A tragic irony of this situation: ALL Democratic Party politicians currently seen as 2028 nominees might handle the Russia problem [the only problem of the humankind so far] even WORSE than Trump does. All 4 of them have been silent about The War, and some are overtly ANTI-MILITARY.

“The plan U.S. officials have negotiated is nothing more than cultural genocide against the people of Ukraine.” www.thecipherbrief.com/ukraine-peac...

Today in Ukraine is the Memorial Day For Victims of the Golodomors [famines]. What you need to know is that worst famines in Ukrainian history happened during the, and BECAUSE of, "peace" with Russia. Ukrainians stopped fighting the RU invasion in 1922 - and Russia orchestrated the 1932-33 famine.

Very much so.

Another similarity of LLMs to humans: if you expose them to a lot of disinformation, they will believe it. Which you can exploit, apparently called "LLM grooming". So LLMs fail at three levels: /1 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

IMPORTANT: law enforcement agencies in Britain, EU and the US (!) exposed a "billion-dollar money laundering network" that both served street drugs trade in the UK and "purchased a bank in Kyrgyzstan to facilitate sanctions evasion" and payments in support of Russian military efforts".

😎 Story of Yuliya Lemeschenko, a Russian woman who fled to Ukraine when The War began in 2014; went back as a secret UA agent in 2022. Her last unfinished mission was to assassinate a RU Air Force officer who had bombed her new home city. Next week, a Russian "court" gonna jail her for 23 years.

I served as our Ambassador in Ukraine for 3 years under Putin’s missiles and drones but resigned when Trump kept appeasing Putin. America does not bow to dictators. It’s not who we are. Here's why this Trump-Putin so-called "peace plan" is a disaster:

A good half of the "MAGA Americans" on X, Facebook, TikTok etc. are automated accounts whose IP addresses never left the metropolitan areas of Moscow, Sankt-Peterburg and Tehran.

We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous. (video) snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...

Really good one)

Things that make you go "Hmmm..." After nearly 12 years of grinding war, the Kremlin and the White House are in a sudden rush to force Ukraine to surrender, just as Ukraine's domestically produced "long-range" weapons systems start to come online. www.uawire.org/later-will-b...

Russia killed second-grader Ameliia Hzhesko and her mother, Oksana Dokhtor, by a strike on #Ternopil on the night of 19 November. The mother and daughter died embracing each other, according to the school Ameliia attended. Deepest condolences…

In fact, I support one, JUST one, of the 28 points in the Kremlin-Witkoff "peace plan" for the Russia-Ukraine War: the idea of the United States being compensated by RUSSIA'S money. It would be fair if all Russia's money and resources LEFT after compensating Ukraine went to the West.

All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.

It's always the ones you most expect... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

And formal response from Ukraine at UN:

Russian spy ship enters UK waters and aims lasers at military pilots, Britain says www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/u...

IMPORTANT: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky gave his public feedback to the notorious 28-points Witkoff-Kremlin "peace plan" in late Thu evening (screenshot👇) It's quite clear that Zelensky's NOT having it, predictably. Because why in the world would he?

"Global South" gonna Global-South...

Trending in social media are videos of Ukrainian F-16 fighter jets chasing Russian cruise missiles. Cinematic, but actually SAD to a pro: the reason UA pilots are doing that is to SAVE own precious MISSILES - and waste time by shooting down the RU targets low-cost: with close-combat autocannons.

"This war can be brought to an end, but the basic logic remains what it always was: the Ukrainians have to be supported so that Russia no longer aspires to destroy their country. That is the foundation. Negotiations will work when that has been achieved."

On World Children’s Day, Ukraine faces a brutal reality. Since 2022, over 2500 children have been killed or injured. Over 1600 schools and 790 health facilities damaged. ♦️ 669 killed, 1833 injured ♦️ 19546 deported to Russia ♦️ over 737000 internally displaced with 1.7 million refugees 📷 UN

Very much so🥱

Helpful reminder that both Kyiv and its European partners can safely ignore Trump's pushes for a bad peace deal.

"I can no longer see the Russian language as neutral during the full-scale war in this climate of constant threat. It is a weapon of soft power, an advance guard of influence that moves in long before their tanks," writes Kate Tsurkan, a reporter at the Kyiv Independent, in this op-ed.

Shameful and idiotic situation

In September 2024, Putin stated that if US long-range missiles were used against Russian targets, this would mean Russia was at war with America. However, the Kremlin dictator has remained silent following this week’s ATACMS strikes. Yet again, Putin’s bluff has been called

IMPORTANT: this fresh post by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio reads rather like DOWNPLAYING the importance of the Witkoff "peace plan" that Axios and Politico wrote about.

We should get serious about sanctions. Russian missiles that kill Ukrainian civilians contain parts made in the West. And this repeated mass murder of civilians by Moscow should bring total boycotts on Russian gas and oil. And the Ukrainians should get everything they need to defend themselves

Guys, Rustem Umerov and "peace talks in the Russia-Ukraine War" don't belong in the same text ANYMORE, due to certain domestic developments unrelated to The War. Not for months or years to come. * Mr. Umerov may be trying to convince people otherwise, but no Ukraine-knowing pro would buy it now.

IMPORTANT: @michaeldweiss.bsky.social spotted a likely evidence of the recent Axios and Politico scoops on Russia-Ukraine "peace plan" being nothing but a yet another KREMLIN DISINFO.

A 20 year old guy was trapped under the debris of the residential building in Ternopil that Russia attacked last night. Rescuers were in contact with him but were not sure they would be able to get him out alive. But finally, they managed to save him! Thank God!

"The outer shell of the empire fell off in 1991, and many mistook that for collapse. Like a matryoshka doll, within one 'prison of nations' another waited," writes Andrew Chakhoyan, an academic director at the University of Amsterdam, in this op-ed.

So US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was clearly wrong when he said that the US had run out of options for additional sanctions on Russia. Evidently, the US sanctions already in effect aren't being ENFORCED enough🤬

The Russian X-101 long-range cruise missiles that killed 25 civilians in Ternopil, Ukraine last night were manufactured in 4Q 2025; contain parts produced in the United States, China, Taiwan, Germany, the Netherlands, other 3rd countries: Ukraine Air Force citing inspection of the debris on site.

Two people killed, many wounded in the Russian airstrike on the city of Ternopil in western Ukraine, 600+ km away from the nearest frontline.

Big cities in western Ukraine (packed with internally-displaced Ukrainians) are currently under attack by Russian cruise missiles and drones. As is a major power plant in the area.

Aye

There are now dozens of Russian cruise missiles flying over entire Ukraine in complicated patterns - UA Air Force's warning channel.

Yet another massive, one-in-weeks Russian airstrike continues in Ukraine. As per the UA Air Force's warning channels, there were ballistic missiles hits in the east; RU long-range drones are all over the country (including the western regions), and now RU cruise missiles are incoming from the sea.

32 civilians wounded in the ongoing Russian drone strike on residential areas of Kharkiv, Ukraine; among the victims are children of 9 and 13 - local governor's post.

Ukrainian strike on power plants in Russia-occupied part of Donbas caused an unprecedented electricity blackout for 500000+ locals but also for the COLLABORATIONISTS among them and the 30-50K Russian soldiers, Gestapo and civilian colonists brought there by Kremlin after 2014.

I'm afraid the MBS visit is bad news for the intellectually challenged Americans who take "peace" demagoguery seriously. Saudi Arabia pathetically lost a war against the Houthis [Russo-Iranian proxies] even before the Houthis got modern ballistic missiles. What if MBS begs Trump for protection?

⚡ Ukraine confirms use of US-made ATACMS on Russia after months of Pentagon restrictions

Just released. The most important, under-reported story of the Russo-Ukraine War since Trump became President is how the Chinese now feel that they can pile in with Russian support. They are now helping Russia across the board, with components, technical help… open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Things I learned today: some time ago, Ukraine parliament legislated its right to subpoena citizens for parliamentary inquiries (much like US Congress) and even use National Police in the process. Problem is, the first inquiry to actually use it seems to be skewed against journos and NGOs(

The Kyiv Independent’s website is temporarily unavailable due to a global Cloudflare outage on Nov. 18 that has affected access to numerous websites. Cloudflare is a major internet infrastructure provider supporting traffic, security, and content delivery across the web.

I love stories like this. People turn a passion into a fundraising opportunity. It was great chatting with George about his trip across the US to raise funds for Ukraine 🇺🇦

“This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never-never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty-never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” —Winston Churchill