Alex Panchenko

Welcome! I expanded here from the original Twitter, where I've been under the SAME handle👇 for 11 years now. Will be at both places for a while. Sane adults need choice and B plans. Monopoly is bad. Monopoly of a drug addict treasonous oligarch is a danger to us all.

PHOTO: The gaping hole in Kyiv's Southern Bridge after one of last night's Russian ballistic missile strikes on the city. The bridge remains closed for all traffic since early morning, creating a massive transport disruption.

UPDATE: There are traffic closures on not one but two of the three Kyiv metro lines as one of the recent Russian ballistic missile strikes also damaged the Red Line in the same Left Bank area as last week. The Green Line is broken in two as all traffic on the Southern Bridge is closed.

NEW: The latest Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv damaged the Southern Bridge and the metro line crossing it [again], Mayor Klitschko posted minutes ago. There will be massive transit disruptions in the city in just an hour, in addition to those caused by the scheduled power outages.

Shocked that Brexit was a Putin Plan? Four years we document confirmation of this by the US Army who saw it as as the “First Step in a Russian Information Blitzkrieg on the West” @nafeez.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2022/03/02/t...

UN report: Russia’s deliberate bombardment of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure aims to cut off heat and power in bitterly cold winter weather and amounts to a crime against humanity www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w...

While Old West's governments keep standing on their manhoods and misleading its population, the sane minority there had to take matters in their hands and help Ukraine directly🙏

From 2025: Chilling story of FBI agent targeted by FBI/DOJ for investigating Russian influence in MAGA. Fire everyone in the FBI/DOJ and start again. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Putin is destroying Russia, first and foremost.

UPDATE 2: At least one civilian had been killed, at least 10 wounded in the Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv BEFORE the most recent one. Russian missiles damaged two medical facilities and a student dormitory in the Left Bank part of the city, as per Mayor Klitschko.

Any talks/negotiations about a post-war security arrangement for Europe need to start from the indisputable fact that Russia’s neighbours have an acute need of protection from Russia whereas Russia has no demonstrable need for protection (and it already has nukes for that).

⚡️Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian ammunition depot in occupied Luhansk Oblast. Ukrainian forces attacked an ammunition depot in occupied Luhansk Oblast, setting off explosions at the site overnight on Oct. 27, monitoring channels reported.

Yet another Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv, Ukraine right now. 10+ loud explosions with a shockwave that made my windows shake.

The most bizarre part of the Oleshky humanitarian disaster: there are some hungry AWOL and deserter Russian soldiers hanging around besieged Ukrainian civilians in the city. The Sky News crew reported this detail last week, citing a UA commander on the claim that deserters are a threat to locals.

12-year-old Artem Koval died in hospital today from injuries he got when a Russian drone struck a park in Nova Vodolaha. His 8-year-old sister, Arina, was killed that day, too. Their mom, Liliia, was also injured. Deepest condolences...

A Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv Ukraine right now. We've heard like 10? loud explosions, mere minutes after the missile threat warning.

In Kharkiv one of the bodies is literally torn apart by Russian missile after an attack. Body parts are scattered across the street. "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine" - Trump. Bastards. Sick terrorist Bastards.

Amid the brouhaha over allegations of limits on intelligence sharing and the proved throttling of Ukraine's Starshield, a 3rd way Trump is aiding Putin hasn't had much press - the blocking of supplies of paid-for Patriot interceptors. This delay is costing Ukrainian lives.

So glad I've never paid Musk a single cent for X.

Trump’s failed foreign policy: Putin does not only arm Iran but also feeds Houthis: Russia flag bulker Irtysh that is routinely trading out of Russian-occupied Crimea transited Bosphorus towards the Black Sea after delivering 35000t of stolen wheat to Houthi-controlled port of Saleef in Yemen. #T

Repeat after me: Russia has no legitimate security concerns; only its neighbours do. Russia has been the only one invading others.

And Trump supports the regime harassing Americans www.bbc.com/news/article...

Russia is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by intentionally attacking civilian infrastructure – including vital energy systems – in Ukraine, an independent UN investigations panel said on Monday www.cnn.com/2026/10/26/e...

🚩 Russia’s Novatek reportedly funded an Alaska #gas export project, while Russian diesel heads to New York. “Russia’s gas giants should not get a foothold in Alaska’s Arctic. They should face the full force of the #sanctions Congress passed.” — Dr. Svitlana Romanko 👇

The price of not applying / not enforcing sanctions on Russia is the lives of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians being killed by glide bombs every day ⬇️

❗ German supermarket chain GLOBUS is facing scrutiny over its funding of a Russian volunteer group that supplies troops fighting in Ukraine with drones, generators, and anti-drone equipment. 📺 Watch the ARD report, featuring comments from B4Ukraine Executive Director Nezir Sinani: bit.ly/4iGNqnP

BREAKING!! Seven bipartisan lawmakers warn U.S. banks, fuel distributors and port authorities that importing Russian diesel could invite legal action and congressional scrutiny, while helping fund Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

The "new" "democratic" "pro-Western" government in Serbia will, of course, be heavily influenced by Kremlin, so Serbia will keep back-stabbing the European Union about sanctions on Russia and support for Ukraine.👇

"Ukraine AND (...)" is a massive global political problem born out of the Previous World's political correctness🤡. There is no "and": Russian invasion of the world is the sole problem of human civilization. The disastrous Hormuz War in the Middle East was caused by Russia's actions in the US.

IMPORTANT (and quite humiliating for the United States).

"In a cornfield north of Kyiv, pieces of blackened metal are scattered among rows of dried stalks. They are all that remains of a Russian Geran attack drone, shot down by Ukrainian fighter jets as it flew toward the capital during one of Russia's aerial assaults" kyivindependent.com/with-kyivs-a...

Ukraine is taking back territory, and Trump is trying to bail out Putin — the one assignment he has always taken seriously. (Note: this essay by Phillips O'Brien is from last week. See his page for this week's update as well) phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...

The Russians that are likely filling Musk's head with nonsense forgot to mention that the Russian army in Ukraine is almost entirely volunteer contract soldiers - men that agreed to murder people in Ukraine in exchange for around $4000/month.

Ideas are many on how to overcome Starlink's global monopoly on satellite internet service, and prevent new rounds of blackmailing Ukraine. Funding for implementing important ideas is the problem🙄

Denmark will guarantee a 750 million crowns ($112,6 million) loan to the ​Danish subsidiary of Ukrainian drone and ‌missile maker Fire Point, the Nordic country's government has confirmed www.reuters.com/business/aer...

The worst part is that putin is both the driver and the instrument of #RussianCulture: a set of values and beliefs in which mass murder is perpetrated by some, encouraged by others, tolerated by most, and resisted by a tiny minority. kyivindependent.com/the-banality...

Now that the US is no longer a reliable partner, it's essential that the Freya ant-ballistic missile system enters service as quickly as possible. Ukraine, even in wartime, has delivered its part of the work. Can Kyiv's partner nations keep up though?

Your irregular reminder that Brazil 🇧🇷, under Lula da Silva or Jair Bolsonaro, is a rogue state which: ⬛ Never provided any substantial aid to Ukraine nor joined sanctions on Russia. ⬛ Is demonstrably killing Amazonia, our last big wildland. ⬛ Has been amplifying anti-West global disinformation.

Not a day goes by without the russians committing horrific war crimes. Yesterday, they attacked public transport in Kherson with a drone, injuring six civilians, including three women aged 63, 67 and 21, and three men aged 52, 67 and 68. The 67-year-old man later died from his injuries in hospital.

Both Czarist and Soviet history teaches that battlefield defeat, not diplomatic victory, cools Moscow’s foreign adventurism and turns Russian attention inward; economic hardship, not commercial success, does the same.  www.thelowdownblog.com/2026/10/why-...