We are 10 days into the escalation in the 8-year-long war between russia and Ukraine.
But if you look at history – Ukraine is fighting for its independence from russia for ~300+ years.
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In the Treaty of Buczacz 1672, both the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Ottoman Empire referred to the Cossack Hetmanate as the “Ukrainian State (Ukraińskie Państwo).”
Communism did not exist at that time.
800 Patriot missiles were used for air defense in just 3 days in the Middle East. Ukraine received 600 in 4 years of full-scale war.
Russia, Iran and North Korea form a new Axis of Evil. Ukraine was the first to confront this Axis. We continue to fight, but we need support.
The free world must stop managing this threat — and start defeating it.
Together with Preston Stewart @prestonstew_, we are raising $50,000 for 56 Bliskavka (Lightning) UAVs for the 26th Artillery Brigade
But who are they? Let's get to know our friends better!
That's the result of your donations to the Ready Drone One project 💥
Last September, we delivered 150 fiber-optic FPV drones to the 2nd Galician Brigade. Thanks to that, the FPV pilots can destroy the russian troops and vehicles.
We greatly appreciate your support in this project! Every donation was translated into real results on the front lines.
💔 In the photo — three friends: Anastasiya Yalanska (26), Serhiy Ustymenko (25), and Maksym Kuzmenko (28).
They didn’t yet know that this moment would be the last evidence of their lives. Just a few kilometers from where this picture was taken, an ambush awaited them—one no one would survive.
On the morning of March 4, 2022, the friends loaded Serhiy’s SUV with animal food. Their plan was simple: deliver supplies to a shelter in Zabuchchya and visit Serhiy’s parents in Bucha.
They knew it was dangerous, but they couldn’t imagine that the russian occupation of the city had already begun, and the streets had turned into sites of mass executions.
They never made it to Serhiy’s parents’ home. russian soldiers fired around a hundred bullets at their car. Maksym was killed instantly by a headshot.
Anastasiya managed to jump out of the vehicle, but she was shot in the legs. Serhiy also ran out, trying to shield his friend.
“They just finished them off,” Anastasiya’s mother recalls.
The bodies could only be retrieved from the street that afternoon, once the occupiers had moved further into the city center. Serhiy’s parents buried their son and his friends right in their own yard.
🗣️ “Neighbors dug the grave. Valeriy (Serhiy’s father) washed the children because I couldn’t handle it. I wrote each child’s full name and date of birth and added: ‘Shot on March 4, 2022.’ If we had been killed or bombed, I didn’t want the children to remain unidentified,” Serhiy’s mother recalls.
Only after Bucha was liberated were the friends properly reburied. Forensics confirmed the brutality of that morning: Maksym had two gunshot wounds, Anastasiya was hit six times, and Serhiy nine times.
russia must pay.
The world has no right to stay silent. The world must scream.
Це не день тужливих пісень.
Це день, коли наші мертві виграли час живим, щоб ті стали у стрій.
Це день, коли українці прийняли рішення битись і вижити.
Вічна шана загиблим.
Вдячність живим за боротьбу.
12 років тому у цей час вже відбувся розстріл беззбройних протестувальників на Майдані і постала Небесна сотня.
12 років тому у цей час мусора видавали зброю тітушкам зі складу мвс і планували остаточну зачистку майдану вночі - адже після розстрілу не було що втрачати.
The IOC has banned not the Ukrainian athlete, but its own reputation. Future generations will recall this as a moment of shame.
He simply wanted to commemorate fellow athletes killed in war. There is nothing wrong with that under any rules or ethics.
The IOC intimidated, disrespected, and even lectured our athlete and other Ukrainians on how they should keep quiet about “one of 130 conflicts in the world”.
The IOC has also systemically failed to confront the greatest abuser of international sports and the Olympic Charter — Russia.
A country that started three invasions during the Olympic Truce in the past three decades, implemented the largest state-funded doping program, killed 650 Ukrainian athletes and coaches, and damaged 800 sports facilities in Ukraine.
These are Russians who must be banned, not the commemoration of their victims. None of them are “neutral”.
If the Olympic Creed says that “the most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part”, then @iocmedia betrayed it completely by preventing @heraskevych from taking part and betrayed 650 Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed by Russia.
We are proud to have Vladyslav who has not betrayed them. Thank you for your principles and bravery.
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych’s memory helmet shows the faces of Ukrainian athletes and coaches killed by Russia’s war. The International Olympic Committee has disqualified him for wearing it – undermining its own reputation. This decision is a shameful betrayal of Olympic values.
More than 650 Ukrainian athletes and coaches have lost their lives because of Russia’s war. Remembering them is an act of dignity and courage.
I want to thank everyone for all the support we’re receiving. There really is an incredible amount of it.
For me, the sacrifice of the people depicted on the helmet means more than any medal ever could - because they gave the most precious thing they had.
And simple respect toward them is exactly what I want to give.
The Ready Drone One project is finished!
We've raised over $125,000, and the Lviv Region Military Administration has matched an additional $60,000, enabling us to deliver 150 fiber-optic drones of various sizes.
We also purchased 5 laptops and 2 fiber-optic drone control stations for the 2nd Galician Brigade.
Thank you so much for your support! We hope to share videos with hits from these drones, so stay tuned for more content 🐾
❗️Шукаємо аналітиків!
Товариство, маємо дуже важливе завдання — створити аналітичний центр, котрий на системній основі буде збирати, аналізувати та обробляти великі масиви даних про застосування дронів та ситуацію на фронті, готувати доповіді, презентації для командувачів, міністерства оборони та інших профільних відомств задля підвищення ефективності наших вій��ьк.
В першу чергу будемо набирати ветеранів. Але будуть потрібні і цивільні з гарним аналітичним мисленням.
Ось тут є вакансія - https://t.co/AvKFFcZlGh
Є і інші вакантні посади — відеооператор-монтажер, мененджер з партнерств тощо.
Перешліть будь ласка цей допис знайомим. Нам дуже потрібні нові професійні кадри.
Dear UN🇺🇳colleagues,
Next time you shake hands with Russian diplomats, just remember that they ALL have blood on their hands, the blood of innocent Ukrainian kids whom Russia 🇷🇺kills every day. Like Anastasia from the Lviv region. She was just 15 years old. Murdered last night🤬
A massive Russian attack on Ukraine lasted for more than 12 hours. Savage strikes, a deliberate, targeted terror against ordinary cities – nearly 500 attack drones and over 40 missiles, including Kinzhal missiles. This morning, Russian-Iranian “shaheds” are again in our skies.
The main targets of the enemy strikes were Kyiv and the region, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, and Odesa regions. In the capital, the building of the Cardiology Institute was damaged. As of now, four people have been reported killed in Kyiv, including a 12-year-old girl. My condolences to all the families and loved ones. Across Ukraine, at least 40 people are known to have been injured, including children.
A bread-production facility, a tire manufacturing plant, private homes and apartment buildings, and other civilian infrastructure were damaged by the strikes. All necessary services are deployed on the ground.
This vile attack came virtually as the close of UN General Assembly week, and this is exactly how Russia declares its true position. Moscow wants to keep fighting and killing, and it deserves the toughest pressure from the world. The Kremlin benefits from continuing this war and terror as long as it earns revenue from energy and operates a shadow fleet. We will continue to strike back to deprive Russia of those revenue streams and to compel it toward diplomacy. Everyone who wants peace must back President Trump’s efforts and halt any Russian imports. The time for decisive action is long overdue, and we count on a strong response from the United States, Europe, the G7, and the G20.
@kajakallas You should take these down the moment they enter your airspace.
Turkey shot russian fighter jet 17s after it entered the space. Now they don't violate their airspace.
🚨 Updated my Ukrainian Air Alerts visualization with another year's worth of data, and adjusted the design to accommodate the longer period. When I first shared this viz, it covered just 3 weeks, and now it's 3.5 years. This is how 2025 looks for Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv & Sumy.