I can only repeat: the number of Russian drones in EU airspace will increase in proportion to the concern about these drones.

Yura and I shared a cell in the Donetsk prison after Izolyatsia. He was one of those people I barely recognized after his release. I'm glad he's finally free.

Here's a link to our Oxford event schedule. The workshop on 26 September is taking place at St Antony’s College, 62 Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6JF. Please join us:

The book is in the top five most read Ukrainian books published by HURI (Harvard). Translation into Georgian and Czech is in preparation. Link below: books.huri.harvard.edu/books/the-to...

Please join us: St. Antony's College on 26 September 2025, Oxford. Here's link for people to register attendance: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

I assure you: in Moscow now laughing in exactly the same way at tweets of Western politicians about Poland - just as in the video Hitler mocks Roosevelt, who demands guarantees that Germany will not attack a number of countries already occupied by it.

The number of Russian drones in EU airspace will increase in proportion to the concern about these drones.

- What, in your opinion, has become the most terrible thing during the period of full-scale war with Russia? - Izolyatsia has become commonplace.

Karpacz, 34th Economic Forum. We will talk about global security for Europe and about my book The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, which has also been translated into Polish. "Concentration Camp in Donetsk" Sep. 3, 16:15-16:40 BOOK STAGE D1 What Can the West Learn from Ukraine? Sep. 4 12:20-13:20

Join us for a conversation on the experiences of Ukrainian political prisoners in history and today. London, Tue 30 Sep 2025 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM. Swedenborg Hall, WC1A 2TH.

Perhaps the EU countries will realize that Russia's energy infrastructure, which feeds its military budget, is a legitimate target when they themselves have to bomb it. Support for Commander Madyar.

What you see in the video (Russians torturing their soldier with electricity) has finally been legalized in Russia. The Russian government has called on Putin to denounce the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture. This is the latest step in the legalization of torture in Russia... 1/2

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By the way, a brilliant illustration by Ukrainian artist Nikita Titov. The laconicism and precision of his works deserve the best exhibition halls.

It's hard to disagree, but let's see if there's a difference.

Putin may include a non-aggression clause in the Russian constitution, along with his own quote: "We did not attack Ukraine. What is happening is an attempt to end the war that Ukraine and the West started in 2014."

It's very simple: if we now - Ukraine, the EU and the US - cannot stop Putin from putting forward such conditions - what will stop him from putting forward the next ones?

All these endless negotiations reminded me of a question one journalist asked my brother-in-arms during the Russian offensive: - Why do you think they are attacking here, in your direction? To which he replied: - You know, we at the front don't think in such categories: why here or now... 1/2

What’s most upsetting is seeing American soldiers laying out the red carpet on their knees for a war criminal. The rest of the meeting’s futility was quite obvious.

Today is a very important day: 84 Ukrainians were returned from Russian captivity, some of whom were in Izolyatsia. Some were in captivity since 2014, 2016 and 2017, that is, 8-11 years. And now I am looking at the photo report from the prisoner exchange... - 1/4

I love cities by the water. Hamburg has long since become like my hometown. Once again, I am grateful to Hamburger Stiftung für politisch Verfolgte for the invitation.

It would be very interesting to hear the opinion of German sociologists here: are these figures connected with the blurring of German identity or are there other reasons? I am sure that Russian foreign intelligence closely monitors such data.

General Budanov, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, said in an interview that Russia plans to rearm by $1.1 trillion by 2030 - the largest military budget since 1980: "The main strategic goal of the rearmament is war with NATO". The location of the interview - in the open air of Kyiv.

Russia said it had taken full control of the shattered town of Chasiv Yar after nearly 16 months of fighting. Russians proudly post these photos and call it "liberation".

Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Kiriyenko before and after release from Russian captivity. Russian captivity is worse than death at the front, often it is the same death, only painful and drawn out over time.

The photo (in the comments) shows Pokrovsk last summer, the drone video shows the city now:

Facts: 1. In September, Belarus will host joint exercises with Russia "West-2025", as well as directly related exercises "Interaction-2025", "Search-2025" and "Echelon-2025". In May 2025, the Baltic Fleet already held major exercises, and now new exercises called "July Storm" have begun.

The inscriptions at the protests in Kyiv are a separate type of creativity and irony of the Ukrainian youth. The inscription on the "dog's" cardboard: "bribed student", on the cardboard on the right - "don't take a bribe, take a dog from a shelter". 📷 Рубрика

"Istanbul negotiations #3 were the shortest of all. As expected, the parties had nothing to talk about. A group of cannibals from Russia confirmed their desire to continue eating people, and people politely informed the cannibals of their readiness to continue killing them". Nevzorov

Unfortunately, President Zelensky is making the same mistake as Yanukovych, when he does not sense tension within society. Only now there is also discontent within the army, and yesterday's protests may be just the beginning:

While fighting a war of survival against Russia, Ukraine must not turn into its authoritarian neighbor:

Behind the curtain of war, elements of authoritarianism have long been forming inside Ukraine. Personally, I am a categorical opponent of the attempt to combine military service with civil activism. But in the case of Shabunin, there is yet another revenge for his anti-corruption activities.

Another clear example of what Ukrainians deal with at night:

A photo from the Ukrainian metro during another Russian bombing. The dog's ears were even covered to reduce the stress. We had a lot of cats on the front lines, and even though we all received concussions, I was always surprised at how affectionate the cats were. 📷 Yan Dobronosov, Telegraf

Ukrainian barbershop:

The Dutch Ministry of Defense has confirmed that, at the request of NATO, the Port of Rotterdam will provide space for ships with military equipment - in the event of a potential war with Russia.

I want to share and at the same time thank the author (under the nickname Roman Clodia on Goodreads) for one of the latest reviews of my book "The Torture Camp on Paradise Street". As an illustration, I chose a Certificate of Release from a penal colony, which is now kept in museum👇 1/7

That case when there is nothing to add:

"We have an enormous geopolitical challenge on our hands. And that is first of all Russia... They are now producing three times as much ammunition in three months as the whole of NATO is doing in a year... We need to develop the defense industrial base. But if we don’t, we’ll have to learn Russian".

The photo and video (by drone platoon commander) shows a tunnel made of anti-drone netting over a highway connecting two cities 20 km from the front in Donbas. Along with the nightlife in the metro, this is another reality of war, but a completely new one: 1/4

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Outside the window, active shooting at Russian drones is happening again: Russia is increasing the quantity and quality of terror. The problem with fascism is not only that war is its paradigm, but also that such a dictatorship never transitions to democracy peacefully - only through defeat... 1/6

Nights in Kyiv increasingly resemble scenes from a film about the Nazi bombing of London: machine gun crews on the roads, air raid sirens that lasted for hours, metro stations packed with people, searchlights in the night sky, searching for Russian drones, explosions from ballistic missiles... - 1/2

While the Big Beautiful Bill is being voted on in the US, an air raid siren has been sounding over Kyiv for three hours now, and people are getting ready to sleep in the subway. Without American Patriots, we will face the depletion of the remaining air defenses.

To better understand Putin's paradigm "the USSR is historical Russia", the Russians gave Baku the bodies of two Safarov brothers tortured in prison: "The forensic examination recorded a displaced fracture of the nose, deformation of the chest, large hematomas around the eyes, rib fractures... 1/2

Elite units of The Main Directorate of Intelligence of General Budanov managed to stabilize the situation in the Sumy direction, despite the concentration of 50,000 Russian forces there. The enemy is also being destroyed by the guys I was with in Syria.

Herman Obuhov is a Soviet political prisoner, one of the few who understands that Russian fascism cannot be stopped by actions with lanterns and colorful balloons, which are loved by Russian emigration in the EU. It's amazing how the regime has transformed: in the 80s, the prison administration 1/4

On the issue of "a happy Russia of the future" and "ordinary Russian people who are not guilty of anything": youtu.be/soIr4Ry_Ifc?...