Ukrainian women's saber team defeated the russian team in a spectacular comeback, advancing to the quarterfinals of the World Championships in Hong Kong.
First, congratulations to Ukraine.
Second, why are russians even allowed to compete in civilized international sports.
As Director-General of UNESCO, Khaled El-Enany has not issued an official, standalone quote or statement directly condemning Russia. Will he do it now? Ever? Drop him a line @UNESCO_DG
@7NewsSydney Ahaha, what a bunch of clowns. Putin could barely hold a parade and practically needed Ukraine’s permission to do it. He’s sacrificed more than a million of his own people for his ego and greed, and they still worship him.
Born to be slaves, even outside Muscovy.
“Now I understand what my ancestors felt. The pain of losing home, and the helplessness of watching others decide the fate of your homeland.”
Crimean Tatar activist Lia Gazi @qirimlia on how russia is changing the population of occupied Crimea.
Over a million russians have moved there since 2014.
> ukrainians fight for freedom
> use small boats to devastate a great power’s ships in the Black Sea
> freeing captives
> burn down ports
Holy shit, that’s 1616 all over again.
This is how passenger trains have to operate in frontline regions - with a flatbed car ahead in case of mines, and drivers shielded by additional protective plates and mesh.
Russia has been attacking Ukrainian trains a lot recently.
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🔹 18-year-old Kseniia, who had no opportunity to communicate with anyone for many months. To avoid being bullied because of her pro-Ukrainian position, she was forced to pretend to be “one of them” among strangers. Today, she is safe and dreams of becoming a police officer or a soldier to defend Ukraine.
🔹 16-year-old Oleksii, who experienced the abduction of his father by the occupiers. FSB officers detained the man at a checkpoint and held him in a basement for three months, while the family wassubjected to interrogations and threats. The boy did not wait until he turned 17 — he left to avoid being registered for military service in Russia.
🔹 18-year-old Andrii, who was interrogated by Russian police simply for using the Ukrainian language in private messages. Fortunately, today he is already in Ukraine and can freely speak his native languagewithout fear of punishment.
These and ten more children rescued last week have already received a chance for a new life. All of them are now staying in our Hope and Healing Centers, where they receive psychological support, assistance with documents, housing, and care — everything they need to start dreaming again and building their future.
Unfortunately, thousands of Ukrainians remain hostages of the occupiers. The invaders are intensifying militarization, forcibly mobilizing youth, and blocking escape routes. But we continue to fight.
🙏 We are grateful to our partners @Klitschko, We Are All Ukrainians, The Humanity Funds, and the Joint Center for Coordination of Search and Release — together, we are bringing Ukrainian children back home.
Thanks to Save Ukraine, over 1,000 children are already home.
Паралімпійська збірна України заявила про тиск від Міжнародного паралімпійського комітету:
«Ніколи раніше наша команда не стикалася з такими відкрито негативними проявами і навіть перешкодами щодо українців як представників Національного паралімпійського комітету».
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Russian “athletes” have never been separated from the army, with over 70% of russian Olympic team being active army personnel legally often in officer ranks, but this Paralympic team has directly participated in genocidal war, murders, rape, pillaging, deportations, tortures.
❗️росія за столом переговорів отримує більше, ніж досягла на полі бою, — висока представниця ЄС Кая Каллас
«Там, де росія завдала шкоди Україні, росія має заплатити. Жодної амністії за воєнні злочини».
Розібрався в правилах МОК. Якщо під час Олімпійських Ігор ви застрелите спортсмена прям посеред естафети з криком «за комунізм», то вам нічого не буде, а мертвого спортсмена дискваліфікують, бо його смерть - це політична заява.
🚨VLADYSLAV HERASKEVYCH: THERE WERE MANY RUSSIAN FLAGS IN THE STANDS AND ON A RUSSIAN ATHLETE’S HELMET, BUT THEY RECEIVED NO SANCTIONS AND WERE NOT DISQUALIFIED, DESPITE CLEAR VIOLATIONS OF IOC RULES — THIS PLAYS INTO RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA
"This Olympic Games so far, we saw a lot of Russian flags on the tribunes. Fans use it a lot. Also, we saw Russian flag on the helmet of the one of the athletes on the venue. And I told her that I'm forced to also look on the Russian media because it makes big impact in my country. And I saw that they meet this news about Russian flags in a very... They were very grateful for that. They were stating that they're happy to see Russian flag back to Olympics. Despite fact of the violation of IOC rules this athlete and spectators, as I know so far, - didn't receive any sanctions or they wasn't disqualified as I was. And I told her that when they have this behavior towards this athlete, towards Russian flags, and when on another side, they have me and they try to implement some rules in such a way that some people may see it not fair. So I think it plays along with Russian propaganda, and I told her about it. I told my concerns", - Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych banned by IOC said on Thursday that, Feb 12, 2026
Ця чеська студія-розробник відомих відеоігор допомагає збирати кошти для України та її людей із самого початку повномасштабної війни 🇨🇿🫶🏼🇺🇦
Перший допис на підтримку України зʼявився на сторінках @Amanita_Design 24 лютого 2022 року. А весь наступний тиждень команда студії віддавала свій прибуток на підтримку українців. Відтоді подібні ініціативи стали традицією чеських розробників, які зібрали десятки тисяч доларів для наших людей.
У межах минулорічної акції Amanita Design додала українські прапори на обкладинки своїх ігор у Steam, що не спод��балося росіянам і викликало цілу хвилю злорадства з їхнього боку.
Але розробників це не зупинило. Вони зібрали для України $68 000 і днями оголосили про запуск нового тижня підтримки для нас 💙💛
As the 'Neutral Team' were flying to compete in the latest Olympics the bombers took off from all over russia to once again kill more children, more future olympic athletes in Ukraine.
This is the reason we are pissed you keep claiming THEY are neutral and are 'good russians'.
An investigation by Hunterbrook Media has found that the American technology company Ubiquiti is supplying Russia with equipment used by the Russian military in its war against Ukraine, including for drone operations, circumventing sanctions.
The deliveries are routed through third countries, including Turkey, Armenia, and Kazakhstan.
According to Hunterbrook Media, Ubiquiti radio bridges - wireless long-range data transmission devices that do not require cables - are widely used by the Russian military to maintain communications between units and to operate drones.
Approximately 80% of the radio bridges used by the Russian armed forces at the front are manufactured by Ubiquiti. There are effectively no alternatives to this equipment.
As part of the investigation, a journalist posing as a Russian officer procuring equipment for his unit contacted online stores selling Ubiquiti products in Russia. Many of these retailers use the company’s brand in their domain names and website designs, and some explicitly claim to be "official" distributors. Around ten sellers agreed to supply equipment for the needs of the Russian armed forces.
Hunterbrook Media also contacted Ubiquiti’s official distributors.
The Armenian-based company ITsupport agreed to ship sanctioned equipment to Russia.
The American firm Multilink Solutions initially stated it could deliver directly to Russia, later withdrew that offer, but subsequently agreed to arrange shipment via Turkey.
An analysis of trade data shows that the total value of Ubiquiti shipments crossing the border into Russia surged 66% after the invasion despite U.S. and EU sanctions and export controls.
Ubiquiti itself claims it is unaware of where its distributors resell the equipment. At the same time, as Hunterbrook Media notes, the company has not announced a complete withdrawal from the Russian market since the war began.
Although Ubiquiti’s website no longer lists official distributors and resellers in Russia and Belarus, an archived version of the site from 2014 includes a list of Russian partners - many of whom continue to operate and sell Ubiquiti products in Russia.
Investigation: https://t.co/S9o8GZ5BLG