Paul Blair

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[Paul Blair @psfblair]

Video and images from Iran since September 22 -- some striking examples. 🧵

[Paul Blair @psfblair]

@TrentTelenko I'm curious: What's the app you're using? Why did you pick it? Are you happy with it?

[✙ Constantine ✙ @Teoyaomiquu]

Hello friends and supporters of Ukraine. Today marks four years of the full-scale invasion. Four years ago, the worldview changed for me; it divided the world into those who support Ukraine and those who don’t care. (If you care please read till the end and repost)

While I’m not blaming or shaming those who don’t care, I lost any interest in those people, not because they are bad, but because they are irrelevant to our truly greater cause of saving Ukraine: a proud nation with a plethora of problems but a clear desire to build its own free future and break the shackles of totalitarianism. The path is incredibly thorny and dangerous. From Russian bombs to new American administration pressure to give up our future, to the internal struggle and balance between authoritarian rule and democracy during the war, four years after the invasion it has become the largest war since WWII. Ukraine is still standing against the largest and most resource-rich country in the world. No external pressure, threats, or missiles have broken the Ukrainian will to survive.

But Ukrainians aren't endless, and behind the visible heroism of the nation stands real, everyday work. Infantry, drone operators, air defenses, logistics, intelligence, and engineering, they all do everyday routine work to make sure Ukraine stands and remains a beacon of hope and democracy in this plutocratic and corrupt world of self-serving politicians and twisted lies that seek nothing but to undermine our future to score a few political points at home or put an extra penny in their pocket at the expense of the dignity and future of the Ukrainian nation.

Over these four years, we did a huge amount of work to help Ukrainian defenders survive, win battles, pioneer new ideas, liberate cities, towns, and villages, or simply increase their chances of survival.

With your help, we supplied drones, pickups, heavy trucks, earthmoving machinery, cranes, electric power supplies, batteries, and generators. Your help saved hundreds of lives and helped shape the battlefield to where it is now.

Today, we are still in Kharkiv. Our workshop is working to supply, repair, and manufacture equipment and machinery for Ukrainian defenders. Under the bombs and missiles, with our own electric power and heating, our team stays in Kharkiv and continues its mission.

But it’s impossible without your support. Today, I am trying to fundraise to keep our shop working. We are trying to raise funds for two excavators and two trucks to haul them around for Ukrainian defenders.

Your aid is critical for Ukraine, and I would appreciate it if you could donate to our cause. Anything from a dollar to a thousand is a huge help.
Please follow the link below to donate (tax-deductible in the USA):

https://t.co/oICKG0Hkns

[Paul Blair @psfblair]

@TrentTelenko If by "stop" you mean "reduce them to under 5%."

[OSINT Gorilla @GorillaOSINT]

trump getting tough with putin

[Unit Observer @WarUnitObserver]

Educational thread:
The disposition and a few details about the 🇷🇺Russian Force Groups and the newly created 🇺🇦Ukrainian Groups of Forces

If you like our work, please like, follow and retweet, it helps us a lot :)

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Friends,

Winter is coming. Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure will increase.

Russia has ramped up drone production and is changing its attack tactics. There will be blackouts in winter. Kyiv will be Russia’s main strategic and symbolic target.

The scale of the threat is unprecedented, and no European country could handle such massive, combined missile-and-drone attacks on its own.

Defending Ukraine’s skies is entirely possible if Ukraine and our allies act in unified planning and coordination.

We need help to protect our civilians from blackouts, cold and darkness, and a new wave of refugees to the EU.

Right now, there are two very important areas that Ukraine needs help with:

◾️ Generators - to power critical infrastructure and other important objects;
◾️ Helicopters with thermal imagers - to shoot down Russian drones that attack our infrastructure.

Of course, helicopters can only be provided by governments, but the generators are easier.

Friends, please help share this post with everyone who might help with these two areas.

Without Ukraine, there will be no security in Europe.

Thank you for firmly standing with Ukraine!

📹: Ukrainian Mi-17 helicopter shoots down a Russian Shahed drone while flying parallel / February 4, 2025

[✙ Constantine ✙ @Teoyaomiquu]

Hello everyone,

Last month, I launched a fundraiser to provide engineering equipment for Ukraine, but due to low donations, I had to pause and reassess. Today, I’m relaunching the fundraiser and want to share an example of the impact of the machines we provide. Please share and donate (link at the end).

🎯13,000$/120,000$

This video showcases a PzH 2000 howitzer with crew quarters, built using an excavator we supplied to the 43rd Artillery Brigade a year ago. The video highlights the size of the position—it’s massive—and with the excavator, it takes just one day to dig. Without it, the same task would require 2–3 weeks and eight people. These machines are often overlooked, and their importance is underestimated because they aren’t considered "new tech."

I know this work may seem mundane and unexciting, but it’s what saves Ukrainian lives and protects equipment worth tens of millions of dollars.

I’m currently fundraising with @LibertyUkraineF and @toonie_tuesday to purchase two excavators and a transport truck to deliver them. This equipment takes time to deliver and repair, with a goal of completing the transfer within two months after the fundraiser is fully funded. The machines will support the 72nd Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Please share and donate using the link below

Donation link 🔗: https://t.co/4pftuwjW8Q

[✙ Constantine ✙ @Teoyaomiquu]

Hello, there is something I want to share with you:

One of the key principles I’ve always focused on when providing aid to Ukraine is sustainability. It's not just about delivering a pickup truck for mobility. We also work directly with units to understand their needs so they can continue operating independently, or at least with reduced reliance on external aid. You can help us achieve that. See the donation link at the end.

Please watch this small "thank you" video from one of the units we help.

This applies to everything: equipment, drones, vehicles, and most importantly, lives. At @LibertyUkraineF, we don’t just deliver trucks. We also help units ensure they have the tools and knowledge to maintain their current and future fleets.

For example, with the 1st Assault Battalion of the 92nd Brigade, we learned that they have many vehicles, but frequent breakdowns. When that happens, they either hire tow trucks or wait weeks for a brigade vehicle to transport the broken one to a workshop. Repairs take weeks or months, cost a fortune, and often don’t deliver good quality.

After speaking with their commander, we discovered that they already have skilled personnel, including former mechanics and truck drivers. So instead of the endless cycle of hiring a tow truck, waiting, transporting, waiting again, and paying huge sums, we realized we could eliminate the middlemen by giving them a tow truck and repair equipment.

With your support, our fund purchased a tow truck (a beavertail evacuation truck) and an autolift for their workshop. Now the unit is far more self-reliant. They no longer depend on centralized evacuation services or private tow companies, which often refuse to approach the front. With this equipment, they can handle most common repairs and maintenance themselves.

It’s hard to estimate the exact savings, but repairing a single vehicle suspension, including labor and evacuation, usually costs around $1,000 to $1,500 in Ukraine. Considering the battalion operates over 30 light vehicles that frequently break down, this project could save $10,000 to $15,000 monthly while reducing downtime by 2 to 3 weeks per vehicle.

These seemingly small efforts make operations more sustainable, reduce dependency, and free up resources that can be used for drones and other critical equipment.

Your support truly goes a long way with @LibertyUkraineF.

I am currently running a new fundraiser to purchase an evacuation truck and two excavators for the 56th Mechanized Brigade. This will also improve sustainability and reduce their reliance on centralized towing and excavation services. It will help them build better trenches, operate more safely, and save money on evacuations.

Please support this project by sharing this post and donating using the link below:

Donation link: https://t.co/4SCxWLXrfB

[Destiny | Steven Bonnell II @TheOmniLiberal]

from the declaration of independence lol

[Paul Blair @psfblair]

@Acyn This is the same guy who complains about the Europeans being freeloaders.

[Paul Blair @psfblair]

@JamesSurowiecki Otherwise, the formula would show that our tariffs should be lower the higher the other country's tariffs are.

[Paul Blair @psfblair]

@JamesSurowiecki What makes clear that the values of elasticity and passthrough are the effects of *our* tariffs and not the other country's, is that if the number represented the value of imports that country forgoes by imposing tariffs, then it would be in the numerator, not the denominator.