Ukrainian forces struck Russia’s Afipsky Oil Refinery. It is a major Russian processing facility in Krasnodar Krai. With a capacity of 6.25 million tons annually, it is crucial to southern Russia's fuel supply.

"The rule of law is no abstraction. It is the foundation on which every investment rests. You can’t drill a well, build a factory, or extend credit without certainty that your contract will be honored and what you own today will be yours tomorrow" from Leopoldo Lopez: www.wsj.com/opinion/delc...

Officials "took everything, demolished walls and ceilings, and killed our dogs" when they recently expropriated the home of Venezuelan opposition leader @leopoldolopez www.wsj.com/opinion/delc...

Several loud explosions in Kharkiv ‼️ its Russian drones again, they have been attacking us almost nonstop today.

⚡️Another targeted killing has reportedly taken place in Moscow. Following the morning explosion in Balashikha, where a Russian Army colonel was killed, another explosion has occurred in the southwestern part of Moscow. The area is cordoned off. No official details have been released yet

A car explosion in Balashikha near Moscow killed Russian Colonel Damir Davydov, according to multiple Russian sources. Davydov reportedly headed procurement of missile and artillery ammunition within the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate (GRAU) of the Russian Defense Ministry.

BREAKING Hundreds of Russians are evacuated after gas pipeline explosion causes massive fire in Russia’s Kizilyurt due to Ukrainian drone attack.

The Justice Department removed information about the January 6 insurrectionists from its website. @lawfaremedia.org has preserved and posted it www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The details about the Tate brothers in this incredible @newyorker.com profile of them are as sick as anything you will ever read. They are rapists, pornographers, traffickers - and are also protected by the "conservative" MAGA movement www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

"The leaders of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia were talking to Ukraine, not because they felt sorry for a war victim, but because they wanted to acquire drone interceptors like the ones I saw in action" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Shocking and offensive, also for the fact that FIFA doesn't protest www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

On Jared Kushner's trillion dollar conflicts of interest, from Casey Michel: "His financial entanglements span the globe, touching on the diplomatic hotspots where he is supposed to be negotiating on America’s behalf" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"The front line is not a line at all, but rather a broad no-go zone, some 20 miles wide. Everything inside this zone is visible to drones, which means that any Russian truck, tank, or infantryman...is instantly identified and can easily be hit" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

on the return of racism to the US military

From @edwardluce.bsky.social: how Trump is becoming...Jimmy Carter giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Extremely good videos of the Ukrainian FP-5 „Flamingo“. This heavy cruise missile struck the VNIIR Progress electronics plant in Cheboksary, Chuvashia, in Russia, over 1,000 km (630 miles) deep in Russian space this morning. The situation for Russia got worse.

Black smoke rises above the VNIIR-Progress facility in Cheboksary following the FP-5 Flamingo strike.

1/ Russia has reportedly effectively privatised its urban air defence systems, shifting their cost onto regions and private businesses. This is likely resulting in wealthy Moscow getting a disproportionate amount of air defences while poorer regions languish. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/wart...

An FBI agent told me to my face once that there were so many moving pieces, that I would likely end up with more charges than my trafficker. Full disclosure, this is the america ive always known.

This sums it up. What was believed to be a bedrock of the US - rule of law - turns out to have been a lie. The "case of Epstein files" shows that the law is not just captured etc. The law does not matter anymore. And that it used to matter, was a courtesy of everybody, but not a system feature.

I am part of this campaign; please join in; you can save lives.

The psychological war is the only one Russia can win. And the softest target as ever is the White House.

WELT reports that Russia fears a collapse of its front lines amid intensified Ukrainian attacks. With intensified Ukrainian strikes targeting key logistics, Russian forces are feeling the heat as their front lines face a precarious situation unlike before. 1/5

People say Ukrainians are strong. But honestly, most of the time we are just trying not to fall apart.

Paxton wants Texans to believe Talarico is some kind of godless liberal. Here's what he talked about with Colbert three months ago.

❗️Ukrainian UAVs and cruise missiles were launched in an evening raid against Russia, with Russian sources claiming about 160 drones and several missiles currently in the air. #Ukraine

Time to say it again: The US military cannot save us. Were the military to initiate unilateral action to remove an elected President, it would mean the end of the Union. It is the job of the Legislature to remove a President. Failing that, it becomes the job of We the People. Hard days comin’.

1/ Constant Ukrainian drone strikes in the Russian-occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region have driven the Russians to a desperate measure: they're unbanning Telegram because their mobile air defence teams can't manage without it. ⬇️

1/ Russian commanders often send men on suicidal 'flag-sticking' missions to raise the Russian flag over objectives, so that they can claim to have captured them and obtain personal rewards. As a Russian warblogger comments, this frequently leads to heavy Russian casualties. ⬇️

How the International Center of Culture and Arts in Kyiv looks after russia's latest attack. russia continues to methodically attack Ukrainian cities, bringing destruction to places that were once filled with life. Help protect the sky: u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...

💥A missile strike on the dislocation site of the Russian special battalion "Akhmat" in the Kursk region The attack was filmed by a camera of a Ukrainian reconnaissance drone, which was adjusting the fire and recording the results of the raid.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admitted that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from the Epstein files release. DEATH? The truth is probably far worse than anyone can imagine. Blanche needs to be prosecuted as well.

✅🇺🇦👀 Our drones have now taken control of the main roads leading out of Crimea. The Russians are reporting a large number of attack drones patrolling these routes (E105, E97), - DroneBomber

Today’s Russian attack on Kyiv changed nothing on the battlefield. Psychologically, it changed nothing either - except that Ukrainians now hate Russia even more. It did not make people demand surrender out of fear - it only strengthened their resolve. 1/

1/ Ukraine's Hornet drones are continuing to attack Russian targets across the occupied territories, seemingly without hindrance. A Russian warblogger fighting in the region expresses deep frustration at Russia's inability to prevent the drone strikes. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/spec...

1/ Continuing with Russian warbloggers' reactions to the overnight Oreshnik ballistic missile attacks against Ukraine, there's a great deal of criticism and bitterness about the Russian government's tactics. One asks: why not attack London instead? ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/wart...

The story, in the end, is ours. snyder.substack.com/p/the-man-in...

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Interceptor drone chasing Russian Shahed over Kharkiv region.

No One be Surprised! Read the Response….

Another truck in Russian controlled territories eliminated. The amount of videos showing this outcome is mind-boggling.

An ammunition site in Russian-occupied Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region, in Ukraine is burning. Secondary explosions can be heard.

Russian logistics in the rear such as in the Russian-occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia continues to be targeted and destroyed by Ukrainian mid-range drones.

The American-led negotiations in Ukraine prolonged the war by encouraging Putin. The Russians dangled ludicrous business"deals" in front of Witkoff and Kushner who were too gullible to understand that they were being manipulated. Good to hear the US has abandoned this failed policy.

russians attacked a funeral procession in Sumy with an FPV drone. The drone struck the road next to a bus. At least four people were injured. Imagine attacking people while they are saying goodbye to the dead. This is the “russian world”

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"There is no acceptance for Russia’s threats against our allies. You have no right to falsely accuse the Baltic States. It is clear who the aggressor is and who the victim is. We remain firmly committed to the principles of the UN Charter and the Atlantic Treaty." Radoslaw Sikorski, MfA Poland

"On the present trajectory, Iran will emerge from the conflict many times stronger and more influential than it was before the war. It will exercise leverage with dozens of the richest nations in the world." From Robert Kagan, @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

New footage shows the Feodosia oil depot in occupied Crimea after repeated Ukrainian strikes. The marine oil terminal has burned at least 6 times from autumn 2024 to spring 2026, with the latest attack on April 23 involving 5 hits and a fire. #Crimea