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[Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer]

‼️ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ‼️

WATCH:

I interviewed Ukrainian General Andrii Biletskyi, Commander of the Third Army Corps and the Founder of the Azov Battalion, in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

I used to believe the Azov Battalion was full of Nazis. But as it turns out, Azov has strict rules against hate, Nazism and and-Semitism is illegal in Ukraine, there are even Jewish soldiers in his ranks, and General Biletskyi’s Third Army Corps @Ab3Army is responsible for holding the largest portion of the frontline in Ukraine. He is a strong leader using innovative tactics to keep the barbaric Russian Army at bay and push them back into their own territory.

Kharkiv is highly dangerous as it is just 30 kilometers away from the Russian border. Russian ballistic missiles land there in seconds without warning. Due to the danger, General Biletskyi rarely sits for interviews. I’m happy to have interviewed him for over an hour inside a bomb shelter.

Watch the full interview here:

[Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer]

A lot of people don’t know this, but many of the missiles and the drones that Russia uses to attack and kill Ukrainians come from Iran… especially the Shahed drones. Those are the same drones Iran is using to murder US soldiers with assistance from Russia, as Russia is providing Iran with satellite imagery to target and murder Americans in the Middle East.

When I was inside the @SkyfallUA drone facility, I signed two of the P1-SUN drone interceptors.

On one of them, I wrote, “this one is for you Iran.”

I won’t say just yet who I signed the other one for. 🥳

In Ukraine, the P1-SUN has been nicknamed the “Penis drone”, because when it lands, it “F**ks” whoever it touches.

Get FKD Iran! Get FKD Putin! Get FKD Communists and Jihadists! Get FKD Woke Reich!

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

The Russians want Ukraine’s permission to hold their parade – so they can safely take to the square for an hour once a year, and then go back to killing *our* people and waging war. The Russians are already talking about strikes after May 9. A strange and certainly twisted logic from the Russian leadership.

There are also messages from some states close to Russia that their representatives intend to be in Moscow. An odd desire at a time like this. We do not recommend it.

[𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 - 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 - 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞⭐️❤️ @NgocThach74]

It's really difficult to deal with these people #movie
1. Spider Man ( ..with Mysterio)
2. Wolverine, probably origins
3. Antman
4. TERMINATOR
5. Probably one of the fast and furious movies (HOBBS AND SHAW)
5. WANTED
6. I think hawkeye
7. Wolverine and deadpool

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Putin is helping Iran.

Zelenskyy is helping us.

Trump does not seem to understand or is ignoring these basic facts.

Hope someone on his team will help the president correct this policy position and...

Thank Zelenskyy.
Arm Ukraine.
Sanction Putin.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

We have received some messages regarding how to help civilians in the Middle East and how to help American soldiers deployed in certain countries. We responded: we will send experts and provide everything needed to protect them. Many issues are being discussed in this dialogue. If we are talking about increasing capabilities, we would very much like this to be a beneficial for both sides. We discuss this track.

As of now it is too early to speak in detail. Next week, when the experts are on the ground, assess the situation and provide assistance – since they are coming with the capabilities to assist right away – we will proceed accordingly. Let us wait for the initial meetings.

[xuankien @lxkien]

@ZelenskyyUa Good job

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

We received signals from partners in the Middle East. There have been strikes by Iranian “shaheds” on civilians in those countries. They are seeking our expertise. We are open. If their representatives come, we will provide the expertise. Especially since there is also a request from Europeans and from the United States. Requests have come to us to share our experience with partners in the Middle East.

Regarding weapons: we ourselves are at war. And I said, completely frankly, that we have a shortage of what they have. They have missiles for the Patriots, but hundreds or thousands of “shaheds” cannot be intercepted with Patriot missiles – it is too costly. Nothing is too much for the people, of course, but they simply do not have that many missiles. That is why they need interceptor drones, which we have. Meanwhile, we have a shortage of PAC-2 and PAC-3 missiles. So, when it comes to technology or weapons exchange, I believe our country will be open to it.

From an interview with Rai Italia (2/5).

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

BREAKING: Iran has been supplying Russia with Shahed drones to kill Ukrainians since 2022.

The Pentagon just asked Ukraine to help kill Iranian Shahed drones in the Gulf.

That is not irony. That is the most elegant strategic reversal of this entire war.

Here is the economics that made this conversation inevitable.

One Iranian Shahed drone costs $30,000 to manufacture. One Patriot interceptor missile costs $1.5 million. For every dollar Iran spends building a drone, it costs the UAE $20 to $28 to shoot it down. Iran has tens of thousands of Shaheds. The Gulf states have a finite number of Patriot missiles and a finite production rate to replace them.

That ratio is a slow-motion financial siege. Iran does not need to get through Gulf air defenses. It just needs to drain them faster than they can be replenished.

Ukraine spent three years solving exactly this problem.

When Russia began deploying Iranian Shaheds against Ukrainian cities in September 2022, Ukraine could not afford to burn $1.5 million missiles against $30,000 drones indefinitely. So Ukrainian engineers built something different. Interceptor drones. Small, fast, cheap, designed specifically to kill other drones at a fraction of the cost. The interception ratio is not 1:50. It is closer to 1:1. Drone kills drone. The economics invert.

Ukraine went from being the world’s test laboratory for Iranian drone warfare to being the world’s leading expert in defeating it.

And now the Pentagon, watching Gulf air defenses burn through interceptor stockpiles against Shahed swarms, has picked up the phone to Kyiv.

The geopolitical architecture of this moment is worth sitting with.

Iran armed Russia. Russia used those weapons to develop tactics. Ukraine defeated those tactics under fire and built countermeasures. The Gulf is now buying those countermeasures to defeat the original Iranian weapons.

Tehran’s drone doctrine has completed a loop that ends with its own drones being hunted by technology born from fighting its own drones.

That is not a footnote to this war.

That is the war economy of the 21st century operating in real time.

https://t.co/ULBgEzZ3A8

[Jesse Cohen @JesseCohenInv]

🇺🇸🇮🇷 It's time to bring freedom to Iran.

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

President Zelenskyy is absolutely right. Iran intervened against Ukraine by providing many drones to Russia that are being used to attack Ukrainian cities. Iran is allied with Russia and China.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸🇺🇦 ZELENSKY MAY BE WINNING OVER MAGA... AND PUTIN HATES IT

According to Heritage Foundation pollster Steven Moore and Ukraine Freedom Project director Colby Barrett, something no one saw coming is actually happening: MAGA is warming up to Zelensky.

The same crowd that once thought he was a deep-state villain may be suddenly like, “Wait… this guy might actually be a badass.”

How?

Zelensky basically stopped playing defense and started playing offense.

He ditched the CNN crowd and started talking directly to conservatives, popping up on Ben Shapiro’s show, sitting down with Bret Baier, and even showing up on Newsmax.

He even hosted a massive prayer breakfast in Kyiv, bringing together thousands of believers from the U.S., Ukraine, and beyond. Christian broadcaster Joel Rosenberg called it “a spiritual turning point.”

And it’s reportedly paying off.

Polls show a 22-point surge in support for Ukraine among religious conservatives and an 18-point rise among churchgoing Republicans.

His approval rating among Trump voters has more than doubled in just 7 months.

Why the sudden lovefest?

Zelensky stopped focusing on politics and started talking about winning.

He’s been reminding everyone that Ukraine is actually wrecking Russia’s military:

- Knocked out 35% of Russia’s Black Sea fleet
- Destroyed 27% of its oil refining capacity
- Took down $7 billion worth of aircraft with cheap, homegrown drones

When Republican voters hear those numbers, half of them say Ukraine’s winning, and 85% support sending aid.

Even Putin’s propaganda machine can’t spin that.

Despite millions spent trying to turn conservatives against him, Zelensky’s message is cutting through, and the GOP base is starting to see Russia for what it is: the real threat.

Zelensky didn’t change who he is.

He just figured out that to win the war, you’ve also got to win the room.

Source: WSJ, @MooreUSA, Colby Barrett

[MAKS 26 🇺🇦👀 @Maks_NAFO_FELLA]

💔 The body of a boy whose father and mother were waiting for him was pulled out from under the rubble, - TSN.

[Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 @Lyla_lilas]

The father and mother are sitting near a destroyed house, and their son is under the rubble...

💔

[Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 @Lyla_lilas]

Sasha (16 years old) walked from the russian occuped territories, through minefields and ran away from drones to come back under Ukrainian control. During his travel he only ate bread and drink water.

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

The Ukrainian airforce delivered a devastating strike against a Russian drone base.

„A MiG-29 fighter of the Air Force delivers a high-precision strike with guided aerial bombs on the control point of the enemy UAV operators.

The second bomb destroys the enemy ammunition and fuel depot.“

Source: Telegram / KPSZSU

[Ben Hodges @general_ben]

Apparently President Zelenskyy does have some cards!

[Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 @frontlinekit]

Hi 👋 I'm Richard Woodruff, 🇬🇧 British volunteer in Ukraine, supporting our heroes battling the russian orc horde.
They’ve come for me in Kupyansk, Kherson & Chasiv Yar, but I'm still here.

Ain’t leaving Ukraine. Never will. 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini
Ukraine’s got this 💪 #FuckTheOrcs

[Savchenko Volodymyr @SavchenkoReview]

Joint US-Ukraine statement 🇺🇸🇺🇦👀

[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

I welcome the US-Ukraine talks in Jeddah, notably regarding a ceasefire & resumption of US intelligence and security assistance to Ukraine, but also in humanitarian field

The ball, as always, is in Russia's court

The EU will do its full part to achieve a just and durable peace.