💔🇺🇦 Horrifying drone footage of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region. 20 km from Kramatorsk. Today it is a fire. Burned high-rise buildings, destroyed kindergartens, schools, hospitals, a broken church.

Met de massale inzet van steeds betere drones brengt Oekraïne langzaam een kentering teweeg in de oorlog tegen Rusland. Plotseling lag de zwaar beveiligde hoofdstad Moskou onder vuur, terwijl de Oekraïense strijdkrachten aan het front actiever zijn dan de Russen. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

The president of the United States. Still mind boggling that Americans accept this clown as their leader.

Anti-drone tunnels over Ukrainian roads, in total, more than 1,170 km of logistics routes are protected in this way.

Met de massale inzet van steeds betere drones brengt Oekraïne langzaam een kentering teweeg in de oorlog tegen Rusland. Plotseling lag de zwaar beveiligde hoofdstad Moskou onder vuur, terwijl de Oekraïense strijdkrachten aan het front actiever zijn dan de Russen. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Met de massale inzet van steeds vernuftiger drones brengt Oekraïne langzaam een kentering teweeg in de oorlog tegen Rusland. Plotseling lag Moskou onder vuur, terwijl de Oekraïense strijdkrachten aan het front actiever zijn dan de Russen. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

It is worth noting that almost 15 months after the military genius Trump told the Ukrainians that they had no “cards”, the Ukrainians hit so many targets around Moscow in one night, the most heavily defended city in Russia, that only a map does it justice.

This is a significant shift: Zelensky sees more Ukrainian active operations on the frontlines than Russian operations. www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

According to Finnish paper Iltalehti NATO sources confirm that Russia has started to aim drones into the territory of NATO states adjacent to greater St Petersburg area. Which supports my suspicion below. I did not independently find proof. www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a...

Moscow and Moscow region suffered perhaps the largest combined attack overnight. Over 500 drones were launched across Russia, with over 100 targeting the capital region.

The fact that some drones over Moscow can make these turns without being impeded speaks volumes. More than 300 drones were used for the operation against targets in Moscow, Russia, and they have likely overwhelmed in some areas the Russian air defense.

Ukraine launched 7,000 long-range drones in March: now, there is no more sanctuary in Russia. Meanwhile Trump told Xi he'd like Taiwan to "stay the way it is" and declined to commit to arms sales. My weekly update. mickryan.substack.com/p/russia-has...

⚡️Update: At least three people were killed and multiple residential buildings damaged in a large-scale drone attack on Moscow. Reports also cited strikes near Sheremetyevo Airport, as Russian authorities said more than 100 drones were intercepted overnight on May 16-17.

After Putin's approval rating crashed, the state polling agency changed how they calculate it to make it better. Now, half of people are asked in-person if they trust Putin. 95% say yes, and 5% are arrested. The Kremlin's motto: if you don't like the numbers, change them.

First he abandoned Ukraine and now he is abandoning Taiwan. Sucks to be a democratic friend of the USA these days.

It is amazing how little the press is willing to dissect US decline under Trump. The US got no help with Iran, was scolded on Taiwan, says it got a small Boeing deal (China has not confirmed) and Trump appeased on Chinese students, microchips, etc. Xi even insulted US power.

Ukraine had to shoot down another 294 Russian drones on a Saturday morning. They managed to neutralize 269 of them.

FT: Oekraïne vindt ook onderdelen van het Nederlandse bedrijf Nexperia in Russisch kruisvluchtwapen Kh-101 dat deze week 24 burgers doodde in Kyiv.

We've become numb to this stuff, but a president accusing a journalist of treason -- a capital crime -- for reporting on an ongoing war is not normal, and we should never accept it as normal.

This shows just how the US has declined. Xi told Trump to back away from Taiwan and what is Trump’s first comment after the summit? This, he might not support an already agreed arms sale to Taiwan. He is dancing to Xi’s tune.

At a time of war in the Middle East, the US has no ambassador in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Iraq or Kuwait. At a time of war in Europe, there is no US ambassador in Russia or Ukraine. Altogether some 115 of 195 ambassador posts are vacant. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Trump confuses Taiwan and Iran: Q: President Xi said there was a risk of conflict with the US over Taiwan. What's your response? TRUMP: I don't think there's a conflict other than we don't need their strait Q: But on Taiwan

Ukrainian forces once again struck Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery. The Ryazan Oil Refinery is one of the largest oil-refining enterprises in Russia, with a processing capacity of around 17 million tonnes of oil annually. 1/

The Art of the Schlemiel

An average survival time of 12 minutes for Russian troops near the Ukrainian village of Stepnohirsk euromaidanpress.com/2026/05/13/r...

It is notable that one of the most pronounced differences between Ukraine and the USA is that while both have corruption problems, the Ukr are investigating theirs up to the highest levels of govt, while the US govt is openly fostering more corruption.

This was Russia's 'ceasefire' plan all along. Keep Moscow safe on Victory Day while saving drones and missiles for this massive attack. Same pattern every year.

Russian Duma (parliament) has approved the permission for Putin to use Russia's armed forces in foreign countries to "protect Russians" who are under arrest abroad. It took Duma just several minutes to approve this. Over 3,000 Russians are currently under arrest in various countries.

Surge in defense spending among US allies www.defensenews.com/global/europ...

HUR announced that russia started a massive multi-wave air attack that may last for a few days. russians started with launching countless drones to exhaust the air defences and attack civilian facilities. Then, many cruise and ballistic missiles are expected to hit critical infrastructure & govt.

Want to park at the World Cup match between Haiti and Scotland in Boston? That'll be $175. And other insane prices during the soccer/football World Cup. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Oekraïne is geen blok aan het been van Europa meer, maar een hoeksteen van de Europese veiligheid www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Gen. Ben Hodges: The war has changed in Ukraine’s favor. Russia is losing more soldiers than it can replace. That is a negative trend for Russia and may force full mobilization, including in Moscow and St. Petersburg - something the Kremlin does not want.

Putin’s recent posturing with the new Sarmat super-heavy intercontinental ballistic missile "is intended to disguise his weakness made visible by the need to ask Ukraine to commit not to strike the May 9 Russian Victory Day parade." -ISW understandingwar.org/research/rus...

Hey, mainstream media: Isn't it about time you start talking to mental-health professionals and reporting to the public about the multiple and manifest mental illnesses that have long been exhibited by the president of the United States?

💔 A 9-month-old girl had her leg torn off in an enemy strike on Kryvyi Rih She is currently in the hospital. There are also 2 deaths.

Oekraïne is geen blok aan het been van Europa meer, maar een hoeksteen van de Europese veiligheid www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

The U.S. is attempting to broker a temporary ceasefire deal between Ukraine and Russia in exchange for sanctions relief for Moscow, the Kyiv Independent has learned, trying to revive stalled talks as Washington looks for a foreign policy breakthrough.

DEAR RESTAURANTS: Your servers are not volunteers. If you can't afford to pay them more than 2.13% of what you charge, you can't afford to run a business. Thank you!

The EU flag was raised above Hungary’s parliament for the first time since 2014. This marks a sharp visual break from Viktor Orbán’s long-standing EU-skeptical stance and signals a new tone in Budapest. #Hungary

The Wall Street Journal calls for more support for Ukraine in the war against Russia, but conveniently forgets to mention the U.S. president has been protecting Putin for sixteen months and wants Ukraine to give up territory. www.wsj.com/opinion/is-u...

❓ Glass cobwebs in the fields: why fibre optics could become a problem for demining Ukraine

Russia spent 2025 building a naval drone fleet modeled on Ukraine's. By last summer, it had working prototypes 2026 was supposed to be the year of large-scale deployment. Then SpaceX cut the signal

The real cost of U.S. troop withdrawal from Germany

🇭🇺🎧 Hungary’s new PM Péter Magyar DJ’d at his own inauguration party in front of Parliament. The Orbán era and its political culture (smear campaigns, fearmongering, hatemongering etc) is gone for good. The latest poll puts Magyar’s Tisza party at 70%. 🎥 @telexhu.bsky.social

Putin is once again going to give Ukraine a chance to surrender to him OR ELSE he will be forced to start taking seriously his 3 day special military operation that is now on year 5 with 1.3 million Russian casualties.

Prime Minister Péter Magyar inaugural speech: "The psyche of the whole country was poisoned by politics that was artificially inciting hatred. The Hungarian state is not allowed to do anything like this ever again... This era is, once and for all, finished."

⚡️Russian drone strikes apartment building in Kharkiv less than 24 hours into ceasefire. The drone attack hit a nine-story residential building in the city's Industrial district, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said on May 9 — the first day of a three-day truce meant to last until May 11.

The Motherland Monument in Kyiv was illuminated with the colors of the EU flag in an event attended by foreign diplomats, EU representatives, and Ukrainian authorities. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated the action symbolizes European support for Ukraine's fight for freedom and European values.

The President of the United States is a criminal. He SHOULD have been convicted for the crimes he led on January 6th, 2021. He WAS convicted of 34 felonies for corruption and harassment. Yet somehow, instead of facing the consequences he deserves, he’s running the government like a mob operation.