More thoughts: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-the-mounting-costs

Ukraine Is on the Move — and Russia Can’t Stop It by Professor Gerdes Explains Over the last several days, Ukrainian strikes and maneuvers show a clear shift in initiative, hitting Russia where it hurts most and forcing Moscow into defensive improvisation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N--I...

Can all loyal serfs please find their favourite Irish Putinist and warn them that this means NATO is about to invade their country & force them into the alliance. Soon Dublin will be overrun with masked troops the UK denies are theirs. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Spring is here

russians in 2022: “Kyiv in 3 days!” Me in 2026: Still in Kyiv. Still alive Still free. Still Ukrainian. Still wondering if they brought a map.

OTD in 2022 Russian warship Moskva was told “go fuck yourself”. A short while later it fucked itself and sank. In a land war. By a country without a navy. I remain a master strategist.

The defining face of the first day of the full-scale invasion is Ukrainian marine Vitalii Skakun. He heroically sacrificed his life by blowing up a bridge in Henichesk to slow the advancing Russian columns.

Many people in Ukraine had hope for Trump when he first came into office. They thought he might be more decisive than the overly cautious, slow Biden. And it is true that Trump has been more decisive. The problem is that he decided against Ukraine. Putin is delighted with his investment in the man.

🇬🇧🇺🇦 British actor Ian McKellen read a poem by Ukrainian veteran Artur Dron, “First to the Corinthians,” on the anniversary of the full-scale invasion.

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Dear world, Four years ago you watched our explosions on your screens. For you it was breaking news. For us it was the end of normal life.

🇺🇦💔 Ukraine is facing a demographic catastrophe — the war has collapsed the birth rate and is destroying the reproductive health of Ukrainians, writes CNN. Ukraine has already lost about 10 million people due to death, emigration and occupation,…

❗️🇺🇦 It is a lie that there is more corruption in Ukraine than in other European countries. We have corruption, but we are fighting it, and we are doing well, — Zelensky.

❗️🇺🇦 About 7,000 Ukrainians are in Russian prisons. I do not think that Russian prisons are any different from Belarusian prisons, - Zelensky "These are the same regimes, with hatred for people. They are more cruel to Ukrainians than to those political prisoners who are citizens of other states."

We are Ukrainian. We were never russian. And no war will ever change that.

Catch me if you can. 🐇

The final six trucks from our Refinery BINGO fundraiser have been delivered to Ukraine! Thank you everyone! youtu.be/oYlWNeBcSb8 @69thsb.bsky.social

OTD in 1944 the Chechen & Ingush deportations began. Up to 600,000 people were forcibly deported with around 25% dying. Imagine mass deportations taking place today, the 21st century..

"The line of fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Demurino area, Dnipropetrovsk region... Three rows of anti-tank ditches have been dug, and "dragon's teeth" and barbed wire have been installed. This fortified area is located just 50 km from Pokrovsk."

Ukrainian kickboxing champion Dmytro Rusetskyi was killed on February 15 during a combat mission near Pysarivka, Sumy region. A multiple national champion and World Cup winner, he held the WAKO International Master of Sport title.

There is something diabolical about bombing people at five in the morning. If you think you’ve had bad wake‑ups in your life, trust me, nothing compares to the horror and confusion of waking to the deafening boom of an exploding missile. I fucking hate russia!

Vovchansk direction: Ukrainian forces regained control over the remaining part of Hrafs'ke, Prylipka and advanced along the Siverskyi Donets River into the forest area towards Synelnykove. From Tsehelne, the AFU is trying to remove Russian forward units in Lyman. AFU regained: ~15.03km²

The Russians on Kremlin State TV are saying nobody in the Russian military was using or reliant on Starlink. That's a pretty bold lie, haha.

Ukrainian authorities say they foiled a network allegedly preparing contract killings of citizens and foreigners, with payments of up to $100,000 per target, according to the Prosecutor General. Seven people were detained in Ukraine and three in Moldova. The group was guided by Russian FSB. #Ukraine

The Black Sea Fleet lost another warship to a Ukrainian drone The Russia-Ukraine War SITREP No. 988, for 19 February 2026, is 55 pages long and includes an update for NATO Alliance nations and Belarus. Here is today’s summary: malcontentnews.substack.com/p/the-russia...

Marchons pour l'Ukraine demain, 14h www.pourlukraine.com/d-tails-et-i...

The Skeleton Panda Sea Squirt (Clavelina Ossipandae) is a translucent reef-dwelling creature whose rib-like structures and panda-like markings give it a spooky, animated look. Found in Southeast Asia, it harmlessly filters seawater and helps keep coral ecosystems healthy. Original post

Dragonfly removing dewdrops from its face [📹 malbafont_macrophotography] Original post

We were never russian. We survived empires before. We’ll outlive this one too🇺🇦

Marchons pour l'Ukraine ce samedi, 21 février à 14h www.pourlukraine.com/d-tails-et-i...

C’est confirmé : des milliers de riches ne payent pas d’impôt sur le revenu Une note de deux sénateurs montre que 13 335 millionnaires n’ont pas payé d’impôt sur le revenu en 2024, notamment grâce à l’optimisation fiscale. Analyse de @mathiasthepot.bsky.social 👉 www.mediapart.fr/journal/econ...

❗️"I'm not interested in all this historical bullshit — the reasons why Putin started this. All that stuff he tells the Americans. To end this war, I don't need this historical bullshit."

Putin would starve Russians before ending war, Browder says The Kyiv Independent’s Martin Fornusek speaks with Bill Browder, investor and longtime sanctions advocate, about why Western sanctions have so far failed to change Russian President Vladimir Putin’s behavior.

As many know, I share posts from Telegram about damage Russia does to Ukrainian towns, particularly in areas that are not talked about a lot. I still post quite a few, but the drone, artillery, and bomb strikes every few minutes makes it impossible to post but a small sample now. This is genocide

russian tеrrоrіsts that kіІІеd, tоrturеd and rареd Ukrainian civіІіans allowed to compete in Paralympics in Milan under the russian flаg…

« Si nous ne voulons pas assister à ce qui ressemble à une guerre génocidaire contre les civils, il nous faut au plus vite secourir la population ukrainienne »

Je n'oublie pas ⤵️

A Russian military member has published a video saying his commanders extort everyone for money and send to die anyone who does not pay them.

Ce samedi, à ne pas rater pour tous les amis de l'Ukraine www.pourlukraine.com/d-tails-et-i...

🐝 2ème TOMBOLA DU LABORATOIRE MOBILE WILD HORNETS II🐝 ‪ @wildhornets.bsky.social et @rebel44cz.bsky.social s'associent pour financer le Lab II afin de booster la R&D🚀. 🎟️Don de 10💲/participation : linktr.ee/WildHornets 🤝Les 1ers 2000💲 X2 = 2 fois + de🎫 ! 😎Badge pour don >à 50💲 . 🎯 : 27 000💲 /1

Let's speed up the achievement of this goal. We can do it

Imagine a mobile lab for R&D. How cool! This has become a reality and a second one can be built with a little help from each of you. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Great take by Anne Applebaum on the Witkoff/Kushner negotiations with Russia and would a possible outcome could be. Video: GPS on CNN

Meanwhile, Ukrposhta ⬇️

russia wanted us to erase this night. So we fed our pets. Made coffee. Checked on neighbors. And kept breathing. Because we are still here Still standing despite everything.

I’m from Donbas. I grew up among coal, smoke and silence. Now I live among sirens. And I still choose light.

This is Milana, she was just 11 years old. On February 10, Russian forces dropped seven bombs on Sloviansk, killing a mother and her daughter, Maryna and Milana Sokolenko🕯