Ben Wilson🇺🇦🙏🇺🇸🇳🇿💙💛🪖

Slave Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇲🇭🇲🪖

[MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 @MFA_Ukraine]

90 years ago, Ukrainian poet, writer, film director and actor Mykola Vinhranovskyi was born in Pervomaisk, in Ukraine's south.

He became one of the leading figures of the Ukrainian Sixtiers – a generation of writers and artists who defended Ukrainian culture and identity during Soviet times.

Vinhranovskyi studied film directing and later worked at the Dovzhenko Film Studio in Kyiv. His first poetry collection, Atomic Preludes, was published in 1962 and quickly sold out.
Love, beauty and harmony are at the heart of Vinhranovskyi’s poetry. His lyrical works are known for rich metaphors and deep connection with Ukrainian nature.

Despite Soviet censorship and pressure from the authorities, Vinhranovskyi remained committed to writing in Ukrainian. He was awarded the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine in 1984 and became the first president of Ukrainian PEN.

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️Melania Trump stated that she participated in every stage of planning the ceasefire in Oleshky: she studied demining plans, aerial photographs, the condition of roads, and evacuation routes. Her communication with Russia and Ukraine was active and well-coordinated; she also discussed access to hospitals, transport, and medical resources, and received information about the preferred dates for the operation.

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️US Vice President JD Vance said that the main reason Republicans lost control of Congress in the midterms was the war with Iran, not low turnout. He stressed that many voters who supported Trump and himself in 2024 voted for Democrats this time. Citing a poll, Vance listed four main demands from disillusioned supporters: end the war with Iran, address inflation and the cost of living, return to an “America First” policy, and change US relations with Israel. He also rejected the idea that amnesty for immigrants would solve the party’s problems.

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️Ukrainian FPV drone captures the strike of a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter with two guided aerial bombs on Russian positions

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️After the Republicans’ catastrophic losses in Tuesday’s elections, President Trump is asking advisers whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should remain in his post, sources tell CBS News.

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian infantry, supported by drones and ground robotic systems armed with a Browning M2 machine gun, are conducting an assault and clearing of 🇷🇺Russian positions in the Huliaipole direction.

[Shaun Pinner @ShaunPinnerUA]

The “fake ambulance” story gets stranger the closer you look.

Valentyna Moloda says she went there to help a seriously ill man but she also told journalists she owned the private ambulance service whose logo was on the vehicle. She had no official connection to the company, while its owner says the ambulance was sold in 2024.

Then there’s the 14-year-old presented online as a torture victim. The reporting puts him at the scene during the unrest. The claim that he was held there as a detainee, while filmed throwing bricks and stones at police is fundamentally extraordinary🤷‍♂️

Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation has opened an inquiry into possible abuse of authority by military personnel, let them investigate it properly, it doesn’t mean there was, and she is in the dock, rightly so.

And if you’ve already shared this as proof of a secret torture prison, take a good, long look at what you actually know.

[MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 @MFA_Ukraine]

80 years ago today, @UNESCO’s Constitution entered into force. Ukraine has been part of this story for 72 of them.

Since joining on 12 May 1954, Ukraine has served five terms on the Executive Board and now sits on the World Heritage Committee for the first time in its history.

Today the partnership faces its hardest test. Russia’s full-scale invasion has put half of Ukraine’s World Heritage Sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger. UNESCO’s response has been concrete: emergency support for Ukrainian schools, newsrooms and museums, and a programme the Executive Board extended just last month.

We are grateful to the Secretariat and to every Member State standing with Ukraine’s culture, education, science and media.

[Shaun Pinner @ShaunPinnerUA]

Civilians had gathered to collect humanitarian aid when a Russian glide bomb struck on Monday. Officials said at least 31 people were killed, including two emergency workers, and 48 were still unaccounted for.

“The timing and location of the humanitarian distribution were well publicised,” said Danielle Bell, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.

Russian forces either knew aid was being handed out or failed to take basic steps to find out what was happening before the strike.

In either case, she also said, “this attack seems to have violated the most fundamental principles of international humanitarian law.”

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️Horrific and tragic video footage from Komyshuvakha: Ukrainian police cameras captured literally the last seconds of people’s lives as they tried to hide from Russian aerial bombs in a bomb shelter. The number of dead as a result of the Russian strike on Komyshuvakha has risen to 40 people, the local military administration reports.

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

🥴Trump stated that gasoline actually became more expensive because of Iran.

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️Yulia Mendel has been notified in absentia of suspicion of high treason, – the Security Service of Ukraine and the Office of the Prosecutor General.

Zelensky’s former press secretary is charged with high treason under martial law and justifying the Russian Federation’s armed aggression.

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️The Norwegian government will allocate over €107 million over three years for the development of Ukraine’s defense industry. The funds will come from the military component of the already approved Nansen Support Programme, and the program will be managed by the state-owned investment company Investinor, which will channel the financing through Norwegian funds that invest in the Ukrainian defense industry in order to attract additional private capital.

[Shaun Pinner @ShaunPinnerUA]

I think there will be some serious questions to answer once this dies down, and potentially arrests.

Claims of medics pretending to be doctors, people with no connection to the medical company, questionable ambulance vans, and now statements reportedly from the prisoners themselves denying torture allegations and agreeing to go to the front. 🤷‍♂️

Then there are photos of 14-year-olds apparently unrelated to the house in question.

It’s bizarre, to say the least.

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️According to a German Aid to Ukraine (GAU) analyst citing the US State Department, the delivery of 500 PAC-3 MSE missiles for Ukrainian Patriots ($2.1 billion) is expected in Q4 2030 ��� Q4 2033. The sale was approved on October 30, 2026; funding will come from Germany, Canada, and Norway (JUMPSTART) plus an EU loan. Partners may accelerate deliveries by yielding their places in the production queue.

[MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 @MFA_Ukraine]

At least 24 people were killed and five more were injured in a horrific Russian attack on Komyshuvakha in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region.

Russian forces repeatedly struck a school where local residents regularly received humanitarian aid. Following the initial attack, Russia dropped nine more aerial bombs on the shelter where people had taken cover.

Rescue teams are still searching for people at the site.

Russia knew that civilians had gathered there to receive humanitarian aid. Yet it attacked both the building and the shelter where people had sought safety.

These killings demonstrate Russia’s disregard for civilian lives. The international response must include stronger pressure on Russia and continued support for Ukraine.

[Mateusz Rybak @mateusz_rybak1]

Bachmut jest Ukraiński!🇺🇦
Wołczańsk jest Ukraiński!🇺🇦
Charków jest Ukraiński!🇺🇦
Donbas jest Ukraiński!🇺🇦
Mariupol jest Ukraiński!🇺🇦
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[Radek Sikorski @radeksikorski]

Thank you @SecRubio for the continuation of our conversation from DC last week. Today we had another good discussion – about the G20, support for Ukraine, transatlantic relations and lessons from the Polish model of political transformation.

[Radek Sikorski @radeksikorski]

Let me be clear. Europe is now paying for this war. We are buying American weapons to deliver to Ukraine. US supplemental package ran out last year. We are paying, this is our security and therefore we deserve a seat at the negotiating table.

@MunSecConf

[Radek Sikorski @radeksikorski]

One should not cling to old formats simply because they are familiar. It's wiser to build coalitions the times require. And today's threats come mainly from Europe's northern, eastern and southern flank.