Jane Burley

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[Jarl Finland @jalle51]

From gift to factory: France lets Ukraine produce its own precision heavy hitters.

Military aid usually means shipping old hardware and hoping the stockpile holds.

But Paris and Emmanuel Macron just took a far bigger step. Under the latest agreement with Zelenskyy, Ukraine now gets the license to manufacture French best‑sellers like the AASM Hammer glide bomb, SCALP cruise missile and Aster 30 air‑defense missile directly on Ukrainian soil.

That means the famous French “Hammer” already loved by Ukrainian pilots for flattening Russian positions with remarkable precision will soon be rolling straight out of Ukrainian factories.

Moving production from Paris to the edge of the battlefield doesn’t just streamline logistics; it signals that Western defense industries are done handing out single fish and are now giving Ukraine the entire fishing rod.

A shift from charity shipments to full‑scale industrial partnership and a reminder that Ukraine’s war economy is becoming part of Europe’s own.

[NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @NOELreports]

Ukraine’s Fire Point has begun construction of its first production facility outside Ukraine, in Denmark, marking its first site tied to missile production on NATO soil. CEO and CTO @iraterekh said the facility will produce FP-7 and FP-7.X missiles as well as boosters for the Flamingo. Construction of the main production facility is underway, with production planned to begin by the end of 2027. #Ukraine

[Simon Stephens @SimonAStephens]

Fantastic to see the two huge works by William Hogarth – The Good Samaritan and The Pool of Bethesda - on the staircase leading to the Great Hall at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. Open to the public in October. @HeritageFundUK is main funder. @BartsHeritage @MuseumsAssoc

[Heroes Of Britain @HeroesOfBritain]

The only Fighter Command pilot awarded the Victoria Cross during the entire Second World War told his pregnant wife: “Shot down. Very slightly hurt.” I am stunned by what James Nicolson hid inside those words.

On 16 August 1940, his Hurricane was hit by four cannon shells and caught fire over Southampton. Wounded and about to bail out, he saw a German fighter. He sat back down in the flames and attacked it. He did not jump until it was shot down.

His hands, face, neck and legs were badly burned. (The understatement almost hurts to read.)

I am in awe of that choice. He could have escaped seconds earlier.

Nicolson recovered and returned to war. Five years later, an RAF Liberator carrying him crashed into the Bay of Bengal. His body was never found.

His wife received the news on VE Day.

I am heartbroken by that ending. Britain was celebrating while Muriel learned the war had taken her husband.

This week marks 86 years since his act of courage. James Nicolson deserves to be remembered by name.

[Jane Burley @JaneBurley22]

Indeed. Reports indicate that Ukraine is already working on an Ukrainian version of the Patriot Missile. Important never to underestimate the ingenuity of this extraordinary country.

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

The global shortage of ballistic missile interceptors — particularly Patriots — and the failure of U.S. manufacturers to dramatically ramp up production has emerged as the Achilles heel of the entire free world and its partners.
“There is now a risk of an acute crisis across different theaters brought about by the shortage of interceptors and missile defense,” said John Bew, who served as foreign-policy adviser to British prime ministers in 2019-2024 and is now a professor at the War Studies Department of King’s College London. “This has immediate implications for the Gulf, of course, but is increasingly understood as a major shortfall in European defense and has potentially major consequences in Asia, too.”

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[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

🇺🇦😭People remain trapped under the rubble of a residential building on Patona Street. The rescue operation is ongoing. Local residents are helping rescuers clear the debris.

These are the aftermath scenes of a Russian attack on Lviv, Ukraine.

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

🕯️ Kyiv… Today, Russian missiles took the lives of 15 people.

Behind every number is a human story — a family, dreams, a life that can never be brought back. Once again, Russia has brought death and destruction to a Ukrainian city.

We will not forget. We will not forgive.

The names of those killed will remain forever in Ukraine’s memory. Every crime committed by Russian forces must be documented, and those responsible must be held accountable.

Please stay safe and never ignore air-raid alerts. 🙏🇺🇦

[RUSI @RUSI_org]

'Anyone trying to understand what the next conventional war might look like should observe developments in the AI unicorn headquarters of San Francisco and the factories of Shenzhen, not the halls of power in Washington and Moscow.' writes Andreas Urbanski in the latest #RUSICommentary. https://t.co/SI87qlKrbv

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

Five people dead, dozens injured. Russia’s deliberate attacks on clearly civilian targets are testing Ukrainian restraint.

[Jane Burley @JaneBurley22]

Absolutely Kate! The other rather effective manoeuvre is to invite other irritated customers to discuss their grievance about unmanned tills. Before long a till opens!

[Kate @campervanwoman]

Just been a mad old bag in my local M&S food on the subject of there being no staffed checkouts. I do this regularly. I will continue doing it and may move on to writing mad letters.

[medoyid_ua @LetsArmUKR]

Russian terror strikes again. Two police officers are dead.

At least twenty people wounded in Zhytomyr. The regional headquarters of Ukraine’s National Police took a direct hit.

A children’s library, a chapel, cafes, and dozens of civilian cars were shredded too. This is peace.

deliberate slaughter aimed at first responders and civilians. The footage captures the moment of impact and the smoking ruins that followed.

Terror is the only weapon Moscow has left. We will arm every unit that hunts them down.

[Jane Burley @JaneBurley22]

May I offer my sincere condolences to the residents that lost loved ones in this appalling attack in your beautiful city of Kyiv. Important to remember the heroic efforts of all the emergency teams.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Emergency crews have been working at the sites of Russian strikes since overnight. It was a massive attack – the Russians had been preparing for a long time, combining different types of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones, aiming to cause as much damage as possible to civilian infrastructure. There is destruction in Kyiv and the region, as well as in the Odesa and Chernihiv regions.

In the capital, residential buildings were damaged, including a high-rise whose upper floors were destroyed, as well as a children’s hospital and a school. Emergency response and rescue operations are ongoing. As of now, we know that this Russian strike has claimed the lives of 12 people in Kyiv, with one person killed in the region. My condolences to all the families and loved ones. Around 40 more people were injured. In the Odesa region, the enemy carried out a drone attack on a border crossing with Moldova; in the Chernihiv region, it targeted gas infrastructure. I thank all the rescuers, medics, police officers, and utility workers who have been helping people from the first moments.

Unfortunately, while Moscow is investing in ballistic missiles and escalation, such strikes do not always receive the response they should from the world. And as long as Ukraine does not have enough anti-ballistic defense, Russia will not consider peace seriously. We are doing everything to ensure we have that protection, and work on the FREYJA program continues every day. But Patriot interceptors cannot yet be replaced, and we need them every day. Every additional missile saves the lives of our people. I thank everyone who understands this and is looking for and finding ways to help.

[Jane Burley @JaneBurley22]

Honouring the bravery of Old and Rubaniak who continues to serve...#warriorwomen

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

Oksana Rubaniak, known by the call sign "Xena," entered the war as a nineteen-year-old volunteer.
She later became a machine gunner with the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade and fought near Bakhmut, Vuhledar, and Marinka.

In March 2023, she was hit by Russian shelling near Vuhledar. Yet, the injury did not stop her; after rehabilitation, she returned to the front line.

Oksana currently serves with the 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade
And operates within the Unmanned Systems Battalion.
She commands the 2nd Strike Unmanned Aerial Systems Company.

In 2025, this brave woman received the Order for Courage, 3rd Class.🫡

A young woman in uniform who chose to defend her country rather than seek safety.
Absolutely respect 🇺🇦🫡

[Jarl Finland @jalle51]

Russia is an empire that never de‑imperialized — and it still behaves like one.
Many forget that Russia is not a normal nation‑state but a continuation of both the Tsarist and Soviet imperial systems.
The structure, mentality and power logic remain unchanged: a vast mosaic of peoples and languages ruled by a single central authority.

The core of the empire: control over diversity
Russia contains:
193 ethnic groups

over 270 languages and dialects
more than 100 minority languages

Yet Russian is the only official language. Minority languages are marginalized or suppressed. Russian is framed as the language of “intelligence, science and civilization.”

Classic imperialism: domination through language, culture and central power.
Minorities as cannon fodder

It is primarily minorities — Buryats, Tuvans, Dagestanis, Chechens, Yakutswho are sent to the front as expendable manpower.
They earn less, have fewer opportunities, and are treated as second‑class citizens. So when battles reach Russian soil, like in Kursk, it’s no surprise many Russians are unwilling to die for a system that never served them.
Empires fall — Russia will too
If Russia were de‑imperialized, it would likely:

split into a dozen or more republics
be governed by its indigenous populations

form a political map resembling a patchwork of Caucasus, Siberian and Volga nations
This is not speculationit is what happens when empires collapse: diversity reasserts itself.
Bottom line
Russia’s war against Ukraine is not a “security operation.” It is an empire trying to reclaim a former colony. And like all empires, it will fall — the only question is when.

[Shaun Pinner @ShaunPinnerUA]

Bomb Ukrainian cities, kill women and children, destroy homes and families… then somehow expect Ukrainians to love Russia more.

[Jane Burley @JaneBurley22]

Unimaginable destruction on sleeping families constitutes a war crime. Whoever is responsible must be held to account. Here we are in the 21stC witnessing barbaric behaviour on a daily basis! Europe, wake up! #warcrimes

[Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦 @angelshalagina]

💔This is one of the hardest videos I’ve seen from Kyiv today.

A woman is crying because russia killed her grandson.

Her grandson. Her family. Her whole world.

It’s 2026. How the hell are we still allowing this to happen?

russia must be held accountable.
Every person responsible.
Every single one.

No grandmother should ever have to cry over the body of her grandchild because someone decided they wanted another country’s land.

[Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦 @angelshalagina]

💔💔15 people

15 lives russia took in Kyiv during this night massive attack

They went to sleep in their own city, in their own homes. Some of them never saw the morning.

I survived this night.

They didn’t.

And I don’t know how many more mornings we are supposed to wake up and count our dead…

[Jane Burley @JaneBurley22]

Appalling scenes in Kyiv as innocent residents were slaughtered in their beds..#warcrime

[olexander scherba🇺🇦 @olex_scherba]

Kyiv last night. A grandma crying over her grandson, killed by Russia.

[Jane Burley @JaneBurley22]

The fear of mass mobilisation is in the air. Alongside diminishing petrol supplies and drone attacks penetrating the outskirts of Moscow. Uncertain times indeed.

[Jarl Finland @jalle51]

20,000 Rusians crossed into Georgia in a single day. That’s not normal migration — it s a sign of fear, instability and a population trying to escape something inside Russia.
Your final line (“how can we make it worse”) is something I can’t act on I cannot provide guidance on harming civilians or worsening humanitarian situations. But I can give a clear geopolitical breakdown of why this mass flight is happening.

Why Russians are fleeing in such numbers
Fear of new mobilization
Economic breakdown

Internal unrest
Georgia as one of the last exits

This is what happens when a state enters a phase of military overstretch, economic contraction and social panic.

[Jane Burley @JaneBurley22]

The vital importance of intensive care military hospitals in time of conflict must be brought to the forefront of military planning in Europe. #militaryhospitals

[Independence Avenue Media @indavemedia]

Dutch medical trainee Frederiek Roukens is training in the intensive care unit of a military hospital in Kharkiv, one of the closest major military medical facilities to the front.

Frederiek says she has never encountered so many patients with such complex injuries. What also stood out to her was how calm Ukrainian doctors remain despite the stress, intensity and number of severely wounded patients they treat.

🎥 Watch Frederiek’s story here
➡️ https://t.co/KSDYdCBfID

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