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[mithyā @jaganmitthya]

@nypost Zelenskyy had a very tough choice.

[Marta Havryshko @HavryshkoMarta]

“Slava Ukraini” is the slogan @AdamKinzinger, a former U.S. congressman, displays in his username.

As a Jewish scholar of the Holocaust and Ukrainian nationalism, I find that choice deeply troubling.
This slogan is inseparable from a historical tradition of the OUN and UPA whose members and affiliates were implicated in anti-Jewish violence during the Holocaust, in the mass killing of Polish civilians, and later in violence against Ukrainians deemed politically or nationally “wrong.”

As an American taxpayer, I have another objection: “Glory to Ukraine” is not America First.

American taxpayers’ money should work for Americans — for its veterans, its children, its seniors, its communities. It should be used to confront the fentanyl epidemic, energy insecurity, crumbling infrastructure, and all the problems Americans face at home.

And as someone who is well informed about Ukrainian corruption, I oppose pouring American taxpayers’ money into Zelensky's regime plagued by corruption and serious accountability concerns.

I also oppose treating war as an open-ended business model in which Western money keeps flowing, politically connected interests prosper, and ordinary Ukrainians pay the highest price — with their lives.

So yes, seeing “Slava Ukraini” emblazoned on the profile of an American politician strikes me as more than merely odd. It raises questions.

This is not what American patriotism looks like. American patriotism means putting America and Americans first — not turning distant, endless foreign proxy wars into permanent political projects intertwined with the interests of the arms industry.

The bill goes to the American taxpayer.
The bloodiest part of the bill goes to ordinary Ukrainians.

[Marta Havryshko @HavryshkoMarta]

⛔️“Slava Ukraini” was a fascist slogan formally used by the nationalist underground of the OUN and UPA—movements whose history includes collaboration with Nazi Germany, complicity in the Holocaust, and responsibility for the mass murder of Poles.

OUN members answered with “Glory to the Heroes!” or “Glory to the Leader!”—the latter referring to Bandera. Under the prescribed ritual, they shouted the slogan with an arm raised in a salute deliberately reminiscent of the fascist style.

The photo below shows a typical newspaper published under the German occupation of Ukraine.

This particular issue, titled 'New Life,' came out in Koziatyn, Vinnytsia region, on October 23, 1943.

Right at the top: “Slava Ukraini.”
Below it comes talk of the “victorious advance” of the German “liberators,” followed by rhetoric about “Zhydy (Jews)” supposedly taking over Ukraine—the familiar poison of the Judeo-Bolshevik conspiracy myth.

That history cannot simply be scrubbed away because the slogan later acquired a different political meaning. “Glory to Ukraine” carries historical baggage stained by the blood shed under Nazism and by Ukrainian collaborators who served it. Nor does that history magically disappear because Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, repeats the phrase.

So whenever a liberal, progressive, or leftist casually types “Slava Ukraini,” perhaps they should first do something progressives usually claim to value: historical inquiry.

Slogans have histories.
Pretending not to know them does not make those histories disappear.

[Allison @nofknusernames]

Anyone with an IQ above average US room temperature knows that Bucha was a lie.

[Tino Chrupalla @Tino_Chrupalla]

Heute vor vier Jahren haben Gegner der deutschen Energiesouveränität #NordStream gesprengt. Die Lebensader der deutschen Industrie – durchtrennt. Die @AfD fordert, dass der Anschlag auf internationaler, nationaler und europäischer Ebene aufgeklärt wird. Alle Verantwortlichen müssen zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden. Nord Stream muss repariert, geöffnet und gesichert werden!

[Racist Meme Depot ®️ @RacistMemeDepot]

😂😂😂🤣

[Dmitry Medvedev @MedvedevRussiaE]

May, johnson, truss, sunak, starmer, burnham — what do these weird new inanimate English nouns mean? They signify childishness, stupidity and pompousness. It’s these words that people in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland use to substantiate their right to self-determination.

[AMK Mapping 🇳🇿 @AMK_Mapping_]

Ukraine isn't winning though... This is one direction where they have made tactical advances.

Russia is still advancing in most areas, and has the advantage in most sectors of the war (long-range drones, aviation, manpower, military-industrial complex, artillery, etc).

This is a war of attrition. Success is measured in the attrition dealt relative to the size of each side, not by km² made on the battlefield.

[이재명 @Jaemyung_Lee]

<국정은 국가와 국민을 위해 하는 것이지, 정권과 집권자의 이익이나 인기를 위해 해서는 안됩니다.

북한포로 국내송환 문제는 외교, 안보, 한반도 정세에 크게 영향을 미치는 매우 예민한 의제입니다.

남북관계가 어떻게 되든 누군가 죽어나가든 국익이 손상되든 게의치 않고,

성과를 생색내느라 포로 송환사실을 징치고 춤추며 온세상에 광고했을 그들 입장에서는 우리 정부의 비공개노력이 이해가 안될 뿐 아니라 심지어 뭔가 문제될 게 있나 싶을 것입니다.

누군가의 생명, 국가안보 등 국익을 생각하면 이처럼 잔인하고 무책임할 수는 없는 노릇입니다.

국정지지율 만회에 명백히 도움될 북한포로 국내송환 사실을 공개하자는 내부주장이 왜 없었겠습니까?

그러나 공개로 생길 여러 문제를 생각할 때 비공개하는 것이 모든 면에서 타당했고 그렇게 합의했습니다.

소소한 자신의 이익을 위해 누군가의 생명과 국익 안보를 해치는 사람을 살인자나 매국노라 부릅니다. 타당하고 정당한 비공개 조치를 비난하는 것은 옳지 않습니다.

비공개 합의를 어기고 공개한 우크라이나측에 무슨 사정이 있는지는 모르나 많이 아쉽습니다.

무수한 사람들이 죽거나 다치고 모든 것이 파괴되는 반인륜적 전쟁들이 조기에 종식되기를 간절하게 기원합니다.>

野 “젤렌스키가 北 포로 입국 발표… 李 왜 숨겼나, 실상 밝혀야” https://t.co/6aLYlIUeeS

[Razakoz @razakoz]

@GabrielAttal Put the French people first before enabling more slaughter in Ukraine

[Gabriel @GabeZZOZZ]

When Ukraine finally gets 10 Patriot interceptors and Russia bombs the warehouse they were just stored in

[Leonid Ragozin @leonidragozin]

The authoritarian, Putinoid instincts of the pro-war crowd have been clear from the outset of this conflict.

[Iuliia Mendel @IuliiaMendel]

After Zelenskyy increased strikes on Russia UN counted +26.5% of deaths among civilians in Ukraine. Striking Russian oil refinaries causes more deaths in Ukraine and no protection at all.

A verified total of 809 civilians were killed in July–August after the start of Zelenskyy 40 days operation (26.5% higher than the same period last year). Around 5000 were wounded, acc. to UN. If to believe Polish PM, 54000 were lost at the battlefield (both dead and wounded.)

Russia started buying more diesel and banned exports of its own. The prices in the West went higher.

[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

🇧🇷🇮🇱 Brazilian President Lula at the UN:

“Generations of Palestinians will carry the pain and trauma caused by the genocide carried out by the Netanyahu government.”

[the Lemniscat @theLemniscat]

Russian Engineer: "The drone attack on Moscow on the night of the election, was Zelensky's last hope, which was "sold" to him by Fedorov just under a year ago. At that time, when they replaced the old guard with a young IT specialist, Fedorov's team, along with Mad'yar (and other extremists and terrorists), tried to convince Zelensky that he had only one chance to survive and stay in power. To achieve this, they needed to focus exclusively on drones, invest heavily in them, and conduct a large-scale air strike operation with a strong emphasis on the information component. This was to be implemented throughout the spring and summer, reaching its peak by the time of the September elections.

Fedorov "sold" this idea to Zelensky, and he believed that it would be enough to make us give up. They calculated that the accumulated fatigue in society and the economy, along with the pre-election period, including the expectation of a decline in public loyalty due to the actions of the "banned" groups, would play a role. In fact, these groups mostly came to their senses at the last moment, and in May, our leaders realized that the point of no return was near, and they stopped the wave of idiocy. But that's not the most important thing.

The enemy's main calculation was to create panic among the population due to fuel shortages, an increase in the number of attacks, and to present a final apocalyptic picture of a burning Moscow. They believed that such a scenario, with hundreds of burning infrastructure facilities, a blackout, and a lack of gasoline in the capital, would force the Kremlin to agree to a freeze in hostilities, thereby giving Kiev more time.

And if they had also succeeded in landing Ukrainian troops in Crimea, they were confident that "the Kremlin elders would definitely panic."

However, all of this ran into the fact that the Russian army has changed. The soldiers have matured, become hardened, and competent officers on the front lines have realized what's at stake. The Zelensky-Fedorov plan was thwarted by proactive Russian officers who are not easily intimidated. These officers understand modern warfare better than the older generation with their high ranks, and they anticipate what the enemy might do, and what they themselves can do to counter it, without looking to command. This reduced the time needed for our forces to adapt to the sharp increase in the number of drones to just a couple of months, instead of the six months that the Ukrainian General Staff had planned for our reaction. And the new strike assets that were deployed in time for this air campaign also made their adjustments – for example, the number of operational OTRK "Sapсан/Grom" systems, which were later disguised as FP-7, was reduced several times due to strikes on hidden storage locations. As a result, instead of several dozen ballistic missiles, they were only able to launch a few towards Moscow on September 20th, which were confidently intercepted by our air defense.

Of course, if our air defense had allowed even 5% of the strike assets to get through during a total salvo of 1600 units, it would have meant 80 hit targets. This would have created a very depressing picture (and with a 10-15% failure rate, it would have been a real nightmare). However, only a few managed to get through, much fewer than during the "record" attacks in the summer.

And for this operation, Kiev invested funds for two years of war. This now puts the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a very difficult position, as their dependence on continuous funding from Europe has increased significantly, and the situation in Europe is rapidly changing, not in favor of supporting Kiev."

Translated from Russian

https://t.co/F36Az5Id5P

[Diana Panchenko 🇺🇦 @Panchenko_X]

Daughter of Ukrainian politician Dobkin is on vacation wearing $100,000 watches.

M'while her father talks about how Ukrainians should die in this pointless war.

[Lauren 🇦🇺 @LaurenVella82]

Cunts, then when Russia retaliates that coke sniffing midget will be crying again

[Leonid Ragozin @leonidragozin]

Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Yurchyshyn (from the pro-Western Holos party) says all Russian-speakers in Ukraine are traitors.

His status allows Yurchyshyn to avoid army service while Ukraine’s predominantly Russian-speaking army is fighting for his cause.

[Prab Maan @prabhsingkh]

@NAFOteacher You call yourself “pro-facts,” so let’s see that standard applied consistently.

On July 9, 2024, your own school district’s official agenda named you in an executive session concerning complaints/charges or discipline, followed by discussion of a decision by Judge Richard Moses and a sick-leave request in your name.

I’m not going to invent what happened. Show the court record and explain it.

But before telling someone to “boot his ass back to Russia,” perhaps remember the difference between an allegation and a finding, evidence and assumption, and a person’s conduct and their nationality.

You teach history. You should know that distinction.

[Kram @Kram1uj7]

As a Swiss, I have to say this:

“More weapons. More war. Arm Ukraine to destroy the threat at the source.”

It sounds very impressive when you are sitting safely far away from the battlefield and looking at the war like a chessboard.

You were a great chess player, Gary. You know better than most that pieces can be sacrificed. You move them around, lose them, replace them and continue playing.

But here is the problem: Ukrainians are not chess pieces.

They are sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, husbands and wives. When another weapon is sent to the front, it is not a pawn being moved across a board. Real people have to carry it, and real people die.

And somehow the answer always seems to be the same: more weapons, more escalation, more sacrifices - until eventually, apparently, the last Ukrainian is supposed to be the one left standing on the board.

From Switzerland, I find this mentality deeply disturbing. I do not want more Ukrainians killed. I want the war to end.

You spent your life mastering a game where sacrificing pieces can be part of the strategy.

Maybe it is time to remember that real life is not chess, and human beings are not expendable pieces.