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Trump claims he's winning the war. But if oil is flowing so freely, why was the Brent crude oil price on Friday still over $100 a barrel—i.e., roughly 40 percent higher than the day before the war began? The price of diesel fuel in the US has risen even faster: by almost 75 percent. bit.ly/4j5qcbI

The pay for a US Secretary of Defense is $246000 a year. They don’t even bother to hide the corruption these days

So, in short, it’s clear: there never was, and still isn’t, any mutual agreement to stop strikes on energy infrastructure and oil facilities and Donald Trump, as usual, is just brimming with imaginary victories.

only fraudulent economists are allowed now?

There was something nauseating about Hunter's media rehab tour the past few months. This was a guy who peddled his last name to foreign client after foreign client, and who cracked open the door that the Trump kids sprinted through. And now he's got his own crypto coin! What a guy.

Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov has launched a sweeping political broadside against Volodymyr Zelenskyy, warning the president that rampant corruption is undermining the country’s ability to fight Russia and calling for extraordinary wartime elections. www.ft.com/content/7bf7...

🇺🇦👀 Fedorov on defense procurement reforms: It is important to monitor whether further tenders for deep strikes and other things will take place, whether the state will continue to purchase the short 155 projectile. Regarding the latter, I already see certain negative movements.

Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov said he was dismissed because of his efforts to overhaul the military procurement system in his most explicit comments yet on what prompted his sacking.

It is tragic watching Ukraine backers getting completely played by Loomer and Trump. She will say whatever she needs to to get paid while he laughs and gives Ukraine nothing of value and continues to help Putin. Nothing has materially changed in the last weeks--nothing.

Very fair criticism from former British defense secretary.

Just one phone call from the White House. If only the war in Ukraine could be fixed as easily as the World Cup.

Still incredible to watch the Albania prioritize Jared Kushner over EU accession. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

I was at a university graduation and one speech stopped me cold. From my friend Anna. She's from Mariupol, a city Russia occupied and tried to erase. Her class is the first to study all four years under full-scale war. She spoke about choice: to defend and build Ukraine. 🇺🇦

The latest batch of fakes from the Russian disinformation campaign focuses on the spat between Poland and Ukraine. It includes the usual mix of fake graffiti, news reports, and front pages.

This video appears to confirm it was a Russian air-defense missile — not a Ukrainian drone — that blew up that Moscow refinery’s storage tank today, creating the "flying saucer" footage. (This video was shared on Telegram by Russian military expert Yan Matveev.) t.me/arrowsmap/11...

Hitchens fails to address that Phillips is a pro-Russian propagandist, literally partied with occupying forces in Ukraine, denied war crimes, and filmed tortured POWs, and proudly received medals from Russian backed military groups for his efforts.

"Cancelled. The author was killed by russia." Ahead of the Biennale, activists presented the "Invisible Pavilion" in Venice dedicated to Ukrainian artists murdered by russia. Volodymyr Vakulenko will never present his tales for children — he was tortured during the occupation of Kharkiv region.

In 2019 Trump wanted to hold a G7 summit at his Doral resort. But there was and outcry and he dropped the idea. Now he’s holding a G20 summit at Doral and the only controversy is over whether Putin will attend. This is the normalization of corruption. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Amid a surprisingly spirited support campaign buzzing social media, influencer and former reality TV star Victoria Bonya has a new defender: Novosibirsk regional deputy Anna Tereshkova, who just denounced propagandist Vladimir Solovyov for using crude misogynistic slurs on national television.

“Magyar… has also pledged to allow the EU to proceed with its €90bn loan to Ukraine. Kyiv is the biggest winner outside Hungary of this election, while Moscow is the biggest loser…”

Please report this idiot - for impersonating me. This account is reaching out to people who follow me and begs for money, saying we don't have food and water, send some crypto money. Fucking crazy. Hate it! @dimkozoutreach.bsky.social

The European Commission has sent a list of 11 laws to the Ukrainian Parliament that need to be adopted for Ukraine to receive 4 billion euros in financial assistance. These laws are overdue obligations from the previous year. #Ukraine

“I broke it now you fix it.”

Pani Natalia, 70 evacuated her husband in a wheelchair from the killzone. They walked 13km (!) until they got to the Ukrainian defenders on the outskirts of Kostiantynivka. "We've been together for 51yrs. I will never leave him". Impossible to watch this w/o tears. Video by Vadym Heiko.

Every March for the past 5yrs reopens wounds that will never heal. These days, russians committed Mariupol genocide, massacred families in the northern regions who tried to flee and evacuate. We must never forget. Every child shot by the invaders. Every innocent soul. We owe justice to them.

Ukraine calls Russia's return to the Venice Biennale unacceptable. The Russian pavilion's commissioner is reportedly the daughter of a Rostech executive and ex-FSB general, FM Sybiha and Culture Minister Berezhna say.

⚡️Fox News mislabels Ukrainian Shahed-drone intercept footage as part of American ‘high-tech arsenal’ destroying Iranian drones. According to Ukrainian drone manufacturer Wild Hornets, the footage used by Fox featured STING — a Ukrainian interceptor drone used to destroy Shahed-type drones.

He traveled over 1,000 km and crawled under barbed wire to seek international protection. Now Kazakhstan wants to send him back. ‼️ If this case gains public attention, it could help Timur. Let's share as widely as possible. 📹: Current Time

The Trump admin formally warned Ukraine not to strike targets within Russia that could hit US economic interests, according to Kyiv’s ambassador in DC. Meanwhile, the Trump admin has barely said anything about Russia’s many more strikes on US businesses in Ukraine. w/ @a-mackinnon.bsky.social

📍There will be no ceasefire by the end of winter, and in the spring there may be only a “small chance” for a pause. 📍Trump has tools to influence Putin, but he does not use them. The United States is not a strategic ally of Ukraine in the long term.

All of this is compounded by an almost unbearable Nazi propaganda against the Ukrainian people, a people who have suffered under German and Russian tyranny like almost no other in the world.

Obscure candidate hack: self-fund your campaign with $3.3 million and become the “top fundraiser” in your race, then just cut yourself a check for $1.67 million back

Oh look, the @nba.com welcomed the Rwandan dictator to the NBA All-Star Game! How nice. x.com/urugwirovill...

Kaja Kallas: We have to understand how the Russian negotiation tactic is. It is always to demand something - the absolute maximum - something that has never been yours, and then present threats, ultimatums, use force. 📹: euronews

This chasm between endless bravado and chest-beating in propaganda, and the reality on the ground -- that is the very essence of the fascist regime in Russia.

It's still incredible to see Trump emissaries (ie Steve Witkoff) think Russia's invasion can be "solved" if they just give Moscow the Donbas. Good time to look back at what this war is truly about: destroying Ukrainian sovereignty, restoring Russian "greatness," and recolonizing much of the world.

AFU combat commander Roman Kovalyov recorded an address directly from the center of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, which Russian occupiers claimed to have "liberated". Well then, we await new statements from the Russians about yet another "liberation".

russia's victims are not nameless statistics. They are real people whose lives russia has violently cut short. The Klochkovi couple tried to escape the occupied village of Hrabovske. They managed to travel 7km — before russians hunted them down and killed them. Remember them.

Wait, why would Iran have to negotiate not to have nuclear weapons if Trump, as he boasted, "obliterated" Iran's nuclear program a few months ago. Might it be that this was nonsense?

🇩🇰❗️🇺🇸 A grassroots boycott of U.S. products is spreading in Denmark after Donald Trump renewed claims over Greenland, - Odnako 95,000+ people have joined a “Boycott American products” group.

This is just more imperialist drivel. Extremely telling that the administration doesn't even bother to claim that this is what Greenlanders want. Pure colonial rot, all the way down.

He was killed and robbed in his family house by a Russian agent, who disguised himself as a traveler who had nowhere to stay. He woke up at night, shot Leontovych, robbed his family and just left. Russia kills Free people.

🇩🇪🇺🇦 A classroom has been set up in Berlin's subway in solidarity with Ukraine - Bild Due to Russian airstrikes, Ukrainian children are often taught in subway stations. For several days, such a temporary classroom was set up in Berlin subway.

Great article by @johnsipher.bsky.social . People like to call Trump erratic or mercurial. However when it comes to Putin and Russia…he is eerily consistent. tomorrowsaffairs.com/a-tempting-m...

Russia was unprepared for war with Ukraine due to underestimating the enemy and overestimating its own forces, with Foreign Intelligence Service falsely claiming 70% Ukrainian support, former Russian Ground Forces Commander Chirkin admitted.

European leaders are getting closer and closer to getting it. Its not a question of if Trump will betray Ukraine--its a question of when. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

40 animals were evacuated from Kostyantynivka,Donetsk region,on the 27th of October. 26 animals were adopted by volunteers,3 dogs have been reunited with their owners, volunteers said. 📹Animal Rescue Kharkiv

“Russian President Vladimir Putin has underlined his true intentions by issuing a presidential decree calling for an escalation in efforts to eradicate all traces of Ukrainian identity from the approximately 20% of Ukraine currently under Kremlin control.” www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...

This week could be pivotal for diplomacy. It is clear that Russia does not want peace, and therefore we need to make Ukraine as strong as possible. My doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council on Defence ↓