Scott 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦💙

Truth rises above. Freedom, Independence, Democracy, Equality, Respect People, Free Nations. Slava Ukraini!! No MAGA. No Kings in America! DM’s from known only.

[Kevin Gaughen 🇺🇸 @gaughen]

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s former Minister of Defense, in just about the craziest picture I've ever seen.

[Joni Askola @joni_askola]

Something that would not be allowed in Russia: Ukrainians are protesting over a decision made by their president

[Scott 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦💙 @TheScottel]

@IAPonomarenko A massive disappointment.

[maksym eristavi. @maksymeristavi]

Ukrainian journalism consistently siding with civil society at the right time is one of the most badass aspects of Ukrainian democracy.

[Scott 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦💙 @TheScottel]

@maksymeristavi WOW!! Moreover, United24 is the Zelensky sponsored fundraising organization.

[Scott 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦💙 @TheScottel]

@maksymeristavi Yes, Yes, and Yes. Good to hear you speaking about this. Thanks you Maks!!!

[Scott 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦💙 @TheScottel]

@Gerashchenko_en Who has been responsible for the technology that has enabled Ukraine to target and hit hundreds of Russian ships in recent weeks?

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Kyiv right now 🇺🇦

Sound on!

[Scott 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦💙 @TheScottel]

@IAPonomarenko Dismissing Federov : A massive error by Zelensky on many fronts. It shakes my resolve in the ZE administration when he fires one of the countries greatest assets in the fight against Russia and in creating superior innovation and demonstrating dominance on the battle field.

[maksym eristavi. @maksymeristavi]

from @FedorovMykhailo: “Instead of figuring out how to defeat russia asymmetrically — which is the Commander‑in‑Chief’s task — he came up with a way to split the country…
In reality, Syrskyi saved our country in 2022. Among other things. He carried out the Kyiv operation. He carried out the Kharkiv operation. He took part in the Kherson operation. We cannot underestimate such a commander…
But the war has changed completely. A drone changes its architecture four times a year... The command system has changed, and we must change as well. We cannot keep moving forward based on what worked back then.”

[Jeremy @jeremyct]

My wife and I got into it last night about the grocery bill.

I pulled up an old Target order from February 2020.

28 items. $64.50.

Added every single one back to the cart just to see.

$158.30.
Same 28 items. Same store. Same cart.
$93.80 more.

In five years.
We didn’t buy more.
Didn’t upgrade anything.
Didn’t add a single extra item.

Just needed the same things we always needed.

They told us inflation was transitory. They told us it was under control. They told us the economy was strong.

Our cart didn’t get any of those memos.
145% increase in five years.

Not one member of Congress has looked at a grocery receipt in decades.

And it shows.

[Scott 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦💙 @TheScottel]

@maksymeristavi I understand and my anger is based on exactly this. The left over Soviet guard has succeeded in quashing a road to a future democratic independent superior united EU NATO Ukraine

[Scott 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦💙 @TheScottel]

@maksymeristavi Unless Zelensky has an alternative plan in place for Fedorov to employ his unequivocal skills advancing Ukraine’s offensive and defensive capabilities, ZE’s legacy will forever be denigrated by his decision to remove the most qualified and successful MOD ever. Allies Beware!!

[Scott 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦💙 @TheScottel]

@maksymeristavi I’ve followed Fedorov over the last years since he was an up and coming bright information officer to his successes at the highest levels of the MOD. And now, the old school, post SSR cronies have pushed out the most innovative progressive proven intelligence official ever. Sad!

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

SHE’S NOT “JUST A BARTENDER.” At the beginning of her sophomore year, AOC’s dad was diagnosed with lung cancer.

He died at just 48 years old.
Alexandria was 19.
Still in college.
Her family's world had just collapsed — and the recession hadn't even hit bottom yet.

Her father's medical bills piled up fast.
The family home faced foreclosure.
Her mother worked double shifts — cleaning houses, driving school buses, doing whatever it took to keep a roof over their heads.

Alexandria graduated cum laude in 2011.
She moved back to the Bronx and picked up shifts — bartending at a Manhattan taqueria and waitressing on the side.

In December 2016, she drove to the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota.
She watched indigenous communities risk everything to protect their land from a pipeline.

She left with a decision she hadn't arrived with: she was going to run for Congress.

Her campaign headquarters was a paper grocery bag hidden behind the bar where she worked.

Between shifts, she'd change her clothes and go out canvassing.

She was outspent nearly 10 to 1.

On June 26, 2018, she defeated Joe Crowley a 10-term incumbent and the fourth-most powerful Democrat in the House.

Political insiders called it the biggest primary upset ot the year.

No one saw it coming.
SHE did.

On January 3, 2019,
AOC was sworn into Congress.
She was 29 years young — the youngest woman ever to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.

SHE’S NOT “JUST A BARTENDER.”
SHE’S THE AMERICAN DREAM 🇺🇸

📸: The Limitless Ladies

[Scott 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦💙 @TheScottel]

@keithedwards Visiting the morgue and terrified the grim reaper will recognize her too.

[Serhii Sternenko @sternenko]

Відтепер я не радник міністра оборони, що, поза сумнівом, зменшує можливості допомоги якісно змінити ситуацію у війську із дронами. У нас на виході якраз були нові тендерні вимоги для закупівель FPV-дронів, які б дозволили армії отримувати найкращі засоби та розвивати інфраструктуру для глибших ударів. Сподіваюсь, вони зрештою будуть затверджені.

Зі свого боку — продовжимо забезпечувати військо топовими виробами у фонді, але, звісно, у меншому масштабі. Разом із вами.

Вдалося уніфікувати наземні станції керування під дрони на оптоволокні. Трошки зміг вплинути і на розвиток окремих бригад, вивівши їх на значно вищі позиції у загальному рейтингу.

Не вдалося… Багато чого. В тому числі через бюрократичні перепони та штучне затягування з боку тих, кому заважає армійська реформа.

Не вдалося встигнути допомогти своїй країні більше в умовах повномасштабної війни.

Та все одно це важливий досвід. Досвід у команді, до якої я мав честь належати.
Михайло Федоров — найкращий міністр оборони за усю нашу історію. Дякую за приклад лідерства та служіння.

Прикро, що сьогодні наша держава стала значно далі від перемоги.
Прикро, що реальні реформи навіть не дали розпочати, хоча все одно вдалося багато що змінити.
Не прикро за вас, за людей, які усе бачать та розуміють. І підтримують.

Це точно не кінець.
Безмежна повага Михайлу.
Подяка всім, хто не мовчить.

Далі буде.

[Mykhailo Fedorov @FedorovMykhailo]

It has been a great honor to serve the Ukrainian people as the Minister of Defense.

Here is what our team managed to achieve:

1. Disabled Starlink access for Russian forces.

2. Took over a Ministry of Defense with zero budget, took a risk, reallocated funds from payroll from the end of the year, and effectively invested them in mid-strike capabilities, fiber-optic FPVs, low-cost reconnaissance, ground robotic platforms, interceptor drones, and deep-strike drones.

3. Launched "Logistical Lockdown", this cut off enemy logistics and initiated the isolation of Crimea.

4. Continued the funding program for the Drone Line.

5. Launched a support program for modern drone-assault units that rely primarily on advanced technologies in combat.

6. Introduced a 70% advance payment policy for procurements made via e-Points on the Brave1 Market portal.

7. Fundamentally overhauled the procurement system.

8. Procured thousands of pickup trucks, buggies, and ATVs for the military for the first time—and did so through open tenders.

9. The drone interception rate rose from 83% to 91%, and the cruise missile interception rate soared from 47% to 87%.

10. Contracted Patriot PAC-2 GEM-T missiles for the first time, and submitted an application through an EU loan to purchase PAC-3 missiles.

11. Launched a baseline drone supply system for brigades and corps.

12. Launched a massive grant program for manufacturers of explosives and missiles.

13. Initiated an unpopular but vital transformation of the military.

14. Conducted three UDCG meetings, where we successfully broke through the Russian information trap claiming our defeat, restoring partners' faith in Ukraine. This secured $40 billion in support announced for this year (excluding the EU loan).

15. Launched the mechanism to utilize the EU loan for our military priorities.

16. Found a way to scale cheap missiles against jet-powered Shaheds and signed a record-breaking contract.

17. Our domestic ballistics. We radically revised the technical specifications, maximized accuracy, and reduced the cost by 30%.

18. Signed a contract to procure Gripen fighter jets.

19. Collaborated with the military to plan and execute Operation Auchan, which halted the enemy's mechanized offensive for six months.

20. Opened up exports under the Drone Deal program to attract investment and scale up domestic defense-industrial complex (OPK) production.

21. Launched the Trophy Lab, providing partners with the opportunity to study captured Russian military technologies.

22. Launched the Defense AI Center A1 to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence on the battlefield.

Thank you to my entire team for their relentless 24/7 service. A special thank you to my family for their patience.

Thank you all for your support!

I will continue to work toward the mission I originally brought to the Ministry of Defense: defeating the enemy through asymmetry, the speed of innovation, and the power of organization.

To be continued.

[Scott 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦💙 @TheScottel]

@frontlinekit I do not understand this at all. I hope there is a greater plan in play because his brilliance and innovation helped change the direction and success of the war for Ukraine. Is there any word about what is next for him? Will he move to a different position in the armed forces?

[Scott 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇦💙 @TheScottel]

@JohnnyKeyz82 OMG, it looks so good. What mix did you use? Did you get the amount of heat you were looking for?