It's reassuring to think that when the first shots of WWIII are fired we will be able to turn to each other and honestly say that we tried, for as long as was humanly possible, to protect Russia's money. 👍🏻 @glandsbergis.bsky.social as always on point👏

🧵1: Google updated their satellite images of Mariupol. The sight is horrifying. For over 3 years russian occupiers have closed off the city. war crimes are being covered up, evidence erased. In the outskirts; terrifying amounts of rapidly growing unmarked mass graves! A 🧵👇🏼

If this feels like a deja vu, it’s because it’s not Albania’s first rodeo. The country already went bankrupt in the 90s after investing in pyramid schemes. Maybe their new minister will tell them to invest in some crypto shitcoin this time around?

⚡️Kremlin spent a record sum in 14 years on foreign influence operations. Russia’s “Rossotrudnichestvo” agency poured $412M rubles into programs courting young activists, bloggers, and journalists abroad—triple last year’s budget for its “New Generation” project.

Enquête extrêmement détaillée et fouillée de plusieurs médias revenant sur l'une des opérations les plus dangereuses et aggressives menée par le renseignement russe contre l'Europe depuis le début de la guerre en Ukraine. Comment le GRU a disséminé des colis piégés dans toute l'Europe.

The main problem is that the lionisation of Boris Johnson by Ukrainians prevents them from understanding that Brexit was part of Russia’s hybrid war against the West & Boris its willing soldier. Which ought to be one of their key arguments in explaining to Europeans why Russia is a threat to us all

Ukraine’s GUR released the components of the "Shakhed". According to the GUR, inside the Russian "Geran-3" series "U" loitering munition — an analogue of the Iranian Shahed-238 — there are many foreign-made components. war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/en/page-gera...

Bloody hell. I just saw video of the speech Roger Waters gave at a supposed pro-Palestine rally in Berlin. Nothing about Palestine, just an insane fascist rant about Ukraine. The man is indistinguishable from the average Kremlin spokesperson at this point.

In case people thought things were going well - the Czechs are going to join Russia in about a month

From the Hankyoreh, the leading left-leaning newspaper in Korea. They’re not mincing their words. english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...

🇷🇺🇺🇸 Trump a ENFIN qualifié, pour la première fois, la Russie « d'agresseur ». En parlant des pertes des forces ukrainiennes et russes, Trump a déclaré : « Cette semaine, 8000 soldats des deux pays sont morts. Un peu plus côté russe, mais quand tu es l'agresseur, tu perds plus. »

Perun-o-clock: China's New Military Equipment Revealed - The PLA Parade and its Modernisation Speed Run www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRts...

As of yesterday 17 strikes on 12 Russian oil refineries in 45 days! Greater than 25% of Russia's refinery capacity has been taken offline.

The violation of Romanian airspace by Russian drones is yet another unacceptable breach of an EU Member State's sovereignty. This continued reckless escalation threatens regional security. We stand in solidarity with Romania. I am in close contact with the Romanian government.

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Ah oui, c'est moulah time pour Dassault.

Belarus - from where exactly the drones were launched to Poland

Ukrainian athlete from Kharkiv Nataliia Zharkova has won the World Freediving Championship that took place in Greece🎊🥇

Just sent out this free post. Russia attacked Poland last night--and the NATO response indicates institutional and national failure. They were clearly not prepared, cannot even call the Russian attack an attack, and do not understand their real security concerns. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

European security depends on Ukraine, by @anderspucknielsen.dk

Ukraine Just Launched a Cruise Missile Barrage at That Russian Tank Army Massing in Donetsk

📌 #Ukraine 🇺🇦💪🫡 L’un des plus grands fabricants de drones 🇺🇦 Ukrspecsystems a annoncé la décision de construire une usine de drones de 200 millions de livres 💷 dans l’est de l’Angleterre Cela créera 500 nouveaux emplois, ce qui est important car Lotus 🔽 ukdefencejournal.org.uk/ukrainian-dr...

In the latest RUSI Commentary Elias Forneris examines how political instability at home threatens France’s ability to project influence abroad. With a no-confidence vote looming, what are Macron’s options and what’s at stake for Europe and beyond?

Angela Rayner’s former department killed a major redevelopment project that had been 7 years in the works, and is strategically critical for an entire city. Will be interesting to see if her replacement looks again at the decision, for a very funny reason. takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/build-stev...

Notre enquête sur le transport de la tapisserie de Bayeux va vous passionner : ▪️ Elle sera rangée sur un paravent pliable de 71m ▪️ Les restauratrices auraient voulu qu’elle reste dans le noir deux ans avant toute sortie ▪️ Le coût du voyage devrait atteindre le million d’euros aller-retour

Not long ago we read his words about fighting against russian drones. Oleksiy Hordiyenko a farmer from Kherson region, a symbol of resilience - was kіIlеd by a russian drone. Rest in Peace Oleksiy 🕯

Un discours qui pointe de plus en plus à gauche ces dernières années, même si présent depuis des décennies dans d'autres milieux (et pas toujours de gauche), c'est l'idée qu'il faut décentraliser notre système électrique et rendre les territoires plus autonomes et résilients. Bonne idée. Ou pas. ⤵️

Warfighters demonstrating leafality.

France 🇫🇷 : CNEWS la voix de Moscou🧵 CNEWS se dit être le porte-voix de la liberté, d’être l’étendard des patriotes. En réalité, cette chaîne est devenue le chien de garde du Kremlin et répand le narratif de V. Poutine sans sourciller. CNEWS est le nouveau Russia Today⤵️ 1/20

‘Operation Raise the Colours’ Organised by Well-Known Far-Right Extremists by @hopenothate.org.uk hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...

@benborges.xyz Hi, do you know of any working channels for The Owl? They were shut down by telegram a couple of times and I’ve lost track of them since then.

Family conversation with grandson has now degenerated, and now consists entirely of him and me saying, "Botoooom!" to each other while laughing like drains as the rest of the family look on in rank disapproval. He and I feel that we have reached Nirvana. Life simply doesn't get better than this.

“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...

OSINTukraine isn’t just an archive. It’s a Memory tool. It demands attention for Ukraine’s cause:

France 🇫🇷 Thierry Burkhard, quitte officiellement ses fonctions de Chef d'état-major des armées. Il va être remplacé par Fabien Mandon. Il a, durant ses fonctions, multiplié les alertes sur la menace que fait peser la Russie sur l'Europe & la France.

Mon article le plus douloureux en 3,5 ans. « Les façades éventrées laissent voir des cuisines ouvertes au vent, des chambres d’enfants déchirées par l’explosion. Des pompiers creusent dans les gravats, sortant des corps enveloppés de couvertures. » À lire ici : www.leparisien.fr/internationa...

Europe must assert hard power or become a "hunted animal," France’s chief of defense, General Thierry Burkhard, warns in an interview. Europeans need to unite to "achieve the critical mass needed to have influence and avoid being sold off by the slice." www.politico.eu/article/euro...

So there’s a boy. He was abducted when he was 16. They sent him to reeducation camp - yeap the one. Every morning they would wake the boy up to Russian national anthem - and he was supposed to sing. If he didn’t, there was a punishment. At first,

Today, I shared the fascinating story of Solomiya Krushelnytska — Ukrainian opera singer of the 20th century whose voice and beauty enchanted the entire world. Read it here: daryazorka.substack.com/p/solomiya-k...

Voilà le + beau tour de magie de l'Univers. L'amas de galaxies RX J2129 (grosse masse blanche) provoque un effet de lentille gravitationnel qui fait apparaitre 3 images d'une même galaxie lointaine, qu'on voit à 3 époques différentes, dont une où explose une supernova ! esawebb.org/images/potm2...

Perun-o-clock: The Long-Term Costs of War - The Price of Life, Economics of Casualties & Russia's War www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJzE...

1/ Evolution of Russian military-volunteer relations as explained by Aleksei Chadaev, director of "Ushkuynyk" that makes "KVN" fiber-optic drones, and Aleksandr Lyubimov, head of the Coordination Center for Assistance of Novorossiya (KCPN) organization - translation below. t.me/chadayevru/4...

And people wondered why it was always ‘Russia, Russia, Russia.’ If they still don’t get it, they’re lost.

@cyrilleamoursky.bsky.social 👇👇👇

FAA Insider Opens Up About Drone Incursions Over Military Bases From @twz.com www.twz.com/air/foreign-...

Je ferai un fil plus tard aujourd’hui pour analyser ce qui s’est passé et dresser une conclusion. En quelques mots seulement : rien ne s’est passé, comme on pouvait s’y attendre, cela ne présage rien de bon pour l’Ukraine et Trump est prêt à toutes les conditions de la Russie.

Lire le texte complet, il est inouï. Alignement total de Mélenchon/LFI sur la Russie. "Les dirigeants de l’UE ont accepté le scénario conclu en 2008 à Budapest en faveur de l’annexion par l’OTAN de l’Ukraine et de la Géorgie, véritable déclaration de guerre à la Russie." melenchon.fr/2025/08/14/e...

C’EST DÉSORMAIS OFFICIEL ! 🇺🇦🔥 Le premier corps armée Azov a coupé l’avancée et la pénétration russe en profondeur dans la région de Donetsk ! Plusieurs villages ont déjà été libérés, et ce n’est pas fini. Gloire à l’Ukraine ! Gloire à ses héros ! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

Russia's foreign minister arrived in Alaska today wearing a "USSR" sweatshirt.