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[ꑭікіта 🇺🇦 @tulrays]

Слава Україні!

[Ihor Lachenkov @igorlachenkov]

The irony is that even Elon Musk’s own AI can fact-check him and explain why he’s wrong.

Russia hasn't launched another mass mobilization since 2022. Instead, it relies heavily on paid contract soldiers.

In 2025 alone, Russia recruited an estimated 364,000 contract soldiers. In 2026, it's still recruiting around 20,000���30,000 a month, offering signing bonuses averaging over $20,000, plus salaries and benefits.

By claiming Russians “have no choice,” Musk once again shows how little he understands Russian society. Widespread corruption, bribery, and draft evasion have allowed many Russians to avoid military service for years.

Many Russians aren't being forced to fight. They're signing up for money.

Coercion exists, but so does financial motivation. Hundreds of thousands are signing contracts to fight for money.

[ꑭікіта 🇺🇦 @tulrays]

Name's V

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Witkoff called Putin a humanist as he thanked him for Stephen Hubbard’s release. Russian troops seized the elderly American in Izium, and former fellow prisoners reported that he had been beaten, tortured with electric shocks, burned and attacked by dogs. This is a punitive system created and endorsed by Putin, who is himself a product of that system.

Let us recall some examples of the “humanism” displayed by Putin and the system he created.

Wars. Chechnya, Georgia, Syria, Ukraine—a succession of military campaigns involving mass civilian casualties. In Novye Aldi in Chechnya, Russian forces executed at least 60 people. In Georgia, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) established Russia’s responsibility for killings, torture and the burning of homes. In Syria, human rights organisations documented unlawful strikes by Russian and Syrian forces on hospitals, schools and markets.

His personal decision to invade Ukraine. On 24 February 2022, Putin himself announced the start of the full-scale war. As early as 2014, he publicly spoke of using civilians to shield Russian troops: standing “behind them, not in front, but behind” and challenging Ukrainian soldiers to “try shooting at women and children.”

Killings of civilians and the destruction of shelters and hospitals. Bucha, with its extrajudicial executions; the Mariupol Drama Theatre, marked with the word “CHILDREN”; and the missile strike on Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital are specific instances of violence committed by the army Putin sent into Ukraine. They have been documented by the UN and international human rights organisations.

The deportation of children. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Putin over his suspected personal responsibility for the unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children. The UN Commission of Inquiry classified these practices as crimes against humanity.

Torture and the hunting of human beings. The UN Commission of Inquiry found that the Russian authorities’ systematic use of torture constituted a crime against humanity. It reached the same conclusion regarding systematic drone attacks on civilians in the Kherson region.

Depriving millions of the basic necessities of life. Strikes on energy infrastructure left Ukrainians without electricity, heating and water, and threatened the operation of hospitals. In connection with this campaign, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Shoigu and Gerasimov, including for suspected attacks on civilian objects.

MH17 and the concealment of responsibility. All 298 people aboard the passenger aircraft were killed when it was shot down. The ECtHR established Russia’s responsibility for the disaster and for violations of the rights of the victims’ relatives.

Poisonings abroad. A British inquiry found that Putin had probably approved Litvinenko’s murder with polonium. Another inquiry concluded that he had authorised the assassination attempt on Skripal. Novichok left behind by the perpetrators killed a member of the public—Dawn Sturgess.

The persecution of Navalny. After being poisoned with Novichok, the opposition politician was imprisoned; he died in a penal colony. In 2026, five European countries reported detecting epibatidine in samples taken from him and held the Russian state responsible for his poisoning.

Impunity for those who ordered political killings. Nemtsov was shot dead near the Kremlin. Politkovskaya was murdered on Putin’s birthday after investigating crimes in Chechnya.

Personal support for a state assassin. A German court established that Krasikov had killed Khangoshvili in Berlin on orders from Russian state agencies. Following a prisoner exchange, Putin personally met the convicted murderer at the airport and embraced him.

“Kursk”: 118 dead and “It sank.” In the first days of the disaster, Putin remained on holiday while Moscow delayed accepting foreign assistance. All 118 sailors died. Later, when Larry King asked what had happened to the submarine, Putin replied: “It sank.” His initial response to a question about the deaths of an entire crew took just two words.

“Nord-Ost” and Beslan: contempt for hostages’ lives. In the Nord-Ost case, the ECtHR found that the rescue operation following the use of gas had been inadequately organised. In Beslan, the authorities failed to take appropriate measures despite having information about the threat of an attack. During the operation, security forces used tank guns, grenade launchers and flamethrowers—the court found that this had contributed to the hostages’ deaths.

Children as hostages to political revenge. In retaliation for the US Magnitsky Act, Putin signed a law banning US citizens from adopting Russian children. Even nearly completed adoptions were halted, including those involving children with serious illnesses. The ECtHR found the ban discriminatory and disproportionate. The Kremlin demonstrated its power to Washington at the expense of children who could have found families.

The 1999 apartment bombings: questions the Kremlin cannot brush aside. Hundreds dead, another war in Chechnya and the rapid consolidation of Putin’s power. Litvinenko, Felshtinsky and Satter accused the FSB of organising the bombings. In Ryazan, the FSB later claimed that a device initially regarded as a bomb in an apartment building was part of a “training exercise with sugar.”

Torture, coerced confessions and years of imprisonment—this is how Putin’s government punishes disobedience. Ukrainians, Crimean Tatars and Russian opposition figures have received prison sentences of 10, 20 and 25 years in politically motivated cases.

By calling Putin a humanist, Witkoff grants moral absolution to a ruler who starts wars, presides over a state that practises systematic torture, and personally welcomes a convicted murderer.

[Senator Thom Tillis @SenThomTillis]

WTF, Steve? Look up the definition of “humanitarian.” What an embarrassing and outrageous thing to say. You should go back to Ukraine and ask the families of the children Putin has kidnapped and murdered whether they agree your friend Putin is a “humanitarian.”

[Serhii Sternenko @sternenko]

Donald Trump’s friends (russian army) killed an infant in a park in the Kharkiv region today.

I truly hope Americans see this and draw their own conclusions.

[Serhii Sternenko @sternenko]

One-year-old Angelina, born in August 2025, died right in her stroller. Her mother, Inna, passed away in the hospital.

What were they guilty of? Why does the US President support this russian evil?

[Ihor Lachenkov @igorlachenkov]

Hey, Mr. @StephenKing, I think you need to hear this story.

This is Kostiantyn Vlasenko. He recently became the first person to be evacuated from a frontline position by drone.
He spent 491 days on the front line, during which he had to amputate both of his own legs.

In a recent interview, he shared that one of the things that kept him going was your novel The Outsider, which his wife had sent him in a package. He's a huge fan of yours. I hope you’ll see this story

[UNITED24 Media @United24media]

⚡️ "Some people in a town that got hit or whatever, but mostly soldiers die."

Trump on Russian shelling of civilians in Ukraine.

[Демократична Сокира @democraticaxe]

Прем'єр Литви пропонує попросити Україну бити по більшій кількості російських дата-центрів

Так Міндаугас Сінкявічюс відповів на запитання, як Литві, Польщі та іншим союзникам захистити свої вибори від російського втручання, повідомляє литовський мовник LRT.

«Гадаю, нам слід попросити пана Зеленського завдати ударів по більшій кількості дата-центрів у ��осії, і це, можливо, допомогло б», — сказав він.

[EMPR.media @EuromaidanPR]

Horror in Pryluky, Chernigiv region. Russian missile destroyed residential building.

[MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 @MFA_Ukraine]

Russia launched a cynical attack against Ukraine on October 7, firing around 70 missiles – many of them ballistic – along with Shahed drones. The attacks hit Kyiv and 12 regions, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens.

In Pryluky, Chernihiv region, a Russian strike destroyed a five-storey residential building, killing 13 people, including three children. At least 43 people were injured, including children.

Nine apartment buildings were damaged in Dnipro and Kremenchuk. Two people were killed and 27 more injured. Two more people were killed in Kyiv and two in Oleksandriia.

Russian ballistic missiles remain one of the biggest threats. Ukraine urgently needs more air defence, including Patriot missiles, to protect lives.

[Umbrella Corp. Official @UmbCorOfficial]

Stop blaming everything on us.

[ꑭікіта 🇺🇦 @tulrays]

@o_sushytska Дякую 🙏

[Корупційний БАЗИЛІК по 450 @VuykoModest]

Тупо розйоб

[Опінія другої ітерації @Monkscorpio]

@Timque @daihaminkey

[Olia Sushytska @o_sushytska]

Шановні геймерки й геймери, дорога українська ігрова спільното! Ми наближаємося до маленького, а все ж історичного моменту для української локалізації. Ми про це мріяли, просили, чекали — і от лишилося почекати ще 1 день. Якраз встигнете прочитати цей тред 🙏🧵1/9

[Marichka Hlyten @marichkahlyten]

I asked UN Secretary-General spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric today about Oleshky.