If you want to understand russians a bit better - this thread is the absolutely must read. It summarizes the experience of interacting with them in other more civilized countries with incredible precision. #UkrainianView #UAView

Don’t panic / panic. All kicks off on Sunday.

Stronger than a lot of countries…

Moldovan President Maria Sandu: “This Sunday, Moldova heads into its most consequential election. Its outcome will decide whether we consolidate our democracy and join the EU, or whether Russia drags us back into a grey zone, making us a regional risk.

Beautiful Denmark, always does it right 🇩🇰 ❤️‍🔥 🇺🇦

Well, well...high five King Charles 👑

Glad somebody wrote about this, it's been happening for ages www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Moldova’s High-Stakes Election | "The country is battling for its future amid a tug-of-war between the Kremlin and its friends in Western Europe." Anastasia Pociumban

"Russia and its proxies have launched a disinformation campaign claiming that Moldova, together with Romania and Ukraine, plans a military operation against Transnistria, a Kremlin-occupied region in the country's east." kyivindependent.com/kremlin-prop...

Trump family has personal interest in Moldova, btw

“The Kremlin is pouring hundreds of millions of euros to buy hundreds of thousands of votes on both banks of the Nistru river and abroad,” said Sandu….”People are intoxicated daily with lies. Hundreds of individuals are paid to provoke disorder, violence, and spread fear.”

Here's hoping the Pro-EU parties win the day, with the people rejecting Ruzzian influence. #Moldova election on Sunday. www.politico.eu/article/maia...

Russian propaganda invents fake LEGO sets about Moldova and war in Ukraine Sourse: www.ukrinform.net/rubric-factc...

Maia Sandu · 1h This Sunday, #Moldova heads into its most consequential election.Its outcome will decide whether we consolidate our democracy and join the #EU, or whether Russia drags us back into a grey zone,making us a regional risk. Moldova’s future must be decided by Moldovans,not #Moscow.

Police raids arrest 74 people accused of planning electoral violence. New polls show PAS ahead, but there are issues, and Plahotniuc is back in Moldova after 6 years. Here’s my latest pre-election update. open.substack.com/pub/moldovam...

Excellent news! Moldova take a bow. ❤️☺️

What happy news!! 🌞!!!

Days before Moldova holds pivotal elections on Sunday, a Kremlin-linked propaganda machine has succeeded in spreading false claims of corruption targeting the former Soviet republic’s pro-Europe government, NewsGuard found. Read our report: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/new-kremli...

Ukraine is a powerhouse of great innovations in military technology.

Does this include plans for protecting the sky over Ukraine? Why are Fico and Orban included? Isn’t this a security risk for info to pass directly to Russia?

Important to say it out loud. 🇩🇰

President of Finland Alexander Stubb: "When we look at war, there are elements of it that are brutal, vulgar, and unethical. But the kidnapping of children, I think, goes beyond all of that. And we have to think that it's not only about the children being abducted⤵️

Kyiv opens Oleksandr Glyadelov’s “And I Saw” — 323 black-and-white photos spanning 35 years of Ukraine’s story.

Highly recommend reading. Normally I have no sympathy, but for the few russians who truly do not support the annexation of Ukraine, the experience of having to leave Russia has been both painful & transforming.

Russia says it’s taken 4,700+ km² in Ukraine this year. ISW says the real number is just 3,434 km² — and much of that is staged. Moscow’s fake data and flag videos are aimed at pressuring the West into concessions. euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/26/i...

I’m at the CGI2025.. here are some stats I just learned Russia and China (together) are funding a $3B propaganda campaign this year alone $100M alone into Moldova election China has filed 50% more scientific patents this year than the US (due to cut funding), next year the ratio will be 1 🇺🇸:10 🇨🇳

of course orthodox church is a tool of putin, through Gundyayev. He's shooting with all the guns he has got available. russia is desperate.

Päev 1312. Droonirünnak. Päeval jätkasid tiblad Tšernihhivi infra rünnakuid. UAl oli kiire öö. Afipski naftarafineerimistehas sai uue paugu. Lisaks 🔥 Rostovis, Taganrogis, Kertši piirkonnas, Krimmis Armjanskis FSB hoones. Tiblad ründavad aktiivselt Dnipropetrovskis. #SlavaUkraini

Ukraine imposes the most effective sanctions on Russia. While others talk, Ukraine strikes. This time Ukraine has disabled Russian gas plant 1,675 km behind the border. The plant may stay offline for months. — Reuters 1/

Europeans worry Trump’s TruthSocial post means he’s walking away from Ukraine. My latest on what that isn’t necessarily a bad outcome: macspaunday.substack.com/p/in-praise-...

it's all Moldova this weekend and the massive targeting with FIMI (influence ops)

💥 Russia: Afipsky Oil Refinery in Krasnodar region struck again by Ukraine. Unclear whether drones or missile were used.

My meetings in Brussels and Paris, and today's oped by Friedrich Merz in FT reinforced my optimism that one way or another (the value of) russian assets will soon be made available for Ukraine. Merz's stance that 140B € must go for Ukraine's defence is particularly uplifting.

Godspeed 🔥 🕊️ 🔥

According to latest iData poll, the "Patriotic Bloc" leads with 24.9% (41 seats), slightly ahead of the ruling PAS party with 24.7% (40 seats). Caveat: poll does not include #Moldova 's large #diaspora, almost a quarter of polled voters is undecided. #alegeriparlamentare2025

Among the many reasons for EUr to support Moldova, one is that if Russians take over, they will surely make it a launching place for attacks on Europe & Ukraine.

Russia ‘deeply interfering’ in Moldova’s Sept 28 vote, says EU www.straitstimes.com/world/europe...

I hope Europe is serious about protecting Moldova before & after the Sept 28 election. Russians will certainly try to carry out the same plan that they intended for Kyiv, which is kill their way through a list of every prominent Moldovan, starting with Sandu, and impose their own proxy ruler.

Greece extradites Kremlin-linked billionaire Vladimir Plahotniuc to Moldova The Moldovan Prosecutor’s Office has filed charges against Plahotniuc in three cases, including the theft of $1 billion from the country’s banking system in 2014.

🤩 ”A Russian SU-34 was shot down today around 4 a.m. — the plane was carrying out terrorist attacks on the city of Zaporizhzhia, using KABs” – Ukrainian Air Force! Glory to Ukraine! Glory to our heroes! 🇺🇦

We need to form a fully functioning shadow NATO that excludes the U.S. and includes Ukraine. Call it Neo NATAU.

I expect after this meeting that there will be mass resignations. What worries me are the ones who will stay.

Stopping Putin now is cheaper than restoring the economies of countries later, - Zelensky "Russia is spreading operations to other European countries, and no one can feel safe...

This is Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces commander and this image is from his unit’s official account

I've met many entitled people, but none can rival russians. No other ethnicity has committed as much evil as muscovites over 500 years, and yet they still dare to act as if the world owes THEM.

Big fundie to support here, Fellas! Can you spread the word? I tried to write it up nicely, let me know if I should change anything, its my first time and not my own fundraiser. 😅 But they're my favourite unit and need a voice here. #NAFO #FNDRUA #StandWithUkraine #DonateToUkraine #Ukraine

The Rusamerican Quisling will never defend us - so toughen up, dear Europeans, bloody toughen up 👇