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[Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 @frontlinekit]

💀 We killed so many fucking orcs this month.

The military keeps sending me videos of them exploding saying "Thanks Rich", and honestly it's my fucking pleasure.

As @GermanTimchik always says, we may not get paid, but we do get paid in dead ruzzians and there is nothing better.

[Progresívne Slovensko @progresivne_sk]

Pomôžte nám šíriť toto video! Slovensko musí vedieť, ako Ficova rodina roky vyciciava štátnu kasu!

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

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Our Beloved US American Brother Andrew David Mario, who had been serving in Ukraine as a Volunteer succumbed on the Battlefield.

Honor, Glory and Gratitude To Our Brother.

[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

Jan Sebastian “Onyx” Restrepo Mazo.

A veteran of the Colombian Marine Corps.

A respected warrior in the military circles of his homeland.

And now, of Ukraine as well.

He was wounded in infantry combat and received the Ministry of Defense’s Wounded in Action distinction. He was awarded the Golden Cross and later the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Golden Cross by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

He had a kind soul. Sometimes he would return with food for a stray puppy that looked too hungry to him.

“Onyx” loved cooking and enjoyed good food.

A warrior of Christ, a professional soldier, and a fierce opponent of the communist plague. His life encompassed the military, business, criminology, and culinary arts.

Jan Sebastian was a man of many talents—kind to his friends and relentless toward his enemies.

He served in the International Legion and later in the 413th “Raid” Regiment. Jan Sebastian was part of a bomber drone crew and was killed in action near Huliaipole.

“Onyx” was captivated by the Carpathian Mountains. He fell in love with Ukraine. His final wish was to be buried in Lviv.

Sebastian’s family traveled from Colombia to pay their final respects to the hero.

Everyone is invited to attend the farewell ceremony. Ukraine became a new sacred homeland for this Colombian warrior of Christ.

Paying tribute to a true volunteer who spent years fighting evil for our freedom is a matter of honor for Ukrainians.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

The first footage of Putin and Dmitriev's speeches at SPIEF in St. Petersburg, following the Ukrainian drone attacks. 😂😂😂

[Olena Halushka @OlenaHalushka]

During russia's attack on Kyiv on June 2, Veronika, a mother of two was killed while running with her children to a shelter.

Her sons, aged 2 and 4, were taken to Okhmatdyt children's hospital. The older boy suffered severe bruising and a hematoma. The younger one sustained much more serious injuries: an explosive fracture of his left elbow, multiple wounds to his face and body, and shrapnel embedded in his soft tissues.

The mother did everything she could to save her children. She did not survive. 💔 Everyone who supports russia has our blood on their hands.

Source: Suspilne, photo TSN.

[Slava 🇺🇦 @Heroiam_Slava]

Ukraine hits Russian FSB headquarters near Crimea - One strike instantly wipes out 100 Russian troops

[Polymarket Intel @PolymarketIntel]

EU Foreign Policy Chief, Kaja Kallas:

'Claims that the Baltic States allow Ukraine to use their airspace are utter nonsense - and Russia knows it. Moscow’s threats against the Baltic States are not a sign of strength, but of weakness. Russia is failing on the battlefield in Ukraine and is trying to intimidate us into reducing our support for Ukraine. The right response is to do the opposite: increase our support to Ukraine and boost Europe’s defences even further.'

[medoyid_ua @LetsArmUKR]

We have witnessed the fall of the United States as a global hegemon — a former hegemon. This is not a temporary weakening, but a systemic and possibly irreversible decline. The main reason for this process is Donald Trump, the weakest president in American history.

Trump is not merely a bad president. He is a president who is consciously and consistently dismantling everything that made America a hegemon for eight decades. Instead of strategic vision and cold calculation, we see chaotic emotional decisions, the trading of national interests like at a bazaar, and a constant readiness to betray allies for short-term political gain or personal ego.

Under his leadership, the United States has ceased to be a reliable guarantor of the world order. Former allies no longer trust American commitments. NATO is on the brink of collapse because its leading country openly disregards its obligations. Ukraine, which is fighting the largest war in Europe since World War II, has effectively been betrayed. Taiwan understands that in the event of Chinese aggression, it may simply be abandoned. Europe no longer sees Washington as a leader, but as an unpredictable partner best kept at a distance.

Trump is not building a new, stronger America. He is destroying the old one — the one built on military superiority, the financial dominance of the dollar, technological advantage, and a system of alliances. He is weakening all of these simultaneously. Military aid to Ukraine has been slashed, pressure on Europe regarding defense spending has turned into outright blackmail, and relations with China are not strategic containment but chaotic bargaining. Even traditional Republican elites, who once considered a strong America their core ideology, are now forced to adapt to a cult of personality and isolationist sentiments.

Trump’s weakness is not just a lack of character. It is profound strategic blindness. He fails to understand that hegemony is not only power, but also responsibility and reputation — a reputation he has destroyed in record time. The world has seen that American commitments can be canceled with a single tweet or phone call. This lesson has already been learned in Beijing, Moscow, Tehran, and Pyongyang.

We are now observing a chain reaction. Authoritarian regimes sense weakness and are acting more aggressively. China is accelerating preparations for Taiwan. Russia is not stopping in Ukraine. Iran continues to destabilize the Middle East. And Europe, instead of rapidly rearming, is still hiding behind the backs of Ukrainian soldiers, hoping that “somehow it will pass.”

The fall of American hegemony under Trump is not the triumph of a multipolar world, as some like to claim. It is the triumph of weakness, selfishness, and shortsightedness. A world in which the most powerful country refuses to lead becomes far more dangerous for everyone. Because a vacuum of power is always filled by chaos and aggression.

The worst part is that this process may become irreversible. Even if Trump eventually leaves, America’s reputation has already been severely damaged. The trust lost in these years will be extremely difficult to restore. Global elites have already begun searching for alternative centers of power — and these will not always be democratic and predictable players.

Trump will go down in history not as a strong leader who “made America great again.” He will be remembered as the president under whom America voluntarily renounced its global role. As the man who accelerated the end of the American century. As the weakest president of all time, who managed to undermine the most powerful state in the world from within.

History will render its verdict. But it is already clear: we are living in the era of the fall of a former hegemon. And his name is Donald Trump.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

In ​Kyiv ​today russian terrorists killed athlete Yuriy Orlov and his girlfriend in a missile strike on an apartment building🕯💔

The Ukrainian Floorball Federation shared the tragic news on their Telegram channel:

​"We express our deepest condolences to the family, loved ones, friends, and the entire floorball community following the tragic death of Yuriy Orlov, a player for the KFK club (1996–2026).

​Yuriy was more than just a player—he was a man who lived for floorball, giving his all to his team and leaving a significant mark on the sport in Ukraine. His dedication, professionalism, and kindness will forever remain in the hearts of all who had the honor of knowing him."

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

The body of a 12-year-girl was found under the rubble after the massive Russian attack.

She had her whole life ahead of her. Deepest condolences to her family.

Russia must pay for its crimes.

[🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @front_ukrainian]

❗️Zelenskyy harshly criticizes the Trump administration and is distancing himself from the United States. After the 99% cut in American aid, Kyiv no longer views Washington as a reliable partner or mediator in negotiations with Russia.

Ukraine has significantly ramped up its own arms production (especially drones), has become much more self-sufficient, and therefore now feels able to publicly criticize the US in ways it previously avoided.

[распад и неуважение @VictorKvert2008]

Mishko. Mariupol.

He was born in 2014, when the war began. In March 2021, his mother died, leaving his father alone with three children.

Then Mishko and his family were buried under rubble in a basement while Russian fascists were bombing the city. His father found a shovel in the basement, dug a passage into another basement, and they survived.

When asked what the boy dreams about, he answered:

— That my mom would come back to life…
— And what else?

He thought for a moment and said:

— I don’t need anything else…

[Denys Shtilierman @DenShtilierman]

The Telegraph published an article titled “Putin is down. This is the time to start kicking him.” It’s a very powerful piece that deserves a detailed analysis. The author is Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, former commander of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment and commander of the UK’s Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment. This is a rare instance where a high-ranking Western military officer is directly telling the West: stop making concessions to Putin; it’s time to finish him off.

“For the first time in two decades, Russia could not muster a single tank in what is traditionally the Kremlin’s grand annual exhibition of military might – an event Putin himself describes as a warning to Russia’s enemies. What the world witnessed was not power, but weakness: a diminished parade, hollow symbolism, and a regime increasingly fearful of its own vulnerability.”

“With Ukrainian drones and missiles now capable of striking deep inside Russia, Putin clearly dared not risk displaying valuable military hardware at a known time and location. Instead, the regime relied heavily on massed marching formations, including North Korean troops, to create the illusion of scale and strength.”

A British colonel bluntly states what we have seen ourselves: Putin fears Ukrainian drones so much that he canceled the display of equipment at his own celebration.

“Even Putin’s speech, usually a lengthy endurance test in which the dictator indulges in imperial nostalgia and Soviet-era rhetoric, was remarkably brief and muted. Gone was the swagger of a leader convinced of inevitable victory. In its place stood a man attempting to justify an increasingly costly and strategically catastrophic war. Putin insisted Russia was fighting a “just” war and described Ukraine as an “aggressive force” being armed by NATO.”

From “Kyiv in three days” to a “just war” against NATO. This is not the rhetoric of a victor.

Separately, the author mentions Russia’s hybrid war against the West:

“It is Russia, not the West, that has spent years conducting a sustained hybrid war against Europe and particularly the United Kingdom. The murder of Alexander Litvinenko and the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal in Salisbury remain chilling reminders of the Kremlin’s willingness to conduct state-sponsored attacks on British soil, alongside relentless cyber warfare, sabotage and espionage across Europe.”

This is an important point for Western readers — a reminder that Russia was waging war against them even before 2022. And it continues to do so everywhere to this day. Cut cables, blown-up warehouses, planes in NATO airspace — this is war, just without missiles for now.

“Today, the battlefield reality is moving increasingly in Ukraine’s favour. Ukrainian forces continue to make incremental but meaningful advances while Russia suffers appalling losses in both manpower and equipment.”

“At the same time, Ukraine has demonstrated an increasingly sophisticated ability to strike strategically important targets deep inside Russia, even without large-scale American military support. Critical infrastructure attacks are now placing growing pressure on the Russian economy and exposing the Kremlin’s inability to fully defend its own territory.”

This is a very valuable insight regarding the current state of the war. The British colonel openly acknowledges what we are achieving on our own. Without American aid, under international pressure, and under constant attack — Ukraine is still ramping up the pressure on Russia.

Separately, the author mentions the internal situation in Russia:

“All of this comes amid growing signs of unease inside Russia itself. Public criticism of the war, once almost unthinkable, is becoming more visible as ordinary Russians begin to question the price of Putin’s disastrous gamble in Ukraine. This criticism would be even more evident were it not for a recent crackdown on internet services in Russia and the silencing of many dissenting voices.”

But the most important point in the article is made in the conclusion, to which I can only give a standing ovation:

“What Saturday demonstrated beyond doubt is that Putin is wounded politically, militarily and psychologically. History teaches us that when a dangerous predator is weakened, that is precisely the moment to apply maximum pressure – not to offer concessions for the sake of expediency. The most effective time to kick a man is when he’s down.”

“The West must ensure that Volodymyr Zelensky is empowered to secure a just peace for the Ukrainian people, rather than allowing Putin an escape route simply to bring the fighting to a premature close.”

This is precisely the logic we have been repeating for four years in a row. Concessions to the aggressor do not end the war — they merely postpone it. Poland waited 45 years to gain its freedom after Yalta. The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria signed the Khasavyurt Accords — and then more than 20 percent of its population was massacred. Ukraine has no right to let such a fate befall its people.

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

I confronted the russian ambassador at Venice Biennale because no one else did.

In the last 24 hours russia bombed city centres & a kindergarten. Dozens murdered in the streets.

The russian pavilion here is filled with free champagne & art to whitewash their war crimes.

[EMPR.media @EuromaidanPR]

Massive strike: Ukraine hits Russia's biggest oil refinery in Rostov

[Rep. Frank Pallone @FrankPallone]

America should be taking leadership in Ukraine’s fight for its independence and democracy, but Trump has pulled out because he’d rather ingratiate himself to a dictator in Moscow.

Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine will go down in history as one of the worst foreign policy decisions of his presidency. https://t.co/1nm04vExEs

[WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 @WarMonitor3]

Ukraine is absolutely battering the Russian energy industry with drone strikes which is causing huge economic problems their air defence is completely incapable of doing anything...

[Slava 🇺🇦 @Heroiam_Slava]

Ukraine has found a way to stop "Kinzhal" missiles.

Ukrainian specialists report a technological breakthrough in air defense that could radically change the approach to countering Kinzhals — one of the most dangerous Russian hypersonic missiles.

It concerns a new electronic warfare system called "Lima", which is capable not only of jamming the signal, but actually knocking missiles off course while they are still in flight.

This was reported by Kyiv Independent.

[NSTRIKE @NSTRIKE1231]

❗️🇺🇦🇷🇺 GOOD NEWS| “If everything the Defense Ministry has planned is actually implemented, we will defeat Russia decisively. No alternative.” — Advisor to the Defense Minister, Sternenko.

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