1. I have gathered from private donations of Romanians 451.000 euros so far and donated them to Ukraine in various forms of help. In this picture is a fire truck that i drove into #Bakhmut last month, picture taken entering Donetsk Oblast. Cost 28k eur with tansport. Thread:
2. Bought 4 of decommisioned DAC Romanian Army Trucks, repaired them, painted them and donated them to the #ZSU. The total cost of those (with repair and transport) 36k euro. @ChuckPfarrer maybe you'll like those :)
3. Purchased 17 4x4 SUV and repaired other 4 for Armed Forces of Ukraine. Total cost of those: 127.500 euro.
4. Purchased 30 generators in December that reached the villages from the eastern front. So people could charge their devices, Starlink batteries etc and even to heat the water. Total cost: 30k euro
5. Purchased 4 various kind of drones and delivered them to the Armed forces of Ukraine. Some are more special than others and the total cost: 19.500 euro.
6. Over 40 tons of humanitarian aid delivered since september to Bakhmut, Sloviansk, Izium, Oskil and other places from eastern front and Donbas. Total cost = 40k euro
7. Medical help for multiple brigades on eastern front that i considrler humanitarian aid. This picture is taken after the liberation of #izyum with some of the soldiers that participated at the counter-offensive.
8. Oleg Gubal (Ukrainian Hero and my friend that died in November in the battle) Mobile Hospital. Almost finished. Invested 70.000 euro so far. It will save lives on the front lines. @domenpresern how do you like this? Polish doctors will operate along ukrainians.
9. War is not finnished. So i am starting a new campaign. I stil lhave about 60.000 euro left and i want to purchase as many ambulances as they need in Ukraine. If you want to donate and help, go to my facebook page (link in bio) and in the pin post you can find all details.
10. It's almost a year. We need to pressure our politicians to help more Ukraine. We have to donate more, cause this is a war effort like never seen before from all around the world. This thread was not for bragging, but to show that we really can. I am only one guy.
11. But if more of us will do the same or donate to NGOs that really help Ukraine, we can really make a difference in the lifes of civilians and soldiers. Donate to @NorwegianAidUkr@georgian_legion@MriyaAid and listen to @MriyaReport
What happened in Romania? Analysis for the rest of the world. In short: Putin lost (for now). In detail:
Since the first round of the Presidential election, where we explained the electoral system and the two competitors who made it to the final, which you can read more about here: 🧵👇
2/14 , a lot has happened, culminating in the annulment of the election.
How did it come to this?
On November 28, 4 days after the first round of elections, President Klaus Iohannis convened the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT), which is the independent body under the leadership of the President of the country that meets to debate and propose the national security strategy and extraordinarily to analyze specific situations that may be subject to national security.
3/14 The CSAT includes the directors of the main intelligence services, the Presidential Advisor for National Security, the Secretary of the Supreme Council of National Defense, the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Minister of National Defense and other important representatives in ensuring Romania's national security.
What's happening in Romania. An analysis for the rest of the world:
On 11/24/2024 we had the first round of the presidential election. In Romania, the voting system states that the top two contenders qualify for the second round, where whoever wins 50%+1 of the votes becomes president.🧵👇
2/21 Romania is a semi-presidential Republic from a constitutional perspective, but from a practical perspective it is rather semi-parliamentarist, meaning that it is the Parliament that actually has the power to appoint the Government (in consultation with the President of the Republic, but the President is compelled to accept the proposals of a parliamentary majority), but also has the power to dismiss the Government by a motion of no confidence.
3/21 The Romanian Government is a bicephalous one, with the President being part of the Executive branch alongside the primus inter pares, the Prime Minister. The President of Romania is responsible for the defense of the country, being the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and is in charge of foreign policy. The President can, under very special circumstances, dissolve Parliament.
On Nov. 24, Romanians elected in first place (according to the number of votes) a certain individual Călin Georgescu (independent) 22.94%
An intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) has been used to hit targets in Ukraine, setting a historic precedent. Why is this important? What does Putin say about it and why should it matter what the killer says?
Background: last night Russia attacked Dnipro, specifically Youzhmash, which is the plant where military and civilian aerospace equipment is produced 🧵👇
2/14 If you remember, in the analysis on "Can Ukraine (re)become a nuclear power?" I mentioned about this complex which together with the neighboring design bureau (Yozhnoye) formed the center of development of aerospace technologies in Ukraine and the USSR.
This is Russia's response to the US, UK and France's decision to lift restrictions on the use of 300 km ATACMS, Storm Shadow/SCAPL-EG on Russian territory and Ukraine's decision to use them for exactly this purpose.
3/14 What the Russians say:
Putin says he has used a new missile they developed called the Oreshnik and that "it is impossible to intercept and shoot down by Western defense systems." He also said that he demanded the new missile go into mass production, warning that from now on he would use them all in Ukraine.
After Realitatea TV, Romania TV was also fined by CNA - the National Audiovisual Council - for the media lynching to which I was subjected. Romania TV (Romania's biggest news channel) received a more symbolic fine of 5000 lei for Victor Ciutacu's (pro-Russian) program because my image rights were not respected and because I was accused of various facts without any evidence being presented. If I was accused of being a 'terrorist' on Realitatea, I was accused of being a 'mercenary' on Romania TV on the same evening.🧵👇
2/15 These two fines, the one against Realitatea TV (Anca Alexandrescu show) and the one against României TV (Victor Ciutacu show), demonstrate what we have been warning for a long time: we are in a hybrid war on Romanian territory.
3/15 Russia, through television stations with relatively large audiences and controlled by thieves and fugitives (Romania TV is controlled by the fugitive Sebastian Ghiță, currently in Serbia allied with Putin, and Realitatea TV is run by Maricel Păcuraru, a convicted criminal whose daughter is running for President of Romania with pro-Russian speeches), and what they want to win is not territory, but our minds.
The Night Summary. Day 999 (18.11.2024 at 03:45 RO/UA time):
The US has lifted restrictions on Ukraine's use of long-range missiles, mainly ATACMS. Immediately after the announcement, France and the UK announced the same, and here we are discussing Storm Shadow.
What do these decisions mean and what impact could they have on the war?
I wrote on September 12 about the impact of these capabilities on warfare, when the first serious public discussion of such a thing was first seriously discussed. 🧵👇
2/18 Since you most probably still don't feel like reading two posts this morning, I briefly reiterate here some of the main ideas from then:
- Storm Shadow/Scalp-EG cannot hit the Kerch Bridge.
3/18 The ATACMS missiles that have been delivered to Ukraine are the ones that deliver cluster munitions, they don't have a unitary warhead, so they can't be used against the Kerch Bridge (I bring this up because a lot of people expect this);
- These capabilities, if used intelligently, will put Russian commanders in a dilemma as they will have to make risky decisions, which could lead to increased mismanagement of the conflict;
- (at that time) These capabilities can take out of the "game" quite a lot of airfields,
1/16 I was asked on Digi24 what Trump's new mandate means for Ukraine. I answer what I think in more detail here:
1. Donald Trump:
President Trump is poised to be a President who will have through the Republican Party absolute control of the Administration and the Congress if the House of Representatives is also won (and it looks like it will be) by Republicans. That means his ideas will be more easily implemented than Obama's or Biden's. But even this political configuration does not guarantee that his vision on Ukraine and Russia will be implemented 100%.
2/16 First, we need to consider what the people Trump worked with in his first term are saying about what he understands from this war and what he understood from the illegal annexation of Crimea and the invasion of Donbas. Trump, according to people close to him, doesn't understand anything about the art of war, doesn't understand what it takes to win a war. He is instead interested in his image as a strongman who "solves" US enemies. He wants to go down in history as the man who saved the US and took it to new heights of world greatness.
3/16 And even if he doesn't understand the war, he nevertheless relies heavily on advisers who manage to convince him that his personal interests and those of the Trump family first and foremost, Trump's favorite lobbyists and close cronies, are aligned with their proposals and US interests.
If one of the president's people convinces him that it is personally beneficial for him to support Ukraine, he will. If it convinces him otherwise, he won't, regardless of the consequences, the number of deaths or international laws broken.