While I was originally thinking about presidents, this should apply to all politicians, and not just those in constitutional governments.

A Constitutional amendment is needed. Henceforth only those who know when to shut up can be elected.

⚡️ RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE — APR 30, 2026 (1/2) ■ Record land-based equipment losses and the highest casualties of April; additional 🇷🇺 gains of 137 km² confirmed ■ Record unarmored vehicle losses and the biggest artillery losses this year so far ■ ... 📈 datastudio.google.com/s/hjJWvnwDb6g

🇺🇦22:40 | 29/04 Approximate flight routes of our UAVs: 🔴 Red arrow – directions of movement of strike UAVs; 🟣 Purple arrow – directions of movement of USVs; According to Russian sources, around 280 drones and several groups of USVs were reportedly launched;

Russian Business news 28/April/2026: The Russian Ministry of Digital Development is working on ways to introduce additional fees for users who use VPN services in Russia as a way to prohibit their use. www.kommersant.ru/doc/8625150

Putin had the opportunity to limit the blowback to 1905 in 2022. Putin failed. The limit could have been the 90s in 2024. Putin failed. There are just over 8 months left in 2026 to contain the limit to merely 1917 bad. Will Putin the Pathetic fail again?

The further Putinisation of America. Wishing the Dear Leader gone is treated as a crime.

⚡️ RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE — APR 29, 2026 (1/2) ■ New 🇷🇺 gains of 107 km² confirmed (167 km² net over the last 30 days, with heavy casualties) ■ Daily engagements below average, but casualties and equipment losses remain above average ■ ... 📈 datastudio.google.com/s/lMCPI1znrP8

1/ The acting US Ambassador to Ukraine is to resign over differences with the Trump Administration, becoming the second ambassador to do so in just over a year, and the third to resign under Donald Trump. She is said to be frustrated at Trump's lack of support for Ukraine. ⬇️

Never forget, this is what they are willing to admit. I wonder how bad things really are.

22:20 | 28/04 Approximate flight routes of our UAVs: 🔴 Red arrow – directions of movement of strike UAVs; 🟣 Purple arrow – directions of movement of USVs; According to Russian sources, around 250 drones and several groups of USVs were reportedly launched;

⚡️ RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE — APR 28, 2026 (1/2) ■ Engagements and casualties above the 7-day average; no confirmed territorial changes ■ Significant 🇷🇺 losses of APVs and unarmored vehicles; five pieces of special equipment ■ ... 📈 datastudio.google.com/s/uUyaFOHXABI

Russian tanker port data. At Ust-Luga the LNG terminal is offline. Gas condensate facility is operational. The adjusted in oil shipments was minimal. Oil is down this week and with adjustments it might be down to 1 million barrels a day and oil products are down to 1 tanker.

The St Petersburg commodities exchange reduced the maximum decrease possible for fuel sales from 5% to 3%. This is out of fear that the agreement that will force refineries to sell more domestically will cause volatility but current refining volumes are too low for that.

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Putin chose to spend the Soviet inheritance in the attempt to recolonize Ukraine.

Some questioned must be answered before we can consider supporting Chechnya's bid to control Moscow.

⚡️ RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE — APR 27, 2026 (1/2) ■ Most engagements this month so far, and far more than expected based on the evening report ■ Casualties and equipment losses well below average; no confirmed territorial changes ■ ... 📈 datastudio.google.com/s/ly2dKWa4KE4

⚡️ RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE — APR 26, 2026 (1/2) ■ Engagements and casualties below average; no confirmed territorial changes ■ Considerable drone losses (12th-highest); high artillery losses ■ ... 📈 See dashboard for full data: datastudio.google.com/s/iK7krsaY9sY

#Fellas! New Fella to follow!

New Fella in town, and he brings an orchestra. Looking forward to May 1st premiere, so I have to boost! 🤗

I don't always have something insightful to add the treasure trove of data @ragnarbjartur.bsky.social provides for us. Other times I do. Something has been happening to curtail russian shelling. Drones have been the opposite until very recently. This is worth paying closer attention to.

Why I’m skipping the White House Correspondents open.substack.com/pub/tarapalm...

⚡️ RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE — APR 25, 2026 (1/2) ■ Major 🇷🇺 attack wave: 619 drone attacks, 94% intercepted; 30 of 47 missiles intercepted; 32 locations hit ■ Most engagements this month, highest casualties in 2 weeks; no confirmed territorial changes ■ ... 📈 datastudio.google.com/s/rhALDEsOXA4

It's finally happened. russian central bankers have discovered #PruneThreads

22:00 | 24/04 Approximate flight routes of our UAVs: 🔴 Red arrow – directions of movement of strike UAVs; According to Russian sources, around 250 drones were reportedly launched; however, these figures and the indicated routes are highly approximate.

⚡️ RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE — APR 24, 2026 (1/2) ■ Engagements above average but casualties below average; no confirmed territorial changes ■ Drone and land-based equipment losses well below average ■ ... 📈 See dashboard for full data: datastudio.google.com/s/v7ijPN-fTVA

‼️ Russia: “Tax hikes, an economic slowdown, and a massive consumer shift to austerity have plunged Russian businesses into a pessimism unseen in over two decades.” 🍿 Oh dear… (I did tell you that it would get worse 😉) ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/04/22/d...

This is my 1,520th daily thread documenting Russia's war on Ukraine. Let me with you Happy St George's Day, particularly if, like me, you are English. Or Georgian. And apparently Romania, Spain and Portugal too, but to a lesser degree there. Anyway, back to the war - it's Day 1520

While laying off public sector employees does save having to pay public sector employees' salaries, signup bonuses dwarf the savings. This will not help the federal budget in the long run.

Let this be a warning to MAGA. Wars of imperial aggression don't always turn out as hoped. If they can't join the antifascist resisting the regime then they must prepare themselves to suffer the consequences of their actions.

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Dark Autumn for Russia theeasternborder.lv/podcast/dark... My predictions episode for the upcoming collapse of the Russian federation. The thumbnail is VERY bad, but there's a good reason why I include it here. Gemini made this. It admits that Putin and Shoigu are NOT public figures anymore.

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⚡️ RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE — APR 23, 2026 (1/2) ■ Casualties remain above average despite fewer engagements; 30-day 🇷🇺 net gains total 60 km² (last territorial change on April 15) ■ Drone and unarmored vehicle losses above the 7-day average ■ ... 📈 datastudio.google.com/s/nH5wcC8jAZI

Russian Business news 22/April/2026: The transit of Kazakh oil to Germany via the Druzhba oil pipeline will be stopped from May 1 2026 according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak. www.kommersant.ru/doc/8607183

If I’m reading this correctly, and I think I am… Russians are now sh*tting bricks www.gazeta.ru/science/news...

00:20 | 23/04 Approximate flight routes of our UAVs: 🔴 Red arrow – directions of movement of strike UAVs; According to Russian sources, around 280 drones were reportedly launched; however, these figures and the indicated routes are highly approximate.

⚡️ RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE — APR 22, 2026 (1/2) ■ Highest engagements this month and casualties above average; no confirmed territorial change ■ Drone and land-based equipment losses well below the 7-day average ■ ... 📈 See dashboard for full data: datastudio.google.com/s/jaiv9GqQBPQ

Two dud Vandal drones laying on top of a pile of ammo/garbage/whatever with a third vandal drone flying in. Did the third explode or also lay down on top of the pile?

Остання Двіжуха / The Last Action (animation)

23:30 | 21/01 Approximate flight routes of our UAVs: 🔴 Red arrow – directions of movement of strike UAVs; 🔵 Blue arrow – directions of movement of jet-powered UAVs; According to Russian sources, around 210 conventional and 4 jet-powered drones were reportedly launched;

⚡️ RUSSIA'S WAR AGAINST UKRAINE — APR 21, 2026 (1/2) ■ Engagements and casualties close to average; no confirmed territorial change ■ Highest 7-day artillery losses this year so far; drone losses above the 7-day average ■ ... 📈 datastudio.google.com/s/vtQQBGoFMPk

Ukraine could have surrendered in 2014. But we didn’t. Ukraine could have surrendered in 2022. But we didn’t. And we could surrender now. But we will not. We. Are. Ukrainians. We will not surrender.

This looks increasingly as if Russians are getting it. Will they withdraw? Revolt maybe? Or continue down this path of destruction? Time will tell, I guess. open.substack.com/pub/nadinabb...

Farmers: "please, sir, raise the egg prices so my children can have more than 1 doll and 1 pencil"

Welcome to Monday's daily Ukraine thread for Day 1517 of the full Russian invasion. I want to start by asking why, in over 4 years, has @IntlCrimCourt only ever brought war crime charges against 6 Russians, none since this 22 months ago? Putin's only accused of child-abduction😡

🎙️ Tochnyi Weekly Norwegian Defense Partnership ▶️ Erlend @edrotning.tochnyi.info ▶️ Joseph @josephthomason.tochnyi.info ▶️ GAU @deaidua.org l ▶️ Stanimir @delfoo.bsky.social ▶️ Colby Badwhar 🕒 20:00 Berlin | 21:00 Kyiv | 15:00 New York Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/Z0M_CaQ...