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Search results for tag #ukraine

Ben Royce đŸ‡ș🇩 »
@benroyce@mastodon.social

"why can't we have peace"

{adjusts brass knuckles}

"i just want what's good for you"

{POUND}

"embrace me"

{CRUNCH}

yahoo.com/news/articles/one-de

" missiles pound , damage and offices

At least 21 people were killed in the capital, city officials said

said the strikes also damaged a enterprise and the embassy"

This is the peace that wants

Wake the fuck up world

Look with clear and open eyes and understand what Putin is

a mafia mass murdering ghoul

Alt...a mafia mass murdering ghoul

Aral Balkan boosted

Toni Aittoniemi »
@gimulnautti@mastodon.green

Revealed: US Vice President called comander-in-chief of of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valeriy to discuss “potential leadership changes” after Oval Office meeting of February 2025.

Zaluzhny refused to talk, instead immediately called Zelensky to inform what Vance was planning.

So. In other words, leadership was directly involved in trying to arrange a in . In February this year. This is the state of matters.

baltimorechronicle.com/world/2

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Ukraine War Bulletins and News »
@SocraticEthics@mastodon.online

youtu.be/ah2y2OkQluQ
đŸ”ŽđŸ‡ŹđŸ‡±Trump’s Maga Republican Spies Caught In Greenland Takeover Sedition Plot, NATO Allies Shaken (Mallen Baker VIDEO) ‹

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Ben Royce đŸ‡ș🇩 »
@benroyce@mastodon.social

There are many methods we can use to tackle the by reducing our dependency on

Personally, I am inclined to embrace 's method for doing so:

Just fucking bomb the refineries

đŸ’Ș đŸ˜€ đŸ‡ș🇩

" knocks out 17% of ’s oil capacity — and that’s just this month, Reuters says

’s unravels as Ukraine escalates long-range attacks on its most vulnerable assets."

euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/26

Martina Erica »
@martinae@defenseofliberty.social

@EUCommission
It was predicted that with full support quickly turns to a malignant . And right now this actually happens. just started to threaten neighbor states:

1. after disrupting their oil supply.
2. for the symbol ban (!).
3. some time earlier.

The general ukrainian inspiration is everyone else is in their debt because of their NATIONAL offense. This is a real WARNING sign.

Martina Erica »
@martinae@defenseofliberty.social

@EUCommission
It was predicted that with full support quickly turns to a malignant . And right now this actually happens. just started to threaten neighbor states:

1. after disrupting their oil supply.
2. for the symbol ban (!).
3. some time earlier.

The general ukrainian inspiration is everyone else is in their debt because of their NATIONAL offense. This is a real WARNING sign.

Maho Pacheco đŸŠđŸ» boosted

Hanse Mina »
@hanse_mina@mastodon.social

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that security guarantees for Ukraine will be ready “in the coming days”

“At present, the teams of Ukraine, the United States, and European partners are working on their architecture” he said.

politico.eu/article/ukraine-se

Nils Wilcke »
@paul_denton@mastodon.social

Furia francese Ă  l'ElysĂ©e! Le Quai d'Orsay a convoquĂ© l'ambassadrice italienne en France pour lui passer un savon aprĂšs des propos "inacceptables" de Salvini, le numĂ©ro 2 du gouvernement MĂ©loni, contre Macron Ă  propos de l'Ukraine. "Si Macron le veut, qu’il y aille lui-mĂȘme", a dĂ©clarĂ© le ministre alors que le chef de l'Etat français se dĂ©clare en faveur d'une troupe de soldats europĂ©ens sur le sol ukrainien

JdeB [216.91 ppm] »
@JdeB@climatejustice.social

"đŸ”„Ukraine caused a fuel crisis in Russia: queues for kilometers! " [ ± 1-3 min]
by UATVEnglish ]Aug 21, 2025]

youtube.com/shorts/o2u4eej8p5o

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Nils Wilcke »
@paul_denton@mastodon.social

Il a osé le dire: "Le président Poutine a rarement tenu ses engagements", a feint de s'émouvoir Macron sur LCI, lors d'une interview en marge du sommet de Washington sur le sort de l'Ukraine. C'est sans doute vrai mais venant du chef de l'Etat, qui avait promis qu'il n'y aurait pas de réforme des retraites, la fin de l'impunité sur les violences policiÚres ou encore une sortie des énergies fossiles... Plus c'est gros, plus ça passe...

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

Siegfried Woldhek commenting on Trump's meeting with Putin — played like a fiddle.


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dailycartoonist.com/index.php/

Siegfried Woldhek commenting on Trump's meeting with Putin — played like a fiddle

Alt...Siegfried Woldhek commenting on Trump's meeting with Putin — played like a fiddle

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

Nicola Jennings' commentary on how Putin walked all over Trump at their meeting.


/14

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Nicola Jennings' commentary on how Putin walked all over Trump at their meeting

Alt...Nicola Jennings' commentary on how Putin walked all over Trump at their meeting

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William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

Not unrelated to the Putin-Trump show of dominance (P) and submission (T): as kos reminds us,

"There is a genre of MAGA conservative so right wing, so brain dead, that they go through the immense hassle of moving themselves and their family to Russia—where gay and transgender people supposedly don’t exist, and 
 well, that appears to be the bulk of the motivation for fleeing."


/15

dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/18

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Miguel Afonso Caetano »
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org

"A Ukrainian intelligence officer says the Americans are being “unbelievably aggressive” in pushing Ukraine to forfeit more land. The Russian interest is clear enough, he says. “They want to maximise the package they will get in return—from sanctions relief, to the return of seized assets, to the re-opening of energy markets.” What, he says, is far less clear is why the Trump administration was pushing so forcefully to promote Russia’s interests.

Despite the obvious headwinds, Mr Trump appears committed to his quick-fix peace. The Economist understands a three-way meeting between Mr Trump, Mr Putin and Mr Zelensky could come as early as the end of next week. Before that, on Monday, the Ukrainian leader is scheduled to arrive in Washington for his first visit since his humiliation in February. European leaders will join him in a show of support. But some of the ingredients appear ominously similar to his previous visit. Channelling the logic of Mr Putin, Mr Trump is already preparing to blame Ukraine if his plans blow up, Ukrainians fear. “Make a deal,” he advised Mr Zelensky, via Fox News. “Russia is a very big power. [You] are not.”"

economist.com/europe/2025/08/1

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Glyn Moody »
@glynmoody@mastodon.social

Trump Confesses that the United States Is a Client of Russia - emptywheel.net/2025/08/18/trum "Effectively, ordered to make capitulate. Hell, maybe he even gave Trump a deadline."

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, once considered the Trump of London, called the Alaska summit meeting 'just about the most vomit-inducing episode in all the tawdry history of international diplomacy.'”

~ Peter Baker


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N.B. My choice to link to a website or publication or to cite a particular author does not constitute endorsement of the site, publication, or author.

nytimes.com/2025/08/16/us/poli

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"Sources inside the administration and Putin’s surrogates made clear that Putin did not budge an inch during the Alaska negotiations. Trump, on the other hand, has begun to prepare European allies for a peace deal that includes transferring 20% of Ukraine’s territory to Russia."

~ Robert B. Hubbell


/2

roberthubbell.substack.com/p/z

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"One pesky detail remains as an obstacle to Trump's proposed solution: neither Ukraine nor US allies in Europe will accept the surrender of Ukrainian territory to Russia as a prerequisite to peace."


/3

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"Donald Trump was famously admiring of Vladimir Putin, then he was disappointed with him, then he was mad at him, then he threatened him with new sanctions, then he shortened the timeframe for the sanctions, then he invited him to American soil and rolled out the fucking red carpet for him" (continued in /5)

~ Lucian K. Truscott


/4

luciantruscott.substack.com/p/

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

(continued from /4)

"and caved when Putin told him no deal on a ceasefire, no concessions to Ukraine, no nothing for you or Zelenskyy. Asked on Air Force One on his way back to play yet another round of golf on Saturday, Trump called his meeting with Putin 'a 10.'

Pardon me while I step away from my desk to puke."


/5

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"The Times, the Post, CNN, Associated Press, all the major news outlets are reporting the fact that a team of adults in the room are flying to the United States to protect Zelenskyy from Trump as if it’s a normal news story, not the story that it is -- disgusting evidence of how far we have fallen as a nation, politically, morally, and in every other measurable way."


/6

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"That the fate of the nation of Ukraine hangs in the balance, subject to the whims of the toddler in the White House, is the scandal of this century."


/7

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"[Zelensky] is showing great courage. Further, he is playing chess while the ever tactical and strategically-impaired Putin is left playing checkers. As for Trump, he is just getting played."

~ David Rothkopf


/8

davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/t

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

Greg Dworkin offers an array of Sunday headlines illustrating that the media are not being duped by the empty pageantry of Trump's meeting with Putin and are not ignoring Trump's being played by Putin.


/9

dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/18

Sunday headlines gathered by Greg Dworkin commenting on Trump's meeting with Putin

Alt...Sunday headlines gathered by Greg Dworkin commenting on Trump's meeting with Putin

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"[Trump's humiliating performance with the Russian war criminal] was a disgraceful encounter by a weak man who reminded the world that he is an empty, unprincipled clown spurring a tragedy for a once-great nation."

~ Steven Beschloss


/10

americaamerica.news/p/which-si

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"Meanwhile, National Guard troops roam the streets of Washington, D.C., linger around Union Station and set up checkpoints in safe neighborhoods, underscoring the lie that this federal takeover is intended to rid our nation’s capital of crime."

And, of course, all these shows are designed to distract from Epstein, the fact that Trump is repeatedly mentioned in the Epstein files, and that he refuses to release them.


/11

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William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

A meme shared by lakota_man at Threads, commenting on Trump's (and MAGA's) relationship to Putin.


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threads.com/@lakota_man/post/D

A meme shared by lakota_man at Threads, commenting on Trump's (and MAGA's) relationship to Putin

Alt...A meme shared by lakota_man at Threads, commenting on Trump's (and MAGA's) relationship to Putin

Olmo GonzĂĄlez boosted

Information Is Beautiful »
@infobeautiful@vis.social

Proposed peace plan for after Alaska summit. Over 1m people in the 'Russia gains' part of Donetsk.
(source: New York Times)

Map showing Ukraine and Russia with a highlighted area indicating "Russia gains" in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. A bold line marks the front line. Crimea is also visible at the bottom.

Alt...Map showing Ukraine and Russia with a highlighted area indicating "Russia gains" in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. A bold line marks the front line. Crimea is also visible at the bottom.

Nils Wilcke »
@paul_denton@mastodon.social

Macron s’en prend aux "somnambules" qui, selon lui, qui n’ont pas vu venir la guerre en Ukraine, avant son dĂ©part pour Washington Ă  la rencontre de Trump: "Ceux qui pensent qu’on peut ĂȘtre libre en Ă©tant faible, ceux qui pensent qu’on peut ĂȘtre libre en continuant de vivre comme s’il n’y avait pas la guerre Ă  nos portes sont ceux qui prĂ©parent la dĂ©faite de demain", affirme le prĂ©sident. Une variante du "Qui aurait pu prĂ©dire", en somme...

your auntifa liza đŸ‡”đŸ‡· 🩛 🩩 »
@blogdiva@mastodon.social

WOW! a tankie in the wild

text from the tankie: you do realize that Ukraine isn't innocent either and this bullshit with propaganda about Russia has been pushed by the West since the Cold War? None of you will ever learn and are fools.

Alt...text from the tankie: you do realize that Ukraine isn't innocent either and this bullshit with propaganda about Russia has been pushed by the West since the Cold War? None of you will ever learn and are fools.

Bruno Girin boosted

Ukraine War Bulletins and News »
@SocraticEthics@mastodon.online

youtu.be/doNOkjy9cQM
‌đŸ‡ș🇩What’s going on behind the Russian frontlines in Azerbaijan (Reporting from Ukraine VIDEO)


Maho Pacheco đŸŠđŸ» boosted

Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS! »
@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social

I knew resisters wouldn't let us down.

and are indeed being met with a sea of yellow and blue for .

From @oldamerica on Bluesky

A protest crowd is standing under a cloudy sky in Anchorage with a giant Ukrainian flag that says "ALASKA STANDS WITH UKRAINE." Off in the distance behind the flag, you see loads of other people waving smaller Ukrainian flags.

Alt...A protest crowd is standing under a cloudy sky in Anchorage with a giant Ukrainian flag that says "ALASKA STANDS WITH UKRAINE." Off in the distance behind the flag, you see loads of other people waving smaller Ukrainian flags.

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William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"This wasn’t even the first time that Trump has buttonholed Stoltenberg about this. It’s not clear why Trump thinks pestering Norwegian politicians is the pathway to the prize, given that the Nobel selection committee—not elected officials—chooses the winner."

~ Lisa Needham


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dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/14

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"The arc of history may be long, but for Trump, it bends toward accommodating Moscow."

~ Ned Price


/1

foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/13/t

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"By going in without any substantial preparatory work, Trump has set the stage for disaster."

~ Alexander Vindman


/2

avindman.com/p/trump-putin-ala

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"Apparently not content with mere domestic corruption crimes, our president will meet in Alaska with the greatest criminal of our time: Russian President Vladimir Putin. ...

Let’s call it what it is: 'Trump’s Folly.'"

~ Benjamin Wittes


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lawfaremedia.org/article/the-s

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"The Alaska summit is folly because, once again—even after he has publicly acknowledged his realization that he can’t trust Putin—Trump is sufficiently mesmerized by the man so as to invite him to the United States, and reportedly even meet with him one-on-one without translators or advisors present, so that Putin can once again humiliate him before the world."


/4

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"It is folly because it needlessly elevates Putin to the status of world leader, when he should be the sort of figure one deals with in legal briefs and evidentiary presentations in international tribunals."


/5

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"We need to have a discussion about what is and is not about to happen in Alaska. ...

First, hosting peace talks with the leader of one side of a two-sided conflict is not a peace talk; it is a strategy session.

Second, Trump is welcoming Putin, who according to the International Criminal Court is a war criminal, to the United States."

~ Dan Rather


/6

steady.substack.com/p/coming-t

William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"The last time Putin met with an American president, it was in a neutral place — Geneva, Switzerland — and that was before Putin invaded a sovereign nation.

Third, only the aggressor has been asked to the talks, not the leader of the country that was invaded."


/7

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William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"They are attempting and succeeding at blowing up the post-World War II order among democratic nations. ...

They are not interested in peace.

They are interested in avoiding the death of emperors."

~ Heidi Siegmund Cuda


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bettedangerous.com/p/the-two-c

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William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"Donald Trump cold-called Norway’s finance minister last month to ask about a nomination for the Nobel peace prize, Norwegian press reported on Thursday."

~ Maya Yang


/9

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

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William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"There’s nothing more gauche than lobbying for a Nobel Peace Prize. I mean, it’s really next-level gauche. Who does something like that?"

~ Greg Olear


/10

gregolear.substack.com/p/rambl

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William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize because Barack Obama received one. Trump has stooped to the lowest form of self-promotion—calling members of the Norwegian government (ostensibly on other business) to promote his candidacy."

~ Robert B. Hubbell


/11

roberthubbell.substack.com/p/m

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William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"Donald Trump will travel to the former Russia with one goal: the Nobel Peace Prize."

~ Jim Stewartson


/12

mind-war.com/p/chamberlain-but

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earthling »
@appassionato@mastodon.social

@photography

Ukraine - an imaginary door to a better future



An old apartment block at night with an open door showing bright blue sky and gold wheat, colours of Ukraine.

Alt...An old apartment block at night with an open door showing bright blue sky and gold wheat, colours of Ukraine.

MichaƂ "rysiek" WoĆșniak · đŸ‡ș🇩 boosted

Tjeerd Royaards »
@royaards@newsie.social

Vlad's Peace Deal Meal. Cartoon for Trouw. More of my cartoons for Trouw: trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaa

Cartoon showing the inside of a fast food restaurant. Putin is standing behind the counter, while Trump is ordering, pointing up to the 'Vlad's Peace Deal Meal' advertised on the menu above the counter. The menu shows a burger and fries, and also a free gift that looks like the Nobel Peace Prize (with small letters underneath that read 'not actual Nobel Peace Prize'). Trump is holding up a credit card with the Ukrainian flag on it to a payment terminal offered by Putin. We see an anguished Zelensky standing outside looking in, with his hands on the glass.

Alt...Cartoon showing the inside of a fast food restaurant. Putin is standing behind the counter, while Trump is ordering, pointing up to the 'Vlad's Peace Deal Meal' advertised on the menu above the counter. The menu shows a burger and fries, and also a free gift that looks like the Nobel Peace Prize (with small letters underneath that read 'not actual Nobel Peace Prize'). Trump is holding up a credit card with the Ukrainian flag on it to a payment terminal offered by Putin. We see an anguished Zelensky standing outside looking in, with his hands on the glass.

MichaƂ "rysiek" WoĆșniak · đŸ‡ș🇩 boosted

World News Bot » 🤖
@NewsBot@assortedflotsam.com

'Future of Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukrainians' — EU leaders react to Russia's ceasefire proposal ahead of Trump-Putin meeting kyivindependent.com/future-of-

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William Lindsey »
@wdlindsy@toad.social

"Putin generally cannot travel outside Russia because he has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, including the theft of Ukrainian children. And yet Trump is welcoming him to the United States of America."

~ Heather Cox Richardson


/1

heathercoxrichardson.substack.

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Tjeerd Royaards »
@royaards@newsie.social

Trump and Putin to meet coming Friday to discuss the future of Ukraine. A cartoon from March this year (for Dutch newspaper Trouw).

Cartoon showing a workshop with Putin and Trump at a worktable with an integrated circular saw. Trump is pushing a piece of wood in the shape of Ukraine towards the saw, which is operated by Putin. The hood of the saw is shaped like a peace dive. Outside, Zelensky and Von der Leyen are looking in through the window, hands against the glass. On the wall of the workshop is a map of Europe with a post it on it that reads 'next project'.

Alt...Cartoon showing a workshop with Putin and Trump at a worktable with an integrated circular saw. Trump is pushing a piece of wood in the shape of Ukraine towards the saw, which is operated by Putin. The hood of the saw is shaped like a peace dive. Outside, Zelensky and Von der Leyen are looking in through the window, hands against the glass. On the wall of the workshop is a map of Europe with a post it on it that reads 'next project'.

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Aure Free Press »
@Free_Press@mstdn.social

Russian economy faces near-zero growth by end of 2025 as war-driven growth fades, central bank warns.

The slowdown reflects the limits of Russia's war-fueled expansion, driven by military spending at the expense of civilian investment and private consumption.

Putin

Alt...Putin

tagesschau »
@tagesschau@ard.social

Krieg gegen die Ukraine: Russland und Ukraine attackieren gegenseitig Bahnanlagen

Mit gegenseitigen Angriffen auf die Bahninfrastruktur versuchen Russland und die Ukraine Nachschubwege zu unterbrechen. Moskau meldet unterdessen ein weiteres VorrĂŒcken in der Region Dnipropetrowsk.

âžĄïž tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/u

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foldworks »
@foldworks@mathstodon.xyz

Amongst the sad, strange and tragic archival footage in ‘Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone’ was this crowd of people with quite of few of the men wearing newspaper hats, a kind of @origami. (youtube.com/watch?v=HhKCCd3c4Uc Episode 2, about 42 minutes)

I think this is the largest number of newspaper hats I’ve seen in recent historic footage. No direct identification or credit in the video, but is this the coal miners’ strike, Donetsk, Ukraine, sometime between 1989–1991?

And do you know how to make the hats? There seems to be several varieties: one like a cap, one a variation of the traditional newspaper hat origamiheaven.com/historyofthe, and some seem to be a compound of two different hats?

Edit: I think one hat is a variation of the printer's cap origamiheaven.com/historyofthe

A crowd of people. Some of the men are wearing hats folded from newspaper.

Alt...A crowd of people. Some of the men are wearing hats folded from newspaper.

A closeup of the crowding focused on two mean wearing hats folded from newspaper. Around the edge of the frame are more men wearing hats. In the background, to the right, one man is wearing a cap-like hat.

Alt...A closeup of the crowding focused on two mean wearing hats folded from newspaper. Around the edge of the frame are more men wearing hats. In the background, to the right, one man is wearing a cap-like hat.

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Glyn Moody »
@glynmoody@mastodon.social

rescues soldier via delivery of complete - arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0 amazing innovation

The New Oil » 🤖
@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

Pro-Ukrainian hackers take credit for attack that snarls Russian flight travel

arstechnica.com/security/2025/

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Ukraine War Bulletins and News »
@SocraticEthics@mastodon.online

⚠đŸ‡ș🇩AFU air defense downs 309 drones and two cruise missiles (CHART and more) ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/40194

The New Oil » 🤖
@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

arrests suspected admin of Russian hacking forum

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

The New Oil » 🤖
@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

Ukrainian hackers claim to have destroyed major Russian maker's entire network

theregister.com/2025/07/16/ukr

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kravietz 🩇 »
@kravietz@agora.echelon.pl

At least in #Poland all the time I hear otherwise reasonable people who say “let’s make a deal with #Russia with US as a guarantor”.

This is easily dismissed as a trivial naivety, but why doesn’t it work? Because Russia never honors any agreements with parties it considers weaker. Russian elites largely follow code of ethics originating from organised crime, similar to Italian OmertĂ .[^1] In this system you’re either a “man”, whose word can be relied upon, or a “loser” (Russian: Đ»ĐŸŃ…), who can be exploited in any way, including deception. And, as a matter of fact, not exploiting a “loser” and holding a word given to him is a honor offense for the “man” himself. Putin often directly or indirectly refers to the criminal “code of ethics” in his public speeches, and occasionally uses terms from the criminal jargon (Russian: Ń„Đ”ĐœŃ). Russian popular culture in response started to popularize and idealize it, even in TV series.[^2]

Lesson about “making deals with Russia” had been hard learned by many countries. In 1945 in Yalta[^3] leaders of USA and UK made a deal with Stalin where in Soviet-liberated #Poland there would be democratic elections under international supervision. What Soviet did was first mass-arrests[^4], then entirely falsified referendum[^5] and then falsified elections[^6], which sealed Poland’s fate as a Soviet colony for the next 42 years.

From recent history, #Ukraine had written security assurances from Russia in Budapest Memorandum[^7], guaranteed by US and UK, and also mutual friendship treaty with Russia signed in 1997.[^8] In 2014 Russia walked upon both of them as if they never existed. Even more recently, the ceasefires agreed in 2015-2019 Minsk Agreements were violated by Russia on the next day they were signed - Russians simply never stopped their offensives. As an added bonus, all that time Russia allso pretended it’s not Russian armed forces conducting these attacks.[^9]

That’s exclusively because in Russian thinking you are allowed to sign any agreement and promise anything to the other party but you’re not expected to deliver, as long as you consider them “losers”. This is what Russia did - in Yalta, Budapest and Minsk they made promises because US and UK wanted them and it helped push Russian political goals. But they never intended to honour them for even a minute.

That’s why “making deals with Russia” alone won’t work as long as their enforcement relies exclusively on international law, which - no need to explain - Russia also consider for “losers”.

You can of course make a successful deal with Russia if it’s supported by hard reciprocal measures, such as anti-tank trenches, mine fields or drones and rockets targeted at Russian military installations. But anything signed exclusively on paper won’t hold.

[^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omert%C3%A0

[^2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy%27s_Word:_Blood_on_the_Asphalt

[^3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalta_Conference

[^4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%C3%B3w_roundup

[^5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Polish_people%27s_referendum

[^6]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_Polish_parliamentary_election

[^7]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum

[^8]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%E2%80%93Ukrainian_Friendship_Treaty

[^9]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minsk_agreements

The New Oil » 🤖
@thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org

Ukrainian hackers claim to have destroyed servers of Russian maker

techcrunch.com/2025/07/15/ukra

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Ben Royce đŸ‡ș🇩 »
@benroyce@mastodon.social

I have mixed feelings here

On one hand, it saves Ukrainian lives

On the other, this glimpse into the future makes me sick

' team captures Russian soldiers in world-first unmanned assault: claims

In an important development in , Ukrainian assault forces have executed what they claim to be the world’s first fully unmanned offensive operation, capturing Russian troops using only ground and aerial '

interestingengineering.com/mil

Military Robot team captures Russian soldiers in world-first unmanned assault: Ukraine claims The operation was carried out by Ukraine’s elite 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, specifically its experimental “DEUS EX MACHINA” drone company. Updated: Jul 14, 2025 06:06 AM EST Photo of the Author Kapil Kajal Kapil Kajal a day ago 0 Share Robot team captures Russian soldiers in world-first unmanned assault: Ukraine claims Representative image of a Ukrainian unmanned ground vehicle. Ukrainian Military Center

Alt...Military Robot team captures Russian soldiers in world-first unmanned assault: Ukraine claims The operation was carried out by Ukraine’s elite 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, specifically its experimental “DEUS EX MACHINA” drone company. Updated: Jul 14, 2025 06:06 AM EST Photo of the Author Kapil Kajal Kapil Kajal a day ago 0 Share Robot team captures Russian soldiers in world-first unmanned assault: Ukraine claims Representative image of a Ukrainian unmanned ground vehicle. Ukrainian Military Center

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My portrait of President Zelenskyy, as part of a fundraiser that I ran by myself! I raised over $2000 for Ukraine! Slava Ukraini!

Black and white drawing of President Zelenskyy, with the left half of the image being the reference.

Alt...Black and white drawing of President Zelenskyy, with the left half of the image being the reference.

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However, lest we forget:

“Presently the is actively recruiting , , and from Europe and North America to join their ranks in as ideologically driven armed fighters”


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“Concerning the War in Ukraine: No Love For Putin; No Guns For Nazis”

by David van Deusen in Counterpunch @counterpunch

counterpunch.org/2022/03/24/co

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Moscow seizes assets of gold mining tycoon. (His $3.5 billion should pay for two weeks of bombardments)

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Only half of young people in France and Spain believe that democracy is the best form of government, with support even lower among their Polish counterparts, a study has found.

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Denmark wants Europe to deploy its full legal arsenal against Hungary over violations of the bloc’s fundamental rights, including by pursuing the Article 7 so-called nuclear option against Budapest.

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Russian authorities move to fully ban Ukrainian language from schools in occupied territories

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'50,000 Russian troops pinned down' — Ukraine halts advance in Sumy Oblast, summer offensive 'faltering,' Syrskyi says

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The Yagas with Gogol Bordello, Chervona Ruta

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Every hour you read something more warmongering than the previous. Everyday they say openly that they take our money to give em to a bunch of capitalists and we, the working class, just standing there like hypnotized waiting for the military call to be meat for their profits.

is seeing a dramatic boost in defense budgets, driven by both long-standing pressure from Washington and the continent’s own reaction to ’s full-scale invasion of . That promises a glut of military contracts for weapons-makers in Europe as well as in the U.S., South Korea and elsewhere.
...The enormous scale of new defense spending — the European Commission estimates that the bloc’s members will need to spend €500 billion on defense over the next decade — still means there will be a lot of money available for European defense firms.
That said, the early winner of Europe’s defense buildup is likely to be the U.S.

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Organizations, activists, political and material collectives who run for environmental issues, etc. should take action to fight . They openly say (everywhere, not just in ) that they must spend the money of (you remember that big companies have less taxes than us?) for armaments and to leave the (capitalist) green transition aside. Means they don't care at all about the destruction war industry and their inevitable wars produce. Tusk explains better.

«Making references to Russia's full-scale invasion of and Belarus's campaign of instrumentalised migration, which his country has experienced firsthand, Tusk implored EU states to address security "seriously" and be "flexible" and "creative" to design novel ways to finance the necessary boost in military expenditure.»
«"I'll be honest: we shouldn't really care too much about what method we adopt to finance pan- defence projects," he told lawmakers in .»
«In the prime minister's view, "some" of the environmental regulations that the has introduced in the past five years are responsible for the "prohibitively" high prices. - Energy bills began rising in 2022 when the market hit record-high levels in reaction to 's manipulation of gas supplies.»

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Ukraine can produce 8 million drones annually but needs funding, Zelensky says at NATO summit

kyivindependent.com/ukraine-ca

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hackers use chats to launch new attacks on

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#Russia completely removed Ukrainian language from the school curriculum in schools on the occupied #Ukraine territories including #Crimea

Source: https://t.me/moscowtimes_ru/34555 (in Russian)

Previously Ukrainian language was formally present in the curriculum as a fig leaf, demonstrating that Russia doesn’t discriminate on the national minorities, even if it was almost never actually taught due to informal pressure on teachers, parents and pupils.

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Interesting #Ukraine SBU communication from today mentioning an assassination attempt that was planned by #Russia FSB in #Poland

“Speaking of the assassination attempts on the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, another operation should be mentioned. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Polish Internal Security Agency – we carried out an important criminal investigation together with them. A Polish military pensioner who was recruited decades ago, he firmly believed in the Soviet idea and nurtured his intentions over the years. So, the enemy reactivated this “old guard”,” said the head of the SBU. The agent’s task was to physically eliminate President Zelensky at the Rzeszów airport.

‘Several options were considered. One of them was an FPV drone, another was a sniper complex. But we detained the agent. Our Polish colleagues worked professionally, it was a joint effort,’ added Vasyl Malyuk.

No details were reported so far by Polish media, but knowing them a bit we should probably soon know the name of the perpetrator 😉

Source: https://t.me/SBUkr/15129 (in Ukrainian)

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Trump's peace push falters in both Ukraine and the Middle East — for similar reasons

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This Oregon Native Went to Kyiv as a Volunteer. He Died in a Russian Attack this week.

Fred Grandy was upset by the United States’ reversal in its support for Ukraine, his family said.

nytimes.com/2025/06/19/world/e

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Vladimir Milov, a Russian politician and economist, told about the shortage of financial resources in Russia and noted that the Russian military-industrial complex is "already operating at the limit of its capabilities".

What's needed is to significantly increase financial pressure on Russia now. Not in 2026 or 2027 – today. This is critical for Europe's security.

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The Dogs of Mariupol: Russia’s Invasion and the Forging of Ukraine’s Iron Generation by Tom Mutch, 2025

It painstakingly documents the immense human catastrophe wrought on Ukrainian society and the divisions between those who fought and those who fled.

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When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Kateryna hung up her dresses, Oksana and Stanislav put down their lawyers' briefs and Oksen slammed shut his philosophy textbooks. Alongside thousands of their fellow citizens, they strapped on armour, picked up weapons and chose to risk their lives for the freedom and independence of their homeland. Many would never return. Journalist Tom Mutch woke up in Kyiv on 24 February to a world changed for ever. Making a fateful choice to stay and cover the invasion, he witnessed the forging of an 'iron generation' of young Ukrainians. With first-hand reporting from all the major battlegrounds and front lines, The Dogs of Mariupol recounts the war's notorious encounters, such as the Battle of Kyiv and the Siege of Mariupol, but also uncovers untold stories, like the 1st Tank Brigade's desperate defence of Chernihiv and the civilian guerrilla army fighting overwhelming odds in Sumy. This is not a triumphalist account of Ukraine's fight, however. It painstakingly documents the immense human catastrophe wrought on Ukrainian society and the divisions between those who fought and those who fled. It also delves deeper into events to answer important historical questions: could the Russian plan to capture Kyiv have succeeded? Did Ukraine make a fatal error by committing for so long to the defence of Bakhmut? And with more western support, could Ukraine have won this terrible war outright?

Alt...When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Kateryna hung up her dresses, Oksana and Stanislav put down their lawyers' briefs and Oksen slammed shut his philosophy textbooks. Alongside thousands of their fellow citizens, they strapped on armour, picked up weapons and chose to risk their lives for the freedom and independence of their homeland. Many would never return. Journalist Tom Mutch woke up in Kyiv on 24 February to a world changed for ever. Making a fateful choice to stay and cover the invasion, he witnessed the forging of an 'iron generation' of young Ukrainians. With first-hand reporting from all the major battlegrounds and front lines, The Dogs of Mariupol recounts the war's notorious encounters, such as the Battle of Kyiv and the Siege of Mariupol, but also uncovers untold stories, like the 1st Tank Brigade's desperate defence of Chernihiv and the civilian guerrilla army fighting overwhelming odds in Sumy. This is not a triumphalist account of Ukraine's fight, however. It painstakingly documents the immense human catastrophe wrought on Ukrainian society and the divisions between those who fought and those who fled. It also delves deeper into events to answer important historical questions: could the Russian plan to capture Kyiv have succeeded? Did Ukraine make a fatal error by committing for so long to the defence of Bakhmut? And with more western support, could Ukraine have won this terrible war outright?

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America: We will take , by force if necessary!

Denmark: No no, don't! Take instead!

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How realistic is this... and is it a dream or a global nightmare ?

"Crimean Bridge WAS A DECOY! Russians BRACE FOR THE REAL STRIKE! | RFU News" [6:02 min]
by RFU News — Reporting from Ukraine

youtube.com/watch?v=12PpA75MJf

Quote by RFUN:
"Jun 8, 2025
Today, there are a lot of interesting updates from the Sea of Japan.
Here, after Ukraine’s audacious underwater drone strike on the Kerch Bridge, Russian analysts have begun sounding the alarm over the possibility of an even more devastating follow-up. To them, the Kerch operation wasn’t just a spectacular success—it looked like a rehearsal for something far more dangerous, aimed at Russia’s most sensitive naval bases in the far east.
In light of the massively successful operation Spiderweb, showing Ukraine’s ability to strike deep in the heart of Russian territory by both conventional and unconventional means, the Ukrainian Security Service carried out another stunning strike.
In their own, so-called, special operation, Ukrainians hit the underwater support structure of the Kerch bridge. The estimated 1,100 kilogram explosion detonated around 10 meters deep, making the damage more difficult to assess and repair. Notably, Ukraine announced the strike by releasing footage taken from a Russian security camera, showing how deeply infiltrated Ukrainian intelligence services are in Russian networks.
To conduct the strike, Ukrainians used a new variant of underwater naval drone, the Toloka 1,000 or the Toloka 400. These new underwater drones, upgrades of the Toloka 150, can deliver between half a ton and 5 tons of explosives at a range of 1,000 to 2,000 kilometers, respectively. The drones can operate at a depth of up to 40 meters. Their compact design and quiet propulsion systems make them ideal for covert sabotage missions against high-value Russian naval and logistics infrastructure.
However, Russian analysts note that Ukraine could have used multiple Toloka drones in sequence to breach defenses and collapse the bridge. They suggest that this was therefore not the main strike, but rather a field test of upgraded underwater drone capabilities. Operation Spiderweb demonstrated that Ukraine can strike deep into Russia using unconventional platforms, hitting unexpected targets beyond traditional frontlines. Now, with new and upgraded underwater drones in play, Russian analysts started raising the alarm that the Pacific naval assets are under imminent threat.
Russian analysis are worried that to hit Russia’s far east, Ukrainians could realistically use container ships laden with concealed naval drones. The Ukrainians operate a large fleet of merchant vessels, including container ships. These are more difficult to regulate and inspect, making it easier to smuggle the underwater drones in them. Furthermore, careful coordination of shipping towards international ports of Ukrainian allies, such as Australia, the United States, Japan, and South Korea, could reduce the risk of such an operation being intercepted, especially with the cooperation of allied intelligence services.
Once the container ships enter the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, or even dock in Russian ports, they would already be within range of releasing underwater drones, with the Toloka 1,000 having a range of 2,000 kilometers at the least. Ukraine could launch these drones from the deck, or through an underwater configuration comparable to a torpedo launch. The targets would be the Russian naval bases in Vladivostok and on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
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Such strikes would not have a direct military impact for Ukraine, but it would bring the war to the Russian home front in a way never seen before. Additionally, it would undermine Russia's ability to defend itself in a broader sense, eroding the Russian nuclear triad even further, after already having lost over a third of its strategic bomber fleet. Such an operation would exponentially magnify the pressure on Russia to seek a realistic negotiated peace settlement, as the Ukrainian Istanbul delegation already noted how, after the launch of Operation Spiderweb, their Russian counterparts were much less hostile than before.
Overall, Ukraine’s strike on the Kerch Bridge fits into a broader, coordinated campaign, seemingly without range limitations. It marks the start of a new phase in long-range underwater warfare. With upgraded Toloka drones now capable of reaching over 2,000 kilometers, Russian analysts openly worry this was only a trial run, and that Ukraine’s real targets lie in the Pacific, where Russian nuclear..."

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reported that the United States has redirected 20,000 missiles, originally intended for Ukraine to combat Russian Shahed drones, to the Middle East.

pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/06

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'Russian leaders have increasingly used museums and their digital collections to show propaganda about Slavic unity and deny Ukrainian identity since the 2022 invasion, analysis shows.

The research shows the increasing ideological indoctrination of Russian museums and digital spaces, a tightening of access to digital collections, & using copyright to limit and control how online collections are accessed and reused.'

news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h

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Ukraine's security service, @ServiceSsu , has released more info about Operation Spiderweb and a 4-min video showing new footage, including drones landing atop A-50 early warning and control aircraft.

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New data wiper hits critical infrastructure in

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Services Feast on ’s IP Address Exodus

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Trump's administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on four judges at the ICC an unprecedented retaliation over the war tribunal's issuance of an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and a past decision to open a case into alleged war crimes by U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

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NATO confirms 40 Russian aircraft damaged in Ukraine’s Spider's Web operation

global.espreso.tv/russia-ukrai

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claims it hacked , ’s strategic warplane maker

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'Nothing secret left' — Ukraine hacks Russia's Tupolev bomber producer, source claims

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The Ramifications of ’s Attack - schneier.com/blog/archives/202 " If $35K in drones (117 drones times an estimated $300 per drone) can destroy $7B in Russian bombers and other long-range aircraft, why would anyone build more of those planes?"

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on :

"The delegation behaved more calmly than before.
But the arrogance... well, it is what it is.
These arrogant people acted a bit more modestly.
Maybe a few more events like this are needed so that everyone will start behaving like decent human beings."

's struggle is a facet of the world's fight against rising

and others need to learn due humility

It's our fight too, domestic and international

Note the only methods they understand

Alt...Zelensky speaking on Operation Spiderweb

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