When Sophie Scholl was 21, the Nazis executed her by guillotine. Her crime: Defiantly trying to wake up those around her who had been zombified into submission.
Her small movement was called The White Rose, or as this French tribute song says, "La rose blanche":
🇺🇦 Viral claim circulating: Russian channels say Ukraine has connected hundreds of drones to a virtual server, letting gamers worldwide pilot strikes and collect cash prizes per battalion destroyed. Sounds like dystopian sci-fi. Here’s the signal vs. the noise.
What’s real:
• Ukraine actively recruits gamers for FPV drone units. Controller familiarity, reflexes, and spatial awareness transfer directly. Thousands have been brought in. Gaming background is now a recognized advantage.
• “Army of Drones Bonus” system: Units earn points for verified kills and equipment destruction. Points redeem for more drones and gear through an official military marketplace. Explicit gamification of performance and logistics - internal to units, not personal cash to civilians.
• Real competitions between Ukrainian drone teams, plus training simulators that have spun off into civilian versions.
• Remote piloting tech is advancing to keep operators farther from the front.
What’s exaggerated or false:
No credible evidence supports an open public server where random international gamers log in to fly live combat missions for cash bounties per target. Drone operations stay under military command. The points system is a unit-level incentive tool, not a global bounty board.
Russian sources appear to be blending real Ukrainian adaptations with propaganda inflation.
Drone warfare is industrializing and lowering skill barriers. Consumer gaming culture is being absorbed into lethal systems at scale. Incentive structures borrowed from games are reshaping unit motivation and resource allocation. Remote operation decouples the pilot from immediate physical risk.
This isn’t crowdsourced chaos. It’s the feedback loops of modern precision warfare tightening - faster iteration, clearer performance signals, lower barriers to entry for effective operators. The side that integrates these loops most effectively changes the cost curve of attrition. 🧵⬇️
Russia has begun installing weapons on "shadow fleet" ships – The Times.
Weapons have been spotted on some of the Russian vessels used to transport oil and LNG while bypassing sanctions. Fixed guns were observed on the tanker *Marshal Vasilevsky*, in particular—presumably for protection against drones and boarding attempts.
According to defense sources, such measures could signal to NATO nations the risks involved in any potential operations against these vessels.
It is also noted that the appearance of armed tankers could complicate efforts to intercept or inspect "shadow fleet" ships in Europe.
Perhaps they are just fake weapons, but NATO will likely never again stop and inspect a ship from the Russian shadow fleet.
@bfmbusiness Bientôt un citoyen n’aura plus l’accès à l’eau. Ou à un prix exorbitant.
En plus de nous polluer les nappes phréatiques, ils nous empêchent la pluie de les remplir avec leur bassine de débiles au lieu d’installer des réservoirs hors sol.
Des cons +des salops comme Volvic 👏👍
@Julietteetienn5@bfmbusiness Pour être précis, on planifie pour les rentiers et les entreprises.
Ce qui se passe dans votre bus, c’est le problème à personne puisque entreprise privée.
Today is Constitution Day of Ukraine!
Exactly 30 years ago, the Fundamental Law of our state was adopted. And it is Ukrainian men and women who give it strength. Our people write the pages of our history, and it is they who fill the pages of our Constitution with life: through their example, their deeds, their work, and their struggle for Ukraine.
Sovereign. Self-determined.
Democratic. Governed by the rule of law.
European. Peaceful. Independent.
Happy Constitution Day of Ukraine!
Diehl Defence in Germany is in talks with Ukraine's Fire Point to manufacture Flamingo missiles.
Russia's problems are insurmountable now, and only getting worse
Every Russian defense facility that serves the war against Ukraine is a just target for our long-range sanctions.
Last night, FP-5 Flamingo missiles successfully struck the Titan-Barrikady facility in Volgograd. It is a major industrial complex where the enemy produces artillery systems and specialized military equipment, including components for missile launch systems used in attacks against our people. Confirmed strikes were followed by a fire on the plant's premises. I thank the warriors of our Defense Forces for their precision.
The reach of Ukraine's long-range sanctions continues to expand. And it is precisely our pressure, day after day, that lays the groundwork for a dignified peace in the end. I am grateful to every Ukrainian engineer and warrior who is making our long-range capabilities possible. Glory to Ukraine!
I presented state awards on the occasion of Ukraine’s Constitution Day to Ukrainian men and women who work for our state. First and foremost, to our military: I personally presented the Orders of the Golden Star to the Heroes of Ukraine, and also handed awards to the families of the fallen who, tragically, were awarded this title posthumously.
I also presented awards to Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko; the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Epiphanius; our multi-time champion Liudmyla Luzan; war correspondent Andriy Tsaplienko; and the first responders and a police officer who saved the Dormition Cathedral after the Russian strike.
I thank everyone who, through their work, words, faith, and actions, supports Ukraine and our people. Everyone who, in their place, helps build a free and strong state. A state that is fighting today for its freedom and independence. And it will certainly preserve them.