"Create unbearable conditions—do whatever you want" That's what Russian commanders told guards at Ukrainian detention facilities, per Memorial's new report documenting an 80-year line from Stalin's filtration camps to occupied Kherson ⤵️ 🔗

This boy is only 2 years old — and already knows how to survive. Child in #Ukraine gets ready to spend the night in the corridor — the safest spot in an apartment during Russian attacks under the “two-walls” rule. This has become a daily reality for millions. 📹🖊️Ukrainian World Congress

⚡️ Russia’s drone strike tore open Chornobyl’s protective dome, but Ukraine says full restoration will be finished by 2026. 🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...

Upon arrival there, the Lithuanians are offered to launch a balloon with smuggled cargo towards Lithuania. Vilnius emphasizes that in this way the Belarusian regime is trying to create the appearance that Lithuanian intelligence itself is organizing and initiating a hybrid attack.

🇱🇹 Belarusian special services are preparing a "false flag" operation using Lithuanian citizens, - Militarnyi In recent weeks, unknown individuals posing as Lithuanian intelligence officers have been offering citizens "earnings" in TG in exchange for carrying out an alleged intelligence task.

🇺🇦 Captured Russian T-90AK in service with AFU, - 5th Separate Assault Brigade.

It was also no coincidence that it was a Black woman reporter he railed against.

Ukrainian Defender Mykola has injuries to his face and limbs, an amputation of his right hand, and a fracture of the bones in his left shin. He has undergone major surgeries. At home, a wife and two children are waiting for Mykola. 📹: Serhii Ryzhenko

⚡️ BREAKING: Zelenskyy says Italy’s role in developing the peace plan is very important, noting that Italy always supports Ukraine.

In Myrnohrad, Ukraine’s 503rd Marine Battalion repelled a Russian assault group trying to storm a building. The marines opened fire, halting the advance, and then Ukrainian drones finished the job, eliminating the remaining attackers.

⚡️ BREAKING: Zelenskyy says Ukraine is already using long range Neptune, Palianytsia, Flamingo and Sapsan missiles, noting that Neptune “works well.”

Russian sabotage operations in Europe may be part of preparations for a full-scale war. The hybrid war that Russia is conducting across Europe may not simply be a series of isolated operations driven by short-term tactical considerations.

⚡️ Russian strikes have made 2025 one of the deadliest years for Ukrainian civilians, with casualties up 24 percent, UN reports. 🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...

Fragments of a Russian missile were found today on a field in Kyiv region

✈️‼️🇰🇷 Nine Chinese and Russian military aircraft entered South Korea's air defense identification zone over waters in the east and south of the country, - Yonhap At about 10 a.m. on December 9 local time, two Chinese and seven Russian aircraft entered the zone.

The headline says it all www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

😳 The amount of fiber optic used by both sides in the Kupyansk direction.

Bingo. A Ukrainian drone strike on December 5 shut down Russia’s Syzran oil refinery, according to Reuters. The attack hit the CDU-6 distillation unit, the same one damaged in August, and repairs could take up to a month. Syzran, owned by Rosneft, processes about 90,000 barrels per day.

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Something get under your skin, Donnie?

Ukrainian FM Sybiha said Russian African Corps in Mali is repeating crimes committed in Ukraine: killings of civilians and abuse Earlier, the AP report revealed the atrocities, with refugees describing horrors brought to their country by Russians euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/09/r...

Poland’s General Staff confirms talks with Ukraine are underway to transfer MiG-29 jets. The aircraft are being phased out due to reaching their service limits and no upgrades. In exchange, Poland seeks access to Ukrainian drone and missile tech to boost joint defense and industrial capabilities.

Nurses are the backbone of our health care system. They deserve respect. Unfortunately, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Texas has hired union busters to stop nurses from unionizing. Unacceptable. I stand with these brave nurses in the struggle for justice & against corporate greed.

OTD in 2021 General Gerasimov said Russia had no plans to invade Ukraine. So you can believe that we won't re-invade after we stop what we said we wouldn't start.

Some numbers from the Russian budget for January-November 2025: ▪️ Oil and gas revenues fell by 22.4%. In November alone they fell by 34%. Urals crude oil plummeted by 18% compared to October⤵️

🇯🇵🇺🇦 Japan Denies Refusing Russian Assets for Ukraine Japan is ready to take concrete steps in support of Ukraine and coordinates its actions with G7 partners. Read more ⬇️ theukrainianreview.info/japan-denies...

Over 2,000 Roshel Senator armored vehicles have been delivered to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, according to company head Roman Shimonov. The Canadian-made vehicles are a backbone of Ukraine’s mobility, used for troop transport, logistics, medevac, and high-risk missions.

🇨🇦🇺🇦 More than 2,000 Roshel Senator armored vehicles from the Canadian company Roshel have already been delivered to Ukraine during Russia's full-scale invasion, - CEO, Roman Shimonov.

The UK's age verification rollout has been chaotic. “What we are really doing is building surveillance infrastructure around accessing information online,” EFF’s Paige Collings told @techpolicypress.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/age-verific...

⚡️⚡️⚡️ Putin’s war is blowing-up Russia’s banks & soon the Kremlin’s Ponzi-scheme-house-of-cards will crash. 👉 The Kremlin’s collapse is nearer than you think. youtu.be/EBar0UYRnFo

“You’ll get the hole from a bagel, not Ukraine,” said Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya, addressing Russia at a Security Council meeting. “Our land and sovereignty are not for sale. This isn’t a Christmas market or some shady bazaar.”

James Garfield was murdered by a man who thought he deserved a government job. Chester Arthur—once a machine politician—responded by helping create civil service reform. Today’s GOP wants to undo that progress and return to patronage politics. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

I bet the organizers of this shit have financial connections to the kremlin. That they call it American Renaissance just shows what Ive always said, the staunchly racist misogynistic are on their brightest days half wits

Ukraine and European partners have developed peace proposals to present to Washington, Zelenskyy says "Everything depends on whether Russia is ready to take effective steps to stop the bloodshed," he said after meeting UK, French, and German leaders in London euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/09/z...

Project 2026 and beyond. The kremlin is a secret partner to the heritage foundation. In common they want to overthrow our USA

ICC arrest warrants for Putin and five other Russians accused of war crimes in Ukraine will stay in place even if Ukraine peace talks succeed, ICC prosecutors said Deputy prosecutors Mame Mandiaye Niang &Nazhat Shameem Khan said a UNSC resolution would be required to suspend court-issued warrants

A Russian woman: "If a person is a patriot,they support a united Fatherland within the borders established after the victory in World War II in 1945. That is, it’s impossible to call yourself a patriot if you don’t recognize Kyiv&Vilnius as part of your Fatherland.Such a person is a separatist..."

Ukraine’s Defense Forces made Russia’s advance slower than a snail.

Russia still can’t capture the Donetsk region, Ukraine’s fortress line that Moscow now demands to take without a fight. 🔗 united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

🇺🇦 Syrskyi: For us, every citizen and soldier is our highest value. We don't fight for ruins and building foundations. When defense loses all meaning, I give the command, and we withdraw units to save our soldiers. We'd rather lose 200-300 meters than the life of one of our soldiers.

“Everything” is not coming down in price. It’s almost all going up. The Golden Age isn't “right around the corner” any more than a healthcare plan is. Stop gaslighting the American people.

⚡️ Russia's Syzran oil refinery halts operations after Ukrainian drone strike. Russia's Syzran oil refinery halted operations on Dec. 5 after sustaining damage in a Ukrainian drone attack, Reuters reported on Dec. 9, citing industry sources.

The Civil Rights Division was established 68 years ago today to systematically enforce federal civil rights laws and protect voting rights.

🇺🇦 Zelensky: I am ready for the elections. I am asking the US now, possibly with the Europeans, to ensure security for the elections. And then in the next 60 days Ukraine will be ready for the elections. 🇵🇱 Poland’s General Staff confirms talks with Ukraine are underway to transfer MiG-29 jets. 7/8

🇨🇦 More than 2,000 Roshel Senator armored vehicles have already been delivered to Ukraine during Russia's full-scale invasion. 🇺🇦 I think we will submit an updated “peace plan” to the US tomorrow, — Zelensky 8/8

Russia violated the Trump-brokered March ceasefire more than 30 times before it collapsed in April.

Putin "doesn't want to cease fire under any circumstances until he achieves his ultimatums," the presidential office told Euromaidan Press. The office also debunked claims Ukraine rejected an August ceasefire proposal — calling it fake.

Zelenskyy says Ukraine is ready for an energy ceasefire — but Russia keeps striking. "We only see their strikes... this doesn't suggest Russia is interested in the peace process," he said today His office was blunter: "Constant attacks are the only way for Russia to push its demands on Ukraine."