z Sowietami są nieporowynwalne -max 10k zabitych ruskich żołnierzy, urzędników, funkcjonariuszy NKWD vs ok 10x tyle zabitych PL (i innych).

[Borchu @PuszekMyszynski]

@IAmWowster @Info53917080 To słabo szukałeś. Te liczby są znane od dawna. Ale nie liczby sa tu najwazniejsze. Tylko Wasz, ukraiński stosunek do UPA i do nas, Polaków. Nie chcecie zrozumieć naszego punktu widzenia.

[Borchu @PuszekMyszynski]

@PolPomidor @PolsatNewsPL @NawrockiKn Drug addict? Same rhetorics as Russians used against Zelensky. Ukrainians and Russians - you are the same.

[Borchu @PuszekMyszynski]

@ukr_pycopi3 @PolsatNewsPL @NawrockiKn Po takim stosunku do Polaków, nie dziwcie się, że sympatia do was w PL tak dramatycznie spadła.

[Jaroslaw @JarekMo]

@jonnymaks78 @PolsatNewsPL @NawrockiKn Mylisz się, to nie POLSKA historia.
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