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Ukraine based producer for BBC News. @newsemmys nominee Digital veteran of war on disinformation. Friend of dogs.

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❗️According to hackers from the groups β€œCyber Partisans” and Silent Crow, who hacked Rosstat and obtained about 23 TB of data, as of the end of August 2026 Russia had lost at least 412,576 military personnel in the war with Ukraine (not including those missing in action or foreign mercenaries). From medical certificates, 440,982 death records related to combat operations were selected.
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β€œDaddy, Daddy, come back…” A child screams at a railway station in Dnipro after a russian strike. His father will never hear him again. He was killed. World, will you hear this child’s cry? You don’t have to be Ukrainian to feel this pain. You just have to be human.
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A horrific Russian strike in the Kharkiv region. A β€œshahed” struck people directly – in a park near an ordinary cafΓ©. Pure atrocity. Six people were killed, including children. A little girl was killed in a stroller – her name was Angelina, she was just over a year old, born in August 2025… Her mother’s name was Inna. She died in the hospital… Another girl who was killed was 11 years old. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Another 14 people were injured, including six more children. I am grateful to everyone who supports Ukraine under these circumstances and helps us shoot down β€œshaheds,” shoot down missiles, and stop Russian assaults. These are horrific photos, but behind them are shattered lives and the truth about this war. Lives must be protected. Ukraine needs air defense. You can't think about making money with Russia as long as it continues its asinine war. We ask that sanctions on Russia stay in place as long as the killings continue. We ask America to be strong, and we ask it to apply the Lindsey Graham law. We ask Europe to continue its support. We ask that everything possible be done to bring peace and guarantee security. Ukraine wants peace. It is Russia that has insisted on continuing the killing all this time. The world has enough strength to stop the war. That strength must finally be used – against the murderers.
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With Yandex data centers under constant attack, I’m starting to worry that the White House will issue yet another demand to stop the strikes. After all, it would be a tragedy if Russia’s valuable bot traffic dried up just before the midterms.
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Which Ukrainian unit is specifically targeting Russian oil/diesel and how can I support them?
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A timely reminder that the Russian "opposition", which is here advocating for the lifting of sanctions on Russia in exchange for the release of political prisoners, is another enemy of Ukraine and the wider western world.
❗️ ЗаявлСниС Π€ΠΎΠ½Π΄Π° Π±ΠΎΡ€ΡŒΠ±Ρ‹ с ΠΊΠΎΡ€Ρ€ΡƒΠΏΡ†ΠΈΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΎ снятии санкций ΠΈ освобоТдСнии политичСских Π·Π°ΠΊΠ»ΡŽΡ‡Ρ‘Π½Π½Ρ‹Ρ…. ΠœΡ‹ привСтствуСм Π»ΡŽΠ±Ρ‹Π΅ Ρ€Π΅Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Π΅ усилия, Π½Π°ΠΏΡ€Π°Π²Π»Π΅Π½Π½Ρ‹Π΅ Π½Π° освобоТдСниС российских политичСских Π·Π°ΠΊΠ»ΡŽΡ‡Ρ‘Π½Π½Ρ‹Ρ…. НСдавно стало извСстно, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ администрация БША рассматриваСт Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΡΡ‚ΡŒ ΡΠΌΡΠ³Ρ‡Π°Ρ‚ΡŒ санкции Π² ΠΎΡ‚Π½ΠΎΡˆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ России Π² ΠΎΠ±ΠΌΠ΅Π½ Π½Π° освобоТдСниС Ρ‚Π΅Ρ…, ΠΊΡ‚ΠΎ прСслСдуСтся ΠΏΠΎ политичСским ΠΌΠΎΡ‚ΠΈΠ²Π°ΠΌ. Пока нСясно, станСт Π»ΠΈ эта идСя ΠΏΡ€Π΅Π΄ΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΎΠΌ Ρ€Π΅Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Ρ… ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π΅Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡ€ΠΎΠ² ΠΈ ΠΊ Ρ‡Π΅ΠΌΡƒ ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΡƒΡ‚ привСсти. Но Ссли Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ΅ ΠΎΠΊΠ½ΠΎ возмоТностСй откроСтся, Π΅Π³ΠΎ Π½ΡƒΠΆΠ½ΠΎ ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°Ρ‚ΡŒ, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎΠ±Ρ‹ Π΄ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΡ‚ΡŒΡΡ освобоТдСния ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ большСго числа людСй. ΠœΡ‹ считаСм, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ Π² Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠΈΡ… ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π΅Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡ€Π°Ρ… нСльзя ΠΎΠ³Ρ€Π°Π½ΠΈΡ‡ΠΈΠ²Π°Ρ‚ΡŒΡΡ списками ΠΎΡ‚Π΄Π΅Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Ρ… Ρ„Π°ΠΌΠΈΠ»ΠΈΠΉ. Π’ России сотни людСй находятся Π² Π·Π°ΠΊΠ»ΡŽΡ‡Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΈ Π·Π° Π°Π½Ρ‚ΠΈΠ²ΠΎΠ΅Π½Π½Ρ‹Π΅ высказывания, ΠΌΠΈΡ€Π½Ρ‹ΠΉ протСст, ΠΏΠΎΠ΄Π΄Π΅Ρ€ΠΆΠΊΡƒ ΠΎΠΏΠΏΠΎΠ·ΠΈΡ†ΠΈΠΈ, поТСртвования организациям, ΠΎΠ±ΡŠΡΠ²Π»Π΅Π½Π½Ρ‹ΠΌ властями «экстрСмистскими», ΠΈ Π΄Ρ€ΡƒΠ³ΠΈΠ΅ Ρ„ΠΎΡ€ΠΌΡ‹ ΠΌΠΈΡ€Π½ΠΎΠΉ политичСской Π΄Π΅ΡΡ‚Π΅Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΎΡΡ‚ΠΈ. Π”Π°Π»Π΅ΠΊΠΎ Π½Π΅ всС политичСскиС Π΄Π΅Π»Π° становятся ΠΏΡƒΠ±Π»ΠΈΡ‡Π½Ρ‹ΠΌΠΈ, поэтому ΠΌΡ‹ считаСм, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎ ΡΠΎΡΡ‚Π°Π²ΠΈΡ‚ΡŒ ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π½Ρ‹ΠΉ список ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡ‚Π·Π°ΠΊΠ»ΡŽΡ‡Ρ‘Π½Π½Ρ‹Ρ… Π² России просто Π½Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎ. Π‘ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ Ρ‚ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ, послС освобоТдСния ΠΎΠ΄Π½ΠΈΡ… ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡ‚Π·Π°ΠΊΠ»ΡŽΡ‡Ρ‘Π½Π½Ρ‹Ρ… российскиС власти смогут Π½Π° ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΡƒΡŽΡ‰ΠΈΠΉ дСнь Π²ΠΎΠ·Π±ΡƒΠ΄ΠΈΡ‚ΡŒ ΠΏΠΎ Ρ‚Π΅ΠΌ ΠΆΠ΅ Π·Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ½Π°ΠΌ Π½ΠΎΠ²Ρ‹Π΅ Π΄Π΅Π»Π°, Π° Π·Π½Π°Ρ‡ΠΈΡ‚, Π² Ρ€Π°ΠΌΠΊΠ°Ρ… Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠΎΠΉ сдСлки ΠΌΡ‹ Π½Π΅ Ρ€Π΅ΡˆΠΈΠΌ ΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠ±Π»Π΅ΠΌΡƒ ΠΏΠΎ-настоящСму. ΠŸΠΎΡΡ‚ΠΎΠΌΡƒ ΠΌΡ‹ ΠΏΡ€Π΅Π΄Π»Π°Π³Π°Π΅ΠΌ Π΄Ρ€ΡƒΠ³ΠΎΠΉ ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ½Ρ†ΠΈΠΏ: санкционныС послаблСния Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ½Ρ‹ Π±Ρ‹Ρ‚ΡŒ связаны Π½Π΅ Ρ‚ΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠΊΠΎ с освобоТдСниСм ΠΎΡ‚Π΄Π΅Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Ρ… людСй, Π½ΠΎ ΠΈ с ΠΎΡ‚ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΎΠΉ рСпрСссивных Π½ΠΎΡ€ΠΌ российского Π·Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΠΎΠ΄Π°Ρ‚Π΅Π»ΡŒΡΡ‚Π²Π° ΠΈ ΠΏΡ€Π΅ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ‰Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ΠΌ Ρ†Π΅Π»Ρ‹Ρ… ΠΊΠ°Ρ‚Π΅Π³ΠΎΡ€ΠΈΠΉ политичСски ΠΌΠΎΡ‚ΠΈΠ²ΠΈΡ€ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½Ρ‹Ρ… ΡƒΠ³ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π½Ρ‹Ρ… Π΄Π΅Π». ДСкриминализация статСй 207.3 ΠΈ 280.3 УК Π Π€, извСстных ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΡΡ‚Π°Ρ‚ΡŒΠΈ ΠΎ Β«Π²ΠΎΠ΅Π½Π½Ρ‹Ρ… Ρ„Π΅ΠΉΠΊΠ°Ρ…Β» ΠΈ «дискрСдитации Π°Ρ€ΠΌΠΈΠΈΒ», ΠΎΠ·Π½Π°Ρ‡Π°Π»Π° Π±Ρ‹ освобоТдСниС осуТдённых ΠΏΠΎ Π½ΠΈΠΌ людСй, ΠΏΡ€Π΅ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ‰Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡƒΠΆΠ΅ Π²ΠΎΠ·Π±ΡƒΠΆΠ΄Ρ‘Π½Π½Ρ‹Ρ… Π΄Π΅Π» ΠΈ Π½Π΅Π²ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΡΡ‚ΡŒ Π²ΠΎΠ·Π±ΡƒΠΆΠ΄Π°Ρ‚ΡŒ Π½ΠΎΠ²Ρ‹Π΅ Π΄Π΅Π»Π° ΠΏΠΎ этим ΡΡ‚Π°Ρ‚ΡŒΡΠΌ. Π’ΠΎΡ‚ ΠΆΠ΅ ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠ½Ρ†ΠΈΠΏ Π΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ΅Π½ ΠΏΡ€ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΡ‚ΡŒΡΡ ΠΊ политичСски ΠΌΠΎΡ‚ΠΈΠ²ΠΈΡ€ΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½Ρ‹ΠΌ прСслСдованиям ΠΏΠΎ ΡΡ‚Π°Ρ‚ΡŒΡΠΌ ΠΎΠ± «экстрСмизмС», «финансировании экстрСмизма», Β«ΠΎΠΏΡ€Π°Π²Π΄Π°Π½ΠΈΠΈ Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€Ρ€ΠΎΡ€ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ°Β» ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ±Π½Ρ‹ΠΌ ΠΈΠΌ, ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π΄Π° ΡƒΠ³ΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ²Π½Ρ‹ΠΌ прСступлСниСм ΠΎΠ±ΡŠΡΠ²Π»ΡΡŽΡ‚ΡΡ мирная политичСская Π΄Π΅ΡΡ‚Π΅Π»ΡŒΠ½ΠΎΡΡ‚ΡŒ, поТСртвования, слова ΠΈ убСТдСния. Π‘Π°Π½ΠΊΡ†ΠΈΠΈ β€” ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½ ΠΈΠ· Π½Π΅ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΈΡ… Ρ€Π΅Π°Π»ΡŒΠ½Ρ‹Ρ… Ρ€Ρ‹Ρ‡Π°Π³ΠΎΠ² давлСния Π½Π° ΠšΡ€Π΅ΠΌΠ»ΡŒ, ΠΊΠΎΡ‚ΠΎΡ€Ρ‹Π΅ Π΅ΡΡ‚ΡŒ Ρƒ дСмократичСских стран. Если санкционный Ρ€Π΅ΠΆΠΈΠΌ Π±ΡƒΠ΄ΡƒΡ‚ ΡΠΌΡΠ³Ρ‡Π°Ρ‚ΡŒ, Π²Π°ΠΆΠ½ΠΎ, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎΠ±Ρ‹ ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠ΄ΠΎΠ΅ Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠΎΠ΅ Ρ€Π΅ΡˆΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠΎΠΏΡ€ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΠΆΠ΄Π°Π»ΠΎΡΡŒ ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΠΊΡ€Π΅Ρ‚Π½Ρ‹ΠΌΠΈ, провСряСмыми ΠΈ долгосрочными измСнСниями Π²Π½ΡƒΡ‚Ρ€ΠΈ России. Π’ΠΎΠ·ΠΌΠΎΠΆΠ½ΠΎΡΡ‚ΡŒ Π΄ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΡ‚ΡŒΡΡ этих ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ нСльзя ΡƒΠΏΡƒΡΠΊΠ°Ρ‚ΡŒ, ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ нСльзя ΠΈ Ρ€Π°Π·ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠ²Π°Ρ‚ΡŒ ослаблСниС санкций Π½Π° символичСскиС уступки. ΠœΡ‹ Π±ΡƒΠ΄Π΅ΠΌ Π΄ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΠ²Π°Ρ‚ΡŒΡΡ Ρ‚ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ, Ρ‡Ρ‚ΠΎΠ±Ρ‹ Π»ΡŽΠ±Ρ‹Π΅ Ρ‚Π°ΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΠΏΠ΅Ρ€Π΅Π³ΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡ€Ρ‹ принСсли ΠΌΠ°ΠΊΡΠΈΠΌΠ°Π»ΡŒΠ½ΡƒΡŽ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡŒΠ·Ρƒ российскому граТданскому общСству.
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Absolutely huge explosion in Kyiv just now, and subsequent most distant blasts. Lots of chatter about a long night of ballistic threats. Dangers constant these days. At times, Kyiv feels like a front line city. People say it's more dangerous than Kharkiv at the moment.
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Head of #NATO @SecGenNATO says Russia strike on Ukraine train near Polish border β€œshows how desperate Putin has become” . He accused Russia of lashing out with reckless and dangerous attacks on civilian infrastructure but said NATO answer would be to give Ukraine more support
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It is strategic malpractice at its worst that the US and Europe have not outfitted Ukraine with a proper combat air force. They're surviving on bravery and 80s vintage F16s/ Mirages. They would win and defeat Russian evil if given the proper equipment. yahoo.com/news/world/article…
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The Kremlin, realizing just how dire its situation is, has stepped up the activities of its β€œopposition figures.” Yashin’s interview, Andrey Melnichenko’s article for The Economist, and similar moves are coordinated actions aimed solely at convincing Europe and the entire Western world that Russia’s defeat is dangerous. The main argument plays on the West’s greatest fear: that if Russia loses, it will break up into dozens of republics led by criminal gangs with access to nuclear weapons. And the main message is a literal call to put pressure not on the aggressor, but on the victim: β€œWe must put pressure on Ukraine so that it stops attacking Russia and sits down at the negotiating table.” And the biggest problem with all of this is the Western media’s fascination with Russia. Whether out of naivety, bribery, or simply incompetence, many major media outlets portray Russian billionaire Melnichenko and Russian β€œopposition figures” as if they were truly standing up to the Kremlin. But all it takes is a little common sense β€” and everything falls into place. The West itself has declared that Russia is a totalitarian country. The West has long equated Putin with Kim Jong Un. So why is it suddenly believed that a genuine opposition could emerge and operate freely within such a system? Against this backdrop, figures like Yashin or Kara-Murza look incredibly out of place. People who opposed the Kremlin sat quietly in Russian prison, showing no signs of torture and not even losing weight, and were then conveniently exchanged and carefully transported to the West β€” to promote those very same narratives of Putin’s, only now from European platforms. But now things in Russia are so bad that they have to dust off all their β€œreserves” and deploy β€œopposition figures” in a coordinated information operation. Because everyone in the Kremlin understands: if the war isn’t stopped immediately, the empire will fall. The conclusion is simple. There is no such thing as a β€œgood Russia.” There is only a single imperial machine that, in moments of weakness, simply changes its tools: if it failed to intimidate with missiles, it will try to intimidate with β€œcollapse” and β€œnuclear chaos” through the mouths of its systemic β€œopposition figures.”
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Former ABC News producer and driver Maksym "Max" Oseredchuk was killed in a Russian drone strike on Wednesday night while serving in Ukraine’s military. He was 30 years old, and is survived by his wife, Kateryna, and his baby daughter, Maria. abcnews.link/IfWxNNK
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A young victim of Russia's overnight attack on Dnipro was a 3-year-old boy. Rescuers recovered his body from beneath the rubble of a four-story apartment building destroyed by a Russian strike. A child who should have had his whole life ahead of him. My deepest condolences to his family. Every child killed by Russia is a tragedy that cannot be undone.
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babe, wake up - the gulf influencers are being weird again
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Π’Ρ–Ρ‚Π°Ρ”ΠΌΠΎ FP7)
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