The Initiatives

Makuyu Education Initiative - by Ukraine Initiative -

[The Initiatives @StandByUkraine]

With the US looking to cut Ukrainian aid, Ukraine needs your now more than ever. We procure lifesaving equipment for those on the frontlines defending their homeland against a brutal invasion. Can you help us?

[The Initiatives @StandByUkraine]

@RepLuna “Trust me bro”

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

🇮🇹 PM Meloni: In face of new brutal Russian attacks against Ukrainian civilians, we can't look away.

Solidarity is fundamental when attacks and Russian aggression against Ukraine do not stop, even in face of millennia-old symbols of Christianity and UNESCO World Heritage sites.

We are reaffirming Italy and Japan’s commitment to defending international law and achieving just and lasting peace.

Firm support for Kyiv and pursuit of peace will obviously be central elements of G7 summit.

We will also reiterate our commitment to reactivating negotiating process to end the war.

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

When Notre-Dame burned in 2019, the world stopped.

Today, Russia damages Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a monastery nearly 1,000 years old and older than Notre-Dame itself.

A thousand years of history deserves the same attention, the same sympathy, and the same protection.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

We offered Putin to meet anywhere where real decisions to end the war could be made. He does not want it.

We discussed with the U.S. and France the possibility of a meeting with Russia around the G7, with all democratic nations represented. Putin does not want it.

Yesterday, we discussed with President Trump that such a meeting could be organized in the U.S. – in a format where Putin would find it much harder to refuse at least to President Trump.

We will see what comes of it. If Russia refuses this chance as well, additional pressure will be needed.

From an intervention at the EU Intergovernmental Conference. (3/3)

[Christo Grozev @christogrozev]

Incredible. Publishing what appears to be (if you care to read the "evidence") a totally legitimate US program, and even citing the risks of these being used as "Russian information campaigns", Tulsi Gabbard - the gift that kept giving - presents the Kremlin with yet one more information operation.
Read our investigation from 2025 where we presented evidence that the hybrid ops unit of GRU's 29155 came up with the whole "bio-labs" concept - and co-opted Tulsi into it. https://t.co/D8qdE38ahv

[Mitt Romney @MittRomney]

Tulsi Gabbard is parroting false Russian propaganda. Her treasonous lies may well cost lives.

[The Initiatives @StandByUkraine]

@GloOouD @DNIGabbard Yeah, like even if there are “bio labs” around the world…why bring Ukraine into it except to further Russian pro-invasion propaganda? Just bizarre.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

A course of action has been approved – to increase the financial sustainability of our defense and ensure the continued transformation of the Ukrainian Army.

First – pay. We have the resources to increase pay in the military. The minimum will be 30,000 hryvnias in rear areas. The more combat missions, the higher the level of pay. There will be new, significantly stronger contracts for infantry personnel. On average, 300,000 hryvnias on the front line. Everything depends on our Ukrainian infantryman.

The contracts will be structured to ensure clarity: contract terms of 10, 14, and 24 months with clear conditions – meaning clear temporary discharge. Guaranteed terms – and real temporary discharge. In addition, payments for Ukrainian combat commanders will be increased, and this should create a positive incentive to preserve command experience within the Army.

Second, I am grateful to all the volunteers from other countries who are fighting for freedom in Ukraine. I have instructed that significantly more opportunities be opened for foreign volunteers to join the Ukrainian Army. There will be additional recruitment mechanisms to support this.

Third, further simplification of transfers for warriors, more opportunities to advance within the Army, and more positive incentives to join the defense.
I expect every element of the changes now being implemented to show its effectiveness this summer. The Ministry of Defense will present the details of the decisions.

[The Initiatives @StandByUkraine]

@RandPaul But we still trust in Trump, don’t we? The guy literally does everything you stand against, but you gotta walk that line to appease his base

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

GUARDIAN: You said King Charles had raised Ukraine with Trump. Is he still helping you?

ZELENSKYY: Yes, but I will not tell you how.

GUARDIAN: What's he doing?

ZELENSKYY: No, I can't. It's up to His Majesty to answer such questions.

GUARDIAN: You have good relationship?

ZELENSKYY: Yeah, we have very good relationship. We and Ukraine love His Majesty.

You know, this morning when I spoke by phone with my wife, first of all — with all respect to Keir — my wife said, "Best regards to His Majesty." And then to Prime Minister, of course.

GUARDIAN: Would you like to invite King Charles to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian people one day?

ZELENSKYY: Between us, this very day, today, I want to invite him very much. I don't know from security point of view and so on. Yes, of course, we want to see him in Ukraine very much.

[The Initiatives @StandByUkraine]

@RepFine To be fair, trunk lies too, which is why it’s so confusing

[TinCup @Tccup5]

@axios Trump is a fucking lying con man. How the fuck did he end up being president of the USA?

[WarRoom Archives @WarRoomArchives]

Russians use a BTR as shelter, it is then blown up by a Ukrainian drone.

A BTR costs hundreds of thousands, taken out by a drone worth only a few hundred.

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran's Foreign Ministry directly rejects Trump's new claim that "everyone in Iran has approved the deal," including the Supreme Leader, saying no one has accepted it, and "no agreement has been reached," per Fars.

Any agreement requires the US to "accept every demand" from Iran, including that it won't surrender enriched uranium or make nuclear concessions, that the Strait of Hormuz remains permanently under Iranian management, and the transfer of $24 billion in frozen funds. Iran adds "if it were to yield under pressure, it would have done so a year ago" rather than after sustained US bombing.

The spokesperson also denied Trump's claim that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen on a deal signing, saying it "remains closed" under Iranian authority and "safe passage is not possible."

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

The Day That Changed the War

On June 10, 2022, the world’s first successful combat use of an FPV drone took place. “Tourist,” “Schweiger,” and “Baghdad” — fighters of the SIGNUM battalion — carried out that historic mission.

We all remember the footage that has since become part of history: “Fourth house. Blue doors.” That flight became a point of no return — an event that changed the course of Russia’s war against Ukraine and transformed the rules of modern warfare.

Because of it, Ukraine now has a dedicated branch of unmanned systems forces, thousands of destroyed enemy vehicles, hundreds of thousands of eliminated occupiers, and, most importantly, countless Ukrainian lives saved.

We thank those who dared to be first — and those who continue the fight every day.

Quoting Sternenko here.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Arrest him

Pictured: Russian drone tech boss at Disneyland https://t.co/R0s7FOr6rQ

[The Initiatives @StandByUkraine]

@CaolanReports It’s cuse they are desperate

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

Ukrainian drone forces are methodically grinding down bridges connecting the Russian-occupied parts of Kherson with the occupied peninsula of Crimea.

The bridge in Chonhar has already been critically hit. Russians moved pontoon bridges to bypass it, but Ukrainians continue to strike this area.

In Henichesk the situation is similar. While the bridge is not completely closed, it has been severely damaged and only one lane can be used. It is questionable if the damaged bridge can carry heavy duty vehicles such as trucks and tankers.

The bridge in Armiansk was hit by several drones and is impassable for cars and trucks. Additionally, the bridge near Stavky north of Armiansk has also been struck. The extent of the damage has yet to be determined.

Overall the development is quite clear. Ukrainians are increasingly making all movement for logistics impossible. The list only the current state and will certainly get worse for the Russian invasion force. With the Kerch Bridge being diminished since the strikes some years ago and all major ferris destroyed, relative isolation of Russian-occupied Crimea is a new reality.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

ZELENSKYY: I don’t want to agree or disagree with Trump, because he has his own relationship with Putin. But I’ve always told him that he can’t trust Putin or his inner circle, that Putin is playing games with him. God bless, American society remains strong supporter of Ukraine.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Merz: "Ukraine has been defending its freedom for more than 4 years."

(AfD members laughing)

Merz: "That’s telling sign, ladies and gentlemen. They laugh about it, they laugh about fate of millions of people in Ukraine and they travel to Moscow for their champagne receptions."