Over the past few days, Ukraine has been facing one of the most significant political crises since the beginning of the full-scale war.
Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov was dismissed. According to Fedorov himself, he had serious disagreements with the military leadership over reforming the Ministry of Defense, defense procurement, and the future development of the Armed Forces. His dismissal has sparked widespread public outrage, protests, and intense debate across Ukraine.
But the biggest problem is not only the personnel decision itself. The biggest problem is the complete lack of open dialogue with society. There has been no proper conversation with the public, no clear answers to the questions that concern hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, and no understandable explanation of why this decision was made or what the plan is going forward. And we still have none.
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians publicly support Mykhailo Fedorov. Tens of thousands are taking part in peaceful demonstrations, while millions are expressing their position online. We want the international community to see the scale of this public reaction.
We are not asking foreign governments to interfere in Ukraine’s internal affairs or make personnel decisions for us. We are appealing to international journalists, newsrooms, analysts, experts, human rights advocates, and everyone who cares: please help bring attention to this situation. Tell your audience about it, request comments from Ukrainian officials, and ask questions about the reasons behind these decisions, the future of defense reforms, and the absence of open dialogue with society.
Please help ensure that this issue does not disappear from the public agenda without answers. We do not need foreign interference. We need attention, transparency, accountability, and an honest conversation between the Ukrainian government and Ukrainian society.
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Ukrainians deserve answers.
Is the Kremlin playing the British media like a fiddle or rather like a balalaika?
Well you certainly wouldn’t be mistaken for thinking so if you see this week’s front cover of @TheEconomist
One of Russia’s richest oligarchs personally spent SIXTY HOURS spoon-feeding Russian propaganda and Kremlin talking points to an Economist journalist.
And the correspondent just lapped it all up.
This sanctioned oligarch’s factories feed the Russian war machine that manufactures ammunition that every day rains down on Ukraine.
I see and live the catastrophic reality of that complicity every single day in the relentless, brutal killing of innocent civilians.
To give this man a polished platform while his enterprises fund the slaughter of Ukrainians is a shameful editorial failure.
He is the financial lifeline of a murderous, illegal war. He does not belong on media pages; he belongs in the dock of a war crimes tribunal.
This is "liberated" Bakhmut.
Once home to more than 70,000 people.
Today, after more than two years of russian occupation, almost nothing remains.
russia doesn't liberate cities. It erases them.
Don't pretend you don't understand this.
Magyar’s weekly recap from the Sea of Azov:
⚓️🔥14 vessels overnight on 12 July: 10 tankers and 4 ferries.
A total of 90 units of russia’s shadow fleet were hunted by the Birds of the Unmanned Systems Forces during the week of 6–12 July.
Every 112 minutes throughout the week, a tanker, tugboat, dry cargo vessel, or other special-purpose vessel of the worms was fed with “MoLoChKa”.
Moscow will fall.
More to come…
USF online scoreboard “PIDRAKHUYKA”
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MAGYAR🇺🇦
12.07.26
A country that beheads enemy soldiers has no place in the Olympics.
A country that rapes and tortures civilians and POWs has no place in the Olympics.
A country that bombs children’s hospitals, then strikes again when medics arrive, has no place in the Olympics.
A country that uses chemical weapons and banned munitions has no place in the Olympics.
A country whose troops drag POWs to death and shoot surrendering soldiers on camera has no place in the Olympics.
A country that is led by an individual wanted for child abductions and war crimes has no place in the Olympics.
A country that employs the Wagner Group, and is responsible for every massacre they commit, has no place in the Olympics.
Russia has no place in the Olympics.
Not under a flag. Not under “neutrality.” Not as individuals.
In 2022, 88% of Russia’s Olympic medals were won by soldiers. That’s not sport. That’s military propaganda.
If you see this, RT and like. Let the International Olympic Committee @iocmedia hear us.
Let the world hear us.
Let justice be louder than silence. #RussiaIsATerroristState
🇺🇦🇷🇺 BUDANOV SAYS PUTIN HAS REACHED A DEAD END
Kyrylo Budanov 🇺🇦 - "Everyone understands this is a collapse.
Putin has reached a dead end: he can neither end the war nor win it.
Victory is no longer possible for objective reasons.
But to stop the war would mean admitting that Russia is not as strong or as great as he wanted."
Budanov’s point is that Putin is trapped by the war he created. He cannot achieve the victory he promised, but ending the war would expose the failure behind Russia’s imperial myth.
That is why Moscow keeps fighting. Not because it has a real path to victory, but because admitting defeat would mean admitting that Ukraine broke the image of Russian power Putin built his regime around.
Latest post. There are signs that Putin is considering greater mobilization. The Russians are losing more territory than they are gaining and more soldiers than they can replace. That is unsustainable for the Russians--so is Putin gearing up to slaughter more of his own people?
Russians are starting to realize the huge costs Putin spends on war instead of improving the lives of Russians:
Putin decided to invest 25 trillion rubles not into developing his own country but to occupy a foreign one.
Someday, historians will count not only the trillions spent, but also the cost of missed opportunities, the future that Russia might have had but never happened.
Thank you Putin for that.
"The European Union cannot and will not be a party to any agreement that legitimises the illegal seizure of territory. That includes Crimea.
Crimea is Ukraine. This is not a matter of opinion, it is a matter of international law."
- Kaja Kallas
Well said...
nothing to add..😉
Netflix ha appena firmato un nuovo accordo globale con lo studio russo Animaccord per le nuove stagioni di "Masha e Orso" in oltre 100 Paesi. Una scelta disdicevole che ignora come questo cartone animato continui a fare da veicolo di soft power per il Cremlino. 1/
Our intelligence has obtained important findings regarding the situation in Crimea and in our other territories currently under Russian occupation. Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service has obtained data indicating that the crisis with fuel, military logistics, and governance in Crimea is deepening on a virtually daily basis. The Russian occupation administration quite clearly and unequivocally acknowledges its inability to resolve the problems created by our mid-range sanctions against the occupier, as well as by the implementation of our long-range sanctions plan, primarily against Russian oil refining. A similar situation is unfolding in other Russian regions as well.
We have also obtained internal Russian documents assessing the public mood among citizens of the aggressor state. At present, the level of anxiety among Russians is already higher than it was during our Kursk operation: more than 50 percent. Already, 66 percent of Russians consider their financial situation difficult. More than 80 percent of Russians believe a large-scale economic crisis in Russia is inevitable. These are absolutely clear indicators that reflect the failure of Putin’s war policy.
Separately, Oleh Luhovskyi reported on measures being carried out in Belarus, under obvious Russian influence, to prepare for a potential expansion of aggression against Ukraine. Along our state border in Belarus, the construction of road infrastructure and storage bases for ammunition and fuel and lubricants is nearing completion. These facilities have no purpose other than a military one. These are the border directions of Kobryn–Kovel, Ivanava–Manevychi, Luninets–Sarny, Rečyca–Korosten, and Homieĺ–Chernihiv. We know that Russian documents describe this specifically in the context of the tasks of the so-called “SVO.”
Belarus has received the necessary signals from Ukraine regarding this activity, as well as regarding all other formats of its collaboration with Russia in the interests of prolonging and scaling up the war. Belarus knows what steps it must take for peace. The development of border infrastructure for aggression from Belarus must be stopped. It is the Belarusian side that must take steps toward de-escalation and peace. Thank you to everyone who helps us protect lives and our independence! Glory to Ukraine!
I never understood the Western fascination with Russia. I was a Soviet citizen and lived under that system. I’ve also lived in America and Europe. Compared with the West, Russia is a shithole in every practical, moral and political sense. What exactly are you admiring?
In recent years, we have all learned that Russians are evidently the most repulsive people on the planet.
When you are already down on the ground, they kick you in the stomach. If you fight back, they start whining and accusing you.
After today's Ukrainian attacks on Moscow, the Russians will scream: "Ukrainian terrorists, murderers..."
Stop.
Russia started this war, which violates international law. For over four years, Russians have destroyed Ukrainian cities, killed, raped, and abducted people.
And the entire Russian population was fine with that.
Have no pity for the Russians in Moscow—they must end the war.
Russia’s cover is blown.
There is no unbeatable Russia. Just a dying empire madly trying to destroy what they can’t conquer.
Political & business leaders worldwide who believed the ‘mighty Russia’ myth & thought Ukraine had no chance now watch Moscow burn. The tide is turning.
The sky over Moscow is black from the smoke of burning oil. Oil rain may fall on the Kremlin itself.
In Putin's most important city, his weakness and the ruin he has led Russia to is now clear for all to see.
No amount of propaganda can hide the scale of his failures now.🔥